Four years at U of M flew
by so fast. As you begin the
next chapter of your life, know
that you are loved beyond
words and you make us
proud every single day.
Good luck at WSU
Law School

Love Always, Mom, Scott,
Ashley and Karlee

Joshua Fernquist, Adam Rowlands and Evan Ziegelman take their Eagle
Scout Oath.

Soaring High

Three scouts earn their
Eagle Scout rankings.

Annie GAvka

Congratulations on graduating
high school with
Summa Cum Laude Honors!
We are so proud of you!
May all your
dreams come true!

We love Irv, ven6- vvuital&l.
Mom, DAGI, AVO
Klaya,
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Jessica. Birndorf

This is your moment!!!

May your graduation from Walled Lake
Central High School be the beginning
of a future filled with success
and happiness!

Have a great time at college and always
follow your dreams!

We love youllf"
Mom, Dad, Matt, Adam, Grandma Ardis,
Grandma Rhoda, Grandpa Russell,
Big Dog Charlie and Little Dog Louie

106 May 21 • 2015

JN

Stacy Gittleman
I Contributing Writer

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T

he Boy Scout Oath includes
wording such as "duty to God
and country, helping people at
all times and to be mentally awake and
morally straight':
To three Jewish
teens from Boy
Scout Troop 179 in
Farmington Hills
who just earned the
organization's high-
est ranking, the oath
can be summed up
in
three words: "Be a
Adam
mentsh."
Rowlands
On May 9,
Adam Rowlands, 17, of Farmington
Hills, Evan Ziegelman, 15, of Wixom
and Joshua Fernquist, 17, of West
Bloomfield joined the company of Neil
Armstrong, Gerald Ford and Gov. Rick
Snyder as they became Eagle Scouts.
In addition to
earning more than 21
merit badges during
their many years of
scouting, they each
had to create and
facilitate a long-term
community service
project overseen by
Joshua
a rigorous approval
Fernquist
and documentation

process. According to the National
Eagle Scout Association, only 5 percent
of scouts have entered this highest rank
since 1912.
From camping to
computer program-
ming, scouts can
choose from more
than 100 badges to
earn. Several focus
on exploring one's
faith and three
involve Judaism.
Evan
Ziegelman earned the
Ziegelman
Ner Tamid badge as
part of his bar mitzvah preparation.
"This badge inspired me to give more
thought about being Jewish:' recalled
Ziegelman, a sophomore at Walled
Lake Central High School, who worked
to earn the badge with Shir Shalom's
Rabbi Daniel Schwartz, who happens
to be a fellow Eagle Scout. Ziegelman
added that many of the values he
learned in scouting go hand-in-hand
with Jewish ones.
"Scouting is very focused on leader-
ship, developing good character traits
and paying it forward," said Rowlands,
a junior at North Farmington High
School.
Like Judaism, scouting is rooted in
tradition. Rowlands is the fifth Eagle
Scout in his family. To earn his scouting
status, Rowlands created a fully auto-
mated and water-efficient underground