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| Gary Exelby photo - Ryan Bagby, center, receives his Eagle Scout scarf from fellow Eagle Scouts Steven Kent, left and Greg Ulm during Sunday's Eagle Scout Court of Honor at First Baptist Church in Dexter. |
And then there were seven.
Ryan Bagby has joined his fellow Troop 200 scouts Adam Flannigan, Steven Kent, Tyler Gillespie, Steve and Greg Ulm and Wesley Rogers at the top. The troop installed Bagby as an Eagle Scout during a Boy Scout Court of Honor last Sunday at First Baptist Church in Dexter.
Bagby has earned 26 merit badges, more than the 21 minimum required for the top scouting award. The badges he has earned include the 12 mandatory ones for Citizenship in the Community, Citizenship in the Nation, Citizenship in the World, Communications, Environmental Science, Personal Fitness, Personal Management, Camping, Family Life, Emergency Preparedness, First Aid and Swimming.
Bagby earned other badges for Canoeing, Electricity, Geology, Mammal Study, Music, Railroading, Space Exploration, Weather, Wilderness Survival, Basketry, Fishing, Indian Lore, Leather Work and Orienteering.
In addition, Bagby undertook and completed his Eagle Scout community service project, replacing the roof of the pavilion at the Small Wonders Day Care in First Baptist Church after the pavilion had suffered storm damage last year. The project also included installation of benches needed in the Small Wonders preschool.
"We started planning it in June last year," said Bagby's mother Cathy after the Court of Honor, "And the first day of work was Sept. 30."
Bagby said the project was finished Thanksgiving weekend. Information he provided indicated the project cost $514.48, and used 40 people expending 283 man-hours.
According to the Eagle Scout Leadership Service Project Planning Guide, the Eagle Project must demonstrate leadership of others and provide service to a worthy institution other than the Boy Scouts. Examples of such an institution would include a church, a school or the Scout's community as a whole.
Other requirements for the Eagle Scout rank are that the prospective Eagle Scout must appear before a board of review which must approve him for the rank; and that the Scout must demonstrate leadership skills by holding positions of leadership within the scout troop.
In Ryan Bagby's case the positions he has held include assistant patrol leader, patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, patrol leader and Honor Guard.
Troop 200 Scoutmaster Robert Martin said the Eagle Scout rank came into being in 1911. Since that time, according to a fact sheet posted at http://www.scouting.org/factsheets/02-51..., there have been 1.7 million Eagle Scouts.
According to the fact sheet only about 5 percent of Scouts ever attain Eagle rank.