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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, naming the Civic Field press boy the Howard"Scooter"
Chapman Press Box.
WHEREAS,the City of fort Angeles owns a field named for the community in "Civic
Field,"which encompasses a multi-use athletic field used for football, soccer, and baseball for
adults and children alike; and.
WHEREAS, Civic Field is hone to the fort Angeles High School Roughriders; and
WHEREAS, it is very rare that communities broadcast and announce high school
sports; and
WHEREAS, bort Angeles is very fortunate to have Howard `..`Scooter" Chapman
involved with fort Angeles High School sports for almost 66 years, announcing more than
,000 sporting events; and
WHEREAS,Chapman has publicised the fiats of athletes of all types,especially youth,
in the printed media and especially over the airways; and
WHEREAS, many Port Angeles High School graduates have wined employment in
the national sports industry~because of Chapman's introduction to them of that business; and
WHEREAS,Chapman started his radio career in 1950 while attending Roosevelt.High
School where KONP" hired Chapman as a spotter for football games and scorekeeper for
basketball games; and
WHEREAS, one year after graduating from Roosevelt, Chapman was hired by l .ONO
as a radio announcer and salesman; and
WHEREAS, the station and the Port Angeles Evening News were owned by the
Webster family, which allowed Chapman to start writing sports columns; and
WHEREAS, after 30 years of being the sports editor, Chapman decided to retire, but
Dept his play-by-play duties with the radio station. In 1996, he decided to contract out with
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other radio stations, which allowed him to do five sports shows a day and play-by-play for
most Port Angeles High School Athletics; and
WHEREAS, Chapman only missed four high school varsity football, three of which
were after triple-bypass surgeries. He was back for the basketball season that same year; and
WHEREAS, in 2011, Chapman was inducted into the Washington Interscholastic
Activities Association Hall of Fame; and
WHEREAS, on February 16, 2017, the Parks, Recreation & Beautification
Commission, acting in its capacity as the Memorial Committee to City Council, unanimously
passed the following recommendation:
In consideration of the Parks & Recreation Department's PR-0504
Naming/Renarning Public Facilities Policy, the Port Angeles Parks, Recreation
& Beautification Commission recommends that a resolution be forwarded to
the Port Angeles City Council to approve the naming of the announcing booth
at Civic Field the Howard"Scooter" Chapman Press Box; and
WHEREAS, to honor the public service, along with special considerations, we honor
Mr. Howard"Scooter"Chapman by naming the announcing booth at Civic Field, the Howard
"Scooter" Chapman Press Box; and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
that the name of the announcing booth at Civic is changed to the Howard "Scooter"Chapman
Press Box.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 7th day of March, 2017.
Patrick Downie, Mayor
ATTEST: A
lennifer Veneklasen, City,Clerk William E. Bloor, City Attorney
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