Scouting, Volume 64, Number 3, May-June 1976 Page: 24
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Backpackers
are you
cheating
yourselves?
V
The greatest expense of
your trip in the bush can
be the cost of /our food.
And probably the most important part
of your comfort and well being is the
weight and quality of your food.
Do you know how much and what type
of foods are best for the trip you are
planning—what foods are available and
from where—what the cost should and
should not be?
For the first time a book is available
answering these and other questions.
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO TRAIL FOOD
USE by William W. Forgey M.D. reviews
commonly used natural foods, Mountain
House, Tea Kettle, Chuck Wagon, Wilson,
Rich-Moor, Dri Lite, and Seidel Trail
Foods. This book covers both human
needs and the ability of foods to meet
those needs. It examines all technical
aspects of trail foods from calorie content
to weight, water, cooking time, and pot
size requirements. Source information
and price data is provided to facilitate
comparison shopping.
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A SPECIAL
KIND OF MAN
BY THOMAS LEHMIER
Li is photo appeared in a Lancaster,
n pa., newspaper back in 1974 when a
picture story was done on the Easter
Seal Society troop at summer camp. He
was smiling as he hit the water at the
Strickler Pool, North Camp. He was
paralyzed from the waist down. Also
blind. But his spirits soared — and those
around him glowed — as he did his best
to be a real Scout.
Sam Handle was his name. He didn't
show up this past summer on Sunday
when his troop moved into camp. Some-
one said that he lost interest. But his
buddies kept insisting that he should be
with them — he was missed. The real
problem was he didn't want to be a
problem. He had developed a urinary
condition that made it necessary to
drain his bladder every four hours by
catheter.
His Scoutmaster said: "The kids miss
him. He really wants to come. Bring him
— we'll handle the catheter every four
hours . . . somehow."
So on Tuesday they brought him.
When he heard the shouts of welcome
as he entered the Seneca troop site he
choked up. "I thought it was only me
who missed them. They really missed
me\ Hey — I'm ready to have fun!"
Now his Scoutmaster has no special
skills, training or background to lead a
troop of handicapped youngsters. He is
middle-aged, a little overweight, like a
lot of us. What he has going for him is an
overabundance of love for kids, an
oversupply of patience as those kids
grapple, learn and grow.
He has a committee. He has help from
some other special kids who have nor-
mal faculties and love to share their
skills with these handicapped boys. And
he has an extremely interested parent
organization. But even though the spe-
cial character in this vignette is blond
and blind and paralyzed from the waist
down, the real hero is Scoutmaster Har-
ry Haar. We salute him — a wonderful,
special kind of guy. A beautiful person.
A Scouter like you.
We thought you'd like to know of one
more way that Scouting today is a lot
more than you think! ■
Thomas Lehmier is the Scout Executive,
Lancaster-Lebanon Council, Pa.
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