Scouts recognized for achieving Eagle rank

Twenty Boy Scouts from the Housatonic Council’s troops were recently recognized for achieving Scouting’s highest honor, Eagle Scout Rank at a ceremony at Molto Bene Italian American Kitchen at John J. Sullivan's in Ansonia. 

The awards ceremony was under the direction of Housatonic Council Advancement Chairman James Frovarp and the council’s branch of the National Eagle Scout Association.

Pictured are back row from left: Evan Altamirano, Troop 3, Derby, Joshua W. Zitnay, Troop 65, Seymour-Oxford, John Thomas Murray, Troop 3, Derby, Adam J. Sardiha, Troop 11, Seymour, Gajaan Sittambalam, Troop 28, Shelton, Angelo Ciambriello, Troop 101, Shelton.

Front row: Eagle Scout Tommy Caruso, master of ceremonies, Matthew J. Gura, Troop 105, Ansonia, Brandon James Guittard, Troop 28, Shelton, Max Slater Bracchi, Troop 3, Derby, John A. Grasso, III, Troop 3, Derby, Michael A. Yevich, Jr., Troop 27, Shelton, Christopher F. Turechek, Troop 27, Shelton, Philip W. Cooke, Troop 25, Shelton, and Father Christopher Tiano, keynote speaker.

Also recognized but not present were: Christopher Maxfield, Troop 55 Shelton, Adam Messier, Troop 11, Seymour, Jared Krugel, Troop 101, Shelton, Liam Fama, Troop 28 Shelton, Myles Hoponick, Troop 55 Shelton, Tyler Overton, Troop 1, Oxford, and Alex Main, Troop 3, Derby.

The 2012 class of Eagle Scouts led community service projects totaling more than 4,000 hours of effort. The scouts received certificates of appreciation from the Derby Elks Lodge 571 and the Military Order of World Wars. Nationally, fewer than 4 percent of all scouts attain the rank of Eagle.

Charles Stankye IV and Tyler Stankye, both Eagle Scouts from Troop 3, Derby, were recognized as the 2012 recipients of the Edmund and Caroline Strang Eagle Scout Scholarship.
Tiano, an Eagle Scout, past president of Housatonic Council, Committee Member of Troop 3 Derby and Pastor of the Torrington Cluster of Catholic Churches, was recognized with the Housatonic Council’s first Oustanding Eagle Scout Award for his more than 40 years of service to Scouting and the community. 
He was also recently named “most distinguished pastor” by the Archdiocese of Hartford.

This information was provided by Scoutmaster Randy Ritter.