MERIT BADGE TECH

Record-Eagle/Jan-Michael Stump
Casey VanVuuren, 11, left, of Grand Rapids and Matthew Harrand, 14, right, of Traverse City practice placing splints on Spencer Michaels, 14, of Traverse City during their first aid merit badge class at Saturday's Merit Badge Tech event at the TBAISD Career Tech Center in Traverse City. Approximately 300 Boy Scouts from as far away as Indiana and the Upper Peninsula spent Saturday working on a selection of 30 merit badges of the 120 offered by the Boy Scouts of America. Scouts could earn two to four badges in areas ranging from wood carving and welding to citizenship and drafting.

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