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Last Updated on Tuesday, 30 May 2017 17:51

By Paul Chasko

Christopher Ryan Metrovich was acknowledged as having completed all the requirements to earn the honor of becoming an Eagle Scout at a court of honor ceremony conducted in the First Presbyterian Church of Finleyville, sponsors of Boy Scout Troop 1452.

Eagle Scout Chris Metrovich

Present at the ceremony were members and leaders of Troop 1452, members of Chris’s family, and many friends. Also present were representatives of local and county governing offices, presenting acknowledgements of Chris achieving the rank of Eagle Scout.

As part of the court of honor ceremony, the leaders of Troop 1452 attested to his completion of all the requirements and ranks to make him eligible for the Eagle Scout badge, including earning 33 merit badges that qualified him for the ‘Star’ and ‘Life’ ranks. They also indicated that he participated actively in all troop activities and that he had successfully passed an Eagle Scout board of review.

Every aspiring Eagle Scout must complete a significant community service project. As his project, Chris created a GPS location chart documenting all the fire hydrants in Union Township and Finleyville and downloaded the data to a USB drive that could be used in Finleyville fire trucks to aid in locating the hydrants. He also refurbished and/or replaced reflective markers on each hydrant to improve their visibility. The project entailed 157 hours of work by Chris, family members, friends, and fellow Troop members.
The Eagle Scout badge was presented to Scoutmaster Andrew Sneed who, in turn, presented it to Mrs. Metrovich, who pinned the badge to Chris’ shirt. After receiving his Eagle Scout badge, all present offered their congratulations in turn. Chris joins his brother, Matthew, in the ranks of Eagle Scouts.

Chris is the son of Linda and John Metrovich and lives with his parents in Union Township. He is a member of Wright’s United Methodist Church in Venetia, PA. He was received into Boy Scout Troop 1452 in April of 2011 and remains an active member. He is a junior at Ringgold Senior High school where he is taking academic courses in the gifted education program. Chris is a member of the National Honor Society and participates in cross country, track and field, envirothon, math league, and academic league. He is on the Science Olympiad Team, a member of ‘The Future Is Mine’ club, and is part of the Rams Pound club. He is a part-time employee at the local Subway.