Conemaugh Township High School has a new pavilion and picnic tables thanks to an Eagle Scout project by Evan Thomas and Nathaniel Denault.The Conemaugh Township High School seniors who are members of the Boy Scout Troop 2114 in Davidsville, built the pavilion and picnic table next to the high school stadium.
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“They decided to work together, but they need to have two different projects,” said Evan’s father, Jason Thomas. “So Nathaniel decided to build the picnic tables — he built at least six, one of them is handicapped accessible, and Evan decided to build the pavilion.”The project took over the course of a year, Jason Thomas said.
Once the two got permission from the Conemaugh Township school board to build the project, they raised a little more than $10,000 to get materials and permits through donations from many members of the community organizations and individuals, Jason Thomas said.
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“It is a very complicated project with needing the plans, construction permits, engineering designs to make sure the project is built to the codes of construction,” he said. “It’s gone a long way over the course of the year.”They were putting on the last piece of the roof Monday. The team will paint the outside and place a plaque listing the sponsors for the project on it.
