Thanks To All Of Our Readers....600 visits And Still Rolling

Hard to believe that only months ago when I started this blog it would have been for anyone but our boys. But it has become far more than that. I am so thrilled when I receive comments from readers or requests to use our posts. I work really hard trying to find the most Scout appropriate material for our leaders and boys. To look at the hit counter and see it roll over 600 is awesome both for myself and for our Troop. It means that we are doing our best! Our best to get our young men in an area where they are far more intelligent than we elders......the internet. Yes the great power of the internet. There is the good and the bad as in all of life. We only hoped to make our site not only good but GREAT! Following the values of scouting.

I would feel very honored to know that somewhere some young scout is able to learn, if only one thing or get a laugh and a smile for the day. I would love to believe that all of our boys are looking and reading, learning something new, that is the greatest honor, to teach our youth! That is life. Laughing and learning each and everyday. Thanks to all who read our blog and please keep coming back and keep reading we are honored!

Thanks and God Bless!
Troop 51

Custaloga Town French And Indian War Encampment June 20 and 21st- Fathers Day Weekend

The French Creek Council of the BSA and the French Creek Living History Association will host a series of living history events at Custaloga Town Boy Scout Reservation on Father's Day Weekend, June 20 and 21, 2009 

Walk among the tents and view camp life of the 1750s. Listen to lectures on local 18th century history by respected historians.The encampment will be open for public view from 9am to 7pm on Saturday, June 20, and from 9am to 4pm on Sunday, June 21, 2009. 

The two-day encampment will include a blacksmith, 18th-century gunsmiths/gun dealers, powder horn makers/engravers, a woodland Native American camp, cannon and musket firing demonstrations, French and Native fur trade scenarios, live tactical engagements, Baroque + Folk Music Concert each afternoon and French & Indian War era painters. 

Paul Stillman returns as Ben Franklin with his glass armonica. He will also conducting workshops on quill pens, powder horns and a brain tan program. 

Come see the site where an actual Delaware/Mingo town existed!!

Custaloga Town Boy Scout Camp is located south of Meadville and north of Franklin near Carlton, PA

Just 1 hour and 15 minutes from Erie, PA

Thanks to the charitable support by local area businesses, admission to the event and parking are free!!! Make plans to visit historic Custaloga Town and the F & I War Encampment, today!


For more information call the French Creek Living History Association at: 814-694-3864 or or 814-734-5360. 

Here is a link to the site and for directions:

http://www.geocities.com/brigman2000/CustalogaTown.html

Huckabee Speaks to Scouts During Leadership Breakfast

Over 430 businesspeople from Southeastern Wisconsin converged on the Country Springs Hotel for Potawatomi Area Council’s 11th Annual Leadership Breakfast to learn more about Scouting in the area and hear Mike Huckabee’s views on leadership.

Mr. Huckabee was the 44th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1996-2007, and campaigned for the 2008 Republican nomination for President. He has published five books, his latest, Do the Right Thing: Inside the Movement That’s Bringing Common Sense Back to America. Mr. Huckabee has numerous connections to Scouting; he was a Cub Scout and Boy Scout, one of his son’s is an Eagle Scout, the other was an Explorer. 

Boy Scout Earns...Scouting Medal Of Merit...Saving A Life

This tells you that given the right information and training our boys are very capable. They truly do make us so very proud. Congratulations Silverman-King on being awarded the Scouting Medal Of Merit. The national awards are rare with less than 250 presented nationwide each year. They are presented for putting in practice Scouting skills/and/or ideals in the performance of some outstanding act of service of rare or exceptional character that reflects an uncommon concern for the well-being of others

Contests -- Boyslife.org

The Boys’ Life “Happy Birthday, BSA” photograph contest is open to readers age 6 to 17. Its theme: The Five Pillars of Scouting. Use your imagination and come up with a photograph or photographs that illustrate one or more of these important BSA values:

• Character
• Leadership
• Achievement
• Outdoors
• Community Service

Follow this link to enter the Happy Birthday BSA photo Contest. You never know your photo could be on the cover of Boys' Life.  Here is the link :

Contests -- Boyslife.org

Scouting Stories Needed

“A Scout Is..” by Todd Shaw

Todd Shaw (Eagle Scout class of 1980) is writing a book based on the Scout law and the principles taught in Scouting.

The goal of the book is to encourage Boy Scouts (both young & old) to apply the principles of Scouting to their life. As adult leaders, our life lessons can encourage the next generation of Scouts to remain true to the principles that Scouting teaches.

It will be written in a motivational / inspirational style book that includes famous quotes or sayings that go along with each theme of the Scout Law and/or Scout Oath, and (this is where Todd needs your help) stories from adults who went through Scouting and who have applied the principles of the Scout Law and Oath to their life.”

If you have any stories to share with him, please visit www.ascoutis.com and download the form online or to view sample stories. Please have the questionnaire back to Todd before June 30th , 2009.

Todd is also the author of “Out of the Box and Loving it”, and co-author of “The Values Driven Life”. Todd also has many contributions in Orlando’s Magic VP, Pat Williams’ book, “Coaching your kids to be Leaders”. 

Take advantage of this opportunity leaders. We certainly do have alot of stories to share. Stories that will be remembered for years.

Tis entry was posted on www.scouting.org

Pole Dance

Now this is really going to make you smile. We love the wildlife especially bears. Our boys got to see a few 2 years ago at Calumet in Bradford, Pa. A few of the troops got to see them really up close and personal. That is they were personal with their doughnuts that were raising while the troop enjoyed their activities. Needless to say, they never saw those doughnuts. It is very important to respect nature and to respect our wildlife. Also to remember what they are capable of. Personally there are times I myself would tear up a camp for a crispy creme but that's another story for another day. So for now just remember to....Leave No Trace. That includes DOUGHNUTS!

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Dutch Oven Cobbler- Sure To Be A Hit At Your Next Campout

Dutch Oven Cobbler

Ingredients:

1 can of cherry pie filling 
1 can of crushed pineapple 
1 box of yellow cake mix (not the pudding-type) 
1 cube butter 
1 small package of chopped walnuts 
Directions:

Dump both cans of fruit on the bottom of a foil-lined 12″ dutch oven (spray with pam cooking spray before lining with tin foil). 
Spread the yellow cake mix evenly on top of the filling (just pour it right out of the package). 
Dice the cube of butter in small chunks and drop it as evenly as possible on top of the cake mix. 
Sprinkle the chopped walnuts on top of the mix. 
Cover and bake around 350 degrees for about 45-50 minutes – you want the top of the cobbler brown and bubbly, and not too dark. (I use 22-23 briquettes, with around 9 underneath the oven. I don’t replace them during cooking). 
Rotate the oven AND the lid every 15 minutes. 
The butter melts into the cake mix and it comes out so good. As you can see it’s a very easy dessert to make. While it’s baking the scent of pineapple and cherry starts to flow around you. I think I’ve had a request to make this at every campout I’ve been on.

Instead of cherry pie filling you could add a can of blackberries – it tastes good with them too. And you can try different fruits to suit your taste, even fresh fruits. (If you use fresh fruit you should mix them with a little sugar first.)

Top it off with some whip cream and you are set for the evening! And if you can smuggle some vanilla ice cream to the campout, this is great a-la-mode.

National Get Outdoors Day 2009 | Scouting News

A consortium of federal agencies and nonprofit organizations and the recreation industry today announced details for National Get Outdoors Day 2009, an annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun across the nation. On June 13, 2009, participating organizations will offer sites for American families to sample both traditional and new types of outdoor activities. Prime goals of the day are reaching first-time visitors to public lands and reconnecting our youth to the great outdoors, and then invite those taking part in the day to visit specific sites for fun “EChO-Events” for opportunities to hike with rangers, learn to fish, and go mountain biking.

In June 2008, more than 60 National Get Outdoors Day events were held, drawing tens of thousands of youth and their families. The events included climbing walls, chances to have pictures taken with Smokey Bear, introductions to fishing and new activities like geocaching and much more.

If you would like more information here is the link. Let's get our young men out into the great outdoors. Hiking, biking and just experiencing what nature has to offer. After all that's what Boy Scouts is about

National Get Outdoors Day 2009 | Scouting News