This year, the Boy Scouts of America celebrates its centennial. The Texas Trails Council, B.S.A. consists of 17 1/2 counties of West Central Texas, from Sweetwater in the northwest to Stephenville in the northeast and south to Lampasas.

On April 23-25, the Texas Trails Council held its Centennial Camporee and Family Encampment at Flat Rock Park on Hords Creek Lake in Coleman County. It was attended by more than 900 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Venturers, volunteer leaders and family members.

On behalf of the Texas Trails Council, I want to thank all the volunteers and groups that helped make the event a success. This includes the Texas Dutch Oven Cooking Society of Brownwood, the Central Texas Gem and Mineral Society of Abilene, the Cross Timbers Radio-Controlled Airplane Club of Stephenville, the Sahawe Indian Dancers of Uvalde, the Brownwood Amateur Radio Club, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Mills County State Bank for sponsoring the “guess the coins” event.

I hesitate to name any volunteers. There were so many wonderful people who worked at this event, but I want to thank a few who went far above the call to duty. This includes Wes and Lacy Alexander of Lampasas, who provided our medical services, and Roy Curbo of Brownwood, Chris Bell and Mike Beverly of Stephenville who spent days on site preparation.

Fred Spencer of Brownwood donated the time to produce all the Camporee signs and banners, and Mike Bradle of Lampasas provided refreshments for all 900 people in attendance.

I especially want to thank the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for graciously opening up the park a week early so we could hold the event. The Corps personnel were instrumental in making the event the huge success it was.

Thanks again to all who helped make this a truly memorable event.

Frank Griffin
Vice president of programs
Texas Trails Council
Camporee chairman