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Our boys may be uncomfortable? Ok more training then, look for my new video "It Happened to Me, I Was Breastfed"

http://fox17.com/news/local/tennessee-mom-says-she-was-shamed-by-boy-scout-troop-leader-for-breast-feeding-baby A Tennessee mother of a 1-year-old boy says she was publicly shamed by a scout leader for breastfeeding her child at a Boy Scout meeting. Using the "two shirt method," which allows the top and bottom of the breast to be covered while feeding. she breastfed her child in the back of a room during a Boy Scout meeting. "None of the boys were even paying attention," she said. But when she was done feeding, a female scout leader allegedly pulled her aside. "She told me I was being inappropriate and continued to shame me. She told me if I wanted to continue feeding, I needed to leave or bring a blanket to cover myself," Millar says. ... According to Tennessee laws protecting mothers who breastfeed, a mother can do so in any public or private place and breastfeeding isn't considered public indecency or nudity. Millar was referred to the Boy Scout headquarters and was allegedly told by a representative "I was in the legal right and a letter would be sent to all parties," Millar says. Instead, what she received was a letter to just her which "sided with the Boy Scouts." In the words of Tennessean Davy Crockett, "Be always sure you are right - then go ahead." Go ahead Mrs. Millar.

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Some middle schools here have outing clubs which are growing in popularity.

Sansbug.. Lightweight. Nothing to assemble or tie. Folds flat into a circular zip bag.. Pull out, it springs up, ready to go. My family uses them. https://www.amazon.com/SansBug-Free-Standing-Pop-Up-Mosquito-Net-Floor/dp/B003BWF9WI?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0 http://www.sansbug.com/

Similar here. In our troop most of our older scouts were not Cub Scouts.

As to honesty, I would like to the see the membership numbers that were provided to Dr. Gates and by whom. There are facts and there are figures.

Thank you Dr. Gates for your leadership and service to Scouting and America.

http://cjonline.com/news/2016-05-26/robert-gates-kansas-native-leaves-boy-scouts-presidency-defends-gay-adult-policy# http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/gates-leaves-boy-scouts-presidency-defends-gay-adult-39414118 Fair use quote: By Nomaan Merchant The Associated Press DALLAS — On Thursday, Gates finished his two-year term by arguing the Scouts had overcome that challenge and were ready to reverse years of membership declines. Moderator's Note: We cannot quote entire articles verbatim; that's why this was snipped to a single sentence. Copyright laws do attach, and Scouter-TERRY gives us this site as a gift!

8.0.0.2 Boards of Review Must Be Granted When Requirements Are MetEagle Requirement 2: "Demonstrate that you live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Scout Law in your daily life...." School suspensions can be BS or very serious. With the latter, I have seen Boards balk at holding a BOR as the scouts were seen as not living the Scout Oath and Law. The Boards did provide written reason(s).

STORAGE? Dedicated room, closet, garage, trailer parking... CO adults with scouting experience? Meeting space and times available?

I prefer encouraging words over coddling. IMO, the latter just produces kids who grow to feel entitled and work the system. Awards should be earned. There are enough Special Snowflake Awards out there. My $0.02

5th grade graduation? Gawd, my generation was spared this. I had no public school graduation ceremony, well, until it was over in high school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7c1HDUHlJo

We old grey-beards say "Good job"; it suffices.

Sorry, I am not seeing the value in another website. IMO, most scouts/scouters search for awards by topic not by credit/advancement or they "just do it" without asking for an award. I award you one no-prize with apologies to Stan Lee.

NPR is reporting that though fewer, Scouts are back in the mosquito fight as they were back in 1945. It's Up to You: Dengue-Yellow Fever Control, 1945 (scouts appear at 1:46) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGNZA8f85u0 NPR story http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/05/21/477981014/todays-tools-for-combating-zika-mosquitoes-hark-back-to-1945 "It's up to you," said a 1945 public service announced aimed at Americans. Find "one of man's worst enemies" and "destroy their foxholes." The above video came from the Office of Malaria Control in War Areas (now known as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). And it was talking about a particular species of mosquito, Aedes aegypti — the very same mosquito in the news now. Back then, public health officials were mostly worried about dengue and yellow fevers. The video opens with the cartoon image of a man bludgeoning a giant mosquito, its tongue hanging out and white-and-black striped legs akimbo. Pamphlets showed people how to destroy breeding sites. Boy Scouts, "prepared and anxious to undertake their duties," went from house to house dumping out wagons, telling housewives to change the water in vases every few days, and turning empty cans and bottles upside down. They also emptied tires and punctured cans in trash piles, so that they couldn't refill with water. Activities like that were part of an international anti-mosquito campaign that started in the early 1900s and actually worked. Cases of yellow fever dropped in urban areas, and a 1961 map proclaimed that much of the Americas — including Brazil and Colombia — had made a big dent in the mosquito populations. But shortly after, the mosquitoes made a comeback. And here we are, 70 years later, still trying to reduce populations of the same mosquito. The message is much the same — dump out containers of standing water, cover cisterns and rain barrels, and try to keep from being bitten. It's just that now there are probably fewer Boy Scouts involved.

Our scouts use whiteboard and/or Post-its on wall for the brainstorming part of programming. More free-form, thinking outside of the little boxes.

Our scouts are discussing politics at meetings and around the campfire more than in the past. There have been numerous Robert Gates interviews regarding the Presidential candidates.Each interview introduces Mr. Gates as the former ... and current president of the Boy Scouts of America ...which immediately catches scouts' ears and further sparks political discussion which always follows the Scout Oath and Law . I am very encouraged when I hear scouts, our future leaders, say, Mr Schiff I think I could do a better job as President, as Senator, as Congressman, as a reporter, as a moderator, as a ... No doubt, they will. My $0.02

Times change. I remember when a scout's references were read at his BOR. Good and bad. I gave my reference form to the cool priest at my church but somehow that form was taken by his superior, Monsignor Cotton Mather. That was a life lesson.

The Maine Warden Service is investigating. The cause of death has not been determined.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/news/father-killed-while-whitewater-rafting-with-sons-boy-scout-troop/287994490 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/dad-chaperoning-boy-scout-trip-to-maine-dies-in-rafting-accident/ Michael Arena, 52, of Lexington, Massachusetts, was on a commercial rafting trip Saturday when he tumbled out as the raft traveled through rapids on the Dead River, said Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service. Arena was one of two chaperones overseeing a group of four scouts that included his son; also on the raft was a guide employed by North Country Rivers, MacDonald said. Arena and the other members of Troop 160 were on the Dead River Saturday during a scheduled release which raised the water in the river and upgraded the rapids to Level IV. The American Whitewater Association calls Class IV Rapids advanced saying "Risk of injury to swimmers is moderate to high, and water conditions may make self-rescue difficult." Peace

Agree. After the SM recommendation and all the rank BOR's, this is unnecessary. Back in the day, I believe only 3 recommendations (SM, teacher/coach, pastor) were asked. If the goal is to make the Eagle process similar to a job application, perhaps next added will be drug tests, fingerprinting, social media checks, and criminal background checks.

Reminder: Every second Saturday in May, letter carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across America collect the goodness and compassion of their postal customers, who participate in the NALC Stamp Out Hunger National Food Drive — the largest one-day food drive in the nation. Led by letter carriers represented by the National Association of Letter Carriers (AFL-CIO), with help from rural letter carriers, other postal employees and other volunteers, the drive has delivered more than one billion pounds of food the past 24 years. Carriers collect non-perishable food donations left by mailboxes and in post offices and deliver them to local community food banks, pantries and shelters. Nearly 1,500 NALC branches in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands are involved. ... more here https://about.usps.com/corporate-social-responsibility/nalc-food-drive.htm

Family first. With your husband and kid(s), plan your family summer (no-scouts) first - vacation, fishing, ball game, visit relatives, go to beach/lake, July 4th, amusement park,... How many Saturdays are left unfilled?

If there is no Do, there is no Do Your Best.