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  1. The last time I checked the Boy Scouts of America was a PRIVATE organization and therefore is allowed to discriminate in its membership. Much like my Chartered Organization the Knights of Columbus. You MUST be a Practicing Catholic MAN over the age of 18 to join. The Knights also have the right to remove someones membership ie: Kick them out. The BSA has the right to so the same. It has the right to decide who can and can not be members. It also has the right to take money from whomever it chooses. It is the the BSAs problem if the money comes from a Governmental agency. It is the
  2. I knew the Complete uniform topic would eventually spin off. John- I could not have said it better, so I won't.. Fuzzy Bear- That camp is run my the YMCA.. good thought though, it would give people that do not want to participate fully in the BSA Program a place to go. Eamonn- You Da man! I love reading your straight forward posts. Makes me a better Scout leader.. thanks Jerry SM
  3. Backpacker- I base it my opinion. They rarely have a good word to say about any conservative issues (religion falling in that category) CNN is completely biased.. I my non Scouting life I am a Soldier. CNN consistantly scews its stories about the Military and Government policy. That is another debate for another time...and at the end of the day it will probably come down to my opinion and nothing you can site or measure. IMO though CNN is worthless unless you lean to left side of the fence. Jerry
  4. For what it is worth... The debate of who is growing and declining is not really and indicator of the stability of the Church...but I chanced upon this article that I thought was interesting none the less... It is authored by James Akin, a Former Presbyterian that is now a leading Author on Catholic topics. "If one were to prefer religion based on long-term, sustained growth, the Catholic Church would be the one to prefer. With almost 2,000 years of growth, the Church today is larger than it has ever been before, with over a billion members. More than half of all Christians are Cathol
  5. a couple of you took my references... I think the first thing one needs to do is stop listening to CNN and Newsweek... CNN is openly anti Catholic or religion for that matter. Praire- like you said the Church will not collaps over any of this. I disagree that JPII squeltched discussion, I think we will have to agree to disagree on that, because that debate could go on for ever. Women Priests- don't think that is going to happen. Married Priests- not any time soon. Personal opinon is that things should stay the way they are. I want my Priest focusing on one thing and that is
  6. Without getting into to much debate... It is amazing where the stats come from. Some say people are leaving in droves... while others report the fastest growing Church is also the Catholic Church. Did you know that the Church that recieved the most Converts over the last 5 years is the Catholic Church.. Thats right converts...people coming into the Church from elsewhere... But you know that has nothing to do with the Pope..past or present. Vatican II- before comments are made about JPII disregarding Vatican II you had better know what Vatican II said. There are so many people that
  7. Welcome Ken... Cobbler is always cooking at this forum. Once a Scout always a Scout... Funny thing how we come full circle. Thank goodness for a little flyer my son brought home inviting him to an Open house 5 and half years ago. He signed up and so did I... it felt great to put a Scout uniform on again. So welcome back! Jerry SM
  8. Love my LED flashlight and headlamp... won't own anything else. They seem to go forever on batteries and provide great light. That and they are lighter and more compact. 2 thumbs up! Jerry
  9. OK- I found in the SM Handbook where it does in fact state that "A boy is not required to have a uniform in order to be a Boy Scout." Page 156 second Paragraph.. Sorry I did not look hard enough. Now having said that... I still think the Uniform is an important part of Scouting and as the SM Handbook says; " Troop leaders should set the example by wearing the uniform themselves and by encouraging each Scout to acquire and wear a uniform." So on one hand it is not required, but the BSA is suggesting that we as leaders encourage the owning and wearing of a uniform.
  10. Ed- Omission does not mean not required. I would think that, and based on all of the literature that the Scouter and Scout is in contact with (Boy Scout Handbook, SM Handbook etc), there is more emphasis placed on wearing the uniform and properly than there is on not wearing the uniform. In fact there is nothing in the literature that says NOT to wear the uniform. If the BSA and WSO think so much of the uniform and its importance that is is actually a METHOD of the movement than it must be important and therefore something that should be incorporated into the PROGRAM, which others have
  11. Ok- I have to ask, because I can not find it anywhere... Pages 12 and 13 of the Scouthandbook and page 9 of the Scoutmaster Handbook both speak of the Uniform. And no where in those books does it say the Uniform is NOT required, so I went to the 2005 Boy Scout Requirements book... NO where there does it say the Uniform is not Required. So where does it say that the Uniform is NOT required? The BSA website states: "Uniform The uniform makes the Boy Scout troop visible as a force for good and creates a positive youth image in the community. Boy Scouting is an action program, and
  12. "Don't make this Scout stuff too hard." AMEN! This stuff is all fun. I think that sometimes we do get wrapped around the broom handle over minor stuff. Jerry
  13. Two Part question: 1. Do your units try to earn the National Historic Trails Award? if so what Trail did you do? Any great Stories? 2. This is the Bicentennial of the Corps of Discovery, Lewis and Clark expedition. The Cascade Pacific Council is doing an AWESOME journal program with awards throughout this year. Are any other Councils doing something like this? As luck would have it we have been working for 8 months on the Historic Trails award. We chose the Lewis and Clark Trail, as we live on it and the Bicentennial celebration offered many activities. We will camp our
  14. Bobwhite- I could not agree with you more. Jerry
  15. I think your troop has hit it's max capacity for what it can and can not do. I do not understand why you need 1 Adult per Scout on a Campout, especially when you know space is limited. Our Troop is 1 year old this month. We started with 5 boys and now we have 11. We have 6 2nd year Webelos that will cross over to the Troop in October. So we will be up to 17. Right now I have 3 Assistant Scoutmasters to handle 11 Scouts. More than enough Adult leaders, When we get the new 6 we will Add an Assistant Scoutmaster. We have camped 12 times and had just about as many other outings. I in
  16. We have a great CO.. no complaints. They have place additions requirements on us, for example, they require us to be screened by the Archdiocese (background Check), they require trip permits any time a Scout is riding in a car with an adult other than his parent. When it came to uniforms, the CO wants us to wear full uniforms, however they have not made an issue of it. They offered to buy us some Scout stuff. I met with them and they asked my what they can buy for the Troop. They suggested pants for all the boys as they all have shirts etc. They gave me a dollar number and so I asked
  17. Untucked shirts.... my number 1 pet peeve... I make that correction all the time, wheather it is BSA policy or not, it is just good order. Presenting a neat appearance in a Scout Shirt that is untucked in impossible. SAYS ME! Jerry
  18. Nothing tastes better than food cooked in Dutch ovens... Please share some of your favorite reciepes. I'll start. Huckleberry Cobbler- 1 box of yellow cake mix 1 egg 2 cans of huckleberries (or 4 cups of fresh Huckelberries) about 2 cups of milk or one of those real small milk cartons. preheat oven, getting it warm. mix in a bowl the cake mix, egg and milk. pour Huckleberries in bottom of Dutch oven. Pour cake mixture over berries Put on coals... 8 on bottom, 12 on top Cook for about an hour, check at 45 min. If the top looks real good (and you will know) th
  19. SOAP and Steel Wool...ONLY WHEN RESEASONING... I clean mine by boiling water in them and then scrubbing them with a nylon brush... dump out water... oil and repeat once. Then use Crisco to oil it and store. I have never had a problem with my ovens. And I cook EVERY Saturday on my dutch ovens. Tonight its Pork ribs, Sparkeling potatos, Corn, and Apple crisp cheese cake. mmmm mmmmm Got the coals on right now. Get yourself an "OVGLOVE" the greatest invention for Dutch oven chefs. And a good cooking table...saves the back. Jerry
  20. Rules. In our Troop we have 12 of them... I am sure you can all guess what they are, Starts with Trustworthy... Those 12 pretty much touch everything that we could need. We have a set of By Laws also, in them we discuss the cleaning of our meeting place for the Chartered Org., we cover dues for the year, we cover the additional items our CO has in place for the Troop, which include reporting, permits, insurance etc. But no rules. What I have learned in my short time as a Scout leader is that the more rules you throw at them, the less they remember. They all need to know the
  21. and in the late 70's early 80's the BSA supply division in cooperation with Boy's Life came out with a special "Pedro Edition" of the Wool Jac-Shirt. It was sent to Leaders only and was Red and Green Plaid. I got my hands on one.. my Dad was a Scouter back in the old days...70's and 80's and he recieved one of these jac's. He never wore it and gave it to me (in plastic) when I became a Scouter. It is quite the conversation piece..
  22. Amen. I am pleased to see the secessor of Peter via John Paul II is a stead fast conservative within the Church. Now more than ever we need that in the leadership. To continue the fantastic work of most Holiness John Paul II. As a loyal Son of the Mother Church I pray for her and our new Pontif. Jerry
  23. I still have all my skill awards from when I was a Scout. I really would like to see them brought back, I think it was a good program, and even though we use a spiral learning technique now, I believe there is still room for the Skill award. For me its not so much the recognition factor or ratio, but younger Scouts do get used to being recognized alot in Cub Scouting and it does create a melt down in some cases when they get up to the Troop. I think you can never get enough First Aid training, and the rest all enhanced the program also. Citizenship, Swimming, Camping, hiking, cooking
  24. Indiana Jones as a Boy Scout at the beginning of Last Crusade... My Boys always ask if he got his Eagle? He is wearing Life.... We always get a chuckle because the G2SS would never let you ride a horse like that. hahahaha
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