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Scouting
ublished
America
J. Warren Young,
Publisher
Mike Wallace
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Associate Publishers,
Magazine Division
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Scott Daniels, Executive Editor
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Associate Editor
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Senior Writer, Magazine Division
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Contributing Editors
Joseph Connolly, Director of
Design, Magazine Division
Elizabeth Hardaway Morgan,
Art Director
Stephen Seeger, Photo Editor
Sylvia Shockley, Editorial Assistant
Robert E. Hood
William B. McMorris
Ernest Doclar,
Editors Emeriti
Bob Wiemers,
Operations Director
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Advertising Production Manager
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Circulation Director
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James B. Kobak, Chairman
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Joseph W. Ostrow
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Letters
Abetter way to remember snakes
As a herpetologist [one who studies
reptiles and amphibians], I want to
thank you for the article "Fear Snakes No
More" in the September issue. Anything to
help people overcome an irrational fear of
snakes is to be commended.
However, a poem as a mnemonic device
may not be the best method for remember-
ing the color pattern of the skin of a poison-
ous coral snake. Many young children, espe-
cially those who have learning disabilities,
may mix up the lines of the poem or invert
them.
The coral snake poem I grew up with is a
good example:
Red and yellow—kill a fellow
Red and black—friend of Jack.
Unfortunately, many times I have heard
children say instead:
Red and yellow—friendly fellow
Red and black—will kill Jack.
Adults also can have problems with re-
membering the correct version—especially
when confronted by what may or may not be
a coral snake.
I have found it is easier for many children
to use the "traffic light" method: yellow
means caution, red means stop.
Most important to remember, however, is
this rule: Don't go near any snake (or other
animal, for that matter) if you aren't sure of
its identity.
Please continue to print articles showing
reptiles in a better light. We need all the
help we can get in portraying these crea-
tures as an important part of the environ-
ment.
Sharon A. Brown
Committee Chairman, Troop 52U
Melbourne, Fla.
If you have a question or comment about what you read in
Scouting magazine or about something related to Scouting in
general, we'd like to hear from you. Write to us at Scouting
magazine, 1325 W. Walnut Hill Ln., P.O. Box 152079, Irving,
TX 75015-2079. Because of space limitations, we reserve the
right to edit letters for length and clarity.
Scouting online resources
I believe Scouting magazine should publish
an educational article for Scouters who wish
to use the Internet but are untrained in the
use of the computer....
I have been a member of our district
training team for many years, and at a re-
cent training session, I asked the partici-
pants if they would use the Internet if it
contained useful information. The response
was very positive.
Ron Wilson
San Clemente, Calif.
♦ This issue's cover story, beginning on page
22, contains much of what you are looking
for, including the basics of going online,
finding Scouting resources, plus guidance
for a family's safe and efficient use of the
Internet's vast resources.
The May-June issue has it all
Could you please consider mailing out your
program planning helps as a July-August
special issue of the magazine? September is
really too late to begin planning....
A July-August issue containing informa-
tion on planning pack and den meetings,
leader recruitment, School Night for Scout-
ing, budget, etc., would help most Scouters
begin preparing an orderly, well-thought-
out plan for the school year.
S. Kent Hope
Cubmaster, Pack 100
Addison, Tex.
♦ Scouting magazine has no plans to pub-
lish a July-August issue, but the planning
and program materials you describe are in-
cluded in copies of the May-June issue that
go to Cubmasters and assistants, den lead-
ers and assistants, den leader coaches, and
commissioners. The May-June 1996 issue,
for example, included the introduction to
Cub Scout Program Helps 1996-1997, and
the 1996-97 Pack Program Planning Chart,
plus the suggested pack themes for Sep-
tember and October.
Additional supplements for upcoming
Cub Scout monthly themes are included in
the November-December, January-Febrary,
and March-April issues of the magazine.
In addition to the program helps seg-
ments bound into the magazine, a single,
annual edition, Cub Scout & Webelos Scout
Program Helps 1996-97, is available for pur-
chase at your council service center. ■
Scouting *$? November-December 1996
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