SCOUTS

SCOUTS
EAGLE AWARD WINNER
MICHAEL D. CROOK, 18, OF COLUMBIANA, A MEMBER OF TROOP 18, HAS RECEIVED HIS EAGLE SCOUT AWARD, BOY SCOUTING'S HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT, IN A COURT OF HONOR CEREMONY AT EAST FAIRFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
CROOK IS THE SON OF DAVID CROOK AND JOANN SMITH AND HAS BEEN IN TROOP 18 SINCE MARCH 2000. HE RECEIVED HIS ARROW OF LIGHT, WORLD CONSERVATION AWARD, RURITAN'S SCOUT OF THE YEAR AND THE GETTYSBURG TRAIL PATCH.
AS A MEMBER OF TROOP 18, WHICH MEETS AT THE JERUSALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH, COLUMBIANA, AND SPONSORED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 290, HE EARNED 34 MERIT BADGES. HIS SCOUTMASTER IS LLOYD MILLER.
HE HAS HELD POSITIONS OF SENIOR PATROL LEADER, LIBRARIAN, PATROL LEADER AND ASSISTANT PATROL LEADER. HIS SPECIAL SCOUTING AWARDS ARE TOTIN' CHIP AND PIPE STONE-5TH YEAR, AND HE IS A MEMBER OF SIPP-O LODGE NO. 377, ORDER OF THE ARROW.
FOR HIS EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT, HE DESIGNED, PLANNED AND ORGANIZED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A MONUMENT DEDICATED TO VETERANS FROM THE CIVIL WAR UP TO AND INCLUDING THE GULF WAR.
A SENIOR AT COLUMBIANA HIGH SCHOOL, HE IS ACTIVE IN MARCHING AND SYMPHONIC BANDS. HE IS A MEMBER OF THE EAST FAIRFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND IS INVOLVED IN MANY SCHOOL AND CHURCH ACTIVITIES.
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