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Trip Ruckman Honored with the District Award of Merit

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Hugh B. “Trip” Ruckman, a long time Scouter and Karnes City community leader, has been selected to receive the District Award of Merit. Trip, who is an Eagle Scout, is being recognized by Mesquite District for his leadership in Scouting and service to the community. Mesquite District delivers Scouting to eight counties in South Central Texas.

Presently he is the registered Scouting COR for his Rotary Cub and helps with the Mesquite District Finance committee.  The committee helps provide support to the after school programs in Karnes City, Kenedy, Runge, and Stockdale. 

Mr. Ruckman led the Boy Scout Troop in Karnes City for 21 years where he served as Scoutmaster.

Boards that he has actively served on include the San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio River Foundation, and  the Lonesome Dove Foundation. Currently he is the Treasurer of the Karnes County Historical Society and is active with the Karnes City Rotary Club.

Trip served his country in the United States Navy where he had 24 years of active and reserve service.

Professionally he serves as the President and Chairman of the Board of Karnes County National Bank. 

The award will be presented to Mr. Ruckman at a meeting of the Karnes City Rotary Club. You can also congratulate Mr. Ruckman at kcnb1@kcnb.com.

 

 

 

 

River District Awards

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District Awards are a perfect way to recognize your leaders and show a Scouter that you appreciate all their hard work and dedication. Nominate them for a Silver Beaver Award, a District Award of Merit, or the Golden Acorn Leader Award! Listed below is a link to a PDF version of each nomination form. Before clicking on the nomination form, we ask that you please read through this page in it’s entirety as some dates or important information may have changed.

Things to know: 

  • Silver Beaver Award Nomination Form – this is a National Award presented by Council to Scouters for outstanding Council-level contributions and achievements. All Silver Beaver Nominations should be sent directly to the Council’s Awards Board at recognition@alamoareabsa.org, or Terry Ellis at Terry.Ellis@scouting.org  All nominations are Due by Tuesday December 22nd, 2020.
  • District Award of Merit Nomination Form – this is a Council Award presented by District to Scouters for outstanding District-level contributions and achievements. All nominations must be completed and emailed to the River District Awards Chair, Rick Shelton at rivereaglechair@gmail.com no later than Friday, January 15th, 2021.
  • River Rock Leader Award Nomination Form – this is a District Award presented by District to Scouters for outstanding Unit-level contributions and achievements. Submissions are unlimited to the Unit, but ONLY ONE River Rock Leader Award will be awarded for every 20 scouts in your unit, with a minimum of one award for each unit. All nominations are Friday, January 15th, 2021 to the River District Awards Chair, Rick Shelton at rivereaglechair@gmail.com or River@AlamoAreaBSA.org.
  • Award Criteria (updated:10/31/19)
    • The Silver Beaver Award and the District Award of Merit Nomination Forms both have award criteria listed on the forms themselves.
    • To earn the River Rock Leader Award, the nominee must:
        1. Nominee must be currently registered and active in Scouting.
        2. Nominee must have completed the training appropriate for their registered position.
        3. Nominee has contributed to making the BSA program they serve better.
        4. Nominee should follow and promote the BSA principles and guidelines.
        5. Nominee should set an example for other BSA leaders to follow.
        6. Nominee cannot have received this award previously.
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If you have any questions, please contact your River District Scout Service Executive at River@AlamoAreaBSA.org.

 

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River Rock Leadership Award

Silver Beaver Nominations For 2020 Due December 22nd.

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What is a Silver Beaver? It is the highest recognition award that can be granted to a Scouter by a local Council. The Silver Beaver Committee does not view this award as a popularity award nor it is a step above the District Award of Merit for some Silver Beaver Honorees have never received this Award. The Silver Beaver Award is given for service in this Council. If you wish to nominate a Scouter for this award it should be on the basis of service to the Council or long time service to a district and/or a unit. Also, service in the community outside of Scouting is of importance for consideration.

The nomination must be on the form from the Council’s website. Please provide complete information such as the Scouters Service record.  A letter may accompany the form giving the reason for ones nomination of a Scouter (It should be only one page), however such a letter is not required for the Award.

The closing date for nominating a Scouter for this award is December 22, 2020. All nominations after this date will be held over for next year.

Please mail or drop nominations by the Council Office or they can also be emailed to Terry Ellis at terry.ellis@scouting.org.

 

On My Honor – To Be Prepared: Conor Ferguson

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The Alamo Area Council is proud to announce the selection of a member of Troop 285 to be a recipient of a Meritorious Action Award. Conor Ferguson was honored  for his actions with the presentation of a Medal of Merit.

On January 4, 2019, Conor Ferguson, age 13, was returning to San Antonio with his grandfather, James Wallace, age 67, who was driving the car.As they exited the interstate onto a busy roadway, Mr. Wallace fell unconscious at the steering wheel. Conor immediately grabbed the steering wheel and although unable to reach the brake pedal, he steered the car away from other vehicles, onto the grass and finally against a wall to stop the car.

Two other drivers stopped and helped to move Mr. Wallace out of the car and administered CPR. Conor called his father to tell him what had happened and give his location then he called Emergency Services to give them the information.

Because of his ability to recognize the situation and remain calm, Conor successfully managed to maneuver a moving vehicle to a safe area and call for help.

Troop 285 is sponsored by Coker United Methodist Church in San Antonio, Texas.

 

 

Congratulations Silver Beaver!!!!!!

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The Advancement Committee of the Alamo Area Council is pleased to announce the selection of Richard Morris to receive the Silver Beaver Award. He was selected for his service in the Alamo Area Council.

Richard’s service includes over 40 years of service in Scouting which includes having been a Scoutmaster and Post Advisor.

He currently is active with the units in the Devine area and serves as Mesquite District’s Eagle Board Chair and also as an Assistant District Commissioner.

He has completed Wood Badge and is appreciated for his leadership with the Order of Arrow. His service has been with OA chapters along with serving as the OA Lodge Ceremonies Advisor and is a Vigil member.

Richard has been recognized with the Scouter’s Training Award, Scouter’s Key, Commissioner Arrowhead Award, and the District Award of Merit.

If you would like to congratulate Richard please contact him at tipitrader@sbcglobal.net or 830-584-8090. His award will be presented at the next Mesquite Roundtable when Scouter’s can begin gathering again.

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A Scout is Reverent-Religious Emblems Programs

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Annual Council-Wide Interfaith Hike Happening February 9th

A Scout is reverent. A Scout youth is reverent toward God. He or she is faithful in their religious duties and respects the convictions of others in matters of custom and religion.

This the reason for the Annual Council-Wide Interfaith Hike that will take place on February 9th for Scout Sunday. The hike starts and ends at McKenna Children’s Museum in New Braunfels. There will be various Faith Stops along the Hike Path in and around the Downtown area. Each Faith Stop will be comprised of members of a religious institution to talk about insights into their faith via their history, root text, styles of oration, observed holidays and rituals.

All are welcome to join us! Click the Red button below or email the Council’s Religious Relations Committee at DutytoGod@AlamoAreaBSA.org.

Click to Register or Learn More

To encourage members to grow stronger in their faith, religious groups have developed the following religious emblems programs. The Boy Scouts of America has approved of these programs and allows the emblems to be worn on the official uniform. The various religious groups administer the programs. Contact the religious organization directly to obtain the curriculum booklets.

For more information about Religious Emblems Programs, click HERE or see below…

December 2019 – Religious Emblems
Listen to the latest CubCast on how to earn your Religious Emblems Award at the Link above
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