The new Eagle Scouts from Sunnyvale's Troop 463 are, from left: Tomás Ponce, John Lehner, Brian Foster, Jeremy Friedenthal and Jordi Honey-Rosés.
Five members of Sunnyvale's Boy Scout Troop 463 advanced to the rank of Eagle Scout June 15 in a joint Court of Honor ceremony at Stocklmeir Elementary School.
The scouts' Eagle projects ranged from teaching teachers how to surf the Internet to building safe storage units for library books. Four of the Eagle Scouts are college-bound in the fall, while one attends junior high school.
For his Eagle project, Brian Foster restored the exterior and roof of a storage building behind Trinity United Methodist/St. John's Lutheran Church. Foster supervised a crew of four fellow scouts and one adult during the two-day project.
"Despite some minor setbacks, the project went very well," Foster said. "We all learned some new skills and had fun at the same time."
Foster, 18, will attend UC-Berkeley this fall.
Jeremy Friedenthal used his knowledge of virtual reality to earn the rank of Eagle Scout: He organized a class to teach students and faculty at Homestead High School how to create home pages on the World Wide Web.
"I'm sure that every person who participated was able to learn something from the class," Friedenthal said.
Friedenthal, 18, is bound for UC-Davis.
Jordi Honey-Rosés planted oak trees at Stevens Creek County Park for his Eagle project.
"Each young tree had a wire fence built around it for protection from deer and the public," Honey-Rosés said. "Wooden signs labeling the trees were made and placed on the fences."
Honey-Rosés, 18, is enrolled at UC--Berkeley.
John Lehner's project was to replace the aluminum tables used by the Sunnyvale Friends of the Library at their annual book sales. Lehner designed a heavy-duty cart and storage system and supervised a crew of 17 adults and scouts in building the structures.
"This project proved to be an invaluable experience, as I had never been able to tell people what to do before," Lehner joked.
Lehner, 17, will attend Stanford University this fall.
For his Eagle project, Tomás Ponce built a footbridge across a creekbed at Stevens Creek County Park. Ponce and a crew of fellow scouts spent their first day of work clearing poison oak from the area and then digging holes and pouring cement footings. On the second day, the crew focused on constructing the bridge itself.
"The project benefits every hiker who walks the trail," Ponce said. "If you feel like going for a hike on the weekend, be sure to hike at Stevens Creek across my bridge."
Ponce, 14, is a student at Cupertino Junior High School.
This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, July 10, 1996.
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