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About Cottage Grove sentinel. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 2020)
COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2020 | 9A B Anniversary 20 t u o c S 20 oy Pack & Troop 140 Cottage Grove Boy Scout History T he Boy Scouts of America was incorporated February 8, 1910 Under the laws of the District of Columbia. Th irty-four national representatives of boys’ work agencies met, June 21. Th ey met in a temporary national headquarters in a YMCA offi ce in New York and developed organization plans. FOUNDERS OF SCOUTING William D. Boyce Incorporator Colin H. Livingstone President Daniel Carter Beard National Scout commissioner Ernest Th ompson Seton Chief Scout James E. West Chief Scout Executive President William Howard Taft Honorary President Former President Th eodore Roosevelt Honorary Vice President and Chief Scout Citizen Pack & Troop 140 Volunteering eff orts include: Community Sharing Food Drive, Memorial Day Parade, Veteran’s Day Ceremony, and American Legion Spaghetti Feeds. National Public Lands Day tree-planting 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! 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 offi cial BSA magazine Troop 140 Scoutmaster: Karen Zeller, 541-942-4413 Th e Troop meets Monday nights, 7pm at the American Legion Hall Pack 140 Cubmaster Montana Long, 541-844-9066 Th e Pack meets Wednesday nights, 6:30pm at the American Legion Hall Th e American Legion Hall is our Sponsor, we place and remove fl ags on Main St. for them for every major patriotic holiday. Proud Sponsors: Banner Bank Bill’s Automotive Brad’s Cottage Grove Chevrolet Cottage Grove Elks #1904 BPOE Fountain Gutters Grace Olson Jim Downing Realty Little Caesar’s Pizza Matt Bjornn - State Farm Insurance My Boy’s Pizza New Gun Shop Pinocchio’s Pizza Schweitzer’s Work & Western Wear South Lane County Fire & Rescue South Valley Athletics Starfi re Lumber MISSION Th e 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, thrift y, brave, clean, and reverent.
