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“Fitting News”

The Gilwell Gazette

WOOD BADGE COURSE SR7-602-12-1, HEART OF VIRGINIA COUNCIL

Day 1 Edition
Sunrise: 5:36 AM EDT
Sunset: 6:45 PM EDT
Lunar Phase: Last Quarter

VOL. SVII-DCII-XII-I. No. 1

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2013

Priceless

DAY 0
PROVIDES A WEALTH OF IMAGES AND
MEMORIES

BUSY DAY FOR STAFFERS

MAIDENS, VA — It was a lot work, a lot of sweat, and a lot of nervous tension and energy. “Day 0,” the day before the first day of the course is a flurry of activity as staff works to ready the facilities and program for the arrival of the course participants. Here are some images from the day:

WE ARE GLAD YOU ARE
HERE

Great Days Ahead At Gilwell

A year in preparation, Wood Badge S7-602-12-1 is finally here; there have been numerous staff meetings, presentation rehearsals, edits, and of course, good times. On Thursday April 12, “Day 0”, the staff of S7-602-12-1 arrived at Cub Adventure Camp in the morning anxious, excited and ready for the camp to undergo a complete transformation in becoming Gilwell Park, home of Wood Badge. With many hands working to accomplish the common goal; tables and fixtures had to be arranged, supplies sorted and allocated, materials printed and distributed, sleeping quarters checked and prepped.
Flags from previous Wood Badge patrols were hung throughout Gilwell Hall to serve both as a reminder of all those who have filled the hall over the years, and as an inspiration to you for the new patrol flags from S7-602-12-1 that will soon grace future assemblies within the hall.
We are so glad you are here to participate in Wood Badge, the staff is here to make your experience special. We all strive to make this course an outstanding event in your Scouting career. At your first perusal of the course outline you may seem daunted with everything you will soon be learning, but before long it will all make sense, your time here will pass, and you will be sad that Gilwell will be ending.

KEEP THE AUXILARY STAFF HAPPY
EAT LOTS
OF FOOD

Eat The Food

The auxiliary staff has been vigilant in the developing menus that both satisfy many tastes, yet are health and full filling. Many hours of deliberation has been put into this menu;
Lunch: Boneless Turkey and Gravy, Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, Turnip Greens, Corn, Rolls, Salad Bar, Cake
Dinner: Hamburger Steak w/Mushroom Gravy, Cheddar Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Rolls, Salad Bar
Cracker Barrel: Banana Pudding w/Fresh bananas, Mixed fruit
Breakfast: Eggs w/Ham, Potatoes, Sausage, Grits, Oatmeal, Croissants, OJ

OPINION A2
A Mountain Top
Brad Nesheim, the Scout Executive for the Heart of Virginia Council, shares his thoughts about the Wood Badge experience.

SCOUTING LORE A10
Welcome to Gilwell
Learn all about the history of the property where Wood Badge courses were originally held in England.

FIELD NOTES A8
Our Aim
Baden-Powell knew from his experience in the military that there is a danger in losing sight of your aim while training your recruits.

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EDITORIALS/LETTERS FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012

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Mark Larson, S7-602-12-1 Course Director

Founded in 1976
BILL HUDSON, (1976)
KENNY DAVIS, (1978)
JIM COCHRAN, SE-422 (1986)
TED MAJEWSKI, SE-499 (1989)
GEORGE CRUTCHFIELD, SE-547 (1990)
JIM COCHRAN, SE-594 (1992)
BETTY COCHRAN, SR058 (1994)
MIKE OXFORD, SR172 (1996)
JOE PEACE, SR267 (1998)
BOB RASMUSSEN, SR373 (2000)
JOHN TURNER, SR501 (2002)
STUART DUNN, SR604 (2003)
RANDY HARRIS, SR677 (2005)
GARY BRYANT, SR769 (2006)
KARREN STREAGLE, SR809 (2007)
CHUCK SMITH, SR917 (2008)
CRAIG BRITT, SR966 (2009)
AL BEST, S7-602-11-1 (2011)

The Scribe Staff
DAVID ANDERSON, Scribe & Logistics Geek
DAVE PRESTIA, Associate Scribe & Wildaboutlife
CHARLIE FLEET, Techno Scribe
The Business Management
BILL EGGLESTON, Asst. Scoutmaster for Program
THOMAS CLAYTON, Asst. Scoutmaster for Support
REY HALLION, Asst. Scoutmaster for Troop Guides
CHARLOTTE PEMBERTON, Senior Patrol Leader
LES THORPE, ASPL & Chaplain’s Aide
JASON SMITH, Professional Staff Advisor
CRAIG BRITT, Course Mentor

The Quartermaster Staff
DAVE ESTES, Friendly Quartermaster
JOHN BLACKMORE, Quartermaster Staff
TINA CHRISTIAN, Quartermaster Staff
ROBBIE PATTERSON, Quartermaster Staff
ED BEACH, Quartermaster Staff/Food
The Den Chiefs
MARK BERNAS, Den 6
SHAWN COFFEY, Den 5
LOWREY HOLTHAUS, Den 2
STEVE HUTCHINSON, Den 8
CHRIS LEECH, Den 1
JOHN MAGRUDER, Den 4
STEVE SMITH, Den 3
WENDY STARKE, Den 7

Welcome to S7-602-12-1, We’ve Been Waiting For You!

The staff of Wood Badge Course S7-602-12-1 extends an eager welcome to all the Scouters that join us as participants on Gilwell Field today. Under the leadership of our Course Director, Mark Larson, we have labored long and hard to complete the litany of tasks required to bring us all together in this place we call Gilwell.
You follow in the footsteps of many great Scouters and we applaud your dedication and desire to take that next step in your training as adult Scout leaders. The staff that will guide you through the six days of the course have walked in your shoes and have enthusiastically returned to guide the next generation of Scout leaders but also to experience again the incredible spirit of brotherhood and camaraderie that is a part of every Wood Badge Course.
It is often said that Wood Badge is a mountain top experience for scout leaders. Whatever your expectations are, we hope that S7-602-12-1 will exceed them. You’ll be spending the next several days immersed in the Wood Badge world of scouting. You’ll be meeting new people and making new friends from other units and districts; friends that you may have never met outside of this course. You’ll be learning things not only about scouting but also about yourself. You’ll be learning new methods and approaches to leadership. And of course, you’ll be working with your fellow Scouters to accomplish goals and sharpen your skills.
Again, we’re glad you’ve chosen to be here and we hope S7-12-602-12-1 is everything you expected and more! Don’t waste any time sleeping; you can do that on Monday when you’re back at work!

Sloppy English?

To the Editor:
I know journalistic deadlines mean tight timeframes to write a story, but wouldn’t it wise for The Gilwell Gazette news writers to be schooled in correct grammar when it comes to singular and plural words?
In the Saturday, March 10th edition of The Gilwell Gazette [on the “Editorial/Letters” page (pg. A2)], one of the articles is entitled, “Where’s the Letters,” written by one Steve “Hutch” Hutchinson of Richmond, Virginia.
I like to think that the Scribe of S7-602-12-1 a highly skilled journalist who has produced such great publications as the two current editions of The Gilwell Gazette – would know that the linguistically-correct version of this title should be “Where are the Letters?,” since the word “letters” is plural, thus requiring the verb “are,” and not “is” (as contained in the contraction “Where’s,” or “where is,” as well as in the meaning of the word “is,” -- as in “what the meaning of “is” is”).
Harry Kelso
Richmond, Va., April 1, 2012
Editor’s Note: Mr. Kelso is correct and the grammar in our letter was in error. We is sorry.

Editorial Observer / BRAD NESHEIM

Welcome to Your Mountain Top Experience

I keep a number of pictures of family, friends and great memories in my office. One picture is of my Wood Badge patrol and another is of my Wood Badge Troop at the Piedmont Scout Reservation in western North Carolina in 1981. I was in the Bobwhite patrol, but we called ourselves the over-the-hill Bobwhites since all but one of the members was over 50 at the time. No, I was not one of those over 50 at the time. But I am now!
I had already been a BSA professional for 5 years when I went through course SE-300. It was a privilege for me to share that Wood Badge experience with some really great people. I think of that course and those people often. Many years have passed and I have known thousands of volunteers in five councils, but the experiences of that Wood Badge training were instrumental in much of my development as a Scouting leader.
Wood Badge for many years focused on outdoor and leadership skills for the Boy Scout program. Now, the course has a focus on leadership in all phases of Scouting. The teaching syllabus may have changed, but the interaction and camaraderie of the participants and staff is always the most important element of Wood Badge. We think of wise men travelling to far away mountain peaks to meet with other wise men. Moses received the Ten Commandments on the top of Mount Sinai. World leaders have important meetings that we call ‘summits’.
Wood Badge training is sort of like that. It is great and wise Scouting leaders having an important summit to learn better how to lead and nurture our youth. You might say that Wood Badge training is, figuratively speaking, a Mountain Top Experience. Of course, we don’t have any real mountains around here, but we do have some very wise and talented people. Where else can you do stuff like this?
I can’t think of another organization where adults can spend significant time in the outdoors with other like-minded adults, wearing the uniform of the BSA, learning and sharing new skills, thinking and acting like children, reflecting on our leadership and its effectiveness, wondering what sort of legacy we’ll leave behind and just having a whole bunch of fun! You can’t do this anywhere else. Scouting is unique and the Wood Badge experience within Scouting is unique.
I cherish my memories of my Wood Badge training, but I cherish more all of the good that has come from it for many youth. I’ve had opportunities to help organize hundreds of scout units, recruit thousands of youth members and work with thousands of adult leaders. My internal motivation to do this is not to earn a paycheck, but to hold to the promises I made to my patrol and troop companions at the closing ceremonies of the Wood Badge course and I feel a lifelong desire to continue ‘working my ticket’.
My wish is that your experiences in this Wood Badge course will lead you to believe that you, too, have had a Mountain Top Experience that will inspire and change your life.

Patrol Reports

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Welcome
S7-602-12-1
Participants!
What experiences will fill
the pages of your own
Wood Badge journey?
History starts now.

SR7-602-12-1 Staff Directory

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Mark

Name: Mark Larson
Staff Position: Course Director / Scoutmaster
Current Scout Position(s): Committee Chair Pack 443
Out in the World: Architectural Principal
Trivia: Mark’s college tuition was paid for by the Kentucky Bureau for the Blind, but most of his passions are visual.
Favorite Saying: “Please refer to your master schedule ...”
Participant Course & Critter: SR502 — Antelope

Name: Bill Eggleston
Staff Position: Assistant Scoutmaster for Program
Current Scout Position(s): Unit Commissioner
Out in the World: Associate Professor of Biology
Trivia: Worked at the Busch Gardens Tampa Zoo dealing with what goes “out” rather than what goes “in” to the animals.
Favorite Saying: “It is what it is”
Participant Course & Critter: SR501 — Beaver

Bill

Name: Tom Clayton
Staff Position: Assistant Scoutmaster for Support
Current Scout Position(s): VP of Properties & Executive Board
Out in the World: Business Owner/Commercial Business Systems
Trivia: Tom’s favorite Scouting event was at Sea Base in Florida.
Favorite Activities: Downhill Skiing, Snorkeling, Scuba, Golf, and singing in a choir
Participant Course & Critter: SR058—Buffalo

Tom

Name: Rey Hallion
Staff Position: Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop Guides
Current Scout Position(s): Committee Troop 491
Out in the World: Audio/Video Installer
Trivia: Kissed model/actress Jane Kennedy
Favorite Saying: “It wasn’t me”
Participant Course & Critter: SR604 — Antelope

Rey

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Name: Charlotte Pemberton
Staff Position: Senior Patrol Leader
Current Scout Position(s): Advisor Crew 700, Assistant Scoutmaster T706
Out in the World: Financial Analyst and Incentive Manager, SunTrust Mortgage
Trivia: Charlotte thinks armadillos are cute, and doesn’t care for plain jello because it moves.
Favorite Saying: “Keep it simple, make it fun”
Participant Course & Critter: SR677 — Bear

Charlotte.

Name: Les Thorpe
Staff Position: Assistant Senior Patrol Leader & Chaplains Aide
Current Scout Position(s): Assistant Battlefield Unit Commissioner
Out in the World: Commonwealth Engineering & Sales
Trivia: Les started a voice acting company called; Now Hear This!, LLC
Favorite Saying: “Treat people the way you want to be treated”
Participant Course & Critter: SR501 — Antelope

Craig

Les

Name: Craig Britt
Staff Position: Course Mentor
Current Scout Position(s): Assistant Scoutmaster, Troop 544
Out in the World Preconstruction Services Manager
Trivia: Craig like to take long drives on country roads where he has never been before, in hopes of finding “cool” things to photograph.
Favorite Saying: “Keep it simple, make it fun”
Participant Course & Critter: SR501—Beaver

Name: Jason Smith
Staff Position: Staff Advisor
Current Scout Position(s): Field Director
Out in the World: District Executive, Heart of Virginia Council, BSA
Trivia: Jason is a “Dead Head”. No, really, just look at him! Somewhere
there are interesting photographs of Jason’s younger days.
Favorite Activity: Woodworking
Participant Course & Critter: SR501—Eagle

Jason

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Chris

Name: Chris Leech
Staff Position: Troop Guide
Current Scout Position(s): Huguenot Trail District Committee, Spirit Adviser of Nawakwa Lodge 3
Out in the World: Powhatan Junior High School- 8th Grade Civics Teacher
Trivia: Chris, when asked about his daydreams, what do you see yourself doing? He answered, “Way too much! My imagination can freak me out sometimes. Let’s just say I’ve saved the world on more than one occasion. “
Favorite Childhood Memory: Scouting- My father and I standing on top of Baldy Mountain on my first Philmont Trek in 98
Participant Course & Critter: SR966—Owl

Name: Lowrey Holthaus
Staff Position: Troop Guide
Current Scout Position(s): Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 772
Out in the World: Physician, Radiologist
Trivia: If Lowery had super powers , it would be the ability to breath underwater
Favorite Activities: Photography, scuba diving, bicycling, racquetball
Participant Course & Critter: S604— Bobwhite

Name: Steve “Smitty” Smith
Staff Position: Troop Guide
Current Scout Position(s): Troop/Team/Crew 2852 Committee Member
Out in the World: : Project Leader – Web Development
Trivia: When asked, If you were a star, who would you be and why?
“If you want the answer to this and a good story, ask me about making fun of someone who turned out to be a star. Man was I an idiot!”
Favorite Saying: “Make the most of being a scout parent – especially during those cub scout years. That’s when you can spend the most time with them. As a boy scout you still spend a lot of time, but you encourage more independence. “
Participant Course & Critter: SR966—Eagle

Lowery

Name: John Magruder
Staff Position: Troop Guide
Current Scout Position(s): Scoutmaster Troop 304
Out in the World: Consulting Forester
Trivia: If John could time travel, he would like to meet and talk with famous people like Benjamin Franklin.
Favorite Memory: Pancakes for dinner. My father would make pancakes for dinner on an electric fry pan when my mother was out.
Participant Course & Critter: SR966—Fox

John

Steve

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Name: Shawn Coffey
Staff Position: Troop Guide
Current Scout Position(s): Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 555, Unit Commissioner
Out in the World: Rural Postal Carrier
Trivia: Hiked the AT from Harpers Ferry to just south of the James River
Favorite Saying: “The task before you is never as great as the power behind you”
Participant Course & Critter: SR677 — Owl

Shawn

Name: Mark Bernas
Staff Position: Troop Guide
Current Scout Position(s):Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 2815, District Committee, Roundtable Staff
Out in the World: Clinical Pharmacist
Trivia: Mark sang and danced in a college group
Favorite Movie Star: Matt Damon because he picks his acting parts carefully, does an exceptionally good job at acting, keeps his personal life private, and keeps family first.
Participant Course & Critter: Antelope

Mark

Name: Wendy Starke
Staff Position: Troop Guide
Current Scout Position(s): District Commissioner
Out in the World: Seamstress
Trivia: Wendy loves Reese's Peanut Butter cups
Favorite Memory: Growing up in the country , Essex County, and exploring the areas near my grandparents…following streams, catching tadpoles, watching beavers build their den and damming the streams into small ponds.
Participant Course & Critter: SR966 – Antelope

Wendy

Name: Steve “Hutch” Hutchinson
Staff Position: Troop Guide
Current Scout Position(s): Scoutmaster, T737 and Cardinal District Training Committee
Out in the World: Enterprise Security Architect
Trivia: Five time Presidential hand shaker & has the ability to recite every Monty Python sketch and movie. How’d he every get past the Secret Service?
Favorite Saying: “I know, right?”
Participant Course & Critter: SR501 — Antelope

Hutch

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Dave

Name: Dave Estes
Staff Position: Friendly Quartermaster
Current Scout Position(s): District Committee, Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 1879, Pack 18
Out in the World: Sale Representative (36 years with Hajoca Corp.)
Trivia: Dave was a music major and performed for many years
Participant Course & Critter: SE594 — Eagle

Name: John Blackmore
Staff Position: Assistant Friendly Quartermaster
Current Scout Position(s): Scoutmaster Troop 777
Out in the World: GIS Coordinator
Trivia: Has a four legged “Scout” that has been known to camp and wear a neckerchief
Favorite Activities: Gym, Hiking, shooting sports, swimming, responsible off-roading, boating / jetski’s
Participant Course & Critter: SR917 — Buffalo

John

Name: Tina Goodwyn
Staff Position: Assistant Friendly Quartermaster
Current Scout Position(s): Troop Committee Troop 178
Out in the World: Project Officer
Trivia: If Tina had a super power, what would it be? To heal the sick
Favorite Activity: Exercising
Participant Course & Critter: SR966—Eagle

Tina

Name: Robbie Patterson
Staff Position: Assistant Friendly Quartermaster
Current Scout Position(s): Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 444
Out in the World: Alternative Education Technician
Trivia: Robbie love to take a hot bath and read a fun fiction novel.
Favorite Activity: Eating supper with his family to hear all the stories everyone has experienced throughout the day.
Participant Course & Critter: SR604 — Antelope

Robbie

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Name: David Anderson
Staff Position: Scribe
Current Scout Position(s): Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 715, Assistant District Commissioner, Chartered Organization Rep Pack 788
Out in the World: Senior Distribution Specialist
Trivia: “I sing in the shower (quite poorly, I’m sorry to say) and play air drums in the car”
Favorite Unknown Fact: David was born at a French Hospital in a small town on the Loire River in France.
Participant Course & Critter: SR769—Beaver

David

Name: Dave Prestia
Staff Position: Assistant Scribe
Current Scout Position(s): Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 736
Out in the World: Agency Principal (Retired), Transitioning to 2nd Career
Trivia: Friends call him a human Rand McNally.
Favorite Memory: Boy Scout summer camp at Hidden Valley, late afternoon, merit badge classes completed for the day, just hanging in the woods, relaxing before dinner was served.
Participant Course & Critter: SR604—Buffalo

Dave

Name: Charlie Fleet
Staff Position: Techno Scribe
Current Scout Position(s): Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 544
Trivia: “I enjoy baking and decorating theme cakes. My kids had cars, dolls and Cookie Monster cakes for their birthdays.”
Favorite Silliness: When a CD or DVD is put back in the case it must be turned upright, why would you allow it to be crooked.
Out in the World: Applied Architect
Participant Course & Critter: SR373/SR966— Buffalo

Name: Ed Beach
Staff Position: Quartermaster Staff/Food Current Scout Position(s): Committee Chair, District Committee Troop 760, Crew 760, Pack 760
Out in the World: Scouting Volunteer
Trivia: Loves Wolves & wants to have a Star Trek food replicator.
Favorite Movie Star: Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) - Action Adventure
Participant Course & Critter: SR677—Bear

Ed

Charlie

Scouting Lore

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Welcome to Gilwell

Every Wood Badge course held worldwide takes place at Gilwell Field, named for the original training center of the Scout Movement.
The property known as Gilwell was purchased in 1919 to provide Scouts from London’s East End with an outdoor space to camp and practice to their scout skills and as a space for training leaders “in the formation and training of troops, practical woodcraft and camping and the methods of Scouting generally”.
William F. de Bois Maclaren, a Scout Commissioner from Scotland, donated the £7,000 to purchase the 55 acre site which, after having been originally owned as a farmland known as “Gyldiefords” as early as 1407, had fallen into disrepair. The derelict property lay about an hour from London on the edge of a forest and had been in need of upkeep for almost 20 years.
After its purchase by McLaren for the Boy Scout Association, P. B. Nevill, the Scout Commissioner of the East End took his Rover Scouts to the estate to begin some renovations. The dilapidated gardener’s shed where they slept during their first visit to the estates (the ground was too wet to pitch tents) was nicknamed “The Pigsty” and still stands. Maclaren visited Gilwell Park and helped with repairs, eventually donating another £3,000 to aid the efforts of the Scouts in refurbishing the property. The first Scoutmaster’s training course, what is today known as Wood Badge, was held in September, 1919 and was attended by 20 Scoutmasters from England and Wales.
During the 1920’s, Gilwell Park underwent a significant amount of remodeling and construction, and Baden-Powell’s vision of having a training center was realized.
So great was the importance of Gilwell to Baden-Powell that in 1929, when King George V (great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth II) conferred the title of baron upon him, he chose Gilwell as his territorial designation to become 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell.
Today, after purchases of neighboring properties have almost doubled its size, Gilwell Park is a premier location for scouts from all over the world to visit, camp, and enjoy the fellowship of their peers.

Roles and Responsibilities
Within the Patrol
Role and Responsibilities of the Patrol Leader
Take a leading role in planning and conducting patrol meetings and activities.
Encourage patrol members to fully participate in the Wood Badge course and to achieve all they can.
Represent the patrol as a member of the patrol leaders’ council (PLC).
Set a good example by living up to the Scout Oath and Law.
Practice using the leadership and team skills being presented during Wood Badge presentations.
Ensure that daily patrol self-assessments are carried out in a timely, effective manner.
Provide patrol members with all the resources and information they need to succeed.
Empower the patrol to become the best it can be.
See that the patrol is prepared for all course presentations and activities.
Role and Responsibilities of the Assistant Patrol Leader
Assume the responsibilities of the patrol leader whenever the patrol leader is unable to do so.
Encourage patrol members to fully participate in the Wood Badge course and to achieve all they can.
Assist the patrol leader in empowering the patrol to become the best it can be.
Set a good example by living up to the Scout Oath and Law.
Role and Responsibilities of the Patrol Chaplain Aide
In concert with the chaplain aides of the other patrols and with the staff member assigned to coordinate their efforts, the patrol chaplain aide will
Learn what resources are available that can be used for religious observances during the course, and make that information available to the rest of the patrol.
Develop and help present the participants’ interfaith worship service.
Assist in conducting any other religious observances that may arise during the Wood Badge course.
Set a good example by living up to the Scout Oath and Law.
Role and Responsibilities of the Patrol Scribe
Provide interesting and timely material about the patrol to the publisher of The Gilwell Gazette—the daily newspaper of the course.
The Troop Scribe will hand out guidelines to help scribes fulfill their duties and may briefly meet with all the patrol scribes to discuss how best they can assist in making the Gazette worthwhile.
Set a good example by living up to the Scout Oath and Law.
Role and Responsibilities of a Patrol Member
For a patrol to succeed as a team, each of its members must
Fully participate in the Wood Badge course and achieve all he or she can.
Practice using the team development skills introduced during Wood Badge presentations.
Help his or her patrol meet its obligations to fulfill assignments including the development and presentation of the patrol project.
Set a good example by living up to the Scout Oath and Law.
Have fun!

“An expert is a man who tells you a simple thing in a confused way in such a fashion as to make you think the confusion is your own fault.“
- William Castle

Lifestyles

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Critterscopes

Today’s Crossword

Beaver
Don't fight the turning of the seasons: Time marches on, no matter how many leaves you glue back onto the trees.
Bobwhite
As someone who has never been very comfortable with the sight of blood, you should avoid next week’s patrol meeting at all costs.
Eagle
Your world-weary pessimism will only increase this week when you go from seeing the glass half empty to seeing no glass at all.
Fox
You'll discover Ponce de Leon's fabled Fountain of Youth this week. Sadly, it'll be another three years before you develop the linguistic and cognitive skills necessary to tell anyone of it.
Owl
Enlightenment and confusion will both be yours this week, when a tree falls in the woods only to make the sound of one hand clapping.
Bear
As convenient as it may be, it's time you started taking some responsibility for the mess you've created instead of always blaming everything on the law of entropy.
Buffalo
You'll be struck by a painful realization this Thursday concerning the relative force and speed of ordinary city buses.
Antelope
You will soon learn that patience — the ability to endure prolonged delays without becoming annoyed, upset, or even frustrated, especially when unnecessary holdups and drawn-out, time-consuming interruptions seem as trivial as they are trying — is a virtue.

ACROSS
1 Scientist's office
4 Topical
9 Reduce
14 Reduced (abbr.)
15 Ancient Greek marketplace
16 OA Founder E. _____ Goodman
17 Shop
18 _____ of the Arrow
19 God
20 Slip by
22 Scotsman
24 What you stand in
25 Cat
27 Varsity unit
31 Satiate
32 Brass instruments
33 Atmosphere
34 Sheds tears
36 Staves off
38 State capital
40 Expands
42 Number of beads worn by staff
43 Smooth
44 Three
45 Information
47 Middle East dweller
51 Otherwise
53 Large African river
54 Magma
55 Green Gables dweller
57 Rey Hallion’s ASM job
59 Ridge
62 Jump
65 Gall
66 Toothbrush brand
67 Painter Richard
68 Employ
69 The B in BP
70 Greatest Zulu Leader
71 Put
DOWN
1 Dubs
2 Loss of ability to make decisions
3 SR769 Scoutmaster
4 Country in SE Asia
5 Giant
6 Fish
7 Is
8 Course Director
9 Coupe
10 Course Mentor
11 Picnic pest
12 Oolong
13 Gray sea eagle
21 Shrimp
Nervous system
25 Pronghorn, for short
26 Tax agency
28 Royalty
29 BP book: _____ to Scoutmastership
30 Married woman
32 That woman
35 Before, poetically
36 Petite
37 Strong chemical base
38 Day-time tv's Mr. Donahue
39 Part of the eye
40 Veer
41 Damper
42 Men's neckwear
43 Scott, for short
45 Lodge
46 They make you an aunt
48 Wheel spoke
49 Loath
50 Basketball goal
52 Boy Scout’s Highest Rank
56 Compass point
57 Nerd
58 __ Major (Big Dipper)
59 Throw
60 Time period
61 Mom's partner
63 Fire remains
64 School group

Patrol Reports
Patrol reports are due from the Patrol Scribe by 10:00pm each night. Each report should be about 150 words and turned in to the Scribe basket before the end of Cracker Barrel each night.
Patrols failing to turn in a report run the extreme danger of having the Scribe staff write the report for them. Trust us, you do not want that to happen!

Jam Roll
&
Eccles

In 1929 The Scout Movement celebrated its 21st
birthday by holding a World Jamboree at Arrowe Park, England.
To commemorate the occasion, Scouts from all over the
World were invited to contribute one penny towards a
gift to the Founder and Chief Scout, soon to be created
First Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell.
At the Jamboree, the President of the Boy Scouts of Denmark presented the Chief Scout with a Rolls-Royce Motor car, which B-P nicknamed “Jam Roll” (from Jamboree and Rolls-Royce), a caravan, which B-P named “Eccles” (after the caravan
manufacturer) and a portrait of B-P in oils by David Jagger.
B-P used Jam Roll and Eccles on Scouting
journeys until his retirement to Kenya in 1938.

Schedule & Field Notes

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7:30am		Participant Check-In
8:30am		Orientation Tour and Staff Exhibit
9:30am		Gilwell Field Assembly
9:45am		Break
10:00am		Course Overview
10:30am		Listening to Learn (Den Presentation)
11:30am		Opening Luncheon
12:50pm		Break
1:00pm		Troop Meeting
3:00pm		Break

Day 1 Schedule
Program Patrol: Buffalo - Service Patrol: Owl

3:10pm		Patrol Leaders Council Meeting
4:00pm		Values, Mission, and Vision / Ticket
5:00pm		Patrol Meeting
6:00pm		Dinner
7:00pm		Who Me? Game (Patrol Activity)
8:00pm		Introduction to Campfires
8:30pm		Instructional Campfire
9:30pm		Cracker Barrel
10:00pm		Head to Fort for sleep

Grand Union Flag
The first national flag of the United States
The Grand Union Flag, also known as the Congress flag, the First Navy Ensign, the Cambridge Flag, and the Continental Colors, is considered to be the first national flag of the United States. This flag consisted of 13 red and white stripes with the British Union Flag of the time (prior to the inclusion of St. Patrick's cross of Ireland) in the canton.
The flag was first flown on December 2, 1775 by John Paul Jones (then a Continental Navy lieutenant) on the ship Alfred in Philadelphia). The Alfred flag has been credited to Margaret Manny. It was used by the American Continental forces as a naval ensign and garrison flag in 1776 and early 1777. It is widely believed that the flag was raised by George Washington's army on New Year's Day 1776 at Prospect Hill in Charlestown (now part of Somerville), near his headquarters at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and that the flag was interpreted by British observers as a sign of surrender. Some scholars dispute this traditional account, concluding that the flag raised at Prospect Hill was likely a British union flag.
The design of the Grand Union flag is similar to the flag of the British East India Company (BEIC). Indeed, certain BEIC designs in use since 1707 (when the canton was changed from the flag of England to that of Great Britain) were identical, as the number of stripes varied from 9 to 15. That BEIC flags were potentially well known by the American colonists has been the basis of a theory of the origin of the Grand Union flag's design.
The Flag Act of 1777 authorized as the official national flag a design similar to that of the Grand Union, with thirteen stars (representing the original thirteen U.S. states) on a field of blue replacing the British Union flag in the canton. The combined crosses in the union flag symbolized the union of the kingdoms of England and Scotland; the symbolism of a union of equal parts was retained in the new American flag.
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Baden-Powell on “Our Aim”
IN the Army we have certain points to aim for in training our men; but in the long course of years the steps in training have become so absorbing and important that in many cases the aim has come to be lost sight of.
Take, for instance, the sword exercise. Here a number of recruits are instructed in the use of the sword in order to become expert fighters with it. They are put into a squad and drilled to stand in certain positions and to deliver certain cuts, thrusts, and guards on a certain approved plan. So soon as they can do this accurately and together like one man — and it is the work of months to effect this — they are passed as efficient swordsmen, but they can no more fight an enemy than can my boot. The aim of their instruction has been overlooked in the development of the steps to it.
I hope the same mistake is never likely to occur with us in the Boy Scouts. We must keep the great aim ever before us and make our steps lead to it all the time.
This aim is to make our race a nation of energetic, capable workers, good citizens, whether for life in Britain or overseas.
The best principle to this end is to get the boys to learn for themselves by giving them a curriculum which appeals to them, rather than by hammering it into them in some form of dry-bones instruction. We have to remember that the mass of the boys are already tired with hours of school or workshop, and our training should, therefore, be in the form of recreation, and this should be out of doors as much as possible.
That is the object of our badges and games, our examples and standards.
If you would read through your Scouting for Boys once more, with the Great Aim always before you, you will see its meaning the more clearly.
May 1910

“Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.“