Scouters with long, dedicated records of service were in the Great Salt Lake Council spotlight Tuesday evening, March 7, in Bountiful.
Sixty men and women were presented the Silver Beaver Award, the highest honor to be conferred by a local Scout council. First authorized by the BSA in 1932, the award honors recipients for "distinguished service to boyhood and impressive records of outstanding service in Scouting, church and the community."Council President R. Lawry Hunsaker, and his wife, Marilyn, presented the awards at the Bountiful Regional Center. James G. Davidson, Sandy, council commissioner and a local businessman, addressed the gathering.
The Great Salt Lake Council was organized in 1913, three years after the Scouting program was organized in America. A total of 1,773 individuals have been presented a Silver Beaver Award since the program was inaugurated in the Great Salt Lake Council in 1932, according to Julie Wager, executive secretary to council Scout executive Marty Latimer.
A list of this year's recipients, their community and Scouting position:
Park City -- Thomas A. Heffron, Scoutmaster.
Bountiful -- Duane G. Sjoberg, district committee member; Rick Hanson, Scoutmaster; Judy Martin, council Cub committee member; C. Clay Crowley, Webelos leader.
Holladay -- Sherman "Sandii" Lynch, Tiger Cub coach.
West Valley City -- Dwain Hall, 11-year leader in Troop 619; Sheldon L. Teeples, troop committee chairman; Keelee C. Powell, council Cub committee member; Roger D. Manwell, Scoutmaster; Russell E. Anderson, Venture adviser; Nolan Myral Bitters, institutional head.
Kearns -- Kim Dattage Hansen, unit commissioner.
South Jordan -- David E. Kartchner, unit commissioner.
Erda, Tooele County -- Scott H. Shearer, district committee member.
Tooele -- Barbara Mullins, district committee member.
Centerville -- Mike Mills, Varsity Scout coach; John F. Grant, troop committee member; Jeffrey Larsen, unit commissioner.
South Jordan -- S. Roland Oliver, Cubmaster; John L. Quist, Venture adviser; Ronald George, troop committee chairman.
Taylorsville -- Donald Owen Parry, assistant district commissioner; Evan C. Llewelyn, committee member.
Magna -- Lars W. Smith, council advancement chairman; Paul James Smith, committee chairman; Robert Riding, district committee member; Janet L. Franson, assistant Scoutmaster.
Riverton -- E. Drew Peck, Order of the Arrow adviser; M. Richard Hill, district committee member.
Coalville -- Richard Dee Allison, committee chairman.
Midvale -- Barry J. Johnson, district committee member.
Salt Lake City -- Allyn Orme, troop committee chairman; Neal Wright, committee member; Patrick D. Teuscher, district commissioner; Melvin Gene Mackay, Scout committee member; Rodney L. Whitlock, Scoutmaster; Carol Jean Shaw Lord, Cub committee member; James K. Henderson, Scoutmaster; James R. Child, Scoutmaster; David P. Alsop, Scoutmaster; L. Bruce Atkinson, Scoutmaster; Richard H. Carpenter, Cubmaster.
Farmington -- Debera Hodson Kennard, Webelos leader; Russell I. Alley II, Venture committee chairman.
Sandy -- Amber G. Ipson, district committee member; Bruce D. Mecham, assistant Scoutmaster; Stephen C. Olsen, unit commissioner; Melvin R. Hill, district committee member; James W. Moore Jr., Venture committee chairman; John Kennedy, Scoutmaster; Clayton D. Hiatt, Scoutmaster; Linda L. Bishop, Varsity committee member.
Murray -- Joseph Thomas, Scoutmaster; Lee Edward McQuillan, district committee member; Val Gunn Stay, committee member; Dale G. Hall, Scoutmaster; Reuben A. Lambert, area committee member.
Grantsville -- Cindy Broadbent, Cubmaster; and Harold K. Oliver, Scoutmaster.