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Someone once said (He's seated in the middle) that every Scout deserves a trained Leader. So true. This weekend in the Pioneer District in Cascade Pacific Council, eight adults got trained in Scoutmaster Essentials, another nine got certified for Merit Badge Councilors, seven Charter Org Representatives also were trained and one Den Mother had
Today (Sunday Oct 28th) Pack 221 held its 2nd Annual Pumpkin Race. As with anything Oregon in the Fall, it rained. I few people asked if it was canceled. I said, nope.. It's Oregon. I put a GoPro HD Camera in my Pumpkin that Elliot helped out with. Here is what happened.
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Hello Blueted Ponders Fans Ok I am getting ahead of myself but I know that Blueted Ponders is the best part of this whole blog. Any Hoo – You may have noticed that there has not been much pondering going …
Scouting has seen a lot of change in the first hundred years, even though the mission and aims have remained the same. Within our units, changes in the program often affect us too. But while the methods and values of …
Posted in Outdoor Recreation Venturing Ranger Award Requirements – Cave Exploring Elective To earn the Venturing Ranger award, a young man or woman must complete eight core requirements and four electives. One of the electives to meet the Ranger award requirements is Cave Exploring By...
This summer my Dad was diagnosed with B-Cell Non-Hodgekins Lymphoma. He has always been incredibly healthy. Cancer is a very weird animal. There are so many different versions of it and it attacks so many parts of the body. There really is not much that I personally can do since I am in Portland, except
Rule No. 95 • Productivity is inversely proportional to the size of the committee. ________________________________________ Dear Andy, Our troop just purchased a trailer. It would be a big help if other troops with trailers could give us some tips or even pictures and plans of what they did to outfit their trailer.
For those of you that have been waiting patiently for the announcement on the Summit's 2014 high-adventure program offerings, you won't have much longer to wait. Within the next week we will post information on unit programs and prices on our website at summit.scouting.org .
Scouts aren't exactly stumbling over themselves to take Personal Management, Emergency Preparedness, or Citizenship in the Community/Nation/World. But with a little advance planning and creativity, you can bring seemingly dull merit badges to life. Start by studying every requirement for ways to turn lectures or pen-and-paper exercises into something hands-on.
IN THIS PODCAST The second installment of a three part series on Youth Leader Development, email answer about maintaining a ‘yell-free troop'. All this and your messages in the mailbag. Past editions of the show are available at the PODCAST ARCHIVE
Take part in our consultation on kite surfing by reading and commenting on the proposed changes.
I don't give Friends of Scouting much thought throughout the year. In fact, I don't really ever think about it until the campaign comes around and forces me to wonder what everyone else wonders. The bad news is that I still don't have a clear understanding of how FOS benefits my unit even after another…
The final version of Baloo's Bugle for RESPECT and Holiday Lights is on-line at http://usscouts.org/usscouts/bbugle2012-2013.asp . The issue is complete. It replaces a previous issue posted as Sandy got too close for comfort for Mike, our Webmaster, and I. Please pray for all of us on the East Coast as Sandy moves inland.
Posted in Character Good Manners Pin for Cub Scouts Miss Manners move over! There are Cub Scouts in the room! Well, maybe our Cub Scouts aren't etiquette experts, but they can earn their Good Manner pin from the Cub Scout Academics and Sports program.
Campmor is offering good discounts on Eureka tents and sleeping bags. These sales usually are limited to stock on hand and go pretty quickly, so if you are interested act fast! Note that the group discount of 10% does not apply to sale items, so you won't benefit from a group buy on these items…
Members of Ship 41 show off O'Tumbler. Today's Scouts will go on to careers where they solve some of the world's biggest problems. But apparently the boys and girls in Sea Scout Ship 41 aren't waiting till they're grownups to make a difference.
To old for Scouting was a debate or part there of I recently witnessed on twitter by some Canadian scouts. At the heart of the debate was the drive for more engagement and leadership for young people in scouting. A …
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Two of the effects physicists describe apply to our work in Scouting: The Observer Effect Changes that the act of observation makes on the phenomenon being observed. A tire pressure gauge releases air from the tire thus changing the pressure we are testing.
