http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/boyscout/ en-us Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:58:10 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410071/posts 12/17/2009 - ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England (AFNS) -- One local Boy Scout's vision, some brand new equipment locked away in a store room for more than 13 years, a passion for fitness, and love for the RAF Lakenheath community. This is the recipe for the base's new outdoor fitness stations and for a member of local Boy Scout Troop 219 being one step closer to Eagle Scout. Joshua Kent, 15, took on the project of the erecting 15 fitness stations along the base's running trail with the help of his family, a few active duty Airmen and some of... Air Force http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410071/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 01:58:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395800/posts Hauling brush and old tires out of the woods in Allentown early Friday, members of the Service Employees International Union learned an Eagle-Scout-to-be is just as forgiving as he is trustworthy, loyal and helpful. The Eagle Scout service project of Kevin Anderson, 17, of Upper Saucon Township was caught up in a national media firestorm after Nick Balzano, an Allentown union official, threatened to file a grievance over Kevin's work clearing a trail in Kimmets Lock Park. Conservative pundits seized on the remark as evidence of the SEIU's ''thuggery,'' and Balzano later resigned. To show there were no hard feelings,... The Morning Call Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395800/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 12:51:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2231896/posts BISBEE — Seventeen-year-old Andrew “Andy” Laborin has nearly achieved a project of upgrading Memory Gardens Cemetery on Highway 92. At 10 a.m. Saturday, community members will dedicate the refurbished memorial area. “I found a lot of veterans in there,” the Bisbee High School senior said, describing his Eagle Scout project with Troop 1. The pinnacle of his good turn was the installation of a 30-foot-tall illuminated flagpole at the cemetery. To do that, Laborin rallied community support. Jim’s Electric, located on Naco Highway across from Bisbee’s Safeway, donated half of the cost of the $1,400 flagpole and provided all the... Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2231896/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:37:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137668/posts On June 1, the lives of three strangers intersected. That night, Tucson police Officer Erik Hite, mortally wounded in an ambush that followed a crosstown pursuit, clung to his last hours of life in a hospital room. Kyle Kadous, a middle school student, talked about what had happened earlier that day with his father, an officer with the Tucson Police Department. And he imagined, for a terrible moment, that it could have been his own family. Lori Oien, whose husband is a 29-year veteran with the state Department of Public Safety, lives two blocks from the rural, East Side site... Arizona Daily Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2137668/posts#comment Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:19:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129997/posts SIERRA VISTA — It is a simple but highly symbolical brass monument. Seventeen-year-old Jacob Hall unveils the Fallen Soldier’s Cross monument during a dedication ceremony Monday at the Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery. Hall initiated the monument venture as part of his Eagle Scout project. (Mark Levy-Herald/Review) Less than 5 feet high, the Fallen Soldier’s Cross was dedicated Monday afternoon, appropriately the day before Veterans Day. The boots, rifle and helmet tell a story of a fallen member of America’s armed forces. It has been used in Iraq and Afghanistan, where the deaths of U.S. military personnel have occurred. The... Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2129997/posts#comment Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:28:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950319/posts Boy scout saves leader of the Maldives By KRISHAN FRANCIS, Associated Press Writer The president of the Maldives was saved from assassination Tuesday when a boy scout grabbed the knife of an attacker who had jumped out of a crowd greeting the leader, an official said. President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was not hurt, but his shirt was ripped when the attacker tried to stab him before the boy and security guards intervened during the event on the small island of Horafushi, said government spokesman Mohammad Shareef. "This fellow in the crowd with a knife in his hand attempted to stab... Yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950319/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 17:22:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950143/posts A QUICK-thinking boy scout has thwarted an assassination bid against the president of the Maldives. Officials said Mohamed Murshid, 20, tried to plunge a knife into President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's stomach, but Asia's longest serving president was unhurt thanks to Mahamed Jaisham, 15, who wrestled with the attacker before he was detained. news.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1950143/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jan 2008 11:39:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929179/posts Thanks to the work of a couple dedicated Cub Scout Leaders there is a online network called PTC Media that showcases three Scouting-related audio podcasts and one video podcast. "Akela's Adventure" is an audio podcast that that features a den leader and his son as they review their den's latest meeting and activity. Don't forget to listen to a couple of jokes presented by the Cub Scout. http://www.ptcmedia.net/category/a-cub-scouting-adventure/ "An Hour A Week" is an audio podcast which features a cubmaster as he discusses events and issues about being a leader of a Cub Scout Pack. http://www.ptcmedia.net/category/an-hour-a-week-poscast/ "The Leader's Campfire" is... PTC Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1929179/posts#comment Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:33:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906612/posts MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A man who tried to build a nuclear reactor in a shed as a teenager will be assessed by doctors before starting a 90-day jail sentence for stealing smoke detectors. David Hahn, 31, was sentenced Tuesday in Macomb County Circuit Court on attempted larceny from a building. He was arrested in August after a maintenance worker saw him steal a smoke detector from his Clinton Township apartment complex. Police later found 15 other smoke detectors in his apartment. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1906612/posts#comment Thu, 4 Oct 2007 19:03:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887600/posts A man who became the subject of a book called "The Radioactive Boy Scout" after trying to build a nuclear reactor in a shed as a teenager pleaded guilty Monday in a theft case. David Hahn, 31, had been charged in the theft of 16 smoke detectors. Police in the Detroit suburb of Macomb County's Clinton Township said it was a possible effort to experiment with radioactive materials. During a Circuit Court hearing, Hahn pleaded guilty to attempted larceny of a building. The court's online docket said prosecutors recommended that he be sentenced to time served and enter an inpatient... The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1887600/posts#comment Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:17:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885543/posts Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding Section 5.675 as follows: (30 ILCS 105/5.675 new) Sec. 5.675. The Boy Scout and Girl Scout Fund. Section 10. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by adding Section 3-664 as follows: (625 ILCS 5/3-664 new) Sec. 3-664. Boy Scout and Girl Scout license plates. (a) The Secretary, upon receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special registration plates designated to be Boy Scout and Girl Scout plates.... State of Illinois Web site http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1885543/posts#comment Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:46:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818927/posts BLACKSBURG, Va. — The gunman in the Virginia Tech massacre was a sullen loner who alarmed professors and classmates with his twisted, blood-drenched creative writing and left a rambling note in his dorm room raging against women and rich kids.  A chilling picture emerged Tuesday of Cho Seung-Hui — a 23-year-old senior majoring in English — a day after the bloodbath that left 33 people dead, including Cho, who killed himself as police closed in. News reports said that he may have been taking medication for depression and that he was becoming increasingly violent and erratic. Despite the many warning... Chron.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818927/posts#comment Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:22:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803759/posts No details yet.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1803759/posts#comment Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:15:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1788931/posts A new video featuring a puppet called Buttons, the radical Boy Scout, has been posted. This time he tries to learn the Cub Scout Promise from a 3rd grade Cub Scout. The Cub Scout breaks out giggling quite often. If you would like a chuckle then check this out. Melrose Boy Scout Troop 68 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1788931/posts#comment Thu, 22 Feb 2007 02:00:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743907/posts It's sad, but a lot of people often go hungry during the holidays. But not if one local Boy Scout has anything to say about it. "Up until about two weeks before Thanksgiving, we didn't have a lot of food," admits Anna Garrison who has worked for the Marana Community Food Bank for the past 10 years. That's not the case now! "Soups, oatmeal, mac and cheese," says Boy Scout Riley Busby. "I think it's fantastic. I just. I think it's wonderful!" smiles Garrison. "Rice, juice, cereal," adds Busby. Garrison says she's never seen this much food donated from just... KVOA Tucson Channel 4 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743907/posts#comment Sat, 25 Nov 2006 22:26:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640467/posts The actions of a 13 year old boy once again showed up the adults in Cape Cod when it comes to supporting he troops!! A 13 year old Boy Scout that I met last week organized and made happen an event to raise money for items to be sent to the 25th Marines in Iraaq this last weekend, and even got active duty and Reserve personnel from all services to represent their respective fellow men. The story is below: Cape Cod Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1640467/posts#comment Tue, 30 May 2006 07:49:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639125/posts WASHINGTON, May 26, 2006 – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld received scouting's highest honor from the Boy Scouts of America here today. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld (right) receives the Silver Buffalo Award from the Boy Scouts of America in Washington, May 26. Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, USN   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. "I'm very honored to accept scouting's Silver Buffalo Award," Rumsfeld said during a breakfast sponsored by the National Eagle Scout Association. "Since its earliest days, the Boy Scouts have cultivated leadership and good citizenship, a service that has been... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1639125/posts#comment Sat, 27 May 2006 01:45:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548865/posts Golf Manor, a subdivision in Commerce Township, Mich., some 25 miles outside of Detroit, is the kind of place where nothing unusual is supposed to happen, where the only thing lurking around the corner is an ice-cream truck. But June 26, 1995, was not a typical day. Ask Dottie Pease. Cruising down Pinto Drive, Pease saw half a dozen men crossing her neighbor's lawn. Three, in respirators and white moon suits, were dismantling her next-door neighbor's shed with electric saws, stuffing the pieces into large steel drums emblazoned with radioactive warning signs. Huddled with a group of neighbors, Pease was... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1548865/posts#comment Thu, 29 Dec 2005 21:45:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1546166/posts (KUTV) An incredible and un-suspecting accident leaves a Utah Boy Scout just inches from death when he was stabbed right between his eyes. Jeff Jaeger spoke to Kevin Coulter and tells 2News how this was a truly freak accident. While raking leaves for a Boy Scout event, one of the leaders flung a knife from his hand while trying to catch another scout who had tripped. “It was dark, it was like 8:30 and there was a light and I saw it flash before it hit me,” said Kevin. The blade landed in between his frontal lobes. It was 2... KUTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1546166/posts#comment Fri, 23 Dec 2005 19:23:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1461821/posts Home Photo Gallery News & Facts Activities Jambo Map Exhibits Schedule Visiting “Ask Bob” BSA HomeJoin Scouts! Jamboree Today: August 2 August 1   July 31   July 30   July 29   July 28   July 27   July 262005 Jamboree Today Collectors Edition CD Order Form  Memories Are Made Of Presidents, Eagles And Starbursts.....GOPedro Burrowed In At National Exhibits.....GOTalent Search Uncovers Hidden Skills And Abilities.....GOA Letter Of Thanks From Western Alaska Troops.....GOScouts Had Loads Of Fun, Accomplished Much.....GO Memories Are Made Of Presidents, Eagles And Starbursts President George W. Bush shakes hands with Scouts after his address at the closing arena show. (Photo by... Jamboree Today: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1461821/posts#comment Fri, 12 Aug 2005 05:53:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/822030/posts 20TH WORLD SCOUT JAMBOREE Sexual shenanigans spice up camp life It's nothing unusual, say teenage visitors Anucha Charoenpo Young love birds share an intimate moment yesterday during a party for participants in the World Scout Jamboree at Haad Yao beach in Sattahip. _ JETJARAS NA RANONG Scouts from Western countries say having sex and forming relationships is common practice among participants at the 20th World Scout Jamboree in Sattahip. They say they are well aware of the risk of sexually transmitted disease and take the necessary precautions. Rob Rolfe, 17, from Britain, said he believed some couples were having sex... Bangkok Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/822030/posts#comment Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:43:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450536/posts Grizzly mauls boy in Alaska Sunday, July 24, 2005 Associated Press Anchorage, Alaska — A 15-year-old boy from Texas who was attacked by a grizzly bear was recovering at an Anchorage hospital from bites to his legs and arms. The attack occurred Friday while Alex Benson and his Boy Scout troop were wrapping up a 42-kilometre hike. Alex apparently startled the bear on the trail, just half an hour from the end of the hike. He was bitten at least twice before the bear ran off. The boy was left with a shredded arm and puncture wounds in his leg.... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450536/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jul 2005 04:27:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450527/posts Four Boy Scout Leaders Die in Va. Accident By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM, Associated Press Writer Four adult Boy Scout leaders from Alaska were killed Monday afternoon in an electrical accident during the opening day of the organization's 2005 Jamboree. The accident happened between 4:30 and 5 p.m. while the leaders were setting up camp, officials said. More than six hours after the deaths, little additional information had been released. The Jamboree is being held on the grounds of the Army's Fort A.P. Hill; Army officials referred questions to Jamboree officials, who declined to detail how the accident occurred. One other leader... YahooNews/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1450527/posts#comment Tue, 26 Jul 2005 04:17:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435461/posts Rescuers manage to get a rope on the Boy Scouts' raft FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) - Authorities say the part of the Animas River where a Boy Scout was thrown from a raft before drowning is very dangerous. State police say the body of 15-year-old Chase Hathenbruck of Farmington was pulled from the river about five miles from where he fell in near Lowhead Dam. Hathenbruck and another scout were thrown from the raft when it got caught in the churning waters near the dam. The other teen was able to swim to shore but authorities say Hathenbruck's life jacket... kobtv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435461/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jul 2005 22:23:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435294/posts A Boy Scout died Thursday in a rafting accident in the Animas River. State police said Chase Hathenbruck, 15, of Farmington, N.M., died when he, a scout master and four other boys got their raft trapped in the churning waters of a diversion dam for the Farmington Pump Station on Penny Lane near Flora Vista. Hathenbruck and a 14-year-old boy who was not identified fell out of the raft, ripping off Hathenbruck's personal floatation device. The 14-year-old swam to shore. The remaining three scouts and scout master remained in the raft and were caught in the churning waters of the... KOAT.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1435294/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:01:34 GMT