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10,000 Boy Scouts and Leaders to Celebrate 100th Anniversary with Campout in Forest Park

Posted on 20 May 2010 by Editor

More than 10,000 Boy Scouts and leaders will camp in Forest Park and take part in a wide range of activities on June 4-6, 2010, during ScoutQuest 100, the Greater St. Louis Area Council’s celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.

Small cities of tents will appear throughout Forest Park beginning at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 4, as Boy Scouts and Venturers—co-ed Scouts ages 14 through 20—from 40 counties in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois set up campsites.  Scouts will visit institutions throughout Forest Park on Friday night.  Robert Mazzuca, Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, will attend a reception for past distinguished service award recipients at the MUNY on Friday evening and spend Saturday morning visiting the activities.
 
On Saturday, Cub Scouts—boys ages 6 through 10—will join the Boy Scouts to attend the event for the day.  Scouts will be able to watch or participate in more than 100 activities.  Scouts can scale a climbing wall, go canoeing, ride a Segway or go fishing.  The general public is invited to view activities on Saturday, including the stage show at 8 p.m. on Art Hill and a fireworks display.  The crowd could grow as large as 20,000 as Scouts, leaders and parents attend the show and fireworks.  Only the National Jamboree, in Virginia this summer, will have more Scouts camping and attending a Scouting event.
 
Scouts will attend religious services on Sunday morning.  The largest will be Roman Catholic Mass at the MUNY with Archbishop Robert Carlson as the celebrant and homilist.
 
More information can be found at www.scoutquest100.org.

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BSA Adventure Base 100 in Chicago, Illinois

Posted on 14 May 2010 by Dan

Take a peak around BSA Adventure Base 100 at its stop in Chicago, Illinois. 

Learn more about Adventure Base 100 at http://www.adventurebase100.org.

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January Hearing Set in Owasippe Scout Reservation Zoning Battle

Posted on 02 December 2009 by Editor

The Muskegon Chronicle has reminded us that the long battle over Owasippe Scout Reservation is not over yet.

Officials on both sides hope the long battle over Owasippe Scout Reservation zoning is nearing an end.

More than a year after the Chicago Boy Scouts filed an appeal of a Circuit Court ruling on the zoning, a date for the case to be argued before a three-judge appeals panel has been set. Attorneys who have already filed their briefs will present oral arguments at 10 a.m. Jan. 12 in Grand Rapids.

The 4,800-acre reservation is owned by the Chicago Area Council of Boy Scouts of America, which claims Blue Lake Township’s zoning of the property is too restrictive and amounts to an unconstitutional “taking” of the land.

Read the whole article at The Muskegon Chronicle.

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