Eagle Vet Iditarod Trail - National Eagle Scout Association

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Eagle Project Memorializes Victims of 9/11 Pentagon Attack, page 10
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FALL 2007
Two DESAs Receive Silver Buffalo Awards, page 13
Eagle Vet
Cares for Racers on the
Iditarod Trail
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ISSN 0890-4995
From the President of NESA
Dear fellow NESA members,
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
National President
William F. Cronk
National Commissioner
Donald D. Belcher
Chief Scout Executive
Robert J. Mazzuca
NATIONAL EAGLE SCOUT ASSOCIATION
President, Steve Fossett
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John W. McKenzie
Director, C. William (Bill) Steele
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members of the National Eagle Scout
Association who also are recipients of
the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
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I am proud to serve as the new president of the
National Eagle Scout Association. That is especially
true because of what’s happening with Eagle Scouts
these days. For five years we’ve had record-setting
numbers of Eagle Scouts, setting the all-time record
in 2006 with 51,728—which is nearly 1,000 awards
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Another project to which I intend to give personal attention is making
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Lastly, I intend to stimulate our Eagle Scout scholarship program.
We receive nearly 6,000 applications per year for our scholarships, but
we have funding to award only 77 scholarships. In the years ahead we
will raise money so we can increase the number and value of scholarships
awarded to deserving Eagle Scouts.
I’m going to work hard for you, and I thank you for being a member
of NESA.
Sincerely,
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Dispatches From Alaska
An Eagle Scout Cares for Dogs Along the Iditarod Trail
Average March temperatures in El Centro, Calif., range from 49 to 79 degrees. Rainfall totals for the month rarely reach
the half-inch mark. Yet last March, El Centro veterinarian and Eagle Scout Dr. Steve Bowen left behind that idyllic weather
for Alaska, where 5 below zero is considered balmy and snowfall is measured in feet, not inches.
The reason for Dr. Bowen’s trip was the 35th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an 1,100-mile slog from Anchorage to Nome.
Dr. Bowen wasn’t there to watch or to compete, though. His job was to help care for the 1,132 dogs competing
in the legendary race. Here are some excerpts from Dr. Bowen’s trip journal.
Journal entries and photos by Steve Bowen, DVM
Saturday , March 3
orage
rod Trail Sled Dog Race began in Anch
The ceremonial start of the 35th Idita
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orro
tom
.
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ial
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trip. The
with an 8-mile run up to Campbell Airs
t
kpoin
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first
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for
w
orro
tom
off
in Willow, Alaska. I am scheduled to take
assignment in Skwentna, Alaska.
rod
the main way to travel along the Idita
Unless you’re part of a racing team,
rod
Idita
the
d
calle
s
pilot
bush
of
p
cated grou
course is by airplane. A small but dedi
the
all
to
ferrying supplies and race workers
Air Force makes thousands of flights,
that have been dropped at the various
dogs
any
t
checkpoints. They also transpor
orage.
checkpoints along the trail back to Anch
The 8-mile ceremonial kickoff to the Iditarod does
not count toward the mushers’ race times.
About ready to
board a bush pl
ane (the “Idita
to take me to m
rod Air Force”)
y first checkpoi
nt at Skwentn
a.
Sunday , March 4
About 4:30 p.m., I left Anchorage by
plane for Skwentna Checkpoint.
This checkpoint is about 80 miles from
the start of the race and is located
in a very isolated area along the Skwe
ntna River.
Skwentna has a post office, some of
the hardiest folks I have ever met,
and little else. With wind gusts of up
to 30 mph and the temperature hove
ring
at minus 15 degrees, the wind chill fact
or was about minus 50 degrees.
Unprotected flesh freezes in 1 minute
under these conditions.
According to the official Iditarod Web site, the actual
checkpoint at Skwentna is in Joe and Norma Delia’s two-story
cabin high atop the east bank of the river. Joe is the longtime
postmaster of Skwentna and a fixture on the Iditarod trail.
The first team
so many team arrived at 8:01 p.m., and
m
s arrive in a
short time, th ost of the teams followed
trail will have
is checkpoint
within the ne
teams arrivi
xt four to fiv
allows the vo
ng over longer
A water poin
e hours. Bec
lunteers littl
periods of ti
t is establis
ause
e sleep. Check
me, so sleep
hed on the S
4 feet of ice.
po
ro
ints down th
ta
ti
kw
ons will be m
entna River by
A propane st
e
or
ove is set up
e
di
pr
dogs a hot m
gg
ed
in
ic
g through 2
table.
next to the w
eal.
fe
et
of
at
sn
er hole to pr
ow and then
If a musher pl
ovide mushe
drilling throug
ans to stay
rs with hot w
h
at a checkpoi
order of duti
ater to make
es is somethi
nt for a period
their
ng like this:
of time, he or
1. Feed the do
she will do a
gs a frozen m
number of th
eat snack.
2. Detach th
ings. The typi
e dogs’ rear
cal
harness line
3. Place stra
5
.
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eg
in cooking a
from the gang
w for each do
ho
t
lin
m
e.
ea
g
l
to
for the dogs
4. Remove bo
6. Medicate
lie on.
.
oties—four
dogs that ne
per dog—from
ed attention.
7. Repair any
their feet.
damage to th
e sled.
8. Eat and sl
eep, if possib
le.
Booties are socks that are designed to protect the
dogs’ feet from small cuts and sores.
At the Sk
wentna ch
eckpoint
a dropped
wit
dog after
most of th h
teams ha
e
d passed
on down
trail. The
the
river tha
t I am on
frozen 4
is
feet thick
.
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When the teams arrive at the checkpoin
t, veterinarians
(like me!) give each dog a complete phys
ical exam, with
particular emphasis on heart, lungs,
hydration, feet,
orthopedic problems, appetite, attit
ude, hydration, and
body weight. Dogs having problems may
be “dropped”
and airlifted back to one of the medical
hubs along the
trail for evaluation and treatment befo
re being shipped
back to Anchorage.
Our veterinary team examined about
60 teams
at Skwentna. We headed back to Anch
orage around
4:30 p.m. and prepared for redeploym
ent tomorrow.
of the cold,
get him out
to
de
si
in
g
do
ooze.
this dropped
od place to sn
We brought
bag was a go
g
in
p
ee
sl
y
dm
and he decide
Tuesday , March 6
We left Anchorage for a 3½-hour flight to McGrath, Alaska, one of the air
hubs along
the trail. Most other checkpoint flights require the planes to land on frozen
lakes or rivers.
At McGrath, we switched planes for a 15-minute flight to Takotna, Alaska,
where the first
teams are expected to arrive about 10 p.m. Teams will continue to arrive over
the next three
days as they get more spread out along the trail.
Conditions for the race are hard this year, with high winds and a lack of the
usual good snow
cover on much of the trail. To this point, about eight teams have dropped
out of the race.
A tea
m
check arrives a
t the
point
Ta
for a
rest a kotna
nd a
vet ch
eck.
The first musher to check in at McGrath receives the PenAir Spirit of
Iditarod Award—this year it was four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser.
Friday , March 9
tched.
this checkpoint and 16 teams have scra
By now, 49 teams have passed through
our way.
We still have about 18 teams headed
over here.
Takotna took a mandatory 24-hour stop
ugh
thro
s
Many of the earlier team
her down the trail.
will take their 24-hour stopover fart
The fastest leaders pressed on and
of the team,
musher’s race strategy, the condition
Determining where to stop is up to the
hers. Takotna
mus
the
for
food
can reach with the best
and sometimes which checkpoint they
is a musher favorite.
of teams as we
spread out, there is not as big a rush
Since the teams are now somewhat
around the town
walk
ls,
us some time to visit with the loca
saw earlier. The lull in the pace gives
, and read a book or two.
(one short block), visit with the mushers
ees—with minimal
the last three days—minus 20 degr
for
dy
stea
ed
stay
The temperature has
portions of the trail,
s have been quite hard along certain
wind chill. The mushers report the wind
ds, and they all seem
bree
h
. The dogs and mushers are toug
with estimated gusts of 40 to 50 mph
to deal with it.
to pick up dropped dogs,
all day, landing on the Takotna River
Planes have been flying into Takotna
plane is certainly the
in new supplies for the town. The bush
move volunteers up the trail, and bring
lifeline of the Alaska wilderness.
tna.
t Tako
a
r
e
v
ayo
d
ing a l
urs an
est dur bout five ho
r
s
g
o
a
Sled d
un for
urs.
dogs r
e
s
five ho
e
t
h
u
T
o
b
a
r
est fo
then r
The villagers of Takotna pride themselves on treating every musher to a steak dinner.
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job, I boarded
I was notified today that I am being moved on up the trail. After a rapid packing
Yukon River
frozen
the
on
sits
a bush plane and flew to Eagle Island, a wilderness checkpoint that
breeze
crisp
a
and
tures
tempera
5-degree
minus-2
—a long way from anywhere. On arrival, I faced
is
nt
checkpoi
Island
Eagle
The
degrees.
55
minus
frosty
a
to
that brought the wind chill down
race.
the
into
about 600 miles
le
at Eag
rrives
a
en
m
z
a
o
e
r
st t
the f
The fir
int on
o
p
k
c
e
Ch
Island
River.
n
o
Yuk
I’m all
bundle
d up at
where
th
the wi
nd chill e Takotna che
ckpoin
is abou
t,
t minu
s 35 de
grees.
Saturday , March 10
At about 6:30 a.m., the leaders—Mar
tin Buser,
Jeff King, Paul Gebhardt, and Lance
Mackey—all arrived
for a stopover. King was the first to
leave and thus
became the new leader. We spent the
rest of the day
vet-checking the teams as they cam
e in, trying to
stay out of the cold, and enjoying the
wilderness.
Jeff King is the 2006 Iditarod champion.
Sunday , March 11
This evening
About 15 teams came through today.
lights.
hern
we witnessed a display of the nort
Sled dogs are not bothered at
all by ice on their whiskers.
It was a very
special mom
ent, almost
frozen bank
surreal, sitt
s of the Yuko
ing on the
n River in m
directly over
id-March, w
head, watchi
ith the Big D
ng the nort
ipper
hern lights d
ance in the
sky.
Aurora borealis, or northern lights, are
a result of solar particles colliding with
gases in Earth’s atmosphere.
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Monday, March 12
Tonight’s work was again interrupted by natu
re’s show. Tonight,
the northern lights were more spectacular
than I could ever have
imagined. The show lasted all night long with
one segment displaying
red, yellow, and green fire tips and undulating
waves that looked
like curtains dancing in a breeze and stretching
from horizon to
horizon. I don’t think I have ever experienced
something so mystical
in my entire life.
One of the local Eskimo natives came by the
checkpoint to help
n drew
at local childre
out. I had the opportunity to talk with him
th
es
ur
ct
pi
e
r
abou
ei
m
t his life in the
so
th
h
ed
ap
ur
gr
at
to
fe
ckpoint
wild. Most of the people in this area live by
time to au
subsistence hunting,
mushers took
Shaktoolik Che
e
th
of
t
os
M
.
fishing, and trapping. Shopping in the wood
mushers
s for groceries is
to support the
n.
a whole lot different than a quick trip to the
re
ild
ch
e
th
local market.
picture for
After breakfast I was informed that I am to
move on to
Shaktoolik Checkpoint on the coast, where
winds can hit 60 mph. Fortunately, when I
arrived it was a balmy minus 5 degrees with
winds at only 10 mph.
Shaktoolik (population 218) is a nice little
village. During the race, schools are closed,
and everyone enjoys the
annual event.
“Shaktoolik” is Eskimo for “home of the wind.”
Tuesday , March 13
mps can be
oint. The mushers’ headla
arrive at Shaktoolik Checkp
to
rs relate
ue
she
tin
mu
con
The
ms
ik.
tea
ool
ht,
ains south of Shakt
All through the nig
unt
mo
the
off
n
dow
e
y as they com
seen 15 to 20 miles awa
g up to the checkpoint.
stiff out on the ice leadin
y
ver
n
bee
e
hav
ds
win
that the
Shaktoolik is an Eskimo
village that lives almost
entirely from subsistence
seals, walrus, bears, beluga
hunting and fishing. Hunti
whales, waterfowl, caribo
ng for
u, small fur-bearing anima
life-survival skill these villa
ls, and fish from the sea
gers learn early in life. The
is
a
locals are truly at one wit
We just found out that mu
h their harsh world.
sher Lance Mackey crosse
d
the
more than 1,100 miles in
finish line in Nome at 8:0
a total time of 9 days, 5
8 p.m. He has covered
hours, 8 minutes, and 41
seconds. Amazing!
Lance Mackey is the third member of his
family to win an Iditarod race. His father,
Dick Mackey, won by 1 second in 1978,
and his older brother, Rick Mackey, won
the race in 1983.
Sunrise an
d sunset a
re interest
At both ti
ing to watc
mes, the su
h at this la
n seems to
lifting abo
titude this
skirt along
ve or dipp
time of th
the horizo
ing below
e year.
n
for a long
Earth’s ed
time before
ge.
either
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Wednesday, March 14
This is me and a team I had
just
examined at the checkpoin
t in
Koyuk. Neat dogs.
out at
rear echelon of teams is very spread
The pace is a little slower today as the
Sea.
ng
Beri
the
of
e
shor
the
g
alon
take a walk
this point. A buddy and I decided to
en
brok
ice,
shoreline, which is a solid sheet of
The village is just 100 feet from the
see.
can
eye
the
as
far
k sand and rock, for as
only by small windblown pockets of blac
very
a
is
age
Cribb
.
ents
resid
the Eskimo
I learned to play cribbage from one of
“bend.”
the players, the rules up here tend to
on
g
ndin
Depe
e.
villag
the
in
e
popular gam
As stated on the race’s official Web site, the
veterinary program plays a very important
role in the Iditarod. More than 10,000 routine
examinations are performed during the race.
Saturday , March 17
The last four teams (all rookies) have
now arrived. They still have
more than 200 miles to travel to the
finish, and they have already
been on the trail for two weeks. Their
teams look strong; they just
move at a slower pace than the elite
racers.
The Iditarod National Historic Trail commemorates a 2,200-mile system of winter
trails that were a major route for the settlement of Gold Rush–era Alaska.
18
Sunday , March
lace teams
line. The first-p
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is
fin
e
th
is
s still have a
ion 3,493)
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see the famed
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couple of days
ish line of the
fin
l
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d.
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of
is
e
th
is fin
Burled Arch—
ge. My Iditarod
ck to Anchora
ba
fly
ll
wi
I
n
oo
S
I stopped at the famous Bu
rled Arch finish line before
leaving Nome.
Tradition holds that a “Widow’s Lamp” is lit on the first Sunday in March at the trail’s end
in Nome. This lamp is attached to the Burled Arch and remains lit until the last musher
crosses the finish line, signifying the official end of that year’s race.
The Iditarod is often called the “Last Great Race.” Mushers and their dog teams travel over 1,100 miles of the roughest, most
beautiful terrain Mother Nature has to offer, including jagged mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, desolate tundra,
and miles of windswept coast. Temperatures along the trail can fall far below zero and winds can cause complete lack of
visibility and long hours of darkness. The competitors hail from all walks of life—fishermen, lawyers, doctors, miners,
artists, teachers, construction workers, printers, nurses, veterinarians, engineers, and administrators have all challenged
their mettle against the elements. Dr. Steve Bowen was an Eagle Scout among the thousands of volunteers from Anchorage
to Nome who make it all happen.
DISTINGUISHED
EAGLE SCOUT
AWARD PROFILE
Averting Armageddon
How Two Eagle Scouts May Well Have Saved the World
by Mark Ray
T
he year was 1991, and the end
of the Cold War was at hand.
The Berlin Wall had crumbled,
the Soviet Union was disintegrating,
and the United States was assuming
its new role as the world’s only
superpower. Some scholars were
even speculating that the end of
history had arrived.
But not everyone was convinced
that the Cold War would automatically give way to a lasting peace. In
particular, U.S. Sens. Richard Lugar,
R-Ind., and Sam Nunn, D-Ga., saw
the potential for greater peril, not less,
when the Soviet Union broke up.
The reason? Many of the crumbling
Soviet Union’s 13,300 nuclear warheads, 1,473 intercontinental ballistic
missiles, hundreds of long-range
bombers, and untold stockpiles of
biological and chemical weapons
were located in breakaway republics
like Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and
Belarus, where the political situation
was tenuous. And they were guarded
by men whose employment prospects
were uncertain at best.
“The Soviet military was going to be
dramatically reduced, and there were
going to be hundreds of thousands
of people in the security sector who
no longer had jobs,” Nunn said in
a recent interview. “All that spelled
grave danger to me.”
It also spelled grave danger to Soviet
officials who had worked with Nunn
and Lugar on arms-control issues.
Late in 1991, some of those officials
told the two senators that the Soviet
Union—and, by extension, the rest
of the world—faced a severe problem.
“Elements of the Red Army were
rapidly disintegrating,” Lugar said
recently. “It wasn’t that the nuclear
weapons were unguarded, but the
security situation was deteriorating.”
Growing Up in the Crucible
of War
Richard Lugar
Became an Eagle Scout:
1946 in Indianapolis, Indiana
Became a Distinguished Eagle Scout:
1971 in Indianapolis, Indiana
Lives in:
Indianapolis, Indiana
Occupation:
United States Senator
Family:
Wife, Charlene; four children
(son Mark is an Eagle Scout);
11 grandchildren;
two great-grandchildren
Those officials’ cries for help led
Nunn and Lugar to form a unique
partnership and to create an innovative
program that might just have averted
worldwide calamity. Not bad for a
couple of Eagle Scouts.
Born in 1932, Richard Green Lugar
came of age during World War II,
and his memories of Scouting are
entwined with memories of war.
Lugar’s troop often camped at Camp
Chank-Tun-Un-Gi, not far from the
POW camp at Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Indiana.
The war had another serious
connection for Lugar. When he and
his fellow Scouts lined up at troop
meetings each week, Lugar looked
directly at a photo of Reiman Steeg,
an Eagle Scout from the troop who
was then fighting in the war. Steeg
later died in combat, teaching the
young Lugar a sobering lesson about
the local impact of faraway conflicts.
After graduating from college,
Lugar served in the U.S. Navy before
returning to Indianapolis to join the
family’s food machinery business. He
ran successfully for the school board
in 1963 and for mayor four years
later, and was first elected to the U.S.
Senate as a Republican in 1976. Time
magazine named him one of America’s
10 best senators in April 2006.
Born to a Life of Service
In 1951, Samuel Augustus Nunn of
Perry, Ga., became an Eagle Scout.
Scouting was “very meaningful to me
in terms of the kind of values system
that is so necessary in any phase
of life—particularly I think in the
political world, where there are so
many challenges to your values and
your overall character,” Nunn said.
Nunn served briefly in the U.S.
Coast Guard, then earned a law degree
from Emory University. He practiced
law for six years before entering the
Georgia House of Representatives as a
E ag l e t te r
Democrat in 1968. (Unlike Lugar,
Nunn had been born into politics.
His granduncle, Carl Vinson, was
a 26-term U.S. Representative
from Georgia.)
In 1972, Nunn won a special
election to the U.S. Senate, where
he served until 1997. From 1987
to 1995, he chaired the Senate
Committee on Armed Services, a role
that put him at the center of discussions about arms control and nuclear
proliferation. He was also a prime
mover behind the Department of
Defense Reorganization Act of 1986,
which sought to prepare America’s
military to deal with future conflicts.
Nunn chose to return to private
law practice rather than run for
re-election in 1996, but in 2001,
he returned to the public arena as
cochairman of the Nuclear Threat
Initiative. The new position allowed
him to continue the vital work he had
begun with his colleague across the
aisle a decade earlier.
The Nunn-Lugar Program
after hearing from their contacts in
the Soviet government late in 1991,
Nunn and Lugar began devising a
plan to safeguard weapons of mass
destruction and help weapons scientists shift to peaceful research. Their
plan evolved into the Nunn-Lugar
Cooperative Threat Reduction
Program, but its creation was far from
assured. The 1991 Congressional session
was nearing its end, and lawmakers
who had come of age during the Cold
War were hesitant to assist America’s
biggest adversary—even if doing so
would also help America.
“At first, we had to pull the bill down
because there was so much opposition,”
Nunn recalled. “We spent about three
months working together and got the
legislation passed in December.”
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Sam Nunn
Became an EagleScout:
1951 in Perry, Georgia
Became a Distinguished Eagle Scout:
1979 in Macon, Georgia
Lives in:
Bethesda, Maryland
Occupation:
Cochairman and Chief Executive Officer,
Nuclear Threat Initiative
Family:
Wife, Colleen; two children;
two grandchildren
Their success stemmed in part from
their bipartisan approach, Lugar said.
“As a Democratic leader and a Republican
leader, we pulled together 15 or 16 senators for a breakfast, just to explain what
we were about and what we felt was the
importance of action,” he explained.
“We got pretty good support in a
bipartisan way.”
Nunn acknowledged that the two
partners didn’t agree on everything.
However, he said, they were always
honest with each other and worked
through differences. “We still have
that approach,” he said. “I think that’s
connected to the values and integrity
and character that are taught in
Scouting. We both had those values
ourselves, and we had full trust that
the other one had those values.”
So what has the Nunn-Lugar
program accomplished? When the
Soviet Union broke up, Ukraine,
Kazakhstan, and Belarus instantly
became the world’s fifth, seventh,
and eighth leading nuclear powers,
respectively. Today, they are free of
nuclear weapons. “We’ve even pulled
up cables and blown up the silos
that had the missiles,” Lugar said.
“In terms of nonproliferation, that’s
been a remarkable victory.”
Tomorrow’s Challenges
In the past decade, the Nunn-Lugar
program has been expanded three
times and now deals with all sorts
of weapons—nuclear, chemical,
biological, and chemical—both in
former Soviet republics and other
countries. At the same time, the rise
of terrorist groups like Al Qaeda
has made weapons control more
important than ever.
Despite past successes, Nunn worries
about the future. “We’re in a race
between cooperation and catastrophe,”
he said. “Right now, it’s not clear
which is ahead.”
If cooperation wins, it will be
because people of different backgrounds, ideologies, nations, and
parties put aside their differences for
the sake of humanity. It also will be,
in large measure, because two Eagle
Scouts took seriously their promise to
do their best to do their duty to God
and their country.
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E ag l e t te r
F a l l 2007
A Scout Is Persistent
Hard Work and Determination Make Pentagon Memorial a Reality
by Mark Ray
T
wo years after terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001,
killed almost 3,000 people in New York City,
Washington, D.C., and rural Pennsylvania, Joey
Ricketts read a newspaper story about a Boy Scout who
had built a World Trade Center memorial as his Eagle
Scout service project. A year later, the Lynchburg, Va.,
Scout decided to do something similar for his own Eagle
project, memorializing the 184 people who died that day
at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.
“Joey wanted to build a granite monument with bronze
plaques to tell future generations about the tragic attack on
the Pentagon,” explained Joey’s father, Robert. “He wanted
to have a pentagon-shaped walkway around the monument.
He even had the lofty idea to get the Pentagon to give him
some of the rubble they may have from the attack.”
Lynchburg is only about
180 miles from Washington,
D.C., so focusing on the
Pentagon made sense, but
Joey had an even more
personal connection.
Capt. J. B. Scales, a man
his father knew from
American Legion Post 16
in Lynchburg, had lost his
son in the Pentagon attack.
Joey’s project would pay
Col. David M. Scales
special tribute to that victim,
Col. David M. Scales.
Joey called Capt. Scales, who was then living in Wilmington,
N.C., and told him what he planned to do. “Capt. Scales was
speechless,” Robert Ricketts said. Their conversation began
a long-distance relationship between Joey and the Scales
family that culminated when they met in Lynchburg three
years later for the monument’s dedication.
Much had to happen before Joey’s dream could become
a reality, though. He had to secure a location for his monument, raise the money to build it, find someone to design it,
and enlist the help of his fellow Scouts, his Scout leaders,
and other volunteers to assemble it.
Of all those tasks, finding a location was probably the
easiest. The American Legion post was the logical spot. As a
13-year-old Life Scout, Joey approached the post’s board for
permission. “They loved the idea,” he said.
And so began three years of planning and fund-raising.
He worked closely with troop committee member Joe
Robinson, who served as his key adviser. Robinson—who
had become Troop 48’s first Eagle Scout in 1956—guided
Joey throughout his project. “He learned a lot,” Robinson
said. “He learned a heck of a lot about how things work
and don’t work.”
Even with donated labor and discounted materials, Joey
needed to raise a lot of money for the project. He wrote
hundreds of letters to local businesses and made perhaps
as many follow-up phone calls. His pleas for help got the
attention of several local television and radio stations, as
well as the Lynchburg News & Advance, which twice ran
stories about his project.
Joey Ricketts touches the piece of rubble from the Pentagon building just
after it was installed atop a memorial he designed. Shortly thereafter,
the monument was covered with a veil until its presentation at the
dedication ceremony.
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Scouts from two area troops prepare the landscape around the memorial site.
The community’s response was impressive. “Once I
contacted one person, the whole city found out about it,”
Joey said. “I had a lot of help.” So much help, in fact, that
he had raised more than $10,000 by the spring of 2006.
The money didn’t just come from Lynchburg. As word of
Joey’s project spread, he received donations from as far away
as California. In fact, he eventually raised so much money—
more than $12,000—that he decided to enhance the memorial by adding a bronze plaque listing the names of all those
who died in the Pentagon attack.
But there was one missing piece that money couldn’t buy:
the chunk of Pentagon rubble Joey hoped to include in his
monument. Getting it required patience, persistence, and
painstaking navigation of federal bureaucracy. It also meant
refusing to take “no” for an answer—even when that answer
came from members of Congress. “I got some calls from the
senators, telling me it was impossible for me to get a piece
of the Pentagon,” he said.
Joey was discouraged, but he didn’t give up. And he
eventually prevailed. One of his fund-raising letters went
to a Lynchburg resident who had once worked at the
Pentagon. She contacted her former boss there, and he
got the wheels of bureaucracy turning.
In the end, Joey not only received a piece of charred
limestone from the Pentagon, but also was invited
(along with family members and adviser Joe Robinson)
to a groundbreaking ceremony for the Pentagon’s own
9/11 memorial. At the ceremony, he sat next to Adm.
Edmund P. Giambastiani Jr., vice-chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. Afterward, he met a host of other dignitaries,
including Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff; Sen. George Allen of Virginia; Jim Laychak, president
of the Pentagon Memorial Fund; and then–Secretary of
Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
Joey pushed his way through a crowd of photographers to
reach the Defense secretary. As he approached, Mr. Rumsfeld
said, “I know who you are, and I know why you’re here.
I’m an Eagle Scout, too.”
Back in Lynchburg, a piece of the Pentagon in hand, Joey
still had plenty of work to do. He needed to check the proofs
of the monument’s plaque, lead his fellow Scouts in landscaping the site, and prepare for the dedication ceremony.
The ceremony featured remarks from Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force John Truesdell and music from the
Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra. Don Bridges and Bobbi
Bliss, who had often performed music with David Scales,
sang several songs Scales had written—one accompanied by
a CD featuring the late colonel on the piano.
But perhaps the most important participant in the ceremony was Capt. J. B. Scales, Col. Scales’ father. “It was really
nice to be able to meet him,” Joey said. “That was touching,
hard to describe.”
“Seeing Joey grow through the process of completing his
project is the greatest thing of all to me,” Joey’s father said.
“He went from being a shy kid before his project to feeling
comfortable talking to millions on CNN. The transformation
was a good thing.”
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Awards and Recognitions
Eagle Scouts just seem to shine, even after reaching the top honor in Scouting.
They continue to strive for new heights, and accolades naturally seem to follow.
James Michael Abbott,
Flower Mound, Texas,
received a bachelor’s degree
from the University of Texas,
Austin, Texas.
Stuart McGuire Burton IV,
Richmond, Virginia, received
a bachelor of science degree
in political science from
Longwood University,
Farmville, Virginia.
David Craig Hutchinson,
Gainesville, Texas, received
a master of science degree in
accounting from Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, Texas.
David Ayers, Park Falls, Wisconsin,
received a bachelor of science degree in
electrical engineering from the University
of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.
Austin E. Cannon Jr., North Bellmore,
New York, received the Silver Saint George
Emblem from the National Catholic
Committee on Scouting for significant
accomplishments in carrying out the
committee’s youth-serving mission.
Ryan Jordan, West Hollywood, California,
received a bachelor of arts degree in
theatre from California State University—
Northridge, Northridge, California.
Jeffrey M. Beck, Delaware, Ohio,
received a bachelor’s degree in business
administration from Ohio University,
Athens, Ohio.
John A. Beebe Sr.,
Highland, Indiana, received
the Silver Antelope Award
from the BSA’s Central
Region for his distinguished
service to youth.
Gregory Allen Blair,
Long Beach, California,
received a bachelor of arts
degree in government from
Claremont McKenna College,
Claremont, California.
Michael J. Bolesta II,
Addison, Texas, received
a bachelor of arts degree
in communication from
St. Edward’s University,
Austin, Texas.
Jesse Brown, Chicago,
Illinois, has published a
book titled Pay Yourself First.
Dr. Loren Jay Chassels,
Highland, Illinois,
completed an internal
medicine residency program
at St. John’s Mercy Medical
Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
Aaren Eugene Fox, Napa,
California, received a bachelor
of arts degree in philosophy
and theology from Point
Loma Nazarene University,
San Diego, California.
Michael Ryan Gallagher,received a
bachelor of arts degree in political
science from the University of Delaware,
Newark, Delaware.
James R. Glenn,
New Holland, Illinois,
received a bachelor’s degree
from Illinois Wesleyan
University, Bloomington,
Illinois, and a master’s degree
from the University of Illinois.
Edwin Homan, Clearwater,
Florida, received a bachelor
of science degree with a
major in chemistry from
the University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida.
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Jay L. Lenrow, Baltimore, Maryland,
received the Silver Antelope Award
from the BSA’s Northeast Region for
distinguished service to youth.
William J. King, Bellevue,
Ohio, received a master’s
degree in biomedical
engineering from the
University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin.
Joseph N. Mercado, Warrenton, Virginia,
received a bachelor’s degree in economics
from Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, Virginia.
Curtis Clark Millward,
Costa Mesa, California,
received a bachelor’s
degree in economics from
California State University,
Long Beach, California.
Jason Richard Millward,
Costa Mesa, California,
received a bachelor’s degree
in business management and
business operations from
California State University,
Long Beach, California.
E ag l e t te r
F a l l 2007
Awards and Recognitions
Eagle Scouts just seem to shine, even after reaching the top honor in Scouting.
They continue to strive for new heights, and accolades naturally seem to follow.
Darren Shawn Murph,
Plymouth, North Carolina,
received a bachelor of
science degree in business
management from North
Carolina State University,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Mark J. Novitski, Laurel,
Maryland, received the
U.S. Air Force Award for
Meritorious Civilian Service
for outstanding service to the
U.S. Air Force as chief of the
Budget Division, Headquarters
Air Force Resource
Management Directorate.
Adam W. Nurton, Council
Bluffs, Iowa, received a
bachelor of science degree
in history from Creighton
University, Omaha, Nebraska.
Scott T. Owens, Dunwoody,
Georgia, received a bachelor
of science degree in biology
and a bachelor of arts
degree in history from the
University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill,
North Carolina.
Kevin Paul Thompson,
Corpus Christi, Texas,
received a bachelor of
science degree in structural
engineering from Texas
A&M University, College
Station, Texas.
John I. Wortman, Evergreen,
Colorado, received a bachelor
of science degree in maritime
transportation from Texas A&M
University, Galveston, Texas.
Dr. Stewart M. Quigley,
Winnemucca, Nevada,
graduated with honors from
Palmer West Chiropractic
College, San Jose, California.
Zachary D. Sakas,received
a juris doctor degree with
honors from the University
of Texas School of Law,
Austin, Texas.
Two DESAs Now Also Silver Buffalo Recipients
D
uty to God and duty to country are
the hallmarks of Bray Barnes’ Scouting
involvement over nearly 50 years.
Mr. Barnes serves on the National
Relationships Committee, the Religious
Relationships Committee, and the National
Advisory Board. He is the immediate past
chair of the National Catholic Committee
on Scouting and in 2005 became the first
Bray B. Barnes
American to be elected deputy secretary
Toms River, New Jersey
general of the International Catholic
Conference on Scouting.
Mr. Barnes is a member of the Northeast Region Advisory Board,
past vice president and president of the Monmouth Council, and
the current executive vice president of the Jersey Shore Council.
He has served on nine National Camping School staffs, was chair
for visitor information at the 2005 National Scout Jamboree, and
will serve on the 2007 World Scout Jamboree staff.
Mr. Barnes has received the youth and adult religious emblems
in the Catholic Church, the Spurgeon Award, the District Award
of Merit, and the Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope awards. He is
a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow, a James E. West
and Baden-Powell Fellow, and a member of the 1910 Society and
the Founders Circle.
Mr. Barnes now practices law in New Jersey and Washington, D.C.
He serves on the President’s Coordinating Council on Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He and his wife, Patty, have
three children.
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N
early half a century after
becoming an Eagle Scout,
Dennis H. Chookaszian continues
to serve Scouting and the larger
community in significant ways.
A member of the National Executive
Board since 1994, Mr. Chookaszian
serves on the IT Task Group and the
International and Supply committees.
Dennis H. Chookaszian
From 2002 to 2005, he was national
Chicago, Illinois
chairman of Learning for Life.
On the local level, Mr. Chookaszian
remains active in the Chicago Area Council. He has been a
member of the council’s executive board since 1986 and was
council president from 1992 to 1996.
After becoming an Eagle Scout, Mr. Chookaszian earned the
Silver Award in Exploring. He also is a Brotherhood member of
the Order of the Arrow.
Mr. Chookaszian retired as chairman and CEO of CNA
Financial Corporation in 2001 after 26 years with the company
and its subsidiaries. He is a director of the Northwestern
Memorial Hospital Foundation, president of the Foundation
for Health Enhancement, a trustee of Northwestern University,
and a member of the advisory council for the University of
Chicago Graduate School of Business.
He and his wife, Karen, have three children and seven
grandchildren. His two sons are Eagle Scouts.
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F a l l 2007
For God and Country
Many young men exchange their Scout uniforms for fatigues, dress blues,
or battle dress uniforms. The National Eagle Scout Association salutes
Eagle Scouts who are currently serving in our nation’s armed forces.
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1] Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian P. Arneson, U.S. Navy, is serving on the USS Nashville in Norfolk, Virginia.
2] 1st Lt. Michael E. Ashton, U.S. Army, is stationed in Bamberg, Germany.
3] Pfc. Derek Barbara, U.S. Marine Corps, is serving with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
4] Pfc. Brian Baxer, U.S. Army, is serving with Task Force Blue Spaders FOB Apache in Adhamiya, Baghdad, Iraq.
5] Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Beam, U.S. Navy, is serving on the USS John F. Kennedy at Mayport Naval Station, Florida.
6] Seaman Adam Beard, U.S. Navy, is attending rescue swimming training in Pensacola, Florida.
7] Sgt. Nathan Bloom, Army National Guard, has been awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his service in Iraq.
8] Pfc. Shain Borger, U.S. Marine Corps, has been selected to serve in the elite Antiterrorism Battalion, Special Operations Command.
9] Col. James W. Conaway, U.S. Army, is serving as an embedded adviser to the Iraqi Army.
10] 2nd Lt. Lewis E. Gorman IV, U.S. Army, is stationed with the 62nd Medical Brigade at Fort Lewis, Washington.
11] Petty Officer 3rd Class John M. Hammock, U.S. Navy, is serving on USS Halyburton in Jacksonville, Florida.
12] Cpl. Kyle A. Hanson, U.S. Marine Corps, is serving his second tour of duty in Iraq with the 1st Radio Battalion.
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For God and Country
Many young men exchange their Scout uniforms for fatigues, dress blues,
or battle dress uniforms. The National Eagle Scout Association salutes
Eagle Scouts who are currently serving in our nation’s armed forces.
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13] Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Johnson, U.S. Navy, is attending Nuclear Power School in Charleston, South Carolina.
14] Pfc. Sean M. Johnson, U.S. Army, received an Army Values Award and the Excellence in Cavalry Award upon graduation as a Cavalry Scout
from Fort Knox, Kentucky.
15] Lt. David A. Kuhn, U.S. Army, has returned from Iraq and is stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, with the Army Medical Service Corps.
16] Maj. John M. Lass, U.S. Army, is serving with the 336th Transportation Group stationed at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.
17] Sgt. Kenneth A. Liesche III, U.S. Marine Corps, is serving in Iraq with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment.
18] Michael Mason, U.S. Army, has returned from serving as a military intelligence agent in Iraq and has been accepted at the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point, New York.
19] Lt. j.g. Greg T. Mercado, U.S. Navy, completed Combat Systems Officer Training and has been assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida.
20] 1st Lt. Michael G. Motschman, U.S. Air Force, is a C-17 pilot, stationed McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, preparing for deployment to the
Middle East.
21] Lt. j.g. Ryan Popiel, U.S. Coast Guard, is serving on Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and has been selected
for flight school.
22] Capt. Landon E. Quan, U.S. Air Force, is a B-52 pilot assigned to 8th Air Force, Air Combat Command, and has recently returned from the
Middle East.
23] Airman 1st Class John C. Stoddard, U.S. Air Force, is serving with the 1st Special Operations Helicopter Maintenance Squadron at Hurlburt
Field, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
Capt. Kit Tinkham, U.S. Air Force, is serving as Acquisitions Officer, 826th ICBM Systems Group, Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
24] Ensign Jonathan Wolstenholme, U.S. Coast Guard, is serving as Deck Watch Officer on Coast Guard Cutter Spencer homeported in Boston.
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Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair
Arnold family, Los Angeles, Calif.
(From left) Ross Arnold (1968), Gabriel
Arnold (2006), Joseph Arnold (1995)
Beckman family, Muskogee, Okla.
(From left) William E. Beckman (1945),
Bryan Beckman (2006), Martin Beckman
(1973)
Bedore family, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
(From left) George Bedore (1951),
Edward J. Todino (2003)
Brennan family, Lutherville, Md.
(From left) Patrick T. Brennan (2002),
Kevin L. Brennan (2003), Keith J.
Brennan (2005), Steven D. Brennan
(2006), Alfred L. Brennan Jr. (1969)
Breu family, Manchester, N.H.
(From left) Peter Breu (1970),
Martin Breu (2006), John Breu (1943)
Cunningham family, Florence, Ala.
(From left) James Arthur Cunningham
(2001), Arthur Cunningham III (1943),
Benjamin Scott Putnam (2002), William
David Putnam (2006)
Donaldson family, Charlottesville, Va.
(Back row, from left) Neal Donaldson
(1973), Ian Donaldson (1973), Keith
Donaldson (1975); (front row, from
left) Ryan Donaldson (2006), Kevin
Donaldson (2004)
Eacker family, Colorado Springs, Colo.
(From left) Drew Eacker (2004), Russ
Eacker (1946), Nate Eacker (2005)
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Eggers family, Dallas, Texas
(From left) H. M. “Smoky” Eggers (1944),
Sergey A. Eggers (2007), Joe Eggers (1969)
Fabian family, Rockville Centre, N.Y.
(From left) David M. Fabian (1974),
Thomas G. Fabian (1985), Edward L.
Fabian Sr. (1954), Lt. Col. Edward L.
Fabian Jr. (1977)
Fochtman family, Kingwood, Texas
(From left) Joseph Fochtman (2006),
Jerry Fochtman (1969), Jason Fochtman
(2002)
Gershenson family, Hershey, Pa.
(From left) Joseph Gershenson (2002),
Robert Gershenson (1945), Zachary
Gershenson (2006)
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Ginn family, Perrysburg, Ohio
(From left) William D. Ginn (1935),
William J. Ginn (1967), David Ginn (1973),
Randy Ginn (1969), Jason Ginn (2006)
Gorman family, Cherry Hill, N.J.
(From left) Lewis E. Gorman III (1965),
Lewis E. Gorman IV (2001)
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Haskell family, Jewett City, Conn.
(From left) John B. Haskell Sr., J. Barton
Haskell Jr. (2003), Thomas P. Kehoe
(1966), A. Ian Haskell (2006)
Hochgraf family, Durham, N.H.
(From left) Frederick Hochgraf (1948),
Kenneth J. Hochgraf (1978), John S.
Hochgraf (2005)
Gorss family, West Hartford, Conn.
(From left) Steve Gorss (1965), Jamie
Gorss (2007), John Gorss (2004),
Jerry Gorss (2002)
Hollis family, Bloomington, Ind.
(From left) Ryan Bassett (2005),
Ben DuCharme (2005), Harry Hollis
(1932), Chris DuCharme (2003)
Hamilton family, Dayton, Ohio
(From left) Alexander J. Hamilton
(2006), Steven Hamilton (1979)
Hundley family, Owensboro, Ky.
(From left) John Tyler Hast (2001),
Robert Verdell Hundley (1938)
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Kugler family, Colorado Springs, Colo.
(From left) William Kugler (1953),
Andrew Kugler (2006), David Kugler
(1976)
Lipscomb family, Virginia Beach, Va.
(From left) Julian H. Lipscomb Jr. (1972),
Julian H. Lipscomb III (2006), Julian H.
Lipscomb (1942)
Lee family, Columbia, Mo.
(From left) Charles N. Lee (1956),
John C. Lee (1978), James E. Lee (1980),
Michael A. Lee (1984), Boone L. Lee (2006)
Layton family, Mentor, Ohio
(From left) Daniel A. Layton (2005),
Dan Layton (1973), David L. W.
Layton (2006)
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Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair
Lueken family, Birdseye, Ind.
(Back row, from left) Zachery Goldman
(1996), Jason Lueken (2001), Nathan
Theising (1996), Neil Theising (1998),
Bernie Kemker (2005); (middle row,
from left) Nick Theising (2004), Rosalie
Lueken, Roger Lueken (2001); (front)
Alex Lueken (2006)
Melin family, Lawrenceville, Ga.
(Back row, from left) Jonathan Melin (2002),
Steven Melin (2006), Danny Melin (2002);
(front row, from left) Jason Melin (2005),
Ronnie Melin (2002), Marianne Melin,
Ron Melin (1968), Kristin Melin
Lumb family, Huntington Beach, Calif.
(From left) Stewart Lumb (1975),
David Lumb (2006)
Mudd family, Lexington, Ky.
(From left) Nicholas Amick Mudd
(2006), Benjamin Amick Mudd (2004),
Robert Charles Mudd (1969)
Mackos family, Townsend, Mass.
(From left) Denise Mackos, Nicholos
A. Mackos (1998), Matthew S. Mackos
(2004), Joshua M. Mackos (2006),
Christopher M. Mackos (2000),
Anthony T. Mackos
Neely family, Hutchinson, Kan.
(From left) Steven Mitchell (2002), Mike
Neely (1968), Bill Neely, Jesse Mitchell
(2006), Michael Mitchell (2004)
McCreary family, Kent, Ohio
(From left) Arthur McCreary (1974),
Matthew McCreary (2006)
Nurton family, Council Bluffs, Iowa
(From left) Adam W. Nurton (2001),
Walter A. Nurton (1975), Matthew S.
Nurton (2001)
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Papp–Chiarello family, Schenectady, N.Y.
(From left) John Michael Papp (1977),
Paul Michael Chiarello (2006)
Roedel family, Kennesaw, Ga.
(Back row, from left) Jakob Roedel (2004),
Shaun Roedel (1982); (front row, from left)
Blake Roedel (2006), Justin Roedel (2006)
Rubin family, Herndon, Va.
(From left) Fred Jay Rubin (1976),
Joshua Rubin (2006)
Sender family, Philadelphia, Pa.
(From left) John Sender (2006), Matthew
Sender (2002), Jeffrey Winkler (2004),
Daniel Sender (2000), Peter Sender (1998)
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Slusser family, Hanover, Pa.
(From left) Mark A. Slusser (2006),
Philip L. Slusser (2003), Adam M.
Slusser (2001)
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Touchstone family, Shreveport, La.
(Back row, from left) Will Touchstone
(2006), Earl Touchstone (1980), Nolan
Touchstone (2001), Dale Touchstone
(1971); (front row, from left) Robert
Touchstone (1971), Andrew Touchstone
(2004), Tyler Touchstone (2003),
Alex Touchstone (2001)
Spiegelberg family, Rochester, Wash.
(From left) Peter Spiegelberg (1998),
John Spiegelberg (2006), Keith
Spiegelberg (2000)
Willums family, Tampa, Fla.
(From left) Andy Willums (1982),
Matthew Willums (2006), James
Willums (1950), Andrew Willums (2004)
Wexler family, Johnson City, Tenn.
(From back) Lewis Wexler Sr. (1950),
Harrison Wexler Sr. (1978), Harrison
Wexler Jr. (2006)
Vredeveld family, Jesup, Ga.
(From left) Walter Craig Vredeveld
(1972), Michael Paul Vredeveld (2006)
Wymer family, Menands, N.Y.
(From left) William H. Wymer (1936),
Timothy J. Wymer (2005), James P.
Wymer (1976), William E. Wymer (1973)
Streder family, Austin, Texas
(From left) Kevin Becker (2001),
Jared Becker (2006), Philip Becker
(2001) Greg Streder (1975)
Williams family, Richmond, Va.
(From left) Dr. Larry Williams (1952),
Zach Williams (2006), Larry Williams
Jr. (1977)
Young family, Windsor, Calif.
(From left) Matthew Young (2006),
Dr. Harris Young (1969)
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E ag l e t te r
F a l l 2007
In Cherished Remembrance
Robert S. S. Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, taught Scout
trailblazers to make a simple trail sign, a circle with a dot in
the middle, to indicate that they had gone home. The following
Eagle Scouts blazed many trails for us to follow, and now they, too,
have gone home.
Maurice B. Alexander
Newark, Delaware
Eagle: 1967
Death: March 27, 2007
David LaMar Nelson Jr.
Crest Hill, Illinois
Eagle: 2006
Death: August 15, 2006
Ted Kenneth Bradshaw
Scotts Valley, California
Eagle: 1958
Death: August 5, 2006
Nicholas Michael Petrilyak
Cary, North Carolina
Eagle: 1970
Death: April 2, 2007
Jonathan Patrick Collins
Hood River, Oregon
Eagle: 2002
Death: December 6, 2006
Eric Clayton Price
Overland Park, Kansas
Eagle: 1998
Death: January 2, 2007
H. Gordon Findlay
Kerrville, Texas
Eagle: 1931
Death: February 7, 2007
Jason Kendall Ray
Concord, North Carolina
Eagle: 2001
Death: March 26, 2006
John S. Hanebury Jr.
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Eagle: 1969
Death: March 3, 2007
Marshall Sayner
Clinton, Arkansas
Eagle: 1937
Death: April 15, 2006
Melvin A. McKenzie
Tallahassee, Florida
Eagle: 1934
Death: February 25, 2007
Nathan W. Nakis
Corvallis, Oregon
Eagle: 2001
Death: December 16, 2003
Richard J. Stark
Groton, Connecticut
Eagle: 1943
Death: February 15, 2006
In memory of
Montell L. Gardiner
from Sue Gardiner,
Midland, Texas.
In memory of
Thomas E. Sprowls
Sr. from Jean R.
Sprowls, Berlin,
Pennsylvania.
Living Memorials
John Robert Scatterday
Pontiac, Illinois
Eagle: 1942
Death: March 23, 2007
Kurt C. Schunck
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Eagle: 1969
Death: January 10, 2006
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Just as local councils do, the National
Eagle Scout Scholarship Endowment
accepts tax‑deductible contributions in
memory of deceased Eagle Scouts or
in tribute to Eagle Scout achievers.
Contributions may be sent to the
NESA Director, S220, Boy Scouts
of America, 1325 W. Walnut Hill Lane,
P.O. Box 152079, Irving, Texas 75015‑2079.
Please mark the envelope “Personal and
Confidential,” make the check payable to
NESA, and mark the check: “In memory
of (name of person)” or “In tribute to
(name of person).”
E ag l e t te r
F a l l 2007
New NESA Life Members
Evan Alan Aanerud
Douglas C. Adair
Daniel Robert Louis Adam
Mark J. Albrechta
William Alford Allen
Derek C. Alt
Eric Michael Andrews
James Bryan Arndt
Stephen Herrick Artman
Nicholas John Attwater
Thomas J. Attwater
Ryan David Bailey
Ronald Kevin Bain
Brandon Scott Baker
Nicholas Arthur Baker
Preston Reed Baker
Matthew Edward Balkonis
Matthew Derek Barnes
Samuel Weddington Barnes
Alexander Charles Barney
Kenneth David Baron
Christopher Charles Barr
Christopher Joseph Barr
Owen Daniel Barrette
Joshua T. Bartz
Andrew Thomas Bates
Christopher Harold
Beardsley
Ryan M. Beber
Warren Thomas Beck
Phillip Bradley Belcher
Colton James Bender
Mark Steven Benison
Michael Brent Bennett
Christopher John Bergau
Justin T. Berger
Justin James Birchler
Bruce Leslie Birger
Clayton Matthew Bishop
Andrew Logan Bliss
Terry Lynn Bliss
Kevin Patrick Bloomfield
Aaron Robert Boch
Benjamin Terrence Boggs
Christopher Lee Boies Jr.
Mark Stephan Bolduc
Charles R. Bonnell
Douglas G. Bork
Donald H. Bornkamp Jr.
Christopher BoswellDonaldson
George Michael Boszilkov Jr.
Frederick A. Bottom
Stuart Sutter Bottom
Matthew Thomas Boucher
Brian G. Bowling
Christopher R. Bowman
Samuel David Boydstun
David Lawrence Boyea
James Christian
Brandstetter
Randall Stephen Brannon
James Donald Braun
Justin Lyle Bretthorst
Stephen James Bretz
James Michael Brittenham
Thomas Alexander Brooks
Floyd J. Broussard
Arthur Lloyd Brown
John James Bruce
Paul L. Brush
Jeremy Scot Bryner
Benjamin C. Bublitz
Luke Michael Bucknam
Daniel Paul Buis
Robert Jason Bullock
Justin Dale Bunselmeier
Clayton Reece Burgoon
John Stanley Burns
Matthew J. Burns III
Bryce M. Bussey
Dennis W. Byford Jr.
Ethan Alexander Byrd
Brendan Vance Byrne
Donald Bradley Caltrider Jr.
Andrew Walker Campion
Neil B. Cantral II
Edward Oscar Carlman IV
Trevor S. Carmody
Bradley Scott Carpenter
Brendan Scott Carr
Brian Mark Carr
Francisco A. Cartaya
Kevin Russell Casagrande
Stephen Paul Case
Patrick J. Cavanaugh
Paul Jacob Champion
Matthew Carl Voll Chernin
Collin Spenser Chersi
Brian Martin Childers
Tylor Scott Childers
Bryan Mitsutoshi Chinaka
Robert P. Christiansen
Ian Arthur Robert Claar
Nicholas Lee Clardy
James Wesley Clark IV
Neal Evan Clark
Ricardo David Claudio
Christopher James Cleaver
William Courtenay Clifford
Brian Andrew Clites
Roger Louis Cocchi
Sean Michael Coffey
Todd M. Coggeshall
Michael Crandall Coleman
Kevin Coltrinari
Wheeler Rand Compton
Zachary Benjamin Conaway
Phillip Daniel Cook
Christopher Lee Coon
Joseph William Cormier
Ryan Ellsworth Cornelius
Steven F. Cornia
James S. Corrigan
Jonathan Thomas Corujo
Kevin Samuel Cosman
Collin Holmes Costello
Andrew Wayne Cotterly
Christopher William Cottingham
Joshua Andrew Covington
Geoffrey Ryan Cowan
Adam Keith Cowart
Christopher Peter Cowland
New NESA Life Members through
June 5, 2007
Aaron Alden Cowles
Carson Henry Cox
Robert Scott Cranmer Jr.
Patrick Simpson Crim
Jonathon Wilhelm Crissinger
Jason A. Cruse
Michael Hagan Cruse
John William Cuffney
James G. Culwell
Taylor Jon Curro
Robert Benjamin Dahljelm
Aaron L. Daniel
Nathan James Daniels
Brenton Matthew Darron
Austin Grant Davis
Christopher Eugene Davis
Matthew Arden Davis
Ozro Luke Davis IV
Ryan Allen Arthur Davis
John Saye Dealy
Brandon J. Dean
Douglas B. Deaton
Cory M. Dekanek
Anthony E. Dent
Matthew Nicholas DePeder
Jeffrey A. Deppa
Marc Anthony Wiesen DeSardi
John Joseph DeSimone
John Mitchell D’Ewart
Peter Daniel Dhamer Jr.
Andrew M. Dietz
Alfred Sylvio DiRosa III
Andrew L. Discher
Arnold J. Discher Jr.
Edward Harlan Dixon
Jason R. Dodd
Michael John Dolan Jr.
Scott Robert Dove
John W. Drebinger III
Andrew Michael Dubicki
Matthew George Duffy
Jonathan James DuMont
Jonathan B. Dunaway
David Daniel Durand
Andrew N. Dwersteg
Anthony Raymond Dzikowski
A. J. Eckstein
Adam Kyle Edmundson
Mark Greggory Edstrom
Bryan Douglas Edwards
Jason A. Edwards
Cameron Paul Eichberger
Karl Robert Emigholz Jr.
David E. Eppenstein Jr.
David J. Epstein
Patrick Joseph David Estes
Joshua Dale Eury
Jonathan Andrew Eutsey
Christopher Patrick Evans
Richard Paul Evans
David Neil Fail
W. Craig Falkenhagen
Justin Robert Fannin
Michael J. Farrell
Grant Michael Fennessy
Michael Anthony Fernandez
Joshua David Ferry
Steven W. Fiore
Michael Bradley Fisher
Nathan A. Fite
Eric Michael Flake
Russell Allen Flatman
Geoffrey Woodard Florence
Robert Edward Flory
Thomas M. Flynn
Evan Desmond Folan
Trevor Patrick Foley
Matthew Forcillo
Alex David Ford
Arthur G. Formas III
Conor Jack Forrest
Douglas Scott Fortner
Michael Robert Foster
Robert Stater Foster
Travis Lewis Foxhall
Alexander Field Fredrickson
Martin Lerone Freeman
Jeremy Scott Friedley
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Charles Clinton Frye
Michael Saverio Fusco
Samuel Gregory Gagner
Jon Haakon Gangsaas
Cameron Levan Garman
John S. Geary
Tyrel Daniel Frank George
James J. Gettel
Mitchell Jeffrey Gettis
Jeffrey Dale Giannasi
Bradley J. Gibson
Timothy John Gill
John P. Gillespie
Mark Jeffrey Gilstrap
Trevor Howard Gingras
Ryan P. Glenn
Daniel Keith Godfrey
Nicholas Steven Godown
Delbert J. Goforth Jr.
Joshua Nathan Gok
Jonathan R. Gonzalez
Christopher J. Goodale
Robert William Gorman
Daniel S. Gorski
Gerald H. Gorss
James D. Gorss
John Gorss
Steven J. Gorss
Andrew Edgar Goss
James Thomas Gralka
Tyler Gregory Grant
Austin Patrick Green
Theodore Chesley Greene
Peter Matthew Greteman
Ha?qwenith Z. Grinnell
Nathaniel Paul Grubbs
Ralph Edward Guincho
Robert P. Gustwick
Nicholas Ryan Gutierrez
John Michael Hailey
Ryan Everett Hailey
Chad Daniel Haines
Gregory Joseph Hajduk
Kerry Jack Halbert
Ross R. Hanneman
Kevin L. Harbol
Kent Alan Hastings
Jeffrey A. Hawn
George Thomas Haworth
Robb Stephen Haydon
Howard Lambertus Hayes
John Wilson Hayes
Mark McIlvaine Hayes
Zachery M. Hazard
James McCalla Heasley Jr.
Mitchell Heesacker
Mark Richard Helmers
Tyler Henry
Alexander T. Henslee
Michael A. Henson
James Wilkinson Hereford
Christopher Robin Hesotian
Kenneth Roese Hettler
Michael James Heup
Chad M. Higa
Ian Scott High
Dale Robert Hightower
Matthew Scott Himler
Spencer Saburo Hirahara
Sean Elliott Hodges
Adam Joseph Hodnichak
Edwin Frank Hoff IV
Andrew Michael Hoffarth
Douglas G. Hoffman
Paul Andrew Hoffman
Andrew Michael Hoffmann
Nicholas Arthur Holmboe
Deshawn Alonzo Holmes
James Atkinson Holmes Jr.
Keith Michael Hoopes
Brandon Joseph Horishny
Joseph M. Howard
Bryan Gregory Humphrey
Aaron Christopher Hunter
Eric Kang Hwang
Christopher Ryan Jackson
Jeffrey Allen Jaindl
Nicholas James Jakawich
Andrew Jerald Janetski
Steven Kenneth Janetski
Jonathan Lynlee Jansen
Matthew P. Jarvis
Cody Wayne Jaynes
Carl William Johnson
George William Johnson
Michael Christopher Johnson
Taylor Robert Johnson
Andrew T. Jones
Joshua D. Jones
Micah Alexander Justice
Stephen G. Kabalka
William Isaac Kahan
Brett David Kaminski
Henry Cyrus Kellogg
David S. Khudaverdyan
Jonathan Joseph Kilmer
Daniel Sunwook Kim
Travis Garrett Kincheloe
William T. Kirk Jr.
Jack Joseph Kitchens
William Henry Kleine
Jeffrey Marvin Kliman
Ryan Cameron Knick
Thomas R. Kobilarcik
Kenneth Andrew Koch
Paul Adam Koch
Jeffrey L. Kogutt
Alec Simon Kohli
Henry M. Kohnlein
Eric Yau-Ming Kok
Kevin Allen Kolbach
Brandon A. Korenek
Christopher David Kramer
James Winston Krause II
Bradley C. Kraut
Matthew Joseph Kuhn
Michael Max Kumbalek
Anton Vincent Kurth
Anthony W. Lack
Michael D. Lairson
Cody James Lamanno
Jared Lance Lammers
E ag l e t te r
F a l l 2007
New NESA Life Members
Scott C. Lance
Jonathan Michael Lang
Ammon Miguel Langarica
Jason T. Lanning
Alex Martin Lanphere
Garrett Mc Kenzie Lapsys
William Tilford LaRue
Gary M. Lawrence
Mark LeCraw
Ian Patrick Lee
Kyle Kenneth Lee
Ryan Thomas Leenay
Beau C. Lefferdink
Bradley Lefferdink
Jerry Porter Leigh
Michael Christopher
Lemasters
Jonathan Martin Lenich
Travis R. Lennon
Derick Teanekuma Leota
Philip Rudolph Lettieri
Zachary Ryan Levien
Christopher Dylan Lewald
Robert Christopher Lewis
William F. Lewis Jr.
Matthew Allen Lilly
Jerry Nan Lin
Earl David Lloyd
David Lockley
Ronald E. Lodwick
Brian H. Lohne
John Michael Long
Leonard Michael Long
Jeffrey Scott Longmore
Ryan Alexander Loomis
James D. Lovato III
Michael Dominick Lovino
William Davis Lunsford
Daniel Charles Maat
John Patrick Maggs
Patrick Christian Malecha
Joseph John Malek
Kenneth Desmond Maraczi
Justin Edward Marlow
David Thomas Martel
Alexander Joshua Martin
Tyler Michael Martin
Benjamin Francis Martini
Alexander Michael
Mascagni
Mark K. Matthews
Eric Ryan Matthewson
Michael William Mauceri
Matthew Frank May
Andrew Philip Mayer
Christopher Matrix Mays
Patrick J. McBee
Sean Michael McBride
James Kane McCaddin
Craig Alan McCamish
Michael G. McClellan
Ryan S. McCormick
Matthew Francis McCoy
Kevin Charles McDermott
Paul Richard Upjohn
McKelvey
William Bradley McKinney
Darren Grover McLean
John A. McMeeking
James Michael Meinert Jr.
Christopher Dale Mellinger
Andrew Tognoli Mendoza
Richard Travis Meng Jr.
Jeffrey T. Merritt
Taylor Benjamin Metras
Gary Clayton Meyer
Jacob Wesley Meyer
Alexis Paul Miller
Scott J. Miller Jr.
Justin Thomas Mills
Douglas Karl Mim
Jonathan Reid Miutz
Jeffrey G. Moesch
Christopher Monaco
Vincent Monte
Alexander Keith Montgomery
Matthew James Montrose
Steven S. Moody
Andrew Edmund Moore
David Michael Moore
Enbani Moore
Jonathan Blake Morrell
Donovan Thomas Louis Mullen
Donald Joseph Mullis
Kyle Robert Munley
Mitchell Jay Murphy
Matthew Douglas Nadalin
August Joseph Nagel
Eric William Naisbitt
Thomas Takeshi Nakasone
Earl Wayne Nelson
Ryan G. Nelson
Daniel Andrew Ness
Norman Oliver Ness III
Eric Joseph Neuhengen
William D. Newman
Michael Lawrence Newton
Christopher James Nicholas
Joseph Aaron Nicholes
Mark A. Noble
Matthew Remle Nowicki
David August Oddleifson
Daniel Richard Okienko
Stephen Maxwell Oldenburg
Ridge Thomas Olivieri Koss
Grant Timothy Olson
Elliot Michael Ordower
Christopher Michael Orem
Mark Samuel Orland
James B. Osborn
Benjamin William Ouderkirk
David Eiji Oue
Arthur Joseph Ouellette
Joshua Edward Owens
Kyle G. Owens
Loric Matthew Padovano
Kyle Douglas Page
Mitchell William Pakosz
Matthew J. Pall
Harley Cailean Parker
Stan T. Parker
Ryan W. Parks
Nathan Daniel Parmer
James D. Patrizi
John Patterson
Matthew Richard Paul
Jonas Aleksandras Pauliukonis
Nicholas Antanas Pauliukonis
Gregory Christopher Pavur
Timothy C. Pearson
Alexander James Peek
Jonathan R. Pelletier
Jonathon Marc Pelter
Alan David Perkins
Justin Perryman
Gregg William Peters
Joseph A. Peters
Joseph Petrides
Charles Andrew Pfeiffer
Jackson Charles Pharris III
Craig A. Phifer
Theodore Hogeman Phillips
Garrett Arnold Pitsenbarger
Ryan Michael Pitts
Nathan L. Porteous
Gerald Eames Porter
Scott A. Prast
Johnathan Lee Predaina
Geoffrey M. Price
Joseph Prive
Michael Benjamin Prochaska
James Arthur Proctor
Steven R. Prout
James Carl Pulaski
Aaron Taylor Purser
Timothy Jeffrey Purvis
Raghuveer Puttagunta
Timothy M. Pyle
David J. Quackenbush
Donald W. Raber
Nicholas William Racca
Sean William Rall
Garth L. Rand
Benjamin Albert Raney
Matthew Paul Rasmussen
Bradley James Ratcliff
David Reinstadler
Jack Andrew Reis
Steven Thomas Reynolds
Jared Allen Rhodes
Matthew T. Rhodes
Corey W. Rhudy
Michael Robert Rice
Theodore Nelson Richards
Michael Scott Richter
David C. Rider
Noah Zachery Riley
Clay Austin Ripma
Wayne R. Ristow
John Robberson
Jeffrey Gordon Roberson
Christopher William Roberts
Nathan Lee Roberts
Chad Philip Robinson
David A. Robinson
William T. Robson Jr.
Bruce A. Rodgers
Christian W. Rodriguez
Jose C. Rodriguez
Kyle Charles Roebuck
Jason William Rogers
Eric Robert Rohlf
Paul Sterling Rohrbaugh
Joshua Gene Keng Rombro
Nicholas Sean Rome
Matthew Cory Rorro
John Samuel Rossi
Phillip John Rottsolk
Michael Yoshinari Roussin
James Roy Rushing III
Taylor Wayne Rushing
Anthony James Russo
John Thomas Rutledge
Jonathan Patrick Ryan
Jeff Rybolt
Matthew Alan Ryckman
Raymond Saada
Nicholas Paul Salts
Kurt Albert Sanderson
Bret Allan Sandlin
Scott Randall Sanford
Kevin J. Sant
John Demarest Saydah
Calvin Louis Schellbach
Jeffrey Charles Scherr
Robert P. Schloesser
Edward Arthur Schmitz
Michael William Schmitz
Sean Michael Schooley
Andrew Kelly Sarles Schultze
William Allan Schwaibold
Michael Joseph Schwartz
William Harris Schwartz
Andrew J. Schweighardt
Joseph Daniel Scotti
John Scott Sealy
Mark Demetri Searl
Kevin Afton Sembrat
Christopher John Sera
William Steele Sessions II
Michael Eamonn Shanahan
Michael Patrick Sheehan
Jonathan Rager Sheldon
Cameron Davis Shepherd
Andrew M. Sherwin
Jeremy Donald Shore
Eric Joseph Shumny
Jesse David Sigafoos
Frederick John Signorelli Jr.
Christian Shay Silvia
Frank Michael Simmons
Ross G. Simmons
Charles J. Simpson
Joshua Ernest Sjogren
Michael David Skelton
Sean Thomas Sladek
Peter A. Slowik
Ryan Alexander Smart
Kevin Alan Smirz
Bradley I. Smith
David O. Smith
Matthew Arnold Smith
Patrick Smith
Elliott Austin Sneen
Garrett S. Snow
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Christopher Joseph Snowden
Sam Sorensen
Ross Compton Spencer
David Mark Sprague
Joseph William Spransy III
Alvah Carl Stahlnecker IV
William W. Stark Jr.
William W. Stark III
Conrad William Staton
Jeffrey Edward Stattler
Brian T. Steele
Andrew Z. Stein
Francis A. Steinbach III
Michael Lee Steinfeld
Thomas M. Stephenson Jr.
Lorin Alexander Stewart
Michael M. Stewart
John H. Stewman
Ronald Doug Stiehler III
James T. Stoiber
Dale R. Stoica
Jeremiah Terence Stokes
John Patrick Stone
Matthew Jay Stringer
Andrew David Strobelt
Ryan Christopher Strug
Rex Sutter
Ridge Sutter
Thomas R. Sutter
Christopher Brian Sykes
Benjamin James Tamm
Christopher Joseph Tavolazzi
Christopher Dalton Taylor
Jerry Preston Taylor
James Borden Tennant
Robert F. Terry
Benjamin Carl Thacker
Thomas Normand Thibodeau
Douglas E. Thierwechter
Matthew Alan Thimm
Matthew Glen Thompson
Nathaniel Lane Thompson
William Tyler Thompson
Nathaniel Martin Thorne
Greggory Michael Thorpe
Ryan Edward Thurman
Maxwell Andrew Tibbits
Donald W. Tidwell
Stephen M. Tjan
George Patrick Tocco
Benjamin Michael Topping
Jerry E. Trad
Andrew Steven Trager
Douglas E. Triplett
Jacob A. Tropiano
Alan Yi Lung Tsai
Paul R. Tufts
J. Budge Tungate
Christopher J. Turner
Brian David Tussing
Bradford Gerald
Harrison Tyler
James Robert Ulle Jr.
David Joseph Unkles
Travis Howard Upham
Gary F. Utz
Paul G. Valdez
Logan Matthew Valentine
Kevin Ray Valla
Brian T. Vanneman
Zachary David Vdolek
Ivan Octavio Vega
Eric Scott Velligan
Christopher Paul Ventura
Jeremy David Vestal
Tyler Paul Vitti
Gino D. Viviani
Jonathan Matthew Wade
Jason Waitkins
Christopher Matthew Wall
Luke Stewart Wallis
Oliver James Walsh
Daniel Walters
Newell A. Walther
Matthew Johnson Warnke
Michael Paul Warrick
Mark H. Weaver
William P. Weber
Michael Zachary Webster
Nathaniel Thomas Wegner
Jeffrey Devon Weiner
William Irvin Wells
Brandon Michael Wendel
Robert Allen Wesley
Kevin Andrew Westhoff
Gary R. Westlake
Gary R. Westlake Jr.
Brandon Matthew Weyant
Matthew Wharton
Philip James Whitcomb
Gregory William White II
Parker Benton White
William Raley White
John Whiteaker-Chudecke
John William Whitmer
Justin William Willbrandt
Alexander Michael Williams
Michael G. Williams
Robert J. Willman
Charles Burton Winkle III
Robert G. Winkle
Christopher Matthew Wise
Alex Tyler Wiseman
Michael Sean Wojdan
Cole Taylor Wollak
Kevin David Woloszyk
Richard Charles Wong
Alex David Wood
Charles McConville Wood
James Luis Woods
Michael Yi
Jeff M. Yostanto
Adam Christopher Zarroli
Joshua Robert Zganjar
Mark Andrew Ziegler
Nathaniel Robert Ziegler
Jacob Stanford Zienert
Mark Brendon Ziman
Scott Robert Zimmerman
Frederick D. Zugay
E ag l e t te r
F a l l 2007
In Brief
Keeping NESA Members Informed of Scouting’s News
NESA Appoints New Director
The National Eagle Scout Association has a new
director. In April, C. William (Bill) Steele became
director of Advancement/NESA in the Boy Scout
Division, replacing Terry Lawson, who retired on
April 1 after 30 years of service to the BSA.
Steele is an Eagle Scout, a life member of NESA,
and a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow.
He has been a professional Scouter for 27 years,
having served as a district executive, field director,
finance director, Scout executive, and camp director.
Since joining the national staff in 2001, Steele has
worked as director of outdoor program and training
in the Cub Scout Division and as director of the
Health and Safety Service. While in the Cub Scout
Division, he developed the Soccer and Scouting
program, the BSA’s Hispanic outreach program for
Cub Scout–aged boys.
Outside Scouting, Steele has a special interest
in speleology, or cave exploration and mapping,
which he began as a Boy Scout in the 1960s. Steele
is also a fellow in The Explorers Club. His involvement with that group gave him the idea to name the
20 subcamps at the 2005 National Scout Jamboree
after famous American explorers. He worked with
the president of The Explorers Club to make this idea
a reality.
Bill Steele
Sunrise Marks 100 Years of Scouting
Eagle Project Becomes
Rescue Operation
At 8 a.m. on August 1, 1907, Robert Baden-Powell stood
on England’s Brownsea Island and blew a kudu horn.
The horn’s haunting tones marked
the official start of the nine-day
encampment that would test
B-P’s idea for a program he called
Boy Scouting.
The Brownsea Island experiment was
a rousing success, of course. Since 1907,
more than half a billion young people have
participated in the Scouting program. Most
of the world’s countries and cultures are
represented among today’s 28 million Scouts.
This past August 1, Scouts all over the globe
paused at 8 a.m. local time to mark Scouting’s
centennial and renew their commitment to
the values of Scouting. Many BSA summer
camps re-enacted the Brownsea Island camp,
playing games and practicing skills that B-P
taught those first Scouts a century ago.
No Eagle Scout service project goes
exactly according to plan, but few
include the sort of interruption
that Eagle candidate Tim Hopkins
experienced. Last spring, the Wisconsin
Scout and his workers had to interrupt their
trail building to help rescue a couple of boaters.
The group was clearing trees near the Fox River’s Little Rapids
Dam when Tim heard urgent shouts. “They were yelling about
somebody about to go over the dam,” Tim said. “I looked and,
yeah, there was someone about to go.”
Tim, a BSA Lifeguard, ran to his dad’s car and grabbed all
the rope he could find, then hurried back and tried to throw
it to the boaters. Unfortunately, the boat was too far from
shore and ended up going over the dam and capsizing in the
44-degree water.
Tim’s dad had already called 911, and a rescue crew soon
arrived. The Scouts found a boat and helped bring the two
boaters to shore.
Although Tim’s lifeguard training came in handy, he said all
the Scouts—even those with minimal training—did a good job.
“It was the whole ‘Be Prepared’ thing; it was really cool to
watch,” he said. “Our guys were actually a lot cooler-headed
than a lot of the firemen that were there.”
Eagle Scout Saves His Own Life in
Virginia Tech Massacre
One of the enduring images of last April’s massacre at
Virginia Tech University was of rescuers carrying a bloody
student to safety. What that image didn’t show was the
makeshift tourniquet that saved the 22-year-old student’s
life—and that he created himself using an electrical cord.
The student, Eagle Scout Kevin Sterne, was shot twice in
the right leg during Cho Seung-Hui’s April 16 shooting
rampage. Dr. David Stoekle, who operated on Sterne, said
the tourniquet probably saved his life.
Several days after the shootings, Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine
visited Sterne in the hospital. “I said, ‘I hope you called
your Scoutmaster and thanked him for that first-aid lesson’,”
Kaine later told reporters.
New Scouting Web Site Unveiled
Last spring, the Boy Scouts of America unveiled the latest
version of its main Web site at http://www.scouting.org. The
site sports a fresh, contemporary look and makes information
easier to find. The home page now includes a “What’s Hot”
section, entry points targeted for various users, and links to
other BSA Web sites.
The “What’s Hot” information from the home page is
also available as an RSS feed, which means it can be easily
incorporated into local council Web sites and news
aggregators like MyYahoo! or Google Reader.
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‘Eagle Court of Honor’ Prints Available
Own a piece of nostalgia painted by official
Boy Scouts of America artist Joseph Csatari
Signed and numbered prints of Joseph Csatari’s painting “Eagle Court of Honor” are now
available for purchase through the National Eagle Scout Association. These limited-edition
lithographs are printed on acid-free, pH-neutral cover stock. The prints ship in heavy-duty
mailing tubes to ensure their arrival in mint condition.
The 1,000 signed and numbered prints are approximately 14.5 by 19 inches and come
with a certificate of authenticity. They cost $149 each. About 500 unsigned prints are available
for $60 each. Shipping charges are included in the price.
To order your “Eagle Court of Honor” prints, complete and mail this form to:
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