Arrowmen Dennis Downing and Mike Perkins will receive the Silver Antelope May, 2008 for their extraordinary unselfish service and dedication to the Western Region. Both have extensive OA backgrounds, each having been recognized with the Distinguished Service Award (DSA). Downing and Perkins have served as Lodge and Section Advisers in Western Region and many have staffed many National Order of the Arrow Conferences (NOAC) and National Leadership Seminars (NLS).
Mike Perkins will be serving as a member of the Staff for ArrowCorps5 at Manti-La Sal.
Judy Kay Wadford of the Western Region will be one of 11 Volunteer Scouters awarded the Silver Antelope for unselfish service and dedication to Scouting in May, 2008. She is a member of Wipala Wiki Lodge in the Grand Canyon Council, Arizona.
Wadford will serve as the Office Manager/Trading Post Manager for the Shasta-Trinity project at ArrowCorps5 this summer. For more information on this award, and to see the other recipients from the Western Region, click here.
Photos from the recent National Leadership Seminar that took place March 14-16, 2008 at Philmont are now now online in our Photo Gallery. We have also moved the photos from the December 2007 National Planning Meeting that were on the meeting's mini-site to the Photo Gallery as well.
The recognitions subcommittee of the National Committee of the Order of the Arrow is pleased to announce the selection of two lodges in the Western Region for the E. Urner Goodman Camping Award. The award was established as a tribute and testimonial to the Order’s founder, E. Urner Goodman. The lodges being recognized for their 2007 accomplishments are:
Cahuilla Lodge, California Inland Empire Council #45, Redlands, CA
Wipala Wiki Lodge, Grand Canyon Council #10, Phoenix, AZ
The recognitions subcommittee of the National Committee of the Order of the Arrow is also pleased to announce the selection of two lodges in the Western Region for the National Service Award. The award was established in 1999 to recognize lodges in each region that have performed outstanding service, both in a qualitative and quantitative sense, to their councils. The lodges being recognized for their 2007 accomplishments are:
Shunkah Mahneetu Lodge, Grand Teton Council #107, Idaho Falls, ID
Wiatava Lodge, Orange County Council #39, Santa Ana, CA
Judy Kay Wadford of the Western Region will be one of 11 Volunteer Scouters awarded the Silver Antelope for unselfish service and dedication to Scouting in May, 2008. She is a member of 
