The Pembroke Mariner & Reporter has an article about a 14 year old Scout using his first aid skills to help a next door neighbor.

Just days before the holiday break from school, 14-year-old Boy Scout Troop 105 member Ryan Damon was sitting in the basement playing video games with his next-door neighbor, Dakota Draheim.

In the background, Dakota’s little brother, 5-year-old Matthew, was eating Jolly Rancher candies, watching the older boys, when suddenly he stood up, flailing his arms in a panic.

Without a second thought, Ryan knew exactly what to do.

Read the entire article at the Pembroke Mariner & Reporter.

I like how modest Ryan was about the whole situation. It speaks enormously about his character.

WDAF-TV out of Kansas City, Missouri, featured a story about an Eagle Scout who noticed the signs of Carbon Monoxide poisoning and was able to get his family out of his house and to safety.

The Bonner County Daily Bee has a nice feature article about Boy Scout Troop 111 which is celebrating its 75th anniversary:

Troop 111 now has about 30 members according to scoutmaster Laszlo Suto, who said some scouts have moved to more conveniently located troops, including Cocolalla, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and two troops that meet at different Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints buildings.

Between them, the local Boy Scouts represent a tradition that goes back to 1916, when Troop 1 was formed by Rev. W. G. Asher at the local Christian Church. The Pend d’Oreille Review newspaper reported that 50 boys wanted to join, but troop size was limited to 32. By 1919, another troop was formed in Laclede.

In the spring of 1921, two local Boy Scouts used their life-saving skills when one of the first airplane flights out of Sandpoint ended with a watery landing in Lake Pend Oreille. Pilot John Van Alste of Goldendale, Wash. , was fished out of the lake by scouts Hudson Livingston and Edward Thomason. That same year, Sandpoint troops were reorganized, resulting at least three groups here and additional troops in Bonners Ferry.

Read the rest of the article at The Bonner County Daily Bee.