CHURUBUSCO, Ind. (March 18, 2010) — Churubusco High School track and field will be represented at the indoor state championships held annually at Purdue University. There are only two divisions at the meet, so the Eagles will be competing with much larger schools like Wayne and Harding of Fort Wayne, to name just a couple.

Heather Monk qualified with a throw of 34’4” in the shot put and is seeded 4th in her event. Busco will have two distance runners in the 3200 meter race, with both Rachel Fehring and Alex Eyer qualifying. Additionally, the distance medley relay team of Eyer, Fehring, Haleigh Gross, and Peyton Hunsberger will compete.

On the boys side, Kyle Matthewson will go to work in three events-the 55 meter dash, the long jump, and the 4X200 relay. Alex Zolman will join him in the long jump and relay competitions. Skylar Greve will look to exceed his personal best in the shot put, while he strives for the difficult to attain 50’ mark. The 4X200 relay team has been blazing so far this year, shaving a second and a half off their best time of last year and with fierce opposition at the meet, could drop below their posted best of 1:37. Jeremy Forker and and Josh Lefever, along with Matthewson and Zolman, make up the relay team.

James Fehring and Harrison Sade, both of Churubusco, recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

CHURUBUSCO, Ind. — James Fehring and Harrison Sade are the two latest Scouts of local Troop 81 to be recognized in the Boys Scouts Court of Honor after attaining the highest – and most prestigious – rank of Scouting – the Eagle Scout award.

Fehring and Sade were honored at a ceremony held in their honor at the Boy Scout Building in the Churubusco Community Park Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009.

Former scoutmaster and Eagle Scout Jimmy Allman led the ceremonies, asking all of the Eagle Scouts in the room to stand and be recognized. One of the oldest Eagle Scouts in the room was the grandfather of James Fehring.

Current Scoutmaster and Eagle Scout, Rob Pope presented the Eagle badge to both boys.

Pope told humorous and poignant stories of watching Fehring and Sade grow from boys to young men through the ranks and activities of scouting.

The Eagle Scout is the highest award a Boy Scout may receive. There are many requirements, one of which is to have a project that benefits others. Another of the requirements is to raise all of the money necessary to pay for the project.

For his project, Sade chose to paint all of the playground equipment at Churubusco United Methodist Church.

Fehring’s project was to renovate the landscaping at Cornerstone Christian Church in Merriam.

Each boy was asked to select a mentor – a person they credited with being a positive and inspiring influence in their lives.

Harrison chose his father, Paul Sade, and James chose a teacher, James Folland. The Scouts pinned their respective mentors and thanks them for making a difference intheir lives.

Harrison is the son of Paul and Michele Sade of Churubusco. James is the son of John and Rhonda Fehring of Churubusco.

Scoutmaster Rob Pope addresses the corwd at th award ceremony for James Fehring (right) and Harrison Sade (center).

James Fehring pins ------, the person he chose to honor as his most influential mentor.

Harriosn Sade pins his father, Paul, after choosing him as his most influential mentor.