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Yes. I have been watching Bomazeen and Sand Hill. Both respective Councils appear determined to ignore donor wishes.

stained-glass windows damaged? Maybe a more thrifty and sensible impact resistant windows. Art panels on walls.

Update 08/17/2025: Pine Tree Council says they are no longer actively looking to sell Camp Bomazeen. Instead, they’ve resumed using it for some scouting activities and are currently contemplating the best use of the lakefront property moving forward. More details particularly the Maine Supreme Judicial Court requirements for sale in keeping with donor's 1944 deed at source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/08/17/belgrade-boy-scout-camp-no-longer-actively-for-sale-but-future-remains-in-limbo/

Depends on the SM and availability of trained adult leaders. Our senior patrol still plans and execute 1 or 2 outdoor patrol activities a year. Back in my day, patrols hiked locally without adults provided their SM approved. I would say even then, councils did not recognize patrols. Council events and camps required troop registration even the patrol competition Klondike Derby required troop registration. IMHO, skilled, experienced patrols should be allowed to trek Philmont without adults. As an alternative to an Eagle service project, I favor allowing Eagle Scout candidates to plan and lead a patrol trek without adults in attendance or a "project handbook". We once trained scouts to reach a level (First Class) of outdoor competency such that they could "scout run" themselves without adults present. My $0.02,

Found similar info with this AI summary. Angelique Minett is Scouts BSA national program chair. Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/512240731294585/posts/753077680544221/

Boy Scout commercial featuring Astronaut Jim Lovell.

Agree. Harold excels in his research and presentation of Scouting history.

From Google AI Overview Jim Lovell, the astronaut famous for commanding the Apollo 13 mission, was also a dedicated Boy Scout who achieved the highest rank of Eagle Scout. He was actively involved in Scouting, serving as lodge treasurer for Mikano Lodge in Milwaukee. Lovell's Scouting background is highlighted by his achievement of Eagle Scout and his later involvement with the Order of the Arrow, where he was an Arrowman. Here's a more detailed look at Jim Lovell's Scouting journey: Eagle Scout: Jim Lovell achieved the Eagle Scout rank, the highest advancement award in Boy Scouts, according to the National Eagle Scout Association. Order of the Arrow: He was an Arrowman, a member of the Order of the Arrow, which is an honor society within the Boy Scouts of America. Mikano Lodge: Lovell served as the lodge treasurer for Mikano Lodge in Milwaukee. Space Exploration: Lovell's dedication to Scouting extended to his time as an astronaut. He even took a Mikano Lodge flap with him on the Apollo 8 mission, which orbited the moon. He had hoped to take one to the lunar surface on Apollo 13, but the mission was aborted. National Recognition: Lovell received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in 1990, according to the National Eagle Scout Association and served as President of the National Eagle Scout Association (NESA) in the mid-1990s. Inspiration: Lovell's Scouting background has been highlighted as an example of how the skills and values instilled through Scouting can contribute to success in other fields, including space exploration, according to NASA

"Forty-one of those selected as NASA’s career astronauts are Eagle Scouts. Some have become legends, like Neil Armstrong, the first man to land a spacecraft on another world, and Jim Lovell, the commander of the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission who led his crew safely back to Earth." https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/education-outreach/nasa-bsa-path-to-exploration/astronauts-who-were-youth-in-the-bsa/ Jim Lovell: The Eagle Scout That Saved Apollo 13 By Alvin Townley (also an Eagle Scout) That old Scout motto, ‘Be Prepared,’ was very apropos in my situation,” a retired Captain Jim Lovell mused years later. “Being prepared means being knowledgeable about what you’re working with and what you’re doing, what the odds are, and how you can get out of certain situations. For instance, we never trained for more than single-point failures in the space program because if we trained for every possible failure that could go wrong, we’d still be down there waiting for the first takeoff. His Scoutmaster placed him in charge of a group of Scouts and tasked him with assembling the boys, pitching tents, cooking, and generally running the group. The Scoutmaster left Jim Lovell to succeed or fail on his own. He quickly learned about self-sufficiency. Now that our conversation had arrived back at Scouting, we mused together about the 180 Scouts who have served in the astronaut corps, including 40 Eagles. “There’s a lot of commonality between Scouting, astronauts, and spaceflight,” observed the veteran astronaut and past president of the National Eagle Scout Association. “That’s why a lot of Scouts gyrate in that direction. I think that Scouting is also the pursuit of exploration. Scouts are people who want to see things, who are curious, who are always wanting to look over the next horizon. That’s why they go to camp; to learn things, to go hiking, and to be active. This is [sic] the same criteria, the same elements that make up astronauts. They sort of live on the edge. They are very curious, they want to explore.” Source: https://www.thehistoryreader.com/historical-figures/jim-lovell/ Scout Salute and Farewell.

Thursday 7/24/2025: Eleven Kauaʻi Sea Scouts departed Nāwiliwili Harbor (red dot below) for a 10-day cruise around Kaua'i on a 40-foot trawler named Decisive. "A very powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka coast triggered tsunami warnings as far away as French Polynesia and Chile, and was followed by an eruption of the most active volcano on the peninsula." Tuesday 7/29/2025: knowing the first tsunami wave was forecast to hit Kauaʻi just after 7 p.m., the scouts pulled anchor and headed to deep waters about a mile out... Rest of the story (text with photos and audio): https://kauainownews.com/2025/08/01/tsunami-scare-tests-kauaʻi-sea-scouts-confidence-and-abilities-while-on-a-10-day-cruise/ https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/huge-quake-russia-triggers-tsunami-warnings-around-pacific-2025-07-30/

The heat and humidity have past hereabouts. A lot of bug juice was consumed. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Topic unlocked. ~RS @Eagle1993

@ScoutBenny welcome to scouter.com

A historical note, Dr. Peter Safar is regarded as the father of CPR , particularly mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Since 2008?, Hands-only-CPR is the more common response. Back in the late 1950's and early 1960's, Dr. Peter Safar, an Austrian anesthesiologist, "validated the effectiveness of mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, Dr. Safar ran an intriguing experiment. He anesthetized and medically paralyzed healthy volunteers, monitoring their vital signs as he tested various ventilation techniques prevalent during that time. After demonstrating that the accepted techniques were ineffective, he introduced the new technique of mouth-to-mouth breathing. To further highlight its simplicity, he filmed a young Boy Scout administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on a larger man." More at Source: https://www.ems-history.com/post/dr-peter-safar-discovering-mouth-to-mouth

My scouts have had some interesting discussions during CPR/AED training. Some examples: 1. Treat the patient but also control the response/scene. For example, you have surveyed patient and safely initiated CPR. There are other people there. You have told someone to call 911. Ask if anyone is knows CPR, form a line to relieve me. I need people to fetch AED. I need someone to direct EMTs here. I need people to help carry patient...Have someone start Timer on their phone. ... Training kicks in and so does thinking. 2. Where are the AEDs in populated? Some older scouts who have visited college campuses often ask this. Where are the signs? One scout mentioned a locator app - PulsePoint AED 3. Can I do Heimlich on my dog? No doubt more ideas and questions are coming.

Six years ago, Karen Briegs, a longtime scout leader, and co-Troop Leader Kathy Kafka, started Troop 60561 in Hillsborough, which provides a Girl Scout experience for young women with significant disabilities. "We call this an 'adaptive' troop, and we modify the Girl Scout curriculum in ways that make it accessible to our girls who have a mixture of disabilities − physical, cognitive, intellectual," said Briegs. "I want the parents of girls who have disabilities who they believe make their daughters not eligible for Girl Scouts understand that there is a way. We want them to thrive and find opportunities to leadership in their own community." "Everything we do requires quite a lot of assistance, but these girls would have never done that otherwise," Briegs said. "Girl Scouts is always about trying something new. Let's do something that you might not otherwise get the experience of doing − whatever you want to try, let's go try it." ... Two of the girls are fairly non-verbal, two have wheelchair needs, and two have autism to a fairly significant degree. "These are girls who really would not be successful in a troop of their chronological age level," Briegs said. "One size does not fit all, and that size did not fit these girls." ... "The Somerville Elks reached out to us and asked if there was anything we needed," Briegs said. "We made a 'wish list' and instead of granting us one wish, they granted all our wishes with a major donation." More at source including photos, good story: Scout salute! https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/local/2025/07/28/nj-girl-scout-troop-for-kids-with-disabilities/84531919007/

Asthmatic scout rushes to retrieve AED while nurse administers CPR.

I will blame the Heat and Humidity and lock this topic for awhile. Some good information given in a scout-like way (thank you) and then ... Let's find a cool spot, a cool beverage, and chill back to Courteous. Thanks @Eagle1993

I agree with Ms. Ireland’s statement that BSA is a “leadership development organization”, though IMHO it is much more. My sales pitch to parents has been Scouting is a laboratory for leadership experiments. Scouts have successes and failures. Lessons are learned, leader skills developed. However, becoming a leader is a Scout’s decision both for the Scouts who want to lead and the Scouts selecting their leader. No doubt, EagleDad’s pitch has been more successful than mine. Sure I get parental nods which are soon followed my kids needs a leadership for this rank or when is it my kid’s TURN to be SPL my kid’s PL should not be a PL… Leaderrship is not a singular approach nor skill like tying a square knot, it is dynamic. Leadership adjusts depending on the activity (the plan), group, and situation (in the field where the plan always needs tweaking or replacement with Plan B). Is leadership top down or bottom up or both? Should we select leaders by their proven ability or personal attributes? Back in the day, I was training with 7 other scouts for Philmont. Our adult advisor, an Eagle Scout and Philmont trekker, said he would observe and after 4 weekend outings select the PL and ASPL for Philmont. We were 15-16 year olds who had been PL’s or higher in our respective troops. Leadership positions were rotated during these training weekends which we planned ourselves. Some scouts were content to go through the leadership motions but a few wanted to be leaders, i.e,. they had a plan for Philmont and hence understood the need for training. After each weekend, our advisor separately debriefed each PL/ASPL. My turn included gear checks, strenuous terrain, map exercises, and simulated first aid emergencies. I was not popular. In my debriefing, my advisor said Congratulations you are MY choice for Philmont PL. I declined as I felt I did not have the support of my patrol. So if I put it to a patrol vote and you win, will you accept? Unlikely but yes. All 8 patrol members were on the ballot. Two members were cousins, three were from the same troop, and the other two were from another troop. Might as well vote for myself as no one else will. I won 8-0. A leadership laboratory! A month later Philmont would be another kind of leadership laboratory. From that Philmont lab, I would say bottom up leadership is more sustainable than top down. Leadership Method and Patrol Method. My $0.02,

Update 7/2/2025: "Two former camp staffers have pleaded guilty in connection to a deadly jet ski crash that killed a 10-year-old boy on Old Hickory Lake last summer." They each pleaded guilty to reckless homicide, a Class D felony and received two-year suspended sentences. Sources: https://www.wsmv.com/2025/07/01/2-make-guilty-pleas-after-10-year-old-boy-killed-jet-ski-crash-old-hickory-lake/ https://keyt.com/news/2025/07/02/camp-staffers-plead-guilty-in-fatal-jet-ski-crash/

Update Sand Hill Scout Reservation 07/25/2025: "The Greater Tampa Bay Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America cleared a key hurdle July 14 in its effort to sell 52 acres of the Sand Hill Scout Reservation to Withlacoochee River Electric Cooperative (WREC). The Hernando County Planning and Zoning Commission approved establishing a Public Service Facility Overlay District for the utility's proposed operations center by a 3-2 vote. The proposal now heads to the County Commission. ... On the 52 acres, "WREC plans to build administrative offices, customer service facilities, warehouse space, equipment storage and a fuel station on the site. Part of the property would serve as an emergency staging area during hurricanes, with space reserved for a future substation along the western edge." For now, the remaining 1200 acres would remain owned by Greater Tampa Bay Area Council but my fear is this utility district overlay will expand to build cell towers, substations, solar arrays, more warehouse space... More at Source: https://www.suncoastnews.com/news/overlay-district-for-sand-hill-acreage-gets-p-z-approval/article_f13f4a0d-17aa-4537-a000-9e5473167f8e.html

I struggle with our Camps having two different sets of rules*. A more comprehensive set for scouting events and a less restrictive one for non-scouting (family, fundraiser) events.. The archery accident at Summit in May still bothers me. Scouts who attend both, quickly see the differences and ask why. That said, be safe and have fun. My $0.02, *Rules for scouting activities in Guide to Safe Scouting - formal YP, no booze, med-forms, ...

The latter according to THC Mountain Bike Getaway for Scouting webpage: Do I need to be affiliated with Scouting to attend? Nope! This is a public event open to all outdoor lovers. Proceeds support local Scouting, but you don’t need to be a Scout or have a Scout in your family.

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Trail Head Cyclery is a commercial business renting a scout camp for their event. This seems like an archery business or Spartan Race renting Bechtel Summit but I looked further and noted this difference. The Mountain Bike Getaway For Scouting is listed on the Golden Gateway Area website so is it considered a "scout event"? Seems unlikely if beer and wine will be served. No med forms? Other observations: looks like fun, expensive, and NO MERIT BADGES (Hurray 👍) My $0.02,

Maybe it was a local council conservation award, e.g., Narragansett Council - Scouting America’s Conservation Award also referred to as the John Bradley Conservation Award. "Narragansett Council – Scouting America’s Conservation Award was created in honor of John Bradley, an influential scouting leader who served for 40 years as Troop 2 East Greenwich Assistant Scoutmaster before he died in 2022." Source: https://www.newportri.com/story/news/good-news/2025/07/21/ri-boy-scout-receives-award-for-conservation-at-norman-bird-sanctuary/85270879007/