SOJADI District Award of Merit Recipients
The District Award of Merit is a council award presented by districts in the same manner that the Silver Beaver is a national
award presented by councils. The award is available to Scouters who render service of an outstanding nature at the district level. The award is made available annually on the basis of 1 for each 25 traditional units or fraction thereof. The district need not
present all the awards to which it is entitled each year
1971 Dr. Glenn Crumb Emporia
1971 Ed King Osage City
1972 Robert Ecklund Emporia
1972 Thomas Bailey Emporia
1973 Eugene Gerstner Emporia
1973 Lee Nelson Emporia
1974 Warren Horton Emporia
1974 George Walters Emporia
1975 Carl Hoffmans Emporia
1975 V.R. Longhofer Lebo
1976 John Mitchell Emporia
1976 Everett Winter Emporia
1977 Walter Erickson Madison
1977 Charles Hollern Emporia
1978 Dr. Charles Greenlief Emporia
1978 Archie Larison Osage City
1979 Albert Conrade Emporia
1979 Dr. Gayle Cook Osage City
1980 Rev. Theodore Inman Emporia
1980 Warren Traner Emporia
1981 Alice Conrade Emporia
1981 Peggy Traner Emporia
1982 Orville Davis Burlingame
1982 Judith Kewley Emporia
1983 Francis Schaefer Neosho Rapids
1983 Charles Wayman Emporia
1984 Howard McElfresh Emporia
1984 Mildred Schaefer Neosho Rapids
1985 Jim Russell Emporia
1985 James Wayman Emporia
1986 Warren Decker Burlingame
1986 Jerry Potts Emporia
1987 Martin Jones Lebo
1987 Steve Haught Emporia
1988 Pat Ferguson Lebo
1988 Robert Kewley Emporia
1988 Jan Ruxon Emporia
1989 Carol Jones Lebo
1989 R. Scott Thomas Emporia
1990 Charlie Hall Melvern
1990 Gordon Ruxton Emporia
1991 Al Adams Emporia
1991 Jan Morey Emporia
1991 Randy Mahan Emporia
1992 Dennis Kohlman Emporia
1992 Tom Thompson Emporia
1993 Karla Myers Lebo
1993 Terry Burnett Overbrook
1993 Diana Goll Emporia
1994 Jim Griggs Emporia
1994 John Crowell Emporia
1995 William D. Johnson Emporia
1995 Shane Ferguson Emporia
1997 Keith Bray Americus
1997 Karl Brewer Osage City
1998 Judy Anderson Emporia
1998 John Young Americus
1999 Lucy Stoval Emporia
1999 Steve Hoch Burlington
2000 Helen Allegre Lebo
2000 Kenton Thomas Emporia
2001 Steve Yewell Emporia
2001 John Bolz Burlington
2002 Richard McCoy Emporia
2002 Ken Weaver Emporia
2003 Carl Richardson Emporia
2003 Bob Cuadra Emporia
2004 Gary Wyatt Emporia
2004 Keith Shaver Emporia
2005 Warren Chip Woods Emporia
2005 Ken Roemer Emporia
2006 Don Baily Osage City
2006 Marie Woods Emporia
2007 Steve Marcotte Gridley
2007 Arick Mahan Neosho Rapids
2008 Gary Thompson Osage City
2008 George Anshutz Harveyville
2009 Charlie Huff Burlington
2009 Bob Fitz Burlington
2010 Bruce Love Burlingame
2010 Bill Curtus Osage City
2011 Marilyn Thompson Emporia
2011 Jeff Thompson Emporia
2012 Tony Leek Emporia
2012 Julie East Emporia
2013 Tammy Hopper Allen
2013 Dean Hollenbeck Emporia
2014 Kaylene Leek Emporia
2014 Amy Phillips Osage City
2015 Elizabeth Alford Burlington
2015 Roberta Swanson Emporia
2016 Brad Kraft Emporia
2016 Rick Huddleston Overbrook
2017 Dolcie Maley Emporia
2017 Steve Maley Emporia
2018 Dan Zirkle Burlingame
2018 Jeff Williams Emporia
2019 David Alford Burlington
2020 Scott Farmer Osage City
2021 Becky Morton Emporia
2022 Jay Wilson Osage City
2023 Cinet Karcher Emporia
