District Award of Merit
Prior to 1997	1993 - Denny Wowra 1995 - Fred Ross, Gwen Ross
1997	Mark Metzger (First Indian Prairie Award)
1998	Marilyn Berrill
1999	Dave Rypka Vince Engen
2000	Paul Chemler Cora Jolley
2001	Sue Chemler Dean Bergquist
2002	Don Skorich Daryl Monge
2003	Candy Jackson Chuck Bechtold
2004	Walt Ravelo Bill Marineau
2005	Kate Henderson Jeff Gross
2006	David Rutledge JoAnn Monge
2007	Joe Harrington Curt Ward
2008	Linda Hunt Julie Berkowizc Brad Fresh
2009	Stuart Katz Roger Lisy Dani Seaton
2010	Greg Bachar Walter Berkowicz Tim Maurer

District Special Recognitions

The district awards special recognition to adult volunteers across our District who have been identified for these awards.  Typically, the Spark Plug is given to someone who has recently stepped up and has been identified as having great potential for contributing in the future to our district and "sparking" our engine with enthusiasm.  The Oil Can award is generally given to someone who over time has consistantly contributed to the success of scouting in our district and "lubricates" our engine of success.

District Special Recognitions
Year	District Silver Acorn	Spark Plug	Oil Can
Prior to 1997	(No District award  prior to 2003)	1993 Fred Ross	(No Oil Can  awards prior to  2001)
1997		Vince Engen
1998
1999		Paul Chemler Cheryl Muscato
2000		Dean Bergquist Donna Rebeck
2001		Jeff Gross	Paul Chemler B.J. Metzger Denny Wowra
2002		Chuck Bechtold	Candy Jackson Scott Pinkerton
2003	Paul Chemler	Kate Henderson Bill Marineau	Sue Chemler Dean Bergquist
2004	Candy Jackson Judy Buchenot   (Community award)	JoAnn Monge Linda Hunt	Chuck Bechtold Kate Henderson Dave Rypka
2005	Dennis (Denny) Wowra	Curt Ward Carroll Treacy Bill Sugas	Daryl&JoAnn Monge Linda Hunt Rich Harrington
2006	David Rypka	Dani Seaton Sean Waiss Joe Harrington	Kim Emanuel Rich Harrington Roger Lisy
2007	Carroll Treacy	Jeff Leroy Stewart Katz Diane Kennedy	Sean Waiss Julie Berkowicz Bruce Jones
2008	Dani Seaton	John Elenbass Wendy Gross Tim Maurer	Bill Sugas Anna Thomas Carroll Treacy
2009	Bill Marineau	Steve Bernardi Ray Loback Greg Bacher	Wendy Gross Tim Mauer Tim Greiner
2010	Ray Loback	Dave Bruns Hector Colon Bob Neubeck	Diane Kennedy Julie Rypka Curt Ward

Silver Beaver

The Council awards the Silver Beaver to scouters that provide exceptional contribution to Scouting for our entire area.  Below are the Indian Prairie Scouters who have received this Council award.

	Silver Beaver (year awarded, class of previous year)
Class of	Awarded	Recipient
1995	1996	Denny Wowra
1997	1998	Fred and Gwen Ross
1999	2000	Mark Metzger
2002	2003	Paul Chemler
2003	2004	Dean Bergquist Daryl Monge
2004	2005	Candy Jackson Don Skorich Val Bitton
2005	2006	Chuck Bechtold Sue Chemler Kate Henderson
2006	2007	David Rypka
2007	2008	Linda Hunt Joe Harrington Rick Montalbano(Council)
2008	2009	Brad Fresh Roger Lisy
2009	2010	Julie Berkowicz Bill Marineau

Other Awards

There are a number of other awards either by the BSA or directly related to Scouting work in the community

Award	Recipient
Torch of Gold Award	Julie Berkowicz(2009)
Woods Services Award	Kate Henderson(2007) Joe Harrington(2009)
Cross of St. Francis	Rick Montalbano(1989) Paul Chemler(2006) Joe Harrington(2007) Jack Koberstein, Roger Lisy, Julie Berkowicz(2009) Denny Wowra(2010)
Venturing Leadership	Paul Chemler, Brad Fresh(2010)