Articles tagged: Boy Scouts
Money, items stolen from Ann Arbor Boy Scout troop attending camp
Posted: Jul 25, 2012Cash and other personal belongings were stolen Sunday from the tents of Ann Arbor's Boy Scout Troop 5 at Camp Rotary in mid-Michigan while the scouts were taking a swim test. Read more »
COLUMN: Freedom: In Boy Scouts decision, whose freedom won?
Posted: Jul 18, 2012Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. Dr. Wayne Baker is traveling and welcomes back popular guest columnist Terry Gallagher. Today, headlines around ... Read more »
Opinion: Boy Scouts will thrive under proposed administrative changes
Posted: Oct 02, 2011First, let me begin by saying Scouting made me who I am -- father, husband, physician, Air Force officer, adult Scout leader. And it was all made possible because 40 years ago, someone invested time ... Read more »
column: Will local Boy Scout units really vote to disband their councils throughout Michigan?
Posted: Sep 19, 2011By a vote of 41 to 1 this past Thursday, board members of the Great Sauk Trail Council, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) voted to recommend that its constituent groups approve measures to disband our council effective Jan. 1, 2012. Read more »
Preparing for the exact instant when our sons will become young men
Posted: Oct 11, 2010This Thursday, your local Huron Trails District for the Boy Scouts of America will once again offer its annual training to prepare registered adult leaders to support the transition for our lads from Cub Scouts ... Read more »
Boy Scout resources for your Apple iPhone (Part 1)
Posted: Aug 23, 2010It almost seems wrong to have the Boy Scout Handbook on my iPhone 4 now. Maybe it’s some visceral mental bias that insists on the tactile sensations of turning pages, scribbling handwritten notes in the ... Read more »
New Scouting stamp suggests many great ways to support getting in touch
Posted: Aug 16, 2010A beautifully designed “Celebrate Scouting” stamp was released almost three weeks ago at the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. During the official release ceremony on July 27, United States Army Fort A.P. Hill Commander Lieutenant Colonel ... Read more »
Executive Profile: Tim Ehinger, regional vice president of operations for southeast Michigan, Discount Tire
Posted: Aug 12, 2010Tim EhingerAlthough Discount Tire was founded in Ann Arbor in 1960 and Tim Ehinger grew up in West Branch, Mich., he first started working for the company selling and changing tires in Utah. Now acting ... Read more »
Locating a Cub Scout Pack in Washtenaw County just got even easier
Posted: Aug 09, 2010Cub Scout Pack leaders will be getting together tomorrow evening in Ann Arbor to help them prepare to welcome the next group of young boys into the Boy Scouts of America. Today I’m here to ... Read more »
How do we prepare for all the new Cub Scouts?
Posted: Aug 03, 2010Among the many rites of passage (and choices) for young boys returning to school next month: Joining your local Cub Scout Pack. But it’s a significant point of change for their parents, too. Most youth ... Read more »
'Driver needed. No speeding tickets. Reliable vehicle a must'
Posted: Jul 27, 2010It was early that Sunday morning when our Boy Scout unit gathered at the usual parking lot to confirm head count, load remaining personal gear into the Troop trailer, and reallocate folks from the cars ... Read more »
Is Scouting really all that much 'fun'?
Posted: Jul 20, 2010Last month was summer camp for my son’s local Boy Scout Troop. Summer camp is in image and experience a highlight of the Scouting program. A week in the woods, campfires and skill development. I ... Read more »
Boy Scout Troop 4 restores St. Helena lighthouse station to ship shape
Posted: Jul 14, 2010Editor's note: Pam Stout, Community Assistant at AnnArbor.com, has two sons in Boy Scout Troop 4 and is a member of First United Methodist of Ann Arbor, where the troop is based. She wrote this ... Read more »
Leaving your mark on the Boy Scouts of America, nearly 100 years later
Posted: Nov 08, 2009Last month, Ann Arbor Pack 5 invited me back for a brief ceremony that briefly recognized my “retirement” as its cubmaster earlier this year. Now based out of Bach and Eberwhite Elementary Schools, the pack ... Read more »
Introduction to an adult volunteer’s view of Boy Scouts, right in our area
Posted: Oct 17, 2009This coming February, the Boy Scouts of America will be 100 years old. As a boy, I started out as a “Wolf” (the first rank you could earn in the early 1970s), with Cub Scout ... Read more »
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