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Lightning strikes Gilmanton Boy Scout camp
23 scouts bussed to various hospitals for observation & treatment some burns reported BY GAIL OBER
THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
GILMANTON — Twentythree boy scouts hunkered under a canopy during a thunderstorm suffered a variety of burns last night around 7 p.m. when lightening struck perilously close to the shelter.
All 23 were taken by a Boy Scouts of America Daniel Webster Council bus to the Belmont Fire Station, where emergency workers from communities as far away as Franklin evaluated them and sent them to various area hospitals. The boys, who appeared to be
between the ages of 14 and 17, were all able to walk out of the van on their own power. One boy needed the assistance of another scout to get to one of the waiting ambulances. It was not known as of press time where the boys are from. According to Belmont Fire
Chief Dave Parenti, the boys and their counselors were at Camp Bell, which is part of Griswold Scout Reservation north of Gilmanton Iron Works. He said they were about 1/4 of a mile into the woods when the storm stuck. see BOY SCOUTS page 9
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Boys & Girls Club of the Lakes Region members started to get acquainted with all the rooms in their new home on North Main Street in Laconia on Monday. The club is purchasing the St. James Episcopal Church building so that it can be converted to a permanent home. (Karen Bobotas/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Day 1 for Boys & Girls Club members in their new home BY ROGER AMSDEN FOR THE LACONIA DAILY SUN
LACONIA — The Boys and Girls Club of the Lakes Region moved into its new home at what has been the St. James Episcopal Church building Monday morning and the structure was filled with excitement as 62 summer campers showed up. ‘’The kids are having a blast,’’ said
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‘’Every afternoon when we can we’ll be taking the kids to the beach,’’ said Gilbert, who says that the new program possibilities that the club now has in its expansive new 14,000-square-square foot home have everyone excited and energized, Gilbert, who has been with the club for 15 months, works with a staff of five other people and said that the club’s programs see B&G CLUB page 26
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