North County News - Red Bud, IL 62278

Vol 52 - No 25

Sports & Youth

Thursday, July 22, 2010

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Caron earned Eagle Scout rank
On July 14, at a ceremony held at The “V” in Red Bud, Nathan Lee Caron, son of Jerry and Pam Caron, received his Eagle Scout Rank.
Caron’s master of ceremonies for the evening was Justin Deterding, an Eagle Scout from Prairie du Rocher Troop 338. Nathan Poenitske presented the colors, and members of Red Bud Troop 343 were the color guard. Randall Dietz of Troop 343 gave the invocation and Pastor William Graves gave the benediction. Caron is the fourth Boy Scout from Troop 343 to earn his Eagle Scout rank in 2010, which is Boy Scouting’s 100th anniversary in America.
For his ceremony, Caron had Jordan Hannah, Andrew Quinn, Shane Caron, Zach Haas and Ethan DuClos (all from Troop 343) speak about “Scouting’s Codes of Conduct.” His honor guard consisted of Eagle Scouts Jerry Poenitske, Josh Dietz and Bryan DuClos, all of Troop 343, and Mike Deterding of Troop 338. Scoutmaster Thomas Dietz presented the certificate and Red Bud Mayor Ken Mueller presented a certificate on behalf of the City of Red Bud.
Caron’s Eagle Scout project benefited the Monroe County Humane Society. He designed and built 12 elevated platforms out of PVC pipe for the cats’ mattresses to sit upon, because the cats do not like to sleep next to their food and litter boxes.
He appreciates Andrew Quinn, Justin Deterding, Shane Caron, Zach Haas and Josh Dietz, who all helped to finish the project, Red Bud IGA for donating food, and Red Bud ACE Hardware for donating supplies for the project.
Caron joined Cub Scout Pack 342 of Red Bud in 2000 and crossed over into Boy Scout Troop 343 in 2005. He has attended a week long summer camp four times, where he was called out into the Order of the Arrow, Boy Scouting’s Nation Honor Society.
In 2007, he attended a leadership training course at Camp Joy in Carlyle. In 2009, Caron and nine other local Scouts went to Philmont Scout Ranch, in Cimmaron, NM, where they hiked 100 miles in 10 days, with their highest mountain climbed being 12,441 feet tall.
Caron currently is Troop 343’s historian and writes all of the Boy Scouting articles for the paper.
On Tuesday, July 20, he and eight other Red Bud Scouts left on a 16-day trek to the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia for a week long camp that is expected to have over 40,000 scouts and leaders in attendance. Along the way, for six days, they will be visiting many historic sites.
Look for an article about the trip when they return in early August.
Caron would again like to express his gratitude to his Scoutmaster Thomas Dietz, the scouts and adult leaders of his troop, his family and the community for supporting his troop.