Eagle Scout Project: It was August, 2006, and Life Scout Steve Sweeney had a problem. He was getting old. His eighteenth birthday, the bane of any Eagle Scout hopeful, was fast approaching. Boy Scouts of America demands that in order to earn the rank of Eagle Scout, a Scout must complete his Eagle requirements prior to his eighteenth birthday. And as Steve stood before a Project Review Board, he was well aware that he was about 99.5% of the way to that fateful milestone. “Why?” you may ask. “Why would Steve wait so long to begin his Eagle Project?” Many have asked the same question, and while only Steve knows the true answer, some suspect that it was either, A) to infuriate and confound his parents and adult leaders, or B) to selflessly serve as an example to other Scouts of a what ¬not¬ to do, or C) To be a poster boy for procrastination, a pillar of postponement, the Dynamic Delayer, the archetypal putter-offer. But when all was said and done, (and much was said, and more was done), Steve and his fellow laborers stood, perhaps not promptly, but proudly, on the new sitting area they had carved out of the lawn of Saint Theresa’s Church on Route 20 in Granby. They had beautified, by gosh and by golly, and it was a job well done. It was a service to the church that was supported and appreciated by all. It required budgeting and planning, fund raising and material procurement , organization of labor and ongoing publicity, and it was a success. Scouts are encouraged to go there and to sit and reflect on the importance of not putting off until tomorrow what can and should be done today.