SOCIETY Flatwater Unbreakable Night
WESTSIDE STORY Ed Clements
INSIDE Doss readers get pink lemonade
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VOLUME 35 ISSUE 17 - SINCE 1986
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W E S TA U S T I N N E W S . C O M
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Raises Funds for Free Fitness Classes at Summer Bash n Tuesday, August 30th a passionate crowd of Power for Parkinson’s (PFP) supporters, volunteers, and participants gathered at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Northwest Austin for PFP’s Summer Bash. The Summer-themed event was part of the organization’s week-long “Ride the Waves” fundraiser. “Our participants inspired this fundraiser and this event because of how powerfully they ride their own waves,” said PFP Program Manager Garden Strong. Power for Parkinson’s is a local nonprofit working to provide free fitness classes and social opportunities for people with Parkinson’s in Austin and beyond. “For people with Parkinson’s, exercise is like medicine,” said PFP Executive Director and Cofounder Dr. Nina Mosier. True to the organization’s mission, the PFP team included movement breaks and exercise opportunities, such as corn-hole, ring-toss, and an obstacle course in their Summer Bash festivities.
Along with the fun games and challenges, the event also featured a photo booth, drinks, and a delicious lunch courtesy of Jersey Mikes. Guests were encouraged to arrive at the event dressed in their “beachiest” attire, and with pirate hats, sunglasses, and plenty of Hawaiin shirts, guests certainly exceeded expectations. In addition to the Summer Bash, PFP’s weeklong “Ride the Waves” fundraiser included daily summer-themed fitness and dance classes in and around Austin and online on the organization’s YouTube channel. By the end of the week, the organization had raised just over $10,000 to support its fitness and dance programs. PFP’s Ride the Waves fundraiser is still open on the organization’s website, www. powerforparkinsons.org, through September 7th. “The contributions and support raised during our Summer Bash will help carry us through to the end of the year and support us in our mission to ensure our community lives their healthiest and most engaged lives,” said Dr. Mosier.
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Eagle Scout Morgan Jones honored at Troop 1 Court of Honor Troop 1 Eagle Scout Morgan D. Jones’s journey as a Boy Scout culminated at his final Court of Honor last month at First Presbyterian Church, which charters Troop 1. Morgan turns 18 this month, the age that BSA requires youth Scouts to “age out.” Morgan is the son of Drs. David and Jennifer Jones. Morgan received the following four awards at the ceremony: BSA James M. Stewart Good Citizenship Award for completing a service project that honors and promotes the life of Jimmy Stewart, submitting a 500-word essay on good citizenship, creating a poster to educate the public,
and submitting a written report describing how the service project honored the life of Jimmy Stewart. BSA National Park Service Resource Stewardship Scout
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Ranger Award for completing either 10 hours of community service or 10 hours of organized education at one of our National Parks. The BSA God and Life
Religious Emblem for completing a 9-month religious curriculum connecting reverence and a Scout’s own faith tradition. The BSA Conservation Good Turn Award for organizing Troop 1 to work with the City of Austin’s Watershed Protection Department to personally inspect more than 1100 storm drains and installing more than 350 No Dumping emblems on the drains. Troop 1 received The BSA Conservation Good Turn Unit Award because of the conservation project that Morgan organized. In his journey in Scouting, Morgan has earned 66 merit badges, 9 palms, 7 medals, 5
knots, and 10 BSA outdoors and environmental awards, including BSA’s most rare and prestigious conservation award—The BSA Distinguished Conservation Service Award with Silver Honors. Only 178 Scouts in BSA’s 112-year history have earned this award, which requires four researched conservation service projects from four separate environmental categories that are evaluated in a Board of Review conducted by BSA’s National Conservation Committee. “Morgan is one of the most decorated Scouts in the history of Troop 1,” said Troop 1 Scoutmaster Paul Slutes. “Upon earning Eagle,
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many Scouts leave Scouting. Not Morgan; he served as our Junior Assistant Scoutmaster to help the younger Scouts until he turned 18. What’s truly remarkable about Morgan is that he was still earning difficult awards just weeks before he aged out. Morgan has so much potential and an amazing future ahead of him.” Morgan is a senior at Austin’s Concordia High School where he participates in the National Honor Society and varsity soccer and baseball. Upon turning 18, Morgan plans to volunteer as an Assistant Scoutmaster in Troop 1 which meets Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church on Mesa Drive.
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