Ah, the agony of defeat...or in this case the agony of "de leg".as Sylvia (Arnold) Regehr has just returned home from a trip to the hospital following a fall which resulted in a broken leg.
We're told it's the femur (pl. femurs or femora), or thigh bone, which now has a metal rod repair. Sylvia is reportedly doing well (under the circumstances) and we wish her well in getting back to normal.
Give a lift by contacting her at:
Sylvia Regehr 306 Greenbay Rd.
Mooresville, NC 28117
sylviaregehr@yahoo.com
Congratulations to Al Selby
who is featured in a nice article in the Charlotte Observer By Reid Creager. Excerpts here...
“I got my Eagle Award when I was 16,” he said. “I stayed with the program and its troop until I graduated at Central in 1954. Then I went to college at Chapel Hill and joined the troop over there, became assistant scoutmaster. That’s pretty unusual. Most people go to college and forget about Scouting.”
Selby said the only person he knows of with more Scouting experience locally is Bill Nichols (70 years), who is on the executive committee of the Mecklenburg County Council Boy Scouts of America.
“It’s a very close fraternity that gets passed down through generations. I can’t think of anything that would substitute for it,” said Selby.
A longtime member of the Eagle Scout committee, Selby said 277 Eagles were honored last year and they spent more than 27,000 hours on projects.
He said this level of service will be a focus when the council celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2015. More than 12,000 youths ages 7-18 are served each year through the council.
“It goes back to the core values established in 1910,” Selby said. “Citizenship, service to the community, the Scout oath, the Scout Law – these things haven’t changed. We stress a duty to the community, a duty to yourself, to your family, to your religion, whatever it is.”
-JG
