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Thursday, January 17, 2013
N/Warren Town and County News
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Michael Bockholt Earns Rank of Eagle Scout
Sunday, Jan. 6, Michael
Bockholt was recognized
for earning the rank of
Eagle Scout. Bockholt is the
son of Garry and Melody
Bockholt. A number of
Bockholt's friends and
family attended the cer-
emony.
Bockholt joins over a
dozen other Scouts in
Troop 301 in achieving
this high honor. Several
Eagle Scouts participated
in the ceremony honoring
Bockholt as well as other
Scouts from Troop 301.
Those participating were
Senior Patrol Leader Der-
rick Fridley, Tim Phillips,
Ian Schwarz, Nathan
Balk, Sam Bergan, Colby
Campbell, Chad Bocldaolt
and Travis Bockholt.
Joanie Phillips (former
Asst. Cub Scout Den
Leader) and Scoutmaster
Kathy Fridley gave the
Eagle Presentation. Pastor
Warren Hunsberger, Jr. led
the Eagle Prayer.
Bockholt's Eagle Oath
was administered by his
uncle, Dave Grandon, who
became an Eagle Scout
when he was a member of
Waterloo's Troop 170. The
Eagle Oath is a pledge to
live a life of honor, cour-
age and loyalty to ideals,
no matter how difficult it
Michael Bockholt
may become. An Eagle
Scout is also to embrace
his share of the world's
work, be a leader for oth-
ers and be dedicated to
service to others. As
Bockholt took the Eagle
Oath, other Eagle Scouts
in attendance renewed
their Oath as well.
Before being consid-
ered an Eagle candidate,
Bockholt was required to
work his way through six
ranks and earn a mini-
mum of 21 merit badges.
He earned 27 merit
badges. The 21 required
merit badges include
First Aid; Citizenship in
the Community; Citizen-
ship in the Nation; Citi-
zensh!p in the World;
Communications; Per-
sonal Fitness; Emergency
Preparedness or Lifesav-
ing; Environment Science;
Personal Management;
Swimming, Hiking or Cy-
cling; Camping; and Fam-
ily Life. Each of the re-
quired merit badges help
the Scout become a.well-
rounded, informed and in-
volved citizen. Citizenship
in the Community was the
first merit badge Bockholt
earned.
Each Eagle candidate is
also required to plan, de-
velop and lead others in an
Eagle project. The project is
to be helpful to a religious
institution, a school, com-
munity or other worthy
organization and must be
approved by the Troop's
Scoutmaster, the Troop's
Committee and the Coun-
cil. Bockholt led a group of
volunteers in moving stor-
age units, hat racks and
uniform racks from the
storage of the old band
room to the storage in the
new band room at
Norwalk High School. A
marching band uniform
rack had to be disas-
sembled, re-sized and re-
assembled to fit in the new
storage area. The group as-
sembled Z racks on which
to hang new marching
band uniforms. They also
built a shelf with a rod for
hanging tuxes.
Only .two percent of all
Boy Scouts earn the rank
of Eagle, a strong testa-
ment to its high standards.
Among those who have
worn the Eagle Scout
badge are some of
America's finest athletes,
political leaders, scien-
tists, astronauts and busi-
ness leaders. Troop 301
was chartered in 2002 and
has several Scouts work-
ing toward their Eagle
rank.
Jackson Hilltoppers 4-H Club Snow Tubing
PREP
Virgel Myer Celebrates
90th Birthday
Virgel was born in
West Des Moines and
moved to Norwalk in
1956. She is the "Proud
Mother" of five children:
Jack (Jan) Myer, Ankeny,
Connie (Rick) Adkisson,
Clive, Kathie (Jerry-JD)
Hungerford, Cumming,
Gary (Peggy) Myer,
Norwalk and Duane Myer
of Shawnee, KS. She was a
"Devoted" wife to Warren
for 59 years. She is
"Adored" by her 15 grand-
children and 23 great-
grandchildren. She is a
member of the Norwalk
Christian Church, was a
Cub Scout leader and
worked in the hot lunch
Christmas program at West Elemen-
Program tary.
Rescheduled .... North River Lim,
The St. John the Apostle
Catholic Church Christ-
mas Program that was
scheduled for December
19 was cancelled because
of the snow storm. The
program has been re-
scheduled and will be held
Wednesday, Jan. 23, at 6:30
p.m. in, the Norwalk High
School Performing Arts
Center. The program will
tell the story of Jesus' Birth
through song and a stu-
dent participation play.
Following the program
will be a cookie and punch
reception.
Nearly 230 young
people will be involved. A
special thank you to the
PREP teachers who
worked to coordinate this
production, the students
who participate, and to
Jaki Livingston, Cheryl
Hochstein and Patty
Smolen for their leader-
ship. •
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Virgel Myer
She celebrated her 90th
Birthday Friday, Jan. 11.
She was honored with a
Tea Room luncheon in
Osceola Saturday, an. 12.
Help us continue the cel-
ebration with a Birthday
Card Shower. Virgel Myer,
707 Jackson St., Norwalk,
IA 50211.
hters 4-H
North River Limelighters 4-H club officers, left to
right: Hannah Hoover, Melanie Riordan, Justin
Pappan, Hunter Pappan, Tiffany Delker and
Samantha Feller.
TheNorth River Limelighters club members and their
families recently went caroling at the Norwalk Nurs-
ing & Rehab center. Photos submitted.
The Jackson Hilltoppers 4-H Club gathered at Sleepy Hollow for their 7th annual
Snow Tubing Event. Pictured, left to right: Joel Criswell, Josie Coates, Robbie Criswell,
Susan Matlage-Simms (4-H Leader), Alana Olson, Zoey Minor, Camryn Croy, Kylie
Keller, Madeline Myer and Olivia Johnson (in front). For information on joining 4-H,
call the Warren Countv Extension office at 515-961-6237. Photo submitted.
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