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At 100, Boy Scouting adapts to a wired world
JOSH BIRNBAUM/DMNAs the Boy Scouts enter their second century, their challenge is reaching out to families and convincing them that Scouting is worth their time. |

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Boy Scouts get new Piedmont District leader
The Boy Scouts of America’s National Capital Area Council this week named Benjamin J. Smith its Piedmont District executive.

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Safety Valve: Letters from readers
Thanks for the kind words I wanted to thank Kathleen Ryan of Wenatchee for the letter to the Safety Valve July 1 thanking Cashmere American Legion Post 64 for supporting the Cashmere Boys Scouts and Cub Scouts. The Cashmere Post has supported and sponsored Boy Scout Troop No. 1 since 1923. The auxiliary has also just sponsored a Cub Scout to be able to have his own uniform and go to camp.

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Boy Scout dies from rock bridge fall in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – Authorities say an 18-year-old Boy Scout from Wisconsin has died after falling 100 feet from a…

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Fairview Park Boy Scout troops celebrate 100th anniversary with camping, community service
Fairview Park’s two Boy Scout troops just returned from their summer campouts, a weeklong celebration of scouting which was especially festive this year as the organization marks its 100th anniversary.

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Wisconsin Boy Scout, 18, dies from 100-foot fall from rock formation in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – Authorities say an 18-year-old Boy Scout from Wisconsin has died after falling 100 feet from a rock formation in Utah. Anthony Alvin of Green Lake, Wis., was with a group of scouts and scout leaders when he fell Saturday morning at Gemini Bridges, near Moab.

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3 from Troop 83 earn Eagle Scout award
Three members of Boy Scout Troop 83 have earned the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest in Boy Scouts of America. All three boys began Tiger Cub scouts together in 1998 in Pack 83.

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Bangor’s first Boy Scouts hike to Levant in 1910
From the Boy Scouts to the Moral Muscle League, clubs for boys were on the upswing a century ago as progressive reformers looked for ways to keep young men on the straight and narrow. Bangor’s new …

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Boy from Bendemeer on road to stardom
Australia have arrived again. To nobody’s astonishment they have picked a teenage fast bowler from the outback. His name is Josh Hazlewood, he is 6ft 6ins tall, still growing, will not be 20 until next January and looks as if he helps old ladies across roads as part of his boy scout duties.

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Scouts help give old soles new life
Almost anything can be recycled, a local Cub Scout den is trying to prove. Scouts of the Den 2 of Pack 716 from Travis Ranch and Woodsboro Elementary schools recently collected more than 300 used tennis shoes as part of their community service…

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Cub Scout pack will honor deceased den leader
VERNON — The Wolf Scouts of Vernon’s Cub Scout Pack 283 remember their late den leader, Michael Raso, for his enthusiasm, dedication and most of all, his message which ended each meeting with an inspirational shout by every Scout: “Do your best.”

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Scouts learn fire safety from pros
Fire safety doesn’t stop with “stop, drop and roll,” a local Cub Scout group has learned.

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