Scout Sunday...and Groundhog Day, all rolled up into one. I was intrigued at the news stories this week about Groundhogs. They asked, "Why do groundhogs wake up each year in early February?"(1) A Penn State researcher says they might emerge from their dens in February, not to see how much more winter awaits, but in order to meet members of the opposite sex prior to mating season in March. The report is that boy groundhogs and girl groundhogs are not too much interested in one another for most of the year, but after a long winter's hybernation, well... So, the reason we have all this Groundhog Day hoopla has nothing to do with forecasting the weather. It is simply Punxatawney Phil looking for Punxatawney Phyllis. Hmm.

Perhaps it is providential that Groundhog Day and Scout Sunday share a da…