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https://www.cbs58.com/news/racine-me-bsa-troop-161-a-scoutmasters-40-year-legacy After posting 161 days of blogs about scouting, I was...
Tim Falendysz
Jul 8, 20242 min read
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THANK YOU, may you always cherish our time together as special as I did, God Bless!
We had a good run! Thank you for 40 great years as your Scoutmaster, it's been an honor and a privilege to serve in this position for...
Tim Falendysz
Jun 4, 20241 min read
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Forever Friends!
1600 Troop meetings + 400 Committee meetings and PLC meetings + 240 Campouts + 775 nights of camping + 548 Outings + Mentored 107 Scouts...
Tim Falendysz
Jun 3, 20242 min read
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Hospital Double Header
Over my years as Scoutmaster, I took many people to the hospital for minor injuries. The oddest one was the one pictured above. The...
Tim Falendysz
Jun 2, 20242 min read
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Do you think you can hold it?
What were they thinking?? One year while at Philmont, I had a scout come up to me about the third or fourth day on the trail telling me...
Tim Falendysz
Jun 1, 20242 min read
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Jelly Belly
One of the things I used to do when I went to Philmont is take a bag or two of Jelly Belly jelly beans. When at a place like Philmont,...
Tim Falendysz
May 31, 20241 min read
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Enjoy What is around you, don't take it for granted.
When on campouts, especially high adventure trips, I always like to go find a peaceful place to enjoy nature. Here it was on a rock next...
Tim Falendysz
May 30, 20241 min read
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Thanks to all the volunteers I worked with
161 days of blogging just is not nearly enough time to thank everyone who made me a successful Scoutmaster. There are so many people I...
Tim Falendysz
May 29, 20242 min read
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Tremendous Falendysz
I would like to thank my family who has supported me through all 40 years of scouting. They have given up so much so that I could...
Tim Falendysz
May 28, 20241 min read
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The Gemologist and his Rock
As a youth the boy always admired the look of a shiny rock. He would go to the lake and pick up the smooth flat rocks and hold them in...
Tim Falendysz
May 27, 20244 min read
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What Scouting Means to Me
Stephen Bangs Troop 161 Scouting has meant a lot to me during these past few years and has shaped me into the person I have become. I...
Tim Falendysz
May 26, 20244 min read
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Ugliest Man in the World Skit
Required: 1 good-humored adult victim. 6 or more scouts a blanket or jacket to cover one actor's head One scout is the ugliest man and is...
Tim Falendysz
May 25, 20241 min read
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You should write a book, I have!
Did you know I was a Co-Authour of a book?  When camp Lyle closed its doors, I formed a committee to publish a book about the camp. I...
Tim Falendysz
May 24, 20241 min read
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Determination
This was a story I got from one of the camp staff members when I was working on a project to reflect back on the history of Camp Lyle. ...
Tim Falendysz
May 23, 20243 min read
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Philmont Teamwork
By Kyler Krenzke Scouting has taught me things about teamwork which I may not have learned outside of scouting. It has taught me that...
Tim Falendysz
May 22, 20242 min read
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Tent walls are thin
The tent walls are thin! So one of the things that we would do when we said lights out, is we would go around maybe 15 minutes after the...
Tim Falendysz
May 21, 20242 min read
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Jelly Bean Bowl
Do you know why the elephant painted his toe nails? So he can hide in the jelly bean bowl. Have you ever seen an elephant in a jelly...
Tim Falendysz
May 20, 20241 min read
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SPL and other youth leaders
The SPL was always my Right-hand man and the right-hand man with my Assistant Scoutmasters. The SPL would be the key link between the...
Tim Falendysz
May 19, 20242 min read
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What Scouting has taught me
Daniel Latyshev 4/2/14 Philmont Grant Scouting had definitely been and still is one of the most offering experiences I have ever taken...
Tim Falendysz
May 18, 20243 min read
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Leaders involve the group
I had a group of older scouts who were part of the PLC meetings but were dominating the meetings and not listening to the others. They...
Tim Falendysz
May 17, 20241 min read
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