December 20th, 2009Archive for

Boy Scouts of America Approaches 100th Anniversary

By the Associated Press, from Fox News POCONO SUMMIT, Pa. — A fifth-generation Boy Scout, 11-year-old Brad Corr is steeped in all the lore and tradition: the Scout Oath and Scout Law, campcraft and community service, the daily doing of good deeds. If he were recruiting a friend for the Scouts, though, what would be his best pitch? "We got to build catapults and launch pumpkins from them." Old-fashioned fun is part of the Scout heritage. So is doing one's duty to God and country. And s...