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Eagle scout fi xes trail blazed by father
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A decorative log at Riggs Lake in the Cascade Mountain range
marks the efforts of Eagle Scout Sam Elder.
By ERIC A. HOWALD
Of the Keizertimes
Samuel Elder, a senior at
McNary High School, recently
completed the requirements
to achieve the rank of Eagle
Scout in the Boy Scouts of
America.
To become an Eagle Scout,
a scout must complete a
culminating project which
involves planning, leading, and
carrying out a service project
that will benefi t a community,
religious institute, or school.
Elder followed in his father's
footsteps by restoring two
hiking trails in the Santiam
Pass working under the
direction of the Detroit
Forestry Department.
Twenty-fi ve years ago,
Elder’s father restored the trail
head for Riggs Lake, and then
surveyed and created the Don
Lake trail for his Eagle project.
After more than two decades,
the trails needed maintenance.
Don Lake trail had gotten so
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bad, the forestry department
had trouble believing it ever
existed.
Thankfully, his father was
able to retrieve paperwork
showing the work he had done.
It took another three months
of reading over regulations and
having multiple meetings with
Detroit Forest rangers to make
sure correct specifi cations
were met.
From April, 2015 to
December 2015, Sam planned
the project and organized and
trained a group of people to
restore the Don and Riggs lake
trails. The group contributed
422 total hours, 78 hours were
Elder’s alone, into clearing and
restoring the two trails.
Restoration began in July.
It took three Saturdays to cut
away limbs extruding into or
trees lying on the trail, dig
water runoffs, remove brush,
and rebuild parts of the trail.
Coordinating with mem-
bers from his church, other
Boy Scouts, and family result-
ed in a successful project.
“Everyone that participated
in the project and took time
out of their schedule to help
me accomplish this task, did
more than I could ever ask
for,” Elder said.
The forestry department
fi nalized Sam’s Eagle project in
December and complemented
the work and service that had
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During his time with the
Boy Scouts, Elder has also
been part of the Varsity Team,
which competes in sporting
and camping challenges, and
the Venturing Crew 167
sponsored by Fairgrounds
Ward of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
“The Scout Oath is ‘On
my honor, I will do my best,
To do my duty to God and my
country and to obey the Scout
Law; to help other people at all
times; to keep myself physically
strong, mentally awake and
morally straight,’ and I have
taken it upon myself to abide
by the precepts of the Scout
Oath, Law, and Slogan. I do
my best to ‘do a good turn
daily’ and to ‘be prepared.’
These Boy Scout practices
have prepared me to become
an Eagle Scout,” Elder said.
Marion County’s Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
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The Legacy of Play Day is a free admission day. The makers,
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