Eagle Scout Honored in Sag Harbor

Leftheri T. Syrianos, a son of Eleni Prieston of Sag Harbor, was awarded the Eagle Scout rank at a Court of Honor ceremony on Nov. 29 at the Breakwater Yacht Club. Mr. Syrianos joined the Cub Scouts at age 9 and now has achieved his Eagle Scout rank at 23. Diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, which makes communication difficult, he reached his goal through hard work, discipline, and the encouragement and support of family and friends.

During the ceremony, Patrick Witty, his scoutmaster, and Doug Alnwick, his Eagle mentor and a Pierson High School shop teacher, praised Mr. Syrianos’s perseverance. He was “a kid who just kept coming back and coming back, until he was finished,” Mr. Alnwick said.

Mr. Syrianos’s project was the construction of three large planters placed outside the Senior Nutrition Center in Bridgehampton. He designed the planters so that they were approachable by wheelchair, to help provide the residents with “something to do instead of just something to look at,” in his words.

More than 60 people attended the ceremony, at which Mr. Syrianos thanked his mother and his brother, Damian.