MILESTONES

MILESTONES

SCOUTS

Eagle Scout Award

Hunter F. Hykes, son of Jennifer and Ted Hykes of Youngstown, earned his Eagle Scout award at a court of honor ceremony last week at Canfield United Methodist Church. His Eagle challenge was given by his father, who is also an Eagle Scout.

Hykes is a member of Boy Scout Troop 25, chartered to the church, and his scoutmaster is Kevin Prus.

He began his scouting career as a member of Cub Scout Pack 184 of St. Joseph Parish in Youngstown. He was a member from 2005 through 2009 and earned an Arrow of Light award.

He was a member of Boy Scout Troop 184 from 2009 through 2012 and has been a member of Troop 25 since 2012.

He is a bugler for his troop. He was previously a patrol leader and senior patrol leader. He has earned 40 merit badges and has earned special scout awards including the Ad Altare Dei and the Pope Pius XII Religious Awards, Camp Seven Ranges Silver John T. Burroughs Nature Award and the Camp Seven Ranges 5th Year Pipestone Award.

His special troop awards include the Bob Roberts Memorial Back Patch Award with 6 points, Order of the ANTS and 2013 Jimmy Jones Outstanding Scout Award.

He is a Brotherhood Member of Wapashuwi Lodge-Order of the Arrow, Scouting’s National Honor Society. He attended the 2013 National Boy Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia.

For his Eagle Scout service project, Hykes designed and coordinated the construction and installation of three park benches for Greasel Park in Canfield.

He is a senior at Austintown Fitch High School, where he is a member of the FIRST Robotics Team, symphonic, jazz and marching bands and RDE (Reading Discussion Enrichment). He is a member of the National Honor Society and was a 2015 Buckeye Boys State delegate.

He attends St. Joseph Church, where he was a member of its 2015-16 Celebrate Team.

LEADERSHIP

Appointed director

Amanda Orahood of Canfield has been named Ohio Farm Bureau Federation organization director for Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning and Trumbull counties.

As organization director, Orahood will act as liaison between the county farm bureaus and OFBF.

Before accepting the position with OFBF, Orahood spent more than three years as a meat inspector for the Ohio Department of Agriculture.

She grew up on a small farm in Caldwell and is a member of the Columbiana-Mahoning-Trumbull Cattlemen’s Association. She is an advisory member for the association’s beef ambassador program.

She is a graduate of both the Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute, with an associate degree in livestock science, and OSU, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in animal sciences. She and her husband, Lee, live in Canfield with their son, Colter.

OFB is the state’s largest and most-inclusive farm organization. Its mission is to forge a partnership between farmers and consumers.

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