City of Troy 2021 Neighborhood Node Walk and Talk Sessions

As part of the process to update the City of Troy's Master Plan, the Planning Commission conducted walking tours of six (6) Neighborhood Nodes in early November, 2021.

• Thursday, November 4

Long Lake and Livernois at 4 p.m.

Square Lake and Livernois at 6 p.m.

• Saturday, November 6

John R and South at 10 a.m.

Crooks and Wattles at 2 p.m.

• Wednesday, November 10

Long Lake and Rochester at 4 p.m.

Wattles and John R at 6 p.m.

Apollo 50th

Today the United States and probably most of the World’s population is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo landing on the Moon. As I mentioned 10 years ago on this blog, I know exactly where I was on July 20, 1969. Last week, I went on a search for my Boy Scout Jamboree photo taken during that week in 1969. I found it and here it is below. I’m in the front row.

Yesterday (July 19, 2019), Mary Ellyn and I visited the Kennedy Space Center in Florida during the Apollo 11 anniversary events. Below are a couple of photos from our visit.

BSA National Jamboree 1969

Nostalgia strikes. In composing my blog posting last week on the Apollo 11 mission, I was curious to see if there was any historical information on the 1969 Boy Scouts of America National Jamboree in Idaho that I attended.

I can still remember a lot about the trip to Idaho and the actual Jamboree. Our troop (representing the Chief Okemos Council) took a train from Lansing, MI to Chicago. We then boarded a special train in Chicago that was just for Scouts who were on their way to the Jamboree in Idaho. The actual Jamboree was a lot of fun at the very scenic Farragut State Park in northern Idaho. What made it extra special was that Neil Armstrong was the first human being to set foot on the Moon during the Jamboree. Due to the limits of technology in 1969, we were not able to watch the Moon landing live at the Jamboree. We saw it 24 hours later by tape.

Unfortunately there's very little information on the Internet about the 1969 Jamboree.

I did find a link to photos of the 1969 Jamboree at... http://usscouts.org/usscouts/history/jambo1969pictures.asp