Bellflower, Calif. resident Ralph Bustrum has been a Boy Scout for 75 years. Last Saturday, he was given an award from the Boy Scouts of America and the city of Bellflower for his service to scouting. In his scout career, he's risen to the level of eagle scout and has received the distinguished Silver Beaver and Bronze Palm awards.
PHOTO: 88 Year-Old boy scout
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This blog is a journal of Southern California, through the lens of Jeff Gritchen. It's updated frequently with pictures, photo tips and musings from the various assignments he covers as a staff photographer for the Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze.
Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003 and Best News Photo from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2010. In 2011, the photo staffs of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze merged. Now he covers all of Southern Los Angeles County. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003 and Best News Photo from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2010. In 2011, the photo staffs of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze merged. Now he covers all of Southern Los Angeles County. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com
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I've been following your blog for awhile, and really enjoy seeing your photos, including this one of the 88 year-old scout.
If you are interested, Bixby Knolls Christian Church (of which I'm pastor) is welcoming Boy Scout Troop 29 in worship on Sunday, Feb. 7, for Scout Sunday. What's significant about scouting this year (and February in particular) is that it's the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.