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March 17, 2016 Volume 21, No. 5 Southwest Austin’s Community Newspaper Since 1995
Bowie beats Westlake 4-3
Scouts’ camping equipment stolen by Ann Fowler OAK HILL - A Grinch attempted to steal camping from hundreds of Oak Hill girl scouts, taking $2,000 worth of camping equipment from a locked storage shed last week. According to Janessa Glenn, Director for the Oak Hill Service Unit of Girls Scouts of Central Texas, the stored equipment was shared by 100 local Girl Scout troops with more than 700 members. “Many many service units don’t have camping equipment and never have,” she said. Beyond the shock and disappointment that someone would steal the girls’ equipment was the realization that camping season is weeks away. “Our biggest issue was the April 1 weekend,” Glenn said. A camping trip has been planned for CSAs — cadet senior ambassadors, girls in high school and middle school. The planned Cast-Iron Cook-Off was in jeopardy with no Dutch oven, no tents, no cast iron supplies. “This is camping season,” said Glenn. We had to figure out what to do.” And what they did was set up a GoFundMe account and spread the word. And, just as the famous Dr. Seuss character could not steal Christmas from Whoville, the lo-
cal Grinch could not stop the Girl Scouts. In three hours, generous Austinites had donated $1900 to replace the stolen equipment. “People in the community have been so wonderful, said Glenn. With barely two weeks before the start of camping season, she reported, “We’re in good shape now. We’re concentrating on what we need, pricing it. We are hopeful we can do it before April 1” — just in time
for the Cast-Iron Cook-Off. In view of the generosity of the community, a second GoFundMe account has been set up for those wishing to show support for the local girls. “We reached our original goal,” said Glenn, but the girls could use more supplies for their events. To support the local Girl Scouts, see https://www.gofundme.com/ smtg3vus
Local Girl Scouts were able to raise funds to replace equipment stolen from their strage shed in just a few hours.
Inside this issue:
Spring Home and Garden Special
Gazette: Sarah Weeks
Despite the ejection of a key player over words with Westlake’s catcher, the remaining Bowie Bulldogs rmaintained their cool to come out on top in Tuesday evenings game at Burger Field. Outstanding bunting ability helped the Bulldogs pull off the one-run win. Sports start on p. 14.
Agaves and Aloes, p. 3 Gazette: Sarah Weeks