yarrow

I am always disappointed in the variety of meals the boys choose. Too processed. Too salty. Too predictable. Tell me your favorite and nutritious camp meal. Especially dutch oven meals.

Boy things are getting ugly in another local troop. A young boy, going to canoe base, still can not swim well enough. The parents are insisting on having other stronger swimmers be in the canoe with him. Or they have also suggested hiring a lifeguard to go in his canoe. How much teeth do the troops have to prevent a safety disaster like this one looks. He has been working with camp personal and doing private lessons for months. I believe he has the swimming badge although I don't know how.

Wow.........I had heard 2% on Eagles too. I have 2 GSUSA troops, both my oldest daughters have finished their Gold Awards... GSUSA has 1/2% go to Gold. The girls may not start Gold until they are about Juniors in High School so that accounts for a lot of the difference. My boy 13 could probably pull off an Eagle though. Still he wouldn't look like one. I see these really little/young boys finishing up Eagle and wonder who it really belongs to..hmmmm

Wow.......talk about a real OA ordeal. My son went to his ordeal last weekend when we had an incredible storm come through. Rain, 30 degree temperature drop, snow, hail, lightening. At 2:00am they finally decided the boys had had enough and the lightening was intense so they hiked them 7 miles back in to the lodge. He said he was under a dead tree and the hail was knocking branches off on his head. 3" of hail/snow outside his tarp and below freezing weather. Now that's something to remember.

This just in..........Maybe Deanna Beecham can help............ Powhatan's Tribal Village Found GLOUCESTER, Va., May 7, 2003 Randolph Turner, of Virginia's Dept. of Historic Resources' Office, points to a map as he discusses the location of Werowocomoco, the village of Indian chief Powhatan, who was Pocahontas' father. (AP) "Every day I had time, I would go walking and see what I could find. I have collected old bottles, crocks, dishes, buckles, thimbles - just laying on the surface, believe it or not." Lynn Ripley Pottery shards are some of the

ARe there any Powhatan indians left that could help with the project? Can any other indian organization that would have pull help?

Some areas or schools are large enough to support two or more packs.........hmmmm

I was under the impression that the neckerchief was a handy bit of cloth for first aid, for use as a head covering, to carry things in, a washcloth, etc. I see its function but it would be better in the pocket. IMHO

HOW MANY EAGLE PALMS? What is the maximum number of possible Eagle Palms? Here's a fun exercise. Background information. There are a total of 119 merit badges currently offered by BSA. Each Eagle Palm requires five merit badges, three months active time, Scout Spirit requirement, a Scoutmaster conference, and successful completion of a BOR. Eagle Palms may be earned once a scout successfully completes his Eagle Board of Review. Merit badges earned any time since becoming a boy scout may be used to meet this [Eagle Palms] requirement. (Boy Scout Require

Question........I have seen some scouts use their sleeve as a flag when a flag is not present for pledging. The flag on the uniform is frequently missing a stripe and always has an incorrect number of stars. It seems to be representive of a flag but I would not say that it could be used for presentation, or pledge and I do not have a fit the "the flag is on the floor" when my son drops his uniform. He gets yelled at for not picking up, but it has nothing to do with the flag. Thoughts?

http://www.pocketflagproject.com/ The boys love this project.

The uniform is not that bad, but while I understand the concept of the tie I would suggest that few troops have the boys wear it. I think the boy find that part out of touch with current style. How about a larger handkerchief for the pocket with useful first aid information printed on it. Of course if we elimitate the slide there would go a huge portion of the council's revenue as we have purchased at least 3 of each level over the years. And there goes 90% of the Cub scout craft projects.........leather slide, woven slide, carved slide, pvc pipe slide, first aid slide, fun foam sl

Thanks for your input. Actually I do think the adults are a bit out-of-line, but all I have suggested to my son so far is that he bone up on the material. If he is up on the wiggit bits of the casting reel, how to set up a salmon rig, how to tie a reel spool knot, and the breeding cycle of a California yellow tail the ribbing should stop. At any rate he still is interested in fishing and has a pretty thick skin.

Our cubscout troop is doing a reallly neat project. They fold tiny flags and package them for shipment to the troops. They boys are loving it. Each one has a card in it saying that they were folded by such-and-such pack as a thank you.

Boy did my boy take a ribbing the other night and not all of it kindly done. Our troop does a MB college with in the troop every April and the badges offered this time were ones he had completed. He decided to work with the group doing fishing since he had started Fly fishing and thought he could later on, on a field trip, complete his Fly fishing badge. He did the fishing badge two years ago at summer camp with another dad and truely does not remember all he was taught. Well the adults decided to put him on the spot and ask questions every other 5 minutes. One suggesting he have his badge rev

Why is it that boys are not embarassed to be seen in their football uniform if you need to take them elsewhere after a game, but wouldn't be caught dead in the grocery after a scout meeting in uniform? Where is the pride? Why does this country place sports above everything else? Have you checked out scholarships recently? 1000 to 1, sports to scouts.

Hey,,,, I looked this up. Still a little bit of a fudge on the part of DR. Pepper I think............Soda Cans-Truth!...Sort Of! Summary of eRumor: This message says that Dr Pepper is coming out with a set of soft drink cans with a patriotic theme. One of them is to have the Statue of Liberty on one side and the Pledge of Allegiance on the other. But, the phrase "under God" was not included in the pledge. Some versions of the eRumor include an 800 number for you to call Dr Pepper and complain. Others urge you to send a note of protest via their web site. The Truth: A

Thanks, guys........seemed like competition propaganda to me too.

I got this email.........is it true? "Pepsi has a new patriotic can coming out with pictures of the Empire State Bldg. and the Pledge of Allegiance on them. But Pepsi forgot two little words on the pledge, " Under God." Pepsi said they did not want to offend anyone. If this is true then we do not want to offend anyone at the Pepsi corporate office. If we do not buy any Pepsi products then they will not receive any of our monies. Our money, after all, does have the words "Under God" on it."

Congratulate me.........my oldest just completed her Gold Award. She taught art to seniors and youth at the local library and completed a fabulous mural for the new library when it is done being built.

These are not pushed much for the girls in USGSA as they are in BSA. My two seniors recently earned their God in Life along with their brother. One girl wears the 3/4 " pin and the other liked the medallion better. Not as much work as the God and Country in my opinion.

One of our den leaders is signing off schoolwork for pin and arrowpoint activities. If they did color mixing in school or discussed rocks in school they are getting signed off. Does this work? Is it doubledipping? Do they need to do it twice? Once in school and repeat in the den or what? Thoughts.

My son was given an arrow carved by a friend while he was on OA ordeal. He treasures it.

OK, here's what happened. I have seen this skit and have even been the good natured victim. I got up sputterling (even though it was only an ounce or two of water) and shook my finger at the now laughing and running cubs. No big deal. I was, however, absent at the last pack meeting where this skit was performed recently. I never heard whether the victim was "in the know", but my guess was he wasn't. The Cub Master and Den Leader resigned over the skit and the irrate dressing down they received from the ever so slightly damp adult. Good Lord. What about the "Two suckers on a Stick" What

Have you seen this one........... an "entertainer" tells the pack that he has brought back a rare animal that is very talented. He has the cubscouts (two of them under a blanket, the rear one has a cup with an ounce of water in it) count with their hoof, then do addition, then step over one scout. Can this amazing animal step over two. Indeed he can. Now for the real test. I need a voluteer. A good natured adult is picked, possibly the cubmaster.The front half steps over then the back half lifts it's leg, dog style, and pours the cup on the adult. The adult is not really very wet.......Offensi