The Orion District of Boy Scouts of America held its annual Merit Badge University recently at Lone Star College-Tomball. Some 134 scouts and 17 counselors participated. Merit badges were offered in several areas such as art, citizenship, crime prevention, emergency preparedness, first aid, medicine, photography, public health, safety and more. Working on earning a merit badge in nuclear science  from left are (front row) Joshua Beacham and Bryce Reynolds, and (back row) Timothy Pope and Colton Larson.