Scouting’s new look: Meet the girls of Lake City’s BSA Troop 9085G

  • Jayson Wolff helps Skylar Beichner guide in a screw for a shelf as Tom Mullers, the scout master for Troop 85, the boys’ troop, looks on. Under rules put into effect last year, girls can form their own troops in the Boy Scouts, now known as BSA. (STEPHANIE CHAMBERS-WOLFF/Special to the Reporter)
    Jayson Wolff helps Skylar Beichner guide in a screw for a shelf as Tom Mullers, the scout master for Troop 85, the boys’ troop, looks on. Under rules put into effect last year, girls can form their own troops in the Boy Scouts, now known as BSA. (STEPHANIE CHAMBERS-WOLFF/Special to the Reporter)
  • Stephanie Chambers-Wolff, scout master for Troop 9085G; Jayson Wolff, a parental volunteer; Marion Wolff; Harmony Parker; Skylar Beichner; and Erica Cummings pose after completing a makeover of the Lake City Humane Society’s food preparation area. (STEPHANIE CHAMBERS-WOLFF/Special to the Reporter)
    Stephanie Chambers-Wolff, scout master for Troop 9085G; Jayson Wolff, a parental volunteer; Marion Wolff; Harmony Parker; Skylar Beichner; and Erica Cummings pose after completing a makeover of the Lake City Humane Society’s food preparation area. (STEPHANIE CHAMBERS-WOLFF/Special to the Reporter)
  • Harmony Parker, Marion Wolff and Erica Cummings gently unload a sink that would be installed in the refurbished food preparation area for the Lake City Humane Society. (STEPHANIE CHAMBERS-WOLFF/Special to the Reporter)
    Harmony Parker, Marion Wolff and Erica Cummings gently unload a sink that would be installed in the refurbished food preparation area for the Lake City Humane Society. (STEPHANIE CHAMBERS-WOLFF/Special to the Reporter)
  • Before, the Lake City Humane Society’s food preparation area was a “harbor for mice and some insects,” according to facility manager Tom Barritt. Now the open-air shelving approach is the envy of the office. (STEPHANIE CHAMBERS-WOLFF/Special to the Reporter)
    Before, the Lake City Humane Society’s food preparation area was a “harbor for mice and some insects,” according to facility manager Tom Barritt. Now the open-air shelving approach is the envy of the office. (STEPHANIE CHAMBERS-WOLFF/Special to the Reporter)
When Boy Scouts of America rebranded itself Scouts BSA last year and began allowing girls to join its ranks, perhaps the organization had Skylar Beichner, 15, in mind. “I joined the Boy Scouts to…

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