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Cub Scouts plant flowers at Jerry Pavese Park
HOBART | Cub Scouts from the Wolf and Bear dens of Hobart’s CubScout Pack 42, along with parents and grandparents, spent two dayslast month completing a community service project at Jerry PavesePark, 500 S. Lake Park Ave.

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Marilla Cub Scouts Hold Family Picnic
Cub Scout Pack 290 of Marilla held its annual family picnic at the Marilla Town Park on Aug. 15. The event has turned into a highlight of the summer for many Cub Scout families. Every year the picnic seems to grow in popularity as more games and activities are added. This year, the boys and their families gathered at the shelter for an afternoon of fishing, visiting and playing games.

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Scouts to rededicate monument in park
Local Boy Scouts will gather Sunday afternoon in Cameron Park to re-dedicate a 39-year-old monument, while adding flags around it to commemorate the sacrifice of Boy Scouts who grew up to become veterans.

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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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Scout lessons
BUSH – Tyler Byrd, 8, of Bogalusa couldn’t wait to return to the popular zip lines at the Bogue Tuchenna Cub Scout Day Camp onWednesday afternoon.

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News briefs for July 14
Church plans youth fundraiser

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This Florham Park parade that really sizzled
FLORHAM PARK – A hot time was had at the borough’s whopping Fourth of July observances in more ways than one Sunday.

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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 on Safari’ at Spring Lake Park
With children spending less time outdoors, and resulting problems becoming increasingly apparent, parents of young boys can be thankful that a 100-year-old organization continues to provide annual outdoor opportunities. A group of 50 McDonough and Warren county Cub Scouts, ranging from Tiger Cubs to Webelos II, descended on Spring Lake’s Camp Chicagama each day this week for the Medicine Lodge …

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Scouting rules a sign of times
There are things I don’t like about the Boy Scouts of America – the strict regimen, the conservative religious overtone, the daft notion that a gay man can’t teach family and community values. The uniforms are goofy, too.

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Boy Scouts celebrate 100 years with Scout Fair
MERIDIAN — This year marks the 100 year anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.  This weekend troops held a Scout Fair at Sawtooth Middle School in Meridian. Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts showed off the great things they get to learn when they participate in scouting. Law enforcement officers showed their weapons and firefighters put hoses right into the hands of children. “What we have here is …

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Thousands of Boy Scouts to attend Bonelli Park Jamboree honoring organization’s 100th anniversary
SAN DIMAS – To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Boy Scouting in the United States, the San Gabriel Valley Council and Verdugo Hills Council will jointly host a Centennial Council Jamboree at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park next weekend.

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