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1. Boy Scouts earn record number of merit badges
The Herald News - Joliet (IL)
September 7, 2003
MORRIS -- A record 1,046 merit badges were earned by
Boy Scouts who attended the Rainbow Council Boy Scout
Summer Camp, held at the Rainbow Scout Reservation
outside Morris from June 15 to July 12.
The summer camp, where Scouts camped under the stars on the 737-acre Scout
Reservation, attracted 471 Boy Scouts and 103 adult leaders throughout the region.
The camp hosted troops from communities throughout Illinois and Indiana such as
Richton Park, Joliet, Kankakee, Bourbonnais, Markham, Bolingbrook, New Lenox,
Seneca, Morris, Crest Hill, Peotone, Belvidere and Merrillville and Highland, Ind.
Scouts selected from among 45 merit badges, such as horseback, pioneering,
citizenship in the nation, cooking, swimming, canoeing, climbing, fishing, leather work,
cycling and hiking.
The summer camp boasts the most merit badge offerings in the Midwest and is the only
Boy Scout summer camp program in the nation that offers all 15 merit badges required
for the rank of Eagle Scout.

2. The camp also offered adventure opportunities for older Scouts, such as a 400-foot zip
line, a weeklong "Outback Adventure" backpacking expedition and Polar Bear swim.
One of the many new opportunities offered this year was the Brownsea Island campsite,
where Scouts could attend camp without their troop and stay extra weeks at a reduced
cost. More than 90 Scouts stayed in Brownsea this summer, with 35 Scouts opting for
extra weeks.
Rainbow Scout Reservation also has a program for new Scouts called Pathfinders,
which had a new home at the camp. For the first time in seven years, the camp hosted
Troop 73 from the Housing Authority of Joliet during the week of June 29 to July 5.
One of the nine Scouts from the troop, Joseph Nixon earned the Pathfinders "Spirit
Award" from among the 30 Scouts in the program. The Spirit Award is given to the
Scout who displays exemplary spirit and achievement, a willingness to learn and an
overall positive attitude.
The highlight of the week is the Wednesday evening Order of the Arrow Family Night.
Families enjoyed barbecue dinner, chapel service and the evening campfire put on by
the Order of the Arrow Waupecan Lodge 197. The lodge is the 2002 winner of the
regional NOAC Spirit Award for their campfire ceremony.
A new Venture Crew in Rainbow Council BSA, Crew 402 based out of St. Ann Catholic
Church in Channahon, will have a First Nighter at 7 p.m. Sept. 21. Adventures to pursue
include repelling, skiing, Haunted Woods Walk and a lot of service projects.
This is a co-ed crew for teen-agers ages 14-21. For more information, contact adviser
Sue Gregory at (815) 725-2534 or via e-mail at cslkgreg@msn.com.
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