Radio WA7-LBO Nowin Operation Here
The new amateur radio at Chern-
awa Indian School is finally oper
ating. The ham radio station went
on air on February 13. Its license
number, which was received from the
Federal Communications Commi
ssion, is WA7—LBO.
Four students have passed the
Novice Code test and are waiting
for their own licenses to operate
the ham radio. When they receive
their licenses, they can use Morse
Code and contact other ham radio
stations. These four students are
Ralph Beans, Wilfred Topkok, Moses
Peter, and Joe Dekittie.
Two of them are now going for a
higher license with which they can
not only use the Morse Code, but
also talk to other ham radio stat
ions. The license is the General
License. These two students are
Ralph Beans and Wilfred Topkok.
The ham radio is located in the
shops area. Mr. Donald Varnum,
the instructor, says that he has a
fourth period class for which the
ham radio is operated, and he can
also teach anyone who’s interested
in learning how to operate the ham
radio any time after classes.
This ham radio can reach all
areas in Alaska, including the Pribi-
lof Islands, Mr. Varnum, said he
would like to use the radio for emer
gency calls rather then calls that
are not important, so to avoid a hard
time if he needed to make an impor
tant call. He also said that the per
son he connects with in Alaska on
the Alaska Civil Defense would
probably get frustrated if he had to
make a whole lot of unimportant
calls.
Mr. Varnum says that this is not
the kind of a job you get paid for.
It is rather a kind of hobby or inter
est which you volunteer for.
CHEMAWA AMERICAN
Volum e 6 9 , No. 5
Chem awa Indian School, Salem, OR
97303
March 23, 1973
Chemawa Captures
Two Tournaments
Ten Chemawa students went as a
team to participate in the Warm
Springs All-Indian Boys Basketball
Tournament March 10—12.
They
placed first over seven other teams.
Many of the other teams had
college players, and some teams
were made up of players from differ
ent high schools.
The boys who took part in the
tournament were Shannon Cargo,
Daniel Davis, Lloyd Davis, Floyd
Jim, Freddie Krukoff, Rodney Leav
itt, Joshua Melton, Delbert Okback,
Raymond Paul and Fred Sweowat.
They were coached by Rev. Gerald
McCray.
Joshua Melton, Freddie Krukoff
and Lloyd Davis received all-star
trophies. The Most Valuable Player
trophy also went to Lloyd.
The girls varsity basketball team
took first place in the Third Annual
All-Indian Tourney here March 10—11.
The varsity beat the Warm Springs
Bravettes 28—23 in the first game,
then defeated the Portland American
Indian Center 50—18 and the Warm
Springs Springers 28—23.
All-star trophies went to Susie
Marchand, Arlene Senator and Lorena
Thompson.
The Most Outstanding
Player Award went to a 1971 graduate
Pam Stanger, who played for Omak
team.
Roger Adams and C la ra Kowunna w ear the tra d itio n a l crowns o f Brave and P rincess
a t the Birthday Powwow. A t le ft is Student Body P re s id e n t G eorgianne C h arle s .
Birthday Brave and Princess Picked
During Chemawa’s 93rd birthday
celebration, the Brave and Princess
were honored at the Powwow.
All candidates were announced at
the dance.
Mike Hall and Marilee
Holt represented the freshmen. For
the sophomore class it was James
Abrahamson and Laura Itta.
The
junior representatives were Roger
Adams and Sharon Watt.
The Brave and Princess were both
senior class representatives. The
Brave was Pat James from Belling
ham, Washington. The Princess was
Clara Kowunna from Point Hope,
Alaska. Both were elected by a stu
dent body vote.
During the Powwow the Brave and
Princess were crowned. Roger Adams
from Kivalina, Alaska was the alter
nate for Pat James.
The Native and Indian Cultural
Explorers Club, who hosted the Pow
wow, said that they would like to
thank all the students, staff and
tribes who made donations for prizes
for the dancing contests.