Irvine High School - Citadel Yearbook (Irvine, CA)

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F or the sake of friendship and community For Friendship ' s Sake was the motto that the Key Club based its entire year ' s activities upon. The motto was picked in- ternationally, but it ' s really fit- ting to this year, said Key Club President Kimi Tamura. The Key Club stressed com- munity and school involve- ment from all of its members. Volunteering at the Irvine Harvest Festival for the Kiwanis Club was the first op- portunity in which members could aid their community. This year the club has got- ten a lot more active. said Treasurer Gene Lee. People are really showing that they care about helping others. A new activity for the members was a chance to help build the Kiwanis float for the 1988 Rose Parade held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. There were many people who involved themselves in going to Pasadena to work on the float. The float was something new to do for the club, said Vice-President Rose Rigor. The Project Concern Walk- A-Thon -and Walk America were some of the various other activities that involved Key Club members in their com- munity. The proceeds from the Walk-A-Thon went to a destitute village on the Mexican-American border to provide aid in education, as well as for food and shelter, A new aspect of the Key Club was the beginning of the Key Clubber of the Month. Key Clubbers who had displayed an avid devotion to the club were honored with a prize. For the months of December and January the honorees were Geri Grubert and Leah Aldana. For the Key Club, Christmas was celebrated with true spirit. Holiday activities includ- ed many visits to a convales- cent home to speak to the elderly as well as to sing carols. A school based canned food drive brought in 550 cans to help needy families have a better holiday season, The convalescent visits were touching, said Tamura. They ' re happy to see us, and everyone was able to talk. Everyone who participated got something out of it, not only the elderly. The Key Club had members become involved in their com- munity and it was done for ' Friendship ' s Sake ' . -by Molly De THE LARGEST CLUB ON CAM- PUS: Key Club was the largest club on campus with an enrollment of over 220 students all actively involved. PASSING ALONG THE INFORMA- TION: Key Club officer Dione Tanikawa passes out data concerning the upcoming Walk-A-Thon. A FUNNY MOMENT: Key Club of- ficer Kimi Tamura laughs at a remark made by a member as Vice-President Rosemarie Rigor takes charge. ActivitieslKey Club 23

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KEY CLUBBERS WORKING HARD: During a lunch meeting. Sophomores Jennifer Dolan and Breck Jones listen carefully, take notes, while fliping through material that has been passed out. WORKING HARD: Key Club officers Soveon Kim and Dione Tanikawa prepare material on the 1988 Rose Parade for the upcoming meeting discussing volunteering for the Kiwanis ' float. ik ■ : 4 V , 1 - —- . afj - m ' H L « . ir i W ' ■ 1 il l B fn m 3 FOR FRIENDSHIP ' S SAKE: Key club president Kimi Tamura, ROC representative Kim Ford and Henry An sell friendship grams and discuss the success of the sales themselves and other Club projects such as the Walk for Mankind. CONCENTRATION IS THE NAME OF THE GAME: Club member JUl Beam reads the material that has been distributed on the Walk-A-Thon. Sean Lin TIRED OUT: Key Clubbers Nicole Muhlenkamp, Mary Wang, Carrie Bishop and Jenny Deng listen to officer Rose Rigor speak about the club ' s carolling while taking a break from a day ' s worth of difficult classes. 22 Key ClubJ Activities

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c ommunicating ideas: the future depends on it Focusing and directing talents to get what life has to offer you were two of the more basic principles of Close-Up and Forensics. Headed by club advisor Rick Lara, Forensics helped those with a fear of speaking in front of others become more comfortable in that position by building confidence in themselves as well as better speaking and presentation skills. Students were called upon to make presentations on ideas they would like to discuss; either days in ad- vance so they were able to prepare evidence, or in an im- promptu fashion. The fast pace in the Forensics classroom made it impossible to come unprepared. Forensics opens up the student ' s imagination and character, and gives them the CLOSE UP IN D.C: Seniors John Demas, Helena Sopwith, Pam Krebbs, Stacey Sadler and Advisor Gregory Gray. FORENSICS: Bottom row: Sherri Fanning, Khoi Cao, Veronica Zasueta, Jodi Lawson, Shannon Casey, Jennifer Huss; Second Row: Liz Bjerum, Matt Mirmack, Shawn McLaughlin, Danielle Bayless, Roger Sewell, Steve Cassidy, Mike Chang, Dominique Becker; top Row: Brad Youngs, Marty Mance, Stephon Tyson, Lynn Shakelford, Tony Bolanos, Mike Sanches, Brett Garrett, Tim Lane. opportunity to deal with com- munication situations they may find in real life, said Lara. Thriving on class competi- tion was a factor students who continued onto Forensics from Discussion and Debate all possessed. Contests were always a major part of the class agenda that were hardly ever taken lightly. Another of the clubs on campus whose major goal was to help direct a student ' s in- terest in politics and or the government was Close-Up in DC. With a passion for learning about governmental in- tricacies, four students and Advisor Gregory Gray took a week off from schoolwork and study to to fly to the capitol of the United States, Washington D.C. Close-Up is a valuable ex- perience for students as well as for their advisors, said Gray, who is also a social studies teacher. CU-in-DC, as Close-up was more familiarly called, was held over one week in the ear- ly part of December. Gray and the four participating students had the opportunity to attend some 12 to 15 seminars, all related to the United States in the Global Community with students from all over the U.S. Students were also able to meet with Congressional Representative Pat Schroeder. Said Senior Pam Krebs of this exciting oppor- tunity, I was really surprised that she actually took the time out to visit the students who went to D.C. this year. -by Tami Lockley IA k. f 24 ClosB-Up Forensicsl Activities