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Show Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, February 32 15, 1981 Council Nearly 60 Years Old While it is definitely getting older, the I 'tan National Parks Council of the Boy Scouts of America is also getting bigger and better The National Parks Council, which is one of the oldest Boy Scout councils in America, will celebrate its 60th anniversary on Feb 22 The council organires and coordinates scouting ac tivities in the central and southern portions t ft ah During its 60 years of serving boys, membership has grown from 923 bins who registered in 1921 to more than 50.000 boys who are participating in scouting a tivities within its boundaries this year Besides celebrating the council's birthday, srouis will also be participating in special meetings and projects throughout February as part of National Scout Month and Scouting Week, which began last Sunday and will conclude today "We have more than 11.000 volunteer workers who each year."' give more than 2 million hours of sen-icnoted Ruth Sowards. council historian "Our council serves a geographical area ot over 70.000 milps. including s ol 1'tah from the point ot the mountain south and some parts of Arizona and Nevada We are the largest council in geographical area area in the country " Although the geographical area is large, about 55 percent of the scouts live in the 1'tah County area according to Paul Sahey. public relations director lor the council Three other councils, located in Salt lake. Ogdcn and Logan, coordinate the remainder ot the scouting in lTtah Headquarters ot the National Programs is at 250 W 500 N JYovo "We had three districts within our council to begin with, and now we have 31 districts It used to take at least four davs for the two or three administrators to visit in all of the areas of the council because of the size of the area that it covered." Mrs. Sowards said. Besides growing in number of participants the council's budget has also jumped since tha original group was formed In 1921. the total budget was PjesMeEfts' Day Sale nollday-Sho- with us All C p rsnday 9 to 9 QDCog(lG e I" .n ly sorry, no phone or mall c P initio Ccn!xn , ilIS CJ CJ Dress prints rcow cpsrtswear crcsitloth solids tt8t01Mvd- - $6,000. while 1981 shows a budget of $436,800. are. however, one of the most y councils in America, because our is one of the lowest around." Mrs. Sowards said. Some of that money goes to maintain three scout camps operated in the central and southern portions of Utah. One camp is located in Beaver, one in Payson Canyon called Maple Dell and one near Cedar City called Thunder Ridge. Sabey said the National Parks Council is also one of the most successful in terms of reaching boys and getting them in the program, although he added that the LDS Church, which is one of the biggest sponsors of scouting, is one of the reason for that success. "We reach 93 to 94 percent of the scoutin-ag- e boys in our district compared to national average of about 24 to 28 percent. More than five percent of our scouts reach the rank of Eagle, which isn't as high as we'd like, but it is still well above the national average of just over one percent," Sabey pointed out. Boys can enter the scouting program at age eight, joining a Cub Scout pack. From there, they go on to Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts and Explorers, It takes 21 merit badges, 11 of them in required areas, and a minimum of two years once they become a boy scout to earn an Eagle rank, Sabey said. Besides participating in outdoor activities scouts can get merit badges while learning about community government, working in communications areas, improving reading and writing skills, etc. Because of the involvement of the LDS Church. Sabey said the four councils in Utah devised a new called the Varsity Scout program and has Erogram it for the past two years. "Boys in the 14 to IS year old groups used to be in the Venture program it they were involved in scout troops sponsored by the LDS Church. The Venture program was essentially an LDS program, so the four Utah Councils got together and devised the Varsity program, which is similar but can be a nationwide program instead of a church program," Sabey said. The Varsity program has been very successful so far in its tests in Utah, so it will be offered now to select councils in other parts of the country. If testing in those councils is successful, it will be offered to all councils as the scouting program for that age group. Sabey said the National Parks Council will be sponsoring special meetings, displays and projects throughout the year to celebrate its 60th anniversary. Suggestions have been sent to all scout troops in the council boundaries, urging groups to participate in parades, set up displays commemorating scouting in local schools, businesses or churches and participate in community clean-u- p projects. "The troops can take our suggestions or come up with their own," Sabey said. "We just want them to be active in good projects, whether they are the ones we suggest or ones the individual troops decide would fit best in their areas." 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