Scout news
Scoutmaster retires
A celebration of John Lyman's service to Boy Scout Troop 1009 will be held Saturday, June 7, at 3 p.m. at Christian Community Presbyterian Church. RSVP to Dawn McDaniel at 301-249-3398 by May 24.
Boy Scouting
National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America and the Enterprise District seek Scouts and adults to join them. The district and its committee provide an adventure for each Scout, young and old.
District Committee meets the fourth Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the city gym; District Commissioners meet the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 16621 Sylvan Drive; and the District Roundtable meets the second Tuesday of each month at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Prospect Hill Road, Glenn Dale. The district seeks volunteer adults, sponsorship for new Scouting units and youth who desire to meet the challenge of the Scouting program.
For membership information on any Scouting unit, call Sam Williams, 301-214-9195; e-mail swilliams@boyscouts-ncac.org or visit www.boyscouts-ncac.org/enterprise.
Cub Camp 2008
The theme for the 2008 National Capital Area Council Cub Scout Day Camps is "Wild, Wacky, Wonderful Wheels." The day camp theme includes just about everything that rotates - wheels on a car, train wheels, Ferris wheels, hamster wheels, roller skate wheels, the Earth, skateboard and bicycle wheels, spinning tops, pizza wheels, clockworks, color wheels.
Boys in grades one, as of September 2008, through four are eligible to attend the camp. The camp will be held at Bowie State University June 16-20. For information, e-mail to enterpriseBSA@comcast.net.
Cub Scouting
Cub Scout Pack 403 has ongoing registration for boys in first through fifth grade. For information, call Mike Zabel, 301-262-7374 or Christine Connally, 301-860-0260 or visit www.packsonline.com/Md/403/.
Cub Scout Pack 1040 of Rockledge Elementary has ongoing registration for boys in first through fifth grade. For information, call Steve Birckhead, 301-262-2122.
Cub Scout Pack 1046, sponsored by Kenilworth Elementary School PTA, is open to boys in first through fifth grade. For information, call Roger Brow, 301-464-2871 or e-mail bowiescouts@comcast.net.
Cub Scout Pack 1559, sponsored by Pointer Ridge Elementary School PTA, is open to boys in first through fifth grade. For information, call Jenny Meyer, 301-249-3522 or e-mail Jennymeyer@vmdirect.com.
Girl Scouting
Ongoing registration is being taken for Girl Scouts and adult leaders kindergarten through high school in the Bowie area. If you are an adult that would like to have a positive impact on girls' lives, or a girl that would like to learn new things, meet interesting people and go on adventures, call 301-449-5690.
Flag retirement
Boy Scout Troop 1688 collects worn flags at the recycling area behind Free State Shopping Center the first Saturday of each month, rain or shine, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. then disposes of them properly at a campfire.
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