Boy Scouts At Summer Camp
For decades, the Boy Scouts of America has been helping good boys mature into good men.
“Scouting is helping 11-year old Shawn Roth reach the stars. The sixth-grade Richland Elementary School pupil said he is taking his lead from former Scouts who went into space exploration.
“Since the first 26 astronauts were Eagle Scouts, I’m thinking maybe I’ll study space exploration,” he said. “I’ve always been interested in studying the stars.”
Shawn was one of 20 Boy Scouts from Johnstown-area Troop 100 who spent a week at Camp Seph Mack at Yellow Creek State Park in Indiana County.
In all, about 200 people representing 12 troops spent the week shooting rifles, sailing, rappelling, building campfires and earning merit badges. More than 1,000 Scouts are expected to attend the seven-week summer camp.
Shawn is making himself at home. “Rifle shooting is one of my priorities,” he said. “They’ve got new .22s this year. Just today we learned how to clean them.”
The group spent a few days constructing a fence and a jungle gym as part of a pioneering project, said Mike Fisher, 12.”
Good to see this tradition continues.
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