GIRLS GAIN GROUND Samara Vencil, a sixth grader at Meyerland Performing and Visual Arts Middle School, writes about how her BSA den, Den 8 of Westbury United Methodist Church, is the first all-girls den in their pack to cross over to a troop. Pictured are Den 8 members, from left: Angelina Sorena, Alice Hood, Isabella Ventura, Corinne Montgomery, and Samara Vencil.