New York OA Trader

I had previously posted on the William Hillcourt Scout Museum and Carson Buck Memorial Library expansion. They have now added a web page to publicize the museum, provide information on current happenings, directions and hours of operation. If your in the Central New York Area, it’s worth checking out.

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US humorist & radio broadcaster (1942 - )

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John Pannell points out todays featured article on Wikipedia; on E. Urner Goodman who with Caroll A. Edson founded the Order of the Arrow.

Goodman is best remembered today for having created the Order of the Arrow (OA), a popular and highly successful program of the BSA which continues to honor Scouts for their cheerful service. Since its founding in 1915, the Order of the Arrow has grown to become a nationwide program having thousands of members, which recognizes those Scouts who best exemplify the virtues of cheerful service, camping, and leadership by membership in BSA’s honor society. As of 2007, the Order of the Arrow has more than 183,000 members.

If you haven’t checked it out already, give it a read and learn a bit more about one of our founders.

The BSA have chosen the winner of the design contest for the 100th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.

After careful consideration by the Anniversary Logo Leadership team, the total entries were pared down to approximately 500 semifinalists. From there, our panel of 11 select judges scored the semifinalists to provide input on determining the category and overall winners. These judges carefully reviewed the creative merit of each entry and the inspiration articulated in the accompanying essays. Among the thousands of outstanding submissions, Eagle Scout Philip Goolkasian’s entry eventually emerged as the design that captured both the history and future of the Boy Scouts.

Philip is an Eagle Scout from a troop in Sequoia, California.

You may have stayed at a Marriott Hotle on vacaction or visiting a TOR :-), but did you know that Bill Marriot himself was not only a Scout, but an Eagle Scout.  He writes the following on the Marriott blog.

 Many years ago, I joined Boy Scout Troop 241 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. It was one of the most rewarding and difficult experiences of my life. Finally, I achieved the highest Boy Scout honor, that of becoming an Eagle Scout. It took a lot of hard work and determination.

Give it a read.

Hat Tip: Scouting.org

An article appeared recently in the Washington Post, while there is the obligatory reference to gays in Scouting it is a surprisingly positive article on a Patrol of 11 Scouts who all became Eagle. A band of misfits, and self admitted black sheep all persevered and became Eagle Scouts.

Somehow, this bunch of undisciplined suburban kids grew into a closely knit crew of slyly ironic, decent, responsible young men whose proudest achievement was a 90-mile hike in the mountains of New Mexico. Now all 11 members of the Viking Patrol, one of 10 patrols that make up the troop, have made it to the rank of Eagle Scout — a feat that national, regional and local Scouting leaders believe is unprecedented.