Sunday, September 30, 2007

A Boy Scout's Account

Recently the camp received a really cool letter and thought you'd enjoy it too:

I came across your web site a little while ago and I was very interested
because my two brothers and I went and helped build this camp from the 1950 '
to 1961 for me. I joined the Navy in April 1962.

The camp was our Boy Scout Camp Troop 170 Camp Flaming Pines on Mirror Lake,
our head Scoutmaster was Bill and his brother Ed Souder. The Rovick's (the
founder of Edina Realty) were in our troop and they had Bill and Ed Souder as
some the first agents of Edina Realty. One worked in town selling real estate
and the other was with us. We went to camping season ever year like this.

a.. 2 weeks woodcutting to cut as season until winter then we sold it door to door in the Twin Cities.

b.. 2 weeks construction building roads, blasting stumps, making and pouring concrete, building buildings which were all done with scout labor.

c.. 2 weeks regular camp for merit badges, carving totem poles, etc.

d.. 2 weeks building our canoe base (a smaller version of the old log lodge close to the lake) on Lac La Croix on Canadian side of the Dawson Portage.

e.. 4 week canoe trip in the Quetico Provincial Park. Then back home to school again in the fall.

I would like to know more about the present camp and your fund raising efforts.

I read you most recent newsletter about the log lodge by the lake. I guess the one that we built in the 50's did not last.

If you have a fund raising dinner down here I would love to go to one and hear more about how you are bringing children to Christ. I am involved in Fishersofmenclub.org and some other local fund raisers to bring Christ to kids down here.

If there is a way to put me on your newsletter mailing list I would appreciate it.

Warmest regards,

Bill Dobbins, ABR, CRS, e-PRO, GRI, NHSS
Edina Realty
The Dobbins Group

FPYC Cookbook Fund Raiser

Help camp and get ideas for dinner with this newly published cookbook.

Some of these recipes have been like "ancient Chinese secrets" since the camp began 30+ years ago. Cooks and cook's Helpers have a hand in this kitchen resource. The recipes, 150 of them, have been family-sized for home use.

a.. Banana Nut Bread
b.. Chicken Tortilla Hot Dish
c.. Hamburger Stroganoff
d.. Oatmeal Cake and Topping
e.. Turkey Noodle Casserole
f.. Chocolate Buttermilk sheet cake
g.. and many, many more

In addition to tasty dishes, this book has many stories and yarns about being a cook, back in the day. Some are really funny, some offer little known historical insights, all of them remind us of how much love has gone, and goes into putting good food on the table for campers big and small.

$30.00 Each

All proceeds to support FPYC. Payment reserves your copy.

Contact Dale Ogren or Barb
Waletzko.

OR order Online at: Flaming Pine Favorites