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UPDATE (3:15 p.m. Jan. 13): Bill Evans, Youth Development team leader with the BSA, tells Cracker Barrel that these merit badges will count as electives for rank advancement. As if you needed another reason to get your guys to earn these.

A merit badge called Computers would sound just a crazy to a 1910 Boy Scout as a merit badge called Tracking sounds to Scouts today. That’s because the BSA’s list of available merit badges has evolved through the years as the interests of boys have changed.

In honor of the BSA’s 100th Anniversary, though, today’s generation of Scouts will get the unique opportunity to experience some of the activities their predecessors enjoyed. That’s possible thanks to the BSA’s new Historical Merit Badge Program, a set of four discontinued merit badges that today’s Scouts can earn.

Boys can earn any or all of these merit badges:

Signaling

• First offered in 1910 and discontinued in 1992.
• Sample requirements: build a simple buzzer or blinker capable of sending Morse code messages, and send a message of at least 35 words; send and receive messages using semaphore flags at a rate of at least 30 letters per minute.

Tracking

The following Board Resolution was passed during the recent National Executive Board and Committee Meetings in Washington DC:

WHEREAS, the current age and grade eligibility requirements for participation in the Venturing program is 14 years of age and completion of the eighth grade, and
 
WHEREAS, the Program Content Committee has recommended that, effective May 1, 2010, the age requirement be changed to 13 years of age and completion of the eighth grade;
 
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Article VII, Section 2, Clause 2 (a) of the BSA Rules and Regulations be, and hereby is, amended to read as follows:
  Venturer- Be 13 years of age and have completed the eighth grade, or be 14 years of age or older, and not yet 21 years of age.

Recently spotted on Craig's List...

32 Ft Pinewood Derby Track - $750 (Wyoming, MI)

32 Foot Wood Track, 4 Lanes, Switch Gate, Fast Track Timer, Digital with all K3 options, with plastic wall, that unscrew if you do not want to use them. We have 3 other tracks, and we do not use this one anymore.

Wayland Boy Scout Troop 97 and the Wayland United Methodist Church will celebrate 50 years of charter together on Saturday, March 21 from 3pm
until 6pm at the church.

There will be a ceremony followed by open
fellowship.

We would like to invite all of our Scouting neighbors to
join us and ask, if possible, that you please RSVP the amount expected
to attend to either:

Michelle Amante at 269-792-2659 or Amante0827 [at] yahoo [dot] com (Amante0827 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

or

Carol Low at 269-792-2959 or CLLOW100 [at] yahoo [dot] com (CLLOW100 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

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We have a need for 20 adults 18 or older to join us at Gerber scout camp this Monday morning at 9:30 am meeting at the shop. We will be doing salvage work at the boy scout dining hall. Please dress extremely warm to work outside. You MUST RSVP to Aaron [dot] Gach [at] scouting [dot] org by sunday 5 pm if you would like to be here to help.

Thank you!

Aaron Gach
Council Program Director

Don't miss this summer's adventure - Searching for Lost Dinosaurs, Return to Camp Jurassic!
Get your boys signed up today while space is available!

The roof of the Merrill dining hall at Camp Gerber collapsed on Christmas Eve. No one was injured in the mishap, but a visibly shaken Santa Claus has vowed to eat fewer cookies while on his annual around-the-world trip bringing toys to all the good little scouts.

Here's the "official" results from the Lakeshore District Cub Scout Roundtable Pinewood Derby held on Thursday...

Now is your chance! Come to the December Cub Scout Roundtable and race your very own car. Race for fastest car, or slowest car (car must cross the finish line). Any questions contact Darcy Logan at darcy [at] theloganfamily [dot] net or 355-6108

WHAT IS ROUNDTABLE you ask? Roundtable is for ALL adult scout leaders (and parents). Cub Scout leader roundtables are held monthly (2nd Thursday of each month) on a district basis. Den and pack leaders join for fun and fellowship while learning new tricks, stunts, games, crafts, ceremonies, songs, and skits related to the Cub Scout theme and Webelos activity badges for the following month. There are also opportunities for sharing ideas and activities with leaders from other packs.

Cub Scouting roundtables are a form of supplemental training for volunteers at the pack level. The objective of roundtables is to give pack leaders program ideas; information on policy, events, and training opportunities; and an opportunity to share experiences and enjoy fun and fellowship with other Cub Scouting leaders. Your roundtable commissioner and staff demonstrate elements of a model meeting that leaders may use as a pattern for their own den and pack meetings as well as committee meetings. As a result of your roundtable experience, you and your leaders will be inspired, motivated, and able to provide a stronger program for their Tiger Cubs, Cub Scouts, and Webelos Scouts.

Hope to see you December 11th!

Darcy Logan
Cub Scout Roundtable Commissioner