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![Gab Buelvas, 17, of Dixon, (center, blue hat), grins as he leads a group of about 15 people in building a gaga ball pit for Vaile Park on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The gaga ball pit was Buelvas' Eagle Scout project.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/mJxIJP-HmlhL6t68TT9AsQXmOls=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/DOVMCQS7HJBHTAKX2XEX4JPVVI.jpg)
![Gab Buelvas, 17, of Dixon, left, listens to Boy Scout Troop 85 Committee Chairperson Thomas Halla explain a potential challenge Buelvas needs to address in the construction of a gaga ball pit for Vaile Park on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Buelvas led a group of about 15 volunteers in building the gaga ball pit as his Eagle Scout project.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/5ZrFEnpIwRb8lx_82Z8C3QGKv3w=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/3LXGC7STCFD6BNDOE2AUXADVEQ.jpg)
![Gab Buelvas, 17, of Dixon, (center, blue hat), poses with the group of volunteers inside the completed gaga ball pit he led them in building for Vaile Park on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The gaga ball pit was Buelvas' Eagle Scout project.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/6oTLUJYCNxQE2JDhyjTUncnio68=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/3FFT577JZFG7PMKIMT2OAWUNWA.jpg)
![Gab Buelvas, 17, of Dixon, (blue hat), observes one of the volunteers he lead in building a gaga ball pit for Vaile Park on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The gaga ball pit was Buelvas' Eagle Scout project.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/IsnMN7v5TS_gRSCrb4aTJBaXAWA=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/5IEQC7D2HRAPBCBMF3GHB7IN3Q.jpg)
![Gab Buelvas, 17, of Dixon, (blue hat), helps properly line up one of the side boards of the gaga ball pit he led about 15 people in building for Vaile Park on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The gaga ball pit was Buelvas' Eagle Scout project.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/ErntJL4LWoOdML49cdf1u4qRUW8=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/2GVHMZTJNBFINHXUE2RAOYFYIA.jpg)
![Gab Buelvas, 17, of Dixon, left, and his grandfather, Steven Lange, right, listen to Boy Scout Troop 85 Committee Chairperson Thomas Halla, center, as Halla explains a potential challenge Buelvas needs to address in the construction of a gaga ball pit for Vaile Park on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. Buelvas led a group of about 15 volunteers in building the gaga ball pit as his Eagle Scout project.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/cbt_cxZubrDYr5Rbi95VDyi5NzU=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/UNKTNLD3GBFEPEXNYLEDAL5BB4.jpg)
![Gab Buelvas, 17, of Dixon, left, explains to Dixon Park District Recreation Director Seth Nicklaus where he and his team of about 15 volunteers are at in the construction of a gaga ball pit for Vaile Park on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The gaga ball pit was Buelvas' Eagle Scout project.](https://www.shawlocal.com/resizer/8HxuWxyKVihoTNE6FhpN_FQsM5U=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/shawmedia/ESYL7WS63BFPVAYRO3Z2L5JONY.jpg)
Gab Buelvas, 17, of Dixon, (center, blue hat), grins as he leads a group of about 15 people in building a gaga ball pit for Vaile Park on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The gaga ball pit was Buelvas' Eagle Scout project. (Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media)
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Alexa Zoellner
Alexa Zoellner reports on Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Shaw Media out of the Dixon office. Previously, she worked for the Record-Eagle in Traverse City, Michigan, and the Daily Jefferson County Union in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.