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Been approved by National Council. Just waiting to recieve my LOA or Letter of Acceptance. Can't wait to see which position I will get, I will probably not get subcamp staff but that is okay. Yours in Scouting Service Mark W Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 1616 Great Alaska COuncil Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member NSJ '05…
One of the more important Positions in the NCCS or National Catholic Committe on Scouting is that of the Vice President of the Committee. Recently the Vice President has passed away. Let our prays and thoughts be extended over him and his family.
Working on adding a InsaneScouter widget to the site. Having problems but they should be resolved shortly. Thanks for your patience. Yours in Scouting Service Mark W Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 1616 Great Alaska COuncil Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member NSJ '05 WSJ '07 '11 Philmont AA '08
Here are the answers to the questions: 1. Scouting's first camp took place in 1907 on Brownsea Island, off the coast of England 2. Global Positioning System 3. Compasses appeared in China about 1,000 years ago 4. Webmaster and Leave No Trace Trainer 5.
Here are the questions to a Scout Skills IQ test: Where and when did the first Scout camping trip take place? What does GPS stand for? GPS is nifty, but the ever-reliable compass has been around for a long time.
Here are some healthy eating tips from Scouting magazine: Water instead of soda: -150 calories (12 oz. serving) Pretzels instead of chips: -80 calories (2 oz. serving) "Light butter" instead of "movie theater butter" microwave popcorn: -75 calories (5 cups) Skim milk instead of whole: -60 calories (1 cup) Whole-grain Fig Newtons instead of Chips…
BSA Press Release for New jamboree home: National Executive Board News I am writing to share some exciting news. Today, our National Executive Board took another significant step toward establishing a permanent home for future national jamborees and creating another premier outdoor adventure Scouting site.
During the same weekend as JOTA there is also a event known as JOTI or Jamboree on the Internet, this is a event where scouts get togoether on the internet and through various other digital communication means to exchange ideas and meet new people.
A very important event is coming up in World Scouting that I feel every scout should know abou.t This event is that of Jamboree on the Air. This Jamboree is a jamboree that takes place over radio waves. Here is a introduction to what the event is all about: The JOTA is an annual event…
15 Steps to Build a Campfire 1) Split dead limb into fragments and shave fragments into slivers. 2) Bandage left thumb. 3) Chop other fragments into smaller fragments. 4) Bandage left foot. 5) Make structure of slivers (including those embedded in hand.).
My 2010 Nationl Scout Jamboree App has made it through Council and is probably still at Western Region or has been sent off to National for Approval and dissemination to the appropriate first choice position. In this case I am trying to get a spot in subcamp staff.
I decided that I could not miss the action and ended up signing up as a staff member for the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. I know that it will be a crazy 2 years between the National Jamboree in 2010 and the World jamboree in 2011 but that is perfectly fine with me.
September-October 2009 COUNCIL CHECKLIST: WHERE DO YOU STAND? Should Already Be Done Second national fee paid by July 31. Confirmed transportation and tour arrangements. Finalized council fee and payment schedule. Designed council shoulder insignia. In Progress Promote jamboree at roundtables.
Quote of the WeekIf people want to change, they will. If they don't want to, it's hard to make them do so. The current interest in the environment is is itself fashionable. Giorgio Armani I think it is manmade. I think it's clearly manmade.
Here is a promotional video for the 2011 World Scout Jamboree. Yours in Scouting Service Mark W Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 1616 Great Alaska COuncil Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member NSJ '05 WSJ '07 '11 Philmont AA '08
The Sweden Jamboree Organizing committee is not on twitter, so follow their twitter updates on a daily basis to help keep you up to date. Here is the link the the twitter site: 2011 WSJ twitter Yours in Scouting Service Mark W Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 1616 Great Alaska COuncil Eagle Scout OA Brotherhood Member NSJ…
Here is a story from popular mechanics about Surviving and facing disaster. It has a interesting scouting twist and I think that all scouts need to read it. Here is the link to the full article: Click here for full article.
September-October 2009 COUNCIL CHECKLIST: WHERE DO YOU STAND? Should Already Be Done Second national fee paid by July 31. Confirmed transportation and tour arrangements. Finalized council fee and payment schedule. Designed council shoulder insignia. In Progress Promote jamboree at roundtables.
Please tell me what you think of the new template. I think that after 1.5 years of blogging a new blog template was in order. I still have not decided to create my own template but sometime sooner rather than later I will work on creating a new template for upload to the site.
I know that many different bloggers have already written about the new 12th edition of the BOy Scout Handbook but I would like to say a few things about the handbook. First off lets take about the organization of the handbook.
June-July 2009 Bulletin Should Be Done: Start monthly committee meetings. Complete selection of troop leaders (include in monthly committee meetings). Confirm transportation and tour arrangements. Jamboree troop leaders promote and conduct district jamboree promotion rallies. Design council shoulder insignia. Develop promotion for summer camp.
Here is a update from the Boy Scouts of America, this information only pertains to Western Region. The Information came to me in a e-mail. The information was about interviews for staff and adult leadership for the Western Region. Here is the e-mail: Thank you for your interest in serving in a staff or leadership…
Faye Wattleton: The only safe ship in a storm is leadership. James Callaghan: A leader must have the courage to act against an expert's advice. James Kouzes and Barry Posner: There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.
A 6 year old named Micheal james Stokes from Leavittsberg, Ohio was swimming with a group of cub scouts and then as the group was getting ready to leave they noticed that james was missing and found him drowning in the pool.
I know in august I am suppose to be having a good month and able to keep up with my goal of 20 posts a month will most definitely not be met. The primary reason is that I have left for college and this week getting ready for college has consumed the majority of my…
As an American, I will do my best to Be clean in my outdoor manners. Be careful with fire. Be considerate in the outdoors. and Be conservation minded. This is the outdoor code which all scouts should follow whenever they are enjoying the outdoors even when they are not n scout outings.
Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states. ~Carol Welch Exercise is a dirty word. Every time I hear it, I wash my mouth out with chocolate. ~Author Unknown The body of man is a machine which winds its own springs.
I think that all of the Troop had a great time during the trip. It was really fun to see the scouts go from barely somewhat experienced to a moderate level of experience. The Trip difficulty level in my opinion definitely suited the experience level of the boys.
I must leave it as beautiful as I found it. Nothing must ever happen there that might detract in the slightest from what it now had. I would enjoy it and discover all that was to be found there and learn as time went on that here perhaps was all I ever.
Did you know that on July 20, 2009 was the 40th anniversary of the World Scouting Lunar Landing. During the 11th Apollo Mission that landed on the moon Neil Armstrong brought with him a World Scout badge. Here is the full story: July 20, 2009 marks the 40th Anniversary of the successful Apollo 11 moon…
Most people have heard of a harmonica. Many Arrowmen have probably even played them while hiking or passing time at camp. But few are familiar with the type of harmonica that Arrowman Aidan Dougherty plays. Aidan, a member of Moswetuset Lodge from Cambridge, Massachusetts plays the glass harmonica to demonstrate the relationship of music and…
One of the things that I noticed from my summer job working at state parks is just how much people don't care about public facilities. Here are a few examples of what I am talking about in pictures: The first Example I have is ATV abusing their privilage of using state parks by trampling veggetation…
T minus less than 40 hours before I will be departing for our Troops Trip down the the swanson river. The route we are taking is 24 miles long and we will be covering this distance in three days which will be really easy for the unit to complete.
Here is a description of the DSA or Distinguished Service Award: The Distinguished Service Award was created in 1940 to honor those who rendered service to the Order beyond the lodge level. The award is presented to those Arrowmen who have rendered distinguished and outstanding service to the Order on a sectional, regional, or national…
Ordinary people think merely of spending time. Great people think of using it. Author Unknown Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!
Gone home: Kinuthia Murugu, former Africa Regional Director NAIROBI, 9 July 2009 - The Scout fraternity today woke up to the saddest news of the passing of the former Regional Director for the World Scout Bureau, Africa Regional Office. Maj. (Rtd) Kinuthia Murugu passed away at 3.35 am [GMT +3] at Nairobi Hospital.
It is official I have just recently completed my adult leader basic training. Basic training was super easy for me because I have basically lived and breathed scouting for the past 12 years. Basic leader training for the position of Assistant Scoutmaster includes the following three courses: New Leader Essentials or This is Scout Training…
Well just a little less than a week ago my Troop returned from summer camp on the fourth of july. Summer camp for my Troop was held at our councils primary summer camp facility for Boy Scouts known as Camp Gorsuch.
It has been confirmed the price per scout for annual registration exlcuding Boy's Life will be raised to 15 dollars with Boys life the fees required from council will end up be $25 which in truth really is that bad of a price when people compare it to prices of other activities that kids participate…
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. -- Christopher Reeve It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex.
Arrowmen In Action: Living Life To The Fullest What started out as a great father-son adventure one August morning turned into a quick lesson in emergency preparedness for two Arrowmen last year. Charlie and Hap Stokes, Brotherhood members from Lakeview, Minnesota, were hiking up the 14,259-foot Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado…
What is OA HA you may be wondering? It is Order of the Arrow High Adventure which is a opportunity for arrowmen across the country to visit the National High adventure basess, participate at that base, and then do a service project for that base.
Here are the names of the people who earned the Silver Buffalo Award in 2009. Each awardee will have a link to the profile on National Council's website: Kent Clayburn. Click here. Randall K Cline. Click here. Larry CUnningham. Click here.
Here is the story from Scouting.org about the 2 millionth Eagle Scout: Anthony Thomas to Represent 97 Years of Scouting Tradition and Honor, Serve as Youth Representative at BSA 100th Anniversary Events Anthony Thomas, Lakeville, Minn. View the Value of Scouting story.
Arrowmen In Action: Living Life To The Fullest For many Arrowmen, giving back to the community means picking and completing one project or working closely with a few groups. But for Russell Harrison-an Eagle Scout and Arrowman from Colonneh Lodge in Houston, Texas-giving back means helping many groups with a variety of tasks both big…
The one thing that matters is the effort. It continues, whereas the end to be attained is but an illusion of the climber, as he fares on and on from crest to crest; and once the goal is reached it has no meaning.
One of the things that i keep getting complaints about in my Troop is how the adult leaders are always nagging the youth leaders to get something done. I guess in part it is the adults fault because we should be reminding youth leaders of the jobs in more polite ways but after a while…
Mombasa city is the second largest city in Kenya and one of the Africa's major tourist destinations with some of the best beaches in the world. It is located in Kenya's Eastern coastline bordering the Indian Ocean. Mombasa is popular for its exotic beaches, diverse marine life, wild class hotels and friendly people.
Machakos Scout camp is situated on a 10 acre piece of land .It has modern toilets and bathrooms and has a roof catchment natural rainwater .It is next to a prayer centre suitable for all religions .The security is perfect as it is next to a Administration police camp and because of the hilly terrain…
Siaya Scout center is situated on 2 acre piece of land and is very suitable for camping .The place is next to the Municipals stadium and a police station, hence this makes it to be very safe .The hospitals nearby are Siaya District Hospital and Nyanza Provincial Hospital .You can easily access Lake Victoria From…
