AwardsPresentation Ceremony

44th Annual MeetingClarksville, Indiana

August 1, 2012Ken JutziAwards Committee Chair

www.lewisandclark.org

2012 Awards Committee Members

• Dr. Bob Gatten, Greensboro, NC

• Ken Jutzi, Camarillo, CA (chair)

• Barb Kubik, Vancouver, WA

• Dr. Gary Moulton, Lincoln, NE

• Dr. Philippa Newfield, San Francisco, CA

Award Categories

• Appreciation Award

• Youth Achievement Award

• Chapter Award

• Robert Betts Library & Archives Award

• Trail Stewardship Award

• Meritorious Achievement Award

• Distinguished Service Award

NominationsSelected

• Youth Achievement Award 1

• Meritorious Achievement Award 2

• Distinguished Service Award 1

Youth Achievement

Award

2012 RecipientYouth Achievement Award

Elita Tom

Astoria, Oregon

Elita TomPortraying Sacagawea

Brain Tanning DemonstrationLewis and Clark National Historic Park

(Fort Clatsop)

Youth Achievement Awardpresented to

Elita Tom

For your outstandingvolunteer service and

portrayals of sacagawea

August 1, 2012Clarksville, Indiana

Elita Tom

Meritorious Achievement

Award

2012 RecipientMeritorious Achievement

Award

Gerald R. Ford Council of the Boy Scouts of America (West Michigan)

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Michigan’s Fort ClatsopBSA’s Gerber Camp

Twin Lakes, Michigan

Michigan’s Fort ClatsopGerber Scout Camp

Meritorious Achievement Awardpresented to

Gerald R. Ford CouncilBoy Scouts of America

For your constructionof Michigan’s Fort Clatsop andcommitment to the development

of our nation’s youth

August 1, 2012Clarksville, Indiana

Accepting for theGerald R. Ford Council

Jerry WilsonPresident of the

Ohio River Chapter

2012 RecipientMeritorious Achievement

Award

Ralph Saunders

Billings, Montana

Ralph’s Search forClark’s 1806 Canoe Camp

Canoe Camp among the maze of channels and

sloughs

The black bluffs, an historical landmark of interest since 1893, helped to locate the

camp site

November 2011 Issue of WPO

Ralph (right) conversing with

Robert Bergantino onWilliam Clark’s mapping

Example of Clark’s mapping accuracy

(Columbus to Park City, Montana)

Dr. Tom Rust, MSUB History Professor and students loading up for a day’s work on the dig

site

Meritorious Achievement Awardpresented to

Ralph Saunders

FOR YOUR METICULOUS RESEARCH INIDENTIFYING THE PROBABLE LOCATION OF

CLARK’S 1806 CANOE CAMP

August 1, 2012Clarksville, Indiana

Ralph Saunders

Distinguished ServiceAward

2012 RecipientDistinguished Service Award

Beverly J. Hinds

Sioux City, Iowa

Sightings of Beverly J. Hinds

LCTHFAnnual Meeting

(1984)

With Lois Baker,LCTHF Headquarters,Great Falls, Montana

(2006)

With Wilbur Werner

With Peyton “Bud” ClarkPonca, Nebraska State Park

(2006)

Re-enactment of theBurial of Sergeant Floyd

Sioux City, Iowa (August 2011)

With Roger WindlickSt. Charles, MO

(September 2006)

Distinguished Service Awardpresented to

Beverly J. Hinds

For your many years ofexemplary service

Thank You!

August 1, 2012Clarksville, Indiana

Beverly J. Hinds

A Final Thought

Now is the time to begin to identify those deserving of special

recognition in 2013

Nominations must be postmarked not later than 1 May 2013 to be

consideredThank You!