By John Kiesewetter
The Cincinnati Enquirer

A Deerfield Township Boy Scout leader and a University of Cincinnati law school graduate are among the 16 contestants on CBS' Survivor: Pearl Islands.

Lillian Morris

Lillian Morris, 51, a founding scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 617 in Warren County, and Chicago attorney Andrew Savage, 40, who worked for a Cincinnati law firm in the late 1980s, both are members of the Morgan tribe on the show.

Morris quit her job at LensCrafters in June to tape the show in Panama, says her husband, Lonnie. They have two children, Clayton, 22, a Wright State University senior, and Megan, 18, a Kings High School senior.

Lonnie Morris describes his wife of 30 years as "a very outdoorsy person" who has led her 78-member troop hiking, backpacking, rock-wall climbing, canoeing, kayaking and on other scouting "high adventures." She wore her scout uniform during Survivor 7, which premieres Sept. 18 (8-9:30 p.m., Channels 12, 7)."If I had to pick anyone to be on the show, it would be my mom," says Megan, one of the thousands of Survivor fans in Greater Cincinnati, CBS' No. 1 market for the $1 million reality show. "She loves the outdoors, camping, the kids, and she's a people person. This is her area of expertise."

Morris is the oldest of the 16 castaways by nine years. She mailed in an audition tape to the show in February, after she arrived too late to participate in a Feb. 10 audition at Newport on the Levee that attracted nearly 1,000 people.