[GeoStL] Boy Scout leaders from Alaska

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(07-25) 18:32 PDT Bowling Green, Va. (AP) -- 


Four adult Boy Scout leaders from Alaska were killed Monday afternoon
in an electrical accident during the opening day of the organization's
2005 Jamboree.


Jamboree spokesman Gregg Shields said the accident happened between
4:30 and 5 p.m. while the leaders were setting up camp.


One other leader from Alaska and a contract worker were hospitalized
in stable condition. All the youths with the Alaska group were fine,
said Bill Haines, chief executive officer of the Western Alaska
Council.


Those killed were longtime leaders with Anchorage's Troop 711, which
along with another troop had brought 80 Scouts between the ages 13-15
to the event, Haines said. Three other Scout leaders had come with the
group,


Shields did not have additional details about the accident, including
the victims' names.


Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner issued a statement Monday night seeking
to reassure parents of those attending the Jamboree.


"A remarkable amount of effort and resources have been brought to bear
by the Boy Scouts and their hosts, the Department of Defense, in the
planning and safety considerations involved in creating, in effect, a
city of 43,000 inhabitants for a 10-day period," Warner said.


Tens of thousands of Boy Scouts, leaders and volunteers from around
the world are attending the 2005 National Scout Jamboree. The event
opened Monday at the Army's Fort AP Hill, a 76,000-acre Army training
base about an hour south of the nation's capital.


The Jamboree runs through Aug. 3 with President Bush scheduled to
speak Wednesday evening. Scouts ages 12-18 are to spend 10 days
camping in tents and doing activities that include archery, fishing
and a GPS-based scavenger hunt.


The Boy Scouts of America have held the event since 1937 with the next
gathering set for 2010, the Scouts' 100th anniversary.


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