KANNAPOLIS — Gold Rush District recently celebrated its annual leadership awards banquet, held at Trinity UMC in Kannapolis, in which it honored the organization’s 2,000th Eagle Scout recipient — Colson Rush of Troop 38.

Henry Fairley IV presented the Special Eagle Awards, which included Sain’s recognition.

The event featured more than 65 guests, with District Commissioner Jeff Parker serving as master of ceremonies.

The program included an invocation led by Minster Lucas Safrit, Eagle Scout; Key Note Speaker Eagle Abigail Watson; The Journey to Gold Rush District’s 2,000th Eagle Scout Presentation by Eagle Scout Henry Fairley IV.

The event was sponsored and made possible by the following:

• Hap Roberts & Statewide Title, Inc.
• John Welch & Reliable Fencing

The Special Centennial Plaques were made by Tammy Peeler and the Plaque Patches were provided by Richard Shields, of The Carolina Trader. The meal was catered by Bojangles Catering.  

Special Eagle Scout Recognitions were provided by: Sons of American Revolution – Salisbury Chapter Garrett Frick and Salisbury Elks Lodge #699. 

 

The following 2023 Eagle Scouts were honored:  

Troop 5 – Jack Bickerstaff, Eli Farmer, Luke Farmer, Jonathan Futch, Thomas Heintz

Troop 10 – Zachary Hoover

Troop 38 – Colson Sain, Vincent Simon, Maruthi Vemula

Troop 48 – Ryan Jacob, Kevin King

Troop 62 – Sutton Herlocker

Troop 83 – Jamison Heinrich, Andrew Lancaster

Troop 91 – Izaiah Henderson

Troop 103 – Gabriel Glass, Noah Sorg

Troop 128 – Cooper Smith

Troop 173 – Isaac Cooper, Austin Grooms, Zayne Martin, Tyler Peeples

Troop 178 – Austin Evans

Troop 221 – Ian Bulla

Troop 254 – Noah Finger

Troop 308 – Michael Brown

Troop 315 – Andrew Lee, Charles Menius

Troop 320 – Brock Saine

Troop 324 – Ezekiel Brown, Daniel Frick, Levi Frick, Andon McCullough, Ethan Nicoletta, Andrew Rabon, Evan Sifford, Adian Wyrick

Troop 333 – Tad Johnson, Cohen Self

Troop 442 – Ian Lance, Jamir Tucker

Troop 443 – Gianluca DeMary

Girl Troop 4443 – Rhiannon Krahe

Troop 448 – Devin Rhoades

Troop 623 – Kyle Jackson, Ezra Gore

Troop 704 – Lukas Ellis

Troop 4837 – Abigail Watson

Troop 888 – Noah Ballard, Samuel Hermans

 

The following leaders were presented with Service Awards:

Scoutmaster of the Year – David Wilson, Troop 442

Assistant Scoutmaster of the Year – Harold Broadway, Jr., Troop 529

Unit Committee Member of the Year – Lila Bostian, Troop and Pack 328

Chartered Organization Representative of Year – James Pharr, Unit 6031

District Scouter of the Year – Douglas Stirewalt, Troop 4328

Gold Rush Outstanding Service Award – Bobby Amburgey, Troop 5

Gold Rush Super Kernel Award – Elyse Evert Pack 10

 

District Award of Merit :

Justin Fisher – Troop 328

Richard Odor – Troop 522

 

Scoutmaster David Wilson presented the following:

Eagle Scout Award of Excellence

Jamir Tucker Troop 442 

Gold Rush District serves youth in the following areas: Concord, Kannapolis, and Rowan Counties for 100 years. Gold Rush District currently has 2026 Eagle Scouts