Baloo's bugle volume 21, Number 9



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The Price Of Success


Baltimore Area Council

Vince Lombardi was a very successful football coach – especially known for coaching the Green Bay Packers during the 1960’s. He said, “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that, whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” Let us all strive to be a success at home, at school, at play and as Cub Scouts.


Keeping Fit


Great Salt Lake Council

Cub Scouts, I hold in my hand a pocketknife. This is a valuable tool because it can be used for many useful things. It is a dependable tool as long as the blade is kept sharp and free from rust and the working parts are in good condition. But, if it is neglected and becomes dull and rusty, it can be a dangerous tool.

The same principle can be applied to ourselves. We have a body, which when kept in good condition, will serve us well. If we get plenty of exercise, eat the proper foods, and have good health habits, we will be able to enjoy, to the fullest, the things we do. But if we fail to take care of ourselves, we can become rusty and dull like the neglected knife.

Do your best to keep fit!



You can get this placemat / poster of the new CS Adventure Program at http://akelascouncil.com/uploads/New_Program_info_from_Akela_s_Council.pdf


What Is Akela's Council?


Akela's Council is a complete Cub Scout Leader Training program. Utah National Parks Council has planned this exciting 4 1/2 day Cub Scout Leader Training for those who have completed the Leader Basic Training. This fast-paced and inspiring training covers den doodles, den yells, relationships, Cub Scout forms, resources, Sports/Academic program, skits, puppets, charter renewal, BSA policies, insignia, Webelos Outdoor Experience, Cub Scouts with disabilities and much more. Any Cub Scout Leader from any council is invited to attend.

Go to www.akelascouncil.com to learn more


THEME RELATED STUFF

Olympic Cities


Scouter Jim, Bountiful Utah

Olympic Summer Games

Athens 1896 Berlin 1936 Moscow 1980

Paris 1900 London 1948 Los Angeles '84

St. Louis 1904 Helsinki 1952 Seoul 1988

London 1908 Melbourne 1956 Barcelona 1992

Stockholm 1912 Rome 1960 Atlanta 1996

Antwerp 1920 Tokyo 1964 Sydney 2000

Paris 1924 Mexico City 1968 Athens 2004

Amsterdam 1928 Munich 1972 Beijing 2008

Los Angeles 1932 Montreal 1976 London 2012



Olympic Winter Games:

Chamonix 1924 Innsbruck 1976

St. Moritz 1928 Lake Placid 1980

Lake Placid 1932 Sarajevo 1984

Garmisch- Calgary 1988

Partenkirchen 1936 Albertville 1992

St. Moritz 1948 Lillehammer 1994

Oslo 1952 Nagano 1998

Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 Salt Lake City 2002

Squaw Valley 1960 Torino 2006

Innsbruck 1964 Vancouver 2010

Grenoble 1968 Sochi 2014



Sapporo 1972

Fun Facts About the Olympics


Alice, Golden Empire Council

  • Because of World War I and World War II, there were no Olympic Games in 1916, 1940, or 1944.

  • In 490 BCE, Pheidippides, a Greek soldier, ran from Marathon to Athens (about 25 miles) over terrible terrain to let the people know their soldiers were victorious over the Persians, then fell to the ground dead.

  • The distance of a marathon was decided to be 26 miles and 385 yards because the British Royal Family requested the 1908 marathon to begin at Windsor Castle so their children could watch. That distance became the standard marathon length in 1924.

  • Motor boating was an official sport at the 1908 Olympics.

  • The original Greek athletes played in the nude. The Greek root "gymnos" means nude and the word "gymnasium" literally means "school for naked exercise."

  • The Olympic flag was first flown during the 1920 Olympic Games.

  • Modern Olympic Gold Medals were originally made entirely out of real gold, until after 1912.

  • Ancient Greek Olympic athletes won a wreath of olive leaves – the first winner was a cook.

  • James B. Connolly (United States), winner of the hop, step, and jump (the first final event in the 1896 Olympics), was the first Olympic champion of the modern Olympic Games.

  • The original Olympic flame of ancient Greece was ignited by the sun and then kept burning until the closing of the Olympic Games.

  • The modern Olympic flame is lit at the ancient site of Olympia by women wearing ancient-style robes and using a curved mirror and the sun. The Olympic Torch is then passed from runner to runner from the ancient site of Olympia to the Olympic stadium in the hosting city, and kept lighted till the games end.

  • The Beijing Olympic motto of “One World, One Dream” was chose from over 210,000 entries submitted from around the world.

  • Pierre de Frédy, a French educator and sportsman, revived the Olympic Games in 1896 and designed the Olympic Flag in 1913-1914.

  • The Olympic Flag has five interlocking rings (blue, yellow, black, green and red) to represent Africa, the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe, the five parts of the world involved when the modern Olympics began.

Random Fun Facts


Grand Teton Council

  • In a year, a person's heart beats 40,000,000 times

  • A great reason to smile - You use an average of 43 muscles for a frown. You use an average of 17 muscles for a smile.

  • And then every two thousand frowns creates one wrinkle.

  • Fit people can burn more fat for longer periods of time than unfit people.

  • We call the hot, muggy days of summer "Dog days." This expression may have originated with the Romans who associated such weather with the influence of Sirius, the Dog Star, which is high in the sky during summer.


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