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By LOU HATTER

Rappahannock News Staff Writer

Skip Giles Jr. is just one Board of Review away from fulfilling the requirements for his Eagle Scout award — the highest honor bestowed by the Boy Scouts.

Last week, the Eagle Review Committee of Troop 123 in Washington issued its final approval of his service project and sent the paperwork off to the Shenrapawa District office in Winchester for its review. If the district committee also approves, Skip will become the county’s newest Eagle Scout.

Long after Skip’s Eagle award is bestowed, the youngsters at the Child Care and Learning Center will be enjoying, and learning, from Skip’s community service project.

That project is one of the requirements each Eagle candidate must fulfill, and Skip chose to build a nature walk for the children at the Learning Center. “I knew they needed a nature trail, so I just called up and asked,” he said.

The project, according CCLC director Rose Ann Sharp, “has really helped us make better use of part of

See TRAIL, p. 14

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