PRESS PHOTOS BY C. RICHARD CHARTRAND Elwood 'Sonny' Laudenslager of Orefield receives the Boy Scout Council Alumnus of the Year Award from Arnold Traupman, chairman of the Minsi Trails Council Alumni Association at the annual ceremony. The award is the Scouting Alumni Association's highest council recognition. Boy Scout leaders, scouts and their families gathered for the Boy Scouts of America Minsi Trails Council recognition dinner and annual meeting Jan. 23 at Jordan Lutheran Church, Orefield.