3 February 2009
Saturday’s Eagle Nest – 01/31/2009 (delayed)
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California
On Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. the Temecula City Council will honor five Temecula-area young men who have reached the esteemed rank of Eagle Scout through the Boy Scouts of America. They are Richard P. Aldersley, Timothy Avery, Davin Caswell, Chris Clark and Ian Shaw, all members of Troop 337, Tahquitz District of the Inland Empire Council. Each Scout will be presented with a special Certificate of Recognition and a City of Temecula Eagle Scout pin. The pin, bearing the City Seal, was specially created and is awarded only to Scouts who have achieved the rank of Eagle.
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Hawaii
Brandon I. Kanetani of Mililani was promoted to the rank of Eagle Scout by the Aloha Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is in Unit 664, chartered by the Mililani Town Association.
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Idaho
Andrew Kelley, 17, son of Sheldon and Melanie Kelley, Boise, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout and will be honored during a Court of Honor presentation at 6 p.m., Thursday at the Bogus Basin Administration Office, 2600 N. Bogus Basin Road, Boise. For his Eagle project, Kelley constructed bat boxes for the Sugarloaf Recreational Area near Cascade.
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Illinois
Boy Scout Troop # 55 recently held an Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Brendan Guerrin of Garden City.
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Boy Scout troop 237 will be honoring Alex Baker and Ricky McCully at an Eagle Court of Honor on Saturday, Jan. 31. For Alex’s eagle project he built a pier, mulched the play area, and laid down gravel for a path at Woodlawn Park in Frankfort Square. Ricky’s eagle project was making a path, placing signs and restoring an antique plow at the community garden and agriculture center at Lincoln-Way East High School.
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Michigan
Since he was in first grade and a Tiger Cub, Brian Burke has had the goal of following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps and becoming an Eagle Scout in the same troop they did – Boy Scout Troop 374. He will soon be awarded this great honor. Brian’s service project took place at Calvary Baptist Church. Guiding more than 30 adults, Scouts, and other students, Brian led a remodeling, furnishing and decorating project that changed an unused room into a game room/classroom for teens. The project took 4 months to complete.
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Minnesota
Brad Omland has earned the right to join an elite group of men and soar among Eagles such as Gerald Ford, the 38th President of the U.S., Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City and Neil Armstrong, astronaut and the first man to walk on the moon. Omland’s project to re-landscape the east side of his church was approved. He replaced the grass and small shrubbery with a stone wall and rocks to prevent erosion.
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Chester has a new Eagle Scout as John Kelly has received that rank, the highest in scouting. Kelly’s project was to do repair work on the Catholic Church basement. But you don’t just do the work, you also must document the work and how it progressed. “You have to document the hours you and everyone who helped you worked,” Kelly said. “You have to present the total cost of the project and you have to list all changes made to the original proposal and why they were made. I was lucky on that as I had no notable changes from my proposal.”
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New Hampshire
At a ceremony held at the Elks Lodge earlier in January, Jacob Benton of Boy Scout Troop 186 officially became an Eagle Scout, the 46th member of his troop to be so honored in the past half century. As with all Eagle Scouts, Benton had to decide upon, finance, organize and execute a Community Service Project, and in his case, it was the landscaping enhancement of an existing monument that pays tribute to the late Roger N. Allen — he who donated the land on which a major youth sports complex now stands, off Chestnut Hill Road.
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New York
Dale Cody Adamo of Barre was formally presented his Eagle Scout Award at a recent ceremony at the Elks Club in Albion.
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Nevada
Julian Ballatore-South was recently inducted into a prestigious group of young men who demonstrate they have become well-rounded individuals and possess rare leadership qualities. Ballatore-South’s Eagle Scout project was one of patriotism and respect — he spent months gathering tattered and worn American Flags to properly retire the symbol of the nation. He gathered more than 300 flags and last year held a ceremony, burning each flag individually until completed.
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North Dakota
Adam Overland has earned the rank of Eagle Scout and will be recognized at a ceremony at 4 p.m. Feb. 8 at Atonement Lutheran Church, Fargo. He is a member of Boy Scout Troop 276 led by Scoutmaster Brian Grove. His Eagle Scout project was building shelving units and organizing the storage area at Churches United for the Homeless, Moorhead.
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Ohio
Cade Allen Kelly recently received his Eagle Scout badge during a court of honor ceremony held at the Freedom Worship Baptist Church in Blanchester. Kelly’s Eagle Scout project was designing and building an obstacle course behind Putnam Elementary School in Blanchester.
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Mayor Tom Hopper recognized resident and student Zach Wagner for obtaining Eagle Scout status, presenting him with a certificate. Wagner also was honored at the Big Walnut Board of Education meeting last fall for his work on the renovation of BWE’s pond.
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Pennsylvania
Bill Leger, a senior at South Fayette High School earned his Eagle Scout award Dec. 9. The rank is the highest award a Scout can earn. His Eagle project involved building a set of steps on the South Fayette Wetlands Trail and a podium for the outdoor class room amphitheater behind the South Fayette High School.
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South Carolina
Kevin Egan has been in scouting since he was in the second grade. Egan will receive his Eagle Scout award during a 1 p.m.-3 p.m. ceremony Sunday at the Walhalla Depot. He said the idea for his project came when Ravenel Elementary School teacher Karen Walden approached him during a visit to the school. “She said the trail was in disrepair and that no one was taking care of it,” said Egan of the school’s fitness area. Once the work began, it took several Saturdays, and even a few Mondays over a three-month period, to perform the project.
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Texas
Tower Cook, 15, planned and led the construction of picnic tables at the Hospitality House at Cornerstone Baptist Church. Zach Flores, 18, led a group of Scouts in the clearing and mulching of an overgrown area at the outdoor learning classroom at the Coppell Nature Park and built a wooden table. Zachary Graves, 18, remodeled the “cry room” at First United Methodist Church in Mesquite by repainting walls and murals, building bookshelves, hanging curtains and installing a baby changing table. Thomas Manley, 15, with volunteers, built 550 linear feet of storage shelving in the attic of Highland Park United Methodist Church.
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Karl Cherokee Stringer, 14, of Varsity Team 198, was elevated to the rank of Eagle Nov. 17, 2008, and has earned 37 merit badges. Karl was watching TV one day when he saw a commercial asking for help from The Star of Hope Mission, an emergency shelter for women and children in Houston. During the next weeks he began collecting toiletries, shampoo, soap, razors, lotion, other hygiene items and clothing. When he delivered the items to the shelter the shelves were empty. The patrons had been praying for assistance and his project had answered their prayers.
Robert Lamar Stock, 15, of Varsity Team 198, was elevated to the rank of Eagle Dec. 12, 2008, and has earned 34 merit badges. He discussed many ideas with the forest department and finally decided that a conservation project to reduce the human footprint within the forest was the right project for him. His work was primarily to turn an old, eroded, four wheel drive road into a single path trail.
Logan Arthur Stringer, of Varsity Team 198, was elevated to the rank of Eagle July 22, 2008, and has earned 46 merit badges. Logan helped an elderly woman in Houston with some much-needed repairs to her home.His team replaced and painted numerous door jams, rebuilt, weather-stripped, caulked and painted window frames, primed and painted the home as well as did some much needed landscaping.
Jonathan Mark Ormsby, 18, of Venture Crew 198, was elevated to the rank of Eagle Nov. 6, 2008, and has earned 21 merit badges. The service project Jonathan carried out consisted of collecting used toys, cleaning and sorting them and donating them to Safe Place in Midland, an organization that benefits displaced families.
Taylor David Ormsby, 16, of Varsity Team 198, was elevated to the rank of Eagle Dec. 15, 2008, and earned 28 merit badges. Taylor became highly interested in the underground after Team 198 made a trip to Cottonwood Cave in the Lincoln National Forest. After a tremendous amount of coordination with the forest department Taylor received approval to restore the Great Sand Slope trail, a steep 300-foot decent with numerous switchbacks located at the back of Cottonwood Cave.
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2 Comments so far...
'Andy Badges Says:
4 February 2009 at 7:32 am.
Having been a UK scout for many years I don’t think I ever met an Eagle scout, but it all looks pretty exciting, maybe a bit like the Duke of Edinburgh’s award we have over here?
admin Says:
4 February 2009 at 10:24 am.
Exactly! My son went to England in 2007 for the international Jamboree and met UK Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. Question. Girls are still counted as being the Girl Guides, correct? I’ve been a little confused that girls might actually be enrolled as Boy Scouts.
