The highest rank a Boy Scout can achieve is Eagle Scout. As of this writing (November 2011), Mazomanie's Troop 58 has four youths working on community service projects to help them earn that rank.
2011
Erich Schmidt, 17*, chose to benefit the users of a local dog recreation area in Spring Green, his home town. This is a 3.9-acre, fenced off area, but there is no shelter for the human users. He is supplying a 10x12-foot shelter and several "Aldo Leopold" benches.
2009
Stephen Schultz - Here are some of the pictures from my project for the eagle project section on the website.
2008
Riley Denu, 15*, chose projects to benefit Walking Iron County Park and Lions
Park in Mazomanie. Denu consulted the Dane County Parks Department and found
there was a desire for more seating areas in Walking Iron Park. Denu decided to
build two 'Leopold benches', a design created by the world-famous naturalist,
University of Wisconsin professor and author Aldo Leopold. Denu and a small crew
of other scouts built the benches and placed them in Walking Iron Park.
At Lions Park, Denu learned the interior of the Turk Shelter was overdue for
painting. Over the course of two afternoons he and a number of scouts put a
fresh coat of paint on the walls. In an appropriate christening of the newly
painted interior, the troop will hold their annual Fall Court of Honor at the
Turk Shelter on Monday, November 3 at 6:00 p.m.
Alex Kirchman, 16*, also decided on two separate projects, both benefiting the
Mazomanie Public Library. Kirchman is currently working to landscape the
library's front entrance before the onset of winter. This includes removing the
old landscaping stone and replacing it with biodegradable mulch, then adding
plants and/or statuary.
When the weather turns, Kirchman will move indoors. He is designing and building
a new drop box for the library's overnight return book drop. The box will
include a floating floor which will reduce damage to and wear on returned books
and other materials.
Both scouts will have to submit reports describing their actions to the Glaciers
Edge Council upon completion. Once approved by the council, they must pass an
Eagle Board of Review before becoming Eagle Scouts.
* ...at the time of his project.
2006
His eagle project was landscaping at the Mazomanie town hall. It is a memorial garden for Ron Boyland.
The Spring Green dog park was conceived and built over a period of one year
and has been in commission for two years as a controlled area for dog owners to
allow their dogs to run, exercise, and play. It covers an area of 3.9 acres.
My plan is to provide three "Aldo Leopold" benches and a shelter for the
convenience of the dog park users, as there is no seating currently available. I
have listed in the back of this registration plans for both the shelter and
benches. One of the people originally corresponding in starting this dog park,
who works as a carpenter as well, has written out the plans for the shelter, and
the bench plans were located on the internet.
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Part 2: The Shelter |
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Boy Scouts (l. to r.) Stephen Schultz and Erich Schmidt help paint the Turk
Shelter in
Mazomanie's Lions Park as part of Riley Denu's Eagle Scout Community Service
Project.
My full Eagle project is separated into two separate projects that will be done at separate times. The first is landscaping along one side of the local library. Currently, there is a wooden ramp that leads up to the entrance of the library. Along the side of that ramp, the ground is just weeds and rocks. I plan on removing all the rocks and weeds and replacing it with soil, mulch, and decorative plants that will be relatively low maintenance. The second part of my project consists of building a new book drop-box for the library entrance. Currently, the drop-box being used by the entrance is just a plain, old box. Books that get dropped in get damaged more easily than if they were dropped in an actual drop-box. I, along with help from some adults and older scouts, will be building a drop-box that will have a shelf in the middle that will move down as more weight is put on it.
A crew of Boy Scouts helps remove rock at the Mazomanie Public Library as part
of Alex Kirchman's
Eagle Scout Community Service Project. Pictured front to back: Alex Niebuhr,
Jason Niebuhr,
Andrew Schultz, Ben Kirchman, Matthew Schultz, Tom Sonnenberg, Erich Schmidt, and
Brennan Fredericks.
He
completed his in 2006. It is at the St. Barnabas church in Mazomanie, WI.
He created a
prayer garden for everyone in the church to use.
I completed my project in 2009 at the Heartland Country Village
nursing home.
The project was landscaping the area around the entrance, including removing the
existing grass and rocks, putting new dirt in, and planting new plants before
mulching the entire areas.
