North Bend Boy Scout Troop 466 presented the Eagle Scout rank to five young men from the Valley at a Court of Honor ceremony June 7 at the Meadowbrook Interpretive Center.

Tyler Moore, Sam Luna, Maxwell Puff, Angus Brookes, and McLaren Lewis received their Eagle Scout medals after completing service projects that included six new park benches, habitat restoration with 1,400 new evergreen saplings, and a 200-foot-long boardwalk on the Youth Activity Center property.

While the Eagle Scout projects benefit the local community, the benefit to the individual scout is experiencing the process of planning a project, obtaining funding and materials, and then leading the execution of the project to completion with the help of adult and scout volunteer labor.

Moore led the construction of viewing benches along the Meadowbrook Trail offering panoramic views of Mount Si.

Luna and Puff led volunteers in two projects to plant cedar and fir seedlings next to a seasonal stream on the Youth Activity Center property.

Brookes and McLaren led separate teams of volunteers to construct sections of boardwalk to provide low-impact access to portions of the Youth Activity Center property.

For these young men, earning the Eagle Scout rank is the culmination of Scouting careers that began in Cub Scouts and progressed through the Venture Crew.

The Eagle Scout rank is achieved by only about 4 percent of all Boy Scouts.