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• Be the FACE of SCOUTING at the Greenbrier Classic Golf Tournament- click HERE
•  What's NEW at Camp this year- Paddleboarding, Ice Climbing, Kayaking Merit Badge, and MORE- click HERE
• NEW Kayaking Merit Badge- will be available at Camp Powhatan, Camp Ottari, and Claytor Lake Adventure Base this summer!- click HERE
• NEW National Chief Scout Executive- click HERE
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• Your "Ideal Year of Scouting" - tools to help you achieve your best Scouting year- clickHERE
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• Summit SHAKEDOWN- YOU can Preview the Bechtel Reserve!- Click HERE
• Want to see what's going on at the Summit? Check out these videos- click HERE
• Foxfire National Youth Training Program- sign up NOW-click HERE
• Start planning NOW to join us for Jamboree!- click HERE
• NEW Policy on Purchase of Rank Badges- Click HERE
• NEW Grants for Eagle Projects from Lowes- $100 Gift Cards now available- Click HERE
• PGA Golf Tournament, The Greenbrier Classic & Concert Series- The BSA has been selected as the Tournament's Charity of Choice - Admission Badges to Benefit BRMC Camperships! - Click HERE
   
• About the Journey to Excellence- find out what it's all about-click HERE
• 2012 Friends of Scouting Campaign Reaches 82%!- click HERE
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• Silver Beaver Nominations- Deadline for nominations is Aug. 31- Click HERE
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• ScoutStrong- a new BSA program to encourage and support physical fitness, and you can recieve the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award..in less than 2 months! click HERE
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  - August 17-19
• Battleship Overnight Camping
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• Jamboree 2013
  - July 15- 24, 2013

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Fwd: Camp Card Turn In- Dan River District

ATTENTION:  Any unit in Dan River District that has paid for their Camp Cards sold and turned in unsold cards, please contact Bill Oswald by Thursday night, 17 May 2012 to do so.   Camp Card accounts can be settled with Bill at the District Volunteer Recognition Banquet on 17 May at 6:30 P.M. at First Presbyterian Church, Main St. Danville.

 

If you have not made reservations for the banquet, please contact Bill by 4 P.M. today (Wednesday, 16 May).  Bill needs to place the food order with Outback Restaurant.  Cost for the banquet is $12 per person.   Lots of people will be getting awards.    Come and honor these volunteers by attending the banquet and giving them thanks for all they do to help our youth scouts. 

 

Contact Bill at:  danriverde@bsa-brmc.org or phone 434-429-6430.  

 

 

 

Bill Oswald 

District Executive

Dan River District

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
Blue Ridge Mountains Council

2131 Valley View Blvd., NW
Roanoke, VA 24012
(540) 265-0656
 Fax (540) 265-0659

Cell:  434-429-6430

 

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David Hyler

(434) 710-4408

Spring Camporee 2012

Commissioner College 2012

Programs for Scouts

The Science Center regularly hosts presentations by experts, enthusiasts and scientists.  We have a particularly interesting set of programs over the next few months.  Join us and bring your Scouts. All talks are FREE.

 

Methods of Chiropractic Medicine, February 14, 6:30 p.m.

Local chiropractor, Dr. Stephen Eggleston shares how small applications of pressure and adjustments in alignment can bring about large results in the human body.

 

Dinosaurs Under the Microscope, February 24, 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Mary Schweitzer of North Carolina State University is renowned for her discovery of flexible dinosaur tissue within dinosaur bone. Dr. Schweitzer talks about the evidence for soft tissue in fossils and how this impacts our understanding of ancient animals and their environments.

 

Talkin¹ Turkey, March, 13, 6:30 p.m.

Did you know turkeys communicate with each other? Come learn about the variety of sounds turkeys produce and the meanings behind them. Local outdoor enthusiasts James Lumpkins and Dave Clark will speak about making box calls, wing-bone calls and diaphragm calls and will demonstrate how to use them.

 

The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music, March 27, 6:30 p.m.

Dr. Patricia Gray from the Music Research Institute at UNC-Greensboro, shares her studies of other species and their abilities to perceive and manipulate patterns of sound and time thus advancing our understanding of the deeper roots of human musicality. 

 

Peering into the Musical Brain, April 10, 6:30 p.m.

Over the past 15 years, Dr. Don Hodges has worked on mapping the musical brain in an effort to understand how neural mechanisms support various components of musical behavior. Although there is still much to learn, a picture of the musical brain is beginning to emerge.

 

The Sounds of Bat Sonar, April 24, 6:30 p.m.

Bats live in a world of sound that is mostly inaudible to humans. They use sounds above our hearing range to navigate through their environments, find their food, and communicate with each other. Dr. Rolf Mueller shares his work on the communication systems of these amazing night flyers.

 

Jeff Liverman, Executive Director

Danville Science Center, 434.799.5160

www.dsc.smv.org

 

 

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David Hyler

(434) 710-4408