By Jim Reece -

The Boy Scouts of America’s Amador County District will be filling Howard Park in Ione today through Sunday for its 2008 Fall Camporee. Some events are open to the public. The Scouts’ Amador District will hold the camporee to earn Emergency Preparedness Merit Badges, as scouts work through each required event. That includes a Saturday night campfire and show. The Ione and Jackson Fire Departments, California Highway Patrol, the Amador County Sheriff’s Office, the Amador Office of Emergency Services, the Cal-Fire, Civil Air Patrol and other agencies will be helping with events and putting on a midway display on Saturday afternoon. The public is invited to visit Saturday from 2 to 6 p.m. to see the Midway Displays, as well as emergency vehicles, helicopter and police and ambulance displays.