Ed Basar stopped by today. Ed’s a long time Scouter from Detroit Area Council. He served on Jamboree staff this past summer in a first time position for the Scouts. He was the BSA liason to the front gate of the base. For all prior jamborees, the front gate was handled exclusively by the military and actually did not allow a BSA presence. This time though, the military thought that they needed someone with a Scouting background to help both with screening and facilitating the entrance process.

The stories Ed told would curl my hair if I had much left. Like having to close down the gate to allow all of the coming and going for ambulances after the first camp fire march or when the Chief had to apologize to all of the staff for the delay and poor food service during the pre-opening staff dinner. For an event that has run at the same place for so long, the Scouts should not have had the problems they did. Isn’t our motto – “Be prepared”? I’ll see if its ok if I post other stories from Ed.