Deane becomes Eagle Scout

North Canaan First Selectman Brian Ohler presents Dylan Deane with his eagle statue.

Patrick L. Sullivan

Deane becomes Eagle Scout

NORTH CANAAN — Dylan Deane became an Eagle Scout at a ceremony at Couch-Pipa VFW in North Canaan on Sunday, June 9.

Deane’s Eagle Scout project was to design, construct and install informative signs in town directing visitors to restaurants and other amenities.

This proved to be more complicated than expected, but Deane was persistent and determined.

He received an eagle statuette from First Selectman Brian Ohler and Selectman Craig Whiting, and written accolades from U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, U.S. Representative Jahana Hayes, and State Representative Maria Horn and State Senator Stephen Harding plus the entire General Assembly. U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal arranged to have an American flag flown over the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. to mark the occasion.

Deane was surrounded by family members, many of them Scouts, as he accepted the paraphernalia associated with Scouting’s highest rank.

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