Cub Scouts take steps to become Boy Scouts

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  • By Senior Airman Megan P. Lyon
  • 366th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Office
MOUNTAIN HOME AIR FORCE BASE, Idaho --  With a splash, the boys dropped their small sailboats into table-mounted rain gutters full of water. Tucking their hands in their pockets, they waited for the signal to go. When the signal was given, the boys took a deep breath and blew their boats to the finish line. 

The rain gutter regatta was just one of many activities at the Mountain Home Air Force Base Cub Scouts, Pack 102, 2008 Blue and Gold banquet Saturday, where more then 80 scouts, den leaders, family and friends gathered to celebrated the Boy Scouts of America's birthday and congratulate those scouts who moved up in the ranks.

"We're very proud of all the boys and what they achieved," said Master Sgt. Chris Attrill, 366th Mission Support Squadron and cubmaster. 

Established in 1910 and chartered by Congress in 1916, BSA introduced Cub Scouts as a family-oriented program designed specifically to address the needs of younger boys. It is a year-round program designed for boys ages 7 through 10 years old. 

The afternoon began with a flag ceremony performed by the Tiger Cubs, the Pledge of Allegiance and rain gutter regatta, a sailboat race powered by the boys, in a rain gutter. After the events, the scouts assembled on stage and performed the candle lighting ceremony. Each boy lit one of the 12 candles while reciting one point of the Boy Scout Law, carefully passing the flame to the next boy when finished. Each candle represents one of the 12 points of the Boy Scout Law.

After dinner the audience was treated to a humorous skit performed by the scouts called "Dirty Dishes." The boys also performed a skit about how scouting came to America.

During the awards ceremony more than 20 boys were presented with their next scout rank by their cubmasters, den leaders and parents. To achieve the rank, the boys completed a certain amount of activities or achievements ranging from den, family and country activities along with field trips, duty to God and self achievements.

"We're proud of the parents," said Tricia Attrill, bear den leader. "They put in as much work as the boys do. A lot of the work to achieve the rank has to be done at home and it's the parents' responsibility to ensure it's done."

Following the ceremony the scouts performed their last skit entitled "Oh No," followed by the ceremony of the night, the Arrow of Light Ceremony and Crossover, which was performed by the Order of the Arrow ceremony group. During the ceremony, two Webelos Two scouts, Lucas Nickerson and Nick Dealey, made the transition from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts.

"It was lot of hard work, we had to earn a lot of badges," said the new Boy Scouts. "We have to work a lot harder now that we're Boy Scouts."

"The boys worked for this all year," said Tech. Sgt. Jason Hipple, 366th Logistics Readiness Squadron and Lucas's father. "They put a lot of time and effort in to achieve this."




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