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Show Mi iiij Ifi liii mm 13 EAGLES 13 Eagles with their leaders include, 1 to r, John Smith, Robert Stump, Gary Rickers, John Anderson, Russell Ray, Robbie Thompson, Mike Thalman, Jerry Thompson, David Stump, Craig Smith, Brad Sutton, Wayne Bradfield, Grant Bradfield, Troy Tonneson, Gordon Smith and Jim Cole, scoutmaster. field. Wayne made toys and games for the pediatrics ward of Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful. Boun-tiful. Robbie Thompson's Eagle project consisted of repairing and refinishing play equipment for the 20th Ward nursery. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Thompson. MIKE THALMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. LaVar Thalman, painted the Weber water sys tem outlets in his neighborhood neighbor-hood to prevent human consumption con-sumption of unsanitary water. Gary Rickers. whose project pro-ject was painting the striping in the 20th Ward parking lot. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin E. Rickers." MR. AND Mrs! Jay Anderson Ander-son had the distinction of having hav-ing two sons receive their Eagle awards on the same night. Tadd Anderson and his brother Erick repaired and painted the bleachers and the backstops at Bountiful Elementary School to fulfill their service project requirements. require-ments. Troy Tonncsen. son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Ton-nesen. Ton-nesen. painted house numbers on curbs throughout his neighborhood neigh-borhood for his Eagle project. THE BOYS' scoutmaster during this time was Jim Cole. In a single, pride-packed ceremony recently, nine boys of Troop 322 of the Bountiful 20th Ward received Eagle rank recognition. The event culminated culmin-ated an intensive drive by ward and scout leaders to motivate their boys toward achieving Eagle rank. Most of the boys had attained Life rank, but showeJ signs of ending their troop activity at that point. Acheiving Eagle rank was something many of the boys felt they could do "later." ' KNOW ING "LATER never nev-er comes for most people, troop leaders proposed a special spe-cial trip a "carrot" to entice the boys to work for and achieve their Eagle aw ard. The proposed trip a fifty-mile-plus backpacking trek through the rugged and scenic Anacon-da-Pintlar wilderness area in southwest Montana was met with instant enthusiasm and was followed by several planning plan-ning sessions, practice hikes, and equipment checks. A boy could qualify for the trip only if he had completed all merit badge and Eagle project pro-ject requirements and passed the board of review. Twenty boys eventually qualified to go. AT THE conception of the trip only four members of the troop had been Eagle Scouts. Six boys had been Life Scouts for a year or more. The remainder remain-der had just achieved or would reach Life rank shortly. Of the twenty boys who made the trip, eighteen were Eagle Scouts. The other two boys had progressed as far as possible possi-ble along the Eagle trail and thus were considered eligible. The nine boys who received official recognition for their achievement of scouting's highest award at the Sunday evening ceremony were: BRAD SL'TTON, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Sutton. Brad's Eagle project was developing activity books for the pediatrics pediat-rics ward at the U. of U. Hospital. Hos-pital. John Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson, who made two quilts for the Primary Prim-ary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City for his Eagle project. pro-ject. WAYNE BRADFIELD. son of Mr. and Mrs. Don L. Brad- |