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Published July 13, 2012, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: Eagle Scouts fly high, enrich community


Three River Falls Eagle Scouts were recognized June 10, at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at St. Bridget Catholic Church, where they are members. Left to right: Jens Myklebust, 18; Augustine Pupungatoa, 18; and Christopher Camber, 17. Each young man also completed a project in the community that people might recognize now or in the future. Eagle Scout status marks the culmination of years of work in earning 21 merit badges, achieving five ranks and serving in various leadership positions. The ceremony included a flag presentation, bugler playing “To the Colors,” an invocation, Scout Law candle ceremony, an explanation of the Trail of the Eagle, recitation of the Eagle Pledge, Scoutmaster comments, recognition of the Scouts’ parents and the presentation of the young men’s Eagle badges. Each new Eagle Scout spoke briefly before the rite ended with the song “America the Beautiful.”


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  • Three River Falls Eagle Scouts were recognized June 10, at an Eagle Scout Court of Honor held at St. Bridget Catholic Church, where they are members. Left to right: Jens Myklebust, 18; Augustine Pupungatoa, 18; and Christopher Camber, 17. Each young man also completed a project in the community that people might recognize now or in the future. Eagle Scout status marks the culmination of years of work in earning 21 merit badges, achieving five ranks and serving in various leadership positions. The ceremony included a flag presentation, bugler playing “To the Colors,” an invocation, Scout Law candle ceremony, an explanation of the Trail of the Eagle, recitation of the Eagle Pledge, Scoutmaster comments, recognition of the Scouts’ parents and the presentation of the young men’s Eagle badges. Each new Eagle Scout spoke briefly before the rite ended with the song “America the Beautiful.” <br /><br /><br />Submitted photos<br />
  • Eagle Scout Jens Myklebust led a project to create and install a compost receptacle at Rocky Branch Elementary School. Pictured in front row left to right: Jens Myklebust, Joe Gehler, Christopher Camber, Mase Pupungatoa, Reid Blair, Casey Rach and Jeremy Ferguson. Back row left to right: Tiano Pupungatoa, Josh Hartwich and Augustine Pupungatoa. Jens is the son of Per and Alice Myklebust.
  • Eagle Scout Augustine Pupungatoa worked to improve the Rocky Branch trail system in River Falls by restoring parts of it and adding directional signs as well as a sitting and picnic area. Pictured left to right are: Jay Williams, Steven Williams and Eagle Scout Weston Schwalen. Augustine is the son of Finau and Katy Pupungatoa.
  • Eagle Scout Christopher Camber, with help from fellow Scouts, built six wooden benches and a wheelchair-accessible work table at the River Falls-based Grow to Share Community Garden, which is a large plot of land in Hoffman Park cultivated by volunteers who give some of the harvest to area food shelves. Sitting in the front row left to right are Jeremy Ferguson, Andrew Richardt and Ryker Kubera. Standing in the back row left to right: Jens Myklebust, Casey Rach, Steven Williams, Matt Wilkening, Christopher Camber, Jim Camber and Per Myklebust. Christopher is the son of Jim and Mary Camber.
  • Local scout in Troop 54, Ben Pierce, achieved the rank of Eagle Scout with a project that gives chimney-swift birds a place to roost. <br /><br /><br />Debbie Griffin photo<br />
  • Chimney swifts look like flying cigars and they go around eating insects; Ben Pierce led the project to build them a roosting tower in Highview Meadows park, where they'll attach their nest to a groove and building it sideways.