Archive for May 21, 2008

2008 NE-4C Conclave

Posted in NE-4C Lodges, Nentico 12 by Dave Scocca on May 21st, 2008 at 7:00 am

pocket patchThe first Northeast Region conclave of 2008 was held this past weekend, May 16-18, at Camp Spencer of Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation. Nentico Lodge #12 was the host. This was the last event for Section NE-4C as it is currently constituted. Starting this summer, Nentico, Nentego #20, Guneukitschik #317, and Amangamek Wipit #470 will form NE-6A, while Susquehannock XI and Tuckahoe #386 will join three other lodges in NE-6B. Continue Reading »



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Mike Godwin


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Commentary: Congressionally Mandated Fundraiser?

Posted in Current Events by John E. Pannell on May 21st, 2008 at 12:03 am

The Online Journal has written an editorial critical of a bill that has recently passed the US House of Representatives, Congress’s $3.5 million “bake sale” for the Boy Scouts.

All right, it isn’t actually a bake sale, but it might as well be. On May 15, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5872, an act “To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes.” The other purposes? The sale of the coins by the Secretary of the Treasury, with a surcharge on each coin sold to “be paid to the National Boy Scouts of America Foundation.” In other words, this is a congressionally mandated fundraiser for the Boy Scouts.

The bill passed the House by a vote of 403-8. Chris Rodda, Online Journal guest writer, praises the 8 Democrats ( Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Barney Frank (D-MA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Jim McDermott (D-WA), Pete Stark (D-CA), and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)) who voted against this legislation.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson


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