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This circus was older than the BSA, but whenever we took Cubs on numerous "scout nights" we felt young again.

I was reviewing our Camp Leader Guide 2017 and there was a more detailed schedule of adult activities than I have seen in past summers. I thought from my experience of the number of adults off-site Monday morning 9-11 for work/customer calls, Tues afternoon gathering stuff for fellowship campfires, Wed morning golf, ... As for me, I usually wander around and take photos. Ice cream rum sounds good too.

Locally I have observed unit adults leave camp* to - play golf (very popular) - have an un-rushed, relaxed breakfast. - find better cellphone or laptop connectivity - Walmart safari - laundromat run - ice, watermelon, ice cream rum In recent years, judging by the sparse parking lot, this has become more prevalent. Signed out with sufficient adult coverage remaining at camp.

Our scouts prefer self-funding (from jobs not begonline.com) and is so noted in their workbooks.

Correction from Wiki The Chief Scout's Award is the highest award which can be achieved at the Scout level in Scouts Canada. It was inaugurated in 1973 by then Governor General of Canada Roland Michener. The award was created to provide recognition for Scouts when the Scout program was divided into the Scout and Venturer sections. The former Queen's/Kings's Scout award was renamed as the Queen's Venturer Award, and is the highest award that can be achieved in the Scouting youth program in Canada.

Update: April 29, 2017 Sydney takes scouting and the skills involved so seriously that she has sought membership in troops outside the U.S. She is a full, dues-paying member of a troop in Ontario, Canada — one of dozens of countries with co-ed scouting. In fact, Sydney recently earned the Chief Scout's Award, Canada's highest honor in scouting, and has the badge and a letter of congratulations from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to show for it. But she is determined to become an Eagle Scout as a full member of Troop 414, reaching the top achievement of an organization she has been part of nearly her entire life. http://www.npr.org/2017/04/29/526021195/meet-the-teenage-girl-who-wants-to-be-a-boy-scout

Scouter (survivalist) Terry Fossum and his novice teammate won the competition, beating the 9 other teams.

Spoiler Alert!!!! Next posts state competition results.

While hiking have you or your scouts been asked by other, non-scout hikers on the trail if you have a cellphone they could use?

Thanks for correction.

What of the scouts who do not have a tool that more and more scouts are bringing along? I have a dumb cellphone by choice - long battery life. I might be able to make a phone call with a smart phone if it had a dialtone and a rotary dial app.

And so, here we are.

I understand some cell phones are good fire starters.

I'm curious, how different are troop cellphone policies from the local school cellphone policies?

Hiram Little was born March 31, 1919, in Eatonton and spent his childhood in Atlanta. He attended the David T. Howard school in Old Fourth Ward, the African-American school famously attended by Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1930s. At Howard, Little was a charter member of Boy Scout Troop 94, the first troop in an African-American school in Atlanta. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces as part of the Tuskegee Aviation program in 1941, joining the 477th Bombardment Group in 1944. Though World War II ended before he could be deployed to combat, Little made a name for himself as part of the Freeman Field Mutiny (sometimes called Freeman Field Incident - RS). While his unit was stationed at Freeman Army Airfield near Seymour, Ind., members of Little's 477th Bombardment Group, black pilots, attempted to integrate an all-white officers club. When Little’s commander instructed the 477th to sign an order that they would cease all attempts to enter the club, 101 soldiers, including Little, refused. (The Freeman Field Incident - RS) Many were shipped out to other bases and 162 were arrested, some twice. They would not be vindicated until 1995, when the Air Force officially set aside a soldier's court-martialed conviction and removed letters of reprimand from the permanent files of 15 others. Later in life, Little would remain committed to Civil Rights and participated in voter registration drives in Alabama and Mississippi during the 1960s. Little was honorably discharged from the Army in 1945 and went on to graduate from Morehouse College and accept a job at the U.S. Postal Service. He later became one of Atlanta's first African-American supervisors and was a middle-level manager with the postal service until his retirement in 1978. But Little, who was described by those who knew him as an intelligent man always up for a challenge, wasn't slowing down. He received a certificate of carpentry from Atlanta Technical College in 2005 at the age of 86 and remained active in Boy Scouts and the Atlanta veterans community until his death (at age 98, this past Feb - RS) ... Mr. Little was honored with a Congressional Gold Medal in 2007, presented by President George W. Bush. Scout Salute and Farewell, http://www.news-daily.com/features/riverdale-honors-the-life-memory-of-tuskegee-airman-hiram-e/article_0448b853-604e-5417-a91a-dc1815ac8765.html http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/hiram-little-41 http://www.gpb.org/wwii/hiram-little https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Field_mutiny

IMO, not tangential rather the logical extension of what @@Eagledad said in #22, i.e., from the scouting experience to the scout's life.

My mistake, I only searched as far back as 2014 and could not find anything. It looks there is some archiving of 2013 and earlier.

#DitchTheNeckerchief

Update: 4/24/17: Mr. Hagerty received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Middle Tennessee Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is still awaiting Senate confirmation of his nomination of Ambassador to Japan. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/2017/04/24/bill-hagerty-named-distinguished-eagle-scout-franklin-ceremony/100836538/

IMHO, I see diversity in the habitat as a reasonable interpretation of the "10 different ...animals". When scouts take Environmental Science and Nature merit badges this will be emphasized. If a scout found ten types of chickadees here in North America, well forget SC let's send him to Cornell.

All internet archived copies appear to have been scrubbed, perhaps an indication that website was not helpful in BSA legal matters. Or maybe that whole BSA legal department was fired and formed a Divorce Law Practice for Scouter spouses. Now that could be doubly helpful to Scouters.

I interpreted "find 10" as an exploration of diversity in the habitat and their place (consumers) in the food chains/webs. So I don't want 10 list of chickodee, two types of nuthatches, four woodpeckers, titmouse,... not much diversity. My $0.02

It is common for packs to run separate races with an entry fee for non-Cubs (mostly Dads) usually with the same BSA weight/size rules, but I am seeing more unrestricted races which are fun and lucrative. CO2 gas propellants, soda/beer can Physics club challenges (STEM groups,high school/colleges) altered track Any packs out there running unrestricted class races? How is it working out?

Within safe limits and grounded safety instruction, we try to do activities that our scouts consider fun. If the BSA does not agree, due to liability or lack of confidence in us or whatever, it becomes a family activity with parent approval and participation. We were/are all parents before we were/are unit leaders. All of our unit shooting sports activities with exception of summer camp are outside of scouting. We have also driven go-carts outside of scouting. Snowmobiles, ATV's no. In Cubs, we held a workshop with some bench power tools for Pinewood Derby. It was a family activity. For some dads and sons, it was the first time that either used a band saw. Hunting was another "family activity". 3D targets for practice and live, of course, for hunting. Another $0.02,

Single tents or bivouac sacks are sounding more appealing, either way it's okay to wake up with yourself.