For four weeks now, Karl and I have been working with Willie's scout troop on the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge. It's actually been kind of fun. We have completed just about all of the requirements, culminating tonight by attending a West Valley City Community Council Meeting. It was a good meeting. The meeting opened with a movie -- a Pixar cartoon, For the Birds -- it was a nice way for the meeting to begin and capture the scouts' attention. I guess they (WVC Council) do an "opening" instead of a "reverence" as in most public meetings. Then the public comment issues included a request for ongoing consideration of a skate park; efforts by young people to clean up graffiti; and where to locate a new animal shelter. We also learned of plans to revitalize the area surrounding the Valley Fair (ghetto) Mall. Plans are in place to build an Olive Garden and TGI Fridays where the tire store once stood on the corner of 2700 West andf 3500 South. That information was encouraging -- but we miss Francesco's. All in all the merit badge process has been good. The boys have been well-behaved and interested. We have learned a lot and also had some fun.
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Citizenship in the Community
For four weeks now, Karl and I have been working with Willie's scout troop on the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge. It's actually been kind of fun. We have completed just about all of the requirements, culminating tonight by attending a West Valley City Community Council Meeting. It was a good meeting. The meeting opened with a movie -- a Pixar cartoon, For the Birds -- it was a nice way for the meeting to begin and capture the scouts' attention. I guess they (WVC Council) do an "opening" instead of a "reverence" as in most public meetings. Then the public comment issues included a request for ongoing consideration of a skate park; efforts by young people to clean up graffiti; and where to locate a new animal shelter. We also learned of plans to revitalize the area surrounding the Valley Fair (ghetto) Mall. Plans are in place to build an Olive Garden and TGI Fridays where the tire store once stood on the corner of 2700 West andf 3500 South. That information was encouraging -- but we miss Francesco's. All in all the merit badge process has been good. The boys have been well-behaved and interested. We have learned a lot and also had some fun.
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