Correspondent
CANFIELD – When asked what it felt like to use a wide, two-person crosscut saw to slice off a piece of a thick log, Vincent Desanto cut to the heart of the matter.
“It was an exercise in connecting us all together,” explained Vincent, 17, a member of Ellsworth-based Boy Scout Troop 9071, who stressed the importance of teamwork and others’ support in completing the laborious task.
Vincent, who has been in Scouting about five years, was on one end of the saw with teeth arranged in an alternating pattern, and fellow Troop 9071 member P.J. Beres was on the other. P.J., 15, has spent about four years as a Scout, he said.
The Great Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America is all new for 2021 and now is known as the Stambaugh District.
The council in 2020 chose to merge four districts. It now serves Cub Scout packs, Scout troops, Venturing crews and Explorer posts in Mahoning, Trumbull, Medina, Portage, Summit and North Wayne counties.
The new district took effect Jan. 1.
The new Stambaugh District is a combination of two districts and a section of a third that included the Whispering Pines District serving Mahoning County and Hubbard; the Arrowhead District, serving Trumbull County; and a small portion of the former Seneca District serving Portage County. The district will serve more than 70 troops.
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The Great Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of America is all new for 2021 and now is known as the Stambaugh District.
The council in 2020 chose to merge four districts. It now serves Cub Scout packs, Scout troops, Venturing crews and Explorer posts in Mahoning, Trumbull, Medina, Portage, Summit and North Wayne counties.
The new district took effect Jan. 1.
The new Stambaugh District is a combination of two districts and a section of a third that included the Whispering Pines District serving Mahoning County and Hubbard; the Arrowhead District, serving Trumbull County; and a small portion of the former Seneca District serving Portage County. The district will serve more than 70 troops.