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25 October 2008

Saturday’s Eagle Nest – 10/25/2008

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Arizona
Two weeks into his freshman year at Tempe’s Corona del Sol High School, Reilly Sehlwas diagnosed with lupus, a disease that attacks the body’s immune system. Despite his diagnosis, Sehl stayed involved in Boy Scouts and went on to earn his Eagle Scout badge. His Eagle Scout project was a cactus garden at St. Benedict’s Church which he dedicated to Nick Daniels, one of his roommates during a hospital stay, who had since died.
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Patrick Shane McFarland, 18, of Boy Scout Troop 687, will be honored at a special Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony at 7 p.m. Nov. 7 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Jomax Building in Peoria.

To earn Scouting’s highest award, Patrick earned 35 merit badges, served his troop in a variety of leadership roles and completed a major community service project. In addition, he saved his little sister’s life during a medical emergency while babysitting her.

Patrick’s project was to coordinate volunteers during the annual Zuni Hills Elementary Community Carnival in 2005. Volunteers had decreased to the point that it was becoming difficult to hold the carnival and with Patrick’s help the carnival had enough volunteers and was successful.
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Florida
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, Lake Butler resident Jared Brand was awarded as an Eagle Scout at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. One of the last things he did before earning Eagle Scout was a leadership service project. Brand explained that he chose to organize a group of volunteers to help him make identification plats of gravestones at the Dekle, Varnes and Midway cemeteries in Union County and submitted the information to the United States geneology Web site. “In a really old section, I found graves from the early 1800’s,” Brand said. The whole concept behind the leadership project was to show his leadership ability while providing a community service.
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Orange Park Town Council accepted three proposed ordinances that would raise fees on water, sewer and garbage collection if the are enacted. In other actions, the council:

OK’d two proclamations – one declaring Nov. 16-22 to be “Family Week,” and the other congratulating James H. Loving for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.
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Georgia
Justin Allen, son of Dennis and Terry Allen of Hollywood, and Jordan Lyle, son of Dan and Evlanne Lyle of Hollywood, have reached the highest rank of Boy Scouting, Eagle Scout. Bill Dover, a member of the American Indian Warrior Society by descent of Cherokee blood, made another presentation. He gave the Spirit of the Eagle to all three, touching them with a real Eagle feather, saying in the Cherokee language, “Jesus Christ thank you for what you have accomplished and we give to you the Spirit of the Eagle in the name of Christ.”
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Illinois
Travis Droll of Springfield has been advanced to the rank of EAGLE SCOUT. His Eagle Scout project was to build a stage for Lincoln Memorial Gardens. A student at Springfield High School, Droll plans to join the U.S. Marine Corps following graduation.
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Kentucky
Lexington Catholic student Matt Kirk, 15, earned his Eagle Scout rank on Sept. 20. Kirk’s Eagle project was to install water erosion barriers and steps on trails at the Sally Brown Nature Preserve in Northern Garrard County.
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Maryland
A 41-year-old man with Down Syndrome has achieved the Boy Scout’s highest rank. Mathew McClain was honored over the weekend, becoming an Eagle Scout. For more than 23 years, he regularly attended Boy Scout meetings and earned more than the required 21 badges. State Sen. John Astle was among those on hand as Troop 216, a special-needs troop in Anne Arundel County, honored its newest Eagle Scout.
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Massachusetts
William C. Gustavson, senior patrol leader of Boy Scout Troop 54, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Gustavson refurbished old computers collected from local businesses and donated them to a local homeless shelter, the Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Worcester, which moves its guests from church to church weekly.
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New Jersey
Eagle Scout is the highest rank in Scouting and reaching this goal requires many years of hard work and dedication.

Russell Rowan’s Eagle project involved planning and building tables and shelves for the Church Mouse Thrift Shop at the Methodist Church in Sparta.

Joseph Wagner’s Eagle project was the planning and construction of a garden sitting area at the Yellow Frame Church.
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New York
Goshen High School senior Phil D’Amico, a member of Boy Scout Troop 66, was recently installed as an Eagle Scout during a ceremony held at the high school.
The youngest of three boys, D’Amico said drew inspiration for his project from his brother, Craig, a hospital corpsman E-5 serving in the U.S. Navy. He was deployed twice to Iraq, which sparked D’Amico’s desire to send care packages to American troops stationed overseas. The 50 care packages contained toiletries, T-shirts, CDs, and other items donated from family, friends, and organizations such as the Catholic War Veterans and Troop 66’s sponsor, the Knights of Columbus.

D’Amico received congratulatory letters from President George W. Bush, Gov. David Patterson, and Senators Barack Obama and John McCain; and gifts and certificates from Goshen Deputy Mayor Susan Fast, Orange County Sheriff Carl Dubois, Howie Weiss, commander of the American Legion, and Ben Matalucci, Grand Knight of the Knights of Columbus.
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North Carolina
Ethan Miller, 18, of Raleigh, recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest achievement in Boy Scouts. Ethan’s Eagle Project consisted of designing and supervising the construction of a picnic table, two benches and three planter boxes for Interact on Oberlin Road.
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Derek Hudgins, a member of Boy Scout Troop 942, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout. The ceremony was held on Aug. 24 at the Sechrist Scout Building at Calvary Baptist Church. For his Eagle project, Derek adopted an 11-acre island at Lake Norman. He and fellow Scouts built birdhouses to place on the island. Derek also got help from the Lake Norman Yacht Club to install the birdhouses, do a survey of life on the island, and clean the island for the enjoyment of both the wildlife and boaters. Over the course of the project, more than 25 bags of trash were hauled off the island.

Adam Creason, the son of James and Debbie Edwards. For his Eagle service project Adam did a landscaping project at Bible Baptist Church in Clemmons.

Daniel Layton, the son of Rick and Beth Layton. For his Eagle service project Daniel built a raised garden bed at Glenn High School. The bed is in memory of teacher Sandra Johnson. The bed also honors breast-cancer survivors and victims.

Daniel Allen of Boy Scout Troop 175 in Elizabeth City, formerly of Troop 719. He is the son of Bruton and Jean Allen. For his Eagle service project Daniel constructed four campsites and a bridge at the Coast Guard base in Elizabeth City. They will be used by church, youth and community groups in the area.

Mason Gunyuzlu of Boy Scout Troop 934 at Mount Tabor United Methodist Church, was awarded his Eagle Scout during a ceremony on Sept.28. For his Eagle project he held an ice-cream fundraiser and used DVD drive to provide a DVD/VCR player, two large beanbag chairs, DVD rack, and more than 80 family DVDs for the Winston Salem Battered Women’s Shelter.
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Ohio
Bryce Paull, son of Gary and Kathy Paull of Boardman, recently received his Eagle Scout Award at a court-of-honor ceremony at Boardman United Methodist Church. His Eagle Scout service project consisted of converting and restoring an outdoor area into a learning environment at Hilltop Elementary School in Canfield. Playground equipment was restored and planters were cleaned out and made ready for planting. Benches were constructed for the pupils’ use. Birdhouses were hung about the area to provide the pupils with the opportunity to observe and identify various types of birds.
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Oklahoma
Andrew Connery will be honored at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor 3 p.m. Saturday at Alameda Church of Christ, 801 E. Alameda. For his Eagle Project, Connery led troop members in building a fence and picnic table at Health for Friends.
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Robert Jones has recently achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.
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Tennessee
Cole Smith recently received a certificate of recognition plaque for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout from Dyer County Mayor Richard Hill. His service project entailed building wood duck boxes and placing them in area lakes of the Dyersburg region, allowing a safe refuge for the wood ducks to make nests and hatch their young, enriching the habitat for this community.
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Texas
NAME: Stephen Hughes, completed Eagle Scout requirements in spring 2008
EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT: Cleared the land and developed a sensory trail and built a bridge, two stands, gate, mailbox, colored ground guide poles and box obstacle on the trail for the Cleburne Wings of Hope Equi Therapy program for mentally challenged and down syndrome Children.

NAME: Chris Hussey, completed Eagle requirements in spring 2008
EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT: A beautification project for the Crowley House of Hope including landscaping and painting new stripes in the parking lot. “Lots of people go by the Crowley House of Hope everyday and I drive by it pretty often. I noticed that it was starting to get really overgrown and it wasn’t very appealing. I think doing this helps people to find out about the Crowley House of Hope,” Chris said.

NAME: Stephen Moulton, received Eagle Scout in December 2007
EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT: Restriped parking lot, installed new poles for handicapped and reserved signs and made a bus parking spot at the First United Methodist Church of Crowley. “I chose this because I went to one of their meetings and asked ‘What would you like me to do?’ I wanted to do something that they thought they needed,” Stephen said.
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Mitchell Cotner, 19, organized and directed members of his troop and other volunteers in re-striping a church parking lot.

Jonathan Dedrick, 18, coordinated a blood drive in Red Oak, collecting 50 units of blood.

Jacob Fenster, 18, designed and supervised the landscaping of an honor garden at Coppell High School dedicated to those who serve in the U.S. armed forces.

David Granado, 18, prepared and painted a wooden playground set and removed loose branches and brush at New Hope Lutheran Church in Dallas.
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Washington
Three Mount Si High School students are flying high after achieving Eagle Scout. The recognition symbolizes the fact that Josh Yoker, Matthew Lynne and Stephen Hannan have demonstrated leadership, earned at least 21 merit badges, and organized service projects, in addition to fulfilling a list of other activities.

For his Eagle Scout project, Yoker rebuilt and relocated two woodsheds at Tolt McDonald Park in Carnation. “We use a lot of the same materials, but we had a lot of help with businesses in town,” Yoker said, adding that he finished the shed in two months with help from his troop and community members. At Mount Si, he is involved with Amnesty International.

Hannan, a sophomore who participated in Cub Scouts while living in Denver, joined the scouts after moving to North Bend in 2001. “It sounded fun with all of the different trips they did throughout the year,” Hannan said. In May, he recruited about a dozen people to help him build benches for the Snoqualmie Railroad Museum. “I had learned some carpentry skills through other projects,” Hannan said. “But I had a lot of help from people who were carpenters.” Building the benches only took two days, but the planning required three weeks of work, Hannan said.

For his Eagle project, Lynne restored the outdoor classrooms and surrounding trails at Opstad Elementary. “My little brother was at Opstad at the time,” Lynne said. “His teachers mentioned they couldn’t use (the classroom) because it was overgrown.” With help from his troop, Lynne spent two days picking up trash, laying down bark and building podiums for the classroom during the storm of December 2006.
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