Troop 14 Scout completes Eagle Project in Pineville

Scouts BSA (Boy Scout) Troop 14 Eagle Scout Paige Spears (fourth from left) stands among the rebuilt and planted raised garden beds at the Fort Randolph State Historic Site in Pineville as part of her Eagle Scout project: (left to right) Seth Richard, Nathan Richard, Dewitt Lurry, Paige Spears, Bill Ross, Zeke Lurry, Abby Richard, Charlene Richard and Mathew Spears.

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November 29, 2022

Paige Spears, 18year old daughter of Meshell Squyres and Josh Spears and a member of Scouts BSA (formerly Boy Scout) Troop 14 of Jena, recently attained Scouting’s highest honor – the rank of Eagle. She is the first female Scout from Troop 14 and only the second female in the entire Louisiana Purchase Council to earn this honor.

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