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Celebrate At Crumhorn Camp

Boy Scouts Johnathan Child, Lincon Waffle, Robert Child and Benjamin Child, all members of Troop 3 in Morris, practice teamwork with a walking A-frame exercise where communication and alternating forces help to 'walk' the frame carrying Thomas Pondolfino, Oneonta. The boys were on site at the Henderson Scout Reservation as part of the 'Pleased To Meet-Cha Camporee', which was celebrating the first time all troops of the newly formed Leatherstocking Council have come together since it formed from the Revolutionary Trails Council and Otchodela Council formed last year. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Boy Scouts Johnathan Child, Lincoln Waffle, Robert Child and Benjamin Child, all members of Troop 3 in Morris, practice teamwork with a walking A-frame exercise, where communication and alternating forces help to “walk” the frame carrying Thomas Pondolfino, Oneonta. The boys were on site at the Henderson Scout Reservation as part of the “Pleased To Meet-Cha Camporee,” the first time all troops of the newly formed Leatherstocking Council have come together since the Utica-based Revolutionary Trails and Oneonta-based Otchodela councils united last fall.  (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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