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Some middle schools here have outing clubs which are growing in popularity.

Sansbug.. Lightweight. Nothing to assemble or tie. Folds flat into a circular zip bag.. Pull out, it springs up, ready to go. My family uses them. https://www.amazon.com/SansBug-Free-Standing-Pop-Up-Mosquito-Net-Floor/dp/B003BWF9WI?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 http://www.sansbug.com/

Similar here. In our troop most of our older scouts were not Cub Scouts.

As to honesty, I would like to the see the membership numbers that were provided to Dr. Gates and by whom. There are facts and there are figures.

Thank you Dr. Gates for your leadership and service to Scouting and America.

http://cjonline.com/news/2016-05-26/robert-gates-kansas-native-leaves-boy-scouts-presidency-defends-gay-adult-policy# http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gates-leaves-boy-scouts-presidency-defends-gay-adult-39414118 Fair use quote: By Nomaan Merchant The Associated Press DALLAS — On Thursday, Gates finished his two-year term by arguing the Scouts had overcome that challenge and were ready to reverse years of membership declines. Moderator's Note: We cannot quote entire articles verbatim; that's why this was snipped to a single sentence. Copyright laws do attach,

8.0.0.2 Boards of Review Must Be Granted When Requirements Are MetEagle Requirement 2: "Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your daily life...." School suspensions can be BS or very serious. With the latter, I have seen Boards balk at holding a BOR as the scouts were seen as not living the Scout Oath and Law. The Boards did provide written reason(s).

STORAGE? Dedicated room, closet, garage, trailer parking... CO adults with scouting experience? Meeting space and times available?

I prefer encouraging words over coddling. IMO, the latter just produces kids who grow to feel entitled and work the system. Awards should be earned. There are enough Special Snowflake Awards out there. My $0.02

5th grade graduation? Gawd, my generation was spared this. I had no public school graduation ceremony, well, until it was over in high school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7c1HDUHlJo

We old grey-beards say "Good job"; it suffices.

Sorry, I am not seeing the value in another website. IMO, most scouts/scouters search for awards by topic not by credit/advancement or they "just do it" without asking for an award. I award you one no-prize with apologies to Stan Lee.

NPR is reporting that though fewer, Scouts are back in the mosquito fight as they were back in 1945. It's Up to You: Dengue-Yellow Fever Control, 1945 (scouts appear at 1:46) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGNZA8f85u0 NPR story http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/21/477981014/todays-tools-for-combating-zika-mosquitoes-hark-back-to-1945 "It's up to you," said a 1945 public service announced aimed at Americans. Find "one of man's worst enemies" and "destroy their foxholes." The above video came from the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas (now known as the Cente

Our scouts use whiteboard and/or Post-its on wall for the brainstorming part of programming. More free-form, thinking outside of the little boxes.

Our scouts are discussing politics at meetings and around the campfire more than in the past. There have been numerous Robert Gates interviews regarding the Presidential candidates.Each interview introduces Mr. Gates as the former ... and current president of the Boy Scouts of America ...which immediately catches scouts' ears and further sparks political discussion which always follows the Scout Oath and Law . I am very encouraged when I hear scouts, our future leaders, say, Mr Schiff I think I could do a better job as President, as Senator, as Congressman, as a reporter, as a moderator

Times change. I remember when a scout's references were read at his BOR. Good and bad. I gave my reference form to the cool priest at my church but somehow that form was taken by his superior, Monsignor Cotton Mather. That was a life lesson.

The Maine Warden Service is investigating. The cause of death has not been determined.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/news/father-killed-while-whitewater-rafting-with-sons-boy-scout-troop/287994490 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dad-chaperoning-boy-scout-trip-to-maine-dies-in-rafting-accident/ Michael Arena, 52, of Lexington, Massachusetts, was on a commercial rafting trip Saturday when he tumbled out as the raft traveled through rapids on the Dead River, said Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service. Arena was one of two chaperones overseeing a group of four scouts that included his son; also on the raft was a guide employed by North Country Rivers, MacDonald said.

Agree. After the SM recommendation and all the rank BOR's, this is unnecessary. Back in the day, I believe only 3 recommendations (SM, teacher/coach, pastor) were asked. If the goal is to make the Eagle process similar to a job application, perhaps next added will be drug tests, fingerprinting, social media checks, and criminal background checks.

Reminder: Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America collect the goodness and compassion of their postal customers, who participate in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive — the largest one-day food drive in the nation. Led by letter carriers represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO), with help from rural letter carriers, other postal employees and other volunteers, the drive has delivered more than one billion pounds of food the past 24 years. Carriers collect non-perishable food donations

Family first. With your husband and kid(s), plan your family summer (no-scouts) first - vacation, fishing, ball game, visit relatives, go to beach/lake, July 4th, amusement park,... How many Saturdays are left unfilled?

If there is no Do, there is no Do Your Best.

Can you go into your Chrome browser history and display webpages from the course in Firefox or IE? Grasping at straws, wish I could be more help to you. What a pain!

Can you display the certificate on your screen? If so, try using the Windows Snipping Tool to crop and cut it into a jpg or png file and go from there.

What challenges are there if you get awarded no matter what? Heh the waterfront was closed but not to worry you all pass swim test. How do you know what you best is if you have not tried or better, tried and failed and then re-tried and succeeded. That's Scouting!