BAD BAD NEWS...CHICAGO AREA COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO SELL IT'S 4800 ACRES IN WEST MICHIGAN (OWASSIPPIE SCOUT RESERVATION) TO A DEVELOPMENT GROUP THERE WAS FEAR FOR SOME TIME THEY MIGHT SELL PART OF THIS WONDERFUL SCOUTING RESOURCE BUT THE SURPRISE WAS SELLING ALL OF IT, DESPITE PROMISES TO BUY AND PRESERVE IT BY FOLKS LIKE THE WHITEHALL SSHOOL DISTRICT, NATURE CONSERVANCY, AND THE GERALD R FORD COUNCIL, THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.