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Yahoo
4 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Young scouts earn badges by cleaning up graves
A group of young scouts are proving their reputation for doing good deeds by cleaning and maintaining derelict graves in their local cemetery. The Raunds 1st Scout Group took on unadopted graves from the town council "half a year ago" and work on them once a term. The Beavers working on the project are aged between five and eight years old, and are accompanied by group lead volunteer Josje Reid-Anderson. She said: "It's good from them to give something back to the community." The scouts volunteer at the London Road Cemetery to weed and keep clean the graves they have adopted. Cemetery plots are initially the responsibility of Raunds Town Council, as well as the relatives of the deceased. However, if left unattended, they can be taken on by members of the local community, or groups in the town. The town council has been working on improving the condition of the cemetery for 18 months, including offering volunteers the opportunity to adopt graves. Paul Byrne, deputy mayor of Raunds, said the take up of adopting graves had been "great" but there were still "plenty available". "We have a day where we have a cemetery clean up," he said. "The youngsters come up and help clear the weeds. It's great for them." Seven-year-old Jessica is one of the Beavers taking part in the project. She has been responsible for "pulling sticks out of the graves" as well as "watering bulbs". All Beavers taking part will get a gardening badge, and a community badge at the end of the project. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Public meeting after family told to clear grave Raunds 1st Scout Group Raunds Town Council
BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Raunds scout group earns badges by looking after graves
A group of young scouts are proving their reputation for doing good deeds by cleaning and maintaining derelict graves in their local cemetery. The Raunds 1st Scout Group took on unadopted graves from the town council "half a year ago" and work on them once a Beavers working on the project are aged between five and eight years old, and are accompanied by group lead volunteer Josje said: "It's good from them to give something back to the community." The scouts volunteer at the London Road Cemetery to weed and keep clean the graves they have plots are initially the responsibility of Raunds Town Council, as well as the relatives of the if left unattended, they can be taken on by members of the local community, or groups in the town council has been working on improving the condition of the cemetery for 18 months, including offering volunteers the opportunity to adopt graves. Paul Byrne, deputy mayor of Raunds, said the take up of adopting graves had been "great" but there were still "plenty available"."We have a day where we have a cemetery clean up," he said. "The youngsters come up and help clear the weeds. It's great for them." Seven-year-old Jessica is one of the Beavers taking part in the has been responsible for "pulling sticks out of the graves" as well as "watering bulbs".All Beavers taking part will get a gardening badge, and a community badge at the end of the project. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
New York Times
22-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
2025 MLB Draft top 100 prospects: Ethan Holliday, Liam Doyle top a class with depth
Here's my Big Board for 2025, ranking the top 100 prospects in this year's MLB Draft class. This is how I would rank the players if I were working for a team, ignoring any questions about signability/bonus demands, and of course acknowledging that there may be medical or other information about players that I don't have. Advertisement I have seen 59 of these players in person this spring, and I use my own scouting looks as one input, along with opinions from actual scouts and analysts, video and data. I will update the list between now and the draft to reflect any new information, with some players still playing, some likely to pull their names out of the draft, and, although I hope not, any injuries that occur between now and draft day. It's a weak class at the very top; I don't think anyone on this list would have cracked the top five in 2023, or have been in consideration at 1-1 last year, for example. There is quite a bit of depth further down the list, however, especially in high school shortstops, college outfielders, and left-handed pitching at both levels. It's a good year to go under slot with your first pick and spread some money around, and a good year to have an extra pick or two. I expect a lot of rumors of deals up top before we get to the draft, and then for most teams to flee to the safety of college players when they actually have to put something on the table. Call it cynical if you wish; I call it the wisdom of experience. (Note: Player tools are graded on the traditional 20-80 scouting scale; the shadow of the strike zone refers to pitches just off the edges of the strike zone.) (Photo illustration: Will Tulos / The Athletic; photos: (from left to right) Seth Hernandez, Ethan Holliday, Gavin Kilen; Ric Tapia, Wesley Hitt / Getty Images; Steven Sisney / Imagn Images)
BBC News
13-05-2025
- BBC News
Somerset scouts take on Ten Tors challenge for the 50th year
Scout groups have taken part in the famous Ten Tors challenge for the 50th year in a Gordano and Axe Scout Districts from Somerset took on the challenge, which sees teams of six young people aged between 14 and 19 participate in an unsupervised hiking challenge of 35, 45 or 55 miles across groups first took on the challenge in 1975 and ever since more than 4,000 children from them have taken part. This year, all 126 children participating successfully finished the challenge. One of the key people in the decades of Ten Tors challenges for the scouts from North Somerset has been Sue has been cooking for them the night before ever since the groups first entered the challenge, and this year fed the teams on rice and peas. The Ten Tors Challenge is attempted by 2,400 teenagers in 400 teams of year the North Somerset groups sent 21 teams, a total of 126 kids. The teams had to be self-sufficient, carrying all that they need to complete their route and stay out overnight are 14 checkpoints the children had to reach, mostly Tors and some Beacons and hills. The children have to navigate their own way around in the main expedition set off from Okehampton Camp at 07:00 BST and and had to return by 17:00 BST on Sunday.
