Helena city commissioner Dan Ellison was the guest speaker Monday night at the annual Boy Scout and parent dinner held at the Lewis and Clark County Fairgrounds. Eighteen troops were in attendance, listening to the tale of Donnie Priest, a 10-year-old boy who survived a plane crash in the Sierra Nevada in 1982.

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More information on Donnie Priest and the helicopter rescue can be found on the 2009 Campaign web site.