SEQUIM — Several weeks ago, local Boy Scout Ian Thill set out to rehabilitate a storage shed at Pioneer Memorial Park as part of his Eagle Scout project.
Last week, he finished that project.
“It was a lot of work,” Thill said. “More work than I thought it would be. But seeing it finished, it was worth it.”
Thill’s initial project was to replace the roof of the shed, repaint it and then install a natural stone bench next to it. As the project progressed, however, he realized there was more to do.
“We wound up having to replace some of the structural beams and posts too,” Thill said. “There was more rot in there than we realized going in.”
Four friends helped him with removing the roof: Eagle Scouts Dylan Washburn and Hunter Davidson, plus non-scouting friends Sergio Yanez and Joshua Lamb. Two more non-scouting friends, Donovan Streck and Matthew Chapman, assisted him with the structural work and installing the new roof.
“A lot of people” helped with painting the shed, according to Thill.
Several local companies supported the project, Thill said. Rodda Paint, Home Depot, Blake Sand & Gravel all donated supplies or money to the project and Joe Campbell donated all the roofing Thill used.
Now with his project complete, Thill just has to wait for the final word of approval from the Chief Seattle Council on officially becoming an Eagle Scout.
Right, the Pioneer Memorial Park storage shed before Ian Thill’s Eagle Scout project began in mid-August. Left, the shed after the project’s completion in early September. Thill said that the project was a lot of work, but it was well worth the effort to see it done. (Conor Dowley/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
