Star Scout Attends Scout-O-Rama Construction Crews Mentor Young Students
Justin Smith participated in the annual Local construction companies invited all local
Scout-O-Rama at the Kootenai County middle school and high school students to join
Fairgrounds this weekend. He and his them for an afternoon of exploring the varied
troop built three interesting events to jobs in the construction field. A dozen pieces of
entertain and amuse local Cub Scouts. Of heavy equipment were assembled at the fairgrounds;
the three events; hill billy golf, stilt racing each with an instructor to give each student hands-
and tug-o-war, hill billy golf was the walk- on experience on the equipment. After serving the
away winner with a plethera of participants. the students lunch and handing out goggles, hard-
The 16 scouts from troop 201 camped through hats and t-shirts, the students enjoyed an afternoon
the weekend making memories to last a lifetime. braving the elements, (blowing snow and rain), to
try their hand at the massive equipment. The indoor
events included opportunities for the students to
try dry-walling, cement pourings, brick laying to
name just a few of the opportunities for the
students to sample different career fields.