62 EAGLE SCOUTS RECOGNIZED AT COURT OF HONOR

The annual Eagle Scout Court of Honor held Saturday honored 62 Boy Scouts from 19 Southeast Missouri and 10 Southern Illinois counties who earned Eagle rank during 1998.

Missouri Sen. Peter D. Kinder was the class sponsor and main speaker at the Court of Honor held at Academic Hall on the Southeast Missouri State University campus.

Dr. James A. Kinder was chairman of the event. Mike Shain, KFVS news anchor, presented the Eagle Scouts.

The ceremony was preceded by a luncheon. Each of the Eagle Scouts had an opportunity to meet with an individual whose vocation matches the career interest of the Eagle Scout.

Thirty-four troops are represented in the 1998 Eagle class. Scouts from 24 communities comprise the group.

To become an Eagle Scout, 21 merit badges, including 12 specifically required, must be earned; a major service project must be planned and completed; and the responsibilities of several leadership positions in the troop must be fulfilled.

After completing all requirements, a board of review is given by the troop and district before the application is submitted to the national office of the Boy Scouts of America for final approval.

Only 2 percent of all Scouts obtain the Eagle Award.

The recipients:

Shawnee District

Eagle Scouts are Charles M. Brown, Nathaniel L. Gabriel, Calvin Maginel, Allen Bottoms, Jason R. Marietta, William J. Golden, Jay T. Buerck and Timothy R. Buerck, all of Cape Girardeau; John Matt Bliese, Joshua Lange, Nicholas Todd, Derek Honaas, Blake A. Adams and Trent E. Miller, all of Jackson; Aaron L. Westrich of Advance; and Joshua Ray Dannenmueller of Scott City.

Scoutmasters include James Hendrickson, Jerry Hampton, Bob White and Dennis Long of Cape Girardeau; Walter Mowery, Sam Herndon and Bob Adams of Jackson; William Reeves of Advance; and Danny Smith of Scott City.

Ozark Trailblazers District

Eagle Scouts are Adam Bova, Brian G. Okenfuss, Todd Donze, Andrew J. Joggerst, Adam Schaughnessy, Shawn Long and Steven Sanler Jr., all of Ste. Genevieve; Charles E. Farr III and Gregory Pratte, both of Bonne Terre.

Scoutmasters include Daniel J. Abts and Ernest J. Long of Ste. Genevieve; James Donze of Bloomsdale; and Charles Farr Jr. of Bonne Terre.

Cherokee District

Eagle Scouts are Garrett Lambert and Dustin Underhill, both of Sikeston; Adam C. Nichols, Adam Clayton Roberts, Michael F. Stanley and Michael R. Stokley, all of Kennett; Grant Lee Petersen and Kurt Showmaker, both of Charleston; and Raymond Nabors of Portageville.

Scoutmasters include Vernon Griffith and Fred French of Sikeston; T. Everett Mobley of Kennett, Ronald Peterson of Charleston and Raymond A. Nabors of Portageville.

Sioux District

Eagle Scouts are Benjamin Barbour, Brian Casey, Larry N. Leeds Jr., Joe Marquis, Benjamin E. Nobles, Chad Whited, David Eric Ward, Adam James Winberry, Eric L. Axelrod, Kyle K. Bost, Orian Michael Agee and Todd Daves, all of Poplar Bluff; and Wade M. Smith of Doniphan.

Scoutmasters include Ken Smith of Doniphan; Jonathan Casey, Mark Richardson, David Davis and Randy Daves of Poplar Bluff.

Kaskaskia District

Eagle Scouts are Christopher Brown and Thomas Kupferer, both of Murphysboro, Ill.; James T. King and Kurt Schilling, both of Carbondale, Ill.; Matthew Hupe of Vienna, Ill.; James Smith of Ozark, Ill.; and Frankie Joe Williams of Anna, Ill.

Scoutmasters include Richard Gildehaus of Murphysboro, Ill.; Steven Hupe of Vienna, Ill.; John Straddeck of Cobden, Ill.; and Charles Strusz of Carbondale, Ill.

Egyptian District

Eagle Scouts are Aaron Welch of Energy, Ill.; Luke Johnson of Eldorado, Ill.; Wesley Williams of Harrisburg, Ill.; Lynn Heavrin of Benton, Ill.; Joseph Havener and Matthew Reichert, both of Marion, Ill.; Christopher Mitchell of West Frankfort, Ill.; and Matthew S. Smith of Herrin, Ill.

Scoutmasters include Derek Key of Marion, Ill.; John Townsend of Eldorado, Ill.; Richard Nelsen of Harrisburg, Ill.; Terry Heavrin of Benton, Ill.; William Cooper of Carterville, Ill.; Brad Mitchell of West Frankfort, Ill.; and Larry Essary of Herrin, Ill.