![]() ![]() “The merit badges have been especially good because it helps to expand their horizons and knowledge and helps them learn new skills in welding” and other fields.īecker also has supported the Monroe County 4-H Junior Livestock Association and often bids for multiple out-of-town vendors at the annual 4-H livestock auction held during the county fair in August. “Rick has done all this stuff and made it happen,” she said. He is a past chairman of the Michigan Aggregates Association and has contributed to a number of scouting activities, including membership recruitment efforts, helping Eagle Scouts complete their projects, the merit badge program and bus trips to the quarries and the annual Scout-O-Rama weekend held in the spring at the Monroe County Fairgrounds. Malvitz said Becker has been a leader in the industry in community involvement and community based employee engagement. He’s distinguished himself and is very deserving.” Anytime we need something, he’s the man to help us out. “It’s a great honor and I’m glad he’s getting it. “Rick’s done so much for the community, particularly with youth,” Thompson said last week. Monroe County Drain Commissioner David Thompson serves on the district’s selection committee that chose Becker for its honoree this year. It’s a very good thing for them to get into.” “It helps them fill out their portfolio (for scouting). “Under my leadership, students have taken the opportunity to learn more about mining and aggregates possibly think about careers in the industry,” he said. The tours are offered to the youths for free. For the past 8-10 years, more than 300 scouts have earned mining and geology badges after touring either Stoneco’s Ottawa Lake or Denniston quarries. He usually makes arrangements for the tours. He cited the merit badges that scouts can earn in the fields of mining and geology as an example. He said investing in youth is “investing in our future.” He is modest about his accomplishments and contributions that have aided youth. The district also has realized three years of continuous membership growth.īecker has worked 36 years in the mining industry, mostly in management, and began his career in 1985. ![]() The youths in these units have earned 1,160 merit badges, given back more than 4,400 hours of community service and had 25 scouts earn the rank of Eagle Scout. The district consists of 936 youths in 41 units. Allen will emcee the dinner and present the award to Becker during the program. DTE Energy Foundation is sponsoring the banquet. Kojo Quartey, president of Monroe County Community College, and Tom Allen, president and CEO of Allen Chevrolet Cadillac in Monroe. Others honored include former District Court Judge Terrence Bronson Dr. He will be the fourth individual feted by the district since the first banquet in 2018. And he never attaches his name or takes credit for it.”īecker, 60, is president of the Michigan Region of CRH, a company that owns Stoneco of Michigan, which owns four quarries in the county. Malvitz said Becker “makes sure it happens. “It takes money to do some of the things he’s done and he has done a fantastic job to help with church, 4-H, Maybee Park and scouting events that benefit youth all over the county.” “He’s the driving force to see that things and youths can grow,” Malvitz said last week while preparing for the dinner. The district will honor Becker as the Distinguished Citizen of the Year at its fourth annual end-of-the-year banquet tonight at the Monroe Golf & Country Club. ![]() ![]() That’s the question Louise Malvitz has pondered as senior district executive for the Running Waters District of the Boy Scouts of America that includes Monroe County, Flat Rock and Milan. Where would Monroe County area boys and girl scouts and youth programs be without Rick Becker, one of the region’s biggest donors to projects that benefit youth? ![]()
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