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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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Scouting jamboreea busy Friday
A weekend of scouting is underway at the Churchill County Fairgrounds as the Boy Scout 2010 Centennial Jamboree shifts into high gear. The jamboree brings together scout troops from across Northern Nevada and northeastern California.

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Training center hosts scouting fest
ROXANNE BROWN Staff Writer CLERMONT–The National Training Center will host its first ever Family Cub Scout Festival on Saturday from 9 am. to …

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Baysox Host Scout Camp Out
BOWIE, Md. – The Bowie Baysox announce today the 12th annual Scout Camp Out at Prince George’s Stadium Friday, June 18, after the Baysox take on the Harrisburg Senators at 7:05 p.m. Tiger, Cub, Boy and Eagle scouts and their families can purchase discounted tickets and food vouchers for the event, be recognized on the field before the game and spend the night in a tent in the outfield.

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Community and culinary service Cubs
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer ALLENTOWN — Cub Scout Den 13 Pack 180 members made and delivered over 100 bagged lunches to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. Den leader Kelly Baldwin said the project is just one of many community service endeavors that help local boys learn the true meaning of being Cub Scouts. read more

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Spring Grove hosts weekend events
Spring Grove Cemetery and Arboretum’s Memorial Day weekend begins 4 p.m. Thursday, when members of Cub Scout Pack 674 from Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy help place more than 1,000 American flags on the graves of soldiers in the Civil War section.

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MANVILLE: Annual Scouting dinner notes leaderâs accomplishments
Every year, Manville Cub Scouts and Boys Scouts gather to recognize the Scoutsâ accomplishments, but this yearâs annual Blue and Gold Dinner at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2290 turned its attention to Scoutmaster Jim Kelly.

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Today’s best bets 03.05.10
• NEOSHO DISTRICT PINEWOOD DERBY, 11 a.m.. Fort Gibson High School’s old gym. Approximately 200 Cub Scouts will enter their cars in one of three categories — craftsmanship, design or speed.

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OLM Hosts Derby Race
The local Cub Scouts of America Pack 119 held their annual Pinewood Derby Car Races at the Our Lady of Malibu School last week Wednesday. Using cars they had built, 38 Cub Scout boys competed in four heats. The finalists included first place winner David Kraft and second place winner Tommy Laubender.

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