Shawn Knauer earns rank of Eagle Scout

[June 18, 2013]  MOUNT PULASKI -- Shawn Knauer, son of Kevin and Monica Knauer of Mount Pulaski and a member of Boy Scout Troop 122, has earned the rank of Eagle Scout.

In recognition of his achievement, there was a court of honor on Jan. 5 at Zion Lutheran Church in Mount Pulaski.

Knauer completed his Eagle Scout project in September 2012. His project was to pour concrete to install a handicap parking space at the Mount Pulaski Fire Department. The project was funded and supported by the fire department and accomplished with assistance from fellow Scouts and Mick Cyrulik of Mount Pulaski.

Knauer recently graduated from Mount Pulaski High School with honors. He was a four-year member of the golf and baseball teams and a two-year member of the basketball team. He was also a four-year member of the concert, marching and pep bands and the Spirit Squad.

He is a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and has been an altar server. He was also a member of the youth group that traveled to Memphis, Tenn., as part of the Catholic HEART Workcamp.

Shawn started in Cub Scouts in 2001 and moved up through the ranks, becoming a member of Boy Scout Troop 122 under leader Greg Maus in March 2006. He was elected to the Order of the Arrow, a Scouting honor society, by his peers. Some highlights of his Scouting career were hiking at the Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, N.M., and going to Cache Lake Scout Camp in the Canadian boundary waters.

He will attend Illinois State University this fall, majoring in construction management.

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