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Some other newspapers have now picked-up this story, neither link below mentions that he was earlier denied Eagle because he was too young. Both articles below mention 1. his goal is to earn Eagle by his 14th birthday this January. 2. he plans to continue in Scouting 3. He is homeschooled 4. Working to earn all MB's "just happened" 5. believes he is 210th scout to earn ALL mb's 6. nothing about parental help http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/me...ry-merit-badge http://newstimes.augusta.com/news/20...ry-merit-badge One interesting statement was the following: "Though (scout) can buy the badges he’s earned, he’d rather wait until mid-December, when they’ll be presented to him at a quarterly Court of Honor ceremony." Wow when did this happen? Ok scout congratulations, you earned these merit badges. Here's your receipt (blue card), go down to the scout store or scoutstuff and buy 'em. Say they are having a sale - buy 3 merit badges and get 20% off on your next merit badge pamphlet. Have to admit, I have felt like tell some helicopter parents this, when our troop's recognition process wasn't fast enough for them. What next out-source COH to local scout store? My $0.02,

Glad that council quickly responded within the next news cycle. Cub Scouts?

Resolve this quickly! If we are responsible, pay the $5K to replace and if we are not, pay some amount as this happened while scouts were there. http://www.local15tv.com/shared/news/features/top-stories/stories/wpmi_did-boy-scouts-damage-vietnam-memorial-5959.shtml Some scout(s) must have seen this happen. My $0.02,

Is this a day time parade? If so it would probably be more visible to vividly paint flames on cardboard and inset in a glued together large teepee campfire. Use some charred sticks. I have done the fan, yellow lights (with dimmer), cloth streamers, red glass marbles (coals) but that worked best in a dark room.

Agree. I wonder where it starts .... My mission as a WL was to prepare my Webelos for Boy Scouts which meant resisting outside pressure to earn all 20 activity badges.

Glad to hear it was not for lack of a tutu.

Well if patches are to be believed, he attended the Summit Jamboree. I wonder how many merit badges he earned there. Many questions all around.

http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/S...232276831.html Apparently this young scout was told by ??? that he was too young to earn Eagle. So he went ahead and earned all 134 merit badges figuring it would be harder to turn him down a second time? According to the article, "just over 200" have earned all merit badges available when they were scouts. I had assumed they were all Eagles, well at least one was not. Time for a second cup of coffee, this is just too strange.

So the distinctions in later years are infamous, unfamous, distinguished ? Hmmm, I may need to add that to my resume Eagle Scout UF

Could scouts take along execs from J.C. Penney, Kohl's, Sears, Target, and Wal-Mart?

Luckily our few adult MBC's are more savvy. We have similar issues with some scouts and parents. Can you off-load policing merit badges to another responsible adult leader who will also stand firm as you have?

or maybe EASIO (pronounced Easy-O) Explain And Sign It Off

Scouts from Holland, Michigan will participate in this Sat 11am christening ceremony of the new aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. Scouts paid for the trip to Newport News,VA themselves by selling popcorn, flowers, and Christmas wreaths. http://www.wzzm13.com/news/article/272709/2/Boy-Scouts-leave-for-USS-Gerald-R-Ford-ceremony Scout salute

Hah, ask if they will throw in a 100' of shoreline. My $0.02 and I'm keeping it.

Okay some ideas - Smaller group - build shelters at a different site. On occasion my scouts have built shelters separately on my wooden lot and later on camping trip they erected tarp shelters. Good time around here is after a storm that left a lot of blow-down. - restore or improve site as best you can. A landowner may want firewood from activity. Keep survival training hands-on. My $0.02,

In a SURVIVAL situation you WANT TO LEAVE A TRACE! You want to be safe, attract rescuers attention,...make shelter, fire, smoke, noise, fly a blaze orange brassiere... I am DEAD serious about this. In a survival situation, burn LNT in a signal fire! I had an autistic scout who got lost and fixated on LNT, Damn was he hard to find and we almost had a tragic ending.

Well done! A scout With a Beard Never heard of Dan Will never grow To be a man. Burma Shave

Minimum age 18 as I recall.

Cool but where are Boy Scouts? Five college dudes as in "Dude bet that knee hurt hitting concrete (3:30)". Wonder if National is thinking of promoting the Summit for College Spring breaks and/or the Mudder crowd http://toughmudder.com/? My $0.02

"Train 'em, trust 'em, let them lead" - applies to dads and sons as well as scoutmasters and scouts. My $0.02

I dunno. If he completed Requirement 5 with a cat, I would award him the merit badge and the Pet Trainer of the Year trophy! Explain the correct way to obedience train a dog and what equipment you would need. Show with your dog any three of these commands: "come," "sit," "down," "heel," "stay," "fetch" or "get it," and "drop it."

At least one topic regarding Trail Life started by MikeB as I recall, also disappeared for no apparent reason and certainly no explanation. BTW some interesting decisions over at, particularly like using Made in USA t-shirts http://www.traillifeusa.com/connect/forum/program-materials/ Oops I, I'm fading away. Not just me the whole topic..... :0

Wonder if they went back to Venezuela? Just asking.

I just took "Utah Scouts" from the article headline. I agree not limited to any one state or CO, maybe Utah publicizes it more?

Wonder if their tour permit went for two years?