Deming scout to be honored as hero (NM)

kob.com ^ | 15 December, 2011 | Tracy Dingmann, AP

[marktwain]

SANTA TERESA, N.M. (AP) - A 15-year-old Deming girl will be honored as a hero Thursday for saving a 7-year-old boy from a potentially fatal dog mauling.

The El Paso Sector Border Patrol will hold ceremonies at the Santa Teresa Border Patrol Station to formally recognize 15-year-old Gabriela Ramos, who is a young Border Patrol Explorer with the Deming Post 892.

[marktwain]

This young woman has a bright future.

[Army Air Corps]

NM Ping.

[CedarDave]

The dogs were a Rotweiller and Doberman Pinscher.

NM list PING! Click on the flag to go to the Free Republic New Mexico message page.

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[SandRat]

Boy Scout Explorer Ping

[Scoutmaster]

Boy Scout Explorer Ping

Courageous young lady.

Technically, thanks to the ACLU, it's a Learning For Life Explorer Ping . . . and the reason we have Venturing today.

We had government agencies and fire stations sponsoring and assisting Law Enforcement Career Explorer Posts and Fire Service Career Explorer Posts . . . and the ACLU said the BSA's requirement of belief in a Supreme Being violated the separation of church and state when police departments and fire departments got involved.

Unfortunately, the ACLU won all of those lawsuits, unlike God, Gays, and Girls in Boy and Cub Scouting. So Exploring was moved out of the BSA into Learning for Life, and Venturing replaced Exploring as the BSA's coed program, ages 14-21. Still a great program, but Explorer's aren't allowed to express Duty to God, or to have Reverence as part of their oath, law, or creed.

Thanks ACLU! Just another of the reasons you don't see a dime from me.