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Just got back from a fishing trip to Rhinelander and had to stop in Birnamwood. Chet and Emil's still has the best broasted chicken in the world. I took some pic/s and will post them as soon as I get them developed. We went to the camp and no one was around but it's up for sale. Dan sent me the sales address http://carleysales.com/ it has alot more pic than I took.

Hey, what happened to the Chin-be-gota web site? Now it shoots you to a soccer page. I left a massage with them but haven't got an answer. Anybody know whats going on?

I agree with Seattle Pioneer It builds character. My troop used push ups for goof-ups and I did push ups till my arms fell off. But , you know what , I did earn my Eagle and two palms. I came back to my troop as an adult leader and took the boys to summer camp and I also used push ups for goof-ups. I have modified it a little and hopefully this will work with you younger, kinder and gentler leaders. I do the push ups WITH the boys. If its just one or the whole troop. I count , vary the up and down ( stay down position longer or shorter) and oh yes, always smiling faces." Come on now let's see a big grin . I want to see those pearly whites." This does a couple of things,first you freak them out cause your doing them with them, next, your not standing over them like a D.I., next, they're not going to let some old man do more than them, and somewhere in there you are able to form a good relationship with them that causes them to want to do the right thing because it's right , not for fear of discipline. Life is hard. Boy Scouts is training for a boy to learn how to be a man in real life. Let us all keep our eyes on that goal, which ever way we choose to instruct.

I just found this page ,sure brings back memories. I went to chin-be 67-71 , was on Staff 72 and 73 and took my troop ,troop 48 from Boulder Hill, up there 81,82,83. So sorry to hear about Big John. He was a great guy.He was the cook for Staff when I was working with him.One of the best memories of Big John was when he started the campfires with "gonna take it higher....HIGHER ..higher....HIGHER." He could always making everybody laugh. Chin-be-gota.org should be great once you get it running. I took my family up to see the camp about 12 years ago when Mike still owned the lodge side of the lake.Mike and I were on Staff together and he remembered me.He did a great job on the lodge. Said there was nothing wrong with it structurally as had been reported at it's sale. Put a big stone fireplace in the middle, had a raised dining table area to the left of the kitchen, tiled the island in the kitchen and made bedrooms were the tradingpost and food storage area was. Real , Real nice. Any body know the were-abouts of Perry Pilgrim. He was field sports director.