Friday, October 19, 2012
L.A. Times database lists nearly 90 cases in Maryland between 1959 and 2004.
Some 14,000 pages of memos and letters went public this week alleging that between 1965 and 1985 the Boy Scouts catalogued reports of sexual abuse of more than 1,000 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from 1965 to 1985. The Boy Scouts kept the files as a way to track banned Scout leaders and volunteers. The files went public as a result of a 2010 lawsuit in the Oregon Supreme Court. New criminal prosecutions are not expected because the statute of limitations has lapsed, reported ABC News. However, the Boy Scouts will likely face a wave of civil lawsuits, the success of which will vary from state to state, reports The Los Angeles Times. The Boy Scouts of America acknowledged that in some cases, the organization’s response was “plainly …
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Boy Scout Troop 773 proudly announces two newly minted Eagle Scouts.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Jeff Bass and Michael Fusco of Potomac, MD, received their Eagle Scout awards at a ceremony on Tuesday. They are both members of Troop 773, which meets at the Potomac United Methodist Church. Jeff Bass is a senior at Bullis High School, has been active in Scouting since the second grade, progressing through Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. He has participated in Double H High Adventure base as well as camping at Goshen Scout Reservation and participating in many scout outings. For his eagle project, Jeff produced and directed a musical revue of Broadway show tunes for the residents of Landow House and Ring House, Rockville, MD. Jeff was the captain of the Bullis Cross Country Team and is an accomplished thespian, recently starring in “Les …
Monday, November 7, 2011
Area scouts collect canned goods for hungry Washington residents.
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Monday, November 7, 2011
By JEFFREY BENZING Capital News Service WASHINGTON - Potomac Boy Scouts Peter Fairbanks and David Bjorklund of Troop 706 are looking to bag some 340 tons of food. The two will be among 20,000 area Scouts collecting canned goods, rice, peanut butter, oatmeal and other non-perishable foods on Nov. 12 in the annual Scouting for Food drive, which helps feed the 600,000 Washington-area residents that Capital Area Food Bank says could go hungry this year. "It's one of the single-most-important things Boy Scouts do," said Mario Wawrzusin, assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 706 and site coordinator for the Scouts' food collection at the U.S. Postal Training Center, Bolger Center. "They really do stock the shelves of these food banks." Overall, food …
Sean R. Sedam
3:14 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
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