Sylvar Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 New here...nice to see a good active forum devoted to scouting. About me, hmmm.... Where to start? 15 year exp. Got my Eagle in 1990 (troop 348 in central KY)and was ASM in my troop for awhile. Did Phimont twice. Moved to Ohio and disappeared from the scout scene for about a decade. My son gets to first grade and comes home all excited about "this thing they call Cub Scouts Daddy!" I am back in with both feet! I see that there are other KY eagles on here. Where are you guys from? Shane Morris Pack 189 Amanda Ohio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAKWIB Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Welcome to the group. Sorry, you got a Missouri Eagle here, but I hear Kentucky and Ohio are great. Like you, I'm doing my return trip to Scouting. I was away from the program for about 15 years, but Scouting found me again. My oldest son joined a Troop 4 years ago, and I'm back in the game. Enjoy Round 2 of a great adventure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleInKY Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Hey Sylvar, welcome to the forum. I'm just outside of Louisville. Where in Central KY did you grow up? There's at least four Kentuckians that visit here often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvar Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 I grew up in Nicholasville, just south of Lexington. All my family still lives there. I was in Throughbred District. Since you are near Louisville I gotta ask--- Blue Or Red? LOL Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleInKY Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Big Blue all the way, baby. Share season tickets with my dad. SWMBO is from Lexington, UK Grad. However, I'm not one of those psycho big-blue-or-nothing types. I actually go to a few red games a year and can sort of cheer for them if I need to. We have one Richmond-ite on the board, he's close to home for you. I'm originally from Shelby County. Now live in Oldham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvar Posted December 3, 2004 Author Share Posted December 3, 2004 Ahhh! Good to hear! Living up here in Buckeye country its hard to get my UK fix satisfied each year....but I survive. At least I'll get to see this weekends game. Should be a good one! Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorum Posted December 3, 2004 Share Posted December 3, 2004 Welcome to the forum and back into the Scouting action, Sylvar! The same thing happened to me when my 1st son joined Cubs. If I may be so presumptious as to offer unsolicited advice: WOOD BADGE! I really wish someone had urged me to take Wood Badge training sooner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamonn Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Hi and Welcome. One of my favorite questions when I sit on Eagle Scout BOR's is to ask the Lad if he thinks that when he has kids that he will allow them to join Boy Scouts? I have as yet to hear a No. Of course the next question is will you be joining him? So far every Lad has said that he will. Eamonn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VentureScoutNY Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Welcome to the forums! You are joing the company of some great people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purcelce Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 I got my Eagle in Paducah. Born and raised in Kentucky, now I'm in Illinois. People usually say that I talk different, I just them they are the ones who talk funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eamonn Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 When people tell me that I talk funny I tell them that my aim was to teach the Americans to speak English, but I gave up when I seen it was a lost cause!! Eamonn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylvar Posted December 6, 2004 Author Share Posted December 6, 2004 You know, thats the first thing people say when they find out I am from Kentucky. "REALLY? You don't have an accent." After a while it gets a little irksome, but I have learned that its best not to make a issue of it. Nice to see such a strong Ky contingent on here (transplants too!). I remember Scouting being stong in Central KY, but I had no Idea HOW good I had it until I started into this Central Ohio District. I thought Camp McKee was just a normal run-of-the-mill scout camp. Having seen 3 camps up here I know it is a gem of a place. I would love to know if Camp-o-ree attendance is still as strong as I remember. In this district it is disgraceful how few attend. (I know, if you run a good Camp-o-ree, they will come. Give me time! I am still working on the Cub Program here! ) There other things too, but better to work on those things than sit around and complain Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleInKY Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 Camp McKee is a great place. I worked on staff the summers of 82-84. Camporees around here are struggling too. But, a lot of the problem boils down to poor communication. This year, our district camping people didn't get the fall camporee info out until two months before the event. They don't understand that most troops plan things out a little farther than that. (Some even have annual plans - imagine that). Interesting topic, I think I'll spin off a new thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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