South Bay’s Troop 713 keeps launching kids to Boy Scouts’ highest honor
From left: Kevin Kohles, John Luce, Jonathan Anderson, Assistant Scoutmaster R.J. Thomas, Cole Thomas, Scoutmaster Stephen Johnson, Christian Olsen, Zachary Gonzales, Cameron Stern, Cian Ward, Henry Johnson, and Nicholas Anderson at an Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony for Gonzales and Olsen on Saturday. All but Ward are part of Troop 713, which draws from the Beach Cities and has produced 19 Eagle Scouts in the last two years. Photo The Eagles have landed It was a summer of warm currents and tropical fish. Some years ago, an unknown quirk of meteorology raised the water temperature around Catalina Island, and brought exotic sealife to its shores. Unfamiliar hues darted among the orange (garibaldi) and the gray (porpoises, dolphins and, yes, sharks). Manhattan Beach native Christian Olsen was there at Camp Emerald Bay, on Catalina’s west end, with other members of Boy Scout Troop 713, which draws from the Beach Cities. Along with the camp’s slate of land activities, Olsen and his fellow troop members made time for snorkeling. During one of these sojourns in the sea, Olsen stumbled into a thick patch of kelp. Vine-like strands spiraled around his ankle. With the circulating movement of…
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