It takes 21 merit badges to become an Eagle - the highest rank a
Boy Scout can achieve.
That wasn't good enough for Derek Huls, 17, Naches, a member of
Troop 262 who decided when he was 12 to follow his dad's advice and
set a goal.
He would get all the merit badges.
On Sept. 29, Troop 262, which is sponsored by the Naches Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, held a Court of Honor and Huls was
awarded his Eagle.
He had earned 120 merit badges - all the merit badges Boy Scouting
has to offer.
"I checked and I haven't heard of anyone who's even close to that
(in our council)," said Holly Hall, Yakima, who tracks and verifies
merit badge activities …
