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April 11, 2019, Jambo begins in 100 days. http://wvmetronews.com/2019/04/11/100-day-countdown-begins-for-world-scout-jamboree-in-southern-w-va/

I like this idea a lot, but I think laser engraved characters would be more readable than metal stamping. I am still researching.

Saturday April 13, Sagamore Council (IN) will host their first annual Scouting 4 Eggs Adult Easter Egg Hunt! Check in between 7:00 pm-8:30 pm, hunt will begin at sunset; approx. 8:45 pm. Over 10,000 eggs and 100 prizes to be given out including a chance to win a flat screen TV! Proceeds will go to support the programs at Cary Camp. This is a public, adult only event. No kids allowed. Tickets are $10 per person. No word if BSA Health Forms are required or if snipes will be hunted. https://www.wlfi.com/content/news/Thousands-of-eggs-to-be-found-in-adults-only-Easter-egg-hunt-Saturday-508422481.html https://www.facebook.com/events/franklin-l-cary-camp/scouting-4-eggs-adult-easter-egg-hunt/2278520702418532/

This article has some exhibit details. https://www.presstelegram.com/2019/04/03/rich-archbold-boy-scouts-have-grown-up-to-celebrate-100-years-in-long-beach-bob-hayden-the-oldest-eagle-scout-in-long-beach-and-orange-county-is-celebrating-101-years/

Well hopefully, accurate membership data will be made public before or at the National Annual Meeting, May 29-31, at Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center (CO). I am also hoping for the same information from my Council meeting in June.

4/5/2019 Update: The Boy Scouts of America’s Los Padres Council plans to reopen its Rancho Alegre camp and The Outdoor School by February 2020, according to Glen Goddard, program director for the Los Padres Council. “I’m looking forward to the first group of kids coming back to camp,” Goddard said. “We are trying to build buildings that blend in, so they are more attractive and using earth-toned colors and buildings that will be more pleasing to the eye. We are also being conscious of our environment.” 47 out of 50 buildings that had been built over a period of 52 years — were lost to the blaze. The first phase of the two-phase project will include four dormitories, six permanent staff housing, a health lodge and two staff housing at The Outdoor School. “We will have 13 buildings just to get The Outdoor School portion launched and going by early February,” Goddard said. Volunteers — dubbed the Phoenix Committee — have spearheaded fundraising efforts to help rebuild the site. The group is contacting philanthropic organizations and individuals within the community to raise money for construction. More than $1 million has been raised to support the rebuilding campaign, according to a news release. More at source: https://www.noozhawk.com/article/rancho_alegre_expects_to_reopen_next_year_20190405 I would be interested in hearing what wildfire resistant measures are being taken in new landscaping and building materials.

Historical Society is hosting a free exhibit.- the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouts in Long Beach. Check out video of uniforms, photos, books, brief interview with Paul Muehlebach of Long Beach Council, https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video/4063713-100-years-of-boy-scouts-history-on-display/

Always good to provide links (or footnotes ) to source information. My $0.02,

"Having additional needs doesn’t mean you can’t achieve great things. Life doesn’t stop with diagnosis.” A 10-YEAR-OLD boy with dyspraxia, anxiety and sensory issues will have a chance to meet Bear Grylls (Chief Scout, UK Scouting Association) later this month at a glitzy ceremony in Windsor Castle after earning a top award for helping others. https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/17561214.10-year-old-wins-prestigious-award-for-his-kindness-and-will-also-get-to-meet-bear-grylls/

Meanwhile at summer camp, Provo is staffed with two competent, trustworthy , enthusiastic young men, both under 21.

@ChadiHani welcome to scouter.com

Last night, I heard the term "double scouts", where the speaker was referring to scouts who were members of two separate scout groups. He compared them to double letter high school athletes. Double scouts? I guess every variety has to have its own label.

Yes. @Cburkhardt be mindful of which forums you are posting in. Your recent OP's belong in the Open Discussion forum and not Issues & Politics. I have moved one of your topics to Open Discussion and am looking at your other content, Thanks, RS

This thread has been moved to Open Discussion.

Ok then, let's resume the OP discussion. Thanks RS

And now we can return to the OP topic....

@BuffaloAnnie welcome to scouter.com

Woodsman advice has often been taught by verse and song. ...Leaves of three, let them be. Berries white, take flight. ... Right over left, left over right.... Over under, under over. Another possible poem, Fire Woods These hardwoods burn well and slowly, Ash, beech, hawthorn, oak and holly. Softwoods flare up quick and fine, Birch, fir, hazel, larch and pine. Elm and willow you’ll regret, Chestnut green and sycamore wet. . And who can argue the truth of this verse. No matter which hardwood or softwood you burn,Oak, Apple, Rowan or PlaneYou will find that when to your grate you returnThere is one which will always remain …Ash!

The Firewood Poem Beechwood fires are bright and clear If the logs are kept a year, Chestnut's only good they say, If for logs 'tis laid away. Make a fire of Elder tree, Death within your house will be; But ash new or ash old, Is fit for a queen with crown of gold Birch and fir logs burn too fast Blaze up bright and do not last, it is by the Irish said Hawthorn bakes the sweetest bread. Elm wood burns like churchyard mould, E'en the very flames are cold But ash green or ash brown Is fit for a queen with golden crown Poplar gives a bitter smoke, Fills your eyes and makes you choke, Apple wood will scent your room Pear wood smells like flowers in bloom Oaken logs, if dry and old keep away the winter's cold But ash wet or ash dry a king shall warm his slippers by. The firewood poem was written by Celia Congreve, is believed to be first published in THE TIMES newspaper on March 2nd 1930. https://allpoetry.com/The-Firewood-Poem

Perhaps the Firewood Poem (British) or a variation - Woodsman Poem...

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Why not use paracord cut to length? https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm-ieO-XcVc

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