Last night, a thing happened. The Scouts, Scouters and family in the room saw a medal being presented. For me, the real adventure was...

Symptom: Your ExamWriter is very slow when using your word processor (e.g. WordPad or MS Word) to create and print your reports / exams. ...

Welcome new Eagle Scout / Summit Award / Quartermaster Award / Gold Award Girl Scout recipient – congratulations on your accomplishment....

History seems to offer a more personal perspective when you see it locally from published news articles in the archives. Headline October...

JOTI Special Edition Summary of Fun All below is accessible via JOTAJOTI.INFO but you may have to hunt it down on the map. This is a...

Official published information sent to our contingent (Boy Scouts of America) Coleman® Sundome® 6-Person Dome Tent. Technical Details...

This movie made me realize I have been seeing for 50 years is telecine – barely VHS quality 1970’s analog video. Holy cow.  The original...

How the ending of World War 1 creates a new chapter in the history of the Scout Movement In 1907 the founder of the Scout Movement,...

Here’s a crafting idea for your jamboree meetings or travel activity to keep your scouts busy on the way to the 24th World Scout...

Walter J Nopper, our Scoutmaster / Guthrie Scout Band director mentioned in my previous post,  emigrated from Germany or Switzerland and...

Guthrie’s scouting history had a time when a coed scout band engaged in events regularly in the early 1920’s. Music playback was limited...

At the end of the walkthrough of every tombstone, some of our scouts travelled over to a part of the cemetery called “Boot Hill.” A...

Headline of the Guthrie Daily Leader, 19 May 1900 After 216 days of seige of in the second Boer War (1899-1902) Mafeking, a small...

100 years ago on 29 April 1918, this advertisement from a local theater appeared showing probably the very first movie about scouting....

The first course director of Wood Badge courses in the United States was William Hillcourt (aka Green Bar Bill).  He authored many...

The Boy Scouts of America announced programs allowing girls into the Scouting program for all levels.  The Venturing program has allowed...

Most people believe that dark circles under the eyes are due to fatigue, lack of sleep or long hours of watching the computer/TV. Dark...

The movie “Star Trek Beyond” has what I believe to be an Easter Egg reference as an homage. The movie references a frequency (57.7 MHz)...