Munns boast three generations of Eagle Scouts
CALDWELL — Eagle Scouts run in the Munn family.
In April, Joel Munn became the family’s third generation to earn the Boy Scouts of America’s most distinguished honor. More than 100 friends, fellow scouts and family members attended his Eagle Scout Court of Honor ceremony, which Scoutmaster Dennis Fox conducted.
Joel, 15, the son of Renee and Jeff Munn of Boise, is a member of Troop 97 and a student at Borah High School.
He was accompanied in the Court of Honor by his father, Jeff, who was accorded Eagle Scout honors in 1980 as a member of Troop 276 in Caldwell, and his grandfather, Monte Munn, who earned the same distinction in 1948 as a member of Caldwell’s Troop 22.
“It is rare and exciting to have three generations of Eagle Scouts from one family,” Scoutmaster Fox told the gathering at Joel’s Court of Honor ceremony.
Star Chief of Police Ken Rampage (also an Eagle Scout) talked about Joel’s Eagle Scout project at the ceremony. He told how the gazebo and park benches in the City of Star’s Blake Park had been vandalized and were in disrepair. Chief Rampage said Joel worked with the Star City Council planning the refurbishing, assembling the necessary supplies and tools, and organizing and supervising work parties who returned the gazebo and benches to their intended splendor.
A five-member team of Senior Scouts from the Ore-Ida Council, dressed in full ceremonial attire, conducted the Order of the Arrow presentation as part of Joel’s Eagle Court of Honor Ceremony.
Joel’s father, Jeff, managed the clean-up for the Caldwell March of Dimes Walk-a-Thon as his Eagle Scout project back in 1980. In grandfather Monte’s days, projects were not part of the Eagle Scout requirements.
In addition to his scouting, Joel is a member of The Great Highland Bag Pipes with the City of Trees Pipes and Drums.
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