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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us December 10, 2005 Ashland Boy Scouts head for the hills before annual sale By Cindy Blankenship Tidings Correspondent The Boy Scouts will be doing more than one good deed with their annual Christmas tree sale this weekend. Funds raised help ensure that no scout in Troop 112 is left out of a summer camp or adventure outing due to lack of money. Also, anyone who stops by the sale but can’t afford a tree will be given one. And, according to the assistant scout master, Jeff Jones, people aren’t the only beneficiaries. “Every year, the BLM gives us a permit to do some thinning because when the trees are crowded they don’t grow well. ... From what we learned, it is the forests that have been planted, opposed to the natural old growth forests, that need thinning,” Jones said. “Once they’ve been planted and seeded and grown, the forest will get so dense that if a fire were to happen the smaller trees provide a lot of fuel and make it easy for the fire to go up to the old growth trees.” Troop 112 held its first annual Christmas tree sale in 1957, and except for two years due to snow storms, has held one every year, said Jones. This troop was chartered in 1919 and is the oldest Boy Scout troop in Oregon. This and the Jan. 7 Christmas tree recycling project are the troop’s major fundraisers. Community service projects include tree planting in burned areas and working with the Lion’s Club at the Feast of Will and Lithia Park’s Fourth of July festivities. One of the adventures that the Christmas tree sale and recycling fundraisers helps scouts get to is a scuba trip in the Florida Keys. Scouts 14 and older who have achieved rank and skill requirements are eligible. Scouts working on fundraising projects can earn credit towards payment for this and other big outings such as summer camp. “They learn ‘If I do this, then I can do that,’” says Jones. “And, there is a lot of cooperation in this troop to raise these funds, as well as lot of community mindedness in this troop.” This year’s tree harvesting took about a dozen scouts, ages 11 to 14, to snow blanketed Butte Falls. The permit stipulates any tree cut must be within 12 feet of another tree and no more than 14 feet tall. Working in groups of three, they brought 125 trees, mostly Douglas Fir, back to Ashland. The trees range in size from table top to 12 feet, and suggested donations are $5 to $20. The sale takes place Saturday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Wells Fargo Bank parking lot at Lithia Way and Oak Street. However, trees are sold to early birds who stopped by during setup Friday evening. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Generic Viagra Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Sportsbook Absinthe Supply Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations African Safari Hammocks Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino King of Spirits ink cartridges Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams