On July 30, 2011 Chief Deputy Rob Relford and Detective Chris Wolfe with the Osage County Sheriff’s Department assisted with over 350 Boy Scouts of America at Linn State Technical College for the Boy Scouts Merit Badge University, with a total of 27 clinics to help the scouts get one step closer to attaining the Eagle rank.
For the tenth year, Linn Boy Scout Troop 17 held the Merit Badge University at Linn State. Debbie Backes, Troop 17 coordinator, along with Stephanie Scheulen, enrollment management associate for Linn State, and other college employees, coordinated the all day event which started with an opening flag ceremony. The opening ceremonies concluded with participants reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, Scout Oath and Scout Law.
Merit Badges offered during the Merit Badge University included: animal science; architecture; automotive maintenance; aviation; citizenship in the community; citizenship in the nation; citizenship in the world; communications; computers; crime prevention; drafting; electricity; electronics; emergency preparedness; engineering; fingerprinting; fire safety; first aid; genealogy; home repairs; metalwork; music; nuclear science; personal fitness; public speaking; stamp collecting; and traffic safety
Chief Deputy Relford and Detective Wolfe assisted the scouts by teaching them about Finger Printing, Crime Prevention and Traffic Safety.