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Accomplished Texas Boy Scout earns all 137 merit badges

The Dallas Morning News (http://bit.ly/2gYm1gQ ) reports the Frisco teen is among a select group who has earned every merit badge available from the Boy Scouts of America. Others cover hiking, swimming, sailing and camping. There's also fingerprinting, shotgun shooting, truck transportation, archery, archaeology, chemistry, plumbing and wood carving. Caleb's project involved designing and constructing boxes, ramps and stairs for the cat room at the nonprofit SPCA of Texas clinic in McKinney. According to Irving-based Boy Scouts of America, more than 2.3 million of its members have become Eagle Scouts since the award was first presented in 1912. A private website called meritbadgeknot.com estimates fewer than 18 Scouts per year complete all available merit badges. There was the time he took care of his friend's pet lizard and had to feed it live crickets as part of the reptile and amphibian study badge. The avid cellist in his school orchestra learned to play the bugle for one badge. The goal, according to the national group, is to give Scouts experiences that they can't get anywhere else and help them grow into good, strong citizens.

 

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