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PROCLAMATION
In Recognition of
THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF
Howard "Scooter" Chapman
WHEREAS, sports announcer, writer, and local legend, with a career spanning four decades, Howard
"Scooter" Chapman has been announcing all of the major sporting events of Port Angeles and
outlying areas, becoming the voice of our Port Angeles High School teams for almost 61 years;
and
WHEREAS, Scooter has been involved with radio since 1950 while attending Roosevelt High School, when
KONP hired him as a spotter for football games and score keeper for basketball games; and
WHEREAS, after graduating from Roosevelt, Scooter attended the University of Washington for one year
but returned to Port Angeles long enough to marry his high school sweetheart Loretta and join
the army; and
WHEREAS, while in the service, he got an education in radio and television as a broadcast specialist in the
Fifth Army Headquarters in Chicago from 1957-1959, while in his last year of service, he was
the producer and director of the then new US Army Television Hometown News center team
from the Fifth Anny; and
WHEREAS, after his time in the service ended, he began working as a sports editor for the Port Angeles
Evening News and radio sports director for KONP, recalling many a time he would write
stories for the paper as he was calling games over the radio; and
WHEREAS, in 2011, Scooter was named to the Hall of Fame Class of the Washington Interscholastic
Activities Association(WIAA), an accolade that very few broadcasters and writers receive; and
WHEREAS, Scooter recently stepped down as Western Peninsula Umpires Assigning Secretary after 30
years of service, but continues to umpire baseball and softball games; and
WHEREAS, Scooter helped promote numerous young athletes from the Port Angeles area and has done so
for many years. He continues to be involved in his community as a member of the Port
Angeles Lions Club. He emcees various Port Angeles events, including the Great Olympic
Peninsula Duck Derby and the Olympic Medical Center Foundation's Festival of Trees.
NOW,THEREFORE,I,Dan Di Guilio,Mayor,ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF PORT
ANGELES,do hereby RECOGNIZE Scooter Chapman for his contributions to our local radio and newspaper.
Someone once said your blood runs green and white, for the colors of your Roughriders. Your voice has been called
the voice of Port Angeles Civic Stadium,but you have become so much more, you are the voice of our community.
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September 21, 2015
Dan Di Guilio,Mayo
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