Hope Scouts From Troop 5 And Pack 5 Honor Veterans On Memorial Day

By Dr. Lester Sitzes, 06/8/21 10:26 PM

Hope Scouts from Troop 5 and Pack 5 placed American flags on the graves of

veterans on Memorial Day morning. The 800-900 flags were purchased by the

Hope Lions Club, Hope Kiwanis Club and the Hope Rotary Club. Keenan Williams

at LaGrone Williams Hardware procures the flags at wholesale for the Scouts.

Ed Flagg coordinates the donations.

Picture: L to R. Front row : Harper McMahan , Jacob Martin, Daniel Martin,

Luke Martin, Jax Golden, Nathaniel Williams, Naomi Williams, Esther

Williams. Second Row: Karen Smith, Scoutmaster; Emma Wright, SPL; Mary

Martinez, Chris Golden, Riley Golden, Makenzi Golden, Ed Flagg, Scott

McCorkle, Melody Martinez, Les Patterson, Cubmaster. Third row: Sterling

Sawyer, William Beck, Ken Shafer, Donnie Golden, Robert Wright, Keenan

Williams, Dustin McCorkle, Joshua Williams. Not pictured are Jennifer

Martin, David Beck and Dr. Lester Sitzes III

Scout Troop 5 and Cub Scout Pack 5 are sponsored by the Century bible Class

of Hope’s First United Methodist Church.