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Newport Scouts Practice Search & Rescue Skills

The 30 Acres at Miantonomi Memorial Park Make a Good Venue to Practice Looking for a Lost Toddler

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At the conclusion of the 90-minute practice, the eight scouts and the three troop leaders posed with maps and radios in front of the Miantonomi Tower.
At the conclusion of the 90-minute practice, the eight scouts and the three troop leaders posed with maps and radios in front of the Miantonomi Tower. (Mike Cullen | Newport Scouts Troop 3)

Up and down the trails of Newport's historic 30-acre Miantonomi Memorial Park, Troop 3 Newport scouts practiced their "hasty" search, map reading, clue interpretation, and radio communication skills during a 90-minute search for a simulated missing toddler.

With this exercise completed, several scouts are moving on to complete other elements of the Search & Rescue merit badge.

Troop 3 Newport was chartered in 1947 and has held regular outdoor activities during the pandemic.

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