[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E874-E875]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              ON PAUL SPATHOLT'S ATTAINMENT OF EAGLE SCOUT

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                        HON. DENNIS J. KUCINICH

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 8, 1997

  Mr. KUCINICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor Paul Spatholt of Fairview 
Park, OH, who will be honored this month for his recent attainment of 
Eagle Scout.
  The attainment of Eagle Scout is a high and rare honor requiring 
years of dedication to self-improvement, hard work, and the community. 
Each Eagle Scout must earn 21 merit badges, 12 of which are required, 
including badges in: lifesaving; first aid; citizenship in the 
community; citizenship in the nation; citizenship in the world; 
personal management of time and money; family life; environmental 
science; and camping.
  In addition to acquiring and proving proficiency in those and other 
skills, an Eagle Scout must hold leadership positions within the troop 
where he learns to earn the respect and hear the criticism of those he 
leads.
  The Eagle Scout must live by the Scouting law, which holds that he 
must be: trustworthy, loyal, brave, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, 
obedient, cheerful, thrifty, clean, and reverent.
  And the Eagle Scout must complete an Eagle project, which he must 
plan, finance, and evaluate on his own. It is no wonder that only 2 
percent of all boys entering Scouting achieve this rank.
  Paul's Eagle project involved the refurbishment of the press box at 
Fairview Park High

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School's football stadium. Paul solicited donations from local 
businesses for the tools and materials he needed to repaint the press 
box. He also cleared brush and helped to trim bushes in front of the 
high school.
  My fellow colleagues, let us join Boy Scouts of America Troop 293 in 
recognizing and praising Paul for his achievement.

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