Tha_Mensinghe

About once every two years, a bank in our town gets robbed or so, and the police turns to our cub pack for help getting the robbers. Our cubs are always able to arrest the criminals, usually in the nearby forest, although it requires some action and bravery. These are the meetings they still talk about among each other when they are venture scouts or have become leaders themselves.

So, a couple of years ago the bank had been robbed again, the police turned to our pack for help, and luckily we found the car of the bank robbers at the entrance of the forest. So far, so good. Following the footsteps the robbers had left behind all kids followed by the leaders went hunting for the robbers. After some strategy deliberations they caught all three of them and the moneybags. One of the leaders reported the catch to the police and we walked them back to the forest entrance, filled with pride.

To the leaders surprise one of the cubs came walking up in the other direction. Apparently he had managed to escape our attention when we were done examining the car that was used by the bank robbers. He proudly told us he had managed to sabotage the car in case the robbers would return to their car and escape before we would have gotten hold of them.

The leaders of course could do nothing but praising him a little, but were a bit worried about what they would find. The kids father owns one of the local garages so the kid is a bit knowledgeable about cars. Turned out he had managed to cut all the spark cables.

Well, with a bit of teeth grinding we praised him a bit more and decided to pay for the repairs ourselves, which was a very acceptable amount. We were not able to borrow that car once more though.

Just curious, since I live abroad. Are there any scouting units in the US that are independent? Without a chartering organization and with their own clubhouse?

Google on "Baden-Powell" and "favourite" and find

www.thedump.scoutscan.com/heroofmafeking.pdf

search "music" within the document and find "savoy opera"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy_opera

Regards.

capture the flag, but instead of ranks you use glowsticks in different colors to indicate rank and team.

Most knots and lashes techniques have been around for many centuries. It doesn't happen that often that a new knot or lash with practical value comes around. Our scout group is proud to present a lash that can be used in many scout pioneering projects at camp. So, next time at camp, give it a try.

http://home.kpn.nl/tha/scouting/3D-lash/