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Posted in Flags in the News, Information, Scouting on Mar 7th, 2008
How do you quantify the well-being of a community? Here’s one way.
The Canyon Lake Times Guardian
What do you call a large group of birds sighted near Canyon Lake? A Flock of Eagles!!!!
That is exactly what was witnessed on Saturday, March 3, 2008, at a special rare event of an Eight Eagles Scout Court of Honor [...]
Posted in Flags in the News on Mar 4th, 2008
Eagle Scout projects are favorite stories to highlight here at Flags Bay. This story is interesting because of the involvement of other organizations in the project. Matthew Johnson has already lined up the money, volunteers and is working on the location for a little new construction.
Battle Creek Enquirer - www.battlecreekenquirer.com - Battle Creek, Mich.
Hastings, Mich. [...]
Posted in Flags in the News on Dec 26th, 2007
Nothing brings me greater joy than spotlighting young people doing good. Today from two different stories, comes news that four boys have earned rank of Eagle Scout. When I was active in Scouting, the report from national scouting was that of all the boys who enter the scouting program, only 2% would earn the coveted [...]
Posted in Flags in the News on Nov 5th, 2007
Zach Johnson’s Master win brought some unexpected recognition to the Nationwide tour. This story of The Truck is a heartwarming tale of men and their fantasies … giant screen TVs and beer.
ESPN - Sobel: On Nationwide Tour, everything happens at The Truck - Golf
At some point during the whirlwind of post-round activities following his first [...]
Posted in Flags in the News on Oct 2nd, 2007
Last week The Daily Flag, brought the first part of this story under our commentary asking, “What were they thinking?” It was a story about an Oregon dog park with a memorial fire hydrant painted in an American flag motif. The story told of the outrage and removal of the hydrant.
Well, I am again [...]
Posted in Information on Sep 17th, 2007
Even though this story is a little corny, it caught my eye because it is about Gerald Ford. Gerald Ford is the only U.S. President to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout.
Of course, the story doesn’t have anything to do with Scouts, or Eagle Scouts, but that’s how my mind works sometimes. Bizarre? Yes, [...]
Posted in Information on Aug 3rd, 2007
One of my best memories associated with Boy Scouts involved a particular week-long camping and hiking trip to the Pecos Wilderness in the mountains of New Mexico. I don’t remember any cameras along on the trip, but the mental images still bring a smile to my face. I think the reason it is such a [...]
Posted in Flags in the News on Jul 30th, 2007
The headline of a story has one job—to catch your attention and intrigue you enough to begin the story. The headline above certainly did that for me. Normally, 88 year-old men aren’t awarded the Eagle Scout rank. I knew this had to be good.
It is—good, that is. How many times in your life have you [...]
