Sugar Land's Sallean earns Eagle Scout award

From left, Sugar Land Troop 38 Boy Scout Michael Sallean and Graham Preston.

Sugar Land Troop 38 Boy Scout Michael Sallean earned the Eagle Scout award on Friday, Aug. 31 for his work creating a park at the Rosenberg Railroad Museum.

Sallean, a junior at Sugar Land's Stephen F. Austin High School, designed and created the park at the museum and dedicated it to Neil Banfield, a museum benefactor, Rosenberg community activist and longtime resident.

Eagle Scout candidates must be active in the troop, hold a leadership position, earn at least 21 merit badges, complete a leadership service project benefiting his local community and receive letters of recommendation. After a scout rises through the ranks, he performs an eagle project to develop leadership skills while providing a community service, according to a press release.

For more information, visit www.scouting.org.