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It’s not your Leave it to Beaver Scouts any more
As its membership declines, new Canadians have started joining in. But can the age-old wilderness movement rise again?

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Airstream brings new meaning to phrase ‘roughing it’
LOS ANGELES — Like a lot of Angelenos, I like to ditch the city every once in a while and experience nature. Briefly. My last escape involved 1,000 or so Cub Scouts, a battered, borrowed tent and two days of port-a-potties and pump-station water. This time around I was looking to rough it, but rough it “lite,” during a weekend getaway with my best friend and our two young children.

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Community turns out to welcome home local Marine
NORRISTOWN — Two fire trucks flank Pine Street in Norristown with ladders extended and united by an unfurled American flag whipping in the wind to create an arch. A small parade-size crowd has gathered — waving banners and flags — in what looks more like a Fourth of July celebration then a seemingly ordinary warm August day.

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Local fourth-grader awarded for his religious obligation and his commitment to Cub Scouts
TORRINGTON — A student at St. Peter/St. Francis School received a statewide award in May for his religious obligation and his commitment to Cub Scouts.

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Boy Scouts, Cubs commemorate 100 year anniversary of scouting
On Saturday, June 5 members of the Scappoose Cub Scout Pack 294 and Boy Scout Troop 294, celebrated the 100-year anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America the best way they know how – working outside. The groups met in Miller Park to plant a white oak tree, donated by Means Nursery, in honor …

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Scouts serve community: Cubs learn conservation through Scouting
Yuma Cub Scout Troop 8051 has learned to think globally, but act locally through their effort to attain the Boy Scouts of America World Conservation Award.

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I’m looking for ideas for community service projects for cub scouts besides picking up trash in a park, which we already do every spring. I am especially interested in something that involves nature or conservation.

Cub Scout Packs hold Pinewood Derbies
JUNEAU – Pinewood Derbies have been held at all the Cub Scout Packs in Juneau over the last two weeks. The citywide derby for all Cub Scouts was held Saturday at the Moose Lodge.

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Reno ceremony marks U.S. Boy Scouts centennial
The Nevada Area Council of Boy Scouts of America kicked off its centennial celebration Monday morning in the cafeteria of Westergard Elementary School.

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Flint community celebrates 100 years of Boy Scouts
Ryan Garza/The Flint JournalPack 257 Cub Scout member Kenneth Psalms, 9, of Flint, leads a group gathered on Monday February 8th, 2010, in the Pledge of Allegiance before the start of a ceremony at the Sloan Museum in Flint celebrating…

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