Sign's Up
BSA image from Las Vegas Area Council used under Fair Usage policies Shawn Cosgrove wrote and asked recently within a Scouting discussion group on Facebook:When a Scout or Scouter needs to quiet a room down, and they put their “signs up,” some people have the bad habit of shouting “SIGNS UP.”What are your ways to discourage this behavior, without being rude? Or are... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-05-13Mom
Walton Family image Mothers' Day is the second Sunday in May. In 2019 (this year), it is May 12th.My mother -- and those others I consider "Mom" -- are all visiting each other in Heaven. I have no doubt about it. That's what Moms do -- they spend more time going around, talking their children up and not saying much about themselves. When they were alive on this Earth, they would spend more time talking... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-05-09Why Boy Scouting
Troop 225 Pattonville Archives Going through today's email, I receive a question from one fella and a comment made within one of several Internet groups I co-moderate. Both address the same question:"Has Boy Scouting outlived its purpose in today's environment?"It's a tough question to answer without "jingos" or "catchphrases." The short answer, of course, is "no"; followed by a longer answer, "no, it has not outlived its cachet, it's importance, it's prominence in American... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-05-06All I want to do is Scouts
Shutterstock image purchased by Mike Walton As many of you following me either here or elsewhere on the Internet know, I get an awful lot of electronic mail every day. It never stops -- not for Christmas or Easter; not for my birthday nor that of my mate or any of my children. It has ebbs and flows and since I put my email addresses "out there," I really cannot complain too much about the... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-04-29It's what you do with it...
Mike Walton Those of you in business have heard of the "virtues" of the Eagle Scout. It's legendary. People have told you -- if they have not already -- that Eagle Scouts can almost walk on water; can repair or "jerry rig" anything to make it work; knows how to find their way out of the woods, a paper bag, a balloon, and an alley. He knows how to use a hatchet, read a... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-04-22Recipe Flyer
Have you and your scouts enjoyed the games, songs, crafts, activity ideas, ceremonies and everything else InsaneScouter has provided since 1998? As an Eagle Scout I know that these types of activities bring scouts together and create opportunities for them to grow. As such, why not help us grow? All you have to do is print out our recipe flyer and give it to your Scouting friends. Maybe take it to Roundtable, a committee... [More]
By: InsaneScouter On: 2019-04-17I thought you taught...
Norman Rockwell print used under Fair Usage guidelines A frequent comment which finds its way into part of the daily email I receive from parents and Scout leaders ("Scouters") goes something like this: "Isn't scouting one of the last or THE last traditional boy's program left where boys can be taught how to be men." No. The BSA was never designed to "teach boys how to be men." Actually, this goes back to the... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-04-15Be a part off...
Shutterstock image purchased by Mike Walton I became a Cub Scout, and therefore a member of the Boy Scouts of America, via a flyer stuffed in our postal mailbox in Germany in 1967. The flyer simply informed the holder that Cub Scouts -- Pack 63, sponsored by the American Legion Post 63 -- was available in Ludwigsburg, Germany -- and that I should join! Most importantly for ME, the Pack's meeting place was right across... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-04-08A Review of Two Scoutbox
I recently contacted Scoutbox about being a sponsor for InsaneScouter. Scoutbox says that they are the only subscription box by Scouts for Scouts. In return Scoutbox suggested that they would send me a box which I could review and see where it goes from there. For those of you who do not know Scoutbox is a $40 a month subscription service, where they send you a box of products good for Scouts.... [More]
By: InsaneScouter On: 2019-04-04Slow & Steady
BSA graphic used under Fair Usage policies February 8 - is the birthday of the incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America. The organization was founded before 1910, but on the morning of 8 February, the organization was incorporated in New York City.With many questioning our reason for being -- and for being as open and inclusive as we have become in the last six years -- I thought it was good to give you... [More]
By: Mike Walton (blackeagle) On: 2019-04-02