We had 13 scouts and 4 adults that survived the elements and had a great weekend at Benton MO the last weekend in January. The weather was actually pretty good on Saturday but those wind chills of 6 was pretty tough Sunday morning when we had to crawl out of our tents. Saturday's activities were lots of fun, the theme for the weekend was Emergency Planning and we learned a lot, from starting a fire with no matches to rescuing someone that had fallen into a frozen pond. The sherriffs department brought out the German Shepard drug dog and had a demonstration on finding hidden drugs in an automobile and how he attacked criminals. The Emergency Management team team had a class on emergency preparedness covering everything from floods to earthquakes. They also had their search and rescue dog put on a demonstration on how to find lost people. We had plenty of chicken noodle soup and hot chocolate to keep us going prepared by our own Shelia and JP Halford along with others. All in all it was a very good weekend but everyone was glad to be back home to our nice warm homes. Hopefully we all learned something about survival and if we are ever in an emergency situation we will be better prepared to handle it or help others that might be in need.
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