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July 30, 2021
Over the summer, Girl Scout Troop 3604 in Long Beach and Pass Christian have made improvements to their Girl Scout hut for future generations of scouts.
Here to tell us about the project is troop leader Kacey Edwards along with three scouts: Addison, Lucy, Chrissy, Adalynn.
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Women of Lexington: The early 2000s
Valerie Overton
This is the last in a series of six articles about the women’s visibility banners that are hanging in Lexington Center through the end of August. Girl Scout Troop No. 66265 researched and designed the banners to honor Lexington women who have made major contributions to history.
The first five articles in this series profiled a few of the many Lexington women from our history who deserve recognition. As we conclude with women who are making their mark in the early 2000s, we note that women are still achieving “firsts” in many fields:
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Oakridger
To the Editor:
I wanted to respond to the letter to the editor by Eileen Neiler published in the July 15 edition of The Oak Ridger. Eileen was absolutely correct that Girl Scout Troop 69, under the leadership of Joyce Maienschien, were the founders of the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge (CMOR). The history of the Museum can be found on the CMOR website (childrensmuseumofoakridge.org).
As Selma Shapiro’s daughter and project lead for the Alvin Weinberg Archive, I want to express my appreciation and gratitude to Girl Scout Troop 69 for having the vision and passion to start a small museum in the Library of the old Jefferson Junior High School. Without that simple start, my mother wouldn’t have had the amazing “second act” of her life, and the city of Oak Ridge wouldn’t have this treasure of a Museum for the last 48 years. As it states on the CMOR website, “Selma was the driving force behind the Museum’s growth for 31 years, and her vision made the Museum