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Scott we have a shooting sports person in our council. I don't know what he does so I do not wish to comment on that. What I do know is that in the past five years that I have been back in Scouting our Council has not held an NRA Cert. Course for any shooting discipline. (At least not one that was advertised for wide distribution.) I understand there being a national "standard" for training. Before the NRA became the whippin' boy for all crime committed with guns they pioneered safety programs. I have NRA magazine issues from the 1950's where they rejoice in firearms accidents being

Hear , hear

Recently I found an NRA Training Counselor, scheduled a place, found a range and helped 14 Scouters get Rifle instructor Certified. All in the hope of following the G2SS and having a fam fire with the Troop and maybe becoming a merit badge couselor. The Class is 20 hours and was given to us at a bargain rate of $150. All of this was done wthout any help from the BSA, except my DE(whom I respect very much) circulating the word. Volunteers spent $2100 of hard earned cash to aid the Merit Badge program in our district. Let's not talk about the two full days of instruction. Tod

Webelos love dump cake Do a google search on: Maple apple dumplings hague Make that in a dutch oven Have an older Scout do the Charcoal he can keep the boys from burning themselves

As a Weeb leader I would do most of the items for an activity pin at the meeting. The I'd send them home with a little independent stuff to do. Some boys come from families with problems. One problem is no matter the socio-economic group some families don't give a carp about their kids. so I'd always try to help those kids but make the boys do some on their own. You get to see what their made of that way. Remember Webelos is a traNSITION TO bOY sCOUTS WHICH IS EVEN MORE INDEPENDENT(OOOOPs caps lock). For second year Weebs it is really time to take the pacifier away. You ar

For some reason I cannot copy and paste here. Do a google search on "scientific method cub Scouts" the method consists of something like Question or problem(Given a twig of white Pine, ivy,or willow---will plants form their own roots when soaked in water?) Hypothesis(willow , no -----pine , yes----ivy, yes) Method: get a clean peanut butter jar and fill half full of water. Using the three twigs that you den leader, Mrs. Rumpplestilskin gave you observe and record your findings for a month. Cubs make one observation each saturday morning for 4 weeks and record what

Twin Rivers council broke it's own record today with over 350 attendees at a one day pow wow at Siena College. Tiger leaders to venture leaders attended. Thank you to the college for allowing us to use the class room space and supporting this great event. Thanx to Joe S. who is the keystone to this event every year.

A case of environmentalism gone amok. If a land owner wanted a tree felled because it should be culled due to wierd growth, overcrowding,partial death, what ever... Why would it be a violation of any Scout principle? I'll bet the insurance man is the one who put and end to the felling part. Leave no trace is for camping. And if we're all going to carry leave no trace into our living rooms then we are in for a very rough ride. I have to go lower my thermostat to OFF. Calling a contractor to level my house and I'll restore the 2 acres of farm field that I raped and decimat

The minute the "FREE" (the "F" word is not allowed to be used in my household, nothing is "Free") advancement insignia came into the discussion people brought the scales to mind and put $52 on one side and one or two bits of cloth on the other and saw what weighed more. If one gives to fair share it's because they are cimmitted to Scouting and think that there child or the community at large is getting a benefit from Scouting, not because of a few bits of cloth. Tami did you take Scoutleader/Weeb ldr outdoors at Wakpominee?

So where did you "get beaded" and what was it like?

Anybody having a Pow Wow in their council? I am again teaching the Crystal Radio and Soda Bottle Water Rockets. Hopefully we get more of those radios working this year.

FWIW, Our unit is not going to have an FOS presentation this year. We are doing the Fair Share Letter to every home in the unit. Here is a copy of what we sent home. If you would like to use it some how to make your presentation work so be it. The Names and the units have been give obvious pseudonyms. If we don't make the goal I suppose we wil try a spagetti dinner or breakfast to make up the balance, but I sure hope we get a good showing this way. Dear Parents, Our Toppling Oaks Council is a tremendous asset in bringing the Boy Scouts of America to Troop 00. Every year

About a month ago I saw some ad for Llamas and Alpacas. I tried to reply right then and there, but the 'puter was on the fritz. Hunt and OGE were right. I think the next thing we should try for surplus diamond abrasives

yes Hunt, I got my subjects mixed up. 100% when you teach or 1 on 1 time or sign off, not the BOR. My Cubs Scouts used to get made when they brought a knot to me and asked if it was right. If It was I'd say yes and then promptly untie it. They would say, "Whatcha do that for?" I replied well make it again you just showed you know how! Thanks again to all who contributed.

First, thank you to all who replied. You really can learn a lot here. Second, thank you to the old grey fellow bird of prey(those with talons rule!)that was where I read a Scout should never fail. I guess I'd like to be known as an adult that expects 100%. Who wants to be known as easy? "Ah, give it to Mr. Jekyll to sign off on, he's easy" I think you cheat a kid when you do that. It gives me no pleasure to refuse a Scout promotion but even less to pass a boy and have him think the whole program is a bunch of male bovine soil. They come to be challenged. Nothing in the world i

Ed, One thing is knots, we can't throw a kid a rope at a board and say "can you demonstrate a bowline for us". Or a tautline. Last week I had a kid admit to me he could not tie a tautline in a BOR. Didn't know what the knot was used for. We had two kids that could not do even one pull up. We have all been down that road with a thread saying "from locked down to 90 degree arm flex is improvement". I didn't vote to fail both boys, but if you have zero of something improvement is 1. In kindergarten, in 1968 we did pull ups every week. I spent an entire year flopping around hangin

I have seen literature from BSA saying that TF to star a boy should never fail a BOR. Have you ever failed a Scout and why? The BOR is not supposed to be a retest, how do you make sure all the requirements have been met? Say a PL wants to be a nice guy and signs off and then the SM doesn't catch it that a skill has been missed and it comes up in the BOR what do you do? I feel like sometimes we are just passing kids along, kind of like Schools used to do until to Sr. High and some mean teacher took and interest in making sure Johnny was somewhat prepared for the real wor

Elizabeth, I don't know if you still need need this info, go to www.jamboreetroop108.com and ask the webmaster your question. He will help. That website only seems to connect through a google search. I don't know why.

Made you look! Made you look! I wanted to thank everyone here and on all the boards forputting up with me, a great year of fellowship, advice and knowledge. Wishing you and all your units a safe and fun new year has we all do our best to provide a great program for the boys. uz2bnowl, a good ole owl too.......

Soda bottle water rockets. Get two liter soda bottle, find launcher making directions on the net, SAFETY FIRST NEVER LAST, HAVE A FUTURE NOT A PAST. kids just love this event. I can send you a PP presentation if you email me at BSANRACERT@AOL.COM

Camp Wakpominee is very near the southern tip of Lake George. Great place, boys who lead really care about the kids. Search Twin Rivers Council BSA. I drive past Curtis Read all the time, but have never spent a week there. It is very near Pharaoh Lake which is a great backpacking trip. It is the largest lake in the 'dacks with no road frontage. Probably the most popular canoe venture is from Raquette to Long to Tupper lakes. Watch the group size, but it is a great trip.

This is interesting. The big question is could he have come out of this all by himself or would he have died with out medical attention? Would he have lived by warming alone? I know sometimes kids that fall through the ice survive when they should have died, but that is well documented and the docs know why. From the too much info dept.: A documentary stated that bears eat clay prior to their big winter nap. This clay plug forms and the end of their digestive tract. It acts as a wall and keeps out parasites. Holy biting bed bugs Batman!!!

Hey great for you!!!!! Have the beading where ever you want 'cause it's you day. I'll bet your boys(the biological ones and the ones you serve) will be very proud!!!!!!

Hey great for you!!!!! Have the beading where ever you want 'cause it's you day. I'll bet your boys(the biological ones and the ones you serve) will be very proud!!!!!!

Seems Scott and Shackleton did not always see eye to eye. I saw the Shackelton Exp. on the Hist. Channel. They had two guys actually walk and get help. Now there is two tough ombres.