eagle scouts

RGD. · 01-18-2011, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Eli18

just wondering if there any eagle scouts out there. i just got mine 2 days before my 18th. i restored a community tennis court for my project

Congratulations! Job well done. I never got my mine but I do know how hard it is to achieve!

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Originally Posted by SvilleKid

. . . especially during the middle teen years when there are so many activities pulling at them!!

Yep . . . once I really discovered the umm Girl Scouts had more than cookies . .. well . . .

Ron

MajorCaptSilly · 01-18-2011, 07:09 AM

I was never involved with scouting as the troop was not very active when I was that age. My dad was one merit badge away from Eagle but could not do the swimming badge as he had almost drowned as a kid and was scared of the water. He has remained active for over 50 years and has helped somewhere around 30 young men get their Eagle Scout badge. Some of them got in right under the wire! He volunteers at the local Scout office every week. It's funny that some of the kid's parents who he helped get Eagle were friends of mine in high school. Here's a picture of my dad at the Philmont Scout Ranch in 1956. He's the tallest guy in the back middle:

MCS

SvilleKid · 01-18-2011, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by RGD.

Yep . . . once I really discovered the umm Girl Scouts had more than cookies . .. well . . .

Ron

The scout leaders had a name for this stumbling block that most teenage Boy Scouts ran into: "The Fumes" - Gas fumes and perfumes were major roadblocks!

01-18-2011, 07:09 AM	#2
MajorCaptSilly Sklee Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Location: Mishawaka, IN Posts: 2,523 Trading: (30)	Re: eagle scouts I was never involved with scouting as the troop was not very active when I was that age. My dad was one merit badge away from Eagle but could not do the swimming badge as he had almost drowned as a kid and was scared of the water. He has remained active for over 50 years and has helped somewhere around 30 young men get their Eagle Scout badge. Some of them got in right under the wire! He volunteers at the local Scout office every week. It's funny that some of the kid's parents who he helped get Eagle were friends of mine in high school. Here's a picture of my dad at the Philmont Scout Ranch in 1956. He's the tallest guy in the back middle: MCS __________________ Pillsbury, Minneapolis, Prince, Spoon Bridge and Cherry, coinkydink?