While living and working in Fort Norman my friend Tom and I established a scout troop to provide the local youth with an activity to try to keep them out of trouble by finding a purpose and understanding of how living with rules can benefit you in life. This activity turned out to be an amazing Police Community relations program and unique for a small settlement on the McKenzie River.

 

 

The success of the program was described in an article written for the RCMP Gazette in October 1974 by me, then Constable Ron Elliott.  I recall enjoying this flirtation with writing about this fun program, and I thought I must do more of this.

Scout article 5

While it seems that much of my career involved writing things such as reports, proposals, Board Papers, it is only now am I getting to enjoy trying to tell a story once again.  Here is my 1974 edition of storytelling about a community activity in the far north of Canada.

 

Scout article 1

 

Scout article 2

 

My beautiful picture
Scout Master and his Troop
Scout article 3

Scout article 4

So there you have it – how a little initiative and dedicated work can pay off with satisfaction in life. Oh, and by the way, this scout group didn’t need lessons in camping, as this was a way of life for them.