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For Scouts, a wild, wonderful wingding awaits
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Arriving Wednesday at Charleston's Yeager Airport, Scoutmaster Andy Clark said he shares the same nervous excitement as many Boy Scouts heading to West Virginia.
Clark, of Sugarland, Texas, has never attended a National Boy Scout Jamboree before, but he has been picked to lead a group of Venturing Scouts, made up of girls, young women and international Scouts.
This week, they will join more than 38,000 Scouts and volunteers at the new Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, a 10,000-acre adventure world stretching across Fayette and Raleigh counties.
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The Jamboree had been held at Fort A.P. Hill, near the town of Bowling Green in Caroline County, Va., for the past 30 years. The site in West Virginia will be the Jamboree's new permanent home.
http://www.wvgazette.com/Outdoors/201307100205
Clark, of Sugarland, Texas, has never attended a National Boy Scout Jamboree before, but he has been picked to lead a group of Venturing Scouts, made up of girls, young women and international Scouts.
This week, they will join more than 38,000 Scouts and volunteers at the new Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve, a 10,000-acre adventure world stretching across Fayette and Raleigh counties.
<snip>
The Jamboree had been held at Fort A.P. Hill, near the town of Bowling Green in Caroline County, Va., for the past 30 years. The site in West Virginia will be the Jamboree's new permanent home.
http://www.wvgazette.com/Outdoors/201307100205
This is a big deal. We're already up to our eyeballs in Scouts!