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2018 what a year, probably not a complete list Lost revenue - LDS scouts leaving - Membership drop from other factors - Philmont shutdown from fires Added Expenses - Abuse and safety lawsuits - Girl Scout lawsuit - Bond payments for Bechtel? (not sure of dates) - 2019 World Jamboree preparation. What's ahead - new bond issue? victim compensation/legislation? Federal bailout (Scout's honor on paying it back)? reorganization? National Meeting at a scout camp? President Trump tweeting "A sad situation." ? My $0.01

Ok then, let's move the discussion forward. Thanks, RS

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So a greater incentive to get Eagle sooner rather than later? Hardly seems a business letter. Date? Salutation? The news links seem serious. I wonder how quick xxx will make an offer to buy Philmont? My $0.01

Hmmm, has the gender composition of Venturing or Sea Scouts been disclosed?

Update: A year later, a changed life and more... “That (day) was a huge turning point in my life … I felt like it was an arrow pointing me in the direction where I want to go,” Konzelman said. Konzelman was born and raised in Puyallup, growing alongside four brothers and one sister. Konzelman and his brothers were all Boy Scouts who earned their Eagle Scout ranks. Growing up, he jumped to help those who needed it. On more than one occasion, he responded to car crashes on the road outside his home in Puyallup. “I think just the way that I’m wired: If I see something that needs to be done and I don’t see somebody doing it immediately or doing it well, I just tend to jump in and do it,” he said. But when it came to choosing a career, he planned to become an accountant. He graduated from Northwest University in 2017 with his bachelor’s degree in finance and again in 2018 with his master’s in business management. He got a job in accounting while going to school. After the derailment, all that changed. “I wanted to do something that helped people, that made a difference,” he said. “Firefighter kept coming up at the top of the list. I said, ‘You know what — why not at least give it a try?’” He started working part time, which allowed him to land a volunteer firefighter position with the Buckley Fire Department. He’s currently working through EMT school and will start fire academy in January. By June, he’ll graduate and be eligible to go on calls. He hopes to land a paid position soon. More details in great article: http://www.thedailyworld.com/news/a-year-after-deadly-train-crash-puyallup-man-says-helping-the-injured-changed-his-life/

Much legal bluster back in 2014 about camps and finances , ditto 2018 but about names? IMO, their outdoor learning is becoming STEM-focused as opposed to recreational, adventure,... http://www.news9.com/story/39556995/girl-scouts-working-on-building-a-new-camp-ground

@IBleedGreen welcome to scouter.com, perhaps you can introduce yourself and tell why you gather. As for myself, I enjoy the outdoors and showing scouts why. It is hard for me to imagine being with one without the other.

...as he embarks on his latest adventure as the new chief ambassador for the global scout movement, Bear Grylls now wants to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing society - including gang violence and extremism. After being appointed the UK’s youngest ever Chief Scout nearly a decade ago, the father-of-three has set his sights on mobilising the Scouts into some of Britain’s hardest to reach areas. With scout numbers having swelled by an unprecedented 43 per cent to 638,000 under his leadership, Grylls believes growing demand from Muslim communities could help in the fight against radicalisation. “We have hundreds of mosques every week, reaching out, asking, 'Can we start up groups?' “MI5 is spending resources to stem the blood but we’re saying, ‘Don’t create the wound’. That’s why we have the mosques coming to us. They’re saying: ‘Hold on, we can see that you’re providing hope, purpose, pride, British values, sense of discipline. All the things that ISIS give people, but for good, not bad. Come and speak to our youths.” Insisting the Scouts are providing “a positive alternative to kids joining gangs”, he adds: “It’s what I was saying about the young, Muslim kids in this country. If you don’t give them something good, they go to the bad.” Grylls is convinced he can persuade any teenager to join the Scouts, even those on crime-ridden estates. ... it is probably no surprise the 44-year-old, who has sons aged nine, 12 and 15, thinks parents are too risk averse. “No one is equipping kids with the life skills they need. School isn’t. And I do think we have a culture where everyone is always nervous of risk. When you strip risk out of kids lives, you do them a disservice. Life is full of risks. Lack of risk leads to a lack of independence which explains why anxiety is such a big problem among young people.” Very hopeful and interesting report at source link: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/08/scouts-can-save-children-extremism-gangs-says-bear-grylls/

CBS Sunday Morning, two former boy scouts who shared the same pup tent. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alan-simpson-norman-mineta-friendship-born-out-of-japanese-american-internment-camp/

All Star Comic Con to the rescue All Star Comic Con will dedicate the their upcoming Holiday Party Dec 12, to Star Wars Days, the Star Wars-themed weekend organized annually by Boy Scout Troop 501 that was forced to cancel two days prior to its opening due to scheduling conflicts with its host facility. All Star Con co-founder Kevin Bednarz said 10 percent of all food sales throughout the day at the Ashburn Pub will be donated to Star Wars Days to help Troops 501 replace the lost revenue due to the cancellation. The food sale special is available the entire day to include anyone who wants to give and cannot attend the party that evening. The party also will feature raffle prizes, with 100 percent of the proceeds going to the event. Raffle items include gift cards, artwork, collectibles, toys, and more to raffle. Brandon Pyle of the newly formed Capitol Cosplay League has donated signed Washington Capital hockey pucks, Washington Wizards jerseys and four suite tickets to the Feb. 5 Capitals game versus the Vancouver Canucks in support of this effort. “I’ve attended every Star Wars Days,” All Star Con co-founder Michael McNutt said. “It was a great event that my children loved attending and looked forward to. Justin (Youtz, the event organizer) has been a great supporter of All Star Con, and when we heard about the cancellation, we immediately felt that we needed to do something to show him and his scouts that we’re here for them.” https://www.loudountribune.com/all-star-comic-con-plans-holiday-party-to-help-boy-scout-troop/

PROVIDENCE, R.I. U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin of Rhode Island says he credits his current position in the House to former President George H.W. Bush's signing the Americans with Disabilities Act. At the age of 16, Langevin was injured while working with the Warwick Police Department in the Boy Scout Explorer program. A gun accidentally discharged and a bullet struck Langevin, leaving him paralyzed. The Democratic congressman went on to become the first quadriplegic to serve in the House of Representatives. Bush signed the ADA, which is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability, into law in 1990. https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article222675520.html

A young scout salutes the casket of former President George H.W. Bush during public viewing at the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. on Monday. (Melina Mara/Washington Post) via https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/guest-columnist/cedar-rapids-remembers-george-hw-bush-20181205

Scout Salute and Farewell

Update for 2020: The Blue Angels will perform at the Chippewa Valley Regional Airport on June 13 & 14, 2020 as part of the 2020 Chippewa Valley Air Show. The announcement was made today at the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. “We are excited to host another Chippewa Valley Air Show in 2020,” said Tim Molepske, Scout Executive for the Boy Scout’s Chippewa Valley Council, who will be producing the 2020 Airshow. “This is a great opportunity for us to promote scouting programs through a great community event that will help raise money to support those programs,” said Molepske.

Update: The Istrouma Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, along with the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), have closed a campsite on Avondale Scout Reservation to investigate cases of a disease that hospitalized two campers, sparking the involvement of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Louisiana State Epidemiologist Raoult Ratard, speaking for LDH, tells WAFB at least 15 campers may have been exposed to histoplasmosis, a disease spread through exposure to soil contaminated with bat or bird droppings. Histoplasmosis is not contagious; it cannot be transmitted from an infected person or animal to another person and infection does not always result in illness. Symptoms, when present, usually begin three to 17 days post-exposure and range from mild conditions requiring no treatment to severe systemic illness which are frequently fatal when untreated, according to a report provided by LDH. The illness is typically flu-like, with symptoms such as fever, cough, fatigue, chills, headache, chest pain, and body aches. more at source: https://www.wafb.com/2018/12/05/cdc-department-health-investigating-disease-outbreak-la-camp-boy-scouts-hospitalized/

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At least two Boy Scout campers who returned from a recent trip with fevers, chills and a cough have been hospitalized for exposure to a rare and unusual disease, histoplasmosis or caver's disease, linked to bird and bat droppings found in the soil, spurring involvement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. St. Francisville resident Emiley Bonano has been battling — a condition caused by inhaling a fungus found in bird and bat waste — since she traveled to with her little brother’s Boy Scout troop in early November. She became sick with flu-like symptoms about a week after their return and went to the doctor, but didn’t think a recent camping trip significant enough to mention as a possible cause for her unrelenting symptoms. Emiley’s family spent weeks in and out of emergency rooms trying to pinpoint the cause of the 16-year-old’s illness. Finally, a doctor saw unusual white spots covering the teenager’s lungs in an X-ray and asked whether she had spent much time outdoors recently. Emiley’s mom, Michelle Duos, said Thursday that her daughter has been hospitalized since Nov. 21, completing an intensive week-long round of intravenous medication that will be followed by three months of an oral drug to help with symptoms. The condition is so severe she’s been hooked up to an oxygen machine and likely will not return to school until next year. more details at source link: https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_47dfe866-f42d-11e8-a703-af42687d63e8.html

Nov 16, 2018 Today, the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM) announced Bear as its new Chief Ambassador, making him the first public figure to be named for the role. Bear has been the youngest ever Chief Scout in the United Kingdom for nearly a decade, leading the way during a period of sustained growth. In his new role as Chief Ambassador, Bear will continue that effort on the world stage by acting as a global voice for youth education and inspiring Scouts to create positive change in their communities. “I’m very proud and humbled to take on this new role as Chief Ambassador of World Scouting and continue to promote the great work Scouting is doing across the globe. Scouting is a worldwide force for good that unites young people with positive values and an adventurous spirit,” says Bear. “We aim to make a difference in our communities, help young people learn new skills, and be kind to all people.” As one of his first acts as Chief Ambassador, Bear was on hand for an event at the United Nations headquarters today to launch Scouts for SDGs – a mobilisation of 50 million Scouts to make the world’s largest coordinated youth contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). “Never before have so many Scouts come together around an engagement of this scale and I’m excited to launch this global activation of young people to contribute to the SDGs,” added Bear. More at source link: https://www.scout.org/node/511831 Congratulations to Bear!

Note: Hunting does occur in season at certain scout camps, for example, Bear Creek Scout Reservation, a hunter's paradise offers you a unique opportunity to hunt game. Sprawling across 1,000 acres of the beautiful Texas Hill Country near Hunt, Texas, Bear Creek redefines the hunting experience. From one of the 12 deer blinds you can hunt a variety of animals including: White Tail Buck, White Tail Doe, Axis, Sika, Fallow, wild turkeys and feral hogs. The reservation abounds with game from which you can take your choice. http://www.alamoareabsa.org/News/HuntingBCSR2016 Glacier's Edge Council (WI) Scouting for Pheasants hunt. Glacier's Edge Council invites everyone of legal hunting age to a day filled with a complete pheasant hunting experience! The Tower Hunt session will consist of 17 pairs of hunters with each pair positioned in one of the 17 blinds that surround the tower. http://www.glaciersedge.org/BSA620page1733.php ...and of course, local Snipe hunts.

MOGAMBO: January, 2019 Dallas Safari Club Convention https://www.biggame.org/convention/ A quick perusal of items up for auction -- the catalog is huge -- turns up such items as a $20,000 rifle or a chance to kill an Alaskan brown bear ($20,000 value). You can bid on the opportunity to kill a buffalo at the Philmont Scout Ranch, where Boy Scouts of America typically enjoy far less sanguine fun. https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/sports/columnists/seabury-blair/2018/12/02/mr-outdoors-big-game-and-big-prices/2164689002/ 200+ page auction guide https://www.biggame.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/DSC2019_final111318-1FINAL.pdf

WORCESTER ,MA – Boy Scout Troop 54, founded in 1915, has the distinction of being one of the oldest continuous troops in the United States. But, it may also hold claim to another remarkable accomplishment. This weekend the troop based out of Epworth United Methodist Church at 64 Salisbury St. is embarking on a campout marking the 120th consecutive month of at least one overnight campout. While camping is somewhat synonymous with scouting, ten consecutive years of monthly campouts is a rare feat. Scoutmaster Joshua Froimson said there are no statistics kept on scouting camping trips. The most that Boy Scouts of America asks is if a troop goes camping at least 10 times a year. For that, a troop receives a Journey to Excellence Gold award. But, he has scoured the internet and has not found any troop in the country that has camped out as often and as long as Troop 54. ... Mr. Froimson said probably one of the key things scouts learn from camping is to plan and lead. “Especially going on a backpacking trip, there’s no opportunity to go to a store and pick up things you forgot. You have to learn to think through everything you will be doing and picture all the things you need to do them,” he explained. “That’s something you need to do in life as well.” More at source link. If there is a Mrs. Froimson, her opinion was not reported. https://www.telegram.com/news/20181129/boy-scout-troop-54-heading-to-connecticut-this-weekend-may-hold-campout-record