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Show Scouts From Area Attend Merit Badge Round-Up Fifty-four scouts from Antimony, Hatch, Junction, and Panguitch accompanied by scoutmaster Jules Jensen of Junction, scoutmaster Martin Johns of Antimony and scoutmaster Earl Roe of Panguitch. They participated with an estimated 600 boy scouts and their leaders Saturday for the first of three consecutive Saturdays. Dixie College will play host to the annual scout merit badge round-up. This is the seventh year the round-up has been held at Dixie College and co-sponsored by the Utah National Parks Council, the Boy Scouts of America, and the University OF Scouting, The round-up is open to all scouts eleven years of age and older and offers instruction to the scout in five merit badges of his choice. Thirty-five different merit badge catagories are being offered this year and according to officials, it looks to be one of the most complete and comprehensive scouting instruction courses ever attempted. In addition to the various merit badge training, scout leaders will also take part in adult leadership training sessions. Scouts and their leaders from all of southern Utah, as well as parts of Nevada and Arizona were on hand for the rouml-up. |