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Slash Pockets...didn't he play the El Commandante in the old Zorro serials? mmmm, saturday morning cartoons...

I'm thinking my price estimates are on the low side. http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/index.cfm?action=2010BoyScouts Check the commemorative for disabled veterans... http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/commemoratives/index.cfm?action=2010AmericanVeterans Coin Collecting MB anyone?

In this age of instant earning, what I like to do (and don't get nearly enough chance to do) is first, walk down the trail with Scouts in tow and point out the signs I see and invite them to point out some of their own (squirrel nest, bird nest, bird songs bird, buck rub, chipmunk, squirrel, turn over stick and see centipede, etc. etc. ) , then after lunch, we go out on a DIFFERENT trail, and I let them find their own signs to point out to me. One can usually find ten animals or signs or indications of animals even in the winter.

These will NOT be normal, pick up at your bank, circulated coins. They are "collecter" coins. "Proof" will be the most be-you-tiful, will be sold in special velvet commemorative "BSA History" presentation cases, plastic encased and protected. Proof coins are minted in specially polished dies, and struck sloooowly, and handled with gloved hands. Uncirculated coins are struck as a regular coin is (kechunk, kechunk, kechunk), drop into baskets and are picked up with gloved hands and sealed into cellophane plackets. They have never been thru the Kmart cash till. Uncircs are pretty, but proof co

And the conversation takes a turn... http://uwnews.org/uweek/article.aspx?id=40044 U of Washington awards honorary degrees to Nisei that were interned in WW2 and had to withdraw from the university. Other west coast universities followed suit. http://rafu.com/news/?p=2254

www.roadsideamerica.com the very best of the very strangest places to visit. www.tolerance.org from the Southern Poverty Law Center www.albinoblacksheep.com multiverous videos for them with entirely too much time on their hands. Remember the Llama Song of a few time clics back?

Ya got yer sterling silver Eagle lapel pin, yer sterling silver OA lapel arrow, yer sterling silver Dunamis pin (or NESA), yer God & Country lapel pin (mebbe not any more available?), and mebbe yer occasional Wood Badge totem and/or critter pin... Need a bigger lapel...

Make the Cubs memorize the Promise and LotP? Naw... Make the ADULTS learn'em. Those are the people that will give the Pack the most trouble, not the Cubs. When the Pack meeting begins, and the flags are presented, and the CM asks a Webelos Cub to "Lead us in the CSPromise and LotP", here's what you do... Say "hold on a minute, Toby, I want to see if our Akelas know as much as you do. Here, I want everybody to pull a card out of this bag..." The CM then walks to the back of the room and lets the parents draw a card out of a paper bag. On each card is one word of the Cub Scout Promise

Here we go, then... Pretend you are ignorant of Scouting and want to find the closest Scout Unit ::: to join, to question, to ask for a "good turn", whatever... What do you find? ((yeah, I know,,,some folks on these forums might not be pretending. Humor me...))

Amen to all the above. A teaching moment: Give the map and directions to a Scout and let him navigate. I believe the Surveying MB requires a map be made to a camp ground from the Troop meeting place (or something eqivalent). Anyone remember Motor Rallies? Timed Map and compass driving competitions?

The earning of a Merit Badge is intended to attest to the Scout attaining some level of skill/knowledge in a given area. Plumbing, cycling, cooking, chemistry, aviation, whatever. The intention is to let the Scout gain some experience in an activity he already has an iterest in (a hobby or such) or explore something new, a possible career choice, with a knowledgeable adult or older Scout, even. A Scout can either 1) seek out a MBCounselor in that subject and work with him/her to pass the established requirements or 2) go to a Scout sponsored "Merit Badge Class" sponsored by a Troop or Distr

Jet526: That's the conversation I want. How does ANYONE find the local unit and HOW (what's the process) does a boy join? I was in Baltimore a while ago, and voila! Big sign on a Bus Stop Shelter about Scouts! Popcorn! Camping! Hiking! Canoeing! (not necessarily in that order). Phone number for Baltimore Council...

I hope it will be apparent why I chose this forum. If someone who is computer savvy wants info on Scouting he/she goes to.... Google or Yahoo (or such). Hopefully, one is then given a choice of websites about Scouting. But... if one WANTS to join up, or wants to join up his/her son, is somewhat knowledgeable and goes to your local Council or Troop website, what do you find there? Is it easy to find out HOW to join? Is the web reader directed to another site/page? Is one directed to a phone number? A pdf application form? A DE? Another website? How do YOU find out how to join? Do

CSDC always has archery (and other shooting sports, as possible). Usually, the Cub Belt loop is "automatically" earned. Make the effort for the Bears and Webs to earn the Sports Pin. Usually means coming real early to help set up the range, and other extra stuff. Forestry: Contact the local State U. and see if they have a forestry department, ask for some special help there. A real Timber Cruiser from the State Environmental Department. Would your camp site allow a portable sawmill setup? Look in your phone book or penny paper for firewood sellers for a contact. Local extension office can h

I've also heard the young protoScouts referred to as "Junior Webelos and Senior Webelos" Then too, I've often heard the local Webelos DL refer to his charges as "you guys". Very incorrect. Motto for IOLS Camp Cooking Class: "There is no food so mediocre that it cannot be improved with Catsup/Ketchup."

Languages are/is wonderful topic. My favorite story: Working the Metro Station in Silver Spring, MD. one morning rush hour, one of my drivers came up to me with a short older lady in tow. He said she appeared to be lost and he couldn't understand a word she said. He turned and left. Since I appeared to be in some authority, she started to speak rapidly at me and seemed really upset. I listened awhile, thought I recognized some inflexion (my daughter was taking Russian in HS), and said outloud to the crowd passing by, "Does anyone within the sound of my voice speak Russian?" A well dressed m

It should be pointed out that there is NO "official" Whittling Chip or Totin' Chip curriculum. Only the safety guidelines on the back of the award pocket card. The teaching of the safe handling and skillful use is totally dependant on the experience of the instructor. All good ideas mentioned here, and the Cub Pack 178 curriculum is excellent, if a bit wordy and academic. I always try to instill in the Cub a pride of skill. "Showing off" must be discouraged by teaching that it is often a sign of LACK of skill. I was asked to help present the popcorn sales awards and prizes at the Pack I com

Pint: Thank you for the clarification. I could imagine something like this helping BP to gel his ideas about war, trust, honor, and dare I say, the brotherhood inherent in humankind. Many warriors have had their own epiphany. Look up Smedley Butler for some interesting reading. Twice awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and then wrote a book entitled "War is a Racket" . YiS

We use the term "flag courtesy". I am a substitute teacher for the public schools. I relish the times I am assigned to a middle school history class. I usually get to talk about flag history or trivia. The last class they were learning ( I hope) about the war of 1812. This inevitably led to the battle for Fort McHenry and the "Star Spangled Banner". Altho the regular teacher's plan, which I did follow, did not include it, I was able to get these ipod kids to think about the flag as more than a mere piece of history they needed to memorize. We talked about how the stars are added (15? 37?

((on a roll)) ""As I went out one evening, to my RoundTable to play , A thirty five year old DE, to me these words did say.... "I see that you are a Scouter, and not just an average bum, For only does a Scouter, stir his coffee with his thumb. My ASM, he was a Scouter, there're no more like him today. If you put a tent up on it, he'd sleep on a pile of hay..."" ((Stay tuned...))

(throwback time.....) "so tired, tired of waitin', tired of waitin' for yooooou. I was a lonely boy(scout), I had nobody til I met you, but you keep-a-me waitin', alla the time, what can I dooooo? "(it's your life, an' you can do what you want.) Do what you want.... BUT PLEASE DON'T KEEP-A-ME WAITIN', please don't keep-a-me waitin',,,, cause I'm sooo tired, tired of waitin' , tired of waitin' for yooooou, for yoooooou, for yoooooou....."

Marvelous. BP always said Scouting was an international movement. I applaud Ms Gustafson, but the article and pictures raise some questions for me. Boys and girls together? In the same troop? No head scarfs on the girls? The mosques of my experience here in the US are'nt quite that "progressive". Still, I wish them much good fortune. "Inshallah"

I think Ms Secretary forgot (or never learned) her manners. One does not side step a co-worker, one should always include others and plan together. As the CC, you will set the tone for the way the rest of the Pack leadership operates. If all things are done "out in the open", Ms secretary will have no complaint about being left out. If she continues to assume more than her share of responsibility, then, as Nike has counseled, you need to bring in the COR and the UC . But we must ask, has everyone involved gone to Cub Leader training as appropriate? The UC can cue you in as to the schedule an

Wingnut: An interesting observation and justification/rationalization. Either way, a Scout can see a need to be satisfied and a way to satisfy it. Anyone else notice that a half gallon of ice cream ain't a half gallon anymore?

Messr. Shortridge gives much good counsel. Media is important. Now as to the contributed critters...If it's a new stuffed animule, no problem. If it's a gently used, but USED item... Enlist the help of a neighbor dry cleaner and arrange to have your collected menagery cleaned. This will prevent the allegation that the huggy critter is DIRTY. Then, add a distinctive ribbon/bow (bright red? Scout green? Red, white and blue?) to mark your effort but no "donated by" or name tag. That's not the important part. Wait... name it "Cubby?" Nah.. too obvious. Still, might be right.(?) Wr