HHHHave you heard? Sea

Scouting is 100 years

old!

Founded around a camp-

fire in England when

Lord Baden Powell

voiced his hope that old-

er Scouts would be inter-

ested in learning about

boat management and

seamanship.

In 1912, Arthur A. Carey

of Waltham, Massachu-

setts, had Sea Scouts us-

ing the schooner Pioneer

and was appointed

Chairman of the Nation-

al Council Committee on

Sea Scouting.

Beginning in 2011, the

second oldest program of

the Boy Scouts of Amer-

ica will celebrate our

centennial anniversary!

Very soon after the Na-

tional Jamboree is over,

the National Sea Scout-

ing Committee will

begin releasing 100th

anniversary logo’s like

the one here.

So keep a sharp watch

for special announce-

ments!

100 years of Sea Scouting

Sea Scout Centennial

SSSSea Scouting in

Tukabatchee Area Coun-

cil is back! For the first

time in almost 50 years,

there is a Sea Scout Ship.

Ship 169, located in Al-

exander City and Skip-

pered by Darrin Sanders

is chartered by First

United Methodist

Church of Alexander

City!

Soon there will be anoth-

er ship that will be locat-

ed in Prattville, Alabama

and will be chartered by

the Bass Pro Shop!

We are currently recruit-

ing new leaders to head

up the new unit. If you

are interested, please let

Commodore Mike Wel-

born know.

Ships of the Line

Come See and Dis-

cover Sea Scouts

2

Across the Wire 2

Sea Scout Community 2

Important Changes 3

Age Requirements 3

Sea Scout Promise 3

Important Dates 4

Inside this issue:

SCUTTLEBUTT

The cask of drinking water

on ships were called a scut-

tlebutt and since sailors

exchanged gossip when

they gathered at the scuttle-

butt for a drink of water,

scuttlebutt became U.S.

Navy slang for gossip or

rumors. A butt was a

wooden cask which held

water or other liquids; to

scuttle is to drill a hole, as

for tapping a cask.

Knee DeepKnee DeepKnee DeepKnee DeepKnee DeepKnee DeepKnee DeepKnee Deep Cypress Knee Sea Scout Squadron 3rd Quarter 2010 Montgomery, Alabama

OOOOn July 10, 2010, Cypress Knee

Sea Scout Squadron held it’s

first Come, See and Discover

Sea Scouting Day.

The event, held at Wind Creek

State Park, gave the youth the

opportunity to get to hear a brief

introduction to Sea Scouts, dis-

cover what it is like being on the

water and meet other youth their

own age.

The United State Power Squad-

ron graciously provided 2 boats

that were used to take the youth

out on the water, The Marine

Police volunteered their District

Headquarters for the youth to

meet and Wind Creek State Park

Donated the Public Boat Ramp,

a pavilion and entrance fees!

Everyone had a great time in

spite of the extremely hot Ala-

bama weather and we greatly

appreciate the assistance of our

partners in Sea Scouting.

Bravo –Zulu Everyone!

Come, See and Discover Sea Scouts

The ones listed here are

just a few that we would

like to thank for their

overwhelming support:

• The United States

Coast Guard Auxiliary

• The United States

EEEEven though the Sea

Scout Program is ap-

proaching our 100th anni-

versary, we know that we

could not have existed this

long without our many

community sponsors!

Power Squadron

• The Alabama State

Parks

• Alabama Marine Po-

lice

• Boone Publishing

• Bass Pro Shop

Sea Scout Community

Magazine and the Dadeville

Times!

If you haven’t read the article,

you can read them online at

http://cypressknee.terapad.com

Across the Telegraph

HHHHave you heard?

Sea Scouting in the Tukabatchee

Area Council is getting GREAT

press!

Most recently, the local Sea

Scouts have turned up in Lake

Page 2 Knee Deep 3rd Quarter 2010

Changes to the BSA’s Youth Protection Policies

The Sea Scout Promise

Age Eligibility Requirements

YYYYouth safety is the No. 1 concern

of the BSA. To increase aware-

ness of this societal problem and

to create even greater barriers to

abuse than already exist today in

Scouting, the Boy Scouts of Amer-

ica is implementing several im-

portant changes to further enhance

its Youth Protection policies:

Effective June 1, 2010:

• Youth Protection Training is

required for all registered vol-

unteers.

• New leaders are required to

take Youth Protection Train-

ing before they submit their

application for registration.

The certificate of completion

for this training must be sub-

mitted at the time application

is made and before volunteer

service with youth begins.

• Youth Protection Training

must be taken every two

years. If a volunteer’s Youth

Protection Training record is

not current at the time of re-

charter, the volunteer will not

be re-registered.

er core programs. The

current age and grade

eligibility requirement

for participation in the

Venturing program is 14

years of age and comple-

tion of the eighth

grade. Effective May 1,

2010, the minimum age

requirement will be

changed to 14 years of

age, or 13 years of age

and completion of the

eighth grade. The maxi-

mum age for participa-

tion remains under 21

years of age.

TTTThe National Executive

Board recently approved

a resolution to change

the eligibility require-

ments for Venturing to

ensure consistency

among Venturing, high-

adventure bases, and oth-

lifesaving devices on

every boat I board.

• To be prepared to

render aid to those in

need

• To seek to preserve

AAAAs a Sea Scout I prom-

ise to do my best:

• To guard against wa-

ter accidents

• To know the location

and proper use of the

the Motto of the Sea:

“Women and chil-

dren first”.

“Effective May 1, 2010.

the minimum age

requirement changed to

14 years of age, or 13

years of age and

completion of the eighth

grade”

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Tukabatchee Area Council

3067 Carter Hill Road

Montgomery, AL 26111

We’re on the Web

http://cypressknee.terapad.com

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=342314169070

SSSShining Light Across America

31 July 10, 6:30 pm

Riverwalk Stadium

SSSSea Scout Adult Leader Training

28 August 10 8:00 am

Council Service Center

NNNNew Ship Organization Meeting

30 August 10, 6:30 pm

Bass Pro Shop

Dates to Remember

Phone: 334-262-2697

Cypress Knee Sea Scout Squadron