Council. A Wrightsville Beach resident and one
of a long line of Tinsley Boy Scouts, scouting
for more than 75 years, Dr. Tinsley Sr. learned
from his father the value of scouting and passed
it on to his sons, and his sons passed it on to
their sons.
Traditional values have attracted
many new families with no scouting
history. “Size doesn’t matter,” says
Andrew Zeldin, district executive
Masonboro, the Wilmington hub.
There are many ways a boy can be
successful in Boy Scouts. “It’s not
who’s the toughest. It’s about men-tal,
physical, character strength.”
Zeldin tells the story of a young
man with a physical and mental
disability who worked through the
Cub Scout program and spoke to a
group of 70 people about his experi-ence.
Standing in front of that audi-ence,
the Scout felt so proud, and
there wasn’t a dry eye in the room.
“It speaks to the philosophy of kids
being able to succeed, advance and
be rewarded for hard work,” Zeldin
says.
Zeldin recalls a meeting he had
scheduled at a church that was
interested in chartering a Cub Scout
troop. His father-in-law, a big
Duke fan, had scored some tickets to the ACC
tournament — with Duke in the finals — for
the same night as the meeting. The father-in-law
offered the tickets to Zeldin, who chose
to go to the meeting instead. The Pastor of
the church was a Duke grad, and the two men
joked about skipping town together and going
to the game. When the time came to speak and
Zeldin told the gathering about the tickets and
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why he chose the meeting over the game, how
scouting helped him become a better person,
five parents signed on as leaders.
Parents are a cornerstone of the organization.
They accompany their young Cub Scout to his
first meetings and can take on leadership or
support roles over the years.
The goal of the Scouts is to strengthen fam-ily
bonds, whether parents attend meetings or
not. The parents are the ones to “pass their
son off” on some of his rank advancements
— things like setting the table at home. “A
boy doesn’t instinctively know how to set the
table,” says scout executive Clevinger. “A mom
has to be there to help him, to show where the
“The Boy Scouts of America
is represented in the south-eastern
North Carolina region
by the Cape Fear Council BSA,
with its principal office located
here in Wilmington. The Cape
Fear Council BSA oversees the
Boy Scout program across an
eight county area. Additionally,
the Cape Fear Council BSA
manages and operates a
1,487-acre Boy Scout and Cub
Scout Camp (Camp Bowers
and Camp McNeil) located out-side
of Elizabethtown, North
Carolina.” — Chad Paul, Eagle Scout
1983, Assistant Scout Master Troop 232
Want to join?
For information on how to
register your child as a Scout
or how to get involved as a
volunteer in the Scouting pro-gram,
call Andrew Zeldin at
(910) 395-1100 ext. 21 or e-mail
him at azeldin@bsamail.org.
For more information about
the local Scouting program
and the Cape Fear Council,
visit the web site at www.
capefearcouncilbsa.org. Happy
Scouting!
Local Scouting
Joey Fleishman of Troop 13 has completed his Eagle
Scout project with the help of fellow scouts, from left,
Jack Guttenberger, John Squire, Tanner Bowerman,
Marky Fleishman and Harry Guttenberger. The group
built new benches at Columbia Street, Stone Street
and Access No. 33 and No. 37 in Wrightsville Beach.
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