COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL February 3, 2016
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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
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.
Troop 140 Scoutmaster:
Karen Zeller, 541-942-4413
The Troop meets Monday nights,
7pm at the American Legion Hall
Pack 140 Cubmaster
Christie Johnson, 541-214-5931
The Pack meets Wednesday nights,
6:30pm at the American Legion Hall
The American Legion Hall is our Sponsor,
we place and remove fl ags on Main St. for them
for every major holiday.
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
Brad’s Cottage Grove Chevrolet
Affordable Auto Sales
Homestead Furniture
Brent Bitner D.D.S.
Cottage Grove Sentinel
A-OK Building Maintenance
Swearing Family Enterprises
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.
SCOUT OATH
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.
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