February 1, 2003

Galveston City Hall Landscaping

Rocky Sullivan, candidate for Eagle Scout, and members of his Boy Scout Troop 104 and volunteers from Troop 124 participated in a landscaping project at Galveston City Hall on Saturday.

"We're taking up the existing shrubbery and we are going to replace it with new plants and new grass and make it all around more attractive," Sullivan explained.

"When you are becoming an Eagle Scout, you have to do a service project that is pretty sizeable, and I have an interest in politics so I saw it appropriate that I would do something around City Hall," he said.

"I was just surprised at how nice the front of City Hall looked," said City Manager Steve LeBlanc after reviewing the work.  LeBlanc provided city funds to purchase the plants and materials.  "I hope the freeze doesn't snafu it."

"It was great to see them out there doing that work to make City Hall look much, much better.  They did a fantastic job," said Mayor Roger Quiroga.  "It is great to see the leadership that the Boy Scouts is providing our young folks."

"Rocky is going to be my first Eagle Scout," said Scoutmaster Donnie Rouse.  "We are real proud of him."

The scouts who participated in the project were Wesley Hazlip, Matt Carmichal, Matt Kerr ( who had a broken hand ), Bryan Yandell, Eric Booker, Steven Dreps, Bo Qui, Chase Ogan, Ben Zein-Eldin, Jarvis Ogan, Keeten Richter, Harris Lynch, Sean Schulz, Vincent Manillo, Brent Farmer, Lane Ware, Ethan Walker, Andrew Antonelli, Alex Hall, Eric Christianson, William Shelton, Thomas Shelton, and John D. Solari.

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