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            The First and the Seventy-first                                            Lewistown Ruritan Club News

            Eagle                                                                         A program dealing with opioid addiction was recently presented at the
                                                                                       Lewistown Ruritan Club. Guest speakers included Becca Austin and Dylan
               The family of Devin Stafford                             Courtesy Photo  Flannery. They shared their experiences as drug addicts, in response to the
            and Boy Scout Troop 270 would                                              record rise in overdose deaths across Maryland. Both are now participating
            like to announce the achievement                                           in the very successful Frederick County Drug Court Program.
            to Eagle Scout Rank for Devin
            Stafford (pictured right).                                                                                                          Pictured from
               Devin is the first Eagle Scout                                                                                                   left are Ruritan
            in his family and the seventy-first                                                                                                 Program Chairman
            Eagle Scout for Boy Scout Troop                                                                                                     Harold Stahley;
            270 since its inception in 1932.                                                                                                    Becca Austin,
                                                                                                                                                guest speaker;
            Devin’s Eagle Board of Review                                                                                                       Dylan Flannery,
            was on May 24, 2017, and his                                                                                                        guest speaker;
            Eagle Court of Honor was held                                                                                                       Ruritan President
                                                                                                                                                Dick Baseley; and
            July 23, 2017, at the Thurmont                                                                                                      Rachael Hubbard,
            American Legion Post #168,                                                                                                          mother of a son
            where he started his Scouting                                                                                                       who died of a drug
            career as a Cub Scout in Pack 270                                                                                                   overdose.
            of Thurmont.
               Devin earned twenty-six merit
            badges, with thirteen being Eagle                                                                                                   Courtesy
                                                                                                                                                Photo
            required.  His Eagle project was
            planting 113 trees and shrubs at
            the new Thurmont Ambulance Company Event Complex. Congratulations!
            And always remember: once an Eagle always an Eagle.                        Tom’s Creek Community Cemetery
                                                                                       LLC is Now Available to the Public
            Keeping it in the Family                                                      Burial plots are now available in the Tom’s Creek Community
                                                                                       Cemetery, located on the Tom’s Creek Church property along Route #140,
               The Vietri Family                                         Courtesy Photo  approximately two miles from Emmitsburg, near Tom’s Creek Church Road.
            and Boy Scout Troop                                                        This area offers a magnificent view of the mountains, and lots are very
            270 would like to                                                          affordable. For information, please call 240-315-8582.
            congratulate Sean Vietri
            on achieving the rank
            of Eagle Scout with Boy                                                     ads @ thecatoctinbanner .com
            Scout Troop 270. Sean
            is the seventy-second
            Scout to earn the rank
            of Eagle Scout with Boy
            Scout Troop 270 since it’s
            inception in 1932. Sean’s
            Eagle Board of Review
            was July 26, 2017.
               Sean’s Eagle project
            included clearing a
            wooded area and
            landscaping it into a field at the Walkersville Watershed. The area will be
            used by Scouts for activities while camping at the watershed. Sean is the son
            of Eagle Scout Nicholas Vietri, Lt. Col. USA, Retired, and Andrea Vietri, a
            foreign language teacher at St. Mary’s Catholic School. Congratulations! And
            always remember: once an Eagle always an Eagle.

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