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From: ad980@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul S. Wolf)
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Scout Sabbath & Sunday - The Scout Law
Date: 19 Dec 1992 03:59:16 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: ad980@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul S. Wolf)
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Here is a repost of the COMPLETE reading of the Scout Law with
Biblical readings appropriate to each point.  Again, this is based
on the BSA version of the law, but could easily be adapted to the
Scout Law of other Scout Organizations in other countries.



The following is the third in a series of suggested readings, prayers,
and responsive readings for use at Scout Sabbath and Scout Sunday
services.  This is a responsive reading, using excerts from the Holy
Scriptures to relate the Scout Law (BSA version) to religious teachings.

	THE SCOUT LAW

	A Responsive Reading


Leader:	The person who is dishonest shall not live in My house;
	the person who is untruthful shall not stand before My eyes.
							Psalms 101:7

Cong:	A SCOUT IS TRUSTWORTHY.

Leader:	And Ruth said: 'Do not beg me to leave you or to return from
	following after you, for where you go I will go; and where
	you stay, I will stay.'				Ruth 1:16

Cong:	A SCOUT IS LOYAL.

Leader:	You shall love your neighbor as yourself.	Leviticus 19:18

Cong:	A SCOUT IS HELPFUL.

Leader: Can two walk together unless they agree?	Amos 3:3

Cong:	A SCOUT IS FRIENDLY.

Leader:	Honor your Father and your Mother.		Exodus 20:12

Cong:	A SCOUT IS COURTEOUS.

Leader:	Withhold not good from the person to whom it is due, when it
	is in the power of your hand to do it.		Proverbs 3:27

Cong:	A SCOUT IS KIND.

Leader:	Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words
	of knowledge.					Proverbs 23:12

Cong:	A SCOUT IS OBEDIENT.

Leader:	A glad heart is good medicine.			Proverbs 17:22

Cong:	A SCOUT IS CHEERFUL.

Leader:	Precious treasure remains in a wise person's dwelling, but a
	foolish person uses it up.			Proverbs 21:20

Cong:	A SCOUT IS THRIFTY.

Leader:	Be strong and of good courage.			I Chronicles 28:20

Cong:	A SCOUT IS BRAVE.

Leader:	Who shall ascend the mountain of the Lord?  And who shall
	stand in His holy place?  The person who has clean hands
	and a pure heart.				Psalms 24:3-4

Cong:	A SCOUT IS CLEAN.

Leader:	It has been told to you what is good, and what the Lord requires
	of you;  Only to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk
	humbly with your God.				Micah 6:8

Cong:	A SCOUT IS REVERENT.



Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: pnsf01dw@UMASSD.EDU (Dennis J. Wilkinson)
Subject: Re: Words to "ANNOUNCEMENTS"
Reply-To: pnsf01dw@UMASSD.EDU
Organization: UMASS DARTMOUTH, NO. DARTMOUTH, MA.
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 17:58:15 GMT

I was always assaulted with this version...

A terrible death to die, a terrible death to die
A terrible death to be talked to death
A terrible death to die
Announcements, announcements, announcements, please

Row row row your boat gently down the stream
Ha ha fooled ya' I'm a submarine
Announcements, announcements, announcements, please

Mary had a little lamb little lamb little lamb
Mary had a little lamb
The doctors were surprised...
Announce.... (oh, you get it...)

When Mary had a little ;amb the doctors were surprised
But when Old MacDonald had a farm they couldn't beleive their eyes...

(My staff eventually figured out that it was a bit more taunting to give
just enough pause in between verses to make me or whoever think that they'd
wrapped it up... luckily, I catch on quicker than they did most of the time.

To any fledgling Program-Directorish person or Scoutmasterish person out
there... it helps to have some signal with your staff to let them know when it's
*not* a good time for this song... either don't say you're up for announcements
or have that Scout Sign at the ready...)

-Dennis
----------------------------------------------------
Dennis J. Wilkinson, II  (pnsf01dw@umassd.edu)
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth - Design/CS Project

The opinions reflected in this post are MINE!!!! ALL MINE!!!!!
From: drich@sandman.lerc.nasa.gov (Daniel Rich)
Subject: Re: Webelos crystals
Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:22:13 GMT

In article <9DEC199207434613@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov> lang@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (F. L. Lang, NASA/GSFC, (301)286-4424) writes:

>...  What have you found to work?  How long does it take before
> moderately large crystals begin to form?  We suspect that sugar must
> be added to the very hot water until no more will dissolve. 

I haven't done this in quite some time, but there really isn't a set
recipe.  Basically, you should just be able heat the water, add sugar
until no more disolves (you need to supersaturate the solution), and
then drop in your seed (or a string tied to a pencil for rock candy).
Crystals should start to form as soon as the liquid cools, and should
continue to grow for a day or so (I think...)

>...  Is there a substitution we could make?  Is there another crystal
> recipe we could suggest to our scouts?  

Get a copy of the book "Crystals and Crystal Growing" by Alan Holden.
It is filled with chrystal projects and ideas.  The last time I did
anything with crystals, it was out of this book.

		Dan Rich
		Eagle Scout '83
-- 
-- 
Dan Rich                    | drich@lerc.nasa.gov   |  (216) 433-4000
Sr. Systems Engineer        | "Danger, you haven't seen the last of me!"
RMS Technologies, Inc.      |    "No, but the first of you turns my stomach!"
NASA Lewis Research Center  | -- The Firesign Theatre's Nick Danger

Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: j_butler@ponil.enet.dec.com ()
Subject: Re: Is anybody out there?
Reply-To: j_butler@ponil.enet.dec.com ()
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 16:43:24 GMT


>In article <1992Dec13.214447.1255@u.washington.edu>, mustang@hardy.u.washington.edu (Brian Watson) writes:
>Newsgroups: rec.scouting
>Path: nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!news.crl.dec.com!deccrl!caen!batcomputer!cornell!uw-beaver!news.u.washington.edu!hardy.u.washington.edu!mustang
>From: mustang@hardy.u.washington.edu (Brian Watson)
>Subject: Is anybody out there?
>Message-ID: <1992Dec13.214447.1255@u.washington.edu>
>Sender: news@u.washington.edu (USENET News System)
>Reply-To: mustang@u.washington.edu
>Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
>Distribution: usa
>Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 21:44:47 GMT
>
>I was just wondering if anybody is manning Philmont Scout Ranch this time
>of year.  I tried calling down on several different days but nobody is
>answering.  I have 505-376-2281 as the phone number I'm using.  Is this
>the wrong number?  
>
>Brian


Brian,

505-376-2281 is the correct number. I talked to them Friday. The best time
to call is between 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM Mountain Standard Time. Your address
indicates Seattle, so that would be between 8:00 AM and 3:00PM for you.

Their winter staff is quite a bit smaller than the summer staff, and they
are pretty busy coordinating registrations for several hundred expected
crews planning for this summer.

You'll get the switchboard operator. Tell her who you need to speak to or
give her the topic you want to talk about. She'' direct your call.

Good luck!

John B.
From: Paul_Parry@brown.edu (Paul Parry)
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Re: Words to "ANNOUNCEMENTS"
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 13:51:57 EST
Organization: Brown University - Providence, RI
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In article <BzBB94.1HF@umassd.edu>, pnsf01dw@UMASSD.EDU (Dennis J. Wilkinson)
said:
>To any fledgling Program-Directorish person or Scoutmasterish person out
>there..it helps to have some signal with your staff to let them know when it's
>*not* a good time for this song...either don't say you're up for announcements
>or have that Scout Sign at the ready...)

Or use alternate phrasing:

program notes
messages
reminders
words from our sponsor
things you just gotta know
declarations
proclamations
promulgations
manifestos
edicts
rumours
...

-Paul Parry
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: anthropo@carina.unm.edu (Dominick V. Zurlo)
Subject: Santa Clause
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 18:15:20 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Merry Christmas all!

Well, I just finished my mornign stint as Santa for our child-care center
here at work.  The kids in the center are the children of our 
patients (it's a drug and alcohol abuse outpatient clinic).  A lot
of them won't get anything else this christmas, and so this has been real 
special.  The feeling I get when I see the kids faces light up just 
reminds me more and more why we're here on this earth.  

The kids are so cute. One of the girls was only here for a minute, 
so I rushed over there, and caught her in the hallway, (right by our 
methadone dispensing, with all these clients lined up) and she just 
lit up!  When I gave her her present, she just hugged me and thanked
me (Santa of course).  then I went in to the rest of the kids and 
handed out stockings and a couple of gifts.  This is so much fun!  
(I've also been asked to play Santa over the phone for one of our 
Directors's grandkids...what fun...:->)

Anyway, I have been just bursting with this, so I'll see you all in 
a week.  

Relevance to rec.scouting... Well, I always remember as a Cub getting
to meet Santa at our December pack meeting.  It brings back lots of
good memories of scouting.  Now that I get to be Santa for a while, 
I wish I could go back east to my old Cub Pack and play Santa for them.
Someday...
Also, just a tip for would-be Santas, if you're using your real beard
like I'm doing, there is a real good dye called Snow White.  It's pretty
easy to apply, comes off with water and is easy to shampoo out.  It is a 
little stiff, but not too bad if you apply it properly. 
This is good for other skits and stuff too at camp and during meetings when
you have performances or skits (dinners, courts of honor where stories are
used, etc...)  

Merry Christmas and to all a Good Post!!

Good 'ole St. Nick
(PS since my name in Mundainan is Dominick, and so is my cousin (and 
g-father and an uncle) we would call him Nick and me Dominick, and now 
I'm the one getting called St. Nick.   Just amusing, no relevance to 
anything...)
Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Saturday, 12 Dec 1992 22:21:31 EST
From: <IO01274@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Lake of Isles, Stonington CT - Long Rivers Council

Does anyone know if Isles was indeed sold to the Pequot Indians.  If so,
When did it happen? I heard awhile back that it's sale was pending.  Any
other information you might have about this would be appreciated.
Jon Ramsdell
Troop 2020 -Vernon, CT (well used to be here)
Eagle Scout
From: bob.kenyon@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Bob Kenyon) 
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Woodbadge Course
Date: 17 Dec 92 15:49:00 GMT
Reply-To: bob.kenyon@freddy.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Bob Kenyon) 
Distribution: world
Organization: Freddy's Place BBS - Edmonton, AB - 403-456-4241

I will be training on this spring's Regional Woodbage II course for Cub
Leaders. If there are any Cub Leaders out there that would be interested
in corresponding with Canadian counterparts, please reply with:

Your Name
Full Mailing Address
Group Name & Number
City
Country

I will make up a list and distribute during the course. I will also
include the rec.scouting address of those who reply, for those persons
in the course that may wish to join the newsgroup.

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Yours In Scouting

Bob Kenyon, Trainer III                FREDDY'S PLACE BBS
Edmonton Regional Council              (403)456-4241
Edmonton, AB. Canada

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


 * SLMR 2.1a * Nothing is so smiple that it can't get screwed up.
From: ad980@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul S. Wolf)
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Scout Sabbath & Sunday - The Scout Law
Date: 18 Dec 1992 01:09:05 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: ad980@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul S. Wolf)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


The following is the second in a series of suggested readings, prayers,
and responsive readings for use at Scout Sabbath and Scout Sunday
services.  The Responsive reading below is based on the Scout Oath used
in the United States (BSA) It could easily be modified for other countries.

	The Scout Oath

	A Responsive Reading

Leader:	Our Honor is a quality we possess because of our dignity as
	human beings and children of GOD.  Our 'best' means to give all
	we have.  It means to keep striving to do what we know is right,
	and in the Oath it means we will try to be good Scouts by
	fulfilling our Scout duties as expressed in the Scout Law.

Cong:	ON MY HONOR, I WILL DO MY BEST...

Leader:	Our duty to GOD and country means chiefly two things:
	obedience and loyalty.  The duties we owe to the House of GOD,
	and to our country, to parents, to one another, and to ourselves
	come from some command of GOD.  The Scout Law sums up all the
	qualities a Scout should have and without which he can not be a
	good Scout.

Cong:	TO DO MY DUTY TO GOD AND MY COUNTRY, AND TO OBEY THE SCOUT LAW...

Leader:	Our Lord told us that love of our neighbor was like the first law
	of love of GOD.  The first children of GOD were known by the love
	they had for one another.  Real human charity or love prompts us
	to want to help others at all times.  Our Scout training will
	give us skills and knowledge that will put us in a better
	position to do this.

Cong:	TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES...

Leader:	Scouting offers us many opportunities to grow strong physically.
	To be alert and ready requires us to give special care to those
	gifts of soul - intellect and will - that make us unto GOD.
	'Morally Straight' means we must try to know what is right and
	true, and to love what is good and choose it.

Cong:	TO KEEP MYSELF PHYSICALLY STRONG, MENTALLY AWAKE, AND
	MORALLY STRAIGHT.


Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: wjturner@iastate.edu (William J Turner)
Subject: Re: Words to "ANNOUNCEMENTS"
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:37:48 GMT

In article <1gjanaINNn0s@west.West.Sun.COM> anet@penumbra.West.Sun.COM writes:
>
>Does anyone out there know the words to the song "Announcements"?
>

It is sung as follows at the Mid-Iowa Council Camps.  However, the last
part is used in only one of the two camps.

	Announcements, Announcements, announcements.
	A terrible death to die, a terrible death to die,
	A terrible death to talk to death,
	A terrible death to die.
	Announcements, announcements, announcements.

	We sold our farm, we sold our cow,
	We have no use for your bull now.

	Make announcements short and sweet,
	Short and sweet, short and sweet.
	Make announcements short and sweet.
	They're so BORING!!!


Weuchsowagan -- Will


Will Turner
ASM Troop 182, Ankeny, Iowa, Mid-Iowa Council
Eagle Scout class of 1987
Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow.
Scoutcraft Director, Camp Mitigwa and Wapello, 1991

-- 
Will Turner,  N0RDV		 --------------------------------
wjturner@iastate.edu		| Whatever the mind can conceive |
twp77@isuvax.iastate.edu	| and believe, it can achieve.   |
TURNERW@vaxld.ameslab.gov	 --------------------------------
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: alee3@mach1.wlu.ca (allan lee 9207 U)
Subject: Re: Words to "ANNOUNCEMENTS"
Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 15:42:55 GMT

The words I remember are:

ANOUNCEMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS.

A HORRIBLE DEATH TO DIE, A HORRIBLE DEATH TO DIE
A HORRIBLE DEATH TO BE BORED TO DEATH
A HORRIBLE DEATH TO DIE

ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS

I'M FALLING ASLEEP ON MY FEET, I'M FALLING ASLEEP ON MY FEET
I AM FALLING ASLEEP AS HE BORES ALONG
I'M FALLING ASLEEP ON MY FEET


	 	            _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

		I am what I have been, what I am, and what I can yet be

			   I am all of those, and I am more. 

					I am me.		
				
				       Allan Lee
				   alee3@mach1.wlu.ca
From: ad980@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul S. Wolf)
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Scout Sabbath & Sunday - The Scout Oath
Date: 18 Dec 1992 01:27:15 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: ad980@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul S. Wolf)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


The following is the second in a series of suggested readings, prayers,
and responsive readings for use at Scout Sabbath and Scout Sunday
services.  The Responsive reading below is based on the Scout Oath used
in the United States (BSA) It could easily be modified for other countries.

	The Scout Oath

	A Responsive Reading

Leader:	Our Honor is a quality we possess because of our dignity as
	human beings and children of GOD.  Our 'best' means to give all
	we have.  It means to keep striving to do what we know is right,
	and in the Oath it means we will try to be good Scouts by
	fulfilling our Scout duties as expressed in the Scout Law.

Cong:	ON MY HONOR, I WILL DO MY BEST...

Leader:	Our duty to GOD and country means chiefly two things:
	obedience and loyalty.  The duties we owe to the House of GOD,
	and to our country, to parents, to one another, and to ourselves
	come from some command of GOD.  The Scout Law sums up all the
	qualities a Scout should have and without which he can not be a
	good Scout.

Cong:	TO DO MY DUTY TO GOD AND MY COUNTRY, AND TO OBEY THE SCOUT LAW...

Leader:	Our Lord told us that love of our neighbor was like the first law
	of love of GOD.  The first children of GOD were known by the love
	they had for one another.  Real human charity or love prompts us
	to want to help others at all times.  Our Scout training will
	give us skills and knowledge that will put us in a better
	position to do this.

Cong:	TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE AT ALL TIMES...

Leader:	Scouting offers us many opportunities to grow strong physically.
	To be alert and ready requires us to give special care to those
	gifts of soul - intellect and will - that make us unto GOD.
	'Morally Straight' means we must try to know what is right and
	true, and to love what is good and choose it.

Cong:	TO KEEP MYSELF PHYSICALLY STRONG, MENTALLY AWAKE, AND
	MORALLY STRAIGHT.
From: ad980@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul S. Wolf)
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
Subject: Scout Sabbath & Sunday - The Scout Law
Date: 18 Dec 1992 01:22:04 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Reply-To: ad980@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul S. Wolf)
NNTP-Posting-Host: slc4.ins.cwru.edu


The following is the third in a series of suggested readings, prayers,
and responsive readings for use at Scout Sabbath and Scout Sunday
services.  This is a responsive reading, using excerts from the Holy
Scriptures to relate the Scout Law (BSA version) to religious teachings.

	THE SCOUT LAW

Leader:	The person who is dishonest shall not live in My house;
	the person who is untruthful shall not stand before My eyes.
							Psalms 101:7

Cong:	A SCOUT IS TRUSTWORTHY.

Leader:	And Ruth said: 'Do not beg me to leave you or to return from
	following after you, for where you go I will go; and where
	you stay, I will stay.'				Ruth 1:16

Cong:	A SCOUT IS LOYAL.

Leader:	You shall love your neighbor as yourself.	Leviticus 19:18

Cong:	A SCOUT IS HELPFUL.

Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: mdtanner@athena.mit.edu (Marc Tanner)
Subject: Re: Words to "ANNOUNCEMENTS"
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
	<1gjcmnINN4mv@cat.cis.Brown.EDU>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 20:02:19 GMT


I assume the words to the Announcements Song vary a lot depending on
what part of the country you're in, and I suppose every summer camp
must have its own little twists...but here's the one we used at Camp
Mountaineer, BSA, during my two years on staff and the several
preceding that as a camper:

Announcements, Announcements, Annooouuncements.

[tune of "The Farmer in the Dell":]
What a terrible way to die!  What a terrible way to die!
What a terrible way to be bored to death,
What a terrible way to die!

Announcements, Announcements, Annooouuncements.

[At this point, someone would stand up and do a monologue, and then
the whole group would repeat the chourus.  We did as many monologues
interspersed with choruses as we could get in before the program
director made us shut up (which was in itself a hit with the campers)
Here are a sampling.  Some had a tune, others were just spoken.]

Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb;
Mary had a little lamb, the doctor was surprised.

Swing low, sweet chariot;
Scraaape!

Little Miss Muffett sat on her tuffett
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider and sat down beside her
So she beat it over the head with a spoon.

Cow, cow, we have no cow;
We have no need for your bull now.

Spider, spider, on the wall
Haven't you got no sense at all?
Can't you see this wall's been plastered?
Can't you see, you little...spider.

When Mary had a little lamb, the doctor was surprised;
But when Old MacDonald had a farm, the doctor almost died!

--
There were lots more.

At the beginning of the week, it was mostly the staff that came up
with verses, but by the end of camp, scouts from every troop were
making up their own new ones and saying them.  Woe unto the poor
staffer that should happen to slip the word "announcements" into
any words of wisdom he might be pronouncing!

						--Marc

Marc D. Tanner
Eagle Scout '91
ASM Troop 49
Mountaineer Area Council, WV
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: hayesj@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (HAYES JAMES MICHAEL JR)
Subject: Re: Words to "ANNOUNCEMENTS"
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 00:01:41 GMT


Thank you to all the posters.  I read this group to keep some
involvement going with scouting and this thread has put a smile
back on my face after a particularly stressful day.
-- 
  Mike Hayes             |"Knowledge is good."  - Faber College Motto
  WWW                    |"Knowledge and Thoroughness" -Rensselear Poly Motto
  Unemployed Tech,       |"No, thank YOU!"  -Groucho Marx, 'A Day at the Races'
  Driven to banging my head against engineering physics for 4 years.
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: o-vinje@hsr.no (Odd E. Vinje)
Subject: Re: Webelos - Summer Camp
Organization: Rogaland University Centre
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 12:53:58 GMT

A group of scouts (girls and boys, age 12 ->) are planning a summertrip to 
northern parts of England, maybe Scotland. Do you have any information 
about camps or special scout-events in the area ?

We are planning to go late in June, do anyone know when the english 
summerholiday starts ?

Regards, Odd E. Vinje
Newsgroups: rec.scouting
From: DRPORTER@SUVM.SYR.EDU (Brad Porter)
Subject: Re: Wanted:  Advancement Tracking Sftw.
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 92 21:43:31 EST

sterNEADD
Hmmm, I could possibly write a progarm that did this for windows or Dos, wht ex
actly do you want it to do?  A spreadsheet might do the trick unless you wnat s
omething fairly sofisticated.
                      -Brad Porter
DRPORTER@SUVM
In article <CAPELLA.92Dec8075838@masig.fsu.edu>
capella@masig.fsu.edu (Jorge Capella) writes:
 
>
>I'm looking for scout advancement tracking software for msdos or windows.
>Please post replies or send to j_capell@upr2.clu.net or
>capella@masig.fsu.edu.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>J.
Newsgroups: rec.scouting