[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E221-E222]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HONORING EAGLE SCOUT FRANKLIN LUCORE OF MONETT, MISSOURI

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                           HON. ERIC BURLISON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 6, 2024

  Mr. BURLISON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Franklin Lucore of 
Monett, Missouri, who achieved the rank of Eagle Scout just prior to 
his 15th birthday. Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the 
Boy Scouts of America program, and since its inception in 1911, only 4 
percent of scouts have earned this rank after a lengthy review process.
  Franklin is a freshman in the International Baccalaureate Program at 
Central High School in Springfield and a member of BSA Troop 38 in 
Monett. He began his scouting career as a Cub Scout at the age of seven 
and since then has held numerous leadership positions with the troop, 
while also maintaining a 4.0 grade point average in school. He is a 
member of the Brotherhood of the Order of the Arrow, scouting's 
National Honor Society, and a member of the Tribe of the Lone Bear, an 
honors program of the Ozark Trails Council's Camp Arrowhead. He also 
has earned 36 merit badges, camped out more than 50 nights, hiked more 
than 100 miles and performed more than 36 hours of community service.

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  His Eagle Scout project provided improvements and outdoor furnishing 
to South Park, a 65-acre park owned by the city of Monett that caters 
especially to children and adults with disabilities.
  Scouting has been teaching valuable lessons in leadership since it 
was established in February 1910, and achieving the rank of Eagle Scout 
is an important accomplishment. This young man deserves our applause 
for a job well done. I am proud to have him as a constituent.

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