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It is with sadness that the South Texas Council, Boy Scouts of America reports that Executive Director John Beauregard was involved in a fatal automobile collision while driving home from a Scouting event at Camp Huisache near Laredo, TX on Saturday, December 1.
It seems that while we all have the best intentions at heart for the youth we serve, we are forgetting that our Council is much more than the Anchorage Area/Wasilla Area/Palmer Area and quite frankly these three areas represent less than a
November 16, 2012 Thursday 1900-2045 Denali District District Committee Meeting Attendance: Travis Ransom, District Executive Cliff Crismore, Council Scout Executive Mark West, Unit Commissioner District Finance Chair District Advancement Chair District Chairman District Camping Chair District Training Chair Agenda Overview: District Commissioner Update: Prospects for District Commissioner Position Recharter Trouble Units (ie.
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Bertrand Russell's 10 Commandments of Education Commandment #1: Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. Commandment #2: Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light. Commandment #3: Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
WARNING: Due to recent news and legal action directed towards the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) it is important to remind all readers that this blog may or may not represent official BSA policy. If you are looking for official policy and guidance please refer to the National Council Website at: http://www.scouting.org and then by…
Without continuous hands-on experience, it is impossible for children to acquire a deep intuitive understanding of the natural world that is the foundation of sustainable development.......A critical aspect of the present-day crisis in education is that children are becoming separated from daily experience of the natural world, especially in larger cities."
Now I am sure you all know at least 10 different ways to use a bandana but here are some uses that I have seen: A) Knee Injuries: A bandana can be used to support the knee on some sort of usable knee injury or to help add length to a bandage wrapped around the…
It was the summer of 1973, and I was a seventeen-year-old Boy Scout who seemed destined to "age out" at First Class rank unless I could earn one final merit badge, which would advance me to Star. I decided to pursue one of the newest badges, Space Exploration.
This music video is of the song known as "Our World Our Future" which served as the official Jambo Song for the Essex International Jamboree. The next Essex International Jamboree (EIJ) will be held in 2016. All proceeds from the purchasing or downloading the song will be used to help get Scouts from all over…
For those of you who didn't this summer the Summit aka the PERMANENT HOME of the JAMBOREE held its FIRST official event there. The purpose was to TEST & FIGURE OUT what is going to be NECESSARY to ensure that the 2013 National Scout Jamboree is ABOVE & BEYOND all EXPECTATIONS that our SCOUTS & SCOUTERS will get…
20 Things Not to Do ~or~ Say at Your Eagle Board of Review Thing #1: You call THAT a question?... Why the Heck did they Make you... a Leader?; Thing #2: Come to the BOR Wearing your... Uniform Backwards!; Thing #3: Answer every Question with "Mind your own Business!; Thing #4: There will be a…
Top 10 Reason Why Not to Be an Eagle Scout: Reason #1: The Scout Uniform isn't a... "Babe Magnet!"; Reason #2: Outdoor Latrines have this bad... Habit of not Having Any Walls!; Reason #3: You get to Miss the Chance to see...
But I Don't Have the Time: There are 365 Days per Year... with 24 Hours per Day... giving 8760 Hours per Year... of which 2920 Hours sleeping per Year... (8 hours per Night) leaving 5840 waking Hours... deduct 1065 eating Hours...
Scout Association United Kingdom 9th Huddersfield Scout Group (aka Crossland Scout Group) Humorous Camping Terms (Used in the United Kingdom (UK)) Term #1: Altar Fire: A fire place (aka Campfire Ring or Bed) Made of half a Oil Drum with 4 Legs Drum is Raised off the ground; Term #2: Bedtime: Instruction by Scout Leaders…
Words to Live by According To Robert Louis Stevenson: Statement #1: Make up your Mind to be Happy,... Learn to Find Pleasure in... Simple Things!; Statement #2: Make the Best of your Circumstances... Everyone has problems! The Trick is to...
A Scouter Is: Characteristic #1: A Scouter is a Person who,... Week after Week, Month after Month,... Provides Fun, Adventure Challenge, and... Learning for our Active Children; Characteristic #2: A Scouter Hurries Home, eats a... Quick Meal, puts on the Uniform while...
10 Commandments of Human Relations: Commandment #1: Speak to People! There is Nothing as Nice as a... Cheerful Word of Greeting; Commandment #2: Smile at People! It takes 65 Muscles to frown,... but it Takes only 15 to Smile; Commandment #3: Call People by Name!
10 Life Lessons You can Learn from Albert Einstein: Life Lesson #1: Follow your Curiosity! Life Lesson #2: Perseverance is Priceless! Life Lesson #3: Focus on the Present! Life Lesson #4: The Imagination is Powerful! Life Lesson #5: Make Mistakes!
Things Kids and Teens Wished Their Parents Knew Thing #21: I'm going to Mess-up, Talk-Back... be Rude, be Disrespectful, Push your Buttons... Drive you Crazy, Cause Hell, say "I Hate You"... & many other Bad/Horrible things! Thats Life because I can't be Perfect!; Thing #22: I'm going to be Greedy, Selfish...
Things Kids and Teens Wished Their Parents Knew Thing #1: Be willing to be our scapegoat... It's a Natural Thing and if you don't... Think so Really Look at what your... Parents told you and I bet they Hated being your Scapegoat!
Paradoxical Commandments of Leadership: Commandment #1: People are Illogical, Unreasonable... and Self-Centered... Love them Anyway; Commandment #2: If you do Good, People will Accuse... you of Selfish Ulterior Motives... Do Good Anyway; Commandment #3: If you are Successful, you will Win...
Beatitudes of Scout Leaders: (But Appropriate for any Leader of Youth) Beatitude #1: Blessed is the Leader who has not... Sought the high place, but... Who had been Drafted into... Service because of his Ability... and Willingness to Serve; Beatitude #2: Blessed is the Leader who Knows...
Within My Power: I'm not a very Important Man, as... Importance is Commonly Rated, I Don't... Have Great Wealth, Control a big Business... or Occupy a Position of Great... Honor or authority; Yet I may Someday mold Destiny... For it's within my Power to Become...
You Are Unique: You May not Think that the... World Needs You, but it Does... for You are Unique like No 1... That has ever Been Before or.. Will Come After; No 1 can Speak with Your Voice... Say your Piece, Smile your Smile...
Gandhi Quote: Many People... Especially Ignorant people... Want to Punish You for... Speaking the Truth for Being... Correct, for Being You; Never Apologize for Being... Correct, or for Being... Years Ahead of Your Time; If You are Right and You...
5 Rules of Happiness: Rule #1: Don't Hate! Rule #2: Don't Worry! Rule #3: Give More! Rule #4: Expect Less! Rule #5: Live Simply! Thank You, World: Thanks to Those: Who Hated Me... You Made Me Stronger; Thanks to Those: Who Loved Me...
Steve Jobs Quote: Your Time is Limited... S0 Don't Waste It... Living Someone Else's Life; Don't Be Trapped by Dogma... Which Is Living With The... Results of Other People's... Thinking; Don't Let the Noise of Others'... Opinions Drown Out Your...
Three Simple Rules in Life: Rule #1: If you do not got after what you want,... You will never have it; Rule #2: If you do not ask..... The answer will always be no; Rule #3: If you do not step forward....
WARNING: If you are sensitive in nature and have a problem with someone being absolutely honest & frank about "What Should Parents Do When There Son Wants to Drop-Out of Scouting" I would highly recommend that you discontinue reading this post immediately.
Scouts, Scouters, & Parents: Im forwarding a very urgent message from Council in regards to a serious staffing issue at the Chugiak Alaska Scout Camps for the Great Alaska Council. In particular this staffing shortage applies to both the Cub Scout Camp aka Camp Carlquist & also the councils boy scout resident camp aka Camp Gorsuch.
7 Sustainable Practices In Action At The Jamboree Another cool article about what the Summit & the 2013 Jamboree is going to be about!. Make sure to check out this article and see other awesome and interesting facts, details, and stats about the Summit aka SBR aka Summit Bechtel Reserve aka permanent home of the BSA…
So on Monday April 2, 2012 I was given the opportunity and invited to a Eagle Scout Court of Honor (COH) for a member of Troop 669 which ended up being a fantastic ceremony in which I got to say a few words about the new Eagle Scout, not really focusing on me but I…
All Scouts & Scouters even your youth or the the parents that are not definitely in a primary leadership role within the Troop should most definitely be encourage to do so. Really you aren't asking for someone to give too much time out of their day to do the online training thats available 24 hours a…
So March ended about 5 days ago and lets just say I was pretty shocked to see the number of hours I spent on Scouts. But then again it really didn't bother me that much because of the fact that I pretty much on a very regular basis for the month of March had too…
For regular readers: WARNING: This is not intended to serve as a actual continuation post for this "Camping Options" series but will be related to that subject! Well now that I got that warning out of the way I just wanted to update readers on why this has series has gotten the attention it deserves…
Even though this may seem repetitive the purpose is to keep people up to date and informed about where I currently am in regards to moving through my post series that is all about SSD. Before I start rambling again as is habit heres the official list of posts now and they include: The Easiest…
For the first post of the "personal health review" principle in the SSD program we covered information forming a basic level introduction to the "Personal Health Review" principle and then gave examples of medical conditions that could depending on the situation require you as the qualified supervisor to adjust plans to ensure the adequate safety…
So in order to keep up and continue updating my regular readers I am posting another list of posts that are in the "Easiest Way To Cover Safe Swim Defense" series. So without wasting any further time or another long drafted explanation heres the list of posts including this 1 as of Tuesday March 27…
After covering the first foundational point of the SSD principles next up is that of "Personal Health Review" or according to the "SMALLBAD" nemonic it is known as "Medical". Many people really question why the health review or medical evaluation are a critical point to ensuring a as safe as possible aquatic outing just doesn't…
Ok so since I made the decision to expand on the Boy Scout Campout and Scout Summer Camp series I should probably correct some titles in order for things to make sense so there will be several different posts that need to have their title changed in order for me to clear up a mess…
Ok so up to this point about the first principle which is Qualified supervision we covered a introduction to Qualified Supervision what it is and why its important to keep your awareness level high and also to continue further learning about what safe swim is all about.
Ok so in order to make this safe swim defense series make sense I decided to change a few minor things about the what the titles of the post are setup. First Off I change The first chunk of the title to have parts in order to ensure that people have the idea that these…
Journey to Life on the Road: Seven Ways to Get Out of Work and Go Camping : Not copying the whole thing as all rights belong to the original author but I just couldn't resist not sharing this one. So check it & if ur brave enough maybe try one of these on your boss if he…
Amazon.com: Trail to Eagle: Appstore for Android Check it out awesome App 4 Scouts + its only 99 cents well yeah it costs something but thats still a great price 4 a mobile App. Its available on android windows phone & Apple iOS heres the android version available on amazon.com!!!!!!!
App Store - Trail To Eagle Check it out awesome App 4 Scouts + its only 99 cents well yeah it costs something but thats still a great price 4 a mobile App. Its available on android windows phone & Apple iOS heres the Apple App Store version
Trail To Eagle Check it out awesome App 4 Scouts + its only 99 cents well yeah it costs something but thats still a great price 4 a mobile App. Its available on android windows phone & Apple iOS heres the windows phone version Yours in Scouting Service Mark West Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 1316, Troop 1616(aka 669)…
Trail To Eagle - Android Apps on Google Play Check it out awesome App 4 Scouts + its only 99 cents well yeah it costs something but thats still a great price 4 a mobile App. Its available on android windows phone & Apple iOS heres the android version Yours in Scouting Service Mark West Assistant Scoutmaster Troop…
All of the following items and information come directly from the BSA Aquatics Supervision Manual, Safe Swim Defense materials, Safety Afloat Materials, the BSA Scout Handbook, and finally the BSA Fieldbook. Now that I've covered a introduction and a good teaching tool to use with your Scouts to assist them in remembering all 8 points…
Because of the fact that this topic has gotten so far off the original topic of the conversation/post I was typing about I have decided to discontinue the series due to the above reason and because in order to continue with this series of dedication to Scouting i would have to start from the beginning.
