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Alabama Space Center
Visit the First Lady of Space, "monkey-
naut" Baker. Buckle up for a flight to the
moon aboard spaceship Lunar Odyssey.
Experience the actual sights, sounds, and
"G" forces of space travel. Try on a space
helmet and gloves then step inside a
Skylab space station where astronauts
actually trained. These experiences and
more are yours at earth's largest space
museum, the Alabama Space and Rocket
Center in Huntsville.
The State of Alabama operates the
museum and a visit to it can be an all-day
holiday filled with new space adventures.
While there, you may also visit NASA's
Marshall Space Flight Center, a Federal
installation separate from the space mu-
seum. Hours of both are: June through
August, 8 A.M. to 6 P.M.; September
through May, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. There is an
admission charge and special group rates
are available.
Alabama Space and Rocket Center,
Huntsville, Ala. 35807 (in the north cen-
tral part of the state), toll-free phone,
800-633-7280.
The awful costs of
running a car
Cost of Owning and Operating A utomobiles
and Vans, free, Consumer Information
Center, Dept. 681H, Pueblo, Colo. 81009.
Sobering is the word that sums up what
this neat little 20-page booklet has to say.
It gives well-documented statistics of vehi-
cle operating costs mile by mile and year
by year for up to 10 years. Included are:
original purchase depreciation, mainte-
nance, gas and oil, garage-parking-tolls,
insurance, taxes. As you would expect, sub
compact cars are the best investment.
Figures reveal that per-mile cost for oper-
ating one of the small cars comes to 18.5
cents while for compact cars it's 21.7 cents,
standard cars 24.6 cents.
Jamboree Arts and
Science Fair
If you have a Scout in your jamboree
contingent who has a knack for the arts
and sciences, be sure he knows about the
arts and science fair competition that will
be going on at Fort A.P. Hill this summer.
Seven contest categories will display
exhibits brought to the jamboree from
home by Scouts. Judges will award first-,
second-, and third-place ribbons in each
category.
Entry blanks and rules are available
from your local council service center, but
don't delay—completed forms must be
returned to the National Office post-
marked no later than May 31 to be
eligible.
The contest categories are:
• Photography. Black and white prints,
color slides, and color prints.
• Painting/Drawing/Print Making.
• Sculpture.
• Music. Composition, instrumental solo,
voice solo.
• Literature. Essay, short story, poetry.
• Crafts. Leather, metal beadwork, cer-
amic, weaving, woodwork.
• Science.
Jamboree Patrol Flag Contest
From early times flags have served to
strengthen esprit de corps, as symbols
around which to rally the group. Patrol
flags, too, bring and bind the gang
together. At national Scout jamborees
probably more than at any other times
these banners help to unify a group of
Scouts who have had little if any contact
back in their home councils.
To build spirit and encourage greater
use of patrol flags at the 1981 National
Scout Jamboree, Boys' Life will sponsor a
patrol flag contest with honor ribbons
going to the best flags from among all
patrols there. Every patrol will be expected
to make and display its flag at its campsite
at all times. Whenever the patrol ventures
out for an activity, the patrol flag goes too.
Each jamboree troop is asked to select
its best patrol flag which will then compete
in subcamp patrol flag contests. Ten of the
best flags per subcamp will emerge from
this phase. Six regional semifinals are the
next level, each producing 10 champions.
From the 60 semifinalists, 10 camp-
wide winners will be selected. All 180
subcamp winners will troop onto the stage
for the jamboree closing ceremony.
Flag contest scoring criteria (75 points is
maximum):
• Originality—35 points maximum. The
patrol flag may be any shape and design
but must display the patrol name in an
original manner. It should also tell
something of the Scouts in that patrol.
• Suitability—15 points maximum. A
patrol flag is meant to go with the patrol
wherever it travels. The flag is to be de-
signed to be carried on a standard Scout
stave. It therefore should be able to be
borne by an average size 12-year-old Scout
on a five-mile hike. It should not be too
long, awkward, or heavy.
• Worksmanship—25 points maximum.
The patrol flag should be homemade. If
fashioned by the patrol members them-
selves, it will receive a better score.
Happy Anniversary, AFL-CIO!
Even school kids recognize the name of
Samuel Gompers, longtime president of
the AFL and pioneer in the labor
movement in the USA. Few kids or adults
know, however, that as far back as October
of 1918 Gompers agreed to cooperate with
Chief Scout Executive James E. West to
promote Scouting.
The labor leader provided West with
introductions to heads of local labor un-
ions in an effort to get these men to
endorse Scouting.
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This year marks the 100th anniversary
of the birth of the American Organized
Labor Movement. In the years following
1918, Gompers's successors and local
labor leaders and unions have strength-
ened Scouting by chartering packs, troops,
and Explorer units, including those for the
handicapped; supported Scouting locally
and nationally with financial help: en-
couraged volunteers to man Scouting units
and hold other Scoutingjobs; assisted with
the construction of Scout camps and local
council service centers. Councils, in turn,
are urged to use the goods and services of
organized labor whenever possible.
We salute the AFL-CIO on the occasion
of its centennial and look forward to
increased cooperation between it and
Scouting. ■
March/April 1981 Scouting
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