Eagle Scout hopeful restores fading totem on Olympia span
Eagle Scout hopeful restores fading totem on Olympia span - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
OLYMPIA - A fading 32-year-old totem pole standing at the base of the Fifth Avenue bridge captured the imagination of Eagle Scout hopeful Erik Hegge.
The Capital High School sophomore had been looking for an idea that would fulfill the culminating project requirement to become an Eagle Scout. When someone at an Olympia Boy Scout Troop No. 266 meeting a year ago suggested restoring the totem pole, Erik, 15, volunteered.
A group of Eagle Scouts erected the pole in 1974 and dedicated it to people who are blind. Beyond that, little is known.