15 October 2008
Arson Fire Destroys Eagle Project
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This stinks. I remember reading this Eagle project and thinking it was rather unique when I posted it as an item in a Saturday Eagle Nest. Matt Unglesbee built a canoe and kayak rack which he estimated at taking 200 hours to design and build. Now there’s a story that it has been burned downby an arson. Heather Rawlyk is becoming our go-to gal for Scout stories (like the tent one).
The two kayak and canoe racks destroyed by arson on a small beach in Cape St. Claire early Saturday morning were more than convenient storage for small watercrafts.
Boy Scouts of Troop 835 built them for an Eagle Scout project. And the rental proceeds helped fund the Yacht Club of Cape St. Claire Youth Sailing Program, said Shelley Greenhouse of the yacht club.
The two racks, and a third smaller rack, were found ablaze at 3:30 a.m. at a waterfront picnic area off Little Magothy View. The flames shot about 30 feet high, scorching the trunks of nearby trees and charring bordering shrubbery, said Nancy Coffman, whose home is adjacent the small beach.
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Fire investigators determined the blaze was arson. Damage is estimated to be at least $12,000.
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Matthew Unglesbee is now a student at Anne Arundel Community College. He said he doesn’t know what he could do at this point to fix what others destroyed.
His mom, an adviser and summer camp counselor for Troop 835, said she thinks her son should talk to the younger Boy Scouts and make a lesson out of this – and organize the rebuilding of the rack.
“That’s definitely a good idea,” Matthew Unglesbee said. “It’d be nice to do.”
Anyone with information about the arson can to call the county Fire Department’s Arson Tip Line at 410-222-8477. The call can be anonymous.
What a nice guy. Mom Unglesbee sounds like she really cares about her troop.
Update: Suspects have been apprehended according to Greater Milwaukee Today.
Three Grafton teens will face municipal citations in the arson fire that destroyed an Eagle Scout’s shelter project at Pleasant Valley Park in August.
The suspects, two 16-year-old boys and a 17-year-old boy, will likely be ticketed with criminal damage to property instead of criminally charged with arson, according to Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Capt. David Guss.
The fines still mean the suspects will be responsible for providing restitution to the victim, Tim Chapman of Cedarburg
- BSA: Eagle Project For The Birds
- Saturday’s Eagle Nest: 9/27/2008
- BSA: The Blow-By-Blow
- Updated Boy Scout Eagle Project Workbook
- How Much Does a Statue Run, Nowadays?
