JESSICA SILBER

We're so proud of you for
receiving your Social Work
degree from Michigan State
University. We wish you only
happiness as you pursue
your Masters at U of M.
Your compassion for others
will make you an amazing
Social Worker.
You inspire us all!
May all of your dreams come
true! We love you so much!

Awards for Evan Ziegelman, Josh Fernquist and Adam Rowlands

irrigation system for Michigan State
University's Tollgate Education Center
and Farm in Novi.
Rowland had to build this eight-
month endeavor from the ground up.
That meant attaining project approval
from his scoutmaster, a regional and
national approval committee, raising
money for materials and recruiting vol-
unteers to do the work.
To raise the money for the materials,
he enlisted his dad, Tim, a professional
comedian, to host a comedy night
fundraiser with other comedians at a
local comedy club. As he designed the
irrigation system, he made contacts
with many in the community who were
scouts, including employees of sprin-
kler companies ready to volunteer their
expertise and tools.
Fernquist has been enamored with
scouting since his earliest childhood
days. He credits his time in Boy Scouts
for giving him a great headstart on his
development as a leader and for his
love of the outdoors.
A senior at Harrison High School in
Farmington Hills, Fernquist also ful-
filled his Eagle Scout project at Tollgate
with the construction of a large plant
nursery. In the fall, he will attend the
U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
To earn his Eagle Scout ranking,
Ziegelman helped spruce up the prop-
erty of the Wixom Wire House/Wixom
Farm historical site in Wixom by put-
ting his carpentry and landscaping
expertise to work. He designed window
planter boxes and repaired wooden col-
umn posts on the facade of the histori-
cal home built in the 1850s.
Through his years of scouting,
Ziegelman most fondly recalls the
self-reliance and teamwork skills he

has gained on his many camping trips,
including several winter camping trips.
He attained the Polar Bear Merit Badge
for winter camping and becoming
accepted into the Order of the Arrow
Brotherhood for showing evidence of
living up to the scout oath in his daily
life.
The three boys owe their accom-
plishments to dedicated scout leaders
such as scoutmaster Chuck Williams of
Farmington Hills. Williams has been
involved in scouting for 45 years and
spent 30 of them as a scoutmaster.
"To become an Eagle Scout, you
must show great perseverance and
commitment," said Williams, pointing
to the years scouts spend earning badg-
es and then up to 10 months planning
and implementing their final Eagle
Scout project.
In scouting, there is a focus on a
belief on God, and many troops tend
to be Christian leaning, according to
Cindy Ziegelman, who has also been
a den mother with Troop 179. After
"sitting on the fence" for a while about
continuing on with scouting after Cub
Scouts, Cindy said the family made
the decision to stick with Troop 179
because of their openness to those of
many religious backgrounds and their
support of Jewish practices, including
sometimes bringing Shabbat candles
along on a camping trip. There are
about a dozen Jewish kids in the troop.
"We want our troop to be as reflec-
tive and accommodating to the com-
munity as possible Williams said.
"Before planning out the year, we try
to be very mindful of when the Jewish
holidays fall. But, we have learned,
there are certainly a lot of Jewish holi-
days:'

Mom, Dad, Lindsay, Brandon,
Chris and 011ie, Poppi and Doris,
Bubble and Zadie

JACOB PIERCE

You continue to make
us so Proud!

Best of luck at
Ohio State University!

Love,
Mom Dad, Ian and Zac

NIKKI & LINDSAY
ISHBIA

Congrats to our amazing Spartan
bound grads! Wishing you both a
lifetime of happiness, joy & success!
We are so proud of you & know
that the best is yet to come!
With all our love,

Dad & Lainie
Jared, Zoe, Blake, Lilly & Woody

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