Nigro, son

of Bill and Martha Nigro of Peachtree City, rebuilt 15 flower boxes for

the Southland Nursing Home in Peachtree City as his Eagle service project.

To demonstrate leadership skills, he organized other scouts and built

and painted the boxes.

He is a National

Merit Scholarship semifinalist, was elected to the National Honor Society

in 2002 at McIntosh, and was named "most intelligent student"

on the National Science Olympiad team from McIntosh.

Other activities

include the youth leadership committee and playing guitar at First Presbyterian

Church, working at Chick-fil-A and participating in a mission trip to

Juarez, Mexico in June of last year.

"Ryan

is an accomplished young man who set his mind to completing his Eagle

rank and rallied to accomplish the goal despite the pressures of other

activities," said scoutmaster Bob Commerford. Eagle rank must be

earned by the time a scout is 18.

Troop 279 was

founded six years ago, and Nigro is its seventh scout to achieve Eagle

rank. The troop is part of the Sepohaytev District, Flint River Council,

Boy Scouts of America.