Eagles of Short-Media

[Winfrey]

Since Andy got his Eagle Project done, a question has spiked my interest. How many Eagle Scouts are actually on Short-Media? Also if there are any Gold Award girls scouts feel free to post here as well.

So if you guys don't mind please try and follow the format.:D

(What award, Eagle or Gold)
(What year)
(What was your project)
(High Venture Trips, i.e. Philmont, Seabase, Boundary Waters, anything cool, etc.)
(Any Honor programs i.e. Mic-o-say, Order of the Arrow, etc.)
(anything else you want to add)

So here's mine:p

Eagle Scout
Year Received: 2006

Eagle Project: Constructed Bulletin Boards for the nearby wetlands.

High Venture Trips: I have hiked in Arkansas and for around 300 miles with my venture crew and have also Attended Philmont in 2005.

Any Honor programs: Am a member of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say which is based in Bartle Scout Reservation and Camp Geiger. Currently hold the responsibility of Runner in the tribe, my tribal name is "Runner 3rd Eldest Son of Little Quivering Nighthawk".

[QCH]

I reached my Life Rank but found High School Football, Theater, and Honor's Chorus more interesting... I had over 2 years to fulfill my Eagle requirements but threw it away.

I also received and was admitted into the Order of the Arrow Brotherhood.

Eagle scout would have been great but with so many other things going on in high school, it wasn't high enough in my priorities. :(

Looking back, I wish I'd stuck with it.... oh well.

[Buddy J]

Eagle Scout
3/16/00

I installed a huge playground at a small K-8th grade school out in the country. They had enough money to buy a really fancy playground but didn't have the thousands of dollars to have a company install it. I spent a couple long weekends leading crews of Scouts, community members, and the PTA in constructing everything and then doing the groundcover work. Cut through a water line and T1 line in the process. Good times were had by all. Ended up being a couple thousand man-hours of work.

I've camped all over Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Colorado and surrounding states. Climbed a few mountains, and rappelled off a good number of cliffs. I did well over 100 miles afloat in Texas down the Colorado River.

I'm a Vigil member of the OA, and attended NOAC in Tennessee. I'm still active with OA on the lodge and section level to some extent.

[Nightwolf]

i have a few friends that got there eagle, all in '06. One made bat houses, one did a huge food drive, one built benches, and I don't remember what the other one was.

[Winfrey]

Ended up being a couple thousand man-hours of work. I'm a Vigil member of the OA, and attended NOAC in Tennessee. I'm still active with OA on the lodge and section level to some extent.

Wow!:wow2: thats a lot of work the most I've seen someone have to do was when they were repainting an old building the ceiling fell through and they had to clean the whole place up afterwards and reinstall the ceiling.

How do you like OA? It's a lot bigger than Mic-O-Say in the rest of the country but it seems pretty equivalent to it.

[Buddy J]

About my project... It was pretty extreme and most guys don't do things that are as intense as it was. But, I wanted to do something that counted and that made me feel like I'd done something good. My dad was on the council's Eagle Board of Review for a while and so I got to see a lot of projects come and go. Lots of benches, birdhouses and bookshelves. Those are all nice, but they seemed commonplace. I wanted a challenge, so I found one. As a plus, it gave a lot of guys in my troop and other troops a chance to get some serious service hours, and boy did they earn them. It gave me a chance to really lead people, not just scouts. And, it was all worth it when I saw the smiles on the kids faces when they finally got to play on it. Nobody has to do a big project, but I wanted to.

I love OA. I got into it because it was one of the few groups that let you do stuff until you were 21, and so I made a lot of good friends in there from a wider area than had I just stuck with doing stuff with my troop all the time. Instead of just knowing Scouts in the general Oklahoma City area, I've come to know guys all over Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Arkansas.

Tribe of Mic-O-Say shares a lot in common with OA, but we don't have the ingrained Indian lore that it has. With only 3 ranks and 3 ceremonies, it's easy to get away from that aspect in OA.

Now as an adult, I've stepped back from leadership roles in scouting and am letting my younger friends take over and do things.

[airbornflght]

Eagle Scout
Date Received: 04/17/2007

Eagle Project: GPS'd storm shelter locations throughout my addition

High Venture Trips: Gone rappelling and rock climbing multiple times, hiked for many miles. Went water rafting, mountain biking, and mountain climbing at Packard High Adventure Base in Colorado.

Any Honor programs: Am a Brotherhood member of the Ema o' Mahpe Lodge in the Order of the Arrow. I currently serve as the Vice Chief of Communications in my lodge.

I'm so happy. Now I can start planning my eagle ceremony! I'm so excited, especially since I am well versed in about every aspect of digital media and printing. Plus I got all of the hookups.:bigggrin:

[Winfrey]

Congrats on finishing it andy!

[profdlp]

Congratulations to you on a fine achievement! :D

[airbornflght]

Thanks. I have to work on my ceremony now. This will take a couple weeks.

[drasnor]

Award: Eagle Scout class of 1999, silver palm.
Project: I landscaped three barren areas around my local church following their construction of a new garage. We had to bring in a lot of new soil, till the ground, and plant native deer-resistant wildflowers and shrubbery in an attractive fashion. We broke a sprinkler line too that we had to fix. I made the mistake of waiting until late summer to do the project so I ended up having to just leave a hose trickling into the water bucket to keep everyone hydrated. ~1500 man-hours total.
High Adventure:
Northern Tier Bissett - 1999
Philmont - 2000
National Jamboree - 2001
Honors: Order of the Arrow - Vigil

The emphasis the Native American aspect of OA receives varies from lodge to lodge. The lodge I come from emphasizes ceremonies and dance strongly and created lodge awards to reward brothers who persue them. I wasn't interested and instead pursued the service aspect initially as Camping Promotions chair on the lodge executive council and later Publications chair.

I'm currently a unit commissioner at the district level.

-drasnor :fold: