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Tucson middle school student, 14, an Eagle Scout
Arizona Daily Star ^ | Wendy Harn

Posted on 04/22/2010 6:55:07 PM PDT by SandRat

ARIZONA DAILY STAR Bailey Stephen Harn, Eagle Scout

Bailey Stephen Harn, 14, has earned the Boy Scouts' highest rank of Eagle Scout. Only 4 to 5 percent of youth who join Scouting earn this honor.

Celebrating his achievement, an Eagle Court of Honor will be held at 10 a.m. May 1 at the North Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 939 W. Chapala Drive.

Bailey is a member of Boy Scout Troop 232 of the Catalina Council, Old Pueblo District.

An eighth-grader at Cross Middle School, he is the son of Steve and Wendy Harn and big brother to Brody, Brayden and Britney.

In addition to earning 22 Scout merit badges and completing an extensive leadership-based community Eagle project, Bailey is completing two high school credits, is a member of the National Junior Honor Society, plays piano, has an extreme passion for basketball and plays soccer.

More than 75 volunteers contributed 235 hours toward Bailey's Eagle Scout project of completely reorganizing 37,000 books in the Cross/Harelson School Library.



TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: boyscouts; eagle; tucson
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To: SandRat

My oldest will earn his Life rank before his 14th birthday; he is only lacking his time requirement. If he stays on top of things, he should earn his Eagle sometime in the next year. His brother is a Tenderfoot, and two years younger.


21 posted on 04/22/2010 7:42:22 PM PDT by LexBaird (Tyrannosaurus Lex, unapologetic carnivore)
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To: LexBaird
When your oldest Hatches as an Eagle challenge him to go after the Hornaday Conservation Award. I Say challenge as among other thing he'll have to do the equivalent of 4 more Eagle Projects.
22 posted on 04/22/2010 7:49:55 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

Woot! Gratz, Bailey, what an achievement! We need more like you!


23 posted on 04/22/2010 8:06:15 PM PDT by Irenic
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To: SandRat

Congratulations to this young man.

Look well, people. I fear Eagle Scouts may disappear from the list of accomplishments the successful men point to. He may be a disappearing breed.

This government hates the Boy Scouts of America, and is doing everything it can to disable, discredit and destroy this fine organization.


24 posted on 04/22/2010 8:28:54 PM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: Irenic

As Will Rogers said; “There’s only one thing wrong with the Boy Scouts.. there aren’t enough of them.”


25 posted on 04/22/2010 8:35:26 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: SandRat

What is that??

Really good, this kid did Eagle at 14!!! Know his parents are proud.

Am an Eagle Dad, not Eagle myself. Eagle DOES make a difference in a kids future.


26 posted on 04/22/2010 8:43:53 PM PDT by dusttoyou (libs are all wee wee'd up and no place to go)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
The other? I don’t know HOW he managed to do it, because he can’t stay on task for more than two MINUTES at a time.

Makes me wonder... <<<

LOL....Hint: His father was/is a “wantabee”....

I'm watching it happen for the 2nd time in this small town...(not to mention his father is the leader)

27 posted on 04/22/2010 8:50:18 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: SandRat

Congratulations to him! We have our fifth eagle scout finishing up his project next month. It does wonders for them!

The older ones are all conservative too!


28 posted on 04/22/2010 8:53:58 PM PDT by landerwy (Zero lied, who else will die?)
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To: SandRat

In my opinion, the Scoutmaster should have made him wait longer. Most scouts his age are not ready to lead. When they get it that young they are usually “pushed” by their parents. I received mine at the age of 16. I had already served a SPL. I see too many of these “fast-track” Eagle Scouts in my area. I still congratulate the young man.


29 posted on 04/22/2010 9:51:44 PM PDT by aliquando (A Scout is T, L, H, F, C, K, O, C, T, B, C, and R.)
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To: truthkeeper

Thanks, truthkeeper. I did a little more thinking and realized it was 1969, not 68. I had just turned 14!


30 posted on 04/23/2010 5:12:36 AM PDT by sand lake bar
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To: SandRat

Well, that would explain it. :)


31 posted on 04/23/2010 5:49:30 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: sand lake bar

Good on you! I was a Tiger leader and was thrilled to see one of “my boys” make it to Eagle at 15. (Unfortunately, it wasn’t my own kid...he just didn’t have that kind of stuff.)


32 posted on 04/23/2010 7:12:46 AM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: dusttoyou

Our son and Eagle was in critical care after his disasterous 2004 accident.
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=162087&highlight=Cole+accident
I wanted the doctor to know our son (even though he was in a coma) and do everything he could to save him. I mentioned that he was an Eagle scout and the doctor replied that so was he and his sons. This man worked around the clock to save our son and succeeded. He puts his Eagle rank on his job resume (as do I) and he just accepted a position at Facebook after his recovery and lengthly rehab.

Our son’s project was to install a handicap parking zone at a church — as a ironic twist, he now has such a placard.


33 posted on 04/23/2010 7:16:45 AM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (California engineer and teacher)
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To: KC_for_Freedom

What a great story. Kudos to you and your brave son.


34 posted on 04/23/2010 7:26:00 AM PDT by truthkeeper
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To: KC_for_Freedom
Eagle Scout equals excellence and a willingness to put more effort into anything than the minimum most put in. Your Son shows that, you are rightfully proud.

Eagle is like being a Marine, its for life.

35 posted on 04/23/2010 8:19:22 AM PDT by dusttoyou (libs are all wee wee'd up and no place to go)
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To: SandRat

Congratulations to him. Well done.

To address those that put this in the ‘too young’ category, as long as he has learned, can apply and can convey to others the necessary skillset, age should not be a barrier. The sooner more examples like this young man are visible to others the better for us all collectively. I pray for 100,000 more like him giving great example and soon. America has perhaps never needed it more.


36 posted on 04/23/2010 12:10:59 PM PDT by OriginalChristian (Tea Patriot Movement - Freedom First - Vote the Scum out - NOV 2010 & Beyond...)
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