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Hobble Creek Canyon , UT, a black bear wandered into campsite. The scout’s tent was about 150 yards away from the rest of his group, and after the bear scratched the tent, the boy made noise scaring the bear from the camp. The bear did not seem to be searching out food. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources found a bear in the area, used dogs to chase it up a tree, and killed it, but officials won’t know if it was guilty until running DNA tests. “Anytime there is a bear incident that results in human injury, the bear is euthanized," said Faith Heaton Jolley, the public information officer for the division. "Anytime it loses that fear of people, it is euthanized.” Heaton says the boy scouts had a clean camp and acted properly. The bear was a two-year-old male. https://www.upr.org/post/black-bear-killed-after-disturbing-boy-scout-tent-scratching-boy

@ArmyScout welcome to scouter.com

@Scoutmomonly welcome to scouter.com.

I saw this in National's list BSE – borough Scout executive shouldn't it be BSE – burrowed Scout executive...as in head first?

Capitol Area Council statement

If you are not treated fairly, take your business elsewhere, Well done BSA council.

A week later, another river the Androscoggin and another rescue by scouts. Scouts training on the Androscoggin River had just learned how to empty and flip a swamped canoe when 10 distressed men and a dog emerged from the rapids 100 yards from the scout’s sandbar. The men had capsized up the river in the 55 degree water. “The lesson we learned was fresh in our brain, so we focused on the thing we had to do, to get them to shore,” 12-year-old Adam Praschma of Hingham said. “We knew we had to get them as quick out of the water as possible.” The National Weather Service issued an alert earlier in the day about the dangerously cold water, the Scouts said, so they knew they had to act fast. They took to the water and rowed their canoes to the men. “Everyone was in a big hurry because we realized it was freezing,” 13-year-old Henry duBose of Hingham said. “Walking out putting your feet in it you could realize how cold it was.” The troop righted the men’s canoes, helped some get back in, but brought them all to shore, including the dog. Some were visibly cold, the boys said. “If they had been in the water a little more they would have gotten hypothermia,” Praschma said. “We told them to breathe slowly so they can calm down.” duBose said at first he and some of the boys thought it was staged because of the lesson they had just minutes before. “We realized oh no... it wasn’t staged,” he said. “Wow it was such a crazy coincidence.” The men were camping nearby and the boys said they continuously said “thank you” for the remainder of the trip. Praschma said he does not feel like a hero, but it is nice to know that he helped someone. “It feels really good,” duBose said. “If we weren’t there they would have probably drifted another half mile to a mile down stream.” No word whether the men or dog were wearing vests. source: https://hingham.wickedlocal.com/news/20190613/hingham-scouts-come-to-rescue-of-10-men-whose-canoes-capsized-on-new-hampshire-river

I prefer patrol cooking like at Camp Bell in NH. Nearly all mess hall camps have "pack out" nights for patrol cooking at your site or a remote, rustic site. That said I am promoting "adult out". Scouts can head to the mess hall and I will stay back at camp, brew my coffee, cook my meal, relax and eat in peace.

More details from Newsweek Prasla was part of commercial raft trip with the Rocky Mountain High Adventure Base with his son and other Boy Scouts when the accident occurred. "A large group of Boy Scouts was on a commercial rafting trip with Mountain High Adventure Base out of Villa Grove," Fremont County Sheriff Allen Cooper said, reports The Pueblo Chieftain. "We were notified the boat flipped and there were several people in the water." Prasla was wearing both a level 5 life jacket and a helmet at the time. His death was recorded as accidental drowning by the coroner's office. The day after the fatal accident, authorities in nearby Pueblo announced restricted access to the Arkansas River as a result of the dangerous conditions. https://www.newsweek.com/father-drowns-while-taking-son-boy-scouts-rafting-along-arkansas-river-1443586

why yes...@RainShine welcome to scouter.com

Moderator note: I merged 3 separate reports of same story. I may move this to Camping, High Adventure forum as this was a trip out of Rocky Mountain High Adventure Base. RS

@Lizzyttt. welcome to scouter.com In public schools here, I have found a student is dyslexia certified by an outside doctor - a psychologist , neuro-psychologist, etc.

I hear what you are saying. There is certainly context involved in their decision making process which we should teach. We teach scouts safety in nearly all areas even lightning where, as I understand, yearly death and injuries for children are less numerically than stranger kidnapping. I have not watched all the new videos. I wonder if any scenarios depict a relative or a uniformed scout leader as the bad guy?

I agree abduction by strangers are more rare, but I believe the results more tragic. My advice about accepting help from strangers has been the usual. Don't go with a stranger, tell the stranger to bring more help to you. There is safety in numbers. Hopefully I am teaching caution, not fear, what we used to call street smarts. My $0.02,

A Texas man died Monday in the Arkansas River while whitewater rafting just days after state officials issued high water warning across the state. Sameer Prasla, 42, was rafting with the Rocky Mountain High Adventure Base when he was thrown from his raft 17 miles west of Cañon City, near Spike Buck Gulch, Fremont County Sheriff's Office reported. Prasla was in Colorado with a Boy Scouts of America group. https://gazette.com/news/texas-man-dies-in-arkansas-river-rafting-accident/article_c762f8c8-8c74-11e9-9855-237bf6a41b87.html

IMHO, That could be an excellent idea.

"This really is a huge honour (Order of the British Empire) and it's something, if I'm honest, that I never expected to happen. "But I really do feel it's a team effort, this award is for every one of those incredible Scout volunteers. "We now have over half a million Scouts and volunteers in this country who give up so much of their time and energy to help young people and this award is for you guys, so if you're a Scout volunteer, congratulations, we share this one together." more details at source: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/bear-grylls-shares-honour-with-scout-volunteers-around-uk-as-he-is-made-obe-a4162571.html

Update: There was a dog named Cooper rescued too. The Fioris weren’t wearing their life vests, but they managed to grab them and put them on. Cooper was wearing a life vest. More details at source: https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/kingston-scouts-on-maine-camping-trip-called-heroes-for-rescuing/article_ee25c535-1fce-5f59-b37b-4a35dcfe55ab.html

A NY state bill would require campers to be immunized against over 10 different diseases, including measles and pertussis. "It is a really small handful for us," said BSA Seneca Waterways Council CEO Stephen Hoitt. "But there is a number of families who take that, fill out their religious declaration form and we accept that at this point." Regulated camps, like those run by Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts and the YMCA are all monitored by the state health department. All require immunization records and a physical exam completed within 12 months of the camp session. "Health and safety of the entire group is really the number one priority for us," said Hoitt. "We've always taken the stance to review every kid’s medical record on the way in and make sure that we're properly prepared as a result of it." The proposed bill would not go into effect until this October. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2019/06/07/bill-proposal-summer-camp-vaccinations

Note the lesson plans, I have wondered if official training videos will become a part of weekly meetings, starting with Cubs and then later troop meetings. Regarding lesson plans, less workbook and more simulated real-world exercises please. Talk about news stories. For a den meeting, we traveled to different locations and practiced what do if a stranger grabs you. YELL "HELP YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER!". "I''M NOT GOING WITH YOU" FIGHT. YELL. My $0.02,

Apologies, I have been trying to get Mr. Tillerson's full speech from the National Annual Meeting. Please post if you have it. Thanks. RS Tillerson served as the keynote speaker at the organization's "Duty to God" breakfast. The meeting serves as the organization's annual "shareholders meeting" for staff and volunteers. ...Without pointing fingers at the current commander-in-chief, he also discussed the current state of politics and democracy in the U.S. Tillerson openly questioned, "how did our nation of fellow Americans become so polarized, and how do we return to civility and respectfulness towards one another?" He said that he observed a "growing crisis in ethics and integrity" in American democracy. ..That led to a long discussion on "truthfulness." ..Tillerson also referenced the "better angels of our nature" * twice in his speech. Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tillerson-jokes-at-boy-scouts-meeting-that-god-sent-him-home-from-state-post-to-save-his-life/ * A reference to Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address? “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.” Food for thought for America and Scouting.

The same could be asked of the camp director who he/she told. This seems a timely story, a Florida teacher is accused of not reporting a child’s sexual abuse. She was arrested after her husband was arrested on child porn, molestation and sexual battery charges. They were both big parts of the Boy Scouts, too. On Tuesday evening, we are learning they were stripped of their duties with the organization. The arrests come a the end of a four-month-long investigation: Operation Safe Summer. More than a dozen people were arrested, but a Florida Department of Law Enforcement agent said this is the first case he has had where a husband and wife were arrested. Greg Graham, scout executive with Southwest Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America, told WINK News: “Both of these individuals were immediately removed from all Scout Programs by the Southwest Florida Council and by the unit’s Charter Sponsor Partner as soon as the law enforcement charges were brought to their attention.” https://www.winknews.com/2019/06/04/teacher-arrested-for-not-reporting-spouses-child-sexual-abuse-crimes/

Found this today The West Baton Rouge Museum announced a new exhibition entitled “Prepared for Life: Scouting in West Baton Rouge”, which will open on June 8 and run through August 18, 2019... Artifacts from Port Allen’s old Scout Hut will be on display along with items loaned by local Scouters, including uniforms, photographs, and scrapbooks. In conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, a portion of the exhibit will focus on the special badges that can be earned by Scouts related to Space Flight, Aeronautics, and Engineering. The exhibit will kick off with a Scouting Reunion Celebration on June 8 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Attend for a night of Scout themed entertainment, refreshments, and reminiscing with fellow troop members. Visitors are welcome to bring an item from their Scouting days to “show and tell” with fellow guests. https://www.thewestsidejournal.com/lifestyle/this-weekend-at-the-wbrm-prepared-for-life-scouting-in/article_2c4ef0f2-87b6-11e9-8b33-832162868fae.html

I too, a BSA volunteer, would like to know the answers to Representative Speier 's questions regarding BSA paid state lobbyists. Sad day when in order to get transparency from National, we need Congress's power to investigate. Maybe Rep. Speier will also ask what happened at the National Annual Meeting last month.

Without much effort , I found more than 5 cases of child abuse by scouters in July, 2018 alone. I did not add those who were being convicted and sentenced in July, 2018. Russell "Captain Rick" Ruth , a longtime local Boy Scouts leader has been arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/07/09/boy-scouts-leader-faces-child-porn-charges/768303002/ Matthew Baker accused of abusing a boy younger than 12 in July 2018 at a Boy Scout camp.. Has abused at least 7 children since 2010. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/ex-cub-scouts-leader-accused-of-sexually-abusing-children-including/article_1d3ef195-a087-55fa-b8fb-d3958d1e3d3f.html James Glawson, former assistant chaplain at a Boy Scout summer camp Yawgoog, sexual assault on 18yr old with mental disabilities. Other victims have come forward. https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/south-county/at-least-4-claim-sex-abuse-at-hands-of-former-boy-scout-volunteer/1833736629 Troop leader Heath Mills was arrested on two counts of solicitation of minor during "Operation Full Armor," in South Carolina. https://www.wistv.com/story/38754271/boy-scouts-call-leader-arrested-in-sc-online-predator-sting-operation-abhorrent-ban-him-from-programs A Boy Scout troop leader James Roberts, 74, in Sicklerville ,NJ has been charged with possessing and distributing child pornography. https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/child-porn-boy-scout-leader-camden-county-arrest-20180702.html "Aqua Joe", A Boy Scout official has been arrested and charged with production of child pornography after allegedly recording scouts while they were changing at Firelands Scout Reservation . https://fox8.com/2018/11/01/boy-scout-official-arrested-charged-with-child-pornography-after-allegedly-recording-children-changing/ Pack leader James Teddleton accused of sex crimes involving an underage girl. https://www.14news.com/story/38618913/newburgh-man-arrested-in-missouri-on-sex-crime-charges/ Just terrible.