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BTSR: THEN AND NOW This picture is not some tropical paradise. It’s in Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch in southwest Texas! When the topic of Texas camps comes up, Buffalo Trails gets more than it’s share of attention. It’s even advertised occasionally in Scouting magazine.
Sakiko Wehrman, Santa Clara County Council District Cub Scout Roundtable Commissioner, has good ideas for September's Cub Scout Express activities. Mike Palmer, Council Commissioner for the Jersey Shore Council, joins us to talk about Roundup Campaign Resources. And, we're giving away free pairs of the brand new Switchback 2 Cub Scout pants.
Scouting plays a very big part in my life and also in the lives of many boys who are going to be leaders in this country and leaders in this world. That kind of background and training is ideal and it's what we need today."
IT PAYS TO BE A GOOD SCOUT… At least in Troop 1197 it does. It begins with Patrol Leader Training, where we give each patrol leader a set amount of this “Funny Munny.” We get most of it back by auctioning off the food items that leader can use to cook with on PL training…
THE KILLER JOKE Arturo is the boy on the left. This was his very first campout, a backpacking trip to Lost Maples Natural Area in the Texas hill country. The year was 1985. You see, Arturo was special because he was the first Scout who joined our troop who did not speak English.
TWENTY YEARS AND STILL KICKING!!! Troop 26 just returned from our second summer camp of the 2007 summer. We went to Medicine Mountain Scout Camp in South Dakota. Camping in the Black Hills. American legends abound with stories of Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull and General Custer.
I WISH I WAS IN THE TETONS The mercury reached 97 today in the Bayou City. In spite of global warming, this summer has been cooler than any I can remember. Yet every time August or September rolls around, I wonder why I am still living here!
YOU CAN’T EARN THE RANK OF EAGLE! Scoutmaster Steve of Troop 68 in Melrose, Minnesota, posed a question about Eagle conferences on his Scoutmaster’s Blog today. Some of the replies spoke of Eagle Scouts “aging out” after their Eagle Court of Honor.
EXPANDING WHICH TENT, EXACTLY? An article about Scouting “expanding the tent” to include immigrant youths prompted discussion on the Boy-Scout-Talk list yesterday. In the article, they state that the Boy Scout council in Framingham has 150 immigrants in their soccer program.
We just returned from Medicine Mountain Scout Camp in South Dakota several weeks ago. I've had a chance to reflect on the trip and I wanted to let all our scouts and leaders, and especially our alumni, know a little about how I felt.
THE TRUE MEANING OF CONSERVATION This cedar tree used to grace the summit of Sentinel Peak at Sam Houston Area Council’s El Rancho Cima. It was a welcome spot of shade; a place to rest on hot, sunny days, and a place to gather for stargazing in the Texas hill country evenings.
SCOUTS “WUSSY”? Last week, a youth leader told me that they had failed to start a Scouting group because the parents thought Scouting was “wussy.” The parents preferred to put their sons in sports. The strongest, bravest people I have ever known in my life were once in our Boy Scout troop.
John Guyton was riding in the passenger seat of a truck when the driver suffered a seizure. Somehow, he needed to stop the truck and help his friend in the middle of rush hour traffic. Listen as John describes the rescue in a true story of Scouts in Action.
