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My sympathy for your loss. Ditto all the above "preventive" stuff. Have faith, like the folks previous have said, with a little media exposure, you will have lots of help replacing the lost material, and the thieves will have that much more trouble unlaoding the loot. Near trailer::: Make sure to have it painted in bright colors " CUB SCOUT PACK XYZ, Sponsor Org, Town State, Wolf Badge " on all four sides. Paint, NOT decals or vynil (too easy to remove). (vinyl?) Good Luck YiS

"wowser, (wows'-er), adj. obs. 1. Exemplary, marvelous, tending to be amazing; 2. Worthy of a young person's adulation or immediate attention; as in "thats a wowser of a helicopter, grandad, fer shur". See also Inspector Gadget. " Yes, if one quality of a person is desirable (bullet 50 yard passes), then one can ignore other, less desirable qualities (knock up as many females of the species as possible).

Tonite, I will gain "personal experience". It is the first Troop Committee Meeting of the year. We are a smallish troop (maybe 20 or so boys) and the dictum of 'the jobs get done by whoever shows up' is very true. The idea here, originally, is to start planning and laying out the years activities and assigning adult leaders/sponsors for them. I suggested to son (SPL, brag) that he might want to call SM and ask to come to the Committee meeting to talk about what the boys might want to do. His response, "aw, they won't let us do them". But he eventually called SM and SM said "sure, bring yo

* I have a hard time rooting for anyone who is paid more per hour than I make in a year. They need MY support? *I like to point to the Medivac helicopter pilots and paramedics that "entertain" by flying wowser 'copters AND save lives. * College Ball is more exciting to me, anyhow. They seem to do the different, the riskier plays, they take chances in the tactics and strategy more than the pros. * This guys car washing bill would buy a months worth of food for a village in Dafur.

Archery : history : skill : arrangements. Check out: http://www.archerylibrary.com/books/badminton/ YiS

Wow. ?2005? Anything new known?

Man, I will just do anything to avoid housework. And that was one of the things my wife said attracted her to me (my willingness to help with housework, not my desire to avoid it). When a thread becomes a hawser so quickly and consistantly, I tend to wait to read thru the history. I think kudu sees a trend and BW sees an improvement. The first sees a lack of real training and the latter sees a continuence, an addition to. What I see in my small experience as an ASM since the boy became a Scout, in many Troops (not just ours) is a desire of the boys to LET the adults do the planning, the

I received TWO copies this month. I cannot descern any difference in the two address blocks, they are identical. I will call them later. I cannot fathom preferring an electric version over the paper version. That might label me as old fashioned, but you can't sit back in the woods and worry about the battery on my laptop to read it. I just got back from a 50th anniversary camp out at my church's camp. A very good time was had by all. Got to acquaint the camp with the Campfire ash tradition and added the camp to the pedigree. Ditto eagle92. Shall we talk about bank fees too?

kenpen: Welcome to the virtual crackerbarrel. Pull up an invisible bench (see classic skits) and get comfortable. Good Question. Nielup has the bear's share of the answer. 1) The BoR is not a 'final exam' pass/fail, or graded. 2) The 'knot' is, traditionally, an "overhand knot", but like jet526 sez, it would be hard to duplicate it as an actual, useful, recognized knot. I like his instructions. My older manuals all mention the bottom knot as an 'overhand' knot, and mention it's symbology: "the knot on the scroll reminds you of your obligation to do a good turn daily". Unfortunately,

Wow, what a trip. From my reading of the above,(anything to avoid house work)I think: Bob White is correct: The "Official" BSA program is there for all to read and know and follow, and if you start with that, you can't go far wrong. Beavah et al is/are correct: The CO makes the rules in THEIR situation, as they DO own the unit. The people involved ultimately are the ones that gotta do what they gotta do, because... Bob the Tomato is correct: "It's for the kids" (Scouts in this case). And 'Murphy' (of the Law) is correct: "The work that can get done will be done by w

I forget if I've mentioned "Same River Twice" Feature Films for Families (there are two films of this title. You do NOT want the one with the naked folks on the cover.) Old friends reunite for another white water raft trip. Close small community, depending on each other. Excellent, many thoughts provoked. Good white water sequences. A Study of not only human dynamics but hydraulic dynamics as well!

It may not be "official BSA", but if you want real 100% wool outdoor wear, and to put things in perspective, see www.filson.com Check out the 'Double Mackenaw Cruiser' coat. Wife gave me one for combo b-day & anniversary. Warm. Tough. Handsome. Not BSA. Made for work. These folks supply timber/lumber workers.

The talk about the Den Chief Training made me wonder: It seems to be a given that Den Chiefs do tend to insure a greater number of Cub to Boy Scout enlistment. The question then is, How do we encourage the Boy Scout to be a Den Chief?

The biggest section (use-wise) is "Open Discussion - Program" Sort thru this, and one finds a few themes that might warrant their own section. Scouting and Religion (? Chaplaincy?) Scouting and the Media (? How to ""do"" media?) Scouting and (shudder) Politics Everything Else and Scouting (?Gray Areas?) A seperate section for each "Method" might yield teeny sections, better included in a "Methods of Scouting" section. Then too, there are 'methods' not necessarily included in the "Methods" ! Thanks for bringing it up, Its Me. (This message has been e

Older Cubs (webs, Bears) should be able to handle the VC, Tigers, Wolves, mebbe not. I would counsel working up to it. Have pre trip Pack meetings about Bike Safety, riding in groups (single file, signals, stopping, ) Have a Pro from a Bike Shop come and do the talk and demo. Mechanical condition of bikes, tighten those bolts, true those wheels, pump those tires, adjust seats for comfort and efficient pedaling. . Make sure someone in your group is tire patch savvy! Small tool kit! Have a "warm up ride" of 5 or 8 miles. Be aware that most if not all of your Cubs have NEVER riden a serious

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OOPS... Corrections to previous postings... Recent Commisioner Meeting... Here in X County District, we seem to have a "corrected" list of about 275 units chartered and registered of all shapes and types and sizes. We now have two scheduled R/T with BS and CS sections and RTCs. Looking for a third set. Seems like we have about 20 active UCs and they are connected to one or two U's historically. Gonna have two (at least) maybe three CSDC, but one CSDC Director has announced her retirement ( 6 years!). Two Camporees in the fall, if we're lucky, (did have four thru the 6 ustabe districts).

I like Jblake's take on the fake. If your on grass/dirt, set up a small tent or fly, too. If asphalt, put down a couple sheets 1/2 inch plywood and stake/ tack things to it. If Scouts available (Den Chiefs?) Demo hatchet sharpening and tent peg making (Totin' Chip stuff). We have a two man(boy) saw that is an interest grabber, set up a saw buck, a 4 - 5 inch log and let boys cut off a cookie for a souvenir. Good luck to you.

Anything new to report? Anything?

Step One: Somebody gets an idea... Back in the dim memory of my Scout days, for trip planning we had to rely on vacation brochures, vague memories of exciting visits to exotic places, telephone calls ("Colorado!? Do you realize how much a long distance call to Colorado tc going to be???"), USpostal letters and waiting for replies. It's still good to hear someone say "wow, my uncle jake did thus and so..." and take the inspiration and run with it. But now, internet info, picture indexing, Google insights, how much easier can it be? And quicker? The slowest thing has to be gett

I have not found a cloth friendly solvent that will remove OLD BM. If it is NEW, and not set with ironing or long dryer time, it will come off and out of the cloth with dry cleaning fluid. Carbon Tetrachloride worked for me there. Good ventilation, please!. Least, mine did. But old stuff , uh-huh. So why the plastic coat on the back of the badge? Makes it hard to sew thru. The older style, only cloth badges were easy to sew on. The plastic backing necessitates using a thimble to push the needle thru. Tough.

If you have sufficient lead time (I would judge at least a month or more), invest in some phone calling and/or websurfing. NASA is very willing to provide promo material about Space exploration. AND, if it fits into their schedule, you might even get an Astronaut to come and wow the Cubs. Lacking that, go to the nearest University and see if the Engineering or Physics Dept might be able to help with some special stuff. Worked for us some years ago. Military District? Check for the Corps of Engineers. They (Baltimore Mil District) did a great section for our CSDC. Brain storm it, a

I see no reason to REQUIRE a Scout to purchase all new uni. Most will be wearing out or outgrowing the old anyway. And those that don't outgrow'em will likely only need'em for a year or two more. Unless the Jamboree REQUIRES the new uni (natch). NEWS ITEM: DATELINE: New Town, New Jersey HEADLINE: ""Troop Wear Out Dates for New Numerals"" "Scoutmaster Scrub Down of Scout Troop 9999 pronounced the Troops latest activity a great success. "Yessir, I didn't think much of the idea at first, but those boys really did a good job planning and executing," said Down. "Th

Hello, Eamon. Nope, didn't get to this year regatta. Only so many me's to pass around. I thought he was called a Regional Somebody, could be wrong about that. But that's what it was, a larger area fellow overseeing the smaller area "temporarily". GW: I always think the stew is tastier when it's stirred a little , yes? So: If the DE is NOT ultimately responsible for 'fundraising' thru his/her District, but is supposed to encourage the volnteers to fundraise, and then the DE somehow gets credited for the funds raised in his/her District by 'his/her' volunteers (which he/she encouraged

Many moon ago, Back in pre history, my Troop was in the X County District of the MegaCouncil. We had a good time. When I finally became an adult (note I did not say grew up) with a boy to be a Cub, I discovered that in my absence, the X County District had been divided into A,B and C Districts (Omnia Countia est in tres partes divisibus?). My inquiries devulged that the rationale was that the powers that be thought that each District Executive (a paid position? a JOB? hey, maybe I could... nah.)should have about 40 or fifty Scout Units to oversee, and we would probably see a reshuffling of