Group Picture:  Front row l to r: Kody O'Brien, Makenzi Golden, Billy Roe;

Second Row: Dakota Greer, Emma Wright, Senior Patrol Leader; Drake Mathis,

Sterling Sawyer.  Third Row: Matt Foust, Ayla Calvin, Melody Martinez, Mary

Martinez. D'Aunna Golden.

Press Release

Hope's Scout Troop 5 made a weekend trip to Mena to take Aviation Merit Badge class. They stayed at Pioneer Campgrounds, which is part of the original Camp Pioneer that is owned by Matt Foust of Franklin, Tennessee. Mr. Foust is a commercial airline pilot for Southwest Airlines. The youth had classroom instructions about the principles of flying an airplane and then had hands-on experiences learning the controls at the Mena airport. Runway Aviation Training hosted the Scouts at the airport. As always, the Troop had great meals of breakfast casseroles, tortellini soup, biscuits and gravy and a trip to town for all-you-can eat pizza and Stromboli at Simple Simons. The kids had a ball at the arcade there.

Not pictured: Karen Smith, Scoutmaster; Ed Flagg, Lester Sitzes, Donnie
Golden, Betty and Robert Wright, Amada and William Greer.