{"id":91,"date":"2019-02-08T07:29:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T07:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awssection.allcovered.io\/blackhawk\/?p=91"},"modified":"2019-05-28T19:41:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T19:41:43","slug":"our-section-hosted-its-annual-event-to-help-local-troops-earn-their-merit-badges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/blackhawk\/2019\/02\/08\/our-section-hosted-its-annual-event-to-help-local-troops-earn-their-merit-badges\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Section hosted its annual event to help local troops earn their Merit Badges"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"91\" class=\"elementor elementor-91\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-465bfc2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"465bfc2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad5a68a\" data-id=\"ad5a68a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6448ff1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6448ff1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Section hosted its annual event to help local troops earn their Merit Badges<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89d7066 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89d7066\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ded1cf\" data-id=\"2ded1cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117e9f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"117e9f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In February the AWS Blackhawk Section\u00a0in conjunction with Rock Valley College in Rockford, Ill., hosted its annual event to help local troops earn their badges.<\/p><p>\u201cIt started with a safety program on Friday night for all of the scouts participating\u201d. said Ryan Forsell,\u00a0a sales representative at Superior Joining Technologies, Inc., and 2018\/19 Blackhawk Section Chairman who helped organize the donation items for the event, as the RVC Instructor\u2019s (George Bane, Larry Clevenger &amp; Ron Ashelford) taught the Boy Scouts welding processes and techniques. \u201cSaturday was the fun part where the Scouts learned shielded metal arc welding, gas metal arc welding, and oxyfuel proceses at Rock Valley College. 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