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05/21/2013 - Scrap Metal Drive hosted by Boy Scout Troop 579

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:48:47 GMT

Source: www.monroetalks.com --- Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Boy Scout Troop 579 are hosting a scrap metal drive to support its summer camp program. Donations can be dropped off during the weeks of May 20, June 17, July 15 and Aug. 19 at Barron Oil,... ...

How well do you know the Boy Scout Handbook?

Mon, 20 May 2013 18:36:13 GMT

Source: boyslife.org --- Monday, May 20, 2013
data=” http://media.scouting.org/boyslife/flash/handbookquiz/SSQ-Flash.swf” ; width=”550″ height=”580″> Sorry, this content uses Flash and is not available on most mobile devices. Throughout your time as a Boy Scout, you’re going to learn a lot of different things about a lot of different things. But it’s not enough to simply earn a merit badge and then never think about that topic again. If you really want to learn something, you have to put your knowledge to the test. To test your skills, see how you do on our online quiz based on information in the Boy Scout Handbook . Then check out the June 2013 issue of Boys’ Life to read how Scouts in New Jersey put their skills to the test. ...

05/20/2013 - Scrap Metal Drive hosted by Boy Scout Troop 579

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:24:09 GMT

Source: www.monroetalks.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
Boy Scout Troop 579 are hosting a scrap metal drive to support its summer camp program. Donations can be dropped off during the weeks of May 20, June 17, July 15 and Aug. 19 at Barron Oil,... ...

Stratford Scout Earns Boy Scout Honor Medal for Saving a Friend From Drowning in 2012

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:53:31 GMT

Source: stratford.patch.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
MILFORD, CT (5/17/2013) – Nicholas James Elio, 10, of Stratford was presented with the Boy Scouts of America’s National Honor Medal for saving a friend from drowning at the Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard on May 15, 2013. The award presentation was the h ...

do you listen to the podcast "Welcome to Nightvale"? It's an NPR-style podcast about a small town overrun with eldtritch horrors. it contains lines like this: "The Boy Scouts of Night Vale have announced some slight changes to their hierarchy, which will now be as follows: Cub Scout, Boy Scout, Eagle Scout, Blood Pact Scout, Weird Scout, Dreadnought Sc

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:27:16 GMT

Source: johndarnielle.tumblr.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
Yeah I’m a huge fan and have mentioned it on Twitter a few times - somebody at a show in Grand Rapids last year said “you should go listen to this thing” so I did. It’s terrific. Anybody who doesn’t know what we’re talking about should go subscribe to it here and then listen while lying on the floor with the lights out, or on the couch with the lights out if you’re not hardcore enough for the floor, but in any case Night Vale is really worth making an occasion of. ...

Brian J. O'Connor: Hobo or Boy Scout? Quiz tells the score

Mon, 20 May 2013 08:00:00 GMT

Source: www.detroitnews.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
It's one of the most important numbers influencing life as we know it, and I don't mean your ZIP code, dress size or how much you spent on Mother's Day gifts for your wife. I mean your credit score, which, besides determining how much credit you get and how much you pay for it, also dictates your insurance rates, ability to rent an apartment and very likely what version of Windows you can purchase. ...

Boy Scout Leaders Prepare To Vote On Resolution Allowing Gay Scouts

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:56:20 GMT

Source: www.digtriad.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
Leaders with the Boy Scouts of America are preparing to vote on Thursday on a proposal to lift a ban on openly gay members. ...

Boy Scout Trailer, Equipment Stolen from Acworth Church

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:30:00 GMT

Source: acworth.patch.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
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Parents, local Boy Scout leaders urge national organization to keep the ban on openly gay members

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:57:44 GMT

Source: www.contracostatimes.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
PLEASANT HILL -- A group of local Boy Scout leaders and parents on Friday urged the national organization to "keep sexuality and politics" out of Scouting by maintaining the ban on openly gay members. ...

Boy Scout vote on gay members imminent

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:24:00 GMT

Source: www.accessnorthga.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
ith its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. ...

Boy Scout Troop 108 lends a hand to the Lemon Grove Kiwanis this morning at the annual pancake breakfast. Pancakes and fixings are served until 11 a.m. at the LGA auditorium on School Lane.

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:52:28 GMT

Source: lemongrove.patch.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Boy Scout Troop 108 lends a hand to the Lemon Grove Kiwanis this morning at the annual pancake breakfast. Pancakes and fixings are served until 11 a.m. at the LGA auditorium on School Lane. ...

Charlotte Debates Over Gays In The Boy Scout's

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:08:15 GMT

Source: www.wccbcharlotte.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
The debate over whether to allow gays into the Boy Scout's is heating up. ...

Boy Scout gay policy vote could be lose-lose situation

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:07:54 GMT

Source: www.standard.net --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units. The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council on Thursday, at a meeting in Grapevine, Texas, would retain the Scouts' long-standing ban on gays serving in adult leadership positions. read more ...

MN Boy Scout families protest change in 'gay member' policy

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:17:27 GMT

Source: www.nbcnews.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
A small group of Minnesota Boy Scout families gathered on Friday to protest a proposed policy change by the Boy Scouts of America. ...

Thieves take air conditioning units from Boy Scout cabin

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:28:08 GMT

Source: www.recordgazette.net --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Presumably under the cover of darkness, someone who knew what they were doing allegedly climbed atop the Boy Scouts cabin at Repplier Park and stole metal components from the air conditioning units. ...

Protesters demonstrate against changing Boy Scout policy

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:24:00 GMT

Source: www.cfnews13.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
More than 30 protesters lined Orange Blossom Trail in Apopka Friday afternoon to show their support ...

Protesters Gather Outside Cincinnati Boy Scout Council

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:56:56 GMT

Source: www.local12.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Rally held in opposition to proposal to admit gay scouts-former Eagle Scout has different view ...

Local rally urges area Boy Scout council to oppose allowing gays to join organization

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:51:41 GMT

Source: lubbockonline.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
With more than 70 years as a Boy Scout under his belt, Arlan Womble cherishes the life lessons the organization instilled in his life. Learning about homosexuality wasn’t part of the experience, he said. “I liked the camaraderie, the camping and the fellowship,” the 84-year-old said. “I think it’s the best training a kid could get — training to be an adult.” read more ...

Former Boy Scout volunteer in prison for sex abuse

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:40:41 GMT

Source: www.qconline.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A former Boy Scout volunteer from southwestern Illinois has begun serving a six-year prison sentence for sexually molesting boys in his family. Fifty-five-year-old Jon Demers, of Collinsville, was convicted last month in St. Clair County Circuit ...

Former Collinsville Boy Scout volunteer in prison for sex abuse

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:06 GMT

Source: www.kmov.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
A former Boy Scout volunteer from southwestern Illinois has begun serving a six-year prison sentence for sexually molesting boys in his family. ...