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    Old school...Pocket protector Safety first and Be Prepared all in one convenient pouch!
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    Despite urging Council/District to return to patrol competition camporees, it seems hereabouts recruiting and advancement weekends are taking hold. Council/District Webelos Family Weekends have been around for awhile but troop older scout attendance has been low. How to increase older scout attendance? Advancement, of course, is the answer. Hello Scout Advancement Weekend! Here's an upcoming example from Gulf Stream Council Scouts get a hands on experience while earning merit badges. We offer over 60 merit badge classes. Scouts can take an all-day class or two half day classes.
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    Yes, like Buzz Aldrin has something to do with NASA, Mike has something to do with Scouting. IMO, Mike is that uncommon Eagle Scout who is a role model. He is fun guy too, e.g., at our 100th anniversary, he claimed to have taken CLEAN out of Scout Law and then compromised with a slogan "A Scout Is Clean … But Not Afraid to Get Dirty." While National is talking vague and academic about STEM or STEAM programs, Mike is specific and hands-on about national vocational training for high-paying jobs. Personally I had hoped that he would be one of the Key 3. https://www.youtube.com/
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    https://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2016/10/12/mike-rowe-shares-wise-opinion-voting/ When asked by a fan, Jeremy, about encouraging everyone to go out and vote, Mike gave this thought-provoking answer. ...I also share your concern for our country, and agree wholeheartedly that every vote counts. However, I’m afraid I can’t encourage millions of people whom I’ve never met to just run out and cast a ballot, simply because they have the right to vote. That would be like encouraging everyone to buy an AR-15, simply because they have the right to bear arms. I would need to know a few thin
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    At age 90. July, 1939 ... Eager to climb, Donn left his father and brothers behind, pushing on with Henry and Fred, when bad weather set in. “Just as we reached the summit, the mist closed in around us and shut off our view of the mountain below,†he said in “Lost on a Mountain in Maine†(1978), an as-told-to account of his adventure written with Joseph B. Egan. Ignoring the advice of his climbing mates, Donn headed back to rejoin his family. Lashed by rain and disoriented by the enveloping mist, he quickly became lost. And thus began his weeklong odyssey. Recalling hi
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    Freudian slip?
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    An inconvenient truth, merging councils does not grow total membership.Three years later, the membership sum of that geographic area will be less than the membership of its original parts.
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    Been there, good luck with that...write a letter to SE and National for all that it will help. Expect the BSA "nod and a wink" for your efforts. It is a rewarding experience for me when a scout refuses to turn in a signed MB because he felt the badge was not earned. Doesn't happen often but when it does it is Scouting.
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    What I am seeing is the Off-the Shelf, shovel-ready projects that DadScouts and CalicoPenn described.
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    Maybe I am an old grey-beard but this bothers me. I have noticed more "outside" groups advertising or even directly approaching troops with "Eagle projects". Sure this has happened in the past but from "inside" groups - parents, the CO, the scout's school or church...and I frowned on that too. IMO, the scout from his experience helping others should see the need for his Eagle project, not be provided with it. Character-building. Now these "outside" groups are public organizations that a scout could observe a need and develop his own Eagle project if he ever had prior contact, but these
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    "The Crossroads of America Scout Band is recognized as the OLDEST, continuously operating Scout Band in America! Founded as a Drum and Bugle Corps in 1917 by Mr. F.O. "Chief" Belzer to play at ceremonies at summer camp and other Council functions, the organization evolved into a full band by the early 1920's. The Band has a rich heritage and has toured throughout the United States, Canada and a trip to London, England to celebrate Scouting's 100th anniversary in 2007. The Band will be celebrating Scouting's 100th anniversary in America in 2010 and its own 100th anniversary in 2017! Have you be
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    Hopefully unsold liquor will be returned from where it came.
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    I dunno. Maybe the SE is making calls on distributors, bars, and college fraternities for donations.
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    "Fishing and hunting equipment chain Cabela's said it agreed to be bought by Bass Pro Shops in a deal valued at $5.5 billion that will help the privately held company nearly double its store count in North America. The offer of $65.50 per share is a 19.2 percent premium to Cabela's close on Friday. ... The combined company will own 184 stores in the United States and Canada." http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/03/bass-pro-shops-to-buy-cabelas-for-6550-a-share-in-cash.html Message from Bass Pro to employees and vendors, Q&A http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPageC?store
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    I wonder if that Denver Cub Scout camp will send some Hooters' girls over to help out?
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    First that I have heard of a Boy Scout Council directly applying for a liquor license for a fundraiser.I was more surprised by the statement that 100 per cent of the proceeds will go to the Grand Canyon Council. Better percentage than popcorn! http://mesaindependent.com/news/liquor-license-sought-for-boy-scouts-of-america-charity-event/ "On Monday, Oct. 3, The Mesa City Council (AZ) will consider a new liquor license for the Grand Canyon Council Boy Scouts of America for an 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, charitable event at 2100 W. Rio Salado Parkway. Beer and wine will be se
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    Plan B - elope. The thrifty plan.
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    Me neither, so I included a link to his foundation. It was something to see those canoes roll across the ground from the prop wash.
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    1971. There is something to be said for tradition here. I have seen fellow dads and grandads (old Eagles) scratch their heads and wonder why? Maybe we are few and in time we'll be gone, so what. But we gray-beards can ask, why we had a higher percentage of Eagles attending their ECOH than do now and what is amiss.
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    My impression was there were some local variants of an Eagle pledge, promise, oath, charge,....and maybe NESA as it formed in the 70's felt the need to meddle and offer their version or two. I could be wrong. When I first encountered this, I thought as an Eagle that it was over the top and insulting. Don't dangle his Eagle at him and his parents by first requiring him to recite a different pledge, promise,..He has earned his Eagle, award it to him! He can stand tall wearing his Eagle and recite the Scout Oath and the Scout Law with his troop. When Eagles in the audience are asked to
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    TULSA, Oklahoma - Half a dozen people were hurt at an event held by the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America in Tulsa on Saturday, according to a witness. The event was held to announce that the creation of the Lion Program sponsored by the Hardesty Family Foundation. The program is aimed at expanding scouting opportunities to kindergarten-aged boys. A nurse who was there said a Black Hawk helicopter bringing Michelle and Roger Hardesty to the event at 101st and County Line Road swamped canoes in the water and also blew empty canoes on the shore into the crowd of people.
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    When and why were a separate Eagle oath and Charge created? Stick with the Scout Oath and Law. Seems like Festivus! My $0.02,
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    Did your scout store his recordings online?
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    The Smithsonian maintains an accessible archive of audio and video interviews of interesting people.for their Center of Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Audio portions are often played on NPR, I think the segment is "In Their Own Words." In every community — in families, neighborhoods, workplaces, and schools — there are people who have knowledge and skills to share — ways of knowing and doing that often come from years of experience and have been preserved and passed down across generations. As active participants in community life, these bearers of tradition are primary sources of c
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