Boy Scout Troop 25 recognizes anniversary week

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Neighbors | Submitted .Boy Scout Troop 25's Scoutmaster Kevin Prus (left) presented the 2013 Jimmy Jones Outstanding Scout Award to Hunter Hykes and the 2013 Herman West Most Active Scout Award to co-recipients Tanner Tsvetkoff and Donny Duda.

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Neighbors | Submitted .Boy Scout Troop 25 Eagle Scout Donny Duda presented the Scout Oath and Law with the Pastor Rev. Susan Brown (not pictured) during the Scout Sunday Service at Canfield United Methodist Church.

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Neighbors | Submitted .One of Boy Scout Troop 25's newest members, Prabh Dhaliwal (right) received his Scout Award from Scoutmaster Kevin Prus at the Troop Winter Court of Honor at Canfield United Methodist Church.

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Neighbors | Submitted .Boy Scout Troop 25 members stand to recite the Pledge to the Church Flag during Boy Scout Troop 25's Scout Sunday service at Canfield United Methodist Church.

Boy Scout Troop 25, chartered to Canfield United Methodist Church, recognized Scouting Anniversary Week with their annual Scout Sunday breakfast, anniversary dinner and winter Court of Honor. The Scout Sunday breakfast and Scout Sunday service took place Feb. 9 and the dinner and Court of Honor took place Feb. 12 in Fellowship Hall at the church.

On Scout Sunday, Troop 25 served breakfast to the community all morning between church services and scouts from the troop participated in both services with the Pastor Rev. Susan Brown.

The annual anniversary dinner and Winter Court of Honor recognized the 104th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America and the 88th anniversary of the troop and honors the scouts who have earned rank advancements, merit badges, and other awards in scouting.

Everyone was welcomed by Scoutmaster, Kevin Prus, Sr. and the Court of Honor was opened by the troop’s color guard, Troop Committee Chairman, John Kightlinger served as Master of Ceremonies.

Scouts being recognized that evening were Hunter Amendolea, first aid merit badge; Luke Bowser, fingerprinting merit badge; Prabh Dhaliwal, scout award; Zach Gierlach, cooking, geocaching and wilderness survival merit badges; Trevor Hykes, first aid merit badge; Jacob Kusjaz, Tenderfoot award; Patrick Nielson, fingerprinting and first aid merit badges; Michael Ramunno, Citizenship in the Community; Nick Sansoterra, scout award; and Isaac Wood, star award, camping, Citizenship in the Community and fingerprinting merit badges.

The Troop Order of the Arrow Representative, Matt Mosier presented a report about the Wapashuwi Lodge Order of the Arrow and the local chapter, Neatoka Chapter. He welcomed Troop 25’s newest Order of the Arrow members, Hunter Hykes and Tanner Tsvetkoff to the Order of the Arrow.

Scoutmaster Kevin Prus was presented the Scoutmasters Award of Merit by Advancement Chairman Ray Makara for his many years of service as Scoutmaster of the Troop.

Two special troop awards are named after Jimmy Jones and Herman West. Jones was instrumental in the development of Troop 25 from its beginning in 1926 and kept it going for many years, especially during WWII. West was an Eagle Scout of Troop 25 and later served as its Scoutmaster. Both were prominent citizens of Canfield and had served as the Postmaster of Canfield.

The 2013 co-recipients of the Herman West Most Active Scout Award are Donny Duda, and Tanner Tsvetkoff. Duda has received this award for the fifth year in a row, giving him the troop record for earning this award the most times. The recipient of the 2013 Jimmy Jones Outstanding Scout Award is Hunter Hykes. The Court of Honor ended with a few words from the Scoutmaster Prus and immediately following was the Eagle Scout Court of Honor of Michael Angelo Ramunno.

Troop 25’s upcoming calendar includes their annual Advancement Camp in March, participation in the Mill Creek MetroPark Earth Day cleanup, a camping weekend for BTM Clays in April, a Camp-O-Ree weekend hike, the Canfield Memorial Day Parade in May, Wright Patterson Air Force Base and Museum in June, the Canfield Fourth of July Parade and summer camp in July at Seven Ranges Scout Reservation in Kensington with trips in August and September to be determined.

Troop 25 meets every Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the basement of Canfield United Methodist Church, located at 27 S. Broad Street in Canfield. For more information about the troop and its activities, contact the Scoutmaster, Kevin Prus, Sr. at 330-533-5616.