Santa Barbara Council Awards Outstanding and Outgoing Directors
By Brett Davis
The Santa Barbara Council honored a few council directors for their service in its annual meeting, held via Zoom.
Retiring director Steve Hicks was honored with a mounted small craft bell inscribed with his name and the Navy traditional announcement when leaving a ship, “Departing.”
A World War II mounted U.S. Navy boat clock was presented to director Crash Huff for his time in service to our country as well as service to the council. The inscription included his name, rank and call sign, as well as those very special words that Crash lived his entire life, non sibi sed patriae (“not for self, but for country”).
A solid brass WWII vintage ship’s barometer, marked U.S. Navy (as manufactured by Taylor Instrument Co.) was presented to director Kevin McTague in appreciation for his leadership and legal expertise. The instrument is mounted to American White Oak, with the inscription “Fair winds and following seas! Bravo Zulu and Cavu (“ceiling and visibility unlimited”).