Pack 149 Marks Cub Scout Crossovers With Annual Blue and Gold Banquet, Birthday Celebration

The Lemont Cub Scouts Pack 149 marked the 101st birthday of the Cub Scouts and the advancement of more than 50 boys with their annual Blue and Gold Banquet on Saturday.

The theme for this year's luncheon, which was held in the new Lemont Township Community Center at 16300 Alba St., was "Resourcefulness." As such, decorations and ceremonies promoted the idea of being environmentally conscious.

As part of the ceremonies, awards were presented to more than 50 boys who completed the required tasks or activities to advance to the next level of Cub Scouts. Additionally, eight second-year Webelos crossed over to Boy Scouts.

"This is our biggest event of the year, and it's really a celebration of everything we've accomplished and all our core values," said Mike Villwock, committee chair for Pack 149.

The following boys were honored during the ceremony Saturday:

Den 4

Patton Camer, Jack Colabelli, Liam Daugherty, Cullen Dewalls, Austin Eigel, Lucas Otreba, Nick Rath, Joey Valenti, Christian Valentino

Leaders: Sarah Eigel and Jeff Rath

Den 5

Jacob Baskiewicz, Ethan Dunkin, Colin O'Hare, Jeremy Pape, Andrew Tilly, Colin Treanor, Robert Zank

Leaders: Matt O'Hare and Bryan Tilly

Den 3

Jakob DeAno, Michael Doyle, Paxton Holt, Nathan Hornik, Aidan Klimczak, Ethan Thornton, Isaak Van Doorne, Cristopher Villwock

Leader: Suzy Hornik

Den 2

Erik Brztowski, Evan Goodman, Logan Griffin, Andrew Jones, Andrew Juarez, Conrad Mastrud, Kaj Plotke, Matt Smythe, Ben Thomas, Alex Tomaszewski, Aaron Valentino

Leaders: Molly Hebda, Marcus Hebda, Kathy Tomaszewski

Faithful Falcons

River Calderon, Brendan Daugherty, Michael Harbut, Zachary Klimczak, Richard Moravcedek, Matthew Otreba, Greg Perini, Ben Pimentel, Brandon Reigle, Raymond Scribano, Mark Wencl

Leaders: Laura Reigle and Mary Pimentel

Courageous Cougars

Liam Athy, Paul Crandall, Owen Ganzer, Patrick Kerrigan, Christopher Walker-Marin, Christian Wojtowicz

Leaders: Jim Crandall and Dwayne Wojtowicz

Mighty Mountain Lions

Frank Gomulka and Max Mazzotti

Leader: Robert Gomulka

Liam Athy, Paul Crandall, Frank Gomulka, Patrick Kerrigan, Max Mazzotti, Christopher Walker-Marin, Christian Wojtowicz