[ARRL-OK] International Space Station Rendezvous with Dale Public Schools, Dale, Oklahoma

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News Release
Dale Public Schools, Dale,  Oklahoma
405-990-7101, 767-2552, 386-2373, or  964-5556


International Space Station Rendezvous with Dale  Public Schools, Dale, 
Oklahoma (February 7, 2006, 8:56 a.m.) 

Under  the guidance of Gary Burkhart, Dale High School Science Teacher, ten 
selected  students will be taking turns at a ham radio, asking questions and 
discussing  space travel, with Commander William “Bill” McArthur and Flight 
Engineer Valery  Tokarev, of Expedition Twelve on the International Space  
Station.    Commander McArthur will field questions from Casey  Adams, Heather 
Anderson, Michael Brinkley, Garrett Clinton, Justin Cochrane,  Ashaley Crawford, 
Trace Dilliner, Amanda Hazelton, Dakota Hopson, Caleb Parker,  Kaylan Pickard, 
and Ian Ramsey, as the remainder of the Dale School student  body, faculty, 
staff and residents of Dale, Oklahoma listen.   

Five years ago Dale Public Schools made application through NASA,  to 
participate in an educational link with the ISS, after months of preparation  and 
four days of setting up the necessary antennas and equipment, the students  
finally will talk, one on one with the crew of Expedition Twelve, of the  
International Space Station.     With the assistance of  Keith Pugh a mentor from, 
ARISS, Amateur Radio on the International Space  Station, NASA’s Education Board, 
and local ham operators, Ron Cochrane and  Warren Rutherford, the students 
will experience the thrill of participating in  this historic event. Dale Public 
Schools will become the “First” public school  in the state of Oklahoma, to 
link up with the ISS.   The Tulsa Air and  Space Museum made the only other 
link from Oklahoma last year.

Dale  Public Schools would appreciate your coverage of this historic event, 
if you  have any questions, please feel free to contact our volunteer press 
coordinator,  Ron Cochrane, at 405-990-7101.