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Roscoe – Brett Jones of Roscoe, Illinois has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. Jones will be recognized in a ceremony on Saturday, April 18, at 1 p.m. at Willowbrook Middle School in South Beloit, Ill..

A member of Roscoe Troop 620, chartered by the Roscoe Lions, Jones is one of approximately 4 percent of all Boy Scouts who attain the Eagle rank, according to Scoutmaster Mark LaMonica.

Each candidate must earn 21 merit badges and successfully complete a community service project to earn his Eagle; Jones chose to build an outdoor Ga-Ga ball pit and outdoor volleyball court for Willowbrook Middle School, where he attended school.

Jones served as an assistant senior patrol leader and senior patrol leader in Troop 620.  Last summer he served as a Counselor-in-Training at Camp Tesomas, a 1,200 acre scout camp in Rhinelander, Wis.

Jones joins other outstanding American citizens who have become Eagle Scouts, among them former President Gerald R. Ford, Jr., astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, cinematographer Steven Spielberg, and the head of the F.B.I., William Sessions.  Jones’ father and uncle are both Eagle Scouts.

A freshman at Hononegah High School, Jones is enrolled in Honors and Advanced Placement courses. He was a member of the Hononegah High School swim team and plays Stateline Youth Baseball.

In April 2014, Jones was recognized with a leadership award by the Illinois Principals Association.  He is the son of Greg and LeAnn Jones and has two sisters, Amy and Katie.

 
 
 
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