Three scouts from Boy Scout Troop 26 of Barker — Jordan Bender, William DiLorenzo and Michael Schian —recently completed a series of Eagle Scout projects.
For Bender's project, he organized several work parties to clean out a
section of woods behind the Countyline United Methodist Church.
After the area was cleaned out, a memorial walkway was created. The walkway
includes two garden benches for church members to use for an area of
reflection and remembrance of loved ones.
DiLorenzo's Eagle
Scout service project was to revitalize the 200-year-old Stewart
Cemetery on Carmen Road in Middleport.The
project included clearing brush and weeds, resurfacing most of the top
ground of the cemetery, cleaning headstones and grave markers and
repairing several broken headstones. Unrepairable headstones were placed
on a bed of gravel at the grave site. A new cemetery sign and placement
was also completed.
Schian's Eagle Scout service project was repurposing an old office building at the Lighthouse Christian Camp in Barker.The office building was used to create a covered pavilion space for parents to enjoy watching their children play near an outdoor play area.Office and camp equipment was removed and carried to another site on camp for future use. The building was completely gutted with walls, windows and the floor removed. The bottoms of the rotted posts were cut and the building was stabilized until the stone and new concrete floor was poured.
