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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL FEBRUARY 13, 2018 B n i v n e r A s ar y 2 0 t u o c S 19 oy Pack & Troop 140 Cottage Grove Boy Scout History he 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. They met in a temporary national headquarters in a YMCA office in New York and developed organization plans. T 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 Pack & Troop 140 Volunteering efforts include: Community Sharing Food Drive, Memorial Day Parade, Veteran’s Day Ceremony, and American Legion Spaghetti Feeds. Our Troop has produced 5 Eagle Scouts in the last 2 years. Activities include: Hiking, Camping, Cooking, Orienteering, Archery, First Aid Training, Wilderness Survival Skills, Leadership Training, Summer Camp at Camp Baker (Coast) or Camp Melakwa (Cascade Mountains), and more! Troop 140 Scoutmaster: Karen Zeller, 541-942-4413 The Troop meets Monday nights, 7pm at the American Legion Hall LOOKING BACK TO 1912 Arthur Eldred First Eagle Scout, August 12 First national civic Good Turns were performed Promotion of a safe and sane Fourth of July Sea Scouting began Boys’ Life became the official BSA magazine 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 flags on Main St. for them for every major patriotic holiday. Proud Sponsors: Grace Olson Brent Bitner, D.D.S. Schweitzers Casual Wear Swearingen Family Enterprises Brads Cottage Grove Chevrolet Starfire Lumber Company Middlefield Golf Course Jim Downing Realty Weyerhauser Company Thomas Chiropractic Cottage Grove Sentinel 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. 3B