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Female Boy Scout leader charged with having sex with boy in troop By Nicholas J.C. Pistor ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 12/09/2009 ST. CLAIR COUNTY A female Boy Scout troop leader was charged Tuesday with criminal sexual assault for allegedly having sex with an underage boy. Sheriff's deputies said the boy's parents arrived at their home outside Lebanon from a shopping trip Sunday to find the woman "engaging in mutual intercourse with their minor son." CRIME STATS Wendy R. Rogers, 39, of the 1400 block of North Smiley Street in O'Fallon, Ill., was named in one count of crimi

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LB, Wow. You said a lot... --D_O

Instead of SCOUTING it should say VOYERISM. The little guy is obviously a peeping tom, scouting through his binoculars for a cheap thrill!

Yes, America got 'Bushed' - by George II - and his henchmen.

This reeks of the Hitler Youth.

The Orkin Man red epaulettes do look stupid. Its too much and really clutters the look of the uniform.

Beavah, You state: "LOL. Do yeh really think there's any standardization of expectations between college professors and different classes? Or different colleges? Yeh must be jokin'! " -- I see your point. How about this: The registrar evaluates 2 students who have successfully completed the same coursework (at the same U), and tells one to go take another class, and approves the second for graduation. Or a professor gives Mary an A with 87% and Billy a B with 88%. Because Billy wasnt active in the class My point is this is a slippery slope. Either you follow the rules. O

Dear Board, Eamonn, who I respect said, There is adding to requirements and adding to requirements! I dont believe this. IMO there is just adding to the requirements When I read you guys defending your arbitrary raising of the bar it amazes me how you rationalize it! Changing the rules published by your own organizationon a case-by-case basis is the most unfair demagoguery. IMO. It should be like college. Follow the syllabi. Check your progress in the published legally-binding catalog. Complete your required courses and a smattering of electives and you graduate.

OGE, I never said my boy was Christ-like. He doesnt have to eat with the lepers. If this so-called pariah was getting pummeled at recess, rest assured, the big-guy (my kid) would put a stop to it. But he (my kid) is a new kid in town. He cant be expected to like being joined at the hip with the kid the other kids dont like. NeilLup, Wow, what a post. You gave me a lot to think about. I respect and appreciate that. Your appraisal of Junior High school life is profound. I honestly dont think my boy wants to put himself up - by putting another down that is in NO WAY hi

I think its a wonderful idea (surprise surprise). When I cut the grass I do it as fast as I can. I dont want to be an expert; I want to be finished! From my reading (and very little else admittedly) It seems that the biggest problem with your organization is attrition, not too many inexperienced Eagles. I dont know, but I would bet that your Eagles are much better contributors and supporters later in life (no pun intended). Why would some aged out star scout give money, time or encourage others to join? Why not let the boys knock out some hard-to-get less-than-fun MBs an

Wow!

Has it occurred to any of you that this guy may be mentally ill? It may be undiagnosed, but the descriptions may indicate schizophrenia, bipolar or adult ADD. He may have no intention of offending the SM whatsoever; he just follows his impulses

*Thank you HICO for the constructive criticism. **Thank you lisabob for the other kind! Ill tell my wife of your (HICO) advice. I sincerely appreciate it.

Beavah (& 92Eagle), Thanks for taking the time to write. I appreciate your candor. My boy still likes scouts, and he's not happy about fading-out. Please don't wish a relocation on me! We just moved (Coast-to-coast) in 2007. He's had to reinvent himself already! I'm an old man. I can roll with the punches. But for my kids, with no grandparents and nothing but new friends, it's really tough. Grades 2-5 he was in a new school EVERY year! I said earlier that cub scouts was one of his few constants - he loved it; it really helped. However, the transition to a troop from a pack

Hi group, Heres the latest. As the old song says, "If you choose not to decide - you still have made a choice"... *We already missed a couple of events because of baseball. *His friends in the other patrol have moved on, I guess they already have tenderfoot, mine still just has his AOL. *The SM put a new kid from another feeder pack into my kid's patrol. This boy is in my kids class at school, and my kid loathes him. This is the class pariah who picks his nose. My kid is not a snob, but there are limits. *Even his mom, who was always VERY supportive of hi

Congratulations CA - to your son and yourself.

2-cub dad, Sorry if I offended you, sincerely. I don't want "a do nothing troop I thought it was pretty clear. Some of the other regulars on this site have IMed me with a lot of help. I appreciate it. What I've learned from all this, as well as my own observations, is that there are a lot of bullies in scouting. Grown men who can't compete against other grown men, so they push around little boys. Well, not my kid. I'm teaching him, by example, how to be a man, and he gets it. That is what this whole thread is about. Some grown man decides to pick on a kid, and

Greetings group, This is an interesting discussion. No offence to the volunteer leadership intended, but there is some megalomaniac behavior displayed here. How dare these petty tyrants make up rules as they go along? Beavah, I dont think your (or my) local government could have put a man on the moon, or won WW II. Sometimes (albeit rarely) the Big government gets it right! If and when my boy gets to this penultimate step, Ill pay a couple of hundred bucks and have my lawyer send in the application and appropriate documentation. No sweat, then just sit back

Continuing the rant: My son's CM is a real IT guy. Can't the organization get a volunteer (not some novice, who is on the payroll) to make this thing work? Surely there are informatics superstars out there that could design and launch a very good, user friendly system, gratis. Also the membership cards. We washed every one, year after year! It's sort of sad; these would be nice for the archives. That laminating idea is ok, but why not issue a little more robust durable card to start with? Maybe more like a credit card (with raised letters) or state / military ID type of design?

Welcome!

ASM, You suggest, "Well it would be in his best interest to volunteer to be the patrol cook as soon as possible." Thanks ASM; I would not have thought of that. You understand our challenges and goals. I appreciate it! Any other "two birds - one stone" type things you can think of will be appreciated. Best-- --D_O

Some people are good public speakers, and some are not. Some are good story tellers, and some are not. I have observed that some really poor story tellers grab the stage in scouts, then will not shut up. The boys hate it! But these long-winded "leaders" are enamored with the sound of their own voices, (I guess) and ALWAYS have to speechafy! Probably low self esteem... IMO these adults are oblivious to how they're boring the kids --and the adults! --D_O

ScoutNut, You state, "it is simply a picture, not an earned award. I have never heard of anyone confusing the picture on the hat with the earned award" It may be a picture, but it IS an identical image. Thanks for the tip on the ECOH, after I get him his eagle we just may do that!

Scouter.com is wonderful. Could it be modified to remember Username and Password and save those keystrokes? It's a small fix, out IT guys at work could add that feature is ~5minutes of programming time. OR, could you enable the Tab to move the curson fron the Username field to the Password field? The site is awesome, these are just ideas for improvement. Thanks-- --D_O