Month: April 2024
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Hankins Tales: Farewell Troop 50
(Originally posted to social media on December 20, 2023) My old friend Steve Warren just posted a story in the BRMC Scouting History about the fact that Troop 50 was shutting down in Roanoke, Virginia. This is the scout troop that I joined way back in 1963 when I turned 11 years of age. I…
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Hankins Tales: Remembering David Estes
(Originally posted to social media on January 8, 2024) I know how it works. When you are 18 your focus is on graduation and all of your future plans. By the time you are about 28 all of your friends are getting married and it is one big endless celebration. In your 40s you are…