From Scouts-L@tcu.edu Sat Oct 25 06:30:03 1997 Return-Path: Scouts-L@tcu.edu Received: from outbound.Princeton.EDU (outbound.Princeton.EDU [128.112.128.84]) by cap1.CapAccess.org (8.6.12/8.6.10) with ESMTP id GAA20391; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 06:30:03 -0400 Received: from lightpost by outbound.Princeton.EDU with SMTP id <541483-9548>; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 06:22:26 -0400 Received: from pucc.Princeton.EDU (pucc.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.99]) by outbound.Princeton.EDU (8.8.0/8.6.12) with SMTP id GAA22814; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 06:21:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin MAILER@TCUBVM) by PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 5152; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 06:18:15 -0400 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7821; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 05:22:38 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LISTSERV release 1.8b) with NJE id 7817 for SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 05:22:01 -0500 Received: from TCUBVM (NJE origin SMTP@TCUBVM) by TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7816; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 05:22:00 -0500 Received: from ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU by tcubvm.is.tcu.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Sat, 25 Oct 97 05:21:57 CDT Received: from zeus.worldramp.net (zeus.worldramp.net) by ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU (PMDF V5.0-5 #20456) id <01IP7NI71VUO0021WF@ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU> for scouts-l@ALPHA.IS.TCU.EDU; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 05:20:00 -0500 (CDT) Received: from pjm.worldramp.net (ats2-2.worldramp.net [207.30.147.102]) by zeus.worldramp.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA27324 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 1997 06:19:57 -0400 (EDT) MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Message-ID: <01bce12e$c49e86c0$66931ecf@pjm.worldramp.net> Date: Sat, 25 Oct 1997 06:13:23 -0400 Reply-To: PJM Sender: Scouts-L Youth Group List From: PJM Subject: Corey the Hero... the Cubmaster's Minute X-To: scouts-l@tcu.edu To: Multiple recipients of list SCOUTS-L Status: RO X-Status: Most of you have read about Corey by now... how he saved the life= of a friend and won the hearts of a Pack, and the Scouts-L list. This past Thursday at our Pack meeting, we recognized Corey with a necklace of lifesavers and a special Cubmaster's minute. It was derived part from= my own thoughts, and part from a posting I got from the list... Now it was a= n appropriate setting for this... the theme being "Fire, Fire!!!" we ha= d Fire Station #13 out to show us a few things. As they got into their prese= ntation though, their alarms went off... they left in extreme haste with sire= ns blazing and lights a flashing. They also left to 70+ boys cheering th= em on and giving them the Fire Engine cheer. Consequently, I modified the original somewhat to tie in with the= ir being prepared to save a life as well... For your perusal... Cub Master=92s Minutes Be Prepared!!! Wherever you might find yourself, at no particular time, you might be= needed to help yourself or someone else. In the twinkling of an eye, a situa= tion can occur in which everything you have learned will be tested. Many o= f us may never meet that test, but a Cub Scout and Boy Scout are always le= arning, and training to be able to rise up to any occasion whenever it might = happen. Your success in this depends largely on how prepared you really are. = Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scouting movement once said a scout = should "Be Prepared - for any old thing" He was not just talking about head knowledge, but also of courage, character, decision making, and good = old common sense. Prepared in Spirit as well as technique. Here's a list I came across about quality of life in general and I th= ink it is eminently suitable to scouts as a specific group. A Scout should be prepared to: heal a wound, save a life, plan an expedition, order from a French menu, climb a mountain face, enjoy a ballet, balance accounts, roll a kayak, embolden a friend, tell a joke, laugh at himself, cooperate, act alone, sing a children's song, solve equations, throw a dog a stick, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, love heartily, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Last summer, our Pack had an activity at Lake Brantley Pool, where o= ne of the life guards taught the boys the very basics of life saving. Now t= o be candid, I was a bit shocked, in that he went way beyond what we teach= our boys at this level=85 to just reach or throw. He actually showed them= how to =93GO=94 to the victim and rescue them. In no way do we want other bo= ys to try this as this is very dangerous=85 you need complete the Life saving m= erit badge before you should ever attempt to do this. Even then there is a= great deal of personal risk involved. Corey, will you please come forward=85 But Corey, as small as he is, listened intently to what this man sai= d. He not only learned it: He internalized it. He made it a part of himself= . So when he found himself in the water with a drowning boy he did the onl= y thing he knew to do=85 he saved a drowning boy. He didn=92t panic, he didn= =92t hesitate; he just stayed calm and did his duty, because, my friends and fellow = Scouts and Scouters=85 Corey was prepared! Pete Murray Dad Cub Master Mighty Pack 230 Roundtable, Training, Univ of Scouting Staff Semoran Springs Dist, Central Florida Council