{"id":4771,"date":"2010-04-28T23:22:28","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T05:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2016-04-10T06:47:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T11:47:01","slug":"meet-luke-ham-kf5csk-eagle-scout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=4771","title":{"rendered":"Meet Luke Ham, KF5CSK, Eagle Scout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Luke-ham-Eagle-Scout-018.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4770\" style=\"margin: 5px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Luke Ham  Eagle Scout\" src=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Luke-ham-Eagle-Scout-018-350x278.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Luke-ham-Eagle-Scout-018-350x278.png 350w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Luke-ham-Eagle-Scout-018-200x159.png 200w, http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Luke-ham-Eagle-Scout-018.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>On Wednesday, April 14, 2010, AARO&#8217;s own Luke Ham (KF5CSK) achieved the Boy Scouts of America highest rank, Eagle Scout.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shown with Luke are his proud parents, David (KF5BGT and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">also<\/span> an Eagle Scout) and Lisa Ham.\u00a0\u00a0 Click on photo for larger view.<\/p>\n<div>The Eagle Scout Award\u00a0(Taken from the ceremony program)<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The Eagle Scout Award is Scouting&#8217;s highest rank and among its most familiar icons.\u00a0 Men who have earned it, count it among their most treasured possessions.\u00a0 Those who have missed it by a whisker, remember exactly which requirements they didn&#8217;t complete.\u00a0 Americans from all walks of life know that being an Eagle Scout is a great honor, even if they don&#8217;t know just what the badge means.<\/div>\n<div><!--more--><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The award is more than a badge.\u00a0 It is a state of being.\u00a0 You <em>are<\/em> an Eagle Scout &#8211; never <em>were<\/em>.\u00a0 You may have received the badge as a boy, but you earn it every day as a man.\u00a0 In the words of the Eagle Scout Promise, you do your best every day to make your training an example.\u00a0 Your rank and your influence count strongly for better Scouting and for better citizenship in your troop, in your community and in your contacts with other people.\u00a0 To this you pledge your sacred honor.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Submitted by Bob Rodriguez &#8211; K5AUW<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday, April 14, 2010, AARO&#8217;s own Luke Ham (KF5CSK) achieved the Boy Scouts of America highest rank, Eagle Scout.\u00a0 Shown with Luke are his proud parents, David (KF5BGT and also an Eagle Scout) and Lisa Ham.\u00a0\u00a0 Click on photo for larger view. The Eagle Scout Award\u00a0(Taken from the ceremony program) \u00a0 The Eagle Scout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,452,2,274],"tags":[559,560,561],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4771"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7593,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions\/7593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}