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lol Barry! I'm not overweight, sort of in shape, and I still don't like portaging. At one portage I grabbed one of the gear bag and it must of weighed close to 100 lbs. I stood up and whamo, fell on my back. I looked like a turtle upside down. I made it back up to my feet and whamo, fall on my butt number two. Once I made it up to my feet again I leaned forward and headed toward the next lake. Good thing nobody saw me.

Dan, We had about 20-23 portages. On our 3rd day we had back to back 120 rod portages. I still don't like em

Dan, We got back yesterday afternoon. Great trip, but I still hate portaging. Quick highlights. -Canoe tipped over on first day and I got wet. -Food was pretty good. -Fires didn't affect our groups. -Ran into a Venturing Crew from New Orleans. -I hate portaging. -Awesome pics that I will post on a website and send you guys the link. -Only bear we ran into was the one that hangs around the outfitters. -hauled fishin' tackle for 70 some miles and didn't catch a stinking thing. -I hate portaging. -Got a killer tan. -I peed on Canada. -Candian Boarder Outfitters are a

I've got 8 from my crew going. I went to NOAC in 2002 and had a blast. Wish I was going this year, but Ely and Woodbadge drained my scouting trips fund.

Saturday morning I take Crew 805 to BWCA. There's 15 of us going (two canoe crews) and I finally get my first vacation in three years away from civilization. Tour permit, med forms, and gas money is all taken care of. If anybody has and last minute tidbits now's the time to let us know. Cary P Crew 805 Advisor

Mr Backwood, So you are a committee member for your troop. Good for you. But I'm raising the b.s. flag. It appears that you have a grudge against this scout and his SM dad. The kid earned Eagle and he should be congratulated. Then I suggest you find another troop that would be a good fit for you and your son. No need in having bad vibes and taking the fun out of scouting for you and your son. my 2 cents. Cary P

The OA is the only national society. Several councils have their own honor society. A few that I have been in contact with are: Tribe of Mannasseh (Okaw Valley Council) Tribe of Mic-O-Say (Pony Express and Heart of America Council) Firecrafters (Crossroads of America Council)

Only world cup stuff I got to see this time was the Portugal/England match. Would have loved to have seen yesterday's game, but I had an Ely shakedown to conduct.

All I'm seeing is just one side of the story. The application must me signed by the unit leader and committee chairman. According to the post by backwood. This means the Committe Chair is in kahoots with the Scoutmaster. Most Eagle applications are reviewed and certified by a council representative to make sure all merit badges correspond with the council records, and other dates (birthdate, last board of review for life etc) before a council rep signs the application. Backwoods how are you assoicated with the troop? Committee member or ASM? I need more info before I can give my opini

Welcome, grab a cup of coffee, throw a log and some girl scout juice on the fire and enjoy the ride!

Welcome, grab a cup of coffee, throw a log and some girl scout juice on the fire and enjoy the ride!

I just got back from Camp Happy from my week stint as Aquatics Director. Great week. The best parts of it all was: I had three first year campers complete the mile swim. Three kids who were non-swimmers made blue swimmer. One old guy finished completed the mile swim. I got to play pirate. Nobody drowned on my watch.

Right now I'm listening to the Outlaws' "Green Grass and High Tide". It has one of the best "jam sessions" I've heard. This could be a guitar solo, guitar duel, etc. Others that come to mind are: Chicago - Feeling Stronger Every Day Boston - More Then a Feeling Styx - Come Sail Away ok who's next?

C.S. Lewis' "Mere Christiananity" New Testiment: Romans, Hebrews, and Thesilonians. For fun I want to read a few biographies on Patton, Rommel, and Omar Bradley.

Advancement is not big in my crew. So far we have only had 3 bronze and one gold award in the past 10 months. Four kids are close to completing bronze. I don't ram the advancment down their throats, but I let them know that I am there if they want to advance. In our council only a handful of youth a earned any of the Venturing awards. We have about 10 Crews that are geared toward the Outdoors Cluster. Last month one Crew in the council had some kids earn two silver and a ranger award. I had the pleasure of presenting the silver to one of the youth.

When our crew started I went with this: 1. Had two months of events planned out. 2. Appointed and interim Pres and VP. 3. The second event was a lock in campout. Part of the weekend was for the youth to elect their officers and have a rough plan of events for the following year. Hope this helps. Cary P Crew 805 Advisor

In the Present: Am I that stupid? Flashback to Jun 5th. I'm headed out to Camp Happy to take a CPR class that I need for my upcoming trip to Ely. It's staff week and I see members of my Venture Crew and other guys I haven't seen since last summer. We shoot the breeze about the summer of 2004 when I was Aquatics Director. I walk into the Camp Director's office to check in. Once he sees me, he states he needs to talk to me. "Great" I think to myself, "One of the boneheads from the crew has done something". Once we get out of earshot and eyesight of anybody he starts to beg..."We need you t

OGE wrote" woke with a start last night, I had gone to sleep ruminating over in my mind what BSA could do. And I have it, work with me here as I think the idea may need some fleshing out. First off, lets ditch the old program, wait we cant do that, too much value, lets keep the Boy Scout program and then venture out into something competely new. Lets have BSA start a new program, Co-ed this time, a program that appeals to older youth (I love writing that, older youth) lets say 14 to 21. We will lay off the uniform requirement and not require one or allow the individual units themselves to come

I see the main problem as program and recruiting. You must have both for a unit to survive. I did "numbers" work with my crew and here is what I got. Total youth: 35 Total females: 7 Total males: 28 So far this year we've recruited 9 new members. A majority of these kids came to me asking to join. Most crew members live within 15 miles of our CO's establishment. We have kids that live as far as 40 miles away. We have one buisness meeting and one activity a month. Some events will have 15 kids while others (like this coming weekend) will get 20 plus. If your unit puts

According to the Uniform Police Manual page 567, section IVII, para 2.2.5(b): The Offical BSA Uniform MUST be refered to as either the "Field" or "Actvitiy" Uniform. If an UP Officer witnesses such an offense then he/she is required to issue a Warning Citation (UP Form 345/4) if said offender then the UP Officer must...

If you are on a budget and looking for jungle boots, head to a local army surplus store. They may carry used jungle boots, I've seen them priced at 20 bucks. Just make sure they fit well and the soles are in decent shape. I'm headed to BW this summer and that is my plan.

Way to go Ed! I haven't agreed with some of your posts, but you do stick to your beliefs, and give great sage advise. Glad you are here! Cary P(This message has been edited by purcelce)

Got this off an "unoffical" BSA uniform site http://www.mninter.net/~blkeagle/police.htm Cary P ---------------------------------- Combating the "Patch Police" - or Preventing Being Perceived as an "Patch Police Officer" Ever attended a Scouting event or activity whereby you observe someone going up to some Scout or Scouter (or YOU!) and start in... "You can't wear that there...it's not official.." "What is this. I've never seen this...you sure this is a Scout patch?" "This is the old version...you are supposed to only wear the current version..." Many of t

Do crew officer briefing first (this tells the kids what their job is) then do VLSC (this tells them how to do the job)

Saint, I served 20 years in the military and BSA is not a military organization. All adults may have that right to discuss dress code violatins in a school setting, but not in the BSA. If there is a major GTSS violation then yes the adult needs to jump in and correct the situation, but for an adult to say "Hey Boy Scout, take that off that illegal patch" (no offense MV)" is not cool if it's done politely or not. That's the Scoutmaster's or other unit leader's job of the troop in "violation". Now talking to the SM in private about the situation is cool. I have not see anything