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Boy Scouts salute early Saturday morning, May 21, 2011 during New Jersey's Boy Scouts Camporee in Sea Girt, N.J. The Boy Scouts of America's National Council has voted to ease a long-standing ban and allow openly gay boys to be accepted as Scouts, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Of the local Scout leaders voting at their annual meeting in Texas, more than 60 percent supported the proposal. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)

Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys

GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders — a fiercely contested compromise that some warned...

news / region Thu, May 23, 2013 - 7:13pm

Local Boy Scouts council to take wait-and-see on gay policy

By Steve Kuchera, Forum News Service DULUTH —The local Boy Scouts council has adopted a wait-and-see attitude toward news that the Boy Scouts of America may soon allow local sponsors...

news / local Tue, Jan 29, 2013 - 11:53pm

Ewert completes Eagle Scout project

BEMIDJI – Nolan Ewert of Bemidji Boy Scout Troup 82 recently completed his Eagle Scout project at Adult Day Services Inc. Ewert led fellow scouts Toby Glen, Daniel Cartwright, Zachery...

celebrations Fri, Oct 26, 2012 - 8:45pm

Robert A. Woodke: Scouts work to ensure safety of boys in program

The AP story on the front page of the Bemidji Pioneer about the Boy Scouts of America’s Ineligible Volunteer files (Oct. 19) did not tell the whole story. First, the...

opinion / commentary Sun, Oct 21, 2012 - 12:05am