SCOUTER'S DIGEST
Scouting-E-Zine
A Chronicle of American Scouting
Volume 3, Issue No. 9 October 3, 2001
Copyright (c) -2001 Honor Publishing Company ;    
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"To Help Other People at All Times...."

Scouting Responds to Tragedy With Service
September 25, 2001 - BSA Press Release

Scouts from across the nation have responded to the tragedy in New York with an outpouring of service. The following are highlights of service projects tracked by the BSA since September 11.

-- The Greater New York Councils, New York, New York. Scouts in New York have seen tremendous support from across the nation and around the world in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks. Donald York, director of field service for the Greater New York Councils, says his council has received messages of sympathy and encouragement from 49 nations.

-- Since September 11, Scouts have been collecting gloves, socks, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and other materials for firefighters and relief workers, including dog food for search and rescue dogs. York said they have also received contributions from Scouts in other states, including 16 cases of gloves sent from Scout units in Grunee, Illinois. He said each pair of gloves has a message of support and encouragement inside.

-- The council donated 500 cots for fire and relief workers to use at the World Trade Center site and also made one of its Scout camps available for military reservists who may be called to assist with the cleanup.

-- Scouts have adopted fire stations, providing potluck dinners for the New York firefighters and guest firefighters being housed at stations while working in the recovery effort.

-- Suffolk County Council, Medford, New York. In a one-day event, Scouts collected more than 150,000 bottles of water and sports drinks, plus many other items requested by the Salvation Army, for rescue and recovery personnel working in the ruins of the World Trade Center.

-- Otetiana Council, Rochester, New York. The council is donating $1 for every American flag sold at its Scout shop to start a relief fund.

-- Greater Pittsburgh Council, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Boy Scouts sponsored a flag ceremony with Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy
and State Rep. John A. Maher as special guests. As part of the ceremony, the council presented Donald York, director of field service from the Greater New York Council, with an $11,000 donation to support Scouting in the New York area.

-- Atlanta Area Council, Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta area Scouting units distributed antenna flags and encouraged Scouts to wear their uniforms along with red, white, and blue ribbons.

-- Greater St. Louis Area Council, St. Louis, Missouri. Scouts are offering to serve as the color guard and assist in posting and retiring flags.

-- Sam Houston Area Council, Houston, Texas. Scouts in the Houston area have worked with a local television station, providing information on flag etiquette, including a request for old flags, which will be retired properly by the council.

Support and Leadership from the National Council:

-- The Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America sent a personal letter to President George W. Bush pledging the support services of the Scouting movement. The BSA has a long tradition of
performing Good Turns and sponsoring national service projects in times of crisis.

-- The National Council posted a flier on its Web site with the names and contact information for organizations providing direct assistance to victims and their families. The National Council is urging volunteers, Scouting units, and the public to download the flier, make copies, and distribute it in neighborhoods and communities.

-- The National Council posted guidelines for properly displaying and caring for the flag on its Web site, http://www.scouting.org . The Internet posting included detailed instructions for folding the flag, information on proper flag etiquette, and more. The
information was adapted from the BSA publication The Flag Book.

To ensure continuity of the Scouting program, the National Council is accepting donations to support Scouting in the greater New York area. The national office posted a flier on its Web site urging support for the effort.

The national office is providing accounting support, while the BSA's Northeast Region will determine how best to distribute the funds to councils in New York.

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Quote of the Week:

"We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace."
-- William E. Gladstone, 19th Century British Prime Minister
(1809-1897)

Scouting-E-Zine asks for help:

This pulication sent out a broadcast last week urging units to send in their stories of "What Scouts Can Do". The response was great with units from all over the country telling us their stories. Here are some of them:

BERKELEY BOY SCOUTS HELP RED CROSS!
by: VINCE LIPINSKI - Berkeley, Ca

"Since 1910 the Boy Scouts of America have pledged: 'duty to God,' 'duty to country,' and to 'help other people at all times.' For over eighty years Berkeley Troop 19 has upheld that pledge. In time of war, in time of peace, when the call was made we have responded. Today, to honor those fallen, and to help ease the suffering of all who have survived, Troop 19 is proud to present the American Red Cross with checks totaling $2,157.00 earned by the boys at a car wash for the relief effort on Sunday, September 23rd at St. Mary Magdalen's parish in Berkeley. Theodore Ziemba, our Senior Patrol leader, and other Scouts from the troop made the presentation."

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Heroes
by: James F. Dell - ASM - Troop 240, Bronx, New York City

Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 240, Mark Aronberg, is an Acting Deputy Chief of the Emergency Medical Services, Technical Services Division, of the New York City Fire Department. On September 11th, he went immediately to lower Manhattan. He spent 7 straight days in the hell of Ground Zero until finally ordered to take some time off. Mark is the father of 2 Scouts, Adam and Matt. They were both at school in Manhattan at the time of the attack and could not get home. Mark was able to get to them and had them taken to his depot while he went back to the Ground Zero. For the next 10 hours they helped to load fire trucks with heavy equipment that had to be delivered to the "collapse site". When their mom,Nancy Aronberg, finally came to them to take them home, they told her they did not want to leave. Adam is 11 years old and Matt is 12. They are not big boys, but they worked like any adult would have done. They both demonstrated the true Spirit of Scouting. In addition, they keep quiet about what they done and the Troop only found out about their actions by accident.

The Troop was also been touched in another way by the events of September 11th. Bill McGinn, the new Cubmaster of Pack 613, our feeder unit, is among the missing. He is a Lieutenant of Squad 18, Special Operations Command of the Fire Department of New York. He was last seen on the mezzanine floor of Tower 2 minutes before it collapsed. They have only found his badge and helmet. Please pray for him and his family.

GOD BLESS AMERICA
www.Troop240NY.com

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Star Spangled Banner Flown Proudly!
by Lawrence J. Feller
Scoutmaster - Troop 33

On the 4th of July 2000, while our Troop was attending summer camp (Trexler Scout Reservation, Minsi Trails Council) the camp hoisted a Garrison Flag for colors. The entire camp had to work together, unfurling it over the heads of the Scouts, as a garrison flag is the largest factory made United States flag. Afterwards, the Scoutmaster, Larry "M.O.A.T." Friend, who owned the flag announced to the camp that he was retiring from Scouts and had several of these flags available as gifts to any Troop wanting one. Two Troops accepted, including ours - Troop 33.

Due to its' size we have not flown it very often - District Fall Camporee and the 4th of July again at Trexler Scout Reservation. However, on Friday, September 14, 2001 we knew it had to be flown. It was raised in our town park along the main village artery at sun up. Even at that hour many cars and trucks driving by began honking their horns. We took it down at 5:00PM and several passers by stopped to thank us for putting it up and asking when it would be flown again. It turns out that word spread fast about the huge flag in WEONA Park.

The Fire Department telephoned to ask if the Fireman, wearing their finest uniforms, could walk this splendid Star Spangled Banner onto the football field at our school's next football game. They did this on September 22 and we all sang God Bless America and the National Anthem accompanied by both football teams and each of their marching bands, followed by a moment of silence. It was a sight to behold for a small town such as ours.

A neighboring community, Bangor, Pennsylvania, are hosting a 10 Community Memorial Service on Sunday, September 30 at their community park. They have contacted Troop 33 to ask if the Scouts would carry the garrison flag onto their field. Without hesitation we have agreed and are in the process of inviting other Troops, both boy and girl, to assist with this event which will include the Elks Lodge, Community Dignitaries, Churches, Fire Departments, the releasing of white doves, drum corps, marching bands, singing and prayer and the reading of an Honor Roll.

They say that hind sight is 20/20. A year ago we very nearly did not accept M.O.A.T.'s generous offer. The flag is humongous (34' x 23' after repairs) and needed hemming due to fraying from being flown for seven years at a car dealership in Flemington, NJ. We just didn't know what to do. Realizing that Scouts ARE PATRIOTIC one of our Assistant Scoutmasters, Jeff Martin, accepted. He coordinated with one of our mother's the repair work, built a splendid wooden box to carry it in and he has a boom truck which we used to put up the ropes when displaying it at the park. Who could have known how good that decision would be 14 months later in helping these little towns to cope with this tragedy. Scouting truly is wonderful in ways which we never imagined.

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National Capital Area Troop Collects $2,400.00 for Relief Fund!
by: Dominick Caridi
Scoutmaster

Boy Scout Troop 1509 from the Colonial District of the National Capital Area Council cancelled their campout on the weekend of September 14-16 and opted instead to do something different.

The troop "appropriated" one of the busiest intersections in the Mount Vernon area of northern Virginia waving the flag and collecting donations. From 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM the troop collected over $2,400.

The proceeds were delivered to the Salvation Army for the September 11th relief fund. The boys' efforts were very well received by the community.

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Cub Scouts do their part to help victims
(September 28, 2001 - Alamosa Valley Courier (Colorado)

Cub Scouts Pack 307, Den 7, Alamosa, are taking their "Good Turn" duties to great lengths - New York City and Washington, D.C. N ormally, when youth complete a good deed, "Good Turn," for their citizenship badge, they pick up trash or put away chairs at a den meeting. When the Webelos of Cub Scouts Pack 307 decided to complete their "Good Turn, "the group of 10-11 year-olds thought about what they could do to help victims of the September 11 tragedy. They went on the internet and found a children's relief fund site. They decided they wanted to raise money for the children whose parents were killed in New York City and Washington, D.C., so they made dozens of lapel ribbons which they will
be giving away in exchange for donations between 12 and 3 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 29, in front of the Wal-Mart Supercenter.

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What We as Scouts and Scouters can do:

The following are some ideas and resources of how we can help America, and help teach our children how important our freedom is.

Find some great links at:

The Boy Scouts of America Website:

"How You Can Help America"

President Bush mentioned this site:

AOL - MICROSOFT - YAHOO -
AMAZON.COM - E-Bay - Cisco Systems

Six Internet leaders, touching virtually all of America's online citizens, have created this place where people can support America's overwhelmed rescue and relief organizations .

libertyunites.org

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Treat Flags With Respect
(September 19, 2001 - Fort Smith (Arkansas])



Go ahead and fly those flags, Americans, just give them the respect they deserve, says a 20-year Boy Scout veteran. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, American flags can be found on car antennas, the sides of homes, businesses and painted on banners and sidewalks - some are even on flagpoles.

Patriotism is back in vogue. But there are some things neophyte flag fliers need to know, says John Morton, executive director of the Boy Scouts of America in Fort Smith. "Probably the biggest mistake people make is flying a worn and ragged flag," Morton said. "It is very nice that people are flying them from their vehicles. ... They just need to replace them when they become damaged."

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Girl Scouts help heal the Scars
Savannah Morning News - (Georgia)

Girl Scouts usually chatter. On Monday, they were silent. They concentrated on making greeting cards for a fellow scout from Pennsylvania whose father, a pilot, died when his plane was hijacked
last Tuesday. As she drew an American flag on her card, 12-year-old Danielle McMullen thought about a girl who had lost her dad. "And I was
thinking about my mom," McMullen said. "Because when she had cancer she could have died and I was really scared." McMullen, a 7th grade home-schooler from Statesboro, added a heart to her greeting before stacking it with her troop's other cards, which will be mailed directly to the girl in Pennsylvania. It's McMullen's personal touch in a time when local residents have been collecting pennies and donating tax refunds to aid disaster relief efforts. Each troop developed its own way of helping. Some made pins from wooden hearts. Others wrote thank-you notes to emergency workers in New York City and Washington, D.C.

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SCOUTING IN THE NEWS:
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Fort Wayne Chapter Named Outstanding Chapter by Air Force Association
Arlington, (VIRGINIA)., Sept. 26 --

The Air Force Association (AFA) names the Fort Wayne (IN) Chapter its Outstanding Medium Chapter of the Year. The chapter is recognized for its work in promoting aerospace education in the community and area schools.

Within the community, the Chapter is active on several fronts to include providing monetary and volunteer support to the local Veterans Affairs Hospital, the Explorer Scout Unit, and the Air Force "Eagle Scout'' diploma program of the local Boy Scout district. The chapter also recently initiated a scholarship program with the Civil Air Patrol to provide funds for advanced training of cadets. The scholarship is named for chapter member Margaret Ringenberg, former WASP (Women Air Force Service Pilots). The Fort Wayne Chapter also played an instrumental part in organizing and activating a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Unit at DeKalb County Airport.

Additionally, members of the Fort Wayne Chapter serve on the Board of Directors of Hoosier War Birds, Inc., and are involved with the Hoosier Air Museum in Auburn, Indiana.

Throughout the past year, the Fort Wayne Chapter proved itself to be a leader in the community and an integral part in assisting youth interested in aerospace education. The Air Force Association salutes the Chapter and is proud to honor it with the distinction of Outstanding Medium Chapter of the Year.

The Air Force Association is an independent, non-profit, civilian aerospace organization promoting public understanding of aerospace power and the pivotal role it plays in the security of the nation. AFA publishes Air Force Magazine, sponsors national symposia and disseminates information through outreach programs of its affiliate, the Aerospace Education Foundation. Learn more about AFA by visiting us on the Web at http://www.AFA.org

SOURCE: Air Force Association

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Retiree still active with Boy Scouts
St. Petersburg Times - (Florida)

Jim Ralph's lifelong association with the Boy Scouts and his medical training have combined to provide him an active lifestyle. After retiring as a doctor, he and his wife, Barbara, moved to Citrus County in 1988. Both are active volunteers and work as character actors at Disney World. Ralph also is volunteer medical director at the McGregor Smith Boy Scout Camp near the Withlacoochee River, east of Inverness. Troops from throughout the state visit the site. "I've been involved in Scouting since I was 9 years old," Ralph said. "Mainly I serve as a consultant," he said. "I show up on the first days of summer camp, making sure everyone gets their physicals. I act as a consultant to the emergency medical service technicians stationed there, and I help them prepare the mess hall for inspections."

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County's First Park to be Built by Boy Scouts! Henderson (Kentucky)

This clump of trees along Airline Road will become the county's first park. The 2.3-acre park will be built by a group of Eagle Scouts with financial assistance from the county. (Gleaner photo by Mike Lawrence)

Henderson Fiscal Court approved plans Tuesday for the county's first park, and met the young group that designed and will construct it.

Thomas Hatton, 13, his brother David Hatton, 16, and Neal Walters, 16, have volunteered their time and skills as Eagle Scouts to create the 2.3-acre park on a triangular piece of property at the edge of the Henderson County Fairgrounds off Airline Road. It will be bounded by Pennyrile Parkway, Airline Road and Canoe Creek, over which there's a bridge so the land can be accessed.

"We want it to be a good place for kids to come and have fun," Walters said.

The three boys requested that the court allow them to develop the park as their final Eagle Scout project. They also requested $2,500 to $3,000 from fiscal court for materials to build a shelter at the park.

"Not only will it be utilized by the school systems, it will be a ... peaceful park for the citizens," Thomas Hatton told fiscal court at its Tuesday morning meeting.

Once completed, the park will include an observation deck leading to Canoe Creek, a shelter, walking paths throughout the area and plaques on native trees to identify them, according to the Eagle Scouts, who are part of Troop No. 88. An access road from the fairgrounds and a parking area also could be put in later, said Tri-County Recycling Alliance Coordinator Pauline Allen, who has been working with the group.

"It just makes you feel so good to see youth that want to get involved with the community," Henderson County Judge-executive Sandy Watkins said after fiscal court.

The Scouts have divided the project into three phases, all of which should be completed by the end of this year, Allen said.

First, starting during the schools' fall break in October, Thomas Hatton will begin clearing out weeds and brush, seeding the park with grass, creating a trail with mulch and having members of the Garden Club of Henderson identify the park's trees. Hatton will label the ones that are indigenous to Kentucky.

Next, David Hatton will clear out the area around Canoe Creek, prepare the ground for the observation deck he's going to build and install. The 3 1/2-foot-tall, 9-foot-wide observation deck at the creek will be built with bricks from the old jail, and railroad ties. The deck will allow teachers to bring their classes to Canoe Creek to do water testing and other activities, Allen said.

Finally, the group will use Walters' design to build a 20-by-30-foot shelter house, which will be open on three sides but have a wall on the side facing Pennyrile Parkway to block out some noise.

"The shelter is going to be used for various things," Walters said in his project plan. "The first, and what seems to be the most important, is education. This shelter is going to be an outdoor classroom for children from local schools to utilize. We want to get kids out of the classroom and have them doing more hands-on things.

"This is a golden opportunity. The shelter also is going to be used by local residents of Henderson, Kentucky. The park that is going to be developed along with the shelter house is going to be open to the public. It will be a good environment for parents to take their children, for picnics and family events. We want this park to benefit everyone."

Walters told the court the group needs funds for lumber, paneling for the back wall and other items, like air vents.

Watkins said the court would look for money it could give for the project, but said after court that he thought the boys would likely get enough in donations that they wouldn't need county funds.

Those wanting more information on donating funds or materials for the park project were urged to contact Thomas Hatton, the Hatton boys' father, at 826-0762.

Walters said the boys want to name the park in commemoration of the recent terrorist-related tragedies in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.

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MDI Sea Scouts organize to learn leadership
(September 20, 2001 - Bangor, (Maine)

SOUTHWEST HARBOR — Bob Martin has fond memories of sailing up and down the Hackensack River on a boat that he and his friends restored as Sea Scouts during their youth in New Jersey.

In fact, he never forgot those afternoons spent riding the wind and waves. Martin and his wife, Fran, dreamed for years of buying a place in New England where they could moor their sailboat.

Now that the Martins have retired to a cozy cape in Bass Harbor, they’re working to bring the Sea Scouts program to teens on Mount Desert Island, who, despite being surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, don’t always understand the sea.

“You learn all of the sea lore, knot tying, sailing, marine history — it goes on and on,” Martin said recently.

The MDI Sea Scouts held their first event, a sunset sail, on Tuesday night. Though only a handful of recruits joined the sail, a close-up look at seal colonies and The Cat high-speed ferry entranced the new scouts, said Fran Martin.

Sea Scouts are a part of what is known as Venture Scouting, troops of students ages 14 to 20, who spend time pursuing hobbies as a group under the auspices of Boy Scouts of America. But unlike Boy Scouts, the groups are coeducational, and focus activities around one specific interest.

“Venture Scouts do more gutsy things,” Martin said.

Sea Scout troops — called ships — have been established in Belfast and Portland, and the local Katahdin Area Boy Scout Council, based in Bangor, recognizes several other local Venture Scouting groups, spokesman Mike Cuskelley said Wednesday.

A high-adventure group, which spends its time in backwoods camping, rock climbing and other adventure sports, is associated with a church youth group in Southwest Harbor. A second high-adventure group, composed exclusively of young women, is based in the Ellsworth area.

Dirigo Search and Rescue, a 25-year-old emergency response crew, includes a group of Venture Scouts. Venture Scouts have even organized into an Ellsworth-based black powder 1840s military re-enactment group, Cuskelley said.

“That’s the beauty of it — there’s a lot of flexibility,” he said. “The kids have a lot of choices. They make their own decisions.”

The first Sea Scout ships were founded during the 1930s to prepare young men for careers in the Navy, shipping and other marine industries. A Sea Scout who has earned the organization’s highest award, known as a Quartermaster, may join the Navy or Coast Guard with an automatic increase in rank.

But Sea Scouts, also known as Sea Explorers for a period of time, never developed the rigid structure of the national Boy Scout program. Today 12,000 American Sea Scouts, based in saltwater and freshwater regions, develop their own programs, which can range from water-skiing to scuba diving to sailing their own vessels on long-term cruises.

“As things go along, the youth end up taking over most of the leadership,” Cuskelley said. “We’re trying to get them, as young adults, to take on a lot of responsibility. We’re trying to get them to become good citizens. We’re not in business to go camping or sailing. We’re in the business of developing character.”

The Martins have organized a committee of 10 local adults with skills ranging from kayaking, scuba diving and sailing to emergency medical care and rescue procedures to direct the group.

“With the people that we’ve got, we can certainly offer all the navigation and safety skills,” Fran Martin said. “The more skills that can be offered, the better.”

The MDI Kiwanis Club will sponsor the group, and former Bar Harbor Harbor Master Ed Monat will serve as its skipper, the equivalent of a scoutmaster.

The Mount Desert Island Sea Scouts likely will start with the basics of being on the sea.

“Most kids I’ve seen on boats don’t know how to read a chart, how to navigate,” Fran Martin said.

“They don’t know the rules of the road,” her husband added.

But from there, the program is wide open. Portland’s group of about 30 scouts concentrates on sailing, owns a 24-foot boat and participated in last summer’s Op-Sail, Paul McKinney, skipper of the Portland ship, said.

The Martins are willing to take on everything from sailing to lobstering. Acquiring a boat, so the scouts can learn to sail their own vessel, is an eventual goal. But first and foremost, they want to give local teens that opportunity to ride the wind and waves.

“This a chance for kids who can’t otherwise afford this sort of thing to get out on the water,” Bob Martin said.

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Scouts Uniting Families
Learning values is the goal, those involved with group say
Bowling Green, (KENTUCKY)

Woven into the fabric of the Heinze family of Bowling Green is a United Way funded agency, the Boy Scouts of America.

“It gives us something to unite us together,” said Jonathan Heinze, 18, referring to his family. “It’s a common cause, so to speak, and something we can all look forward to and work on together.”

His mother, Julie Heinze, said Jonathan recently won the highest honor the Boy Scouts offer, the Eagle Scout Award. “Only two out of every hundred get it,” she said. “I think his Eagle Award means more to me than his high school diploma. Scouting has become part of his life.”

Julie Heinze and her husband, John, have five sons. All are active scouts except Jackson, 5, who can’t join until age 6.

“It teaches them to be selfless,” she said. “It teaches them moral character, self-respect and self-reliance. We live in a community that we care for and it teaches our sons to be better citizens. We are closer as far as who we are as a family because we practice our religious beliefs through scouting. It is part of our family.”

The Bowling Green Boy Scout troops are overseen by the Shawnee Trails Council in Owensboro, which covers 38 counties – 35 in Kentucky, three in Illinois and one town in Tennessee, South Fulton, according to Mark Compton, assistant executive director.

The Shawnee Trails Council is divided into 307 districts. Bowling Green is the largest city in the Lost River District, which is compiled of Butler, Edmonson, Simpson and Warren counties and Auburn.

At the end of 2000, the Lost River District had 1,862 boys in the program, according to Tony Rafalowski, the Lost River District director. During the year, the Boy Scouts served 2,525 boys on a daily basis and had 598 volunteer adults. The Shawnee Trails Council served more than 24,000 people for the same year, Rafalowski said.

Last year, the Lost River District had 25 Cub Scout packs for ages 6 to 10, 20 Boy Scout troops for ages 11 to 18, six Venturing Crews, a new co-ed program for ages 14 to 20 and the Learning for Life Program for kindergarten through 12th grade.

The United Way provided 14 percent of the Shawnee Trails Council’s $1.4 million budget in 2000.

“We provide a program that instills traditional values in youth so they can make ethical choices throughout their lifetime,” Compton said. “That’s been our mission statement for 91 years now and we do it through programs centering around the outdoors. It’s not the mission of the Boy Scouts to teach kids how to light fires, orient maps, row a row-boat or a canoe. Our main aim is to develop citizenship, develop character, mental and physical fitness.”

Jonathan Heinze scored 97 out of a possible 99 on his military entrance exam, placing him in the top 10 percent in the nation, Julia Heinze said.

“The Scouts has formed him into the young gentlemen he has become,” she said. “With his Eagle Scout, he automatically gets a pay raise joining any of the military services.”

Leaving for basic training in October, Jonathan Heinze said the Boy Scouts of America has been a great teaching tool and has equipped him to serve his country.

“I feel proud of my country and if I have to go and fight, then I’ll accept it,” he said. “I have faith in my family and my God and I’m not scared. I feel it’s my duty.”

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New Cub Scouts have plenty of opportunities
(September 14, 2001 - Kanabec County (Minnesota)

Here can a kid learn to do his best, be loyal and take lots of trips and outings throughout the year? According to Cub Scout Master Mark Anderson of Mora, all of this and more are possible for youngsters when they join the Cub Scouts. For years the Cub Scouts have been fundraising, crafting and camping and on Sept. 20, 2001, at Trailview middle school in Mora, there will be an informational meeting on how to become a member of this organization. Anderson says that all interested children and parents are welcome and invited to listen to the many activities the Cub Scouts have to offer on this informational night. "We generally start with around 50 cub scouts after our initial meeting. This is a great number, but we would like to see even more interest in scouting, it offers so many opportunities for young people," said Anderson.

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Peter Catlin's Eagle project gives hikers a rest stop (Kentucky)

Hikers can now veer off the Hojack Trail onto a new path that leads to a scenic glen. This side trip is made possible by the efforts of 17-year-old Peter Catlin, a large crew of volunteers, and the Friends of Webster Trails. Catlin, a member of Boy Scout Troop 442, cut the ribbon Saturday to this new trail, which leads to the Vosburg Hollow Nature Preserve. He also took those who attended this dedication ceremony across a boardwalk that he and about 25 volunteers constructed out of logs that extends over a muddy, runoff area. "This preserve gives us a destination on the Hojack Trail," said Jack Kerson, a member of the Friends of Webster Trails. "It gives us somewhere to go now rather than just hiking from one trail head to another." The completion of this trail and preserve is the end of years of preparation and planning, said Sue Klassen, president of the Friends of Webster Trails. "We've always wanted to have a quiet place near the end of the trail," Klassen said. Catlin and his volunteers spent about eight hours on one Saturday in April clearing brush, marking a path and carefully placing logs over a marshy area. "I learned that it is amazing what your friends will do for you in a pinch," said Catlin, of Maple Drive, "and that you should always allocate more time for government work than you think you need." Catlin had to contact both the state Department of Conservation and the Army Corps of Engineers to get clearance for this project. Its completion now brings him closer to obtaining his Eagle Scout ranking. "I've walked the Hojack Trail before, but now I think I'll walk it more often because I'm more familiar with it," Catlin said. "I also appreciate it more because I've done work on it." This project shows that when you get a group that takes an interest in a "hunk" of land, it can become something that is useful and beautiful, said Town Supervisor Cathryn Thomas, who attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony. "This will enhance the quality of life for generations to come," Thomas said. Hiker Joan Conway said she was delighted to discover this new addition to the Hojack Trail system when she took a hike with her two granddaughters last week. "I couldn't believe how beautiful this pretty little glade was," Conway said.

"It's a nice and different kind of addition to this trail." Visitors to the preserve can now sit on a bench, eat a picnic lunch (as long as you take your garbage back with you), and find deer nesting and 27-inch trout swimming in the creek, Kerson said. "People are definitely discovering this entire trail system," he said. "Every time I'm on it I encounter a half dozen to a dozen people." The trail begins at North Ponds Park and extends nearly four miles to the Vosburg Road area. For more information, log onto www.webstertrails.org Webster Post 2001

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SCOUTING STORIES:
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A Father & Son Camp Out at Camp Belzer
by Chester Price Sr

On the eight day, noting that man had rested enough, God created Scout Camps. "To be a good father and keep your son from hating you when you are an old man." He said, "you shall go forth in your child's 10th year to a hot, humid spot in the forest and sleep on the ground under a piece of canvas.

To this spot I will call forth the mosquitoes of the air and all manner of bugs which crawleth on the earth and you shall live with them for a night. You shall eat graham crackers, marshmallow, and chocolate sandwiches. You shall not cures the tree root which poketh into your back whilest you try to sleep.

I do not go camping much. In fact, until last Friday night I thought "roughing it" meant spending the night in a motel room with a black and white TV.

I had heard rumors about people forsaking the technological advances of the past 2000 years and going to sleep in tents and cook food over open fire. I had dismissed these rumors and filed them away with other incredible claims about UFO's and rabbits that lay colored eggs.

Then my son signed up for something called "Webelos Day Camp" the camp involved five, fun-filled days for Webelos and Cub Scouts at Camp Belzer on the east side of Indianapolis. My son loved the camp and every night told me about all the "neat things" he had done all day.

About midway through the week, he began to talk about something called an "overnighter." He told me about tents and campfires and all the wonders of sleeping in the woods. But the thing that most interested me was that when he spoke about these wonders he used the pronoun. "We".

Since my son has never been a whiz in English grammar. I clung for a long time to the hope that he was simply unskilled at selecting pronouns. Turns out his grammar was perfect. The "overnighter" was to be a father son "experience" according to the camp brochure.

Somewhere in the quite of evening we gathered around Camp Belzer flagpole, about 50 Webelo Scouts and their fathers, awaiting instructions. Since I had a traumatic week of broken computers, my wife agreed to prepare all the gear for our campout. After three trips to the car to unload it all, I began to worry about the distance to the campsite.

"How far is the camp?" I asked my son. "It's over there by the trees," he comforted me. "Is this too much to carry?" I asked him. On the ground around us lay two sleeping bags, two pillows, two sacks of clothing, a bag of assorted items, a folding lawn chair, and a cooler which I had not opened but which, judging by the weight, I assumed contained either a lawnmower or a set of encyclopedias.

He assured me that "we" could carry it. By now he was beginning to mix-up his pronouns.

Moments later we were struggling across an open field toward the trees. We had discovered that his arms were just long enough to encompass a sleeping bag and two pillows.

Under one arm I carried a sleeping bag and the lawn chair. Tow sacks of clothing were clutched in the hand of the same arm. I carried the cooler in the other hand, with the third sack tucked under that arm, that was slowly going numb. By now it was dark and we had discovered we had forgotten our flashlights. But since it was only about 100 yards to the trees, I figured we could make it. It was about then that I noticed the flashlights ahead of us were not stopping at the trees. When they reached the trees, they appeared to be going straight up into the air.

"There's a hill back of the trees." my son told me with no expression in his voice. "It a big hill?" I grunted, tugging on the cooler and losing my grip on one of the sacks.

"No," he said, "its just a little hill." He was right. Compared to Mount McKinley it was small, only about 100 yards of 45 degree incline. Several times I thought about faking a heart attack and getting them to carry me up on a stretcher. I also considered dropping the cooler into a ravine and telling my wife it was stolen by muggers.

But my son encouraged me with promise that the tents were just a little ways ahead. And just when I thought I could go no farther, there they were. "Which one is ours?" I asked, dropping all the gear.

"Oh, these aren't ours," He said, "we got to sleep in the "Eagle's Nest." It's up the trail. I will spare you the details from this point on.

It turned out the cooler contained half a watermelon, a stalk of bananas, six root beers, some peaches, and about 300 pounds of ice out of which we consumed one root beer. In fact, the only useful item other than the sleeping bags was the lawn chair, I got good use of that.

After we once reached the "Eagle's Nest." the evening turned out to be pretty nice, even fun. I found my son had pitched our tent himself, careful to place it right over some tree roots for comfort. We went for a swim and he showed me a new dive. He showed me some new ways to burn marshmallows in the campfire. He even showed me how to fold the tent the next morning when we took it down.

But best of all was right before we went to sleep when he patted me on the arm (which was still numb from carrying the cooler) and told me "how neat" it was to share his tent with me.

That was worth the walk up the hill. It was "neat" sharing a tent with my son too. We plan to do it again next year but we'll leave the cooler at home.

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Malone remembers old days in Scouting
By ERNEST HERNDON

McComb, (MISSISSIPPI)
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There was a time when Bill Malone would have been camping on a weekend - camping with the Scouts. Malone, 84, was active in Boy Scouts for 30 years. It's been nearly 20 years since he was involved, but he still keeps his uniform and memorabilia handy.

"It's been a long time since I've been camping," Malone said. His wife Florence said heart trouble has put a damper on his activities, with doctors making him cut back even on his beloved swimming. Malone said he doesn't even have a hankering to camp now. But he's done his share and then some.

Malone signed up as an assistant Cub Scout master when his oldest son Earl joined nearly 50 years ago. He graduated to assistant Scoutmaster, then Scoutmaster. "I stayed with scouting till they closed the troop down," he said of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church Troop 130. He's got the mementoes to prove it. The Scouter's Key in 1961. The Wood Badge, 1965. A photo of a trip to Philmont national scout ranch in New Mexico, 1966. Award of Merit, 1972. Photo of the national jamboree, east, in Pennsylvania, 1973. Silver Beaver, 1974. And those were just the high points. Most of the activities were conducted at local sites: Lake Dixie Springs, Percy Quin State Park, Clear Springs Recreation Area, Bogue Chitto Water Park, O'Quins Farm, Balser's Farm, Chatawa, and national military parks at Vicksburg and Grand Gulf.

"What we really did when we went camping was we worked," Malone said. In particular, the boys worked on their merit badges, learning how to tie knots, communicate with Morse Code, make wooden cooking tripods, kindle fires, bridge creeks, blaze trails, wield ax and saw, fashion plaster of paris casts of animal tracks, identify trees. "We knew most all the trees in the woods. They (boys) could tell most any tree that was out there," said Malone. "We worked and we played to learn. That was the big thing." Play was an important part of the experience, of course. sometimes pranks backfired.

Once, a group of boys decided to initiate a newcomer by taking him snipe hunting. They took him out to the woods and left him alone calling snipes.

Malone decided to give the boys a taste of their own medicine. "I went over and got him and put him back up there and put him behind a tree," he recalled. "I told them go get the boy. They went down in the woods where they left him and they couldn't find him." Malone too was in for a surprise.
"I went to get him and I couldn't find him," he said. "That was a calamity. They said, Wild Bill has lost a Scout. "Even a local radio announcer, the late Dean Strickland, arrived on the scene. After a huge search, they found the lad at a cattle chute. "He was lying up on that cattle chute and he stuck his head up and said, `Y'all give up?"' Malone said. "I like to killed him."

One benefit: "They didn't go snipe hunting anymore." Although he liked crisp fall weekends, Malone didn't depend on good weather. "When we set a camping day, if it rained, we went anyway, because they were all looking to go," he said. Dr. Pat Barrett, formerly of McComb, was one of those scouts eager for the camp-out.

"We tried to go camping once a month," said Barrett. "We were always camping. Seems like we did more winter camping and fall camping because the mosquitoes weren't as bad." Barrett is an orthopedic surgeon in Jackson, as is his brother Gene. Another brother, Mike, is a photographer in Jackson, while brother Tom is an architect in Austin, Texas. All were scouts under "Wild Bill." "We called him Wild Bill because he wasn't wild," said Barrett with a laugh.

Barrett remembers Malone for his "consistency, dependability, trustworthiness he was all of those things, still is," he said. "Best I can remember, in probably four years of scouting, I don't ever remember him missing a Wednesday night scout meeting. He was very helpful and patient with all the guys no matter how good a scout they were.
"He was a great Scoutmaster."

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SCOUTING ON THE NET:
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Scout Camps Owned by Individual Scout Troops!
By: Ed Henderson

Have you ever seen the classic Walt Disney movie "Follow Me, Boys" starring Fred MacMurry? One of the central themes of that wonderful movie was the development of Hickory Troop 1's own Scout Camp facility which was dedicated at the end of the film. While rare, this phenomenon is not a work of fiction. In fact Scouter's Digest recently uncovered more than two dozen such camps around the country!

There are some scout troops that, over the years, actually have acquired and maintained camp properties where they have built cabins, waterfront
facilities, climbing walls, even Dining Halls! Others may just be an acre or two with a meeting hall cabin on them.

A few of these troops make a significant amount of money each year renting their scout camp out to other troops either heading to Philmont, or in the case of one unit, being just down the road from Valley Forge national historic site. There are also a handful of cases where a camp may have once been owned by a council that decided to sell it off. A group of Scouting oriented volunteers now own and operate the camp.

All of the camps we have found have been archived at:

http://www.scoutcamp.org

Once there, go to the database and drop down to where you can select Unit-owned camps under Database Statistics.

Among the more interesting camps we found are

Camp 175 directly on Lake Altoona just north of Atlanta.

http://www.troop175.com/Camp175.html

This is the home of Decatur GA Troop 175. The camp has 55 acres, a dock, dining hall, six Adirondack cabins, and other facilities.

A number of these camps have deep historical roots. Spend some time at the time Bronxville Scout Cabin where John F. Kennedy was a scout from
1929-1931. http://www.scoutcabin.org/ The building is almost a museum itself and is regularly scheduled by troops from several states.

Two scout facilities are popular because of their location. Camp Jarvis

http://www.devon50.org/rentjarvis.htm

is a 9 acre camp located in the Valley Forge area of suburban Philadelphia and only five minutes from the National Park. Camping options are tent sites, cabin camping, or both. The cabin has heat and a fireplace. Facilities include running water, heated indoor johns, open field area, shaded pine forest area, and amphitheater.

Out west, perhaps the most successful unit owned facility is not really a camp at all but is a Kiva. Located in Southeastern Colorado and a great
stopping point on the way to Philmont is the Koshare Indian Museum & Kiva.

http://www.koshare.org/hostel.html

Here the scouts of Troop 232 and Venturing Crew 2230 have built a facility including museum & gift shop that provides accommodations for over 4,500 Scouts, Explorers, school groups and traveling guests each year. They even have arrangements with Sodexho Marriot Food Service 100 yards away at Otero Junior College or visiting local restaurants and even doing patrol cooking at the Kiva. If you can take in one of their shows, so much the better!

If you are heading to the Big Apple you might think that it would be expensive to stay inside the city, and for the most part you would be correct. However the Windsor Terrace Scout Center of Troop 237 offers a one of a kind facility located at 243 Prospect Park West in Brooklyn. It was conceived in the 1980’s and constructed in several phases with funds provided by Boy Scout Troop 237’s Alumni Association "Cedar Chips".

http://www.troop237.org/wtsc/.

They have a weight & fitness room, kitchen, and facilities for a troop staying in the city.

In the coming weeks we will continue our search for other similar scout unit owned & operated facilities, especially those that are set up to accommodate outside scout groups. If you know of one, please drop us a line here at Honor Publishing & Scouter's Digest and be sure to check out all 22 of the camps we have identified so far.

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SCOUTMASTER'S MINUTE
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Sandra & Jeff Schwartz have collected a number of great stories and have started their own newsletter called "The Scouting Way". The Scouting Way brings "rules to live by" to life with personal stories from athletes, political leaders, businesspeople, and everyday folks. Some stories are about Scouting, some not. But each uplifting narrative illustrates how living The Scouting Way helped them achieve their success.

You can go to their website and sign up for free e-mailed newsletter at:

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This weeks Scoutmaster's minute comes from their 10/01/01 newsletter. It is written by John Caskey from Troop 1137. John's troop is from Centreville, VA, only 25 miles from the Pentagon. It seemed an appropriete ending to this weeks issue.

What Can Real Leaders Do After "911"?

These are truly emotional and disturbing times. We went to work or school on Tuesday, September 11, 2001 and we planned on it being another normal day. We thought about homework, and video games, and what to eat for lunch, and who was going out with whom, and who was going to win Friday's football game, and could the Redskins win again.

Suddenly, at 9:00 AM, the whole world was torn apart. Suddenly, we were worrying about our parents and friends and neighbors; and maybe relatives in New York City and maybe military friends at the Pentagon. We wondered: where were they going to attack next? When was it all going to be over? Could this really be happening?

For me, it seemed like a science fiction movie with "real life" special effects. I wanted the movie to be over so I could leave the dark theater and go outside into the bright sunlight and realize that it was just a movie. However, I realize that it is not a movie. It is real life. It is now a sad part of our American history; an unbelievably horrible attack on the greatest country in the world, the United States of America. We will likely never forget "911" 2001.

But how and where do we fit in as Boy Scouts and Boy Scout Leaders? What can we do? How do we show our commitment to our country? There are many answers to these questions. We can display our flags. We can wear our uniform proudly. We can donate money to the rescue workers and the American Red Cross or other charities. We can support Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and other organizations that cherish freedom and the American way. We can donate our time to make this a stronger America; one that celebrates life and freedom.

But most importantly, we can be leaders. We can be leaders of today and tomorrow. We can show our classmates and coworkers that we don't support hatred of any kind. We can avoid buying records with hateful lyrics. We can stop watching violent and hateful shows or TV. We can turn away from friends that tell hateful or racist jokes. We can keep ourselves "physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight."

Most importantly, over these next few weeks and months, we can protect the rights of our fellow Americans that may be from the Middle East or may look like someone from the Middle East. It is up to us to set the example. It is up to us to be leaders against hatred. We can all help bring peace to our family, our neighborhood, our school, our workplace, our country and our world.

Please join me in a short prayer.

" God, give our governmental leaders the wisdom and courage to do what's necessary to bring peace to the world. Help our leaders make these hard decisions. Please give comfort and peace to the families and friends of the people who lost their lives in these tragedies. Give our rescue workers the strength to continue their jobs. Help all of us get back to our normal lives as soon as possible. Help us find the peace and happiness that we once knew.

Please bless these Scouts and help them enjoy their freedoms. Keep them safe and happy. Give them the courage to fight hatred in all its forms. Help them grow to become the leaders of tomorrow and the peacekeepers of our world.

For all these thing we pray. AMEN"

John Caskey
Committee Chair
Boy Scout Troop 1137
Centreville, Virginia

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SCOUT'S OWN:
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The Black Door
Author unknown-

There's a Middle Eastern story of a spy who had been captured and sentenced to death by a general of the Persian army. The general had fallen upon a strange and rather bizarre custom. He permitted the condemned person to make a choice. He could either face the firing squad or pass through the black door.

As the moment of execution drew near, the general ordered the spy to be brought before him for a short, final interview, the primary purpose of which was to receive the answer of the doomed man to the question: "Which shall it be---the firing squad or the black door?"

This was not an easy question, and the prisoner hesitated, but soon he made it known that he much preferred the firing squad. Not long thereafter, a volley of shots in the courtyard announced the grim sentence had been fulfilled. The general, staring at his boots, turned to his aide and said, "You see how it is with men; they will always prefer the known way to the unknown. It is characteristic of people to be afraid of the undefined. And yet I gave him his choice."

"What lies behind the black door?" asked the aide.

"Freedom," replied the general, "and I've known only a few men brave enough to take it."

Like so many stories out of the Middle East, this one carries a pretty hefty message. The first is, of course, that we will often choose the familiar, even if it's undesirable, over the unknown, which might be a wonderful opportunity. And second, that few people are brave enough to choose freedom.

I'm not saying we should reject the familiar---not by any means. But we should question the familiar. Just because it's familiar doesn't make it good, better, or the best thing to do.

When you heard the story about the black door, you probably said to yourself, "I would have chosen the black door. I would have had nothing to lose; the firing squad was certain death." And most people would say the same thing. But actually faced with the choice, would you? How many doors to freedom have we passed up during our lives because we tend to cling so fiercely to the familiar?

How many times have events come about that we worried and stewed about--- even thought calamitous at the time---and that later proved to be blessings in disguise? Each of them was a black door through which we passed to greater freedom. But at the time, we would have chosen to keep things as they were if we had been given the chance.

At any rate, it's one of those stories that makes for interesting discussion at the dinner table, or with friends. Tell the story of the black door, and see what sort of reaction you get.

It's good to remember, if we can, that it is often those things we worry about and most fear that turn out to be blessings in disguise.

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GONE HOME:
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Powell let Scouting set path for life
September 19, 2001 - Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)

If there was ever a man who fit the description "Mr. Scout," it was Hubert. Hubert Hague Powell, whose life was dedicated to helping young Boy Scouts. He died, at the age of 87, on Sept. 11. He had lived in a little house on the grounds of Camp Cabarrus since 1941. He was presented in June with a plaque in recognition of his years of service to scouting. Not only was he the camp caretaker, but he also shared his wisdom and experience with any scout - Cub to Eagle - who thirsted for knowledge. He nurtured not only the boys, but also the land, the water and the trees on the campground. He encouraged children to sink their hooks in the campground's lake, whether they were scouts or not. "His big thing was
working with kids," said Johnny Lequire, Kannapolis Scout district executive. "Another big thing: He knew the woods and showed them the types of plants you could eat and live off the woods if you were lost. He was good at that." He will be remembered and missed.

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Everett merchant Barry Hollander,
Scout Chief dies
(September 19, 2001 - Everett (Washington)

Most people who knew Barry Hollander met him at his longtime downtown tire store or through Scouting if they had a kid his Boy Scout troop.

Besides touching a lot of customers, Hollander reached out to the community through Scouting. As many as 500 youths, including his four sons, went through his Troop 211. More than 30 became Eagle Scouts.

"He wanted to give kids an advantage and an opportunity that he didn't have growing up," his son said.

When Barry Hollander was just 6, his father died. His mother, unable to care for four children, put the two oldest up for adoption. Hollander never saw his mother again.

While serving as a scoutmaster, Hollander held various volunteer positions and even held one of the highest honors in volunteer scouting, the Silver Beaver. He was also a longtime member of the Elks Lodge.

Editor: Dave Tracewell
Senior Editor: Ed Henderson
Associate Editor: Steve Silbiger

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