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4B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL February 18, 2015 B n i v n e r A s a r y 20 t u o c S 15 oy Pack & Troop 140 Cottage Grove Boy Scout History 1910 The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated February 8, 1910 Under the laws of the District of Columbia Thirty-four national representatives of boys’ work agencies met, June 21 Met in a temporary national headquarters in a YMCA offi ce in New York Developed organization plans Founders of Scouting William D. Boyce, incorporator Colin H. Livingstone, president Daniel Carter Beard, national Scout commissioner Ernest Thompson Seton, Chief Scout James E. West, Chief Scout Executive President William Howard Taft, honorary president Former President Theodore Roosevelt, honorary vice president and Chief Scout Citizen Looking back to 1912 First Eagle Scout, August 12 Arthur Eldred First national civic Good Turns were performed Promotion of a safe and sane Fourth of July Sea Scouting began Boys’ Life became the offi cial BSA magazine Mission The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Scout Law. Pack & Troop 140 Volunteering efforts include: Volunteering: Food for Lane County, Memorial Day Parade, Veteran’s Day Parade, American Legion Hall Pancake Breakfast, and Spagetti Feeds. Our Troop has produced 5 Eagle Scouts in the last 2 years. Activities include: National Youth Leadership Training, Camp Baker Summer camp, Camp Melakwa Sisters Mtns, Camp Baker-Coast, Camp Meriweather-Coast, Camp Baldwin at Mt Hood, and Camporee in the spring are all functions our Pack and Troop attend. For More Information to join Pack 140: Contact Karen Zeller 942-4413 or Troop 140: Stuart Swearengin 767-3952 The American Legion Hall is our Sponsor, we place and remove fl ags on Main St. for them for every major holiday. SCOUT OATH Proud Sponsors: Matt Bjornn; Eagle Scout, State Farm Insurance Middlefi eld Golf Course Cottage Grove Public Library Starfi re Lumber Company Pacifi c Power South Lane Fire & Rescue Mt. View Texas Long Horns Cascade Home Center Brad’s Cottage Grove Chevrolet Affordable Auto Sales Homestead Furniture Cetera Brent Bitner D.D.S. Timberline Dental PayneWest Cottage Grove Sentinel On my honor I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. SCOUT LAW A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. Send us to Northern Tier by purchasing from Pack/Troop 140