Court of Honor Held for Troop 497 (Community News)

Troop 497 from L to R: Kendall Hartmann, Mitchell Barnett, Morgan Lockwood, Brian Maier, Skylar Wagner, Wes Stevens, Alex Andrade, Joaquin Olmedo, Adrian Lamphier, and Jayden Barron. Not Pictured: Tomas Kirkscey, Jacob Fuller, Mark Kuebel, Matthew Alcala, and Tyler Mangold.

A Court of Honor was held recently at the Blanco United Methodist Church to award Scouts with Merit Badges and Rank earned by the Scouts. Several of the Scouts are getting ready to begin work on their Eagle Rank.

Troop 497 is comprised of Scouts ages 11 to 16. The Scouts in our Troop attend Middle School and High School in Blanco, Wimberley and Canyon Lake. Troop 497 is a very active Troop and has campouts and activities regularly. The next campout will be for 5 nights at Winter Camp, during Christmas break, where the Scouts will work on different Merit Badges and possibly get their Polar Bear Patch for camping out in weather below 32 degrees. Some of the Merit Barges that will be worked on and earned are: Rifle Shooting, Archery, Emergency Preparedness, Communications, Climbing and several others.

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