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Updated: 03/15/2013 08:00:08AM
North Port teen
attains Eagle Scout rank
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Eagle Scout Ben Barber of North Port, center, with him mom, Margaret Germain, and dad, Chuck Barber.
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Ben Barber with some of the bikes he collected and refurbished, in front of the Catholic Charities Arcadia office with Sister Ann DeNicolo, Catholic Charities program director.
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NORTH PORT — Ben Germain Barber, a 16-year-old homeschooled student in North Port, has attained the rank of Eagle Scout after overseeing the collection and refurbishment of more than 30 bicycles for those in need.
Ben achieved Scouting’s highest honor through Boy Scout Troop 1001 of Nokomis, under Scoutmaster John Eckert.
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