An Hour A Week? Podcast

WSFA TV Montgomery, AL - Talladega Boy Scouts help police catch theft suspects
TALLADEGA, Ala. - A group of Boy Scouts from Talladega, on a trip to south Alabama over the weekend, helped to identify and lead police to the capture of a couple accused of stealing money from the Cub pack in 2003.

TownOnline.com - Local News: Scout’s enthusiasm for project spills over

When 17-year-old Rob Lilly of Scituate started kicking around ideas for his Eagle Scout project last year, he didn’t stray far from an issue that hit close to home - the water quality along the Gulf River and Scituate Harbor.

“I’ve lived along the (Gulf) river my whole life,” Lilly said. “I’ve always enjoyed fishing, sailing and swimming, so it’s important to me to protect the water in town.”

And the long-time Boy Scout has certainly done his part, supplying seven oil spill recovery kits to numerous docks, boat yards and businesses throughout town. The kits - lock boxes that include absorbent pads and instruction lists for users in the event of an oil spill - will help mitigate the impact of any spill while the harbormaster or Coast Guard are contacted to respond to the scene.

NBC10.com - Local News - Boy Saves Brother From Choking On Bacon
ELKTON, Md. — Like many little brothers, 7-year-old William Richmond loves to follow his older brother around.

Its’a good thing, too, because that’s how he learned a life-saving maneuver that saved his brother’s life.

“I didn’t think I was going to live,” said 12-year-old Mark Richmond. “I didn’t know what was going to happen next.”

Daily Record - Mount Olive - A ’simple’ project for the environment
MOUNT OLIVE — Boy Scout Kevin Cosman has lived in Flanders for most of his life.

He’ll turn 18 next December but before that day comes he wanted to give something back to the community so he dedicated his Eagle Scout Service Project to help protect the environment.

After months of planning, he developed a plan to attach small (4 inches across) medallions on storm drains all around his town. Each one of the 116 medallions reads: “No dumping, drains to waterways.”

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Right now, 50 dilapidated bicycles that nobody would want sit in a pile in Kendrick McBride’s backyard.

But McBride plans to repair them into gifts that local children would be proud to ride.

McBride is rebuilding and refurbishing the bicycles. When he is done, he plans to donate the finished products as gifts to local families during the holidays.

I recorded some audio from Connor’s “Go See It” trip to a local fire station and just can’t get it edited, so there will be another delay for the show. I’ll put it out sometime this week.

Midland Daily News - Scouts become heroes for Shelterhouse
Donald Owen used a leaf blower as big as himself to clear a sidewalk surrounding the playground. While the power from the blower removed brush and leaves to reveal the circular concrete, the 14-year-old smiled – not typical for a teen up at 9 a.m. on a Saturday, but he knows the work he completes today is for someone’s future tomorrow.

That’s why Owen and four others in Boy Scout Troop 701 teamed up with Lowe’s Heroes to provide repairs and upgrades for Shelterhouse. Lowe’s Heroes – volunteer teams made up of employees from the local store, representatives from non-profit organizations and individuals from the community – participate in a big community service project every year, and this year it was to work on Shelterhouse.