tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92066144392728164212024-02-21T05:16:17.182-08:00WOOD BADGE COURSE NE-III-188...being a blog by the Wood Badge Scribbler chronicling the Wood Badge Training Course NE-3-188, hosted by the Otschodela Council BSA, Oneonta, NY. August 21-23 and September 18-20. Disclaimer: No Wood Badge critters were harmed during the making of this blog.PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-45878451477121348202011-03-17T08:44:00.000-07:002011-03-17T08:46:24.376-07:00On Listening and Observation from the Founder"If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.." --Lord Robert Baden-PowellPATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-69936124031168059402011-03-16T18:12:00.000-07:002011-03-16T18:13:55.525-07:00NE3-188 Ticket CompletionsTo All:<br />We're in the final stretch for Ticket Completions for NE3-188. The following participants are still out- Steve Rothwein, Steve Gerhardt, Ed Kendall, Joe Czeckowski, Heath Dunham, Michael Reckweg, Jason Windsor, John Stewart, Bret Colby. If you're one of these participants Ticket Counselor or know of their status, please let me know and we can either prepare the Beading Recognition items or delete them from our final report. Thank you all for your help and I look forward to seeing you back at Gilwell in the future!<br /><br />We're on a Journey to Excellence in 2011!<br /><br />Trey Miller| Senior District Executive<br /><br />BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA<br />Otschodela CouncilPATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-31632934902452428522010-11-01T09:02:00.000-07:002010-11-01T09:04:02.243-07:00UNIT VISITATION TRACKING SYSTEM v.2 Training Video<div>Good news!</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Both a new, geared to Unit Commissioners, UVTS v.2 training video and the new Council Commissioners Manual have been posted to MyScouting for all to enjoy.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>The video can be found at the bottom of the page at <a href="http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/Commissioners/UnitVisitTrackingSystem.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.scouting.org/<wbr>scoutsource/Commissioners/<wbr>UnitVisitTrackingSystem.aspx</a>.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>The manual is top left, first on the list of linked pages.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Let me know if you have trouble finding them.</div> <div><br /></div>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-54820497575963232712010-06-12T17:30:00.000-07:002010-06-14T11:21:02.313-07:00Debbie Walther to Get Beaded<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxr6Jt9-G5ubTfLM34Se4qZfVw4vNEqXhiGuM21o8LIJNEWUbPNkvnMUycLc6Tpl6h6usD8g39pS_qhPpUXSmaHxyJ-X4BBfhLwy2EjyFJDG_vspvZMXNZTm0-Wq2vuM_1mbOPv63eag/s1600/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+016a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxxr6Jt9-G5ubTfLM34Se4qZfVw4vNEqXhiGuM21o8LIJNEWUbPNkvnMUycLc6Tpl6h6usD8g39pS_qhPpUXSmaHxyJ-X4BBfhLwy2EjyFJDG_vspvZMXNZTm0-Wq2vuM_1mbOPv63eag/s320/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+016a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482695761332681906" border="0" /></a><br /><div id=":9n" class="ii gt"><p style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="">Please join me for my</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="">Wood Badge Beading Ceremony</span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=""> </span><strong><span style="">Date: Monday, June 21, 2010</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="">Location: Zion Lutheran Church</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="">615 Main Street, Cobleskill</span></strong></p><p style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="">Time: 7:00 pm </span></strong><span style=""></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="">Please join us as we celebrate a Court of Honor for Troop 5, Cobleskill.<span> </span>The Beading Ceremony will be at the end of the Court of Honor.<span> </span>Refreshments will be provided following the ceremony.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="">_________________________________________________________________<br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="">Directions from Albany:<span> </span>I-88 West to Cobleskill, exit 22.<span> </span>Turn right at bottom of off-ramp and take a left at the light onto Route 7 West.<span> </span>Zion Lutheran Church is located at 615 Main Street.<span> </span>It will be on the right and across from the Cobleskill Fire Department.<span> </span>The Court of Honor will be held in the basement, the entrance is on the left of the main staircase at ground level.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style=""> Directions from Oneonta:<span> </span>I-88 East to Cobleskill, exit 21.<span> </span>Turn right at top of off-ramp, and then turn right onto Route 7 East.<span> </span>Zion Lutheran Church is located at 615 Main Street.<span> </span>It will be on the left and across from the Cobleskill Fire Department.<span> </span>The Court of Honor will be held in the basement, the entrance is on the left of the main staircase at ground level.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="">Please call me, Debbie Walther, if you have any questions at </span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="">518-234-4152. I hope to see you there.</span></p> </div>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-46517330058360738452010-05-06T19:22:00.000-07:002010-07-01T10:48:58.618-07:00And Good Ol' Beavers, too!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC7Ybk-UrhP1U-KFEI_4fjCSccR8ivz2dXZ_jS0VCtamD9Pi2b4Roqsq6vnerO3xu10h8jpAmpSd0IJj44xVhglRX5ihPm1sS4yqAlrLSZwUPqSYf_Sz05DW669C9dJHmgo4-Rdj57HU/s1600/iphoto_1273103135933-1-0jpg.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibC7Ybk-UrhP1U-KFEI_4fjCSccR8ivz2dXZ_jS0VCtamD9Pi2b4Roqsq6vnerO3xu10h8jpAmpSd0IJj44xVhglRX5ihPm1sS4yqAlrLSZwUPqSYf_Sz05DW669C9dJHmgo4-Rdj57HU/s320/iphoto_1273103135933-1-0jpg.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488994760179740994" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);"><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">This 2008 handout photo courtesy of the Wood Buffalo National Park in Northern Alberta shows the world's biggest beaver dam. A Canadian ecologist has discovered the world's biggest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, using satellite imagery and Google Earth.<br /></span><br /><br />Lou Leopold, District Committee Member, Camarillo District, Ventura County Council, who usta be a Beaver himself in W4-57-99, steered us onto a Canadian news report about the "World's Biggest Beaver Dam," proving once again that even old and feeble Beavers can still Beaver some more... The Yahoo News reports that Canadian ecologist Jean Thie has discovered the world's largest beaver dam in a remote area of northern Alberta, an animal-made structure so large it is visible from space. He used satellite imagery and Google Earth software to locate the dam, which is about 2,800 feet long on the southern edge of Wood Buffalo National Park. Read more at:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100505/sc_afp/canadascienceenvironmentanimalbeaver">http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100505/sc_afp/canadascienceenvironmentanimalbeaver.</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Multi-generational (for the beavers, that is) in the making, this dam project has gotta be the world's longest-running Wood Badge ticket, too!</span><br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br /></span>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-51643633194341400042010-03-10T06:23:00.000-08:002010-03-10T06:44:48.941-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh608LGhOMWMh3GJqM8v9xvCCTjTanPKrha4YJFmo2uoA5szPWMMtPCMtdZiYlyg9PyoiyPloG3H9PO3fhATJ21tEPCnPBEvX0CCX-jOSib68UR8L2n7tHsYEjjE5DkGhmbplgDEg4retE/s1600-h/6825_139067709639_638399639_2469834_7833007_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh608LGhOMWMh3GJqM8v9xvCCTjTanPKrha4YJFmo2uoA5szPWMMtPCMtdZiYlyg9PyoiyPloG3H9PO3fhATJ21tEPCnPBEvX0CCX-jOSib68UR8L2n7tHsYEjjE5DkGhmbplgDEg4retE/s320/6825_139067709639_638399639_2469834_7833007_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447016078680987714" border="0" /></a>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-55369348660261058192010-02-26T13:39:00.000-08:002010-02-26T14:07:25.563-08:00NE-3-188 Application for Training Recognition<div style="text-align: justify;">Attention All NE-3-188 Badgers:<br /><br />Below is a link for the Application for Training Recognition for all NE-3-188 participants working on their Tickets and for their counselors. When a participant has completed their ticket, please mail this form with the appropriate signatures to the Otschodela Council attn: Trey Miller at PO Box 1356, Oneonta, NY 13820 to schedule their ticket presentation. If you have questions about tickets or need help contact the following WB staffers: in Revolutionary Trails Council, please contact Bud Dorr for assistance in Twin Rivers Council, please contact Bill MacDonald<span class="gI">,</span> for assistance and in Otschodela C<span class="gI"><span class="ik"></span></span>ouncil, please contact Randy Gibbon<span class="gI"></span>. Thank y<span class="gI"></span>ou all for your help and have a great day!<br /><br />Trey Miller...<br />Senior District Executive<br /><br />BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA<br />Otschodela Council, BSA<br />PO Box 1356 Oneonta, NY 13820<br />607-432-6491<br /><a href="http://ralph%2Emiller@scouting.org/">ralph.miller@scouting.org</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-45529004762192123492010-02-13T10:33:00.000-08:002010-02-13T10:40:59.994-08:00Frappings of Life Minute<table class="scoutcontent"><tbody><tr><td align="right" bgcolor="#f2dabf" valign="top"><b>Required:</b></td><td bgcolor="#f2dabf">2 poles<br />1 rope for lashing<br />a senior scout and a new scout</td></tr><tr><td align="right" bgcolor="#f2dabf" valign="top"><b>Preparation:</b></td><td bgcolor="#f2dabf">Tell the senior scout that you are going to ask him to use a square lashing to hold to poles together so he is prepared.</td></tr><tr><td align="right" bgcolor="#f2dabf" valign="top"><b>Script:</b></td><td bgcolor="#f2dabf">I've asked [Eagle] and [Tenderfoot] to help me out for a minute. [Eagle] would you please start a square lashing on these poles?<br /><br />Now, those wrappings look very good to me. They hold the poles close together and lay them out in the right shape. I'm sure they'll hold the poles together just fine. But, stop for a second [Eagle].<br />[Tenderfoot] would you please wiggle those poles and see how tight the lashing is? Hmmm, the sure have a lot of loose play in them - not as good as they could be.<br />[Eagle], go ahead and add the frapping turns. <br />I was satisfied with the wrapping turns, but this extra effort of adding the frapping is making a difference. The entire lashing is getting tighter, stronger, and more secure.<br />[Tenderfoot], now give those poles a wiggle and see how they hold.<br />Not bad! That extra effort made a much better result. Some of the newer scouts may have thought the lashing was done after the wrapping turns and it was 'good enough'. But, whether in lashing or in life, don't forget the Frapping - that little extra effort that makes what you do the best you can make it.<br /><br />-From the <span style="font-style: italic;">Boy Scout Trail</span> website, <a href="http://www.boyscouttrail.com">http://www.boyscouttrail.com</a><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-77556330029513366232010-02-13T10:29:00.000-08:002010-02-13T10:33:26.600-08:00Baden-Powell's Farewell Message to All ScoutsBaden-Powell prepared a farewell message to all Scouts to be published after his death.<br /><br />To All Scouts Everywhere---<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Dear Scouts - if you have ever seen the play 'Peter Pan' you will remember how the pirate chief was always making his dying speech because he was afraid that possible, when the time came for him to die, he might not have time to get it off his chest. It is much the same with me, and so, although I am not at this moment dying, I shall be doing so one of these days and I want to send you a parting word of goodbye.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Remember, it is the last time you will ever hear from me, so think it over. I have had a most happy life and I want each one of you to have a happy life too.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I believe that God put us in this jolly world to be happy and enjoy life. Happiness does not come from being rich, nor merely being successful in your career, nor by self-indulgence. One step towards happiness is to make yourself healthy and strong while you are a boy, so that you can be useful and so you can enjoy life when you are a man.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Nature study will show you how full of beautiful and wonderful things God has made the world for you to enjoy. Be contented with what you have got and make the best of it. Look on the bright side of things instead of the gloomy one.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">But the real way to get happiness is by giving out happiness to other people. Try and leave this world a little better than you found it and when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best. 'Be Prepared' in this way, to live happy and to die happy - stick to your Scout Promise always - even after you have ceased to be a boy - and God help you to do it.<br /></div><br />Your friend,<br /> Baden-PowellPATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-8072518004353562612010-02-04T10:57:00.000-08:002010-02-04T11:25:23.818-08:00Joe Jansen's Campfire Essentials<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Since good campfire <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlST61mSOI8xIsjkvFyJwfU7DXM6G0MIKb-2o9w1RoB3CY1YsJnhjoWHUVi1_ZRvgtSzO9Xggti9d4_pRo-fr3aUr_8hD8VGBzgzDzXDSaNoxFp0tuBe9COLJ0rhFCBxXaRSPrNmSbpoU/s1600-h/Campsite.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlST61mSOI8xIsjkvFyJwfU7DXM6G0MIKb-2o9w1RoB3CY1YsJnhjoWHUVi1_ZRvgtSzO9Xggti9d4_pRo-fr3aUr_8hD8VGBzgzDzXDSaNoxFp0tuBe9COLJ0rhFCBxXaRSPrNmSbpoU/s200/Campsite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434470736737938754" border="0" /></a>building skills training has seemingly all but sputtered out in the 21st Century Wood Badge program, the WB Scribbler feels compelled to blog this list of campfire essentials from Scout-Ler Joe Janson. In this centennial year of "New Scouting," we still believe knowing how to build campfires is basic to a good Scout program. Some basic fires are well known. It is less well known that there are essentially an unlimited number of kinds of fires which have a wide range of purposes.<br /></div><br />Here's a link with good information to some campfires:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.paddling.net/guidelines/showArticle.html?191" target="_blank">http://www.paddling.net/<wbr>guidelines/showArticle.html?<wbr>191</a><br /><br />Covered are the teepee fire, the pyramid or platform fire, the parallel fire, the star or Indian fire, and the reflector fire.<br /><br />Wikipedia has an excellent article on campfires here:<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campfire" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr>Campfire</a><br /><br />Still other fires are described here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.campfiredude.com/campfire-lays.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.campfiredude.com/<wbr>campfire-lays.shtml</a><br /><br />Image results for "campfire types" will be found here:<br /><br /><a href="http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&oq=&q=campfire+types&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=qkpqS4yyEsrT8Qbx7aiwBw&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CBgQsAQwAw" target="_blank">http://images.google.com/<wbr>images?hl=en&oq=&q=campfire+<wbr>types&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=<wbr>qkpqS4yyEsrT8Qbx7aiwBw&sa=X&<wbr>oi=image_result_group&ct=<wbr>title&resnum=4&ved=0CBgQsAQwAw</a><br /><br />Videos about building campfires appear here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ehow.com/" target="_blank">www.ehow.com</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank">www.youtube.com</a><br /><br />Further information on fire types is available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.scoutscan.com/campfire.html#L4" target="_blank">http://www.scoutscan.com/<wbr>campfire.html#L4</a><br /><br />A superb resource for fire types, prepared by our own Rick Seymour, is here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.inquiry.net/OUTDOOR/skills/b-p/wb/fires.htm" target="_blank">http://www.inquiry.net/<wbr>OUTDOOR/skills/b-p/wb/fires.<wbr>htm</a><br /><br />There is also great information on the burning qualities of various kinds of wood.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> I will mention that coal, where available, is superb for adding to a wood fire for cooking, as coal has a higher heat content than wood. I start wood fires in my furnace every winter and add a small amount of coal to generate more heat.<br /></div><br />A site with good illustrations of fire types is available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/ia3/camping/campfire.htm#typesoffires" target="_blank">http://www.angelfire.com/ia3/<wbr>camping/campfire.htm#<wbr>typesoffires</a><br /><br />Another site with information on fire types is here:<br /><br /><a href="http://camping.lovetoknow.com/Types_of_Campfires" target="_blank">http://camping.lovetoknow.com/<wbr>Types_of_Campfires</a><br /><br />and here:<br /><br /><a href="http://mysite.verizon.net/hjlichtman/Resources/ArtOfCampfire/types_of_campfires.htm" target="_blank">http://mysite.verizon.net/<wbr>hjlichtman/Resources/<wbr>ArtOfCampfire/types_of_<wbr>campfires.htm</a><br /><br />Good tips on Dutch Oven cooking are available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.free-camping-recipes.com/dutch-oven-campfire-cooking.html" target="_blank">http://www.free-camping-<wbr>recipes.com/dutch-oven-<wbr>campfire-cooking.html</a><br /><br />and here:<br /><br /><a href="http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/%7Epapadutch/dutch-oven-cooking-tips.htm" target="_blank">http://papadutch.home.comcast.<wbr>net/~papadutch/dutch-oven-<wbr>cooking-tips.htm</a><br /><br />A very good resource to getting information on campfire building from Scouting related publications is available here:<br /><br /><a href="http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php/Campfire_Types#Campfire_Types" target="_blank">http://meritbadge.org/wiki/<wbr>index.php/Campfire_Types#<wbr>Campfire_Types</a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> This barely scratches the surface of what's available. Every Scout patrol should have a deck of cards which reviews the kinds of Scout campfires that will be useful in various situations for easy review. Cards prepared should be coated or laminated so they will hold up in the out of doors. Additionally, they may be put inside a plastic baggy to protect against moisture.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"> Every real Boy Scout troop will be expert in firebuilding. The links suggested above are a good start to developing this expertise. In addition there are many many other sites on the Internet that provide additional information. Enter "campfire types" in Google and you will see there are thousands of links returned.<br /></div><br />--Joe JansenPATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-91921039435769951502010-02-02T10:22:00.000-08:002010-02-02T10:34:09.273-08:00Oh, the magic of the campfire!<div style="text-align: justify;">"Oh, the magic of the campfire! No unkind feeling long withstands its glow. For men to meet at the same campfire is to come closer, to have better understanding of each other, and to lay the foundations of lasting friendship. "He and I camped together once!" is enough to explain all cordiality between the men most wide apart, and Woodcraft days are days of memories happy, bright and lifelong."<br /></div><br />--<span style="font-style: italic;">Two Little Savages</span>, Ernest Thompson Seton, Doubleday, 1903PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-23982106616895144982010-01-29T14:27:00.000-08:002010-01-29T18:23:26.654-08:00The Wood Badge Root Beer SongRick Seymour, a frequent poster on Scouts-L, recently passed along the words, with fair warning to young readers, to <span style="font-style: italic;">The Root Beer Song</span>, as found in a new <span style="font-style: italic;">Wood Badge PowerPoint: Teaching the Edge. </span>The PowerPoint is available at: <a href="http://www.nylt-ysdc.org/edge.ppt">http://www.nylt-ysdc.org/edge.ppt.</a><br /><br />"The Root Beer Song"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oFZA5P5YOl5GHYWnWsUZHH0QiD3Qri6rCuDnVCxkXaOuzVqp2RSpACqeryJXPhj6fec6lj915nbSLfjDJI6UsfuCcVH574ADeZYWYtEiR9LVT799mx6oYKHSVBvN4w4-M-TLVuXbn-g/s1600-h/BT02.jpg+TEDS+ROOT+BEER.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oFZA5P5YOl5GHYWnWsUZHH0QiD3Qri6rCuDnVCxkXaOuzVqp2RSpACqeryJXPhj6fec6lj915nbSLfjDJI6UsfuCcVH574ADeZYWYtEiR9LVT799mx6oYKHSVBvN4w4-M-TLVuXbn-g/s200/BT02.jpg+TEDS+ROOT+BEER.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432318776962661954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Dough – The stuff that buys my root beer<br />Ray – The guy that pours my root beer<br />Me – The guy that drinks my root beer<br />Fa – a long way to the john<br />So – Let’s have another root beer<br />La – A lotta lotta root beer<br />Tea – No thanks, I’m having root beer<br />And that leaves me with no dough, dough, dough, dough (repeat)<br /><br />"We've had CEOs on our board say they want to send their people to Wood Badge, our adult leader training program, because we use state-of-the-art techniques (Chief Scout Executive Robert Mazzuca).<br /><br />The WB Scribbler adds this news item to the blogsite without comment, though he is sorely tempted.PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-11870015825109590532009-12-22T19:29:00.000-08:002009-12-22T20:50:06.627-08:00Over the Hedge: Wood Badge Critters of Another Sort?<a href="http://comics.com/over_the_hedge/2009-10-24/" title="Over the Hedge"><img style="width: 422px; height: 118px;" src="http://c0389161.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/dyn/str_strip/298558.full.gif" alt="Over the Hedge" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Created by Michael Fry and T Lewis in 1995, <span style="font-style: italic;">Over the Hedge</span> takes a skewed look at suburban living from the perspective of the animals that lived there first. The panel on October 24, 2009 has Verne, the best-buddy turtle, reminding RJ as he wakes up that he volunteered to help the Scouts, apparently as a unwitting ringtailed "critter-cam." Oo...Right...the Bling!... the WB Scribbler appreciates the opportunity to feature critters of another sort on the blogsite. Oh, Happy [Suburban] Land! Together Verne, RJ, Hammy Squirrel and a slew of other woodland creatures fight to save their wooded wonderland from the evils of encroaching suburbia but end up becoming distracted by wide-screen TVs, discarded fast food containers and the fun of wreaking havoc on the local homeowners' association. Sorta like a Wood Badge Patrol I know...<br /></div><br />--WB ScribblerPATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-84849184690383202922009-12-08T17:34:00.000-08:002009-12-09T19:29:30.236-08:00Wood Smoke: New Wood Badge Patrol Medallions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxZTt44vCz0d04sZuUZstuZAunWRE8_mKk-Py_uLtFbCpa1mdq99E4mxZoU8hYPuTX1pYRvMTrHeR4mHu-xdlhMtzMdacZgJfdTt4z51NeZkKwha-XZ68zBVUbrkuRF9zs8fCrrbTMl8/s1600-h/78982_small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQxZTt44vCz0d04sZuUZstuZAunWRE8_mKk-Py_uLtFbCpa1mdq99E4mxZoU8hYPuTX1pYRvMTrHeR4mHu-xdlhMtzMdacZgJfdTt4z51NeZkKwha-XZ68zBVUbrkuRF9zs8fCrrbTMl8/s200/78982_small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413052910978636466" border="0" /></a><br />The WB Scribbler notes that now available from the Northwest Territorial Mint, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Northwest Territorial Mint Wood Badge Patrol Medallions.</span> Each medallion is minted in a bronze alloy with colorful enamel highlights. Wood Badge Patrol Medallions include Antelope, Bear, Beaver, Buffalo, Bobwhite, Eagle, Fox, and Owl. $11 each, they can be ordered directly from the company's website. Mike Maisen, copywriter for the Northwest Territorial Mint, spotted our unsolicited testimonial for their medallions and wrote to tell us about two other items they produce:<br /><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><a href="http://store.nwtmint.com/product_details/3103/Wood_Badge_Log_and_Axe_Hiking_Stick_Medallion/" target="_blank">Wood Badge Hiking Medallions:</a> These feature the same Patrol Animals as the Medallions, but made to quickly and easily fix to a Scouter’s Hiking Staff.<br /><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style=";font-family:";font-size:7;" > </span></span></span><a href="http://store.nwtmint.com/product_details/2922/100_Years_of_Scouting_Calendar_Medal/" target="_blank">The BSA® 100 Years of Scouting Calendar Medal</a>. This is a great collector’s piece that celebrates Scouting’s Big Birthday. <p style="text-align: left; font-family: georgia;">These are quality items make fine gifts that any Scouter or Wood Badge collector would love to receive. Give Mike a call; I'm sure he would love to take your order!<br /></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nwtmint.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">NWTMint.com</span></a> <a href="http://www.scoutingcoins.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#000000;">ScoutingCoins.com</span></a> </p> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal">Toll-Free 800-344-6468 | Direct 253-833-7780 x 1044 | Fax 253-735-2210|Email <a href="mailto:mikem@nwtmint.com" target="_blank">mikem@nwtmint.com</a></p>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-35630971072626075312009-11-30T09:51:00.000-08:002009-11-30T10:26:13.753-08:00Wood Smoke: Wood Badge Website Recommended<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />The WB Scribbler recommends an excellent site on the history of Wood Badge, Colin "Johnny" Walker's <span style="font-weight: bold;">Scouting Milestones</span>. The Wood Badge section includes information on early Wood Badge regalia, including a picture of Baden-Powell's original beads. The origins of the beads, the woggle and scarf is covered, and detailed information on the first Training Course for Scoutmasters held at Gilwell Park in 1919 is included.<br /></div><br />Go to: http://www.scoutingmilestones.btinternet.uk/woodbadge.htm. Go check it out, sign his guestbook and leave a comment or two.PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-89757204296432597562009-11-28T13:27:00.000-08:002009-11-30T10:14:16.408-08:00The Weather Rock Exposed!<p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdfpVG7Xwg3DbzvP-TKWznDdByibuXzIwllJsYMxcWLMnPAXd2mwx7_DZ9w2eMGaUZ7YQFakB_vfJb688YhDHkZyiqPLX9YctEutkMBtMoZpA37ztOMIAPBL0lGVIhQWnaxpCyNLWwyo/s1600/weather+rock.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXdfpVG7Xwg3DbzvP-TKWznDdByibuXzIwllJsYMxcWLMnPAXd2mwx7_DZ9w2eMGaUZ7YQFakB_vfJb688YhDHkZyiqPLX9YctEutkMBtMoZpA37ztOMIAPBL0lGVIhQWnaxpCyNLWwyo/s200/weather+rock.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409287116893083410" border="0" /></a><em></em></p><p face="georgia" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The <b>Weather Rock</b> is a prop used to make fun of the intricate technology </span><span style="font-size:100%;">used to create modern weather forecasts, as well as the fact that their accuracy is still not perfect, </span><span style="font-size:100%;">or even good, in the eyes of some. Often there is a great deal of fanfare pertaining to the </span><span style="font-size:100%;">proliferation of the notion that the pilfering of the "weather rock" will result in the insurance of terrible consequences. </span><em></em><span style="font-size:100%;">The joke varies, but in all cases there is a large noticeable rock or similar object, often suspended from a tripod, particularly within scout camps or with related activities. A sign next to it states something like:</span></p> <ul style="font-family:georgia;"><li><span style="font-size:100%;">If rock is wet, it is raining.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">If rock is green, it rained a while ago.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">If rock is white, it is snowing.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">If rock is shaking, there is an earthquake.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">If rock is dry, the weather is fair.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">If rock is swinging, it's windy.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">If rock is warm, the sun is out.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">If rock is not visible, it's dark outside.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:100%;">If rock is under water, there is a flood.</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">If rock is gone, there is a tornado (Run!!)</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><em></em><em></em>The Wood Badge for the 21st Century curriculum makes good weather for the course a direct responsibility of the Weather Patrol. The Weather Patrol uses many different scientific instruments to interpret atmospheric conditions, such as insect chirps, the sweat off a duck's back, divining rods, weather socks from a nearby aerodrome, and of course, the weather rock described above. The Weather Patrol sometimes has to resort to importing canned sunshine from Florida in times of prolonged cold, wet and rainy weather. In times of extreme drought, on the other hand, case loads of Bernard's Dehydrated Water have to be reconstituted.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">NASA Sent the Weather Rock to Mars</span><br /><br />The WB Scribbler recently learned that NASA sent the weather rock, or at least a version of it, to Mars. The 2007 Phoenix Mars Lander included in its meteorological package a low-tech device called a Telltale. The Telltale is a passive wind indicator developed for the Mars lander and constructed at the Mars Simulation Laboratory at Aarhus University. Here's how NASA describes it: "The Telltale consists of a gallows arm that is mounted on the Meteorological Mast of the Lander. The active element of the instrument is an extremely lightweight Kapton tube hanging on woven Kevlar fiber. A mirror is mounted below the active part to enable better direction information. Images of the instrument will show the deflection of the Telltale due to the wind."<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBAwFvZbOfjlSqTLHUG3milXwdVhyphenhyphenNqQqGe5xVyg3EOxUqdLi8QtbymcH7n4ZpMs97IOl-gLsTEEw6i1Z6A9uwVWRcwCamYTXtHpg2GMKCGYUADvYpd_lrlArVeWIVz9vl1Gd68JSdP9Q/s1600/nasa_phoenix_lander_weather-rock-520.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 326px; height: 129px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBAwFvZbOfjlSqTLHUG3milXwdVhyphenhyphenNqQqGe5xVyg3EOxUqdLi8QtbymcH7n4ZpMs97IOl-gLsTEEw6i1Z6A9uwVWRcwCamYTXtHpg2GMKCGYUADvYpd_lrlArVeWIVz9vl1Gd68JSdP9Q/s200/nasa_phoenix_lander_weather-rock-520.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409286610048656994" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />--WB Scribbler thanks Wiki, the Internet Encyclopedia and the NASA Mars Laboratory for the above information and pictures. We promise not to get them wet. The Scribbler wonders where the weather forecasting plaque is mounted on the Lander...<br /><br /><br /></div>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-21246545749947728962009-11-27T10:14:00.000-08:002009-11-30T10:28:02.857-08:00Wood Smoke: 1st Gilwell Park Newsletter #2<div style="text-align: justify;"><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Owner/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBPicTKmjuZP_7yDsVkTSXW0ciJM1Xb7vjiGo2AHd9gGDRj9mhHVvhPxQTqKh1Yn7ajwhRC1yacv-8edJgZGPsZvBse-ogLuDqdE7-DJ8PFK2zR3SNCZQvIkr7nyfp-17w9wMLvZSD84/s1600/gilwellLogo001.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 95px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkBPicTKmjuZP_7yDsVkTSXW0ciJM1Xb7vjiGo2AHd9gGDRj9mhHVvhPxQTqKh1Yn7ajwhRC1yacv-8edJgZGPsZvBse-ogLuDqdE7-DJ8PFK2zR3SNCZQvIkr7nyfp-17w9wMLvZSD84/s200/gilwellLogo001.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408864296110718994" border="0" /></a><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink="">The 1st Gilwell Park </span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink="">Group </span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink="">recently released </span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink="">its second newsletter,</span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink=""> </span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink="">now called The Kudu </span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink="">Horn.</span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink=""> Their first newsletter called for suggestions for naming the new Gilwell Park Group's newsletter (your WB Scribbler submitted "The Gilwell Park Scrib Sheet" or "The Gilwell Park Gazetteer") but they failed to win out over "The Kudu Horn" suggested by several Wood Badgers from other parts of the world. Whatever it's named, the newsletter is a great read for those interested in the "home" of worldwide Scouting.</span><br /></div><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink=""><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink="">American Wood Badgers who have earned their beads are automatically eligible for free membership in the British 1st Gilwell Park Group. </span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink="">All you have to do is go to their website, enter your particulars and the number of the course you completed, and you're signed up! "Kudos" for The Kudu Horn! (Sorry, the WB Scribbler couldn't help himself!)</span> Go to:<br /></div><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink=""><br /></span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink="">http://1stgilwellpark.org.</span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink=""><br /><br />--WB Scribbler<br /></span><span class="dNDeCd h8 ou" idlink=""><br /></span>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-24942224243922581342009-11-17T16:57:00.000-08:002009-11-30T10:30:16.518-08:00Cape Gilwell-On-The-Lea<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Official photos from WB Photographer John Morgenstern made available to the WB Scribbler provide a rare window into a little-understood Wood Badge frivolity—the Rocket Competition (Inter-patrol Activity). Before you scroll down, gentle readers, you are warned that some photographs below may not be suitable for way younger, more mature audiences. Despite appearances, no critters were harmed in any launches.</div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Dihydrogen oxide-fueled rocketry advanced rapidly after the Shuttle Columbia tragedy caused the loss of several of our finest citizen-astronauts. New research into 360-degree recycling of PVC plastics, fluid hydraulics and social implications of critter-labeled inter-group activities, has now brought us to the Wood Badge for the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Rocket Competition. Borrowing out-gassing and o-ring bottle-cap technology from the soft-drink industry and applied adhesive research provided by the Duct Tape Institute of America, Wood Badge engineers and erstwhile rocketeers everywhere began rapidly ramping up to launch their streaming two-liters toward the stars.... Oh, Happy Land!</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Your WB Scribbler was privileged to be invited to participate in NE-3-188’s launch at Gilwell Field but he almost aborted the mission when it was pointed out he wasn’t suited [up] for the job.<span style=""> </span>Seventy-nine square yards of Tyvek and two rolls of duct tape later, he celebrated the complicated suiting up process by doing a bad imitation of a Smithfield ham-in-a-hardhat in front of Gilwell Hall.<br /><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguav5dfWY4wvQZ2GJcLR9cVdwmf6JdnsDJ_aikjCwVS0C3WTfrqfvbYgdzvtYCmKyBShDvcfBo7SpDGqAWpkUZXmek2co2_MvELbJPMSQNrt0qGJWsAMXqO_F9UK5xlt3hy7TwWQ98QWQ/s1600/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+080a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 137px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguav5dfWY4wvQZ2GJcLR9cVdwmf6JdnsDJ_aikjCwVS0C3WTfrqfvbYgdzvtYCmKyBShDvcfBo7SpDGqAWpkUZXmek2co2_MvELbJPMSQNrt0qGJWsAMXqO_F9UK5xlt3hy7TwWQ98QWQ/s200/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+080a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405248736870588850" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMRcL5d89M5fcE334vXfiIdfp2Ofba9V16gP4bYNgk-PKv_lj_rZJM2clnUM5nYRC161HjibOvMTTNegc7QV2KQA5IOUYZ4DdjNc0SDP4pFdG9Cw3QmphWrlW4i546b7lvLrcpeYCjcc/s1600/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+081.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMRcL5d89M5fcE334vXfiIdfp2Ofba9V16gP4bYNgk-PKv_lj_rZJM2clnUM5nYRC161HjibOvMTTNegc7QV2KQA5IOUYZ4DdjNc0SDP4pFdG9Cw3QmphWrlW4i546b7lvLrcpeYCjcc/s200/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+081.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405248742608497138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKoZR9HvS60fifm6OHMJwA47wxLf2rnMzIYQo5G8tDLNgdHRTNx2TS55yEknqloAHSJFgnpYVqTr7TC8bcY0blDb-8qwjw6Y_sNpVFn6UmGCmXbycF67-BN5J0BrSQuGbw1djHg23wbg/s1600/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+082a+copy.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMKoZR9HvS60fifm6OHMJwA47wxLf2rnMzIYQo5G8tDLNgdHRTNx2TS55yEknqloAHSJFgnpYVqTr7TC8bcY0blDb-8qwjw6Y_sNpVFn6UmGCmXbycF67-BN5J0BrSQuGbw1djHg23wbg/s200/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+082a+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405248749672963746" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">WB Scribbler Suiting Up: "Let's see, one leg goes in this side, the other in the other side... dang, now the zipper's on the back side, ok, the hard hat goes on the top. 10,9...3,2,1. Let'er rip!"</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99ZDz_YakDSkvxJxb4EGlnBGnSolQld_rvenAq98_FmwD8JlwqNzWjTnHf308GhncbvRqQ2KTRFBQqT0fbet5KQgxguotUjqEjGbVCediS6lNeYXg3bTJRVogtU84lAjYmft6yDBTbgo/s1600/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+091crop.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 402px; height: 181px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99ZDz_YakDSkvxJxb4EGlnBGnSolQld_rvenAq98_FmwD8JlwqNzWjTnHf308GhncbvRqQ2KTRFBQqT0fbet5KQgxguotUjqEjGbVCediS6lNeYXg3bTJRVogtU84lAjYmft6yDBTbgo/s320/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+091crop.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406205308181131554" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Launch Inspectors Rick Bamberger and the WB Scribbler check the rear exit hole of Tyvek Minnie's (Owl Patrol ? ) rocket for any carbonated waxy buildup before her date with destiny on the launchpad. Two follicle-challenged Launch Controllers (Bud Dorr and Randy Gibbon), throwing caution to the wind, appear in the background without their sun-blocking headgear.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNApJD7rYMQc7eiiuqs6vdng0aUIEC-d7tgcZ2GnnUcnIVWkfIVNZh_-tpJC0LawhyAV83byPF0fIhS67Mrfx83tARChYTeIIjwZHcM31QDlFye7MRZOfBljsyMXtqQjJUjM4HnVgxXI/s1600/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+233a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNApJD7rYMQc7eiiuqs6vdng0aUIEC-d7tgcZ2GnnUcnIVWkfIVNZh_-tpJC0LawhyAV83byPF0fIhS67Mrfx83tARChYTeIIjwZHcM31QDlFye7MRZOfBljsyMXtqQjJUjM4HnVgxXI/s200/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+233a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407866722155519314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B9kpHGyBjxvXIOnpv2udPaKxvtDW4e-zDQWPn0H6utdV9oNWTTzS5PjkXSE775AJAII-VpffC6Dw8AEYPu_fxNBWrO0SFY8VbjVB-tWAxO6VDs7JFJIdPgTXHJBv7_dxSzuMiAtNkT8/s1600/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+229a.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 205px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B9kpHGyBjxvXIOnpv2udPaKxvtDW4e-zDQWPn0H6utdV9oNWTTzS5PjkXSE775AJAII-VpffC6Dw8AEYPu_fxNBWrO0SFY8VbjVB-tWAxO6VDs7JFJIdPgTXHJBv7_dxSzuMiAtNkT8/s200/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+229a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407866724599524002" border="0" /></a></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:85%;">Tom Davis, Emeritus Course Director (NE-3-176), presents the Staffers entry for inspection. (Don't look </span><span style="font-size:85%;">now, Tom, but I think your substage launch balloon just fizzled!) Members of the Owl Patrol offer up one of their own as a kind of "good luck" token for a successful launch.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcDchfIikW1AalvsAqNKg63kuFu70XECgS4EJR4_7rRR0b0sKdXZdzXzLZeJWmUlGpcav0_XdYXbNKJWURR2vQ8_dJOiW_coE9Swol15JNzkCXg_TBme1M8wltOuqVq4FivWSYQctR9k/s1600/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+243.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKcDchfIikW1AalvsAqNKg63kuFu70XECgS4EJR4_7rRR0b0sKdXZdzXzLZeJWmUlGpcav0_XdYXbNKJWURR2vQ8_dJOiW_coE9Swol15JNzkCXg_TBme1M8wltOuqVq4FivWSYQctR9k/s200/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+243.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408871982672705042" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Radio telemetry failed to track the Staffers' rocket as it circled the backside of the moon. Upon reentry into the atmosphere, misguided Launch Controllers attempted splashdown in </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Crumhorn Lake. Unfortunately, their altitude protractor-thingy malfunctioned at the last minute and the rocket came to rest at a higher </span><span style="font-size:85%;">elevation west of the lake. The Wood Badge Launchtime Band struck up a rousing rendition of The Drifters' 1962 hit "Up On The Roof"</span>...</div><dl><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>When this old world starts getting me down,</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>And people are just too much for me to face—</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>I climb way up to the top of the stairs</i></span></dd><dd><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>And all my cares just drift right into space ...<br /></i></span></dd><dt><br /></dt><dd style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPapsPI_2gg0gFh9rcipKI56M8Q-0uJ23VbjQ9iYciEgQvenAt8y6B1n5emXoU2eMU7_eYLMYPLbW7S1WNc-eWc7fqOUCFkhQ8DD5PdzouEut_RV_5p3kI8QcOGwZTq5JWi8Q5Tg7vnI/s1600/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+067a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbPapsPI_2gg0gFh9rcipKI56M8Q-0uJ23VbjQ9iYciEgQvenAt8y6B1n5emXoU2eMU7_eYLMYPLbW7S1WNc-eWc7fqOUCFkhQ8DD5PdzouEut_RV_5p3kI8QcOGwZTq5JWi8Q5Tg7vnI/s320/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+067a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409020931969421474" border="0" /></a></dd><dt><span style="font-size:85%;">WB-NASA Crack Observer Team Conferencing Before Lunch, er, Launch.</span></dt><dt><br /></dt><dt style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius</span><br /></dt><dt><br /></dt><dt style="text-align: justify;">Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, of cable, cartoon and movie fame, made a brief personal appearance at Cape Gilwell's-on-the-Lea's <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QnALqqHe2PhL_5hksDDFaQSOs5hAxzTU4vtO2-vLjbpJ11Fp5c0YqExV3x5-XZbSKLIic1tzZmpl62Ctjgo_bYchIGiwYsfnYUuNWzRo-da97rMvzZEudHFLml0qqQaOPJ23VhEkBFE/s1600/Jimmy+Neutron+closeup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 114px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QnALqqHe2PhL_5hksDDFaQSOs5hAxzTU4vtO2-vLjbpJ11Fp5c0YqExV3x5-XZbSKLIic1tzZmpl62Ctjgo_bYchIGiwYsfnYUuNWzRo-da97rMvzZEudHFLml0qqQaOPJ23VhEkBFE/s200/Jimmy+Neutron+closeup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409661931285472850" border="0" /></a>Self-Congratulatory Staff Dinner, thanks to Gifted Awards Chairman Tom Davis. Before rocketing off on another adventure, the WB Scribbler was able to get a short interview with the carrot-topped character. Look for our exclusive interview coming to a favorite blog near you soon!<br /></dt><dd style="text-align: left;"><br /></dd></dl><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKFk0SFR-KYmbaObYBV2iEN_IwvemXoO2k-2CrFvFEr_y6CPcIH2wXQ-DKwiTiYW1GEehmicvccWEP6ZwL8ESyYYdHdOcwKnYXQvMQTsd8ziwu5C8d_U3qgLIlzbuESrfjjkZQe0Q_GX0/s1600/JIMMY+NEUTRON+ROCKET.jpg"></a><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Georgia;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-60199067403091279212009-11-16T09:42:00.000-08:002009-11-20T10:39:13.867-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcaXynJKCaAQ8ARkhdurSMWJIWOJhLjGX-sGszl86dquMud3GIEKQJoDzoU-nlGBqPPvz2l1_s_-lDBA8K_H19eSG9jcERW5PUQ5yoRIqMdhOfIP3oegr41_hVtz0ipKczv5eA-8awJA/s1600/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+224.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 443px; height: 140px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcaXynJKCaAQ8ARkhdurSMWJIWOJhLjGX-sGszl86dquMud3GIEKQJoDzoU-nlGBqPPvz2l1_s_-lDBA8K_H19eSG9jcERW5PUQ5yoRIqMdhOfIP3oegr41_hVtz0ipKczv5eA-8awJA/s400/WB+NE-3-188+June-August+Pics+224.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404776248469395970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wood Badge Staff, NE-3-188</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gilwell Field, Henderson S.R., Sept. 20,2009</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">[left to right] Bill McDonald, Gloria Gibbon, Nancy Langenegger, Patti Dibble, Ralph [Trey] Miller, Jr., Ed Dibble [(seated], Harry [Bud] Dorr, Rick Bamberger, Tom Davis, Randy Gibbon, Nadine Harrison, Lois Love, Patt Svoboda [proud Scribe], Bill Babbage, Amy White, Steve DeHart, Wayne Christensen,<br />Jane </span><span style="font-size:85%;">Bamberger,<br />Donald Tuttle [WB Scribbler]</span><br /><br /></div>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-46214730188803228242009-11-12T08:25:00.000-08:002009-11-16T09:32:01.600-08:00Wood Smoke: Wood Badge in the News<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDK7e9ww78o0PC-4gdgoY2iGbdSRyTpZvyHL7bwdtAd9vOdULCApDSc2I5IQd1Hvn4WcZi0AssMFlAjkU7Ujmrlklrb4zKz4x-blKLvVUb9J1ty0OFYORezXAcLKmEmxHX6yUl21Ulv9E/s1600-h/gilwellLogo001.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 85px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDK7e9ww78o0PC-4gdgoY2iGbdSRyTpZvyHL7bwdtAd9vOdULCApDSc2I5IQd1Hvn4WcZi0AssMFlAjkU7Ujmrlklrb4zKz4x-blKLvVUb9J1ty0OFYORezXAcLKmEmxHX6yUl21Ulv9E/s320/gilwellLogo001.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403263707955187906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">The WB Scribbler notes that nearly 1,200 registered Wood Badgers will be receiving their </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">first e-newsletter from 1st Gilwell Park this week. With the new website now ready, there is now one central place for Wood Badgers from all corners of the world to join together and be members of the largest Scout Group in the world - the 1st Gilwell Park Scout Group. The group is open to anyone who has earned Wood Badge beads, though I gotta warn you, every Wood Badger who joins is challanged to find another 10 and encourage them to </span></span><a style="color: rgb(150, 205, 0); text-decoration: none;" href="http://linktracking.boxharryservices.com/?tag=3708595156347123_16462848_16461993_483" target="_blank">register on the website.</a> Go sign up and stop getting your Gilwell Park news secondhand from the WB Scribbler!<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Check out their new site at: www.1stgilwellpark</span></span>.org.<br /><br /></div>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-41505541111122838042009-11-08T18:52:00.000-08:002009-11-19T18:53:27.088-08:00World Friendship Fund<div style="text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRzQbdkcRgQV7emNtv8sQ4PJpk7teNr-FITlMsYvjM0zy-f1ABKrLFmkkQbbuNs-7arq3aX4sy_p46I0Fa9IJydK8ssa69EmuEh0IG024t9H3MHw9iI8fRXlwtnVnaDgio4CR9r3vHzo/s1600-h/World+Friendship+Fund_t.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRzQbdkcRgQV7emNtv8sQ4PJpk7teNr-FITlMsYvjM0zy-f1ABKrLFmkkQbbuNs-7arq3aX4sy_p46I0Fa9IJydK8ssa69EmuEh0IG024t9H3MHw9iI8fRXlwtnVnaDgio4CR9r3vHzo/s200/World+Friendship+Fund_t.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401974404927901714" border="0" /></a>Through the World Friendship Fund, voluntary contributions of Scouts and leaders are transformed into cooperative projects that help Scouting associations in other countries to strengthen and extend their Scouting programs. The World Friendship Fund gives the youth members of the Boy Scouts of America an opportunity to help fellow Scouts who are in need of their support. It teaches Scouts that Scouting is global. Since the inception of the World Friendship Fund, American Scouts and leaders have voluntarily donated more than $1 million to these self-help activities.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The World Friendship Fund was developed during the closing days of World War II. At that time, there was a great need to rebuild Scouting in those nations that had been wracked by war and were just emerging from the shadows of totalitarianism.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Over the years, this fund has provided Scouts from around the world with Scouting literature, uniforms, summer camp equipment, computers, and other Scouting-related supplies.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Through the World Friendship Fund, voluntary contributions of Scouts and leaders are transformed into cooperative projects that help Scouting associations in other countries to strengthen and extend their Scouting programs. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Types of projects include providing adult leader training for Scout leaders to attend a Scouting seminar in Geneva, supporting community development projects in Uruguay and Bolivia, providing funds for eastern European nations to help reorganize Scouting, and funding the production of the Russian Scout handbook. </span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Collections for the World Friendship Fund can be organized during camporees, roundtable meetings, den and pack meetings, summer camping programs, blue and gold banquets, Wood Badge or other leader training, or any other Scout activity.</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;">World Friendship Fund kits and brochures are available through the International Department of the BSA.</span></p></div>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-74281588714843339732009-11-04T17:37:00.000-08:002009-11-19T18:54:22.752-08:00The Magic of the Campfire<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />"Oh, the magic of the campfire! No unkind feeling long withstands its glow. For men to meet at the same campfire is to come closer, to have better understanding of each other, and to lay the foundations of lasting friendship. "He and I camped together once!" is enough to explain all cordiality between the men most wide apart, and Woodcraft days are days of memories happy, bright and lifelong."<br /></div><br />--<span style="font-style: italic;">Two Little Savages</span>, Ernest Thompson SetonPATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-90486232307037310032009-11-04T17:23:00.000-08:002009-11-06T04:13:40.327-08:00On Perserverance<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />It Couldn't Be Done</span><br /><br />Somebody said that it couldn't be done,<br />But he with a chuckle replied,<br />That maybe it couldn't, but he would be one,<br />Who wouldn't say so till he tried.<br />So he buckled right in with a trace of a grin,<br />On his face; if he worried he hid it.<br />He started to sing, he tackled the thing,<br />That couldn't be done, and did it.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br />Somebody scoffed: "Oh you'll never do that;<br />At least, no one ever has done it."<br />But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,<br />And the first thing he knew, he'd begun it.<br />With the lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,<br />Without any doubting or 'quiddit',<br />He started to sing as he tackled the thing,<br />That couldn't be done ... and he did it.<br /><br />There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,<br />There are thousands to prophesy failure;<br />There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,<br />The dangers that wait to assail you.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,<br />Just take off your coat and go to it;<br />Just start to sing as you tackle the thing,<br />That cannot be done and you'll do it.<br /><br />--Edgar A. Guest<br /><br />--borrowed from Terrie's Roundtable Resources, Gilwell Spirit Webring.<br />________________________________<br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxx9AH59FqZnzrnUJg9AATUkgEHDv7e3RlMyL21Ujq1OsbEpRRuKkYpSzsflVYw4EA5NGdvYtcmGAWFTyNR1JG2Kv5BskCq9pnBgmwYM8x7_O57oW4D-NMdLJgYwFmdiC1MO6P8dbTNs/s1600-h/EdgarAlbertGuest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxx9AH59FqZnzrnUJg9AATUkgEHDv7e3RlMyL21Ujq1OsbEpRRuKkYpSzsflVYw4EA5NGdvYtcmGAWFTyNR1JG2Kv5BskCq9pnBgmwYM8x7_O57oW4D-NMdLJgYwFmdiC1MO6P8dbTNs/s200/EdgarAlbertGuest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400778827641606130" border="0" /></a></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Edgar Albert Guest, the People's Poet</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Edgar Albert Guest </span>(August 20, 1881, Biringham, England to August 5, 1959, Detroit, Michigan) (aka <b>Eddie Guest</b>) was a prolific American poet who was popular in the first half of the 20th Century and became known as the <b>People’s Poet</b>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">In 1891, Guest came with his family to the United States from England. After he began at the <span style="font-style: italic;">Detroit Free Press</span> as a copy boy and then a reporter, his first poem appeared December 11, 1898<span class="mw-formatted-date" title="1898-12-11"><span class="mw-formatted-date" title="12-11"></span></span>. He became a naturalized citizen in 1902. For 40 years, Guest was widely read throughout North America, and his sentimental, optimistic poems were in the same vein as the light verse of Nick Kennedy, who wrote syndicated columns during the same decades.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;">From his first published work in the <i>Detroit Free Press</i> until his death in 1959, Guest penned some 11,000 poems which were syndicated in some 300 newspapers and collected in more than 20 books, including <i>A Heap o' Livin'</i> (1916) and <i>Just Folks</i> (1917). Guest was made Poet Laureate of Michigan, the only poet to have been awarded the title.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">--more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Guest; the WB Scribbler says a book of Guest's poems is the perfect tonic for a cold, gray winter day; his poetry lets you savor a really bad mood in front of a warm fire and come out smilin'!</p><p style="text-align: justify;">--WB Scribbler<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">________________________________<br /></p>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-28948235928395884232009-11-01T13:38:00.000-08:002009-11-04T17:20:30.409-08:00Original Wood Badge Bead on Ebay?<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />Patcheller Bruce McCrea spotted a four bead set closing today (Sunday, November 1, 2009) <span style="font-family:georgia;">for over $1000. Go to</span> <a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110448720844" target="_blank">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/<wbr>eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=</a><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110448720844" target="_blank"><wbr></a><a style="font-family: georgia;" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110448720844" target="_blank">110448720844</a><span style="font-family:georgia;">,</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> scroll down to the large photo and look at the bead </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">that</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> is much</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> smaller </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">than the other three. </span><span style="font-family:georgia;">Bruce says "This could very well be an original Wood</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> Badge bead. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIc2PXEmBeq5EyUHYHZl74w2czOrHShhDAPpyONdKWF2wUNp4ujoTAiLbRbovziuMtkLWu08HD63VT33NmnhU3ygFs8HTp0vufCIo1vhVeLm1cy2i7cTyQf6x7n7FotErWlHuc_6N0BMg/s1600-h/BdPngmQBWkKGrHqIOKiIEq4O3BIZBK4EU4Ww_12.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 117px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIc2PXEmBeq5EyUHYHZl74w2czOrHShhDAPpyONdKWF2wUNp4ujoTAiLbRbovziuMtkLWu08HD63VT33NmnhU3ygFs8HTp0vufCIo1vhVeLm1cy2i7cTyQf6x7n7FotErWlHuc_6N0BMg/s200/BdPngmQBWkKGrHqIOKiIEq4O3BIZBK4EU4Ww_12.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399890150132257410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:georgia;">The</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> final price certainly reflects that possibility.</span>"</div><br />Color the WB Scribbler <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">green</span> with envy...<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><br /></span></div>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9206614439272816421.post-78956605358484231562009-10-30T15:34:00.000-07:002009-11-01T19:01:51.482-08:00Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-PowellBirth: Feb. 22, 1857<br />Death: Jan. 8, 1941<br />Burial: St. Peter's Churchyard<br />Nyeri, Kenya, Africa<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewvSVYh0oZrbFflI6O2PPhozuLlcwR21QbnnaiJEWnuC7AAGmx-2rdMDOxiEIMkd7k7JvfagYs70qYEhgcvz7XZm97n4gjHa2fShDUDZ4zjVKqLLdHI8bRIRlKBtKX041cRmv2v_fD-o/s1600-h/bp-france.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 169px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewvSVYh0oZrbFflI6O2PPhozuLlcwR21QbnnaiJEWnuC7AAGmx-2rdMDOxiEIMkd7k7JvfagYs70qYEhgcvz7XZm97n4gjHa2fShDUDZ4zjVKqLLdHI8bRIRlKBtKX041cRmv2v_fD-o/s200/bp-france.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398547489188286178" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">British Army General, Boy Scouts Movement Founder. Born in England, he and his brothers would explore the English countryside, pretending to be sailors, explorers or soldiers. He attended the Charterhouse School, and joined the British Army in 1876, serving in India, Afghanistan,and South Africa (1899 to 1902), he was a Colonel and senior commander of the garrison at Mafeking, when it came under siege for seven months by the Boers. His spirited and successful defense of Mafeking, in spite of disease, famine, and enemy attacks, made him a hero in the eyes of the press and the British public. He was later promoted to Lieutenant General and made Inspector General of Cavalry, and was awarded the title of Lord of Gilwell.<br /><br />His experiences at Mafeking, in which young teenage boys were made into a "cadet corps" to carry messages, often under fire, thus relieving soldiers to serve at the front lines, convinced him of the worth of young boys in their patriotism and valor. Upon returning to England, he saw that British boys needed more physical training and outdoor experience than they were receiving in the then-existing youth programs, and in 1907, he started the Boy Scout movement. With the help of his sister, Agnes Baden-Powell, he organized the Girl Guides (in many countries, the Girl Scouts) movement two years later. Scouting quickly spread to other nations, and Baden-Powell quickly became influential in setting up scouting movements across the globe, while organizing the International Scouting Council.<br /><br />He would retire from the Army in 1910, to devote himself to being the "Chief Scout of the World." His original book, "Scouting for Boys," is a combination of his philosophy of life and of his experiences in the Army, and contains many tips about living outdoors that he learned from native tribesmen. Although his book is heavily tailored on his wartime African experiences, Baden-Powell organized the Scouts to be scouts in peacetime, to learn those life skills that would enable teenagers to grow into worthwhile men and women and a credit to their society, no matter what their occupation would become. A bachelor most of his adult life, on October 30, 1912 he married Olave Soames, who shared his work in the Scouting movement, and they were active in World War I; they would have three children. In 1938, he retired to Nyeri, Kenya, where he died in 1941.<br /><br />His decorations include the Order of Merit, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Michael and St.George, Knight Commander of the Victorian Order, Knight Commander of the Bath, the title Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell, and numerous honorary doctorate degrees and foreign awards.<br />__________________________________<br /><div style="text-align: left;">--from a biography by Kit and Morgan Benson at <span style="font-style: italic;">Find-A-Grave</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">Memorial #1271, </span>http://www.findagrave.com.<br />__________________________________<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7FSIBFG-WJ5kJQo-7EtAlIeUgM2354uWZHlGd9ABy9Cx8Qden32RXrsTOmdDLhi8mXFenteZszDZKs-uVv1b5TVLMfFaw5owD3EwZ5Xef4IOWInfgU8vQFP08FCCl-IguczxjcR-orI/s1600-h/bp-grave.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7FSIBFG-WJ5kJQo-7EtAlIeUgM2354uWZHlGd9ABy9Cx8Qden32RXrsTOmdDLhi8mXFenteZszDZKs-uVv1b5TVLMfFaw5owD3EwZ5Xef4IOWInfgU8vQFP08FCCl-IguczxjcR-orI/s200/bp-grave.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398548229551316610" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey offered a place for Baden-Powell, between the graves of the Unknown Warrior and David Livingstone. After careful consideration, the family declined this great honour as not conforming to B-P's expressed wishes. He was buried in the Africa he loved with full military honors accorded to his rank of Lieutenant-General and with a guard of Boy Scouts European, African and Asian. His grave in the tiny cemetery of Nyeri, Kenya, is marked by a simple stone that carries his name and the Boy Scout trail sign for the end of the trail "I have gone home."<br />__________________________________<br /><br />Your WB Scribbler had the privilege of visiting B-P's grave in Nyeri, Kenya in 2005 at the invitation of WOSA officials, after attending a Southern Zone Africa Conference in Masero, Lesotho. It is humbling to walk in the small churchyard there and know you are standing at the grave of the founder of the worldwide Scouting movement, an experience I will never forget. Below is a picture I took of B-P's grave. (Sorry, it's a little fuzzy because it's hard to focus when you are all chocked up...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMGgqXEPAkBC_z7ll0YwH8oYWQ5_JZSF4VKCHDfWfUphryNqEv4_pd_1aAiNKVwCFrinxae9v9bl2jIjklJYYPZPEEb6g_z4OaVxocM1Gz28ycL-7nJTN4I9aWVxI5vgVHW4Auj9v4F8/s1600-h/imagesb-pgrave.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMGgqXEPAkBC_z7ll0YwH8oYWQ5_JZSF4VKCHDfWfUphryNqEv4_pd_1aAiNKVwCFrinxae9v9bl2jIjklJYYPZPEEb6g_z4OaVxocM1Gz28ycL-7nJTN4I9aWVxI5vgVHW4Auj9v4F8/s320/imagesb-pgrave.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398551313019039666" border="0" /></a><br />--WB Scribbler</div>__________________________________<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKjqKQEVr-n6g7ZHmnu2o-iK2na-vmxcaXZuf6oQAAx1Qv_oTYz88m-veAmcmckH53P7LpGzLQBUphiXxRLe8jSLimGic8TfirXNw54c9z6kcnO7KGDgBfs4gjyHVNDyFYr2tDWiUjVs/s1600-h/gonehome.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 211px; height: 135px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKjqKQEVr-n6g7ZHmnu2o-iK2na-vmxcaXZuf6oQAAx1Qv_oTYz88m-veAmcmckH53P7LpGzLQBUphiXxRLe8jSLimGic8TfirXNw54c9z6kcnO7KGDgBfs4gjyHVNDyFYr2tDWiUjVs/s200/gonehome.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399332843814782546" border="0" /></a><br />Blog Value Added Saturday, Nov 1, 2009: From Scouts-L member Lorie McGraw comes this graphic of B-P's "gone home" symbol. Click on the address below and download it to your hard drive.<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">http://www.troop91bsa.org/images/gonehome.gif </span></div></div>PATCH DESIGN INKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01219487342876185491noreply@blogger.com0