https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/3932e38b0f352abf1db71722a74725a4.pdf cf2e1ad02cbadf3713362e1c539b6eb5 PDF Text Text Scouts seek to fix camps ~ $ Cotton Nelson Press-Scimitar Staff Writer Efforts to raise $2.5 million to develop and c.'1 , tmprov~ Camp Curri\i! l DeSoto County and z V£amp Kia Runa near ardy, Ark., have been ~ announceCf"'by the Chickasaw Council Boy Scouts of America. James H. Patton, president of the Chickasaw Council, said the campaign - Action '83 - also is to provide funds to purchase camping and program equipment, and to renovate the Council's Service Center at 171 S. Hollywood. . "This will be the largest fund-raising effort in the Council's history," Patton said. William B. Dunavant Jr., chairman of the board ·and chief executive officer of Dunavant Enterprise s Inc., has agreed to serve as the general chairman of the campaign. Dunavant, a member of the C)lickasaw Council Advisory Board, said solicitations would begin after Jan. 1. "The $2.5 million goal is , ambitious, but Scouting is worth much more because it.does more," Dunavant said. "Scouting teaches values ... values that nourish lives ... values that enhance the world we live in .and the people we call friends." . ·'· _ Patton said very littl e mQ!lel' has.. been spent on the rwo camps in past years, and that better facilities would attract more boys. "Camping, the outdoors, the self-reliance and doing for yourself, is the cornersto ne of the Boy Scouts," Pat~on said. "Good camping facilities are a must for a good Scouting program." He said many of the Chickasaw scouts are inner-city youths, and that camping they do as Boy Scouts may be the only experienc e of that type they ever have. The Council intends to purchase an additional 130 acres for the 320-acre Camp Currier and build a 25-acre lake, to build .a boath· ouse and dock, and to add 12 troop campsites, a 2,500-gallon water tank, central hot water showers, new water lines and a new bathhouse. Plans also include building a new ranger home, slx shelters, and a chapel. At Kia Kima, plans call for 26 new campsites with latrines and shower's; a dining hall and kitchen at Camp Osage; a new sewer and water system; two central hot water shower systems, a new chapel, and a new boat equipment storage building. They also want to add a camp staff and volunteer training center and a trading post at Camp Osage, and to remodel the ranger's home. The Chickasaw Council encompasses Memphis and Shelby County; Crittende n County, Arkansas; and DeSoto and Tate counties in Mississippi..lt has.served almost 500,000 regis· tered Scouts, and presently contains more than 13,500 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Ex· plorers, including 200 boys with physical and mental disabilities. Half of the Chickasaw Coun~il's operating budget is funded by United Way, the other half by the membership. 4 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kia Kima Publications and Papers Description An account of the resource Contains miscellaneous papers and publications by Kia Kima including promotional flyers, Camper Handbooks, staff materials, and program materials. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Any textual data included in the document ~ $ Scouts seek to fix camps Cotton Nelson Press-Scimitar Staff Writer 4 Efforts to raise $2.5 million to develop and c.'1 , tmprov~ Camp Curri\i!l DeSoto County and z V£amp Kia Runa near ardy, Ark., have been ~ announceCf"'by the Chickasaw Council Boy Scouts of America. James H. Patton, president of the Chickasaw Council, said the campaign - Action '83 - also is to provide funds to purchase camping and program equipment, and to renovate the Council's Service Center at 171 S. Hollywood. . "This will be the largest fund-raising effort in the Council's history," Patton said. William B. Dunavant Jr., chairman of the board ·and chief executive officer of Dunavant Enterprises Inc., has agreed to serve as the general chairman of the campaign. Dunavant, a member of the C)lickasaw Council Advisory Board, said solicitations would begin after Jan. 1. "The $2.5 million goal is , ambitious, but Scouting is worth much more because it.does more," Dunavant said. "Scouting teaches values ... values that nourish lives ... values that enhance the world we live in . and the people we call friends." . ·' · _ Patton said very littl e mQ!lel' has.. been spent on the rwo camps in past years, and that better facilities would attract more boys. "Camping, the outdoors, the self-reliance and doing for yourself, is the cornerstone of the Boy Scouts," Pat~on said. "Good camping facilities are a must for a good Scouting program." He said many of the Chickasaw scouts are inner-city youths, and that camping they do as Boy Scouts may be the only experience of that type they ever have. The Council intends to purchase an additional 130 acres for the 320-acre Camp Currier and build a 25-acre lake, to build .a boath· ouse and dock, and to add 12 troop campsites, a 2,500-gallon water tank, central hot water showers, new water lines and a new bathhouse. Plans also include building a new ranger home, slx shelters, and a chapel. At Kia Kima , plans call for 26 new campsites with latrines and shower's; a dining hall and kitchen a t Camp Osage; a new sewer and water system ; two central hot water shower systems, a new chapel, and a new boat equipment storage building. They also want to add a camp staff and volunteer training center and a trading post at Camp Osage, and to remodel the ranger's home. The Chickasaw Council encompasses Memphis and Shelby County; Crittenden County, Arkansas; and DeSoto and Tate counties in Mississippi..lt has.served almost 500,000 regis· tered Scouts, and presently contains more than 13 ,500 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Ex· plorers, including 200 boys with physical and mental disabilities. Half of the Chickasaw Coun~il's operating budget is funded by United Way, the other half by the membership. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982 Title A name given to the resource 1982 (11/24/1982) Press-Scimitar: Scouts Seek to Fix Camps Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Press-Scimitar Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Andrew Schrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Press Scimitar Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Licensed for use by the Kia Kima Alumni Association in this historical display. https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/special-collections/ Camp Currier Periodical