Sixty volunteers are recipients of the Silver Beaver Award of the Great Salt Lake Council, Boy Scouts of America.
The men and women who received the award, the highest honor conferred by a local council for "outstanding service to Scouting and the community," were honored recently in Bountiful.Elder Alexander B. Morrison, a member of the Seventy and the president of the Utah North area of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, addressed the honorees, their families and other friends of Scouting in the Bountiful Regional Center.
Council President R. Lawry Hunsaker, who has headed the council eight years and who was previously vice president over Boy Scouting for 10 years, and his wife, Marilyn, presented the awards. Most of the recipients have 15 or more years of volunteer service in Scouting.
Recipients and their current Scouting position:
Oakley, Summit County -- Sharrel K. Cummings, Cubmaster.
South Salt Lake -- Lowell G. Didas, charter representative.
West Valley City -- Neldon Thorsen, committee member; Ronald V. Stowe, varsity coach; Dennis H. Sanders, committee member; Marion J. Nance, committee member; and Gerald C. Evans, district chairman.
Erda, Tooele County -- Lynn Cook, den leader, and Ronald K. Bolinder, Varsity coach.
Grantsville, Tooele County -- Richard Broadbent, troop committee chairman.
Kearns -- Allen M. Nielsen, unit commissioner, and Rexene Boyd, Webelos den leader.
Taylorsville -- Guy Wilcox, committee member; Kirk L. McDougal, charter representative; Lynette M. Kolb, district vice chairman; LaVell J. Jensen, Cubmaster; Dan "L" Greenland Jr., district committee member; and Ruth A. Baxter, district committee chairman.
Draper -- Larry Mackay, assistant district commissioner.
Riverton -- Clyde L. Hone Jr., assistant Scoutmaster.
South Jordan -- Greg DeHaan, assistant Soutmaster; Michael H. Riddle, committee member; Margaret "Maggie" Newbold, assistant district commissioner; Craig S. Butterfield, council committee member; Kenneth Ekker Sr., Cubmaster; Paul M. Warner, Varsity coach; Wendall J. Downward, council committee member.
Sandy -- Dick Woolums, council vice president; Larry L. Ruckman, Scoutmaster; Vera Christensen, assistant Scoutmaster; Kent Poole, committee chairman; Boyd H. Ipson, troop committee chairman; Steven A. Hite, Cubmaster; Darwin Christensen, pack committee member; Stanley C. Worthen, committee chairman.
Midvale -- Joseph L. Southworth, committee member.
Murray -- James R. Stanfield, Cubmaster; Fred Schwemmer, Cubmaster; Nancy B. McQuillan, assistant Scoutmaster; Brad Milne, committee member.
Salt Lake City -- Thomas C. Hill (honored posthumously), former council-member-at-large; Jane Garvey, Webelos den leader; Robyn Fessler, roundtable staff; Conrad S. Evans Sr., district commissioner; Richard M. Taggart, committee chairman; Floyd N. Naylor, Webelos leader; Mark A. Maxfield, assistant Scoutmaster; David C. Marriott, charter representative; Treavor W. Jones, charter representative; Marilyn M. Broadbent, committee chairman.
Bountiful -- Pam Youngs, assistant council commissioner; Glenn H. Carroll, assistant Scoutmaster; Jerry L. Parkin, troop committee chairman; Gail Jordison, assistant Cubmaster; Russell L. Davis, committee chairman.
Centerville -- Daniel C. Bedell, unit committee member.
West Bountiful -- Michael C. Youngberg, crew associate adviser.
Woods Cross -- Dan Eaton, district committee member.
Farmington -- Calvin D. Ferrin, district advancement committee; Donna R. Whitaker, committee member.