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Friday, September 3
Prospective Eagle Scout Danny Stacey raises funds for Fallen Veterans Memorial
Troop 267's Danny Stacey has chosen to honor fallen veterans by designing and building a memorial at Pine Grove Cemetary. The Memorial will consist of granite monuments and American Flags. You can help by purchasing a brick with your name (or a loved one's) on it for $50 to be used on a walkway at the site, or donating whatever you can to Danny to help him accomplish his goal. Please contact Danny at 603-893-9202 or danielstacey51@gmail.com if you have questions or can help him out in any way.
Friday, September 3
Prospective Eagle Scout Saves Father
Salem man thankful son saved his life
By Jillian Jorgensen
jjorgensen@eagletribune.com
SALEM On his first day of summer vacation, Danny Stacey saved his father's life.
"I can't say how proud I am," his father, Kevin, said yesterday.
Kevin Stacey owns Stacey's Tree Service. He and Danny, 17, were on a job in Salem on June 19, when Stacey found himself in a dangerous situation stuck in the chute of a wood chipper.
Stacey said Danny had done most of the work on the job, gaining experience because he intends to take over the family business someday. Stacey was feeding small pieces of wood into the machine when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
"I got caught. Something grabbed and tugged my arm," he said. "Before I knew what had happened, it had pulled me in."
Stacey was inside the machine's large chute, with his arm caught in the heavy rollers that pull wood inside. He could not reach the safety bar that would put the machine in reverse and free him.
"You can feed logs into this and the machine will not slow down," Stacey said. "The way I was caught, there was absolutely no way I could help myself."
He managed to call out to his son and the next thing he remembers he was out of the machine, and just in the nick of time.
"By the time he said, 'Danny' and he looked back, the rollers were right in his face," Danny said.
Before his father spoke, Danny realized something was wrong because Stacey moved in an unnatural way.
"He jerked up," Danny said. "Literally, his feet were off the ground."
So Danny, who has spent years working in the yard with his father, acted.
"My first instinct was to just grab him, but even faster, faster than a computer, I hit the safety bar," he said.
That freed his father from the machine. The cleats on the rollers left him with two wide gashes on his arm, and Stacey thinks the bruise on his finger is from banging into the blade. His father was bloody and in shock, but Danny said he relied on his first-aid training.
"My head's going a 100 miles per hour," Danny recalled. "But my body is doing what I've been taught through Boy Scouts."
He wrapped up his father's arm with a compression bandage and told the person who owned the land they were working on to call 911. Stacey was taken by ambulance to Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, where Danny said doctors were amazed his arm was not broken. After receiving 14 stitches, Stacey was released.
Stacey said he's worked with hundreds of people in his 35 years in the construction and tree business and there was no one he would rather have had by his side than his son.
"If he didn't respond as quick as he did," Stacey said, snapping his fingers, "that's it. That would have been it. Without any question in my mind."
After the near-death experience, Stacey said he is glad his son will one day run the family business but there's no need for him to take it over just yet.
"I used to always say, 'Danny's a good boy,'" Stacey said.
"Now, I say, 'He's a fine young man."'
Friday, August 28
T267 2000 foot Elevation Gain Club
SCOUTS:
Neal D. Smarts Mt. & Mt. Webster/Jackson
Chris G. Smarts Mt. & Mt. Webster/Jackson
Mike R. Smarts Mt. & Mt. Webster/Jackson
Chris S. Smarts Mt. & Mt. Webster/Jackson
Ben D. Smarts Mt.
Mitch D. Smarts Mt.
Josh G. Smarts Mt.
Jon R. Smarts Mt. & E. Osceola & Mt. Garfield
Craig M. Mt. Webster/Jackson & E. Osceola
Dan G. Mt. Webster/Jackson & E. Osceola & Mt. Garfield
Brian P. Mt. Webster/Jackson
Connor T. Mt. Webster/Jackson
ADULTS:
Mike S. Smarts Mt. & Mt. Webster
Bob G. Smarts Mt. & Mt. Webster & Mt Garfield
Steve P. Mt. Webster
Rod R. Smarts Mt. & E. Osceola & Mt. Garfield
Brad D. Smarts Mt.
Friday, August 28
T267 4000 foot Peak Club
SCOUTS:
Chris S. Mt. Jackson (4052')
Craig M. Mt. Jackson (4052') & E. Osceola (4156')
Neal D. Mt. Jackson (4052')
Chris G. Mt. Jackson (4052')
Dan G. Mt. Jackson (4052') & E. Osceola (4156') & Mt. Garfield (4500') & Mt. Lafeyette (5260') & Mt. Lincoln (5089') & Mt. Liberty (4459') & Mt. Flume (4328')
Brian P. Mt. Jackson (4052')
Connor T. Mt. Jackson (4052')
Mike R. Mt. Jackson (4052')
Jonathan R. E. Osceola(4156') & Mt. Garfield (4500') & Mt. Lafeyette (5260') & Mt. Lincoln (5089') & Mt. Liberty (4459') & Mt. Flume (4328')
ADULTS:
Mike S. Mt. Jackson (4052')
Steve P. Mt. Jackson (4052')
Bob G. Mt. Jackson (4052')& Mt. Garfield (4500') & Mt. Lafeyette (5260') & Mt. Lincoln (5089') & Mt. Liberty (4459') & Mt. Flume (4328')
Rod R. E. Osceola(4156') & Mt. Garfield (4500') & Mt. Lafeyette (5260') & Mt. Lincoln (5089') & Mt. Liberty (4459') & Mt. Flume (4328')
Sunday, January 16
Troop 267 Takes 2nd Place at NH Klondike Derby!
Troop 267, led by veteran scouts Dan Stacey, Craig Martland and Brian Picarillo, placed second at the Klondike Derby at Camp Carpenter last week. The team only lost points for the number of scouts that camped out in the frigid weather on Friday night. Congratulations to all the scouts who participated!
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