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Sidd Viswanathan earns Eagle rank
Sidd Viswanathan
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OAK RIDGE – Sidd Viswanathan, a member of Scouts BSA Troop 600, recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout. Sidd is a junior at STEM Early College on the campus of NC A&T.
For his Eagle project, Sidd led a renovation/beautification project at Triad Hindu Temple on Alcorn Road in Oak Ridge. There were two large bodies of dirt in the middle of the temple’s parking lot that had eroded and created pockets of mud. Sidd visually enhanced them and made them less susceptible to erosion by creating a perimeter around both islands using concrete wall bricks, then added mulch, topsoil and three varieties of plants inside the bodies of dirt. Eighteen volunteers worked over 100 hours on planning and carrying out Sidd’s Eagle project, with donations coming from sponsors affiliated with Triad Hindu Temple. Scouts BSA Troop 600 meets on Monday evenings at Oak Ridge Presbyterian Church. For more info, visit www.scoutdude.com.
Photo courtesy of Lifetouch/Info provided by Nikki Nitz
The Northwest Guilford Middle School baseball team recently won the 2022 Conference Championship under firstyear coach Tyler Woodrow. The team, which had not been able to play the previous two years due to COVID, ended its season 12-0. Team members are (bottom row, L to R): Blake Abbott, Mason Skelding, Carter Marcum, Ryan Dell and Bryce Stovall; (middle row, L to R): Kaden Nitz, Nick Barnes, Nick Trogdon, Caleb Leimone, Robert Johnstone and Cooper Kidder; (top row, L to R): Holden Bullins, manager, Coach Tyler Woodrow, Drew Young, Noah Williams, Nick Turner, Preston McGirr and Ben Biggs. Not shown: Shaye Harrington and John Belcher.
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