Around West County:Cub Scouts of Pack 769 sky high on rocket day at Piney Orchard

It was a great day to launch rockets Saturday when more than 15 Cub Scouts and siblings from Pack 769 took part in the second annual Model Rocket Launch at Piney Orchard Elementary School.

The playground at the school was transformed into a launching pad as 30 members of Cub Scout Pack 769, with the assistance of Boy Scout Troop 755 of Gambrills, and Troop 769 of Odenton, launched their model rockets.

Each Scout launched rockets into the clear and sunny sky at least twice. Madeline Beaudry, 10, is a Junior Girl Scout from Troop 4036. "This is my second year with launching rockets," she said.

She was the only...