Forty-five Scouters were presented the Silver Beaver Award by the Trapper Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America.The council has headquarters in Ogden and serves 41,000 youths and some 17,000 adult volunteer leaders in a 13-county area in northern Utah, southwestern Wyoming and southeastern Idaho. Council service centers are located in Logan and Rock Springs, Wyo.
Selected from among hundreds of nominees, award recipients were honored during a ceremony at the Ogden Tabernacle, according to Marlene Warner. She and her husband, Keith, were chairmen of the selection committee. Keith Warner was the awards presentation emcee.
The Silver Beaver Award is the highest honor to be presented by a local council and is given for "outstanding service to youth and the community."
Here's a list of recipients and their communities:
John Winterbottom, Clinton; Howard Cheney, George Howard and Bob Stringham, all of Kaysville: Gerald Berg, Layton; Lyle Hillyard, Logan; Duane Boothe and Wayne Rowley, Roy; Norm Sant, Sunset; and Kim Braegger, Smithfield; Stuart Smith, Richmond; Dan Douglas, Newton; and John R. Cragun, North Logan, all of Cache County.
Vickie Brenchley, Thomas Champney, JoD' Ann Dance, George Heiner, Bill Lakey, Robert E. Martin, Ray McNeely, David Norton and Howard S. Wade, all of Ogden; Al K. Lemon and Rocky Nielson, both of Brigham City; and Tony Connelly, Riverdale; W. Grover Wilhelmsen, Harrisville; and George Hall, Huntsville, all Weber County;
Jayne Hincks, South Ogden; Reed Summers and Steve Miller, Tremonton; Wilford Duersch, Wellsville, Cache County; Richard Hatch, Robert Hughes, Bill R. Jackson and Rulon R. Osmond, all of Evanston, Wyo.; Val Gaarder, and Dennis Golden, both of Green River; Clyde Huntsman and Mark Thatcher, both of Kemmerer, Wyo.; Farrell Alleman, Lyman, Wyo.; Dennis Biggs, Mountain View, Wyo.; and Timothy Green, Saratoga, Wyo.
Keith Porter and Robert Miller, both of Preston, Idaho; and Jimmy Hillier, St. Charles, Idaho.