14-year-old completes quick ascent to rank of Eagle Scout

Annapolis High School sophomore Robert Andrew Morris recently achieved Boy Scouting's highest achievement, Eagle Scout. It's an honor achieved by only a small number of Scouts - less than 5 percent.

At his subsequent Court of Honor the 14-year-old Eagle Scout devoted his acceptance speech to the many supporters and Scout leaders who helped him along the path, beginning with a reflection on his first Cub Scoutmaster and mentor, the late Marine Capt. Rick Gannon.

He then proceeded through two pre-written pages of praise and thanks, for his parents, Cathleen and Steve Morris, and his sister, Jessica Morris, all of Annapolis,...