Adjutant general set to speak March 23

Major General Richard C. Nash, adjutant general of the Minnesota National Guard, will visit St. Cloud in the coming weeks. Nash will speak at 7 a.m. Friday, March 23 at the eighth annual St. Cloud Area Friends of Scouting Leadership Breakfast at the St. Cloud Holiday Inn. Event attendance has been as high as 150 people with more than $15,000 being raised to support local scouting programs. Nash joins a lineup of previous speakers that include former Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Ron Schara of Minnesota Bound, and John Vessee Jr., a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. For more information about the event and/or to serve as a sponsor, contact the Central Minnesota Council BSA office at 320-251-3930 or visit: www.bsacmc.org.