Volume 1, Issue 3

September 15. 2002

The ALL Important Schedule
Day Three Events
7:00 a.m. Breakfast and Self-Assessment (DH)
8:00 a.m. Gilwell Field Assembly (GF)
8:30 a.m. Scouts’ Own Service (Instructional) (DH)
9:20 a.m. Break
9:30 a.m. Troop Meeting (DH)
11:10 a.m. Break
11:20 a.m. Conservation Project Planning (TP) (DH)
12:10 p.m. LUNCH (DH) Patrol Leaders’ Council Meeting
1:00 p.m. Patrol Chaplain Aides’ Meeting (DH)
1:30 p.m. Gilwell Space Flight Center (GF Annex)
2:20 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. October Sky (TA) (DH)
4:30 p.m. Closing—Gilwell Field Assembly (GF)
5:00 p.m. Patrol Meeting and Departure

The Gilwell Gazette

Wood badge for the 21st Century

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The Gilwell Gazette

A LETTER TO YOU FROM SATAN
I saw you yesterday as you began your daily chores. You awoke without kneeling to pray. As a matter of fact, you didn't even bless your meals, or pray before going to bed last night. You are so unthankful, I like that about you. I cannot tell you how glad I am that you have not changed your way of living, Fool, you are mine. Remember, you and I have been going steady for years and I still don't love you yet.
As a matter of fact, I hate you, because I hate God. I am only using you to get even with God. He kicked me out of heaven, and I'm going to use you as long as possible to pay him back. You see, Fool, GOD LOVES YOU and HE has great plans in store for you. But you have yielded your life to me, and I'm going to make your life a living hell. That way, we'll be together twice. This will really hurt God.
Thanks to you, I'm really showing Him who's boss in your life with all of the good times we've had. We have been watching dirty movies, cursing people out, stealing, lying, being hypocritical, fornicating, overeating, telling dirty jokes, gossiping, being judgmental, back stabbing people, disrespecting adults, and those in leadership positions, no respect for the Church, bad attitudes.
SURELY you don't want to give all this up. Come on, Fool, let's burn together forever. I've got some hot plans for us. This is just a letter of appreciation from me to you.
I'd like to say "THANKS" for letting me use you for most of your foolish life. You are so gullible, I laugh at you. When you are tempted to sin, you give in HA HA HA, you make me sick. Sin is beginning to take it's toll on your life. You look 20 years older, and now, I need new blood.
So go ahead and teach some children how to sin. All you have to do is smoke, get drunk or drink while under-aged, cheat, gamble, gossip, fornicate, and live being as selfish as possible. Do all of this in the presence of children and they will do it too. Kids are like that.
Well, Fool, I have to let you go for now. I'll be back in a couple of seconds to tempt you again. If you were smart, you would run somewhere, confess you sins, and live for God with what little bit of life that you have left. It's not my nature to warn anyone, but to be your age and still sinning, it's becoming a bit ridiculous.
Don't get me wrong, I still hate you. IT'S JUST THAT YOU'D MAKE A BETTER FOOL FOR CHRIST.
Satan
P.S. If you really love me, you won't share this letter with anyone.

The Grizz Café
Menu
Appetizers
Bobwhite Wings Tastes like chicken $ 5.95
Beaver Pâté $ 5.95
Owl Stew Cup $ 3.50 Bowl $ 5.95
Entrees
Buffalo Steak thick, tough, and greasy $ 16.95
Fox Fricassee with Julienne Fries $ 18.50
Desserts
Eagle Flambé Market Price
GO OUT IN STYLE
Baked Antelope $ 6.00
A connoisseurs version of an Alaskan delight.

ROBERT E. LEE COUNCIL, BSA

The Outdoor Code
As an American, I will do my best to
Be clean in my outdoor manners,
Be careful with fire,
Be considerate in the outdoors, and
Be conservation-minded.

THE WOOD BADGE BEADS OF DINIZULU
Early in the history of the Scout Movement, the founder, Robert Baden-Powell, ran the first residential adult leader training course for Scouters. At the completion of the course, the participants asked him if he could give them some token to indicate that they had been trained. He had not given any thought, but on receiving the request he improvised by taking two little beads from a string of such beads he had; he threaded them on a bootlace, and hung them around the neck of each Scouter. Ever since, each Scouter who has successfully completed the advanced training course receives two similar beads on a leather thong. Known as the Wood Badge beads, they are proudly worn by Scouters to indicate that they are continuing in a tradition handed down from Baden-Powell.

Tartan Border of the Clan MacLaren
Originally, the Scottish Tartan was a distinction of rank or position. Is was not identified by weave but by the number of colors in the weave. If only one color was used, it depicted a servant, two for a farmer rank, three for an officer rank, five for a chieftain, six for a poet, and seven for a Chief. Eventually, clans or families adopted their own tartan using a range of animal and earth colors that were frequently secret, only known to the weavers of the islands. They included yellows, blues, whites, greens, browns, reds, black, and purple. Some say that a keen eye can identify the color with a particular island, almost like a wine taster can identify the year and the vineyard. The Wood Badge neckerchief displays this tartan in honor of W. F. deBois MacLaren.

ATTENTION ALL WOOD BADGERS
An offering will be taken at the religious services on Sep 15 and Oct 6 for the benefit of the World Friendship Fund.
Your generous contribution is greatly appreciated.

FAMILY
"Let us keep untarnished, unstained, the honor of the flag our fathers bore aloft in the teeth of the wildest storm, the flag that shall float above the solid files of a united people, a people sworn to the great cause of liberty and justice, for themselves, and for all the sons and daughters of men." --Theodore Roosevelt

PROGRAM PATROL: Beaver
SERVICE PATROL: Fox

DAY 3 PATROL LEADERSHIP
BEAVER: Bill Eggleston
BOBWHITE: Pat Dillon
EAGLE: Temple Hansen
FOX: Dan Aunspach
OWL: Darryl Doggett
BEAR: Tom Pace
BUFFALO: Chris Vernon
ANTELOPE: Ed Rack

S pecific
M easurable
A ttainable
R elevant
T ime-based

The Wood Badge Ticket
One of the great traditions of Wood Badge is the ticket. In Baden-Powell’s day, those in the military were expected to pay their own way back to England at the end of their service. In order to economize, soldiers nearing completion of their duties would seek assignments at posts increasing close to home — a process known as “working your ticket.”

The Woggle
In 1920, the scarf, which had always been tied with a knot, was held together with a scarf slide. So far as it is known, the name “woggle” was invented by Mr. Gidney, the first Chief of Gilwell.
Baden-Powell suggested to the Gilwell staff that they experiment and produce a special scarf slide to go with the Gilwell Scarf.
In the early days of leader training, fire lighting by friction was very much a novelty and for many years was demonstrated on Wood Badge courses. The main piece of equipment was a length of leather thong.
Using one of the fire lighting thongs, Bill Shankley, who was at the time serving at Gilwell, produced a two-strand Turk’s Head slide that was adopted as the official “woggle.”

The wisest of all creatures, the mighty owl, is patiently watching and waiting. Remember, the Owl sleeps in the day and hunts at night.
“BEWARE” - - - -The Owl Patrol

Hi. Welcome to Wild West Shootout.

At the opening ceremony: Ed Rack led the Troop in the Scout Promise & Law. The Antelopes were awesome! Antelopes are:
Achievers
Noble
Trained
Energetic
Listeners
Organized
Proud and
Empathetic
At the “Who Me?” game last night, we learned a lot about each other. We also got stuck with the following nicknames:
Jeff — Shinego Rick — Rudy Steve — Toga
Ed — Woody Judy — Pepe Les — Padre

DATELINE—Gilwell, BSA
Tippy Typewriter
Keeping the Wheels in Motion—–
To keep Troop 1 rolling forward, Scoutmaster John Turner is assisted by three highly qualified Assistant Scoutmasters. One each for program, facilities, and troop guides. Stuart Dunn serves as ASM-Program and backup course director. Karren Streagle and Randy Harris serve as ASM-Facilities and ASM-Troop Guides respectively. In a recent relaxing moment this reporter interviewed each.
Stuart, reserved and slow to judgment, is interested in how recent program changes will be received by members of Troop 1. Participating in his fifth course, he reflected that “this course appears to becoming together faster than previous courses he has experienced.”
Randy, as the ASM-TG, is responsible for the majority of the first time staff members. With a totally new course, and 8 new staffers, he faced a major challenge. When asked about his staff, Randy said “It has been a pleasure and honor to work with so many interesting and dedicated people.” He said “Clearly BSA will see a positive impact from their efforts.”
Clearly an “adjunct” staff member has to be the new camp facility, with Karren showing it to its best. She wants everyone to know she is “glad everyone could come and play in my front yard.”
When asked about this team, John commented, “My job is easy, pick good people, tell them what you want, and let them do it.”

— Skills and Quills —
On the second morning of SR501, Troop 1 continued their learning of new skills and refining of old skills. The focus of Day 2 turned to teams and their development. Members of Troop 1 experienced the pain and joy of different leadership styles. TG Nancy Fonseca used a game to demonstrate the differences in directed and participating leadership. TG Tom Johnson followed the game with a review while introducing the PERFORM acronym. Key to his presentation was the concept of the link between morale and productivity. Tom explained the goal of a high-performance team is to “focus the resources to work together to achieve the goal.”
During the second part of the team sessions, ASPL Gary Bryant introduced the Team Development Model. This included how morale and productivity are affected during each development phase. Each patrol the applied the model to a project of a patrol member. The Bobwhites and Bears shared examples with the whole troop. Gary was heard in a side discussion saying “We will expand this concept later.” The second morning finished as SPL Frank Baze call assembly for grace.

Battling Bobwhites by Charles Pyle
The Bobwhites, the only species represented in Wood Badge course SR501 with a first and last name, proved on Day 2 that size does not matter. The Bobwhites won the Front End Alignment game, scoring 109 points, more than twice as many s the allegedly high-flying Eagles.
Although the Bobwhites are ground birds, the patrol fashioned a rocket that is sure to amaze their fellow creatures when it takes flight this morning. The Beavers will be left with the memory of their brief moment of triumph on soggy Gilwell Field. Members of the Bobwhite Patrol are sharpening their communications skills under the tutelage of the WB instructors and TG Nancy Fonseca. The patrol is eager to share a special message this morning with the entire troop.
The success enjoyed by the Bobwhites is due to great measure to PL Paul Jones. When asked by this reporter about the secret of his success, Paul displayed his characteristic modesty. “Who could not succeed with such a group of talented and good-looking Scouters,” Jones said. Karen Hughes could not wait to organize a project. She identified a goal and arranged for the transportation of the needed resources to Gilwell. Malcolm Dickerson and Pat Dillon cheerfully volunteered to help execute Karen’s idea.
The fine things done Saturday by Jonathan Shouse and your humble correspondent are too numerous to mention but are known to their fellow Bobwhites.

Bears are out and running. New Patrol Leader Tom Pace , APL Bob Welch, Scribe Jeremy Weiner, and Chaplain Aide Scott Cahoon will lead the patrol on Day 3. The Bears are on the run, an outstanding team.
Warning to all WB patrols; Look Out! The BEARS are on the move!
The Black Bear is named JimBob for our Troop Guide, Jim Richardson.

FOX NEWS BULLETIN
Special Release from the Fox News Network:
The long awaited launch of the Fox Patrol’s Bottle Rocket moon shot was delayed by the severe rain that came suddenly upon Gilwell Field. The flight has been rescheduled for Sunday morning.
In further news, the Fox Patrol went through a successful and uneventful transition of power as Steve Pittman handled over the reigns of patrol leadership in an orderly and bloodless event to Pat Meadows. Further, the Fox Patrol presented its plans for review for the patrol presentation,, totem, and flag; each were approved with glowing commendation by the full leadership of Troop 1. Finally, on a lighter note, the Fox Patrol achieved a notable four-balls in motion in the Zulu game, barely missing its target of 5. As a note, please look for Philip Battle next Sunday, as a featured presenter of the Art of Friendship in our religious services.
Respectfully submitted by Fox Scribe John McCulla.

From the Beaver Patrol
EXTRA, EXTRA !
Beaver Patrol end drought at Gilwell Field on Saturday afternoon. The ballistic tail plume of the “Buck Beaver in the 21st Century” rocket, carrying the hopes and aspiration of the mighty Winged Beavers, caused a sudden and rapid exodus of the lesser patrols from the Gilwell Space Flight Center when the rocket caused a torrential deluge.
The mighty Winged Beavers were pleased and proved that the “Buck Beavers in the 21st Century” rocket was in 1st place in 7 of 8 categories of the rocket contest, proving once again, “If you want it done right, leave it to a Beaver.
NOTE: The 8th award for “Fastest Flight” was shared by the seven other patrols.