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Opinion: A century of campfires, warming a century of leadership

By , Daily Memphian Updated: January 29, 2021 4:00 AM CT | Published: January 29, 2021 4:00 AM CT
<strong>Old photos and artifacts line the walls inside the Boy Scout Troop 34 Lodge on Peabody. The troop at Grace-St. Luke&rsquo;s Episcopal Church is celebrating 100 years.</strong> (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Old photos and artifacts line the walls inside the Boy Scout Troop 34 Lodge on Peabody. The troop at Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church is celebrating 100 years. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Dan Conaway
Daily Memphian

Dan Conaway

Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, fascinated and frustrated with his city, but still in love. A columnist since 2010, his distinguished advertising career has branded ribs in the Rendezvous and ducks in The Peabody, pandas in the zoo and Grizzlies in the NBA. Stories in Memphis tend to write themselves. He’s helped a few along. Two book collections of his columns have been published.

As a scout, it’s up to you. If the food you make is inedible, you and your fellow scouts don’t eat. If you pitch your tent in the wrong place, you and your tentmate are going to get wet. If you don’t reach down to help, no one else climbs up.

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