SCOUTER'S DIGEST
Scouting-E-Zine
A Chronicle of American Scouting
Volume 4, Issue No. 02 January 18, 2002
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Scout Week
is The First week
in February!

Scouting in the U.S.A.
Started February 8th, 1910

Here are some ways you can celebrate
Scout Sunday!

The Chaplain's Aide - 25 Things your Unit Can do as a part of Scout Sunday

By - Ed Henderson
NCS Chaplain B.S.A.

The first week of February is often referred to as Scouting Anniversary Week to commemorate the founding of the Boy Scouts of America and the issuing of our National Charter from Congress. The first Sunday in February (February 3rd) is called SCOUT SUNDAY (The United Methodist Church recognizes this day on the 2nd Sunday in February which this year is on February 10th).

Scout Sunday is celebrated by thousands of scouts each year at Churches & Synagogues across the United States. Here are 25 ideas you can incorporate into activities this year:

1.) If your unit is sponsored by a Church, arrive together & in Uniform - During the service sit together at the front of the pews. This will allow the congregation to see you and make your unit more visible to church members.

2.) If the church you attend does not have a Scouting program, come to Church in your Scout Uniform. Many pastors are aware of Scout Sunday and will discuss it at some point in the service. Often there will be quite a number of Scouts and Adults in uniform at this service. If possible, share your plans with your pastor, rabbi, or minister so they will be aware of Scout Sunday.

3.) Have your Scouts serve as Ushers during the service

4.) Have Scouts serve as Alter Bearers during the processional. Depending on your church's beliefs & customs, it may be appropriate to bring in the colors during the service

5.) Have scouts lead the congregation in the responsive readings or as lectors when bible verses are to be read. If appropriate, choose from among several that incorporate the Scout Oath or Law. An excellent one can be found at the NAUMS website:

http://www.umcscouting.org/services/scout_sunday_1987.htm

6.) Have a display in the hallway about scouting or present Scouting on a bulletin board. Try to sign up new members for your Pack or Troop

7.) Have a Saturday Night lockin at the church, perhaps arrange a model campsite. It will attract a lot of attention on Sunday morning and many church members will want to visit the campsite and ask questions about the troop.

8.) Have the scouts be in charge of the refreshments. Make it even more interesting by having the scouts cook some of their Dutch oven favorites

9.) Present a plaque of the Eagle Scouts from the Church Sponsored unit or try to schedule an Eagle Scout Ceremony either as a part of the church service or immediately after. These are impressive events and will draw the interest of your church members.

10.) Have members of the Congregation who were in Scouting or are Eagle Scouts Stand Up. You may also want to ask Girl Scout Members or those who have earned the Gold Award to also stand.

11.) Use Scout Sunday to award religious emblems that your scouts have earned. For more information on the specific awards for your religious faith visit

http://bsa.scouting.org/awards/religious/index.html

12.) Present Adult Leader Religious Award recognitions. These awards are by nomination only. It is a great way to recognize members of the congregation who have been involved in Scouting over a number of years.

13.) If your troop has recently rechartered, consider having the Charter formally presented by the Pastor or a Local Scouting official to the Church.

14.) Earn your Church's Religious Award for the Unit. Most church sponsored units can earn a special recognition for unit itself that is very similar to a BSA Quality Unit Award. Check with your church body's Scouting Committee to see what the requirements for the award are for your faith.

15.) If you have been a Scouter long enough, chances are you have a cabinet full of Coffee Mugs. Consider donating them to the church's pantry. During the refreshment break after church all of the parishioners will be drinking coffee, talking to each other, and will be looking directly at your Scouting Coffee mugs for years to come - it is a great way to remind all in the church that there is a Scout Troop there.

16.) Many Councils conduct a Scouting for Food drive as a part of Scout Week. Let the congregation know that your troop will be collecting canned goods and other non perishable items before and after the service.

17.) Conduct a Service Project Work Day after the service. There are often many projects that need help at a church and a Sunday afternoon may be a great time so do some of these. A churched based Eagle Project is often a great event to schedule on a Scout Sunday.

18.) Let your more responsible Scouts offer to run the church's Nursery during the service so the regular members can worship with their families.

19.) Have your Troop Historian prepare a photo spread of your troop and have the pictures on display as members enter the church so they can see what scouts do.

20.) Does your church give scouts a separate building to hold meetings in? Try having an open house with the scouts demonstrating various skills. Have refreshments served there so everyone will stop by after the service to see what scouts can do.

21.) If appropriate, have one of your scouts deliver a message or sermon during the service.

22.) Some units have a program where scouts are recognized for wearing their uniforms to church on a regular basis.

23.) Construct and erect a sign on the church property noting that the church sponsors a Scout Troop, Pack, Girl Scouts, etc. with meeting times. Be sure to check for any city ordinances before doing this. The sign is a great way to build community awareness about Scouting.

24.) Consider using the BSA's Church Bulletin covers to print the Church Bulletin on. Supply Division has several excellent selections that will add a lot to the service.

25.) Have the Troop's Chaplain Aide offer one of the prayers during the service.

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SCOUTING IN THE NEWS:
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Florida Rescuers Find Missing Boy Scout Troop
January 13, 2002 3:19 pm EST

EUSTIS, Fla. - Rescuers on January 13th found a Boy Scout troop that was missing overnight while on a canoe trip along a creek in central Florida. One of the boys' parents tracked them down using a cell phone. Lt. Cecil Garrett of the Lake County Sheriff's Office said the authorities then picked up the ten boys, ages 11 to 17, and two adult scoutmasters, and drove them to safety.

"We've located the boys and returned them to their parents," Garrett said. "Everyone's fine."

Delayed by high water and fallen trees that choked the creek, the scouts from Palm Bay, Florida, failed to reach their rendezvous point by nightfall, camping out instead in a cold rain, without any shelter or protection from the elements.

The Scouts carried no food, sleeping bags or warm clothing to protect them from nighttime temperatures that dropped into the low 40s. Besides the Two Adult Scout Leaders on the trip, two of the boys were eagle Scouts, the highest rank a Scout can earn.

"The boys were dressed for a one-day canoe event. They were all wet and cold when we found them. They'd been in and out of the water," Garrett said. "We got them blankets and took them to their parents.

The troop was reported missing about 7:30 p.m. EST Saturday after failing to arrive at a checkpoint three hours earlier.

A helicopter searched the heavily forested area and boats from both the starting and ending points of their route converged near the middle of the creek without discovering any sign of the troop or their canoes.

"One of the scout leaders said the boys who don't have their wilderness badge yet will be getting it."

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Boy Scout troop brings military boat to DeLand
By LYNN BULMAHN (FLORIDA) Staff Writer

ORANGE CITY -- Boy Scout Troop 544 has been given a rare piece of military history to restore and sail on to new high-sea adventures.

This PTF boat docked in Ft. Lauderdale will be towed to DeLand for resoration and use by the Boy Scouts. The Vietnam War-era craft will be a floating museum.

This weekend, adult volunteers and some older troop members will tow a Vietnam-era PTF (patrol torpedo fast) boat from Fort Lauderdale to Jacksonville, then down the St. Johns River to the old Beresford Navy Yard in DeLand.

Eagle Scout Byron Hartshorn, 18, a senior at Pine Ridge High School, said the troop hopes to get a $600,000 historic grant from the federal government to restore the boat, named PTF-7.

"We just got the title to it," Hartshorn said. "We're going to start our trek up the Intracoastal Waterway this Friday. It will take about 45 hours around the clock driving to get it up here."

The vessel's speed will be only about 10 mph. If all goes well, the boat should pass through the Daytona Beach area Saturday morning and reach DeLand on Sunday.

There, the vessel will undergo extensive restoration. That will take about two years, troop leaders said. Adult volunteers will work with the scouts to get it shipshape.

FULL STORY

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Scouts talk to the World (TEXAS)

January 07, 2002 - Special to the Review

Be prepared. That's the Boy Scout motto.

In that spirit, local Scouts recently attended a Radio Merit Badge class sponsored by the Athens Amateur Radio Club. The purpose of the class was to give Scouts the skills necessary to communicate when nobody else can, such as during emergencies.

The all-day class was held in conjunction with the 44th annual Jamboree On The Air event. JOTA is an "on-air Scout meeting" which allows Scouts around the country to talk to each other over short-wave radio. Hundreds of campsites and radio classes worldwide participated.

In addition to making some new friends in other states, local Scouts from Troop 343 also studied basic electronics, electrical safety, satellite communications and emergency communications techniques.

Although class activities were designed to be fun for all, the primary emphasis was geared toward preparedness.

In one activity, Scouts received sealed envelopes containing descriptions of specific emergency situations which they might encounter while on an outdoor excursion. Each Scout had to read his scenario and demonstrate in front of the class how he might use radio to get help in that situation.

Scouts and their leaders reported that they found the class to be fun and informative. Some expressed interest in getting their ham licenses. The Athens Amateur Radio Club plans to sponsor the class every year.

FULL STORY

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Eagle Scout ensures veterans' graves won't be forgotten (Wisconsin)

(Published Sunday, January 13, 2002)
By Carla McCann/Gazette Staff

MILTON--For months, Daniel Wanke was a teen-ager with a mission.

Today, the 18-year-old Milton High School senior is somewhat of a historian.

After spending eight months researching, mapping and cataloging veterans' graves in Lima Center and Otter Creek cemeteries, Daniel has gained much knowledge about Rock County and its history.

"The cemeteries were interesting for their historical value and getting ideas about what kind of people lived here," Daniel said.

His work has provided VFW Becker Godfrey Post No. 9403 and American Legion Post No. 367 with valuable maps of veterans' graves in the cemeteries, which are small and rough around the edges.

"We had been working in Milton, trying to improve the identification of graves," said Arlene Banks, state surgeon for the Wisconsin Department of Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the Milton VFW.

Daniel has helped do that.

Although the Milton Junction cemetery has an "excellent system," cemeteries in general have done poor jobs of keeping track of veterans' graves, Banks said.

FULL STORY

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Volunteers pitch in to collect leftover trees
By David Krotz/Winona Daily News (MINNESOTA)

There were some new muscles used by a new batch of volunteers Saturday, but the Christmas trees got picked up just like previous years, and the aching backs were kept to a minimum.

It was a new experience - flinging six-foot trees up into wagons and trucks - for most of the more than 75 people from a variety of organizations who turned out.

"We had nine or ten crews out, and every crew had eight to ten people in it," said Tom DeMarais, one of the volunteers. "We also got five or six bags of food for the food shelves."

The Jaycees had spearheaded the effort in the past, but that local group was disbanded last year, leaving the city with a lot of holiday trees and no one to haul them away.

"This is the first time we did it. We picked it up at the last minute," said Leslie Hittner, president of the Winona Sunrisers Kiwanis who organized the work day.

Helpers came from several Boy Scout troops, Winona State University, Cotter and Winona senior high schools.

"Denny Rollmann was in charge. I was driving a truck from Tri-Mac (Do It Center). I never used a dump before," Hittner said.

Once he figured out how, it made unloading the trees at Winona Farm a lot easier than loading them had been. Kendell Lumber donated the use of two trucks, and there were a variety of other rigs used, including pickup trucks pulling hayrack wagons.

Fred Welke drove a pickup from his Trees R Us Christmas tree farm in Witoka. "I feel if we sell the trees, we should help dispose of them," he said.

Don Kottschade drove a four-wheel drive vehicle. "I'm kind of sympathetic with the Boy Scouts. If I can help them in any way, I'll do it."

Gathering at Winona Senior High at 9 a.m., Rollmann met with teams of volunteers and passed out maps with their pick up districts marked. Trees collected in Goodview were taken to Goodview Compost.

FULL STORY

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Ernest Thompson Seton Institute issues annual report

Ernest Thompson Seton, one of the original founders of the Boy Scout movement in the United States, and the founder of the Wood Craft Indians, still has a great following around the world. He was considered one of the best naturalists in the world and has authored many books that are still in print today. You can find out more about Ernest Thompson Seton on the
Ernest Thompson Seton Institute's website:

http://www.etsetoninstitute.org

The Ernest Thompson Seton Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of E.T. Seton - artist, naturalist, story teller, author, philosopher and leader par excellence.

Click HERE to view a copy of their annual report

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Press Release

Boy Scouts Invited to See How Americans Rise to the Occasion at KSC Visitor Complex
Salute to Scouts to be held January 19th and 26th

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., Jan. 7

Nowhere else in the world is American courage, perseverance and accomplishment more proudly on display than at Kennedy Space Center and on January 19th and 26th, Boy Scouts of all ages are invited to KSC Visitor Complex for a special event to see first-hand ho Americans rise to the occasion.

During Salute to Scouts, the troops will be treated to a specially designed bus tour through America's busiest launch facility, where they'll see NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the Space Shuttle Orbiter processing Facilities and the Launch Control Center. The tour also includes stops at Launch Complex 39 Observation Gantry, which offers a panoramic view of the Space Shuttle Launch Pads, and the Apollo/Saturn V Center.

At the Apollo/Saturn V Center, the boys will be inspired by the story of humankind's greatest accomplishment, landing on the moon, by witnessing re-creations of the Apollo 8 launch and the first moon landing. They'll also walk under an actual 363-foot Saturn V moon rocket and marvel at the size and scale of it. On the Apollo/Saturn V Center lawn, they'll launch their own rockets made from paper and powered by air. Plus, they'll ride a multi axis trainer and get a sense of what it takes to be an astronaut.

Scouts can also meet and talk to an astronaut who has flown in space.

"For the last six years, Scouts from across the country have come together at Salute to Scouts,'' said Rick Abramson, president and COO of Delaware North Parks Services, operator of KSCVC for NASA. "We think this year will have special meaning as we showcase some of America's greatest accomplishments and hopefully inspire these young men to become tomorrow's
astronauts, engineers and scientists.''

Scouts will also be able to catch the Visitor Complex's new live action stage show, Mad Mission to Mars: 2025, see an IMAX® space movie and explore all the Visitor Complex exhibits. The Salute to Scouts event allows Scouts to meet aerospace badge requirements.

The cost for Salute to Scouts is $24.50 plus tax for Scouts, parents or siblings. Program price includes lunch. All Scouts in uniform will receive a 10% discount in the Space Shop.

Kennedy Space Center is located 45 minutes east of Orlando, Fla. The Visitor Complex is open from 9 a.m. to approximately dusk every day except December 25 and certain launch days. For more information or to book a Scout troop call (321) 449-4400. Advance reservations are required.

SOURCE: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

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North Carolina Eagle Scout license plates are finally available.

The tags are available to any Eagle Scout, or parents of any Eagle Scout, and cost $10 more annually than the standard plate.

Applications are available from the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles.

They will soon have an application available on their website that you can download and print, in addition to a picture of the plate.

http://www.dmv.dot.state.nc.us/VehicleRegistration/specializedlicenseplates/

The information is not there now, but will be soon.

Thanks to the great state of North Carolina for allowing this recognition of Eagle scouts.

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SCOUTING HISTORY:
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TENNESSEE Boy Scout Council History
By Ed Henderson

Every month, the Scouting E-Zine focuses on a different state of the union where we examine how Scouting has evolved over the past 90 years. Here are the links to the states we have already profiled:

INDIANA
MISSOURI
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA

In this issue of the Scouting E-Zine we are going to focus on the history of Boy Scout Councils in the Volunteer State

Unlike other states, Tennessee's six councils have all been around for at least half a century with relatively few mergers.

History of TENNESSEE SCOUTING

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SCOUTING ON THE NET:
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For those going to The Philmont High Adventure Base in the near future, the better prepared you are, the better your adventure will be. Fortunately, there are a lot of resources on the web for you to check out. for starters, you can go to the official Philmont Website at:

http://www.philmont.com/

There you can find a lot of basic information, maps, history, and some of the "do's" and "Don'ts" about the ranch. Look at some of the "typical" itineraries for the different Treks they offer, and participate in the message board they keep for specific answers about Philmont.

Some other sites that may hold interest for Scouts and Scouter's who are going to Philmont are:

http://www.lns.cornell.edu/~seb/philmont.html

http://ucsee.eecs.berkeley.edu/~kahogan/philmont.html

http://www.angelfire.com/nm/philpatches/

http://www.usscouts.org/scoutcamp/database/index.html

http://www.emf.net/~troop24/scouting/philmont.html

http://www.scouter.com/search-general.asp?q=philmont

In addition to websites, we have several books that may be of interest to anyone going to Philmont. Return to the Summit of Scouting, A Scouter's Midlife Journey Back to Philmont http://www.honorpub.com/item/18298.htm is a great place to start. It provides excellent preparation for anyone going on a Philmont trek. It offers warm recollections of people who have been to Philmont, exciting memories for those who have served on the Philmont staff, and 380 pages of excitement. Many great photographs, maps, and drawings of this incredible Scout Camp.

Other good books are "Beyond the Hills, the Journey of Waite Phillips", the history behind Oilman Waite Phillips (Phillips Petroleum) who donated the 137,000 acres to the Boy Scouts of America; Riders in the Sky : The Ghosts and Legends of Philmont Scout Ranch -- by Michael Connelly; Philmont : A Brief History of the New Mexico Scout Ranch -- by Stephen Zimmer and Larry Walker; and Philmanac - The Trekkers Guide to the Philmont Back by Rock Rohrbacher (A book we hope to be carrying soon), which is the definitive guide and handbook for Philmont.

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SCOUTMASTER'S MINUTE
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Lessons From The Geese
by Robert McNeish,
Associate Superintendent of Baltimore Public Schools


We live in an area where geese are very common. We see them coming in the Fall and leaving early Spring. Their migration is an awesome sight.

There is an interdependence in the way geese function.

FACT: As each bird flaps its wings, it creates an "uplift" for the bird following. By flying in a "V" formation, the whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.

LESSON: People who share a common direction and sense of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling on the thrust of one another.

FACT: Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels the drag and resistance of trying to fly alone. It quickly gets back into formation to take advantage of the "lifting power" of the bird immediately in front.

LESSON: If we have as much sense as a goose, we will stay in formation with those who are headed where we want to go.

FACT: When the lead goose gets tired, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies at the point position.
LESSON: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing leadership -- people, as with geese, are interdependent with each other.

FACT: The geese in formation honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.

LESSON: We need to make sure our "honking" from behind is encouraging, not something less helpful.

FACT: When a goose gets sick or wounded or shot down, two geese drop out of formation to follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it is either able to fly again or dies. Then they launch out on their own with another formation or catch up with their flock.

LESSON: If we have as much sense as the geese, we will stand by each other.

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SCOUT'S OWN:
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Sometimes, when we are doing an interfaith service, we can have a prayer that is not necessarily of any faith. This is one such prayer:

A Native American Prayer

O Great Spirit of the North,
O Great Spirit of the South,
O Great Spirit of the East,
O Great Spirit of the West.
O Great Spirit, you are one.

You have given us our house,
Where there is food,
Where there is drink,
Where there are clothes.

You have given us our house,
Where there is fellowship,
Where there is companionship,
Where there is friendship.

You have given us our house,
Where we can grow,
Where we can learn,
Where we can know you.

O Great Spirit:
You are One,
Our house is One,
We are One!

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GONE HOME:
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Flags were lowered at the tiny high school in Wilbur, Wash., to honor 1999 graduate Nathan P. Hays, an Eagle Scout and classic car buff. The 21-year-old sergeant had been proud to return to his hometown of 1,000 people in uniform to talk with students about life in the Marine Corps.

Military officials said Thursday there was no indication that enemy fire had brought down the plane and the cause of the crash would take time to determine. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said efforts to recover the bodies were hampered by the difficult terrain.

In Coos Bay, Ore., Cub Scouts mourned Bryan Bertrand, the lance corporal with whom they had been exchanging letters. The former all-state football player was remembered as a hero.

Both Hays and Bertrand were part of a close-knit squadron of some 300 Marines, known as "the Raiders,'' who took pride in their critical role of fueling jets in the sky and ferrying troops and supplies to battle.

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Local children's advocate dies (COLORADO)
By KAREN VIGIL - The Pueblo Chieftain

Retired Pueblo Army Depot foreman Lud E. Washington died Monday.

He didn't quite make it to the 88th birthday he would have celebrated on Wednesday or the 50th anniversary of marriage to his wife, Marguerite.

But his son, Kenneth Washington, a local contractor and associate pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, and stepdaughter, Patti Hester of Las Vegas, said their father reached his goals of raising his own children and other needy children, along with broadening opportunities for blacks.

Washington helped his wife run the all-black Lincoln Home in its final years, 1950 to 1963. The home served "old folks" as well as children.

Hester said the Washington family lived at the Lincoln Home. Sometimes, she said, the arrangement caused hard feelings because the Washington children didn't want to share their parents.

In his later years, Washington talked about the need for children to have role models and showing them how to live with honesty and integrity. He used his skills at playing football, basketball and baseball to communicate those messages to the orphanage children.

"Those things were passed on to the children, including myself, even though I didn't understand it at the time,” Kenneth said.

Lud Washington was the first black foreman at Pueblo Army Depot, a supervisor's job he earned by passing a government training course.

"He opened the doors for many blacks who later followed and became division supervisors and what have you,” said Hester.

In the late ’40s, Washington and the late Linc Wilson led Pueblo's first, and perhaps only, all-black Boy Scout troop. The men were prohibited from working with Scouts of other races, Washington's children recalled.

There were nine Scouts in the group. Several became prominent, including Bob Hawkins, superintendent of the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo; the Rev. Orval Miles of Pueblo and Boston physician Joseph K. Hurd.

Hawkins said Washington was "committed to having an opportunity for young blacks to have a Boy Scout experience. Whether it was true or not, the perception was we weren't entirely welcomed by the other troops.”

Hawkins recalled Washington encouraging each boy to "work hard to achieve your goals, and the importance of staying in school and not dropping out.”

Kenneth Washington and Hester said their father had lived his advice. He excelled as a running back on Kansas football fields, both in high school and and as a college freshman. He did so despite, and partially because of, the hostility he felt from peers, said his son.

The pros started to recruit Washington but rejected him, according to his children, mainly because blacks then didn't have fan appeal.

Hester added that her father, a lifelong "sports nut” who always lamented having "bad knees,” followed the Los Angeles Lakers, the St. Louis Rams and the St. Louis Cardinals to his last days.

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Why did this Boy Scout die?

While this event took place in 1999, it is a good lesson to all scout Leaders to heed to keep our youth safe.

When Jonathan Attwell, 10, set off to Snowdonia for his first adventure away from home, he was so excited he forgot to kiss his mother goodbye. He never came back

England - Ed Douglas - Sunday January 13, 2002
The Observer

It was a perfect day, with views stretching across the mountains of Snowdonia to the Irish Sea. Hundreds of walkers converged on Snowdon itself that Saturday in October 1999, among them 10-year-old Jonathan Attwell.
He was one of 12 Scouts from the 19th Kingswood (1st Warmley) group in Bristol, which he had joined only a month before. The boys were excited and noisy as they left the car park at Pen-y-Pass, but as they reached the narrow, rocky ridge of Crib Goch they settled down and followed instructions, an apparently well-managed group on one of the toughest approaches to Snowdon's summit.

Jonathan had been delighted at the prospect of his first adventure away from home. His older sister, Cathryn, recalled how 'everything revolved around the Snowdon trip'. His father, Martyn, with some pride, had taken him to buy a pair of walking boots and told him he would have to break them in before climbing Snowdon. His mum had bought him a new waterproof coat, bright yellow so that everyone could see him on the summit.

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