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Prepared by:                             Haunted House at Reindeer Manor / BSA Troop 1

                                                410 Houston School rd

                                                Red Oak, TX 75154

Media contact:                          Richard Kinney

                                                (817)909-4285

                                                securityman6@attbi.com

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Longevity and tradition are key with local Scout Troop

In a room filled with ghastly faces and implements of torture sits the nerve center for one of the areas oldest haunted houses.  This isn’t news, of course, but the fact that Reindeer Manor is run by one of the areas oldest Boy Scout Troops is noteworthy. 

BSA Troop 1 out of Duncanville has many things to celebrate this year.  The troop itself was founded in 1914 making it one of the oldest continuously active Boy Scout troops in the metroplex.  The troop has helped many countless boys become men through the ninety years of its existence, teaching them a genuine love of nature, how to be good citizens, and how to succeed in an ever changing world by having an unchanging moral core. 

In 1974 the Haunted House at Reindeer Manor in Red Oak opened its doors to the public providing family entertainment in a very spooky way.  Troop 1 joined forces with the local haunt shortly thereafter and together the two nonprofit organizations began a new tradition that has been going strong ever since.  This year as Reindeer Manor opens for its 30^th terrifying season on Friday, October 3^rd at 7 pm, its tradition of excellence will be augmented by the 90^th anniversary of the Boy Scout Troop 1 that runs it.  “The boys love doing it,” says Scoutmaster Jim Scott, “and the skills they learn by working on it year after year are absolutely invaluable.  The hands on experience that work on the Haunted House provides will translate into lessons that the boys will take with them and will benefit from for the rest of their lives.” 

The new attractions at Reindeer Manor this year include two 24ft vortex tunnels back to back which the boys have been working on all summer.  They have learned how to work with concrete while creating the foundations for it, welding while making the skeletal structure on which the skin will be attached, as well as electrical engineering by wiring the controls that will run it.  “It’s really cool to see how a big pile of junk can become something neat,” says 15 year old Boy Scout Wesley Alexander, “and best of all we did it!  The adults just taught us how, but [the boys] actually built it.”

Because of the longevity of both organizations the boys and adult leaders of Troop 1 will continue this tradition of excellence which has lasted for so many decades for many more to come.  For more information please visit www.ReindeerManor.com.