Name That Council: August 28, 2009 solutionWhere can you go in the United States to find delicious crab cakes, an impressive harbor, and orioles—both kinds, with wings and with baseball gloves? If you know the answer to that, you probably knewScouting Magazine·August 31, 2009
Name That Council: August 28, 2009You can’t complain that this week’s Name That Council test doesn’t contain plenty of clues. From the city’s skyline and the historic ship to the state bird and the state crustacean, there’s no shortage ofScouting Magazine·August 28, 2009
Learn from the Handbook: Take a Deep BreathFor all of the efforts you take to keep your group safe on weekend trips, one of the greatest dangers to you and your family might be waiting when you get home: carbon monoxide. TheScouting Magazine·August 27, 2009
Knot of the Week: Scouter’s KeyWhen walking along a trail at your favorite national park, brown trail signs mark your progress every few miles. These signs serve as a helpful reminder that you’re on the right track as you moveScouting Magazine·August 26, 2009
50 stars, 13 stripes, and two right ways to wear itWe received e-mail recently from a reader asking why the flag on the right sleeve of the Boy Scout uniform shirt differs from the one worn by the U.S. military. Here’s an excerpt: This has been bothering meScouting Magazine·August 25, 2009
Name That Council: August 21, 2009 solutionLast week’s challenge featured a council that shares its name with a massive lake. It’s so big, we told you, that it ranks in the top 10 of the world’s deepest lakes. Did you figureScouting Magazine·August 24, 2009
Name That Council: August 21, 2009You’ll find the lake pictured in the patch above in a national park somewhere in the United States. We can’t tell you where, because the name of the national park is also the name ofScouting Magazine·August 21, 2009
Learn from the Handbook: Pace YourselfThis week, we’re introducing a new feature here at Cracker Barrel in honor of the recent release of the Boy Scout Handbook. We call it Learn from the Handbook. Yes, technically the handbook is meantScouting Magazine·August 20, 2009
Knot of the Week: Adult religious awardNo matter which faith you choose, being Reverent is Law in Scouting. Leaders who practice what their religion preaches are eligible to earn the silver-and-purple adult religious emblem pictured above. Rather than a separate squareScouting Magazine·August 19, 2009
Scouter Spotlight: Meet Sherri MoravecRecognizing fine Scouters is a favorite pastime here at Cracker Barrel. In fact, we just can’t get enough of it. So this week we’ll share another Scouting volunteer with you. Meet Sherri Moravec, a VenturingScouting Magazine·August 18, 2009
Name That Council: August 14, 2009 solutionWe hope that Friday’s council patch challenge wasn’t too much of a bear to figure out. After all, for the first time in Name That Council history, the patch actually had the flag of theScouting Magazine·August 17, 2009
Name That Council: August 14, 2009Let’s hope you remembered to put all your food and other smellables in a bear-proof container away from your tent before going to bed last night. If not, you might find yourself face-to-face with theScouting Magazine·August 14, 2009
The BSA Handbook goes digitalLast week we told you about the new Boy Scout Handbook, available now online or at your local Scout Shop. We detailed the new book’s firm embrace of the Internet to provide Scouts with extra resources andScouting Magazine·August 13, 2009
Knot of the Week: Venturing Silver AwardThe Venturing program gives young women and men new opportunities they can’t find in other programs. And with those new opportunities comes a new set of awards they can earn. The highest of these isScouting Magazine·August 12, 2009
Scouter Spotlight: Meet Tom BaltesThe Scouting program relies on volunteers like you to succeed. We at Cracker Barrel recognize this and enjoy showing off some of the nation’s best adult volunteers. It’s a feature we call Scouter Spotlight, andScouting Magazine·August 11, 2009
Name That Council: August 7, 2009 solutionYou had all weekend to consider the mystery patch shown below. Did you figure out the missing council? Make like a dolphin and jump to find out.Scouting Magazine·August 10, 2009
Name That Council: August 7, 2009Hmm, let’s see. There’s a seagull, an oilrig, a bottlenose dolphin. That combination could only be found in the site of this week’s Name That Council challenge. We’ve removed all text from the patch above.Scouting Magazine·August 7, 2009
NOAC 2009 comes to an endAll week, Arrowmen from across the country have been living it up at the National Order of the Arrow Conference in Bloomington, Ind., that ends today. What were they up to? The agenda included leadershipScouting Magazine·August 6, 2009
New BSA handbook now availableHere’s a book that should be at the top of your summer reading list. No, it’s not the latest legal thriller by John Grisham or romance novel from Danielle Steel. It’s the new Boy ScoutScouting Magazine·August 4, 2009
Name That Council: July 31, 2009 solutionThe trees are green. The fish are jumping. The water is pleasant. It must be summer in the land of Friday's patch. Friday’s patch featured the pleasant green-and-blue hues that people in cooler climes associateScouting Magazine·August 3, 2009