1014_LOC_1 BS Skilled Trades Camporee 2019
Hunter Mycka, 15, of Boy Scout Troop 400 out of Mars, learns how to cut pipe while working towards his merit badge in plumbing as instructor John Relihan, owner of Dr. Waterheater in Hooker, looks on during the 2019 Boy Scouts Skilled Trades Camporee at ARMCO Park on Saturday. Mycka was one of more than 70 scouts from six Boy Scout Troops across the region who attended the event organized by the Moraine Trails Council in Butler. Scouts took classes towards earning merit badges in plumbing, electricity, home repairs and woodworking. Scouts also completed a community service project for the Butler County Family YMCA camp in Slippery Rock by building birdhouses as part of the event.