1983 Area 4 Conclave - Area 4 History - OA/Camps/Councils

The first Area 4 Conclave was held in 1983 with Sections W4A and W4B ¹.

The theme was “THOSE WHO CHOSE YOU NEED YOU”. Michael Sachs resigned after being elected Region Chief in Dec. 1982. Special guests were the Region Chief, Region Chairman, and National Executive Secretary, Bill Downs. This is the first combined Section W4A and W4B Conclave. The thirteen (13) lodges from the two sections were in attendance. Each section maintained it standard awards; however, awards were given to the top lodge in each category. The attendance was over 1000. Sixty eight (68) members went through their Brotherhood Ceremony. Their were 168 sand paintings. Siwinis Lodge # 252 won the overall Spirit Award. Their was a special chief’s award (a hand carved northwest paddle given to Chumash Lodge # 304 for distance and % of attendance. The food was outstanding. A great time was had by all. The rain caused no serious problems. There were over forty (40) Indian dancers. The patch was designed by David Pinard Sr. of 488.

The Outstanding Lodge Award was won by Siwinis Lodge # 252. The Ordeal Trophy was won by Chumash Lodge # 304. The Brotherhood Trophy was won by Malibu Lodge # 566.

1982 – 1983 Section Leadership

Kip Sharpe (90)

Section Chief

Cris Gardea (252)

Section Vice-Chief

Joe Koch III (304)

Section Secretary

Esten Grubb (252)

Section Secretary

Rick Breithaupt (566)

Section Associate Adviser

Ken Jeske (127)

Staff Adviser

Area and Region Leadership

Kurt Christiansen (566) (term ended December 1982)

Michael Sachs (127)

Western Region Chief

Tom Tabb (13)

Area Adviser

Derek Wilcock

Area Staff Adviser

Del Loder (502)

Region Chairman

Dick Rice

Region Staff Adviser

Event Information

Date: April 29 – May 1, 1983

Location: Birmingham High School, Van Nuys, California

Service Lodge: OA Western Region Area 4

Section W4A Pages

Section W4C was designated W5A at the time and did not participate.

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