Miami residents petition to keep Boy Scout camp

MIAMI,Okla. (AP) _ Miami residents are trying to keep a Boy Scout camp from closing. <br/><br/>About 100 residents showed up for a meeting Thursday night to discuss ways to save Camp Cherokee, located

Saturday, March 26th 2005, 4:00 pm

By: News On 6

MIAMI,Okla. (AP) _ Miami residents are trying to keep a Boy Scout camp from closing.

About 100 residents showed up for a meeting Thursday night to discuss ways to save Camp Cherokee, located on Oklahoma 10 overlooking Grand Lake.

Meeting attendees decided to gather signatures opposing the sale of the 56-year-old camp and present them at Thursday's meeting of the Cherokee Area Boy Scout Council.

The council is considering selling the 13-hundred acre camp because of a number of deficiencies that have been cited at the camp.