He was using a flight simulator while was completing his course work for the aviation merit badge that he and his fellow Boy Scouts in Troop 45, based at St. Angela Merici School in Metairie ...

Since most people in state prison have been convicted of violent crimes, this means that only about 20% of incarcerated people are eligible for the “merit time” program. A “program bill” from the ...

It was his first Boy Scout merit badge ... mount and display 50 different insects. Soon after he earned the badge, the requirements were changed, so mounting and displaying insects is no longer ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — West Virginia University will host Merit Badge University for members of Scouting of America from six states this weekend. Amy Garbrick Mountaineer Area Council Executive ...

Not so different from a Trump Cabinet meeting. Jeff Garlin: “When we’re in a scene together, I’m just watching you in awe.” Susie Essman: “How lucky we are to be in the presence of such ...

Merit Badge process is an introduction to a skill, a trade, or something like that. So it gets them interested in something that potentially could lead to a lifelong skill.” Sixteen different ...

HE ACTUALLY HAS 139 BADGES. THE EXTRA BADGE I MENTIONED. THIS IS A SOCIAL SOCIAL DISTANCING MERIT BADGE. I GOT THIS DURING THE BEGINNING OF COVID. IT’S NOT AN OFFICIAL BADGE, BUT IT REMINDS HIM ...

My twins had similar achievements in high school and applied to the same colleges. They received different merit scholarships at every school — sometimes a $13,000 difference. I will never ...

Futchko, 16, a Blandon Eagle Scout from Troop 183, has achieved the rare feat of earning all the merit badges the Scouting ... the opportunity to explore different areas of professional knowledge ...

At Scouting America’s Merit Badge University on Saturday on the ... “There were almost 1,000 participants, from eight different states and 160 troops,” said Jason Osiek, parent of a ...

With 66 merit badges — nearly half of the 138 different badges offered by Boy ... to properly handle and shoot a rifle: “I found it fun to handle a rifle and shoot it accurately enough to ...