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Scouting America honors Weber State alum, Paralympics champion David Blair with rare award
OGDEN — As a two-time Paralympic medalist, David Blair has overcome the odds a couple times in three trips across the globe. On Friday, though, the Weber State alum added an especially meaningful piece of hardware to his collection. Blair is the latest recipient of Scouting America's Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, an honor rarely administered by the 116-year-old organization and its leadership. Blair, a former state discus champion at Davis High School in 1993, graduated from WSU in 1999 and found himself just a few meters shy of qualifying for the Olympic trials. In 2012, Blair ...
