Sea Scout Open House Ship 280 Leatherlips Yacht Club Sunday, April 19th, 2009

This Sunday, April 19th, from Noon to 5 PM, Scout Ship 280 will be hosting a member­ship open house at Leatherlips Yacht Club. This event, designed to recruit new mem­bers, will have:

• Open Sailing – Qualified sailors will take out prospective new members to let them see how much fun sailing can be.
• Tour the Club – Tour the Leatherlips clubhouse and property to see the boats available to the Sea Scouts, meeting area and other facilities.
• Learn more about Sea Scouts – Ron Lime will be answering questions about how Sea Scouts is organized, advancement, uniforms, planned activities and any other questions.
• Free Food!

Sea Scouting is open to young men and women that are 14 years old and have com­pleted the 8th grade OR are 15 years old but are not yet age 21.

 Sea Scouts have access to the club for Sea Scout activities and open sailing.

Interested youth that are currently in 8th grade are encouraged to attend also. If inter­ested, they can pay and complete the paperwork and receive the registration special. Once school is out they can become full members. Members do NOT have to be cur­rently registered as Boy Scouts, but can be if they meet the age requirements.

The sailing season is about to begin, will you be on-board?

Questions?  Contact Ron Lime 614-848-4816 or if you're on Facebook, use the RSVP page.

They (the knights of the Round Table) had as their patron saint St. George, because he was the only one of all the saints who was a horseman. He is the Patron Saint of cavalry from which the word Chivalry is derived, and the special saint of England.  He is also the Patron Saint of Boy Scouts everywhere. Therefore, all Scouts should know his story.

St. George was born in Cappadocia in the year AD 303. He enlisted as a cavalry soldier when he was seventeen, and soon became renowned for his bravery. On one occasion he came to a city named Selem, near which lived a dragon who had to be fed daily with one of the citizens, drawn by lot.

The day St. George came there, the lot had fallen upon the king's daughter, Cleolinda. St. George resolved that she should not die, and so he went out and attacked the dragon, who lived in a swamp close by, and killed him.

When he was faced by a difficulty or danger, however great it appeared—even in the shape of a dragon—he did not avoid it or fear it, but went at it with all the power he could put into himself and his horse. Although inadequately armed for such an encounter, having merely a spear, he charged in, did his best, and finally succeeded in overcoming a difficulty which nobody had dared to tackle.  That is exactly the way in which a Scout should face a difficulty or danger, no matter how great or terrifying it may appear to him or how ill-equipped he may be for the struggle.

He should go at it boldly and confidently, using every power that he can to try to overcome it, and the probability is that he will succeed.

St. George's Day is April 23rd, and on that day all Scouts remind themselves of their Promise and of the Scout Law. Not that a Scout ever forgets either, but on St. George's Day he makes a special point of thinking about them. Remember this when April 23rd comes round again.