Davis High School - Olympian Yearbook (Modesto, CA)

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FFA acTive by Lynne Manriaue Members of FuTure Farmers of Amer- ica expecTed To be kepT very busy wiTh acTiviTies. Besides The annual FFA chicken dinner, members prepared To aTTend compeTiTions. Their firsT was in OcTober, wiTh a second following in med-December. In These conTesTs, FFA members compeTed againsT oTher schools in areas such as public speak- ing and creed reciTaTion. OThers were on Three sTudenT Teams which judged livesTock, horses, vegeTables, poulTry, and handling of farm machinery. On The school farm, FFA members puT much efforT inTo raising and breeding hogs, sTeer, and sheep. HorTiculTure was also an imporTanT parT of FFA ac- TiviTies, wiTh members raising pumpkins for Halloween and caring for planTs in The greenhouse. A1 2V v3 . - ,,,, ,ri I Z , 5 l l. FFA: rFl?ON7' ROWQ Danielle Shari, Chris Bus- se y, Ellen Sanders, Tim Fitzgerald, Spencer Sand- ers, rSECOND l?OWj Greg Doorneward, Gene Allemandi, Debbie Barner, Slefani Abernalhy, Denise Bello, Sfacy Hall, KBACK l?O Wj Sieve Le- couve, Nickle l-lay, Jeff Reed, Dino Welch, Sian Cook, 2, S Te ve Lecouve and K un' Moeller lend The bar- beque af The FFA chicken dinner while Nickle l-lay, his fafher, and Roger Dickson wafch in The background. 3. FFA Ofncers: Secretary Brian Aguirre, Vice- presidenf Danielle Shari, Reporier Ellen Sanders, Presidenf Chris Bussey, Chaplain Wall McClesA key, Treasurer Jeff Wilson. Nor pictured: Senfinel Suffon Price. FFA 37

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Preparing Tor The TuTure by Lynne Manriaue VICA members began preparing early for The annual VICA Skill Olym- pics, a compeTiTion of indusTrial skills. Candy bars were sold To reduce The, cosT of sending members To The re- gional compeTiTion in Redding. Led by PresidenT John Cahill, Vice-presidenT Kris Puccinelli, Treasurer Brian STiIes, SecreTary Mary Dufion, ReporTer Dave Thompson, Parliameniarian Kelli ShuTT, SergeanT Rayme Gardner, Chaplain KrisTina HinTon, and advised by Tom Weber, VICA provided sTudenTs op- porTuniTy To improve vocaTional and leadership skills. Advised by Rick and Debbie Herr- mann, DECA also goT off To a fine sTarT. Various meThods of fund-raising, such as selling candy, Taking invenTories aT local sTores, and working aT The Deli were used To allow members To ai Tend DECA conferences. CompeTiTion in apparel and accessories, financi and crediT, general merchandising adveriising, food markeTing, food ser vice, peTroleum and resTauranT man agemenT were held aT The regionc level in lvlodesTo, aT The sTaTe level ii Los Angeles, and aT The naTional leve in Kansas CiTy. L 1. Maggie Denson cheerfully news a customer af The Deli, where DECA members are working To earn money for conferences. 2. DECA officers: Sociai commifiee chairperson Barbara Baker, Treasurer Joe Wong, Secretary Maggie Denson. 3. VICA: CFRONT RO WQ Tom Weber, John Cahiii Mike Siockdaie, Laura Gundiach, Sonya Spencer, Suzie McGui- gan, Lisa Dunker, IBA CK i?O Wj Mari Hansen, David Kumar, Chris Skeen, Keiii Shufi, Kris Hinton. 4. VICA advisor Tom Weber fakes nofes ar a December VICA meefrng. so vicAfDEcA

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Chess moving along: French begins greaT by John Guerrini Chess is less Than life: buT, menTally speaking, iT's much more Than life. ThaT's exacTly whaT Chess Club mem- bers and advisor RoberT Raingruber felT abouT The game of chess. Because of The members' inTeresT, The club meT as ofTen as once every week. 'll love The game, and I like To Teach iT To The sTu- denTs. The sTudenTs seem To enjoy iT, remarked lvlr. Raingruber. Chess Club planned To play againsT ModesTo High School Chess Club, and The l?oosevelT and La Loma clubs. There exisTed a possibiliTy of compeTing in a sTaTewide TournamenT. There are no elecTed of- l 'IA 1. Aaron Budgen decides if he should move his queen to checkmate his opponent. 2. Part of the Chess Club watching an ongoing game between Rob Surber and Eric Vaughn includes Advisor Robert Raingruber, Rob Surber, Mike Johnson, Paul Cadrett, Bill Harter, Eric Vaughn. 3. French Club: fFl?ONT ROWQ Gregg Sprinkle, Dianna Bloom, Jeff Overlie, Michele Moura, Sandy Fields, Jangt Goldsmith, Tonja Lee, Muriel Rameho, Kavita olanki, Jill Hagopian, Julie l?o- senthal, C SECOND l?O Wj Denise Padgett, Brenda Cox, Judy Ciccarelli, Bina Solanki, Jean James, Stacey Dossey, Jule Hutcheson, Aimee Shep- herd Robert Short, Ximena Delgado, Victoria Flores, LelghAnn Loefller, Beckie Hiatt, Martha l?amer7o, Eicia D'Accardo, Becky Bowers, Tai Lam, CBACK IPOWQ Shannon Bayard, Robin Campbell, Paul Chin, Tami Blanchard, Sherry Rice, Manjeet Singh, Susan Chastain, Candice Catarino, Joy Flanery, Kim Edwards, Mike Gil- more, Cherlse Brunswick, advisor Jenise Javaher. 38 Chess fFrench ficers. The sTudenTs don'T need offi- cers, They jusT wanT To play, said lvlr. Raingruber. He also felT ThaT There should be more sTudenTs geTTing in- volved in The club. French Club was a new club on The rise. The club's firsT meeTing was aT- Tended by an amazing 60 people. The presenT enrollmenT is 54. For The firsT year of a club, There was overwhelm- ing inTeresT - which surprised me! said Julie HuTcheson. The club was headed by PresidenT Julie HuTcheson, Vice- presidenT Tina HarTer, SecreTary Sherry visor Jenise Javaher and a few sTu denTs because They ThoughT ThaT i would be inTeresTing. The sTudenT learn abouT The French language ani France, and iT's inTeresTing, said Joy Problems This year included no enough money, and no previous ex perience. They planned To go on 1 culTural Trip To San Francisco, whicl would include food and special exhibi Tions. Also planned were a ChrisTma parTy and dinnerfdance, and forma Tion of a special senior scholarship func To benefiT members of The club wc Rice, and Treasurer Joy Flanery. Offi- cial TiTle of The club is The French Con- necTion. The club was creaTed by ad- discussed.