Fenimore Is Named Scoutmaster of the Year, This Week in Bexley, May 22, 1995 (web image)
Names in the News, Bexley News, May 24, 1995 (web image)
Bexley Resident Earns Top Boy Scouting Rank, This Week in Bexley, June 19, 1995 (web image)
Scouting News, Bexley News, July 12, 1995, Pp. 13 (web image)
Ross Fenimore Receives First John K. Pfahl Fellow, The Scouter, August, 1995 (web image)
Scouts Earn Merit Badges, This Week in Bexley, Aug. 14, 1995 (web image)
Boy Scout Troop 166 takes trip to Washington, Eastside Messenger, Jan. 8, 1996 (web image)
Ross Fenimore receives Eagle Rank, Bexley News, May 8, 1996 (web image)
Bexley fundraiser honors Eagle Scouts, May 18, 1996 (web image)
Powell Achieves Eagle Scout Rank, Jan 15, 1997 (web image)
Ruccia receives Eagle Scout award, May 19, 1999 (web image)
Beeler Awarded Eagle Scout Badge, Eastside Messenger,November 22, 1999 (web image)
John Fenimore, Bexley Boy Scout Leader, is BCA Citizen of the Year, Eastside Messenger, July 4, 2003 (web image)
Boy Scouts Return from Canada, Eastside Messenger, August 24, 2009 (web image)
Scouts Prove Fit for the Challenge, This Week Community News, July 31, 2014 (web image)
Stories in the Dispatch archive to be posted here soon:
7) IN MEMORY OF
Date: June 4, 2009
Publication: ThisWeek Community Newspapers (Columbus, OH) Page: 01A
Word Count: 60
Document ID: 128A0066BB58D348
By David Rea/ThisWeek About two dozen members of Boy Scout Troop #166 planted a tree in the park near the Jeffrey Mansion June 1. The group planted a red oak in memory of one of its scoutmasters, Chris Heigel, who passed away this year. The troop raised funds for the tree and hopes to add a plaque in the future….
26) BOARDWALK PUTS SCOUT ON PATH TO EAGLE
Author: Kirk D. Richards
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Date: January 5, 2004
Publication: Columbus Dispatch, The (OH) Page: 04C
Word Count: 584
Document ID: 10DADD170E3F4720
On a muddy path in Jeffrey Park that walkers long avoided, a group of Boy Scouts hiked through, building endurance on the uneven terrain.
The Scouts of Troop 166 were training at the Bexley park in the spring of 2002 for a backpacking expedition at the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico.
But as the Bexley Scouts enjoyed the scenic view of Alum Creek, Alex Kolada began to wonder whether the mud was stopping others from coming to see the beauty.
That gave Kolada an idea –…
32) FENIMORE IS CITY’S ‘CITIZEN OF YEAR’
Author: INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE
ThisWeek Staff Writer
Date: June 19, 2003
Publication: ThisWeek Community Newspapers (Columbus, OH) Page: 01A
Word Count: 450
Document ID: 1179D1F0AD8FF890
Bexley resident John Fenimore has been selected by the Bexley Celebrations Association (BCA) as the city’s 2003 citizen of the year.
As scoutmaster of Troop 166 since 1992, Fenimore frequently has challenged his members and his assistant scoutmasters to be active in the community.
“John exemplifies community service and dedication to service,” said BCA President Cindy Phillips. “He has really partnered with the BCA (an all-volunteer…
36) JOINING THE SCOUTS IS A PERSONAL DECISION FOR EACH FAMILY
Date: September 5, 2002
Publication: ThisWeek Community Newspapers (Columbus, OH) Page: ALL
Word Count: 307
Document ID: 1179CBC607D877F8
If there is one thing that has complicated parents’ decisions on whether or not to allow their kids to join the Boy Scouts, it’s the ban on gay troop leaders, atheists and agnostics.
On Troop 166’s 2000 trip to the Keys, scouts were advised not to wear their uniforms for fear of the attention over the Supreme Court decision upholding the Scouts’ right as a private organization to set entry requirements that include a ban on gay troop…
37) WONDERING WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A SCOUT TODAY?
Date: September 5, 2002
Publication: ThisWeek Community Newspapers (Columbus, OH) Page: ALL
Word Count: 1323
Document ID: 1179CBC6530454F8
In a long white hallway in the basement of Bexley United Methodist Church, Troop 166 Scoutmaster John Fenimore shows me the Boy Scout display case. The late 40-something Fenimore points to a handwritten version of his favorite quote by Thornton Wilder:
The test of an adventure is that when you’re in the middle of it, you say to yourself, “Oh, now I’ve got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home.” And the sign…
39) SCOUT, SCIENCE TEACHER BUILD HAVEN FOR WILDLIFE IN BEXLEY
Author: Julie R. Bailey
Dispatch Schools Reporter
Date: November 14, 1998
Publication: Columbus Dispatch, The (OH) Page: 06B
Word Count: 483
Document ID: 10DE4322AAA878A0
After taking an environmental study trip to the rain forest in Costa Rica a year ago, Adam Beeler knew he wanted to create a natural habitat back home.
What he didn’t know was that his middle-school science teacher had a similar idea.
A year later, they created the Cassingham Wildlife Habitat at Cassingham Elementary School in Bexley.
The wildlife garden was built last weekend with the help of about 40 volunteers. It consists of Ohio native shrubs and sits next…
42) THREE BEXLEY SCOUTS SOAR WITH THE EAGLES
Author: Rich Bloom, NeighborNews Bureau Chief
Date: November 8, 1989
Publication: Columbus Dispatch, The (OH) Page: 08
Word Count: 395
Document ID: 11B86A4BDFD53350
BEXLEY – Three Bexley High School students who have been scouting together since 1982 have earned the rank of Eagle Scout in Troop 166.
As their parents looked on, J. Matthew Zeier, Adam W. Reinker and Richard C. Osborn III were singled out with scouting’s highest award at Bexley United Methodist Church last month, six years after they all joined Cub Scout Pack 166.
As members of Pack 166, each one earned the Arrow of Light, the Cub Scout’s highest award,…