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Nov 15, 2009 2:55 am
The saga of Camp Gustin is taking a turn. According to today's front-page article by Kathryn Skelton, the possible sale of the Sabattus camp is unrelated to the financial predicament of the Pine Tree Council, the Scout's governing arm in Southern Maine.
This revelation comes just days after a group of distressed Scouts in Lewiston were told the Council's debt and operating deficit were necessitating a sale. So, which is it? It cannot be both.
Here's what is known: Just the mention of a possible sale of Camp Gustin has elicited an emotional response from local Scouts. This should inform the Pine Tree Council that selling its camps either in desperation, or for a strategic imperative, would hurt its troops.
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If you have any love for
Submitted by skippy on Sun, 11/15/2009 - 07:54.
If you have any love for Camp Gustin join the Facebook group mentioned in the article and support them. Most troops do not report all visits to BSA HQ in Portland, but many area troops use Gustin for either a weekend overnight visit or a day visit by their troops. This is very important for the scout's development. A trip to Gustin from L-A is a 30minute trip while a trip to other larger camps is over an hour each way. Gustin is also viewed as an informal camp while the others are more regimented. My scouting leadership days are from many years ago, but the scouting adventure continues through the ages and camps as this one must be preserved.
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It's about time the SJ
It's about time the SJ started asking questions. With declining numbers, both in revenue and participation, something needed to be done to put scouting on the front burner. What a better way to generate publicity than a threatened sale of wilderness land. This smacks of a set up and when I discovered bobby reed involved it reeked of it. Gotta give you credit bobby, it worked.