1. Awards Presentation Ceremony 44th Annual Meeting Clarksville, Indiana August 1, 2012 Ken Jutzi Awards Committee Chair www.lewisandclark.org

2. 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

3. Award Categories Appreciation Award Youth Achievement Award Chapter Award Robert Betts Library & Archives Award Trail Stewardship Award Meritorious Achievement Award Distinguished Service Award

4. Nominations Selected Youth Achievement Award1 Meritorious Achievement Award2 Distinguished Service Award1

5. Youth Achievement Award

6. 2012 Recipient Youth Achievement Award Elita Tom Astoria, Oregon

7. Elita Tom Portraying Sacagawea

8. Brain Tanning Demonstration Lewis and Clark National Historic Park (Fort Clatsop)

9. Youth Achievement Award presented to Elita Tom FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND PORTRAYALS OF SACAGAWEA August 1, 2012 Clarksville, Indiana

10. Elita Tom

11. Meritorious Achievement Award

12. 2012 Recipient Meritorious Achievement Award Gerald R. Ford Council of the Boy Scouts of America (West Michigan) Grand Rapids, Michigan

13. Michigan’s Fort Clatsop BSA’s Gerber Camp Twin Lakes, Michigan

14. Michigan’s Fort Clatsop Gerber Scout Camp

15. Meritorious Achievement Award presented to Gerald R. Ford Council Boy Scouts of America For your construction of Michigan’s Fort Clatsop and commitment to the development of our nation ’ s youth August 1, 2012 Clarksville, Indiana

16. Accepting for the Gerald R. Ford Council Jerry Wilson President of the Ohio River Chapter

17. 2012 Recipient Meritorious Achievement Award Ralph Saunders Billings, Montana

18. Ralph’s Search for Clark’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 on William 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

19. Meritorious Achievement Award presented to Ralph Saunders FOR YOUR METICULOUS RESEARCH IN IDENTIFYING THE PROBABLE LOCATION OF CLARK ’ S 1806 CANOE CAMP August 1, 2012 Clarksville, Indiana

20. Ralph Saunders

21. Distinguished Service Award

22. 2012 Recipient Distinguished Service Award Beverly J. Hinds Sioux City, Iowa

23. Sightings of Beverly J. Hinds LCTHF Annual Meeting (1984) With Lois Baker, LCTHF Headquarters, Great Falls, Montana (2006) With Wilbur Werner With Peyton “Bud” Clark Ponca, Nebraska State Park (2006) Re-enactment of the Burial of Sergeant Floyd Sioux City, Iowa (August 2011) With Roger Windlick St. Charles, MO (September 2006)

24. Distinguished Service Award presented to Beverly J. Hinds FOR YOUR MANY YEARS OF EXEMPLARY SERVICE THANK YOU! August 1, 2012 Clarksville, Indiana

25. Beverly J. Hinds

26. 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 considered Thank You!