{"id":104509,"date":"2016-06-20T23:38:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T05:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dhs-grad-earns-eagle-scout-award-for-mancos-work\/"},"modified":"2016-06-20T23:38:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T05:38:19","slug":"dhs-grad-earns-eagle-scout-award-for-mancos-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/dhs-grad-earns-eagle-scout-award-for-mancos-work\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS grad earns Eagle Scout Award for Mancos work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Austin
Austin Peterson, 18, receives his Eagle Scout Award on Saturday after building a retaining wall and repairing a bridge at Four Corners Christian Camp in Mancos for his Eagle project.<\/span>Jessica Pace\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

The highest honor in Boy Scouts was bestowed Saturday afternoon on Durango High School graduate Austin Peterson, who accepted the Eagle Scout Award for his work with Troop 501.<\/p>\n

A lifelong Scout, Peterson, 18, has met 325 Scout requirements, hiked more than 113 miles and collected 12 merit badges and an additional 39 elective merit badges.<\/p>\n

But Saturday\u2019s ceremony was to laud Peterson for some of his final contributions as a Scout: he led a project to repair a bridge and build a retaining wall at the Four Corners Christian Camp<\/a> in Mancos.<\/p>\n

The wall was to prevent dirt from an eroding hill at the camp from reaching bathrooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have mixed emotions,\u201d Peterson said. \u201cI\u2019m sad to be leaving Scouts but happy to be starting a new chapter.\u201d<\/p>\n

He accepted his award outside the Durango Christian Church<\/a> with several dozen of his friends, fellow Scouts and family, including proud dad Wayne Peterson, who swapped his son\u2019s Boy Scout neckerchief for an Eagle Scout one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve seen Austin grow up,\u201d said Dennis Snodgrass, family friend and committee chairman for Troop 501.<\/p>\n

\u201cI watched him grow from a little boy of mischief to a young man of character.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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