Local Girl Scout troop proposes project to save birds' lives

Editor’s note: This corrects the spelling of the name of Havre Girl Scout Sophia Dawson.

Members of the Girl Scouts Havre Service Unit Cadette Troop 3225 gave a presentation of their proposal to put grates on outhouse vents in Beaver Creek Park at the Hill County Park Board meeting Monday night in the Timmons Room of the Hill County Courthouse.

Sophie Darson, Megan Boyle and Kylie Greenwood stood before the board to deliver their outline for their Silver Award Project. Boyle distributed a summary of the project to the board titled Save the Birds.

Boyle said many birds die in outhouse vents bec...