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Mary Jo, of Petoskey, estimates her Scouting career began in 1968 and continued through the mid1990s, when her youngest son graduated from high school. During that span, she sewed on badges, prepared uniforms and made tinfoil dinners for the boys and their fellow scouts. Mary Jo recalled a few close calls when it wasn't always certain the brothers could keep up the string of Eagle Scouts. One year, they were visiting Florida around the time one of her son's paperwork was due, but they made the deadline. Mary Jo said she hoped all the boys would make Eagle Scout, but the family "never forced any of them."

"Each one is an individual. Each one had their own goals and expectations," she said. "It was a personal thing. If they wanted to do it, fine."

But if not, "that was up to them," she said. The experience taught her boys responsibility, survival skills, morals and the importance of service to others, Mary Jo said.

"Scouting really did help me in life, and I am sure that I would not be in the places I am today without Scouting," Pat Parker said.

Hogan appreciates Parker's dedication to the local council and the extensive experience he offers.

"To have someone who's been through the program, who's been a highlevel volunteer, to have someone to lead the Scenic Trails Council into our next 100 years of Scouting that is something that any organization would ask for," Hogan said.6 million would help Petaluma reuse wastewater

Recycled wastewater is used for irrigating Petaluma golf courses, dousing fires and flushing some toilets. Now city leaders are hopeful that $6 million in federal money will soon be in the pipeline to further expand the city's water reuse efforts.

The House of Representatives this month passed a bill that would provide money for two Petaluma projects in addition to $38 million for seven other water recycling programs in the Bay Area.

two projects are designed and ready to go, said Mike Ban, the city's director of water resources. timing on this is really good for us. said the city's longterm goal is to reuse 400 million gallons of treated wastewater a year, which would free up that much potable water.

At the city's new Ellis Creek wastewater treatment facility, about 500,000 gallons of recycled water is used onsite each day for processing water, landscape irrigation including the building's roof fire protection and toilet flushing.

For a quarter of a century, the city has used secondarytreated recycled water to irrigate agricultural lands and golf courses. The new facility treats wastewater to the higher tertiary level, allowing the water to be used to irrigate parks and athletic fields.

The $6 million in the federal bill is planned for two expansion projects of current recycling efforts: a 2.2 million gallon reservoir in the hills off East Washington Street and 7,600 feet of pipe from the treatment plant to the reservoir.

Assuming the bill passes the Senate and becomes law, Mayor Pam Torliatt said the money will be put to good use.

absolutely thrilled that we've been able to obtain another $6 million to pump into our local economy and help with our recycled water project, she said. going to have multiple benefits, including offsetting our potable water supply and offsetting costs to the ratepayer. said the cashstrapped city is continuing to seek additional funding for the two projects. He said the total cost would be about $10 million and the projects could be operational in two to three years.

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