Vestavia Scouts earn Eagle rank
Troop 1, Southminster Presbyterian Church, Assistant Scoutmaster Mark Garner
Photos courtesy of Mark Garner.
Dalton Adair
Dalton Adair is the son of Traci and Riley Adair of Vestavia Hills. Adair built a playground at Antioch Baptist Church in Pratt City for his leadership project. The church and the surrounding neighborhood were devastated by the April 2011 tornadoes.
Adair worked with the Christian Service Mission to raise money for the playground equipment and other materials and led a team of out-of-town volunteers and troop members over several work days to clear and level the area and assemble and install the playground equipment.
Adair is a 2014 graduate of Vestavia Hills High School and was active in the school band programs. He will be attending Troy University this fall.
Gibson Garner
Gibson Garner is the son of Holli and Mark Garner of Vestavia Hills. Garner built a trail at the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley’s Living River retreat for his leadership project.
The Marty and Leland Keller Railroad Trail runs one-half mile from the retreat entrance to the Cahaba River. Garner raised money for supplies and materials and led a team of troop members, church members and school friends to clear the trail and construct and install three benches and 24 plant identification signs along the trail.
Garner is a 2014 graduate of Vestavia Hills High School and was active in the school band programs. He will be attending Auburn University this fall.
Reynolds Sorrell
Reynolds Sorrell is the son of Kelly and Walker Sorrell of Vestavia Hills. Sorrell built a reading patio at Cahaba Heights Elementary School for his leadership project. The project involved leveling the site, building forms, pouring concrete, and installing landscaping and benches. The work took several weekends and weekdays to complete.
Sorrell will be a senior at Vestavia Hills High School this fall and was a member of the varsity track team.
Harrison Winter
Harrison Winter is the son of Wynde and Derrell Winter of Vestavia Hills. Winter restored the interior and exterior of a cabin at Camp Tranquility in Oak Mountain State Park for his leadership project. The Civilian Conservation Corps built Camp Tranquility during the Great Depression. Winter led a group of workers over many weekends for four consecutive months and overcame many difficulties to complete the project.
Winter is a 2014 graduate of Vestavia Hills High School and was active with the Birmingham Swim League. He will be attending Mississippi College this fall.
-Submitted by Mark Garner
Troop 76, Liberty Crossings Church, Scoutmaster Chris Morhard
Photos courtesy of Cherry Jackson.
John Jebeles
John Jebeles, son of John and Laura Jebeles of Vestavia Hills, has earned the Boy Scouts Eagle Scout Award. Jebeles built and installed wood duck boxes in the Cahaba Wildlife Management Area. These nesting boxes will improve the habitat for wood ducks that have been displaced.
A junior at Vestavia Hills High School, Jebeles is active in the Vestavia Hills High School Band and Wind Ensemble as an alto saxophone player. He is following in the footsteps of his late grandfather, Robert L. Garrett Jr., who also attained the rank of Eagle Scout.
Dylan Marcrum
Dylan Marcrum, son of Don and Linda Marcrum of Vestavia Hills, has earned the Boy Scouts Eagle Scout Award.
Marcrum constructed a free-standing arbor swing and two picnic tables for the Glenwood Autism and Behavioral Center for his leadership project. The center offers more than 20 services for children, adolescents, adults and families with mental health needs.
A junior at Vestavia Hills High School, Marcrum is active in the Music Performance Club and plays the tenor sax in the Vestavia Hills High School Marching Band.
Andrew Caskey
Andrew Caskey, son of Al and Rebecca Caskey of Vestavia Hills, has earned the Boy Scouts Eagle Scout Award.
Caskey constructed a brick patio, flower bed, picnic tables and benches at the Firehouse Shelter for his leadership project. The Firehouse Shelter is an outreach program for homeless men in Birmingham.
A junior at Vestavia Hills High School, Caskey is active in the Vestavia Hills High School Marching Band and Wind Ensemble. He is a member of the National Honor Society, the Music Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta and the German Honor Society. In addition, Caskey is a member of the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra and Briarwood Presbyterian Church.
John Max Michel
John Max Michel, son of Judy and Michael Michel of Vestavia Hills, has earned the Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout Award.
Michel built seven rows of 24-foot-long benches on the practice football field of Liberty Park Middle School for his leadership project. This process included setting 28 posts and constructing each bench frame to fit the posts. It took seven workdays and 192 man-hours to complete.
A sophomore at Briarwood Christian School, he is on the varsity football team and is a committee chair on Briarwood’s Relay for Life Committee.
-Submitted by Cherry Jackson