The Scoutmaster Minute

This Backpacking tip of the week is from my good buddie Gary J.He sends a tip about the ever so famous “Sham Wow!” Carry a large ShamWow towel and use it as a clothes wringer. Wash out your t shirt, sox, etc. Roll ‘em up in your handy dandy ShamWow and wring it out. Unroll [...]

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It looks like the “AUTO RENEW” feature from Blogger is less than effective.The statements says it was renewed, but the site failed to do so.So… it looks like I will be using the old format for at least a while till it is fixed. IN THE MEAN TIME…I just got home from the Pacific Crest [...]

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For some reason www.thescoutmasterminute.com is not working properly.I am working on getting this fixed.Please be patient and we will get to the bottom of this as soon as possible. Have a Great Scouting Day!

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http://youtube.com/v/XsrnREOO43c Just because… this is worth the time to watch. What and who we are.

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“Wilderness is a necessity…a fountain of life… thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people who are beginning to find out that going to the mountain is going home; that wilderness is a necessity; that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life.”—John Muir Plan [...]

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From the Chief Scout YarnsJanuary 24, 1920 THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE SCOUTSThe story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves is really an old Arab tale, and was first written in Bagdad.The Boy Scouts of Bagdad recently got up the play of Ali Baba. As you know, we have Scouts of every form of religion [...]

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Its been a real busy week for me, as you can tell, it’s been a week since I last posted.So today I thought I’d drop a note and give a little recap about whats going on with me and Scouting.The great news is that Scouting is doing great. Yesterday 4 more Scouts crossed over into [...]

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This weekend we attended the Rendezvous of the Order for our Order of the Arrow Lodge.The theme of the weekend was “SUPER HEROS”. The Scouts dressed up like their favorite super hero’s and played games that had the Scouts leaping tall buildings, dawning “Iron Man” uniforms, and testing their skills of Super heroism.In short in [...]

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Here is a message from Baden Powell from the Chief Scout yarns… from 1919 to today.. timeless message. April 05, 1919 A BURNING WORDThere was a man named Garnier who wanted to know whether monkeys talked to each other with any meaning when they chatter. So he went and lived in the jungle for a [...]

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To get Respect you have to give respect. It really is that simple. As a Scoutmaster, I think it is important to show how to live by showing the Scouts how I live.My actions speak louder than my many words. It only takes a snap shot or a small glimpse into my daily activity to [...]

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