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Alaska Boy Scouts Organization Discusses Exclusion of Homosexuals
Channel 2 NewsThe Great Alaska Council, the local organization in charge of the Boy Scouts, filled a few pews Saturday at the Community Covenant Church in Eagle River to discuss potential changes in its membership policy. Members across the state also joined the...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations
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House Issues Statement Supporting Boy Scouts
Channel 2 NewsThe Alaska House of Representatives has issued a statement saying that the Boy Scouts of America should be allowed to continue upholding their "core values and beliefs." The Sense of the House, by Republican Rep. Bill Stoltze of Chugiak, says the Boy...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations
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Gone Ice Fishin' on Jewel Lake
Channel 2 NewsToday, at the 25th Annual Jewel Lake Ice Fishing Jamboree hundreds of children swarmed the lake's frozen waters in hopes of catching any kind of fish they could. The Swim Like a Fish Foundation sponsored the event along with the Boy Scouts of America...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, The Happiest News!, Human Interest
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Boy Scout Files Have Alaska Connection
Channel 2 NewsThey're being called the "Perversion Files", thousands of records the Boy Scouts kept on former or potential volunteers across the nation are revealing allegations of sex abuse against children. The Oregon Supreme Court ruled the records should be...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Sex Crimes, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations, Clubs and Associations
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Man files suit against Boy Scouts for sexual abuse
An unidentified man filed a lawsuit Wednesday afternoon in Alaska Superior Court claiming he was sexually molested by a Boy Scout leader in Anchorage when he was a young boy. The man, identified as Barry Doe, is suing the The Boy Scouts of America,...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Sex Crimes, Child Abuse, Youth Organizations, Human Interest
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Quinn Alec Hoover awarded Eagle rank posthumously
Quinn Alec Hoover was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout posthumously on May 18 at Otterbein United Methodist Church in Hagerstown. He is the son of Tom and Sonja (Bartles) Hoover of Hagerstown. Quinn was a member of Troop 2, chartered by Otterbein...
Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Human Interest, Maryland General Assembly
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Letters: Baptists and Boy Scouts
Re "Church opposes gays in Scouts," June 13 As a Baptist, I want to crawl in a hole when I read of such blatant hostility by Christians against gays joining the Boy Scouts of America. The Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant...Tags: Religion and Belief, Roger Williams, Protestant Convention, Christianity, Social Organizations
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BLASTING OFF: After years of autism challenges, Nick Johnson lands NASA gig
tkleffman@amnews.comNicholas Johnson has never been one for crowds. When he was younger, a trip to a restaurant or retail store often would send Nick into loud shrieks and convulsive movements. Once, during a trip to the grocery store when he was about 8, he began rocking...Tags: Chess Playing, Science, Autism, Entertainment, Behavioral Conditions
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Rate meeting angers residents
For at least half the roughly 25 people who showed up to a community meeting Thursday night on proposed electricity rate increases, it wasn't just the thought of ballooning bills that had them fuming, it was how the meeting was run. For starters,...Tags: Google Inc., Electricity Production and Distribution, Local Elections
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Clear Spring graduate earns Eagle Scout rank
Boy Scout Michael S. Smith of Troop 117 in Clear Spring has been awarded the Eagle Scout rank, the highest in Scouting. He is the son of Colleen and Marty Smith of Clear Spring. A Court of Honor to present the award was held April 13 at St. Joseph&...
Tags: Graduation, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Roman Catholicism
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Caterpillar stops funding Boy Scouts over gay ban
Tribune reporterCaterpillar said Thursday it is no longer giving financial support to the Boy Scouts of America because the organization bans homosexuals from serving as scout leaders. Peoria-based Caterpillar said in a statement that while it applauds the Scouts’...Tags: Social Organizations, Youth Organizations
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Boy Scouts disappointed Caterpillar drops support
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The director of Boy Scouts of America says he's disappointed Caterpillar Inc. will no longer give money to the group. But Deron Smith on Thursday thanked the Peoria-based heavy equipment manufacturer for its past support....
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Social Organizations, Youth Organizations, Intel Corp., Clubs and Associations
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