Celebrating Scouting
Celebrating Scouting
Libby VFW Commander Wes Huffman presents Jerry Wolcott, Michael Curtiss and Taylor Cook with United States and Montana flags for Troop 1970. Photo by Kootenai Valley Record.
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Boy Scouts celebrate 100 years
by Kootenai Valley Record
February 18, 2010
Libby Boy Scout Troop 1970 celebrated the 100th year of scouting in America with a dinner and program on Wednesday, Feb. 10.
Highlights included a concert by members of the Libby Children’s Select Choir and a performance by Jim Atkinson as Boy Scouts founder Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell.
Gary Spencer, the second member in the history if Troop 1970 to receive the Eagle Scout award, was honored during the program. Spencer was awarded the eagle scout rank in 1972 and remains active in the troop. Two of his sons, Conner and T.J., have become Eagle Scouts. His son Austin received Cub Scouting’s highest award, the Arrow of Light, and graduated into Boy Scouts during the 100th anniversary celebration.
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Editor’s Note: See the February 16, 2010 edition of the Kootenai Valley Record for the printed version of this story. The Kootenai Valley Record publishes once a week, on Tuesdays, in Libby, Montana. They are a locally owned community newspaper, located at 403 Mineral Avenue in Libby. For in-county and out-of-county subscription information, call 406-293-2424, or e-mail kvrecord@gmail.com.
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