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s is not your father's Boy Scout camp. In fact, it's not even your older brother's. That's the common reaction of Camp Greilick alums returning to the memories of their youth at Northern Michigan's oldest youth camp, one that has been serving Scouts and their families since 1923. Change is always in the air at Greilick, and though the individual troop campsites are still marked by the familiar canvas tents perched atop wooden platforms, today's Scouts engage in a far greater range of activities than their predecessors, and with facilities that are continually being updated. "We have to keep the environment challenging and fun at the same time," explains Tom Stoeber, Scout Executive. "We call summer at Greilick fun with a purpose." Now catering to third and even fourth generation families of Scouts, See SCOUTS, page 2B