Mike Ellington - Oakensurise Trail - Falmouth, VA
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vhasler
N 38° 18.725 W 077° 27.600
18S E 284922 N 4243305
2004 Eagle project to improve a trail, which is now part of a disc golf course
Waymark Code: WMHHQR
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 07/13/2013
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You'll see this sign if playing the disk golf course
Waymark WM291N.
Per an on-line news report: To meet the Eagle community service requirement, Mike restored and improved a trail in Pratt Park that had become unsafe for walkers and cross-country runners. As project leader, Mike, with the help of fellow Scouts and adults, cleared, widened and marked the half-mile pathway.
Mike also came up with a name for the trail--the Oakensunrise Trail. The name is a memorial to his late grandfather, John T. Ellington, who was strong like an oak tree, and to Michelle Goss, a young friend who died of cancer and whose cheerful attitude was like a sunrise.
Scout Troop 170 is sponsored by Fredericksburg United Methodist Church.
The trail has now been incorporated into a disc golf course, which continues its maintanance, especially after tornado knock down many trees.
Bo