Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
The Hurley K-12 School gave Boy Scout Trevor Lesch a plaque Thursday for his work to plant trees on the school's grounds. The work was part of his Eagle Scout project. From left are, first row, scout Sabastian Yaeger and teacher Roger Peterson; and second row, Troop 323 Scoutmaster and Lesch's father, Chris Lesch, scouts Logan Servinsky, Cody Sobrack and Trevor Lesch, teachers Dan Rye and Jacob Hostettler, principal Melissa Oja and secretary Kellie Hitter.
By BRYAN HELLIOS
Hurley - The Hurley school presented a plaque made by Northwood Manufacturing to Trevor Lesch Thursday for planting trees at the school for his project to become an Eagle Scout.
Lesch said the reason he chose this project is because it will benefit the school for years to come.
"They will eventually grow into big trees to provide shading and wind-breaking that will end up saving the school energy," he said.
Lesch planted a total of 18 sugar maple trees each 6 feet tall in two groups on the eastern and southern side of the school's grounds. He chose this species of trees so future students can tap them and collect the sap to make maple syrup for the school's breakfast program.
He said his interest in scouting started after he took a flyer home he received during a Cub Scout recruitment at school.
"My parents said I was so excited about Cub Scouts and they said I wanted get to the highest rank of Eagle Scout," he laughed.
Lesch said he does not remember saying that, but he knows his parents are proud of all his hard work to get to where he is today.
Chris Lesch, is not only his father but also scoutmaster for his son's troop. The elder Lesch said he joined Cub Scouts himself as a kid but he did not "transition into Boy Scouts. He said the kids have to earn "merit badges" which takes research, writing reports and hard work advance to the next level. He said a lot of the badges earned through scouting gives the kids an opportunity to developed interests which can help them decide what career path to take.
"It takes a number of years to earn the Eagle Scout rank," Chris Lesch said, "I'm pretty impressed with Trevor for him to be able to achieve all of that."
The plaque that the school presented to Lesch was made by the school's Northwoods Manufacturing program.
