Scouts Praised for Response After Tornado Hits Iowa camp

Some of you may not have heard about the tornado which hit a Scout camp in Iowa.  This article, mentions that a week-long JLTC (TLD) being conducted in the camp with 93 Scouts and 25 staff.  There were 4 fatalities.

The camp, Little Sioux Scout Ranch is part of the Mid-America Council.

BLENCOE, Iowa - Boy Scouts who came to each others’ aid after a tornado that killed four of their comrades and injured 48 people were hailed as heroes Thursday for helping to administer first aid and search for victims buried in their flattened campsite.

The scouts were prepared and used their training to help there fellows.

“Last night, the agencies and the scouts were prepared,” he said. “They knew what to do, they knew where to go, and they prepared well.”

Iowa Gov. Chet Culver praised the boys for “taking care of each other.”

This was a quote from one of the 13 year-old Scouts

Ethan Hession, also 13, said he crawled under a table with his friend.

“I just remember looking over at my friend, and all of a sudden he just says to me, `Dear God, save us,’” he told “Today.” “Then I just closed my eyes and all of a sudden it’s (the tornado) gone.”

Ethan said the scouts’ first-aid training immediately compelled them to act.

“We knew that we need to place tourniquets on wounds that were bleeding too much. We knew we need to apply pressure and gauze. We had first-aid kits, we had everything,” he said.

Ethan said one staff member took off his shirt and put it on someone who was bleeding to apply pressure and gauze. Other scouts started digging people out of the rubble, he said.

Keep the Scouts and their families in your thoughts and prayers.

Ho-Nan-Ne-Ho-Ont Lodge #165 35th Anniversary F7

JW sends along information about a new flap issue from Ho-Nan-Ne-Ho-Ont Lodge #165 for their 35th Anniversary.

The Blue Book stats on this one should be:
F7 YEL R BLK RED YEL FDL; YEL WWW, WHT 35th Anniversary ‘73-’08 TRS