To hear the national news outlets tell it, last week's Boy Scout Jamboree was nothing more than a series of disasters, including the death of four scout leaders from Alaska, scores of cases of heat stroke and cancellations of President Bush's visit. Yet the event was a huge success for the 31,788 scouts, 3,532 leaders and 7,743 staff who attended the ten day event at Fort A.P. Hill in Bowling Green Virginia.

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Hello! My name is Pumpkin, I'm the SPCA's longest term resident! I am a brown tiger spayed female I was sent to the SPCA  because my former owners had too many pets. I am calm and enjoy affection but I don't look for it.  If I sound like a great companion come adopt me now!  (My adoption fees are paid!)

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August 10 - Can you make a stone bowl with nothing but what you can find in the woods? How about starting a fire with a rope and a stick? Can you cook a meal using your stick-made fire? That's what 12 kids are learning in this summer's Primitive Pursuits session. Lansing Youth Services Director Micaela Cook joined the kids and leaders Jed Jordan and Tim Drake behind the Lansing Middle School for a week of roughing it.

Pulling back and forth, the girls on one side and the boys on the other, enough friction is created to make the 800 degrees needed to start a spark