[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 29, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RECOGNIZING TEDDY OSBORN ON HIS ACCOMPLISHMENT OF EARNING 129 BOY 
                        SCOUTS OF AMERICA BADGES

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                           HON. STEVE STIVERS

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 29, 2011

  Mr. STIVERS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Teddy Osborn of 
Grove City, Ohio for making Boy Scouting history in Ohio. Teddy, a 
highly decorated Eagle Scout, is an active member of Ohio's largest Boy 
Scout troop, Troop 200, chartered out of Northwest Methodist Church in 
Columbus.
  Today I would like to commend Teddy for earning the maximum number of 
Boy Scouts of America badges--all 129. While accumulating the mandated 
number of 21 merit badges can be tough; earning all 129 badges is not 
only going above and beyond, but is an outstanding accomplishment.
  An 18-year-old senior at Columbus Bishop Ready High School, Teddy 
attained what less than one percent of all Boy Scouts annually achieve 
when he earned his 100th merit badge. In earning all 129 merit badges, 
Teddy is the first boy scout in Ohio's 100 years of scouting history to 
earn all available merit badges.
  On behalf of the citizens of Ohio's 15th Congressional District, I 
congratulate Teddy Osborn on this historic scouting accomplishment.

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