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Boy Scout troop to recycle many electronics, appliances for free
Boy Scout troop to recycle many electronics, appliances for free
A Boy Scouts troop based in Lynden will offer to recycle old appliances, electronics and scrap metal during the next two weeks to keep toxins out of landfills.
Computers, monitors and TVs will be recycled for free. Some electronics will be taken for a fee, including refrigerators, freezers, printers, keyboards and photocopiers. All scrap metal and electrical cords will be accepted.
Boy Scouts of America Troop 2010 will recycle items in Lynden from Jan. 4 to 7 at the corner of Front and 19th streets. From Jan. 11 to 14, the troop will be in Bellingham across from the DeWaard and Bode outlet store, 4175 Hannegan Road. Both weeks, the group will accept items from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
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Senior at Tacoma's Wilson High becomes Eagle Scout
Senior at Tacoma's Wilson High becomes Eagle Scout
Spencer Crenshaw of Boy Scout Troop 224 in Tacoma recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. He is a senior at Wilson High School and participates in football, water polo, swimming and baseball.
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Meet Phil McAfee, the Scout's 'Christmas tree guy'
Meet Phil McAfee, the Scout's 'Christmas tree guy'
Phil McAfee pored over some work at his desk on a late summer afternoon when his son, Andrew, emerged from packing up his bedroom.
Andrew dropped a well-worn folder with about three years of community service paperwork onto his father's desk.
"Dad, I want you to take over this project," he said. "It's yours now."
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Boy Scouts gather old Christmas trees in Bellingham, around county
Boy Scouts gather old Christmas trees in Bellingham, around county
BELLINGHAM – After a quick drive through the west end of the Columbia neighborhood, with their eyes peeled for old Christmas trees, the Boy Scouts got out, put on their gloves and started dragging the evergreens from the sidewalks to the street corners.
"So we're pulling 'em, and somebody else picks 'em up?" asked 16-year-old Kameron Mensing. "OK."
That's the quickest way to go about it, when you're gathering up many of the old Christmas trees in a neighborhood with narrow streets.
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Lakewood 12-year-old builds bridge for Eagle Scout project
Lakewood 12-year-old builds bridge for Eagle Scout project
Boy Scout Kaelan Harkey of Troop 436 in Lakewood recently completed his Eagle Scout project of building an arched bridge over the creek in Puyallup’s Wildwood Park.