News and Updates

6/04/07 Spokesman Review article: Advocates unable to save Finch Lodge . . . so far

5/25/07 Spokesman Review article: Gas station, Finch lodge on most-endangered list

5/23/07 Washington Trust for Historic Preservation:  "Historic Boy Scout Lodge Near Diamond Lake Featured in the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation’s 2007 Most Endangered Historic Properties List"

5/22/07 Washington Trust Most Endangered Properties List released. 

4/30/07 Curious incident concerning known Finch Lodge Supporter

3/08/07 Pacific Northwest Inlander: Jeer: "BOY SCOUT BOARD"

3/1/07 Pacific Northwest Inlander:  Jeer: "Think Again Boy Scouts"

2/02/07 Nickel Nik Classifieds notice: "BOY SCOUT parents, leaders and friends!  Why Bulldoze Finch..."

11/15/06 The Save Finch Lodge group has learned that a group of Scouters has mailed a letter urging the Council's executive board to reconsider their decision to raze Finch Lodge. 
The group of over 42 registered Boy Scout volunteers says that Finch Lodge should be left in place and any new dining hall should be located up the hill. We were told that each board member should have received a copy of the letter and supporting information packet  before the 11/16 executive board meeting. 
(Read the letter)

10/22/06 The Fall 2006 edition of Washington Preservation devotes a page to the Finch Lodge situation: "Historic Finch Lodge to be Demolished"
See page 7 of this 14 page .pdf document.  (Washington State Department of Archaeology & Historic Preservation publishes Washington Preservation several times a year.)

10/14/06 Spokesman Review Letter to the Editor: "Lodge a key to memories"

10/10/06 Spokesman Review Letter to the Editor: "Save Finch, Preserve History "

10/1/06 Save Finch Lodge Web Site posts their corrections, clarifications and comments to the Council's official 9/21/06 announcement

9/27/06 Newport Miner Story: "Boy Scouts will replace Finch Lodge"
"The Boy Scout executive board has decided to replace historic Finch Lodge at the Cowles Scout Reservation with a new structure that is similar in design but opponents say the decision is 'a misguided attempt at recreating history.'" ...

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9/24/06 Save Finch Lodge Group issues statement to press reacting to Executive Board decision.

9/22/06 Spokesman Review article: Boy Scouts will raze lodge at camp (Subscription Required) Summarizes Council's news release.
Note: This article states "Greg Mott, a Scouting Volunteer who advocated preserving Finch Lodge, couldn't be reached for comment"  but Greg Mott has assured savefinchlodge.com that, although someone was available to answer both his home and work phones throughout Thursday, no call was received from the Spokesman Review. (Note: The reporter has since explained that Greg Mott's phone number was lost by the Review when their summer interns went back to school.)  Likewise, no attempt was made to contact savefinchlodge.com.

9/21/06  Save Finch Lodge group decides that the board's decision should not stand unchallenged.  The group urges reconsideration and vows to do more investigation and education.

9/21/06  Inland Northwest Council Executive Board decides to disregard scores of letters and emails and site their new dining hall where Finch Lodge currently sits.

8/17/06: Whitman County Gazette editor argues that Finch Lodge should be preserved.

8/12/06: Save Finch Lodge Web Site adds a page exploring many of the advantages of leaving Finch Lodge in place and building a new lodge nearby

8/5/06: Inland NW Council Leadership Dinner at Camp Easton:  Tim McCandless stated that a Finch Lodge decision will be made at the Council's September 21st Executive Board Meeting.
The Council will continue to accept comments and opinions concerning the fate of the old lodge until that time.