Life in our quiet area is going to be changed because they DID build it and they are coming. I am referring to the National Jamboree for the Boy Scouts of America. An estimated 40,000 scouts and staff will gather in our area for 10 days starting July 15. We live in a beautiful area that is perfect for such an event, but as a resident....oh, boy. Preparation has been ongoing for about 5 years at the Summit Bechtel Reserve and many aspects have been oddly secretive.
We've seen Blackhawks zooming around at all hours. The governor has placed most of the southern part of the state under a State of Emergency 3 days before the Jamboree begins. Armed military patrols in odd places. A cement company owner we know was hired to deliver a couple of truckloads of cement per day (since January) and the drivers were stopped at a "military gate" at the delivery point, drivers told to exit the truck, military personnel drove the truck through the gate and returned it later to the waiting driver. The owner says he can not fathom what could possibly require the amount of cement he has delivered. Probably just a new grave for Jimmy Hoffa.
We've seen Blackhawks zooming around at all hours. The governor has placed most of the southern part of the state under a State of Emergency 3 days before the Jamboree begins. Armed military patrols in odd places. A cement company owner we know was hired to deliver a couple of truckloads of cement per day (since January) and the drivers were stopped at a "military gate" at the delivery point, drivers told to exit the truck, military personnel drove the truck through the gate and returned it later to the waiting driver. The owner says he can not fathom what could possibly require the amount of cement he has delivered. Probably just a new grave for Jimmy Hoffa.