New Cub Scout Pack in action in Sisters

Sisters Country is made for Cub Scout activities. A Scout's playground lies just out our back doors, where youngsters can learn to enjoy and appreciate the outdoors while building skills and self-confidence they can tap into all their lives.

Cub Scout Pack 139 formed in Sisters last January to provide just such experiences to young boys in Sisters Country.

"It was an existing (pack) that, due to lack of leadership being involved, it basically dissolved," explained Cub Master Craig Ansell. "The only way I could get my kid in Cub Scouts was to get it going myself."

Now Ansell is recruiting boys and their parents to enjoy traditional Cub Scout activities as the sweet season gets underway.

Cub Scouts will do BB gun shooting and archery; an overnight campout on a parent's property; water bottle rocket firing; hiking; geocaching and other activities.

"It's just a matter of getting more boys and more parents," Ansell said.

Cub Scout Pack 139 meets every other Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Sisters Fire Hall. For more information, contact Ansell at 541-549-9459 or 503-510-5713 or [email protected]