FROM ALISON K. ROUSE
Hayes Pieper, a senior at Wetumpka High School and a member of Wetumpka Boy Scout Troop 13, has achieved Eagle rank. Pieper, 18, began his start in Scouting as a member of Cub Scout Pack 8 in 2010, chartered by Saint James Methodist Church in Montgomery. Two years later, he transferred to Pack 429 in Wetumpka after moving there. While at Pack 429, he earned the God and Me religious award and his Arrow of Light, the highest level of achievement in Cub Scouts.
In 2015, Pieper joined Troop 13, where he held a variety of leadership positions through the years, including senior patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, troop librarian, quartermaster and chaplain aide. He also served as a den chief for Wetumpka Cub Scout Pack 50 in 2019-20. He is a member of Order of the Arrow (National Scouting Honor Society), Alibamu Lodge 179.
In summer 2019, Pieper’s favorite Scout experience was when he traveled with members of his troop to Florida Sea Base near Key West, where he completed a weeklong deep-sea fishing adventure in the waters of the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. He also enjoyed several summers at Camp Tukabatchee.
For his Eagle project, Pieper and members of his troop erected a large United States flag at Flagg Mountain, a property of the Alabama Forestry Commission. He did this so visitors hiking and camping there can enjoy the flag. He also wanted other Scouts to enjoy meeting around the flag when they camp at Flagg Mountain.
At school, Pieper has been or currently is involved in the JROTC program, the Wetumpka High wrestling team, robotics, the Chess Club and the A/B Honor Roll in college preparatory classes. He has also spent the last two summers working for the Retirement Systems of Alabama. After graduating from Wetumpka this May, Pieper plans to attend Auburn University at Montgomery on academic scholarship, where he will major in pre-engineering for two years. Then he will transfer to Auburn University to earn a degree in civil engineering.
