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NEWS
BRIEFS
"My conscience began to bother me," said
Andrew who is from Fonda. N.Y., VFW Troop 42.
"I consulted my parents, then I went to the judge
and admitted my mistake. The judge hugged me
and said I was an honest boy."
Chief spelling bee judge Robert Baker ex-
plained the unexpected development, saying. "We
want to commend him for his utter honesty."
Interviewed by Ted Koppel on ABC-TV's
"Nightline" program. Andrew said admitting the
mistake was no big deal. "I just kept thinking that I
was a Boy Scout, and honesty is the first part of the
Scout Law."
BSA receives award for work with
handicapped youth
John Hunt, national director of Scouting for the
Handicapped, recently accepted the Margaret
Pope Hovey Award from Mrs. Margo Essertier.
treasurer of the People to People Committee for
the Handicapped. The plaque memorializes the
late Margaret Pope Hovey, a dedicated former
People to People Committee volunteer who
traveled the world in her wheelchair as an "unof-
ficial ambassador" of the committee. The BSA is
the first recipient of the national award which was
presented in recognition of the BSA's longtime
efforts to include handicapped youth in all aspects
of Scouting.
"Prepared for Today" in four languages
"Prepared for Today," BSA's booklet that helps
parents prepare their children for times when they
must be home alone or care for younger brothers
and sisters, is now available in four languages.
The new bilingual Spanish/English edition
(Supply No. 2941S) joins the trilingual Vietnam-
ese/Lao/English version (Supply No. 3641V). The
popular English edition (Supply No. 3941) has
sold more than a quarter of a million copies.
Farewell to a Brownsea Island camper
Arthur Primmer, featured in the May-June '83
Scouting magazine article, "Where Scouting
Began." died May 20 at the age of 91.
The resident of Poole, Dorset, England was one
of 21 boys to attend the 1907 experimental camp
run by Lord Baden-Powell on Brownsea Island.
One of three surviving members of the original
camp. Primmer attended many Scouting events
during the past year to celebrate the 75th an-
niversary of World Scouting.
Wood Badge pocket cards
Handy, wallet-sized Wood Badge pocket cards are
now available in laminated plastic on an optional
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Certificate Number
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
basis for those who have completed Wood Badge
training.
The cards may be obtained for $5 apiece by
mailing your full name, address, council name.
Wood Badge certificate number, and date to:
Volunteer Training Service, SUM 0217. Boy
Scouts of America, 1325 Walnut Hill Ln.. Irving.
Tex. 75062-1296.
Unit accident insurance
Many units find it assuring to have what some call
"camper" or unit accident insurance. This helps
pay medical expenses or provides other money to
youth and adult members of the BSA for injury or
accidental death arising from any approved and
supervised Scouting activity. Dollar limits, kinds
of injuries covered, and other provisions are
specified on the application and the policy.
This insurance is written for one year and is
renewable after the first year. The BSA endorses
the program underwritten by the Mutual of
Omaha Insurance Company. Annual premiums
now run 50 cents per Tiger Cub or adult. Cub
Scout or Scouter; $1 per Boy Scout or troop
Scouter; $1.50 for each Explorer or Exploring
adult. (Premiums go up on January 1. 1984. but
coverages will also be expanded.) Premiums
collected when the policy is written are based on
the number of youth or adult members officially
registered in the unit at that time.
If the unit committee decides to take the insur-
ance coverage, it must insure all youth members. It
may additionally insure all leaders (Cubmaster.
Scoutmaster, Advisor, den leader, assistants) or all
committee members (including the coordinator),
or both groups—leaders and committee. If the
pack has a Tiger Cub group, and if the pack
insures its Cub Scouts, it must insure all its Tiger
Cubs and Tiger Cub adults. However, if the Cub
pack does not insure its Cub Scouts, its Tigers and
adults may be covered by paying only for them-
selves. But then all Tiger Cubs and Tiger Cub
adults must be covered.
All unit members who reg- (continued on page 98)
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