By chance I happened upon a cool survival site. Survival Topics.com. As the title says, Your On-line Survival Kit. The site has allot and I mean allot of info about survival tips, gear and products. This can be a GREAT resource for Scouts, Scouters and anyone interested in survival tips for camping, disasters etc. Ckeck’em out, I guarantee you will not be disappointed.
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After a couple board of reviews for our Scouts tonight, some new parents to the troop had questions about their role and responsibility. Well there is more to it than I’m willing to write so I’m going to give the link to usscouts that has everything any committee member needs to know about how to conduct a BOR. Congratulations to our two Scouts Alex for earning his First Class and David for earning his Second class rank.
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For many thousands of years Polaris has been used as a guiding star and reference point for navigators and astronomers. Through experience and observation wayfarers discovered the North Star lights the way to true north.
In ancient times locating this lodestar was crucial to navigating long distances through the wilderness. The beauty of using the north star for navigation is that unlike a magnetic compass the north star always points to to true north. There is no magnetic declination to deal with.
North Star Location 
By shear luck, the northern axis of the earth points directly toward the North Star. This means that when you are observing this star you are facing true north toward the North Pole. Because of this we also call the North Star the Polestar or Polaris, its astronomic name.
When you are facing the North Star you are looking toward true north. This is because by chance this lodestar lines up with the celestial sphere almost perfectly, so that all other stars appear to rotate around it. Simply by finding the North Star travelers are able to determine all the points of the compass: westward would be on your left, eastward to the right, and southward in back of you.
via: Survival Topics.com
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One year ago today I started my Lone Star Scouter blog not knowing that it would last even a year. This will be my 303rd. post to date. The blog has had about 18,000 views, with people in the US and from around the world visiting daily. When I started I was not sure what I would be posting, but over time it has evolved into what it is today and still evolving. I have days that I have no clue what to post and days that I have no trouble finding something interesting to share. I would like to thank the loyal readers that visit on a regular basis, and thank my wife SuZan for all her help, patience and encouragement this year. Without her help none of this would have been possible. I would like to also thank Colleen (dualscoutmom) for her help with all the pictures and ideas.
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Last night we had our Spring COH. After an excellent BBQ dinner we all gathered together to recognize the achievements of our Scouts. Many of our new Scouts have earned their Scout rank, as our older Scouts have earned Second Class through Life. We had allot of merit badges handed out to our hard working Scouts. Our SPL Jon and his ASPL’s had a busy night and did an excellent job of conducting the Court of Honor. Congratulations to all the Scouts of Troop 483 for all your achievements.
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This past weekend we had our annual New Scout Campout for all our new Scouts. They all had allot of fun learning scout skills, and working on requirements for first class emphasis. They all enjoyed learning how to build fires and competing in a fire building competition. Our older boys Corey our SPL, and Sean, Grayson and Marc as the ASPL’s did a great job leading all the boys. Saturday evening we had a great campfire program around a roaring fire with skits, songs and stories to end our busy day.
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This weekend will be our new Scout campout for all of our new boys that have bridged over. This weekend they will be working on rank requirements and their Scout skills with a few of our older Life and Star Scouts and adult leaders. The boys will learn about an ax yard and learn some fire building skills as well. This campout makes the transition from being a Webelo to a Boy Scout a little smoother while having some fun.
While the boys are enjoying their fun, I have a chance to help their parents make the transition also to help them learn about a boy run troop, patrol method, answer questions and go over the gear their boys will need to get started. This is also a great time for all of us to get to know each other. At the end of the day we have our campfire and enjoy stories, songs and skits.
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Tonight we had the honor of attending two bridging’s. The first one was at Bear Creek Park at the BSA pavilion where we received Josh after his Arrow of Light ceremony. After it was over we grabbed Josh from his parents and Grandparents as we left to go to Moore Elementary for our second bridging as we welcomed Cosmo, Joseph and Derrick with Josh’s help. All four boys earned the highest award in Cub Scouting, their Arrow of Light, and are officially Boy Scouts in Troop 483.
I would like to thank Tim, Logan, Chris, Alex (and Josh for the second bridging), along with our adult leaders Brad, Colleen, Scott, and Sabrina for their help and dedication to our Scouts in Troop 483.
Congratulations to the new Boy Scouts of Troop 483
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