I'm an Eagle!

I had my board of review last night, right after I played football, beating Mountain View by 40 points.  I had a couple of tackles and played a hard game, so I was a bit tired when I got to my board at 8:30 p.m.

The Hobble Creek District does an amazing job making sure their Eagles are prepared.  I met with 3 men who interviewed me about my project.  They asked a lot of questions about me, about my project and about being an Eagle.  I agreed to continue to live up to the expectation of being someone who stands out from the crowd, because of the way I live.

The other scout leaders at the board were interested in my project and asked a lot of questions about it.  The best thing of the night was the huge cookie with my name on it!

My Eagle Project highlighted in the Daily Herald

I was able to talk to a reporter from the Daily Herald last week.  She asked me about my project and put some of our conversation in this article that appeared in the Daily Herald on Saturday, August 15th.

I finished my Eagle Project!!!

I finished my Eagle Project on Thursday, July 23rd by unveiling a new informational kiosk at Lower Hobble Creek in Springville.  The kiosk and sign look great.  My friends at the DWR say they are pleased with how the kiosk and sign turned out.  I would like to thank all of the people who helped donate time, resources, money, and those who helped me recycle metal, and who helped guide me on my project!

I wrote down some things that I said at the unveiling of my Eagle Project kiosk and sign:

People who I would like to thank,  Jackie Watson: she's a DWR biologist who helped start the kiosk/sign idea. Mike Mills of JSRIP who matched the funds we raised.  Scott Root of DWR who provided guidance, June Standley who donated her time to design the sign, and all the other people who gave money and helped me with this project. Mainly my dad he kept me on track to get this project Finished.

So how I got started on the Eagle Project was when My dad and I were bow-fishing underneath this bridge. It was dark so I couldn't really see anything. I thought  I saw a carp in the water so I shot at it. Instead of a carp, of course it was a June Sucker. We didn't know at first what type of fish it was. So we called the DNR and we figured out the fish and we decided to make awareness for the fish. And that's how it all happened.

Thank you for coming.

June sucker kiosk and sign unveiling

The public is invited to come see the June sucker kiosk and sign on Thursday, July 23rd at 4:00 p.m. at the Lower Hobble Creek Wildlife Management Area, just west of I-15 on the frontage road (about 1200 North and 2000 West in Springville).

There will be June sucker stickers for everyone who attends!  Thanks for all who helped me with my Eagle Project!

Kiosk is ready!

We picked up the kiosk from Allied Electric Sign yesterday.  It's made of aluminum, has a Plexiglas front to protect the sign and is keyed for security.  The guys at the sign company were very helpful getting the sign into my dad's trailer.  It's nice that the sign company is so close in Springville.

Kiosk Building Phase of my project

Kiosk being built in the Allied Sign shop.

We put a down payment on the kiosk with the funds we raised and construction has started.  We stopped by Allied Sign in Springville to check on some plans and they let us see the kiosk being built.  The kiosk is built to last, made of sturdy aluminum.  It will have a Plexiglas cover to protect the sign.  We hope to have the kiosk ready to install by this Saturday.  You are welcome to come help at 6:00 p.m. at Lower Hobble Creek.

Thanks for the help and donations at the Utah Lake Festival!

I would like to thank everyone that stopped by my booth at the Utah Lake Festival.  A special thanks to Luke Allen of the Utah Lake Commission who helped me get a spot at the festival.  We had a real cool spot right next to a real June sucker from the Living Planet Aquarium.  Thanks to the public for purchasing stickers and to all of the guys in my unit who volunteered.  We sold almost 100 stickers and collected over $230 for my Eagle Project.

Utah Lake Festival Sticker Fundraiser

I Need Your Help

at The Utah Lake Festival!

I need some scouts wearing their uniforms to help me with my Eagle Project!

I need your help for 1 to 2 hours to help me sell

June Sucker stickers to raise funds for a kiosk for my June Sucker sign.

Here's the cool June Sucker sticker:

Saturday June 6th, 2015

9 am to 3 pm

@ Utah Lake State Park

4400 West Center Street, Provo, UT

We need your help raising more funds for the kiosk.

Last weekend my grandparents helped me out with my project by donating aluminum cans and giving me some cash.  We're up to $719.83!  Thanks to both of my grandma's and grandpa's!

The kiosk I want is going to be more expensive than I planned by about $1000.  I guess this is why it's called a project.

I have set up a GoFundMe account to get the word out to help me raise more money.  Share the link on Facebook and tell 248 of your closest friends.  If you don't want to use PayPal or GoFundMe, just write me a note at eagleprojectjunesucker@gmail.com.

Here is what the kiosk might look like:

Here's the latest version of the sign, it's looking great!  Our graphic designer is AWESOME!!!

More rough drafts of my sign

My dad helped me work up some new drafts based on input from the DWR.  Things are really coming along!

Lower Hobble Creek WMA

Attention Anglers: June sucker Information

First drafts of my sign

I have been working with a graphic artist in my neighborhood on the first drafts of my sign.

2nd draft from artist

1st draft from artist

1st draft June sucker sign

1st draft WMA sign

Every little bit counts

Last week we dropped off another load of aluminum cans from the Setzers and some electrical motors from the Andersons.  We're now over $700!

I met with Scott Root of the DWR on a field trip to Lower Hobble Creek.  We decided where the signs are going to be placed.  We also decided on two sign panels, one describing the June sucker and one describing Lower Hobble Creek.

More money for my project from scrap metal

My brother, his friend and I cleaned up some more donated metal from Keith Anderson, and some aluminum cans and other metal from the Setzers, bringing the total raised for my project to be $695.90.  Only about $300 more to go.  Here are some pictures of me dropping off the metal and collecting the money at Western Metals Recycling.

Aluminum clean up brings total to $645

Friends from my Varsity Team and Venturing Crew and I cleaned up some donated aluminum from Keith Anderson over the holiday break.  My grandma and grandpa Faber also donated a bunch of aluminum cans.  We were able to get almost $40 from the donated aluminum.  Thanks to Oakley, Easton, T, Skyler and Caleb for helping clean up the metal.  And thanks to my mom for the pizza!