Eagle Scout

Eagle Scout candidate Jim Suchy will build 200 feet of white picket at veterans center.The pressure is on for Eagle Scout candidate Jim Suchy, who has taken it upon himself to replace the Veterans Memorial Community Center's 30-year-old fence. Suchy, a high school senior, and his crew of 10 Boy Scouts spent Saturday sawing, painting and pounding away as they dirtied their hands on the project for the first time. The new fence will bring Suchy a step closer to obtaining an Eagle Scout badge, the highest Boy Scout rank, achieved by only 4% of those who enter the organization.

Everett Alexander (Alex) Heiney of Laguna Beach will be presented the Eagle Scout award in a court of honor March 4 at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laguna Beach, 429 Cypress St. Heiney, 14, was awarded the ranking, the highest in the Boy Scouts, in January by the Pacifica District of the Orange County Council of Boy Scouts of America. To earn the rank, Heiney organized members of his troop and church to assist in completing a new Religious Education Center at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Brown chosen as 'Man of Character' John Brown , a resident and Laguna Beach business owner, was honored recently as one of eight "Men of Character" by the Orange County Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The men are chosen because of their contributions to the Orange County community and because they demonstrate the values that Scouting strives to develop in young men. Brown was born and raised in Laguna Beach and moved his business here in 1999. Brown's company, The Showpros Group, is a multimedia production and live presentation company that has been in existence for 28 years.

SchoolPower fundraiser gala is set SchoolPower's "Laguna, An Evening Celebrating Laguna's Artists and Schools" auction and dinner dance will be Saturday at the Montage. The dinner dance will showcase local artists and merchants. Auction items will include local art, travel and wine among other items to bid on. The event is black-tie optional. Because this year's Community Campaign was so successful, most tickets are already reserved, but some are still available.

In 2004, artist Sean Tiner lost his younger brother, Mark, a sophomore at Laguna Beach High School, in a non-alcohol-related car accident. Tiner recalls that Mark, an Eagle Scout and Laguna Beach High surfer and volleyball player who was also known as ?Big Tiny? for his performances with local rap artists, looked forward to college and had dreams of attending USC. ?Most importantly, he enjoyed volunteering and giving back to the community,? Tiner said. The following year, Tiner ran the Breakers Marathon in Newport, R.I. and asked friends, family and students to donate $1 per mile in support of his ?

School board selects state board candidate The Laguna Beach Unified School District Board of Education held a special meeting yesterday, April 5, to choose their candidate for the California School Boards Association. Region 15, which encompasses Orange County and the Lowell Joint Unified School District, held its delegate assembly election recently but one election resulted in a tie, which requires a run-off election. The assembly sets the general policy direction for the association, and is divided into regions to ensure the interests of all districts are reflected.

Christian Logan AndersonSchoepe of Laguna Beach has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. AndersonSchoepe, of Boy Scout Troop 734 in Aliso Viejo, will be recognized in his Eagle Court of Honor ceremony today, his 17th birthday. In earning the Eagle, Christian carries on a proud family tradition. His father, Robert AndersonSchoepe, is an Eagle Scout and earned the national BSA honor of Distinguished Eagle Scout for service in his profession and to his community for a period of at least 25 years after attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.

Legion sponsors Easter Egg Hunt The veterans of Laguna Beach American Legion Post 222 and the Women?s Auxiliary will sponsor the annual Easter Egg Hunt at 1 p.m. April 4 at Skipper Carrillo Field at Laguna Beach High School. The free event is open to all children who are 9 and younger. The Easter Bunny will make a special appearance and will be available for photo opportunities for those who arrive by 12:30 p.m. The American Legion has sponsored the tradition for more than 50 years.

In 2004, artist Sean Tiner lost his younger brother, Mark, a sophomore at Laguna Beach High School, in a non-alcohol-related car accident. Tiner recalls that Mark, an Eagle Scout and Laguna Beach High surfer and volleyball player who was also known as ?Big Tiny? for his performances with local rap artists, looked forward to college and had dreams of attending USC. ?Most importantly, he enjoyed volunteering and giving back to the community,? Tiner said. The following year, Tiner ran the Breakers Marathon in Newport, R.I. and asked friends, family and students to donate $1 per mile in support of his ?

The Laguna Community Concert Band has earned the right to toot its own horn. Sunday’s 10th anniversary concert was a joyous triumph that few would have imagined when the idea was first conceived over a cup of coffee at Zinc Café by founders Bill Nicholls, Teresa Marino and Carol Reynolds , then an arts commissioner. “Bill asked me today if I ever dreamed 10 years ago we’d have a band like this,” Reynolds said. “No way,” said Reynolds, usually the optimum optimist.

The jawbone of the blue whale is the largest such bone on earth, yet it is also very fragile. That is what drove 14-year-old Matthew Hulley to embark on a major project to protect a set of bones at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center. After a regular family trip to the center, Matthew noticed that what first looked like slabs of concrete and a piece of driftwood lying against a chain link fence were actually a blue whale’s vertebrates and jaw bone. It was in that moment the Aliso Viejo middle school student decided to create a whale bone exhibit for the center as his Eagle Scout Project.

Christian Logan AndersonSchoepe of Laguna Beach has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. AndersonSchoepe, of Boy Scout Troop 734 in Aliso Viejo, will be recognized in his Eagle Court of Honor ceremony today, his 17th birthday. In earning the Eagle, Christian carries on a proud family tradition. His father, Robert AndersonSchoepe, is an Eagle Scout and earned the national BSA honor of Distinguished Eagle Scout for service in his profession and to his community for a period of at least 25 years after attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.