North County Elks lodges honor local scouts for highest honors
–On Wednesday evening, March 11, 2020, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, their families, friends, Scouting Leaders, and local dignitaries gathered at Paso Robles Elks Lodge #2364 for the Elks’ Scouting Recognition Dinner. The Elks’ annual event honors the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from the North County who have achieved their programs’ highest honors – Eagle Scout for the Boy Scouts, and the Gold Award and the Silver Award for Girl Scouts. The dinner is co-hosted by Paso Robles Elks Lodge #2364 and Atascadero Elks Lodge #2733 and alternates between each lodge each year.
Girl Scout Award Honorees (L to R): Elsie Ehrheart, Sasha Kanofsky, Kate Worthley, Chloe Medvedoff, Cierra Savoy, Leila Gonzalez Barela, Makara Bean.
Once again this year local dignitaries helped with the recognition by providing letters and certificates of commendation, including presentations and certificates by County Supervisors Debbie Arnold and John Peschong on behalf of the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors; Councilmember John Hamon on behalf of the City of Paso Robles; Councilmember Susan Funk on behalf of the City of Atascadero; and certificates presented on behalf of Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham and letters presented on behalf of Senator Diane Feinstein. Paso Robles Elks’ Officers Rick Escobedo, Barbara Hofer, Todd Osborne and Barry Edwards presided over the evening’s dinner and program, saying “the Elks are proud to honor these boys and girls with the highest awards received by a Scout!”
Boy Scout Eagle Scout Honorees (L to R): Dallon Scott, Mick Barnett, Chase Hanson, Richard “Tanner” Draper, Joseph Cooper, Brock Williams, Caleb Nuttall, Wyatt Hunt, Lindley Brown, Tyson Rigby, Brody Supiran, Lincoln Leavitt. (Not Pictured: Giovanni Espinoza).
Youth in attendance Wednesday night were from Santa Margarita, Atascadero, Templeton, Paso Robles, San Miguel, Shandon and Cambria. Typically each year in the North County about two dozen boys and two dozen girls earn the Eagle Scout Award or the Gold and Silver Awards in their respective programs. While many of the girls and boys who have earned their awards over the past year were present Wednesday night, many others were unable to attend because they are off at college or are serving in the military or are on missions with their churches, among other notable endeavors.
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