Scouting, Volume 68, Number 1, January-February 1980 Page: 56
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Live-in Den (from page 38)
children. We've had some people here
who were totally baffled by kids. They
didn't know what to make of them and
they left here a nervous wreck."
To combat the natural tendency of
visitors to coo over the quintuplets and
ignore the older Kienast children, P.J. and
her husband stress that they have seven
children, not five. "Most of the people who
have come here have been kind enough
to make a fuss over Meg and John,"
Mrs. Kienast said, although Meg and John
are old enough now not to care much.
Wolf Cub Scouts Gordon and Ted
Kienast are in their second year of Cub
Scouting. Do they like it? "Sure!" they
reply, answering a silly question before
running off to tangle with a denmate.
Only one other set
of quints had been
born alive in the
United States
before the Kienasts.
Will they go on to Webelos Scouting
and later into a troop? "I think it's difficult
for a nine year old to plan that far ahead,"
Mrs. Kienast said. "I suppose it depends
on what their friends do."
In short, Gordon and Ted Kienast are
your typical nine year olds, living for the
moment and enjoying it to the hilt. One
minute Ted will be snuggling against a
visitor's vest, the next he's off to sample
life's adventures with no further thought
for the intruder.
The spotlight on the Kienast quints has
naturally dimmed with the passing years,
although the media still show up for their
birthdays and Christmas, Mrs. Kienast
said. "And when we're traveling together,
people think we must be a school group,
and they start asking questions, which we
try to avoid."
But to their friends, the quints are just
Gordon, Ted, Abigail, Amy, and Sara, five
individuals who happen to share a birth-
day. And that's the way they seem to like
it.
As for Den Leader P.J. Kienast, she's
the mother of seven and den mother of
eight who thrives on kids and survives the
bedlam very well, thank you. "But when
the Cub Scouts leave after a den meeting,
I've had it," she confessed. For another
week, she will have only her live-in den to
worry about. By comparison, that's seren-
ity itself. ■
56
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Because con-
siderable
money is now
available, our
Olympic athletes are getting a lead on
training for the 1980 games," so said Dick
Buerkle, an Olympic team member and
world record holder for the indoor mile.
"It's bound to improve their perfor-
mance," he added.
Besides his role as an active competitor,
Buerkle serves as a sports program
specialist for Coca-Cola USA and is up to
his track shorts in the Olympic Team
Good Turn cosponsored by Coca-Cola
and the BSA.
Despite the feeling of many sportsmen
and supporters that it is improper, those
countries that can afford the money to
field well-manned and well-trained teams
come up with the best Olympic Games
scores. Contrary to the practice of some
countries, our Federal government does
not provide direct financial aid to Olympic
athletes. If we are serious about encour-
aging these athletes, it is necessary to come
up with the dollars to pay for training and
outfitting our Olympians.
Many private industries have donated
tens of thousands of dollars to underwrite
the costs of training sessions, camps, gear,
and seminars designed to make our ath-
letes more able contenders. Both Coca-
Cola and the BSA feel strongly that they
can help raise more money. The Olympic
Team Good Turn is an outcome of this
belief.
Coca Cola advertised the program in
the October issue of Scouting and offered
a patch (pictured above) to all present and
prospective Cubs, Scouts, and Explorers,
Scouters, Scout parents, and other family
members who fulfill these three require-
ments:
• Participate in a fit-
ness activity.
• Makeapersonalcon-
tribution of one dollar
to the U.S. Olympic
Team.
• Be aware of ser-
vice to others and
pride in America.
There's no end
to the fitness activities that qualify. Here
are some examples:
For Cub Scouts:
• Taking part in the Cub Scout Physical
Fitness Program
• Learning to swim
• Joining in a Cub Scout Bicycle Safety
Program cycling trip
• 1,000-meter jog
• Family fitness programs
For Boy Scouts:
• Earn a sports-related merit badge
• Mile Swim BSA
• 10,000-meter run
• Interpatrol or intertroop sports compe-
tition
For Explorers:
• 3,000-meter Olympic Team run
• 400-meter swim
• Presidential Physical Fitness Award
• Interpost team sports tournaments
Handicapped persons:
• Wheelchair hikes
• Swim or track meets
• Fitness testing
• 50/50 events teaming handicapped with
nonhandicapped contestants.
The "personal contribution of one dol-
lar" should be just that—money out of
your own earnings or savings—not money
solicited from someone else.
The third requirement of being "aware
of service to others and pride in America"
might be accomplished by the unit leader
or even a junior leader explaining for a few
moments about both principles at a meet-
ing of the pack, troop, or Explorer post.
Coca-Cola USA will send a free Olym-
pic Team Good Turn kit with order form
for the patches and an
envelope to return the
order and money.
Write to: Olympic
Team Good Turn, P.O.
Box 88803, Atlanta,
Ga. 30338. ■
Here's a chance for
Scouters and youth
members to finance our
Olympians.
January/February 1980 Scouting
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