Elder John E. Fowler, a member of the Seventy and president of the Utah North Area Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, will dedicate the Boy Scouts' Kennecott Pine Canyon Training Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26.
Dedication of the Great Salt Lake Council, Boy Scouts of America, facility, located about two miles northeast of Tooele, will follow an open house that begins at 5 p.m.A $50,000 contribution, spread over three years, from Kennecott Corp., is being used to renovate the former Pine Canyon Boys Ranch facilities. Louie Cononelos, director of community relations and training at Kennecott Utah Copper, presented an initial $15,000 check Feb. 25 during a gathering of Scouting volunteers and Kennecott employees at the Kennecott Visitors Center in Copperton.
Paul M. Tikalsky Jr., council director of camping and properties, said 75 people can be accommodated in the main building, which has a dormitory, kitchen, showers and restroom facilities. A second structure will serve as a multipurpose building. It has a small kitchen and restrooms. The training center is located on 120 acres, ideal for camporees and adult training activities, Tikalsky said.
The ranch is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; the council holds a 25-year lease.
Grant Hollinghaus, volunteer program coordinator who gave hundreds of hours to gathering funds, labor and materials for the center, will be honored at the Wednesday program. A picture of Hollinghaus and his wife, Kathryn, will hang in both buildings.