COURT OF HONOR NORRIS WHITMORE JR. IS HONORED AS NEW EAGLE SCOUT.Byline: Daily News Family and friends recently gathered around a blazing campfire at William S. Hart Park to honor Norris Whitmore Jr. as he received the Boy Scouts of America's highest rank of Eagle Scout Ea·gle Scout n. One who has achieved the highest rank in the Boy Scouts. Noun 1. Eagle Scout - a Boy Scout who has earned many merit badges Boy Scout - a boy who is a member of the Boy Scouts . Mayor Bob Kellar attended the Eagle Court of Honor a court or tribunal to investigate and decide questions relating to points of honor; as a court of chivalry, or a military court to investigate acts or omissions which are unofficerlike or ungentlemanly in their nature. See also: Honor and presented Norris with a certificate of achievement from the city of Santa Clarita. Norris also received letters from over a dozen local and national government officials and a flag that had flown over the nation's Capitol from Rep. Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon's office. Whitmore, 18, is a member of Troop 496 and was required to earn five previous Scout ranks, a minimum of 21 merit badges and organize a service project for the community in order to earn the rank of Eagle. For his service project, Whitmore organized a blood and bone marrow registry drive for Kendall Biby, the sister of a close friend. Kendall, a student at Placerita Junior High, suffers from aplastic anemia aplastic anemia or anemia of bone-marrow failure Inadequate blood-cell formation by bone marrow. Pancytopenia is the lack of all blood-cell types (erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets), but any combination may be missing. and is in need of a bone marrow transplant bone marrow transplant: see bone marrow. . The drive was held Aug. 16, 2003, and the response from the community was tremendous. The hours had to be extended to accommodate all the people who wanted to donate, with 160 pints of blood collected and 137 bone marrow registrations. While Kendall is still waiting for a perfect match, at least two people who were registered during the drive matched others in need of bone marrow transplants. Whitmore organized the event with the help of his family and the Biby family. To publicize the event, he had posters and fliers made, which he distributed to schools, his church and by direct mail. He also arranged to have lunch brought in for those who donated. The Hart High School Hart High School may refer to:
Whitmore is the son of Janet Mendenhall of Valencia and Norris Whitmore Sr. of Newhall. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Norris Whitmore Jr. is surrounded by his father, Norris Whitmore Sr., left, his mother, Janet Mendenhall, right, and Mayor Bob Kellar at his Eagle Court of Honor held April 19 at William S. Hart Park. (2 -- color) Mayor Bob Kellar presents Norris Whitmore Jr. with a certificate of achievement from the city of Santa Clarita. |
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