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Blueprint Briefly: Items now collected for care packages
Boy Scouts of America Troop 305 is completing an Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project with Operation Sandbox by collecting items for care packages to be sent to military men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan .
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Scout troop searching for new quarters
A local Boy Scout troop is looking for a new home. Up until July, the youths in Scout Troop No. 1168 met weekly at The Landing Church of God, at 1640 Hwy. 42 N. in McDonough. But when the church’s financial situation changed last month, the group was asked to find a new place to meet, said Mike Katona, leader of the two-year-old troop.
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Local Scout attends jamboree
Close your eyes with me. Now imagine an open field with the sun beating down to warm the ground and the birds bathing in the nearby lake. Seems peaceful and too good to be true, doesnât it? Not for me, it wasnât. Having the honor and privilege to go to Washington D.C. for the 2010 Boy Scout Jamboree gave me the opportunity to be with nature and away from my parents and sister for a full 10 days …
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Scout troop searching for new quarters
A local Boy Scout troop is looking for a new home. Up until July, the youths in Scout Troop No. 1168 met weekly at The Landing Church of God, at 1640 Hwy. 42 N. in McDonough. But when the church’s financial situation changed last month, the group was asked to find a new place to meet, said Mike Katona, leader of the two-year-old troop.
Read more on Henry Daily Herald
Tax Ratification Election Early Voting
Early voting for the Tax Ratification election will be held Aug. 25 through 27 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Celina ISD Administration office at 205 S. Colorado in Celina.
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Barbara Igo keeps local scouts on track
Not everyone gets to live their dream, but Barbara Igo has.
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Boy Scouts host induction for Greensburg Scout House
Boy Scout Troop 211 and Cub Scout Pack 210 will induct their new Scout House on Sunday, Aug. 15. The dedication will occur from 2 to 4 p.m. at 219 West Florida Ave. in Greensburg. Refreshments will be served.
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New Cabin For Scouting Another Step For Greensburg
A new building for Scouts has opened in Greensburg, three years after a tornado demolished the old one and much of the town.
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Local News
The Washington State Patrol Bomb Squad responded to an Aberdeen business Tuesday after an employee discovered a piece of drug paraphernalia that resembled a pipe bomb. Aberdeen Sgt. Art Laur said officers responded at about 2:30 p.m. to the 1900 block of Sumner Avenue where the device had been…
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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 Scouts march in Grand Centennial Parade
Boy Scouts from the Frederick Moose Troop 371 battled the heat as they marched in the Boy Scouts of America Grand Centennial Parade in Washington
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Michael Winship: The Right Manipulates Muslims – and Boy Scouts
Michael Winship I was never a Boy Scout but I was a helluva Cub Scout. Pack 30, First Congregational Church. I rose through the ranks:…
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Local Scouts will gather at Landmark Park Sunday to honor BSA
February 8, 1910, the Boy Scouts of America was born. Sunday, from 2-4 p.m., Wiregrass participants in BSA, along with their families and friends, will gather at Landmark Park to celebrate this organization’s milestone of service – 100 years.
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