Scouts sending warm thoughts - and blankets - to troops in Iraq

Pack 316 Cub Scout James Franken, 6, helps his mom, Julie, make a blanket for troops in Iraq Monday at St. Luke's Lutheran School in Boulder Hill.

Local Scouts are pitching in to help American soldiers keep warm on chilly nights in Iraq.Cub Scouts and their families from Pack 316 of St. Luke's Lutheran School in Boulder Hill spent Monday evening knotting the fringe on polar fleece blankets the Scouts are sending out in time for the holidays.Tying the fringe was a bit perplexing for some of the approximately 30 pint-sized Scouts."Remembering if it is left-over-right or right-over-left," said 9-year-old Matthew Zinzer, is the hardest thing about doing the blankets.

"It's …

Scouts sending warm thoughts - and blankets - to troops in Iraq

Pack 316 Cub Scout James Franken, 6, helps his mom, Julie, make a blanket for troops in Iraq Monday at St. Luke's Lutheran School in Boulder Hill.

Local Scouts are pitching in to help American soldiers keep warm on chilly nights in Iraq.Cub Scouts and their families from Pack 316 of St. Luke's Lutheran School in Boulder Hill spent Monday evening knotting the fringe on polar fleece blankets the Scouts are sending out in time for the holidays.Tying the fringe was a bit perplexing for some of the approximately 30 pint-sized Scouts."Remembering if it is left-over-right or right-over-left," said 9-year-old Matthew Zinzer, is the hardest thing about doing the blankets.

"It's …