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Firefish
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Joined: 05 Jul 2004
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Location: Beaver, Pa
Posted: 05 Jul 2004 01:05 pm Post subject: eagle

Going for my eagle, so nervous

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billie wackmon
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Joined: 30 Jun 2004
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Posted: 05 Jul 2004 01:18 pm Post subject: me 2

eek! i will pass...right?
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Th3 Fourth Reich
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Posted: 15 Jul 2004 01:45 pm Post subject: Eagle

Hey guys im going for my eagle also, but all i need is a
eagle project. I was recently talkin to my dad and he told me
i needed to fill out a form that i could find online at this
site or link from this site for my eagle project. Do ne of
yall know where to find this form??...Please Reply if u
know...i need to get it done!!!

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optimist
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Joined: 27 Jun 2004
Posts: 126

Posted: 15 Jul 2004 02:23 pm Post subject:

Sure, just pop by the Forms and Files section.

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BM_Crawford
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Joined: 12 Jul 2004
Posts: 131
Location: PA W/F Council
Posted: 15 Jul 2004 04:52 pm Post subject:

All I need is my Board of Review (And congrats to all others
who are sooo close keep it up!)
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Troop 251

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Firefish
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Joined: 05 Jul 2004
Posts: 145
Location: Beaver, Pa
Posted: 16 Jul 2004 08:52 am Post subject:

thanks

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Firefish
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Posts: 145
Location: Beaver, Pa
Posted: 17 Jul 2004 02:59 pm Post subject:

still nervous

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Kobalt
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Joined: 12 Jul 2004
Posts: 98
Location: Louisville, KY
Posted: 17 Jul 2004 06:37 pm Post subject:

Good luck, FF. Heh, if I hadn't wasted all that time not
coming for about three years, I may already have Eagle. I'll
be going for life in August, though. That's good.
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Troop 42
"If it were easy, it would have been done before." -Jeana
Yeager, co-pilot of Voyager

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Firefish
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Posts: 145
Location: Beaver, Pa
Posted: 18 Jul 2004 11:26 am Post subject:

pretty much all you need for life is leadership. for life and
eagle they eat it alive

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szelenskei
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Joined: 08 Jul 2004
Posts: 5
Location: Woodburn, OR
Posted: 22 Jul 2004 06:29 pm Post subject: eagle

Eagle should not be a huge deal since there are plenty of
harder awards in Scouts, so that is what I do not understand
how come awards like the Venturing Silver, Gold and Ranger are
not as well known or as prestegous as the Eagle rank. They are
in fact harder to earn then Eagle. By the way yes, I do have
my eagle. I completely renovated Senior Estates park and
identified all of the trees making it into an arboretum.
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BM_Crawford
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Joined: 12 Jul 2004
Posts: 131
Location: PA W/F Council
Posted: 22 Jul 2004 10:34 pm Post subject:

Because of what Eagle means and that you have to stick with it
for some what seems countless years and hard dedication.
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Troop 251

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Kobalt
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Joined: 12 Jul 2004
Posts: 98
Location: Louisville, KY
Posted: 22 Jul 2004 10:55 pm Post subject:

I guess I timed it perfect, then. The news is in: I'm the new
ASPL for our troop (with a Life BoR next month) and an
auto-SPL in the next election. Great timing, to be SPL when I
go for Eagle.
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Troop 42
"If it were easy, it would have been done before." -Jeana
Yeager, co-pilot of Voyager

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BM_Crawford
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Location: PA W/F Council
Posted: 23 Jul 2004 07:24 am Post subject:

Congradulations that is a great honor! SPL helped me greatly
to mature. Some scouts in my troop make eagle without even
becomming an aspl and I find that somewhat depressing...cause
they missed out on a big experience.
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Troop 251

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Firefish
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Joined: 05 Jul 2004
Posts: 145
Location: Beaver, Pa
Posted: 24 Jul 2004 01:08 pm Post subject:

Not aspl but I do more than the pl and aspl, the spl is my
older bro
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Guneukitschik
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Joined: 02 Aug 2004
Posts: 162
Location: Waynesboro, PA
Posted: 09 Aug 2004 06:14 am Post subject:

The Venturing awards are newer and there are not many
Venturing members when compared to Boy Scouts. As for which is
harder? I still think the Eage Award is the hardest to earn
overall, and think that most Eagle Scouts will agree. I don't
think that you'll ever see the Venturing Ranger Award earn the
respect that the Rank of Eagle Scout does?
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ScoutmasterBob
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Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Posts: 79
Location: Woods Cross, Utah
Posted: 09 Aug 2004 11:27 am Post subject:

The Eagle Scout Award has been around for 100 years in the US
in 2005.

When someone thinks of a boy scout they automatically think of
the Eagle scout rank.
The Bronze award and Ranger award have not been around nearly
as long, and , personally, I have never seen one of these
awards earned by anyone in my area.
I think that is why not very many people have heard of them,
that needs to change.
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wagionvigil
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Joined: 21 Jul 2004
Posts: 189
Location: PA
Posted: 09 Aug 2004 12:09 pm Post subject:

The Main reason you have seen very few awarded is
1. They are difficult to attain and
2. Most councils are not pushing Venturing Why you may ask?
because it is co ed. I have been told Point blank from people
from councils that are in the NER that they will never push
Venturing for that Fact. ALso in my part time job I come in
contact with units from Central and Southeren Region and I am
getting the same feed back. Even with all of te negativity
Venturing is the ONLY PART of the BSA showing Positive Growth.
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Guneukitschik
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Location: Waynesboro, PA
Posted: 09 Aug 2004 12:53 pm Post subject:

Our council has been pushing the Venture program and it seems
to have more than enough interest to stick around.

I don't think many people have earned the Venturing awards
yet...
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Not sure about the Venturing awards but I agree that most folks don't put an emphasis on advancement with in that program. Not sure why though. Any one locally I've spoken to does not utilize this but rather they have the Venture program more just to allow the advanced opportunites for older scouts. Our troop has a Venture program but only has scouts from our troop and they do more high adventure outings. The scouts main focus is still Boy Scouting and the Venture is within the troop.

As for the Palms, I think most scouts don't have enough time after ranking Eagle to do the palms. Also I know most scouts in our troop that do have the time, don't bother cause they think of the Eagle as high enough. I would disagree that they are hard to achieve though. Actually I think they're real easy to earn so long as one has the time. My oldest son could have just received another Palm and told me not to re-register him since he'll be turning 18 and is leaving for college. When I reminded him that he already has the badges he said "yeah and I already have 1 Palm and my Eagle, I'm done" So be it he is! I've had other scouts say the same thing and they don't even want to earn more badges. They usually still participate in the troop so I don't get it, but we figure it's up to them?