MERIT BADGE TECH WORKSHOP

Record-Eagle photo/Jan-Michael Stump
From left, Robert Vorce, 12, Garth Vorce, 14, Bryce Symons, 12, and Ethan Oakes, 10, (not pictured) compete in chess matches while earning the Chess merit badge during Saturday's Merit Badge Tech workshop at the Traverse Bay Intermediate School District Career-Tech Center. Approximately 300 Boy Scouts from as far away as Elkhart, Ind, and the Upper Peninsula were able to choose from about 30 merit badges ranging from first aid and cooking to digital technology and plumbing and work on earning them with the help of Career-Tech instructors and Scout leaders.

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