{"id":344740,"date":"2010-02-20T23:39:51","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T04:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\/press-releases\/scouts-off-to-races"},"modified":"2010-02-20T23:39:51","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T04:39:51","slug":"scouts-off-to-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/344740","title":{"rendered":"Scouts off to races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>The RiverPlex Recreation &#038; Wellness Center reverberated with the sounds of wheels and cheers from the audience Saturday, when Cub Scouts gathered to compete in the Pinewood Derby. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI think it is a great way for all (Cub Scouts) packs to come together,\u201d said Peoria Heights resident Audrey Miller, whose son Quinn Miller and stepson David Dellit, both 11, participated.<\/p>\n<p>\nA total of 71 participants from the W.D. Boyce Council\u2019s Heartland District \u2014 Fulton, Marshall and Peoria counties \u2014 raced miniature cars they constructed themselves, with help from their parents.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe cars are made from blocks of wood, with plastic wheels and metal axles.<\/p>\n<p>\nBrian Foster, a Heartland District activity committee member, said the event takes about four months of preparation for participants. <span id=\"more-20741\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\nThe race cars have to abide by certain specifications.<\/p>\n<p>\nScott Snedden, 10, of Princeville was awarded the fastest-car title Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>\nFor Snedden, the race was exciting. He built his car from scratch by cutting a block of wood, setting the wheels and axles, and painting and designing it with stickers. <\/p>\n<p>\nFor his mother, Theresa Snedden, the race is about having fun.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cThis is his final year in scouting,\u2019\u2019 she said, \u201cso this (the award) makes it special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nAnother Boyce Council district, Wotamalo, held its race Saturday in Pekin. The Wotamalo District consists of Cub Scouts in Logan, Mason, Tazewell and Woodford counties.<\/p>\n<p>\nRiya V. Anandwala can be reached at686-3194 or ranandwala@pjstar.com.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article from <a  href=\"http:\/\/www.pjstar.com\/news\/x692838128\/Scouts-off-to-races\" title=\"Scouts off to races\" rel='nofollow'>Journal Star<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed via <a href=\"http:\/\/chicagopressrelease.com\" rel='nofollow'>Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/yuuR2ymPBYA1EC4Yg2BVvYsDbuM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/yuuR2ymPBYA1EC4Yg2BVvYsDbuM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/yuuR2ymPBYA1EC4Yg2BVvYsDbuM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/yuuR2ymPBYA1EC4Yg2BVvYsDbuM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=mPZp8YpGGVM:_nN_Y1CbAaw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=mPZp8YpGGVM:_nN_Y1CbAaw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.chicagopressrelease.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?a=mPZp8YpGGVM:_nN_Y1CbAaw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/windycitynews?i=mPZp8YpGGVM:_nN_Y1CbAaw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/windycitynews\/~4\/mPZp8YpGGVM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RiverPlex Recreation &#038; Wellness Center reverberated with the sounds of wheels and cheers from the audience Saturday, when Cub Scouts gathered to compete in the Pinewood Derby. \u201cI think it is a great way for all (Cub Scouts) packs to come together,\u201d said Peoria Heights resident Audrey Miller, whose son Quinn Miller and stepson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-344740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}