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Peter
Citizen
Username: Peter
Post Number: 33
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 - 9:50 pm: |     |
Last week, the bulletin boards around Memorial Park were removed and replaced. The old ones looked fine to me. Why? Who/what is the Maplewood Civic Association, whose name adorns the bulletin boards? Was this a private undertaking, or tax dollars unwisely spent? |
bottomline
Citizen
Username: Bottomline
Post Number: 295
Registered: 8-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 - 11:25 pm: | |
So suspicious. So quick to accuse.
The Maplewood Civic Association is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization.
The bulletin board upgrades were an Eagle Scout project. Tax dollars were not involved.
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Albatross
Citizen
Username: Albatross
Post Number: 730
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2005 - 12:32 am: | |
As Bottomline said, a Scout replaced the boards for his Eagle Scout project. For any who don't know, the requirements of Eagle rank include a history of service to the community, and a special, indvidually planned and led project by the Eagle candidate. Typically, a project plan will be approved by the Troop Committee and from then on the project is the Scout's responsibility. |
Peter
Citizen
Username: Peter
Post Number: 34
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2005 - 10:08 am: | |
Thanks for the clarification. That's why I asked, to find out more. Congratulations to the aspiring Eagle Scout. We wish him or her much success. |
Peter
Citizen
Username: Peter
Post Number: 35
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2005 - 10:10 am: | |
So what else does the Maplewood Civic Association do? I'd like to know more about it. |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 6260
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2005 - 4:46 pm: | |
Among other things, the Maplewood Civic Association does:
The 4th of July Committee which runs the annual 4th of July Celebration.
The Citizens Budget Action Committee which reviews the town's proposed budget and makes cost saving and efficiency suggestions to the TC and the School Board for possible implementation.
Town-wide contests in areas such as photography and holiday decorations, etc.
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Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 2340
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, September 8, 2005 - 11:19 pm: | |
Girls can not be Eagle Scouts because it's a rank in Boy Scouts. |
TomR
Citizen
Username: Tomr
Post Number: 682
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 9, 2005 - 12:06 am: | |
Aunt,
Would you care to elaborate?
TomR |
susan1014
Supporter
Username: Susan1014
Post Number: 966
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, September 9, 2005 - 12:45 am: | |
JTA is technically correct...Girl Scouting has a program that is similar to the Eagle Scout program in including a major service project, but the award is called something else. |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 2343
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, September 9, 2005 - 6:24 am: | |
Tom-
I think bottomline can explain it better; but from what I remember when my brother was in Boy Scouts it's the highest honor a Boy Scout can earn. I think you have to earn a certain number of badges first, then a large community project. In the last year or so I remember one Scout organized a blood drive and another painted the house numbers throught the town on the curb.
Acheiving the rank of Eagle Scout is not easy. Eagle If I remember correctly only 2% of the boys reach this level.
When I was a Girl Scout the equalivant of this was 'First Class.' You had to earn a certain number of badges, plus I think it was seven 'challenges.' I know this has changed though. |
sac
Supporter
Username: Sac
Post Number: 2595
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, September 9, 2005 - 6:40 am: | |
The highest award a Girl Scout can earn is the Gold Award which is part of the program for High School aged girls. There is also a Silver Award for Middle School aged girls and a Bronze Award for Elementary aged girls. The Gold Award is comparable to the Eagle Award for Boy Scouts. The First Class award that JTA mentions that was in place when many of us were that age was not as intense.
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Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 2345
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, September 10, 2005 - 12:02 am: | |
Thanks sac! I knew it changed, but wasn't sure to what. |
letters016
Citizen
Username: Letters016
Post Number: 245
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 12:31 pm: | |
My son is currently working on his Eagle Scout. First you have to come up with an idea that is approved by the Troop Committee. The project must help the community at large and not just an individual person. A project cannot consist solely of collecting money unless you collect the money doing a community project (such as a fair) and then you have to use that money for the good of the general public.
Then you have to get all of the approvals of people involved, i.e. Township Committee or a civic group (if that is who you are going to help).
Then you have to come up with a detailed plan of action, the who-what-where and timetable for completion. It is not necessary for the Scout to actually do any of the work as it is more of a 'project' and less of a 'I did this', although most Scouts take an active role.
It is unlike anything a Scout has usually done before. It is almost always an introduction to the 'real world' of how to get things done. Because a lot of the work is done in the preparation and follow-up paperwork, it gives the Scout a wide range of knowledge about what it takes to make something happen. Up to this point, a Scout usually did the work but had no idea what it took to actually make the whole project a reality.
This is why colleges and businesses take note when a person had Eagle Scout on his resume. They know that this person has been exposed to and done things that a normal teenage boy would not necessarily have had the opportunity to do.
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Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 2385
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Monday, September 12, 2005 - 11:16 am: | |
letters-
How old are your son and PW now? If I remember correctly they're Sophmores, right? Reason I'm asking I know a 15 year old Sophmore who needs some decent friends. Little Letters and PW are just the kind of friends this kid needs. |
letters016
Citizen
Username: Letters016
Post Number: 250
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 12, 2005 - 5:23 pm: | |
JTA,
Letters, Jr. is 16 (will be 17 in February) and PW is 17 now (August). Both are juniors at CHS. |
letters016
Citizen
Username: Letters016
Post Number: 251
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Monday, September 12, 2005 - 5:24 pm: | |
I just re-read your post... I like "Little Letters" better. |
Just The Aunt
Supporter
Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 2437
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, September 16, 2005 - 11:50 pm: | |
Letters-
I read the letter to the Editor about bulletin Boards in this week's Snooze Wrecked. Were you aware PW redid the bulletin boards at ALL the parks in Mapleberry?
With their love of scouting and shared by their fathers, I always knew Little Letters and PW would achieve the rank of Eagle Scout! I sometimes wondered who enjoyed it more! The kids or the dads!  |
letters
Citizen
Username: Letters016
Post Number: 259
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2005 - 7:40 pm: | |
Yes I was, but for the most part Eagle Scout projects remain mostly annonymous unless someone really tries to find out who did it. Like I said before, it's more of a "project" and less of a "I did this". |
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