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Advice from the Top: Leaders need Scouts' qualities

For 98 years, the Boy Scouts of America have been identified with leadership, and it was put to the test last month when a deadly tornado tore through a campsite in Iowa killing four Scouts. USA TODAY corporate management reporter Del Jones spoke to Chief Scout Executive Robert Mazzuca, 60, about the leadership lessons of Scouting from a business perspective. Following are excerpts, edited for clarity and space.

President Bush Presents Award to ArrowCorps5 Shasta-Trinity Project Participants.

President Bush presented the President’s Volunteer Service Award to Mark Hendricks, Western Region Chief of the Order of the Arrow; Jake Wellman, national chief of the Order of the Arrow; and Alex Braden, deputy youth incident commander of the Shasta-Trinity Project.

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History Detectives on PBS

HISTORY DETECTIVES host Gwen Wright explores New York City's 1930s high society and illuminates a connection between FDR and the Boy Scouts that inspired one of the most popular and effective pieces of the President's New Deal program.

Suburban Living: To build a man of integrity, character, start with Eagle Scout

By Ruth Ann Dailey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

I was going back over some of these stories the other day when it struck me that a great many of the charitable projects had a single thing in common: Eagle Scouts.

Commissioners are district and council leaders who help Scout units succeed. They coach and consult with adult leaders of Cub Scout packs, Boy Scout troops, Varsity teams and Venturing crews. Commissioners help maintain the standards of the Boy Scouts of America.