Boy Scout Merit Badge College to be held in Havre: Higher Education for Hi-Line Scouts
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Steve Edwards
J.J. Colby and his sister, Aspyn, pose in front of sacks and containers holding about 150 two-liter plastic bottles. J.J., as part of his Eagle Scout project, will use about 1500 bottles to build a greenhouse. He's looking for more bottles and has various ways he is collecting bottles. The Chinook High junior has about year to complete his remaining Eagle requirements and final project.
Reporter's note: I saw a notice about a Boy Scout Merit Badge College to be held in Havre on a Saturday in January. Having written some stories about boys completing their Eagle Scout rank, I knew about merit badges but had no idea how merit badges connected to college. I went to the LDS Church in Havre to see if I could 'shadow' some Scouts from Blaine County and learn what the merit badge college was all about.
In the foyer of the church, at the registration table, I ran into Bill Lanier. Blaine County readers may know Bill as one of the office people in the Blaine County Clerk and Recorder'...
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