October 2, 2025
Edie Kupetz engages in the Wilderness Survival merit badge at a Troop Five Scout meeting. She has enjoyed the outdoor aspects of Scouting America, as well as the leadership and service opportunities that the Troop has provided, but didn’t feel like a part of the group right away. “I was really intimidated at first,” Kupetz said. “I felt like everyone knew what they were doing, and I didn’t.”
Edie Kupetz engages in the Wilderness Survival merit badge at a Troop Five Scout meeting. She has enjoyed the outdoor aspects of Scouting America, as well as the leadership and service opportunities that the Troop has provided, but didn’t feel like a part of the group right away. “I was really intimidated at first,” Kupetz said. “I felt like everyone knew what they were doing, and I didn’t.”
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Eva Rutyna, Journalist
Eva Rutyna is a junior at Community and Pioneer High, and this is her first time on staff. When she’s not at Community, she’s at Pioneer singing in A Cappella, or riding around town on the city bus. She loves to be creative in a lot of mediums, camp with her Scout troop and get lost in a good book. She is so excited to be involved in Journalism this year!