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Salt Lake Tribune - Community council backs effort to name street after fallen soldier
A Boy Scout’s push to honor Adam Galvez by adding the fallen Marine’s name to a Salt Lake City street is moving forward.

Eagle Scout hopeful restores fading totem on Olympia span - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
OLYMPIA - A fading 32-year-old totem pole standing at the base of the Fifth Avenue bridge captured the imagination of Eagle Scout hopeful Erik Hegge.
The Capital High School sophomore had been looking for an idea that would fulfill the culminating project […]

Worlds merge on the race track where Scouts share skills, hopes
Back in the 1950s, the Boy Scouts had a plan: build gravity-powered model cars and launch them down a track. They called it the Pinewood Derby, and the idea was to bring boys together.
Good ideas stick around, and last week the derby reached a bunch […]

Eagle Scout candidate to collect books for school
NOBLESVILLE — Daniel Latini is coordinating a book drive to benefit Hazel Dell Elementary School.
After learning the school is about 165 students over capacity, the Noblesville High School senior decided to start the book drive to help new teachers find books for their classrooms. The books also will […]

WWAY NewsChannel 3, Wilmington, NC: Eagle Scouts help at-risk kids
WILMINGTON — At-risk kids are kids who need help, some need guidance and maybe a place to call home. The workers at the Coastal Horizon Center in Wilmington often provide that help.
Saturday the center received some help from some kids in the community who are trying […]

LA Daily News - Reluctant Scout gets hero’s medal
Some things you never forget, Barbara Wright says, smiling. Like the day six years ago that she drove her 9-year-old son, William, to his first Boy Scout meeting.
“He cried all the way, didn’t want to go.”
A month later, her son led 40 of his fellow Scouts from […]

Prepping for my September Pack Meeting took longer than I thought it would, so I am cancelling the show for this week. I’ll be back October 1st with a great show about popcorn and whatever else is on your mind.
Happy Scouting!