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READER SUBMITTED: Spaces Still Available At Girl Scout Summer Camps
StatewideSpace is still available for all girls in grades one to twelve to have a fun, safe place to explore and learn in the outdoors! Girls don't have to be Girl Scouts to participate in the fun! Summer camp benefits children in many ways, including increased...Tags: Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), Values, Weston (Fairfield, Connecticut), East Lyme, Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut)
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LETTER: Boy Scouts' Gesture Weak
The Boy Scouts have taken a huge step backwards in my mind by pretending to be tolerant and accepting of diversity, but only until the Scout reaches adulthood, at which point he realizes he cannot ever be a role model/ scout leader as he is prohibited...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations
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Lacrosse Growing In Popularity Statewide
The Hartford CourantAndrew Barnard has heard it before, but the Darien Youth Lacrosse Association president isn't buying what folks try to sell him: that lacrosse caters only to the more fortunate. Yes, it can be an expensive game, he says. But he sees the game as much...Tags: College Football, Lacrosse, High Schools, Youth Organizations, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Three freshmen at Central attain Eagle Scout rank in Boy Scouts
Eagle Court of Honor • Time: 2 p.m. • Date: June 1 • Place: Bethlehem Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall, 1620 Milwaukee Ave. N.E. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Shane Stevens of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Flags flown over...
Tags: Clubs and Associations, State Parks, Lung Cancer, Human Interest, Travel
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JCC offers free course for emergency prep
Every week we're reminded how it's important to be ready for a weather crisis or other emergency situation. In Virginia, hurricane season begins June 1 and the state wants you to be ready. Go to http://www.ReadyVirginia.gov to learn how. You can also...
Tags: James City County, Addiction, Conservation, Environmental Issues, Sentara
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The Blue Ridge Boy Scout Council declines to comment on decision to allow gay participants
WDBJ7 Multimedia JournalistThe Boy Scout's decision to allow gay members continues to create a lot of discussion within and outside of scouting. The organization has always been solidly aligned with mainstream churches and religious groups. It remains to be seen if Thursday's...Tags: Youth Organizations, Religion and Belief
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts
The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal....
Tags: Youth Organizations, Boy Scouts of America
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Boy Scouts' vote to allow openly gay members, but not leaders, ending century-long ban
The Boy Scouts of America approved a historic policy shift Thursday, allowing gay youths as members for the first time in the organization's 100-year history. But the highly anticipated vote by 1,400 members of the Scouts' executive committee stopped...
Tags: Elections, Roman Catholicism, Jesus Christ, Minority Groups, Religious Events
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Memorial Day programs planned in area towns
Area communities will have Memorial Day ceremonies Monday. Aberdeen There will be an 8 a.m. service at Riverside Memorial (by GAR statue), 8:45 a.m. service at St. Mary's Cemetery and 9:15 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Services include roll call of...Tags: Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Disabled American Veterans, Memorial Day, Grateful Dead (music group), Youth Organizations
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Boy Scouts de América votan para finalizar prohibición centenaria contra los gay
ReutersPor Marice Richter GRAPEVINE, EEUU, 24 mayo (Reuters) - Los Boy Scouts de América votaron el jueves por levantar una prohibición centenaria para los scouts abiertamente gay en un lo que supone una gran victoria para los activistas de derechos de los...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Youth Organizations, Boy Scouts of America, Clubs and Associations
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Boy Scouts set to vote on lifting gay youth ban
Texas -- Gay rights activists and members of conservative groups gathered in the Texas town of Grapevine on Wednesday where Boy Scouts of America delegates are expected to vote at a national meeting to lift its ban on gay youth membership. Although the...
Tags: Elections, Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Religious Events, Civil Rights
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Boy Scouts of America lifts ban on gay youth
GRAPEVINE, Texas — In a highly anticipated vote Thursday, the Boy Scouts of America lifted its ban on gay youth starting next year, the latest sign of a shift in American attitudes toward gays and lesbians. The resolution was adopted with more...
Tags: Elections, Minority Groups, Washington, DC, Religious Events, Politics
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