&nbps;Â Â The Mid-Columbia District of the Boy Scouts of America named Andy Rogers, Matt Kirby and Sam Horack as co-winners of the Boy Scout of the Year Award for 2003-2004 in recognition of their achievements and service.
Rogers, 16, is a member of Troop 360 of Mill A. He is a junior at Stevenson High School and has been in scouting since the second grade. He achieved his Eagle rank this past February. Rogers has held many positions in his scout troop including senior patrol leader and currently is the junior assistant scoutmaster. He is very involved in the Order of the Arrow, scouting's honor society. He has held positions at the council level. In 2003-2004 he was the ceremonies vice chief and is currently the program vice chief for the upcoming year. He has also served on staff at Camp Baldwin. Rogers is a member of the National Honor Society. After graduation he hopes to attend one of the military academies to pursue a career in aviation. He is the son of Angela and Allan Rogers.
Kirby, 15, is a member of Troop 378 of Hood River, Ore. Kirby homeschools and has completed his freshman studies. He began scouting in the first grade. In 2000, he was named Cub Scout of the Year for the Mid Columbia District. He graduated to Boy Scouts that year and earned his Eagle rank in 2002. He has completed six palms on his Eagle rank. He has held many positions within the troop and is currently senior patrol leader. He is also a member of the Order of the Arrow and is a past chapter chief for the district and a committee member at the council level. He was selected to sing the national anthem at the main shows of the regional scout jamborees in both 2000 and 2003. Kirby has attended the national jamboree in Washington, D.C. in 2001 and the world jamboree in Thailand in 2003. He will attend the national scout camp, Philmont, in New Mexico this summer and will serve as a staff trainee at Camp Baldwin. His current interests are music, theater and computers. Kirby is the son of Carolyn and Nick Kirby.
Horack, 15, is a member of Troop 360 of Mill A. He is a sophomore and honor student at Columbia High School. He earned his Eagle in November, 2003. He's been a member of Troop 360 for three years, where he's held positions of senior patrol leader, instructor and OA representative. Horack has been a member of OA since 2002 where he held the position of chapter chief (2 years) and is presently serving as council ceremonies vice chief. He will attend the National Order of the Arrow Conference in Iowa this summer. He is the son of Stan Horack and Val Parish.
All three of the boys have attended local, regional and national conferences for continuing education in scouting and the Order of the Arrow. They are very active in the leadership and training of other scouts and helping to organize scouting events and activities. Throughout their scouting years, they have demonstrated not only commitment to personal achievement, but service to their communities and to scouting. Any district and council scouting event is likely to find all three boys working to make it successful.
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