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Tag Archive 'Eagle Scouts'

Some The Daily Flag readers may be taking Friday off this week, to enjoy a four-day weekend. Typically, we stay tucked in on holidays, or try to get out days early and stay late to avoid traffic. But husband has a long honey-do list for the weekend—which he’ll learn about around six o’clock this evening. [...]

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Today the news is “All Scouts, All the Time.” I find great reassurance in these stories, that some young men are learning to care for the community and others, before themselves. Five Eagle Scout presentations for the year is a fantastic accomplishment—for the boys, the leaders, and especially the younger boys working their way up. [...]

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A Scout’s tale

Once I knew a young Scoutmaster whom I shall call Alan. He headed the computer operations for an oil-field company in the early 80s, and of all his sterling attributes, his ability to organize and manage was surely his greatest. As a Scoutmaster, Alan never left anything to chance. Scout meetings and camping trips ran [...]

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