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Finished my ticket end of last year and got my beads last Thursday at Roundtable. Got it done but did not think the beading was going to be a big deal. I have been pleasantly suprized at the outpouring of congratulations from Wood Badgers and non Wood Badgers alike. Scouters are really great bunch of caring people! Proud to be an Antelope!

It is fast paced... but all our patrol was pretty bushed by the time we got there the first weekend but still got through it. One of the guys who own a transmission shop was up till 3am before showing up bright and early the next morning to get far enough ahead to go. It is really well done and interesting and once engaged, no one complained of how tired they were. You will sleep well the night after the first full day. If you are like me you will also think that there is no way you are absorbing anything as fast as it comes at you but after 6 months I "flash back" to those ever important less

It is fast paced... but all our patrol was pretty bushed by the time we got there the first weekend but still got through it. One of the guys who own a transmission shop was up till 3am before showing up bright and early the next morning to get far enough ahead to go. It is really well done and interesting and once engaged, no one complained of how tired they were. You will sleep well the night after the first full day. If you are like me you will also think that there is no way you are absorbing anything as fast as it comes at you but after 6 months I "flash back" to those ever important less

I had posted earlier of a bad experience a friend of mine had at the fist session we attended together. Unfortunately he did not return because of this. It did not happen directly to me so I tried to put it behind me and go on. Was I ever glad I did. In the end, it was truly a life changing experience. There is a bond between my fellow Antelope patrol members that I would not have believed could have formed in such a short time with such a divers group. I have had lots of management and team building training in my professional life but nothing made the impression this did. I attri

I just got back from my first weekend. Had a great time learned a lot and thought it was excellent training. But (there is always a but) something has come to light since then that has me very concerned about the whole program. A friend of mine also attended the course. He is a great Scouter who has given a lot to our program and district. He is currently serving as our Unit Commissioner, helping reorganize our OA Chapter, and stepped in briefly as our Cubmaster when ours left to tide us over while we searched out another. And has all in all gone above and beyond. He has also fal

Your local OA Lodge is Owasippe Lodge #7. At least one of the chapters should have a ceremonial team that can do this in full native dress. This is a service project for lodges and there should be no charge unless to cover the cost of some type of totem is given to the boys.

How and where can we send letters and care packages to that they get to those in need?

We use ScoutTrack. (http://www.scouttrack.com) This is one of many programs to track advancements available. We like it because it is reasonably priced ($35/yr) and since it is internet based so each leader or parent can keep track of their boys advancements. Everyone family in the pack has access to their boys info. The Advancement Chair can then print out the advancement forms direct form the website. It also has a 30 day free trial. The only web based source of Scout Uniforms know of is http://www.basicsclothing.com. I have also been told you can phone order from http://www.scoutst

This site has some stuff on "traditonal" scouting but I cannot tell if it is BSA or not. http://www.inquiry.net/

http://members.cox.net/pack430/