Things are poppin’ with local scouts

CLINTON — How much popcorn do you suppose a local scout pack could sell? This year, Pack 142 of the Boy Scouts sold $16,000 worth of popcorn to area residents …and that was the pack’s second best year ever. Last year, residents bought $21,000 worth of popcorn from scouts, making 2011 the scouts’ best popcorn selling year so far.

“What we do as a pack is really phenomenal,” said Don Lukach, scouting charter liaison to Pack 142. Money raised from popcorn sales made it possible for the pack to purchase a new, electronically timed track for its annual Pinewood Derby races, used for the first time last year.

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