[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 20 (Wednesday, March 4, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1365-S1366]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                TRIBUTE TO THE EAGLE SCOUTS OF TROOP 358

 Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize a very 
special group of young men from one of the oldest African American Boy 
Scout units in the nation. On February 7, 1998, eleven members of Troop 
358 were officially honored as Eagle Scouts.
  Troop 358, sponsored by Grace Baptist Church of Germantown, 
Pennsylvania, has a proud tradition of achievement. In 45 years, Troop 
358 has produced a total of 33 Eagle Scouts--including this year's 
class. To put this in perspective, consider that only 2.5 percent of 
the nation's 4.5 million scouts ever become Eagle Scouts. Moreover, 
only about 1 percent of African American scouts reach this goal.
  Eagle Scouts learn valuable lessons in leadership, honor, and pride 
in their communities. In fact, the community service projects that the 
Scouts completed to earn their badges are as extraordinary as the young 
men themselves. For instance, one new Scout set up a workshop for inner 
city kids who wanted to prepare for the Scholastic Aptitude Test. 
Another young man wrapped up his Eagle service project painting a 
school. Still another ploughed through months of paperwork to complete 
8 of his 29 merit badges in one week.
  Mr. President, these 11 new Eagle Scouts--Jarrett Coger, Jerece 
Barnes, Askia Fluellen, Bruce Frazier, Andre Kydd, Jared LeVere, Sean 
Long, Kyle McIntosh, Robert Redding, Ernest Stanton and Anwar White--
are a credit to their families and to their scoutmasters, A. Bruce 
Frazier and Charles M. Whiting. They are also living tributes to the 
late Earl Grayson, who led Troop 358 through both good and bad times 
for 36 years.

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  In closing, I ask my colleagues to join me in extending the Senate's 
best wishes for continued success to the new Eagle Scouts and to all 
those who have sustained Troop 358 over its 45 year history.

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