Past Award Recipients

Founder's Award

The Founders Award was created to honor and recognize those Arrowman who have given their outstanding service to the lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowman who demonstrates to his fellow Arrowmen an everyday spirit of achievement as described by our founders. The lodge's Executive Committee chooses one or two individuals to nominate for this award. They must be approved by the National Committee to receive this award.

Year Founders Recipient(s)
1986 Tom Gibberd
1987 Ed Zahn
1988 Terry Shepard
1991 Mark Klos, Todd Sackman
1992 Rob Landowski, Chris Martin
1993 Jim VanDreese
1994 Aaron Ellis, Rick Radloff
1995 Dick Amelse, Justin Anderson
1996 Steve DeLonay
1997 Dean Johnson, Dave LaHaye
1998 Rob Amelse, Brian Gaunt
1999 Rick Amelse, Troy Pichelman
2000 Justin Ploegert, Keith Slizewski
2001 Curt Barr, Elvis Bauman
2002 Chris Burish, Tim Piotrowski
2003 Jim Peterson Sr., Adam Schmidt
2004 Al Schult
2005 Sandy Irwin, Reid Rayome
2006 Jim Peterson Jr., Ben Wohlleber
2007 Frank Bichler, Jim Bichler
2008 Ben Hable, Kyle Retzki
2009 Matt Patterson, Hunter Wojcik
2010 Craig Beer, Troy Seehafer
2011 John Wyatt Keiffer, Aaron Marti
2012 Scott Domino, Jacob Schroeder
2013 Michael Bergmann, Steve Lorang
2014 Ben Metzger, Nathan Ochocinski
2015 Doug Berryman, Eric Weber
2016 Karen Berryman, Austin Zurakowski
2017 Matthew Jaworski, Peggy Straight
2018 Zach Steinberger, Eddie Vaillancourt III

Eagle Feather

This award was designed to recognize those who have contributed significantly to either their unit or the Order of the Arrow, but are not OA members.

Year Eagle Feather recipient(s)
1985 Debbie Deli Loretta Julian Ella Wentz
1986 Gary Knutson Bev Osenga Arnold Schultz
1987 Thomas Abraham Tom Kelly Diane Klinke
1988 Qualex Inc    
1989 David Armstrong Karen Brehmer  
1990 April Rick Frank Copenhaver  
1991 Jeanne Amelse    
1992 Shirley Sackmann Kathy Klement  
1994 Jill Wiesneski    
1995 Rod Derby Donna Peroutka  
1996 Terry Anderson Kari Voight Becky Baumann
1997 Ruth Schilling Randy Wanta Jamie Amelse
1998 Ann Orlowski Diane Pichelman Rosco Printing
1999 Lynn Barr Cathy Stange CW Paper
2000 Roy Baumann Kitke Trucking Randy Gilray
2001 3M Company Wisconsin Public Service Betty Peterson
2002 Karen Smith Bergstrom Ford of Rhinelander Norma Jean Rombalski
2003 Sandra Hable Tony Paris Lang Well Drilling of Wausau
2004 Lois Watford Carol Wojcik Tomahawk PCA
2005 Dolce Digital Imaging & Printing Whitetails Unlimited-Leathercamp Chapter Weather Shield LITE Foundation
2006 Chris Hinde    
2007 Ministry Health Care Wendy Cates Adam Freund
2008 Team Schierl Wausau Homes  
2009 Marcy Jo Shetler Craig Teske Patty Gessler
2010 Kolbe and Kolbe Merrill Iron and Steel Wisconsin Building Supply
2011 Emily Erickson John Markwardt Todd Rucinski
2012 Deanna Pellegrino Merrill Distributing John Hagen
2013 Dorthy Howard John Pellegrino Jane Weber
2014 Nicki Buechel Jerry Petrowski  
2015 Todd Kluck    
2016 Shelly Eckerson    
2017 Gretchen Niedbalski    
2018 Wendy Weis    

Outstanding Arrowman

This award was started in 1996 by the Lodge Executive Committee as a way of honoring those arrowman whose service is above and beyond the expectations of the lodge. Members must be nominated to the committee for this award and voted on.

Year
Outstanding Arrowmen
1997 Ron Bacon, Brian Gaunt, John Jagoditsh, Mark Knox, Tyler Witt
1998 Curt Barr, Troy Pichelman, Tim Piotrowski, Paul Witt
1999 Randy Barr, Elvis Bauman, Chris Burish, Tony Paprocki, Justin Ploegert
2000 Mike Franson, Matt Hall, Jason Irwin, Pete Meyer, Mike Willis
2001 Zack Drake, Bill Johnson, Rick Runnion, Adam Schmidt, Dan Symmank
2002 Dustin Irwin, Sandy Irwin, Jeff Molander, Jim Peterson Sr, Reid Rayome
2003 Dustin Ashby, Scott Domino, Ben Hable, Tim Molander, Jim Peterson Jr,
2004 Dave Burish, Matt Patterson, Al Schult, Ben Wohlleber, Hunter Wojcik
2005 Scott Grutzik, Rick Helm III, Andrew Lawrence, Mike Maher III, Dan Schmit
2006 Troy Beck, Frank Bichler, Jim Bichler, Nathan Daniels, Kyle Retzki
2007 Craig Beer, Ralph Chavez, Kevin Konicek, Paul Seehafer, Brenton Wiernik
2008 Josh Anderson, Ryan Feathers, Aaron Marti, Troy Seehafer, Ed Zahn
2009 Adam Gweiss, Jon Hohol, John Wyatt Keiffer, Tom Leet, Tom Steving-Roe, Spencer Lukowski
2010 Brian Krueger, Chris Lamermayer, Steve Lorang, Jake Trantow, David Schult
2011 John Hofmann, Jan Lowe, Kim Seehafer, Jacob Schroeder, Evan Wirtz
2012 Cooper Pries, Rob Jaworski, Nathaniel Springer, Michael Bergmann, Mitchell Lawless
2013 Eric Weber, Nathan Ochocinski, Gavin Lawless, Mike Pries, Karen Berryman
2014 Ben Metzger, Aaron Keen, Brett Woller, Kristin Woller
2015 Ethan Buechel, Matt Jaworski, Shane Martin, Peggy Straight
2016 Doug Berryman, Dennis Blaser, Ezra Eckerson, Zach Steinberger, Austin Zurakowski
2017 Eddie Vaillancourt III, Henry Niedbalski, Matthew Dondlinger, Tricia Nest, Justin Zirngible
2018 Amy Vaillancourt, Aaron Wolf, Drew Morehouse, Gavin Dinges, Trevor Powers

Friend of TKC

The Friend of TKC Award recognizes business contributions to the lodge or council. The Lodge may select up to three each year. The lodge’s Executive Committee votes on nominees.

Year Friend of TKC recipient(s)
2014 SPASH WI Building Supply  
2015 Bob's Catering Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection VFW Post 10262 in Plover
2016 Grace Lutheran Church - WI Rapids Operation Bootstrap Tomahawk School District
2017 Tito Construction Saint Andrew Church Village of Weston
2018 Rib River Catering Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Wausau Marshfield Rotary

 

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