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Sister recalls Boy Scout lost in 1961 Zion flood

Last updated Friday, May 11, 2012 - 5:00pm

HOLLADAY — Doralee Freebairn remembers the day well. It was September 1961. Her older brother was on a Boy Scouts trip, hiking in the canyons of Zion National Park.

She was in the yard at home in Salt Lake City watering plants when news crackled over the radio. There had been a massive flash flood in the Narrows.

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Boy Scout official resigns in support of ousted lesbian leader

Molly Hennessy-Fiske Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, April 30, 2012 - 4:43pm

A board member of the Ohio River Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America has resigned to protest the ouster of Jennifer Tyrrell, the leader of her son's Tiger Cub pack forced out earlier this month because she is gay.

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This Wednesday, April 25, 2012 photo shows Jennifer Tyrrell and her son Cruz Burns, 7, during a visit to New York. Tyrrell traveled to New York from her home in Bridgeport, Ohio, to build momentum for a petition to overturn what she says are Ohio Boy Scout's anti-gay policies, after she was removed as den leader for her son's cub scout troop. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Lesbian Scout leader ousted; parents upset

John Seewer The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 5:08pm

The first-graders in Ohio Pack 109's Tiger Scouts didn't know or care their den mother was a lesbian -- at least not until the Boy Scouts of America threw her out over the organization's ban on gays.

Now, parents who were aware of Jennifer Tyrell's sexual orientation well before she took the boys on campouts and helped them carve race cars for the annual Pinewood Derby have rallied to her defense in a case that has re-ignited the debate over the Scouts' policy.

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Wesley Kent Smith

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 5:50pm

Wesley Kent Smith died Saturday, April 21, 2012. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, April 26, at Myers Evergreen Memorial Park, 100 Monroe Blvd. Post condolences at www.myers-mortuary.com. To read the full obituary, see the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Chili cookoff Sunday at Elim Lutheran

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, April 20, 2012 - 4:48pm

OGDEN -- Elim Lutheran Church, 575 23rd St., will have its second annual chili cookoff at 11:15 a.m. Sunday.

The event will be a fundraiser for Elim's Boy Scout Troop 54. The money raised will help fund Troop 54's summer camp and four Scouts' 2013 BSA Jamboree in West Virginia, according to a news release from the church.

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Steve Krolak climbs a pile of trash on Wednesday near the new trail he is helping create near the Ogden City Cemetery. (NICK SHORT/Standard-Examiner)

Top of Utah teens to help revamp Bluff Trail in Ogden

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 8:57pm

OGDEN -- Close to 1,000 local teens will be hard at work Saturday morning to help bring Bluff Trail back to life.

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Scouts, others invited to learn about Ten Commandments during Ogden hike

Rachel J. Trotter Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 8:44pm

OGDEN — Ogden-area Boy Scouts and their families can get to know the Ten Commandments from a little different perspective Saturday morning, when the Boy Scouts of America Trapper Trails Council sponsors its second annual Ten Commandments Hike.

The event is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. at the Salvation Army, 2615 Grant Ave.

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Eagle Scouts start road safety project

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, April 7, 2012 - 10:54pm

FARMINGTON— An Eagle Scout group in Utah is launching a road safety project to honor one of their members who was killed while walking his bicycle in a crosswalk across a Farmington street.

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Divers search for a missing 4-year-old boy at a Boy Scout camp near Hardy, Ark., on Monday, March 26, 2012. More than 150 people turned out Monday to search the Kia Kima Boy Scout Camp for Caleb Linn, who was last seen Saturday at the end of a bridge where he and several other children were clearing away storm debris, Fulton County Sheriff Buck Foley said. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss)

Search continues for missing boy at Scout camp

Jeannie Nuss The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 5:04pm

HARDY, Ark. — Carolyn Truex watched a border collie sniff a patch of weeds early Tuesday along a riverbank near the spot where her 4-year-old great grandson was last seen a few days ago. She didn’t know whether to feel relief or despair when it turned up nothing.

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Boy Scouts to have food drive Saturday

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 10:18pm

OGDEN -- The Boy Scouts of America will hold their 26th annual Scouting for Food drive on Saturday.

The drive will help stock the Catholic Community Services' Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank.

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Sex ed bill goes against philosophy of Utah code: Be prepared

E. Kent Winward Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 16, 2012 - 10:37pm

Be prepared. While this motto works for Scouts, the law enforces preparedness by requiring classes and education that must take place in order to access various legal remedies and privileges.

House Bill 363, which is awaiting Gov. Gary Herbert’s signature (or veto), would prohibit local school boards from educating our students on the full spectrum of reproductive health, harshly limiting the discussion of sex to abstinence and within marriage. (Note: Herbert vetoed the sex ed bill late Friday night, after this column was written and posted.)

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Zachary Charles Hansen

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 15, 2012 - 4:01pm

Zachary Charles Hansen, 31, died unexpectedly Monday, March 12, 2012, in Albuquerque, N.M. A funeral will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at the Brigham City North Stake Center, 620 N. 300 East. Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, March 19, at Myers Mortuary, 205 S. 100 East, Brigham City, and from 10 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Post condolences at www.myers-mortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Eagle Scout

Contributed Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 3:20pm

Top of Utah youths who have earned their Eagle in Boy Scouting include:

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Arthur Wilford Sorensen Jr.

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 9, 2012 - 9:38pm

Arthur Wilford Sorensen Jr., 91, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012. A celebration of life will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 13, at Myers Mortuary, 5865 S. 1900 West, Roy. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, March 12, and from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Tuesday before the service. Interment will follow at the Warren Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please send a bouquet to someone who would enjoy being remembered or contribute to your favorite charity. Post condolences at www.myers-mortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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Thomas James Moss

Obituaries Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 5:57pm

Thomas James Moss, 51, of Rio Rancho, N.M., died Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. Post condolences at www.lindquistmortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

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