Scouting, Volume 72, Number 3, May-June 1984 Page: 9
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lifesaver." Mary Gledhill, roundtable staff mem-
ber and Diane's "right-hand lady," shares in
preparations.
Another right-hand helper is an incentives
program that has Cub Scout leaders signing up
months in advance for parts in the roundtables.
Before incentives began in January, 1983,
Diane says, "People would come to roundtables
and sit. There was no input, no reassurance that
you were getting through." The incentives
program, which came out of conversations
between the district Cub Scout committee and
the roundtable staff, awards points to packs for
participation.
The day the program was given the go-ahead,
Diane dropped in on her father, a carpenter, and
said, "I need a board the size of this pack flag
and some paint, and how about 20 cup hooks?"
She arrived at the roundtable that evening with
a plywood replica of a pack flag that had a
length of craftstrip for each pack hanging from
the bottom edge.
Colored beads are added to the strips at each
meeting: a dark blue bead for each pack attend-
ing (only one bead per pack because of varying
pack size), green for being in charge of part
of the program, red for vol- (continued on page 40)
'THE BIGGEST
SHOW IN TOWN'
PLAYS MATINEES
AND EVENINGS
BY SUZANNE WILSON
PHOTOGRAPHS BY ART SHAY
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(Top left) Ester Swaisgood,
center, background, throws a
lifeline to "drowning victim."
(Top right) Chris Lerma reads
picture book to children as
part of babysitting offer to
Scouter-parents. (Above)
Roundtable commissioner
Diane Myers promotes next
night's district "Sok Hop"
social for Scouters and
spouses. (Left) To support
next month's theme,
"Survival," Richard Kaiser
demonstrates first aid for
choking on Harry Colvin.
Scouting 4* May-June 1984
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