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Show il Brooks Peacock Attends ! Potential Leaders Session ) Forty six Boy Scout A troop leaders including IK Brooks Peacock of rj Pleasant Grove or s potential leaders at- tended the 1982 session 3j of the Troop Leaders 3 1 training course, known fl as the Timberline H 1 1 Training. It was held at j j the Hobble Creek Scout . Cmp in Springville .-. r; w Canyon July 31 thru , ,!Vi' August 7, 1982. This was one of eight t youth leadership camps t conducted by the Utah 01 National Parks Council - P , Boy Scouts of.Ameriea. Each is held in an i gf. outdoor setting near a ', large number of scouts, I I ; So tne attendance can be ' large. Boys from Utah County and Juab County were there, even some Y rm out of this area - Salt Lake City. A The boys are assigned to patrols in such a way 1 that they are workin8 with strangers, not their v5 T"e town buddies. L They erect their own "W- 'Mis, set up their own ramps by patrols and , keeP them clean. They ST 1 ae taught the basic skl"s of leadership, ,.. such as "representing 'he group", learning the "sources of the group, counseling, setting an example, teaching new skills and many others. These skills will make them leaders throughout life, not just during their tenure as scouting leaders. These are the future leaders in their communities. Adult volunteer leaders supervise the camp. They provide resource knowledge on , scouting skills to back ' up the youth leaders, a grou of older, ex-' ex-' perlenced boys. These youth leaders actually run the camp. They planned it, organized it and lead all activities. That is the heart of the Scouting movement --boys leading boys, under the guidance of experienced volunteer adults. As the regional director of the Troop Leaders Training program John N. Cannon, expressed it, "there are not enough professional scouters in the world to do the job of training the millions of boys in this important program. Trained volunteer leaders, suoh as the graduates A Timberline, ae ";; tial. Scouting is volunteer J ? program. |