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5 January 2009

Saturday’s Eagle Nest – 01/03/2009 (delayed)

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You know, even though it’s not Saturday. And for some reason there are a bazillion Eagle Scout notices in the past week.

Alabama
• James Michael Jones of Troop 82 — Jones cleared trails and repaired a bridge at Penny Farm, an outdoor classroom used by Hokes Bluff School.
• Brandon Todd Hare of Troop 58 — Hare repainted and cleaned 400 fire hydrants in the Glencoe city area.
• Alan Thomas Carroll of Troop 92 — Carroll’s project involved cleaning and replanting a drainage area at Rainbow Landing Park.
• Dustin Blake Quinn of Troop 58 — Quinn cleaned and removed debris from Glencoe Park, after which bird and butterfly houses were built and placed in the park.
• Clay Coston Rowe Jr. of Troop 92 — Rowe renovated the public tennis courts in Rainbow Estates.
• William Adam Pendergraft of Troop 54 — Pendergraft cleaned, painted, tested and color-coded all 355 fire hydrants in the Sand Valley community.
• Matthew Alexander Harwell of Troop 92 — Harwell constructed and stocked a food bank cabinet for his church, Christ Central.
• Kevin Daryl Ferguson II of Troop 358 — Ferguson constructed park benches at Jim Martin Wildlife Park.
• Randall Joseph Gibson of Troop 136 — Gibson cleaned, repaired and painted the pavilion and picnic tables at Steele City Park.
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Dr. Mac’s morning service was followed by the Eagle Scout Ceremony for his grandson, James Macon Skillman. This young man and his family came here from Denver, Colo., so Dr. Stinson could make this impressive presentation to his grandson as he was asked to do. This Eagle Scout badge is the highest honor one can achieve in Boy Scouts.
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California
Jakelund James Cannon, 19, son of JAMES CANNON, attained the rank of Eagle Scout and was honored in a ceremony Dec. 6 at the Chaminade Resort. He earned 44 of the 21 merit badges required and completed a project of creating a small play area for preschoolers at Corralitos Community Church.

In the article there is an extensive list of people who sent letters and gifts to this young man for achieving Eagle. Some are very cool.

Also attaining the rank of Eagle Scout is JACOB ROOD of Troop 515 of Corralitos. His service project included providing new concrete walkways as well as new fencing in the garden area at Bradley Elementary School in Corralitos.
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Ike Wyeth, Derek Drummond, Andrew Pogue and Jimmy Springer — all 17-year-old members of Boy Scout Troop 48 of Salida — were presented with the Eagle rank at an Eagle Court of Honor held Saturday at Salida Fire Station No. 1. Ike is the son of Cindy and Ivan Wyeth of Modesto. His Eagle project was to build fences to protect young valley oak trees at the San Joaquin Wildlife Refuge. Derek is the son of Kitty Drummond of Salida and Dave Drummond of Modesto. His project was to install a drinking fountain in Chrysler Park on Hahn Drive in Modesto. Andrew is the son of Jennifer and Ray Pogue of Salida. His project was to build a play structure at Ripon Grace Christian Children’s Center. Jimmy is the grandson of Gerry and Richard Erickson of Salida. His project was to build an eight-sided bench around a tree in the playground at Ripon Grace Christian Children’s Center.
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For the last year, Corey Chabot has collected supplies, raised thousands of dollars, bartered for water bottles — all to create emergency kits for every student at his high school. “I had the idea to do this when I saw a Texas school on the Discovery Channel that was unprepared for a major disaster,” said Corey, a Boy Scout. “I wondered what my school had in place, and that’s when it all started.” Corey learned the school safety committee had enough emergency supplies for 2,000 students, — 1,000 students short in a potential disaster. “The first two months, I was like, ‘Wow, this will be a lot of work,’ but I had to finish it,” he said. “Very few teachers have these in their classrooms. They will be a great resource in case of a lock down, fire or earthquake.” Corey packed the items — bandages, medical gloves, glow sticks and first aid books — in paint cans donated by a local company.
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Connecticut
BJ Gunther, 17, of Colchester Boy Scout Troop 13 has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout, Boy Scouting’s highest honor. For his project, Gunther renovated the grounds of the old St. Andrew Cemetery on Linwood Avenue, which required 52 hours to complete. With the funds raised from a car wash, Gunther installed a sign, planted shrubs and painted the storage building on the cemetery grounds.
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On Aug. 24, Brian Scott Stevens Jr., the son of Brian S. and Roxanne Toth Stevens of Seymour, became the latest Scout from BSA Troop 11 to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in a Court of Honor. When considering the options for his Eagle Service Project, Brian contacted Frank Conroy, president of the Seymour Land Trust, who facilitated the arrangements for Brian to revitalize Toth Mountain Park, a plot of land that had been donated to the trust by Brian’s maternal grandfather, local businessman James Toth.
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Florida
Four members of Boy Scout Troop 148 at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church were recognized recently at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor for achieving the highest rank in the organization. The Dec. 16 ceremony at the church honored Erik Chistensen, Brian Guidry, Alex Presse and Austin Shin. Chistensen, 18, of Pebble Creek, is the son of Ken and Loraine Christensen. For his project, he rebuilt a bicycle bridge in Morris Bridge Park to accommodate the park rangers’ all-terrain vehicles. Guidry, 14, of West Meadows, is the son of Rita and Tim Guidry. For his project, he refurbished a horse shed by removing the walls and replacing them with freshly painted ones for Traverse, a therapeutic, equestrian program. Presse, 17, is the son of Jim and Heide Presse of Tampa Palms. He built a post and rope fence on the property of Mary Help of Christians Center. The fence is to protect a newly planted orange grove. The crop will be used to assist with funding of the center. Shin, 14, is the son of Ken and Jenny Shin of West Meadow. He created a food and hygiene item pantry, called the Cabinet of Hope, for the Mental Health Community Centers Inc. in Sarasota. Two churches have assisted in stocking the cabinet.
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Georgia
In a court of honor held Saturday at All Saints Catholic Church, Jeff Ducote, son of Richard and Terri Ducote of Dunwoody, received his Eagle Award, celebrating his achievement of reaching the highest pinnacle of Boy Scouts. Jeff’s award also represents the final chapter, becoming the last of eight Ducote brothers to earn Eagle rank at Troop 434, under the leadership of Scoutmaster Jerry Travers. This improbable accomplishment started 22 years ago, before Jeff was born.
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Illinois
In Boy Scouts, there are no merit badges for ramp building. But if there were, Jordan Thompson, 17, a lifelong resident of Marseilles, certainly would have earned one. As it is, his project to construct a ramp in his hometown will help qualify him for Scouting’s highest rank of Eagle. There were many little donations, and also some larger ones, such as the ones from Illinois Valley Cellular and Schott’s Pharmacy. The Methodist church where the Thompsons are members took up a collection for the ramp. The biggest donation was from the city itself, which contributed $600 and waived the fee for a building permit.
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Robert Prochaska was the 78th teen in Boy Scout Troop 188, based out of Christ Lutheran Church in Palatine, to earn the rank of Eagle Scout. He created disaster kits for the Palatine Medical Reserve Corps, part of the village’s Emergency Response Team. Each kit contains items needed to survive for up to 72 hours during a natural or man-made disaster until first responders arrive. Items range from a space blanket and medical first-aid kit, to chlorination tablets and dehydrated food. Prochaska worked with his troop to make up some of the kits, as well as a tabletop display and PowerPoint presentation, for Medical Reserve volunteers to take to communitywide events.
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The efforts of one local Boy Scout have brought a change to the Norm Waitt Senior YMCA. 17-year-old Kelbey Hayder from Troop 100 in Sioux City presented a new flag to the center on Friday. “Um Rex Jorgenson who works for the Y had said that they’d not put a flag poll in when they’d originally started the project, and that the area kind of needed one, and so I kind of took off with it and found a good spot that was centrally located between all the facilities out here,” said Kelbey Heyder.
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Indiana
Shane Evans of Delphi was awarded honorable rank of Eagle Scout.
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Dane Snyder completed his Eagle Board of Review and has earned the rank of Eagle Scout. His Eagle project included the design and completion of an annalematic sundial at Camp Cullom’s Prairie Grass Observatory in 2008.
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Brennan Wisley was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout Nov. 15 at St. Paul United Methodist Church of Bloomington.
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Warren Fasone of Boy Scout Troop 908 wins the Eagle Scout Award.
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Louisiana
Tristan Lloyd Davey, 16, received an Eagle Scout Award during the Court of Honor held at Broadmoor United Methodist Church in Shreveport.
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Maryland
Chris Davies earned the necessary 21 merit badges to make Eagle Scout by this fall, but he needed to complete a final community service project before he would be ready to meet the Boy Scout review board. The Walkersville senior had power-washed, primed and repainted the Woodsboro Regional Park’s worn concession stand, and that spurred him to think bigger. He coordinated with town commissioner Joel Rensberger, organized paint and supply donations and called on his Woodsboro Troop 1011 scouting buddies. Davies then led an effort overhauling the park’s baseball dugouts, re-painting the park’s pump house and returning the overgrown batting cages into usable condition.
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Massachusetts
Boy Scout Troop 100 of Westborough will award the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout to Erik E. Ross Saturday Jan. 3 in a 2 p.m. ceremony at the Evangelical Congregational Church of Westborough, which is the chartering organization for the troop. For his Eagle Project, Erik led a team of volunteers to restore and repaint classrooms in the nursery school at the Evangelical Congregational Church. He organized volunteers to properly remove old paint material and prepare and paint the walls, cabinets, windows and doors of the classrooms. In addition, several existing murals were meticulously cleaned and restored.
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Lakeville Scout Kevin O’Reilly earns Eagle Scout status. Timothy Green of Middleboro is honored for achieving Eagle Scout rank.
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Missouri
Alex Borchardt, a senior, has advanced to the rank of Eagle Scout. Alex, a member of Troop 10, sponsored by the Leawood Lions Club, completed his leadership project TLC of Olathe. He led a team of Scouts that built a glider bench for therapy sessions that TLC counselors wanted to conduct on the porch of one of their facilities.
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Montana
Jonathon Crosby became a new Eagle Scout after completing his serve project, The Travis Dolphin Dog Park.
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Nevada
Through the efforts of Boy Scout Troop #499, two other long-sought tasks were completed, the construction of a flag pole planter by Scout Michael Johnson and the exterior restoration of our historic Churchill #3 School House by Scout Chris Turk. Both scouts earned their Eagle Scout status for these projects.
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New Hampshire
Parker Raus, a sophomore at Gilford High School, was presented the badge during a ceremony at the Gilford Public Library.
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North Carolina
Jonathan E. Crawford has attained the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Boy Scouting. Jonathan, a junior at Durham Academy, organized a benefit concert featuring teen and professional musicians. More than 500 pounds of food were collected and donated to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern N.C.
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Walker Flythe, Kyle Montgomery, and Cy Schroeder of Boy Scouts Troop 911 at Burkhead United Methodist Church received their Eagle Scout awards in November. For his project, Flythe installed playground benches and refurbished a landscaping bed at Sherwood Forest Elementary School. Montgomery cleared, landscaped and created a garden at South Fork Elementary School. Schroeder cleared an embankment and landscaped and created a picnic-table area at Winston-Salem Children’s Museum.
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Ohio
Brothers Craig Stoy, Jason Wagner and Chris Wagner were recognized for their service to the Boy Scouts and earning the Eagle Scout award at First United Methodist Church, though the event has been in the works for several years. Craig serves in the Marines and is currently stationed in Pensacola, Fla., so they wanted to have the ceremony before he want back to the base.

To receive his Eagle rank, Jason cleaned up the overgrown grass and forestry that covered what once was a neighborhood pool in hopes for a complete restoration of the pool. Chris took on the project of cleaning overgrown grass on the parking lot of First United Methodist Church and repainting the parking stripes throughout the whole lot to earn his Eagle ranking. Craig recently earned his award building new trail signs for Jesse H. Jones Park in Humble after a majority of the signs were damaged by vandals and storms.
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Michael W. Graham, son of James and Claudia Graham of Cortland, received his Eagle Scout award during a recent ceremony at Braceville United Methodist Church. His Eagle Scout service project consisted of drafting a design, gathering materials and constructing a decorative and functional post and chain fence for the Cancer Care Center at St. Joseph Health Center in Warren.
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Zachary Grove, a local Boy Scout, became an Eagle Scout, thanks to his project to improve Pataskala’s Veterans Memorial.
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Oklahoma
Recently receiving their Eagle Scout awards were:
James Barnes, son of James and Maria Barnes, Blake Anthony Beckham, son of Mike and Mary Beckham, Hank Born, son of Larry and Nancy Born, Austin B. Cagle, son of Eric and Trish Cagle, Casey Lane Cromer, son of Craig and Cathy Cromer, Phillip Dixon, son of Russell and Gwen Dixon, Alexander Doll, son of Kevin and Kathy Doll, Jordan Phillip Gerber, son of Phillip and Lisa Gerber, Jerald Henderson, son of Patrick and Kimberly Henderson, James Anderson Hill, son of George and Jane Hill, Christopher John, son of Steven and Cynthia John, Ian Jones, son of Michael and Cindy Jones, Eric Lander, son of Susan and Larry Lander, Jonathan Pearson Marshall, son of John and Lisa Marshall, Aaron McDonald, son of Sharon McDonald and Johnny McDonald, Lucas Miller, son of Rory and Joni Miller, Grant Morgan, son of Clayton and Rhonda Morgan, George Owens, son of Carol and Greg Owens, Matthew Lee Parke, son of Darrell and Sandra Parke, Adam Payton, son of Ed and Judith Payton, Sean Patrick O’Hara, son of John and Robin O’Hara, Travis Jake Pirtle, son of Lloyd and Sandra Pirtle, Ben Rickman, son of Kelly Jo and Rick Rickman, James Robert Richardson, son of Jim and Denelda Richardson, Joe Sangirardi, son of Peter and Nancy Sangirardi, Garrett B. Stege, son of Gerard and Shelley Stege, Carl E. Sullivan, son of John and Terri Sullivan, Taylor Travelletti, son of Norma Travelletti and Michael Travelletti, and Garrett Waller, son of Mark and Melissa Waller.
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Pennsylvania
Andrew C. Sandridge, 15, son of Larry D. and Korie L. Sandridge, Spring Township, has been awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. For his Eagle Scout service project, he created and planted a perennial garden at the Spring Township building.

Jonathan S. Schlegel, 18, son of Steven K. and Kristin A. Schlegel, Fleetwood, has received the rank of Eagle Scout. For his Eagle Scout service project, he repaired scent boxes used by the Reading Police K-9 unit. The boxes are used to train dogs and test their abilities of tracking and scent recognition.
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After 13 years as a Boy Scout, 18-year-old David Meashey of Conshohocken has reached the organization’s highest honor – Eagle Scout. Although Meashey said he has been working most of his life to become an Eagle Scout by acquiring different merit badges in things like first aid and life-guarding, it all culminated with his community service project, in which he supervised his friends and families and fellow troop members in inventorying, cleaning and organizing the easy-reader and juvenile shelves at the William Jeanes Library in Lafayette Hill.
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Tennessee
Michael Krychiw knows what it’s like to have a hearing disability. The 17-year-old, Clarksville High School senior, was born with hearing impairments in both ears and spent most of his childhood undergoing 13 ear surgeries. Today, Michael presented his gift of seven audio recorded books to many of the 110 residents at Uffelman Estates, a independent living senior home. The boy scout’s project was done to help him achieve his rank as an Eagle Scout, the highest rank possible.
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Texas
Saturday, Dec. 13, Steven N. Sherwood, Tommy J. Sherwood, and Jackson P. Mitchell were awarded with the Eagle Scout Award. Steven Sherwood’s Eagle Scout project was at St. Luke’s Catholic Church when he fenced the backyard, side yard, and the pastor’s driveway. Tommy Sherwood’s Eagle Scout project was to landscape the backyard at St. Luke’s Catholic Church. Jackson Mitchell’s Eagle Scout project was to help beautify a park area behind the Stillhouse Hollow Dam by planting 130 trees with help from volunteers.
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Christopher Scott Fehr, 13, has been promoted to Eagle Scout, the highest level of recognition in the Boy Scouts. Christopher, son of Scott Fehr of Austin, renovated a large paver stone patio near the entrance of Deerpark Middle School that had become uneven and unsafe. The project involved removing the existing stones, digging out underlying tree roots, laying a new sand base, and then replacing and leveling the stones.
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Utah
Last winter, 900 Afghanistan citizens died due to extreme weather conditions. A Nephi teenager heard that number and set about a service project to make a difference. Braden Welburn made a difference that has him today being praised by the Utah National Guard. His project resulted in the largest donation ever to Operation Golden Spike, an organization dedicated to helping the needy in Afghanistan. Welburn shipped 32 boxes with hundreds of coats, mittens, hats and blankets to Afghanistan. He began gathering the items after hearing from family friend 1st Lt. Will Biesinger. Welburn took on Biesinger’s request for help as his Eagle Scout project. Over a five-month period, he collected coats never claimed from lost and founds, and new donations Welburn said, “It was a long process. We washed them, sorted them, [and] packed them.”
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As a result of an Eagle Scout Project by Jonah Seeley, of Bloomington, a new flagpole was installed at the SunRiver Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently.
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Virginia
For the four young men standing at the front of Staunton Alliance Church Sunday evening, the culmination of nearly a decade’s worth of work came to an end as Brandon Fair, Jacob Kocka, Trey Wilkins and Geoff Mohn of Boy Scout Troop 52 in Mount Sidney became Eagle Scouts. As each Eagle helped out within the community by doing various work, such as building playgrounds, laying down a sidewalk and building retaining walls, they found within themselves the strength to help others.
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West Virginia
Chad Wells recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout.
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