Troop 1445 Videos, 2010 National Scout Jamboree

July 29, 2010

This blog post will contain links to various videos about Troop 1445’s trip to the 2010 National Scout Jamboree.  We are joining with 40,000 other Scouts and 10-15,000 volunteer support staff to celebrate 100 years of Scouting in America.  We left Minndesota on Sunday, July 19 and have toured Washington, DC, Gettysburg, the Flight 93 [...]

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Why Did God Create Socks?

July 9, 2010

Several years ago, our family was on vacation…driving in our minivan across the South Dakota prairie on Interstate-90.  As with many families on vacation, conversation, games, and music helped make the 500-mile trip seem shorter.  But an all-day drive is still a long ride with young children.
After another great lunch at Al’s Oasis along the [...]

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The Cost of Kid$

July 8, 2010

While I do not know the author of this story, it reminds us that money cannot measure our investment in children, let alone the returns they provide to us.  I hope you enjoy reading this story.  If you know the name of the original author, please let me know, so I can give appropriate credit [...]

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Five Simple Rules

July 7, 2010

The author of these Five Simple Rules is not known to me, so if you know who originated these Rules, please let me know.
One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was [...]

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John Wooden’s Seven Point Creed

July 5, 2010

Coach John Wooden passed away on June 4, 2010 at 99 years young, after serving as one of the world’s greatest coaches of all time.
John Robert Wooden (born October 14, 1910, in Martinsville, Indiana) is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player (Class of 1961) and a coach (Class of [...]

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