Great remembrance of life for Don Parent today! His son Colin Parent, is holding his portrait. He and Kevin Carroll, are both Eagle Scouts from Troop 362 🇺🇸. ASM Don, helped Colin and Kevin earn their #EagleScout awards. I and others were wearing mustaches to honor Don.

Ramona girls-only Scouts BSA troop charting new territory. Audrey Schafer said she prefers BSA because it focuses more on outdoor activities and leadership skills. In contrast, the Girl Scouts focused on relationship skills & selling Girl Scout cookies. bit.ly/3zLeg4w

More than 82,000 men who say they were sexually abused in Scouting have begun voting on a controversial reorganization plan of $1.9 billion, to settle their claims and allow the beleaguered Scouting America of America to emerge from bankruptcy. bit.ly/3j6n53w via Los Angeles Times

Eagle Scout Branden Lintner shows the BEE-Quarium Observation Hiveat the Discovery Center. His innovative see-through viewing structure for bees, took a little over a year to finish, from initial concept to final installation. bit.ly/2ZDNuzi by Linda McIntosh via The San Diego Union-Tribune

Insurer Chubb's Century Indemnity Co. agrees to $800M Scouting America bankruptcy case settlement. The payment would bring the amount of money in the proposed trust to more than $2.6 billion, which would be the largest sexual abuse settlement in U.S. history. on.wsj.com/3s9AFZ9

Deal over Boy Scout abuse fails. $2.7-billion settlement falls short in vote by victims, sending parties back to negotiate new terms. A preliminary tally showed the bankruptcy reorganization plan fell just short at 73% support, with 75% needed. bit.ly/3qWWskq

Boy Scouts Says Abuse Claims Likely to Be Paid in Full, With Lowered Liability Estimates. The youth group had projected total abuse liabilities between $2.4 billion and $7.1 billion but now pegs them at roughly $3 billion. on.wsj.com/3r7mO3s by Becky Yerak via The Wall Street Journal

I never get tired of seeing the Boy Scout Commemorative Tribute in Washington D.C.! bit.ly/376y89S

A federal judge rejected Girl Scouts’ claims that the Scouting America created marketplace confusion and damaged their recruitment efforts by using words like “scouts” and “scouting” in recruitment drives. And that the matter does not need to be put to a jury. bit.ly/3LOMdaJ

Scouts sell off camps under strain from sexual abuse suits. Groups working to find ways to protect them as open space. Richard Blumenthal thinks there may be federal funds available to buy Scout properties. “We have no time to waste.” bit.ly/3meneTN by Patrick Eaton-Robb via The Associated Press

Ruling leaves questions about Scouting America bankruptcy plan. Judge rejects some provisions of the reorganization plan. The plan called for BSA & its local councils, insurance companies and troop sponsors, to contribute some $2.6 billion in cash & property. bit.ly/3cVDMyi

Boy Scouts Near End of Bankruptcy, but Group Faces Challenges. The organization’s $2.5 billion plan for compensating roughly 82,200 sex-abuse victims was the largest and most complex bankruptcy case filed to resolve mass claims of sexual abuse. on.wsj.com/3vC9tTR via The Wall Street Journal

Judge accepts Boy Scouts’ revamp A bankruptcy judge has approved a $2.46-billion reorganization plan proposed by the Scouting America that would allow it to keep operating while compensating tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children bit.ly/3Buqr9V

Congratulations Jerry Sanders on your Champions of Scouting award on the USS Midway Museum this past Saturday 👏 And great artwork from the one and only @sdutBreen!

Boy Scouts Emerge From Bankruptcy After More Than Three Years. U.S. appeals court denies request by non-settling insurers and a minority of sex-abuse survivors to pause the youth group’s reorganization. bit.ly/3Ld3qxb by Becky Yerak via The Wall Street Journal

I was at last Jamboree (2017) livestreaming the Chief Scout Executive, saying they would soon allow girls. Isolated by covid and technology, young women go on a quest for friendship at the formerly boys-only Scouts National Jamboree. ⛺️ bit.ly/3PJD5ZX by AnneBranigin.bsky.social

Yep! 😅

Boy Scout Motto #BePrepared

Hmm? 🙄