Northview High School - Viking Yearbook (Covina, CA)

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For Everybody, Including Luau Court PRINCE IVAN PIERRA -w- wf ■■- ip- ' w —if? ■■ f f r When we think of Hawaii, we dream of sun- bleached beaches, aqua-blue water, fruit trees, beautiful flowers, and yearly celebra- tions with lots of good food. Well, since we can ' t enjoy the pleasures of this tropical is- land year round if we live in the U.S.. then the closet thing that we can come up with is our own special event or celebration. So. once a year, Northview students celebrate by having a special dance, the Luau, on campus. This year ' s Luau was filled with an atmo- sphere of exotic surroundings, including the appetizing Hawaiian food of fresh fruit, cheese, ham, and punch. For the past several years, the Luau has been held inside the cafe- teria with dancing inside and eating and so- cializing outside in the mail area. Different color leis and Hawaiian scenery were all part of the decorations to set the righ tmood for the dance and the theme, Exotic Paradise . The Luau started at 8:00 p.m. and the stu- dents danced to the music of a D.J. Later in the evening, the music stopped and the 1984 Luau Court was announced. This time there were six princes instead of the usual five on court. The first prince was Lon- nie Connor, sponsored by GALS. Next came Mark Cortes, sponsored by Marklineans. Sponsored by the Junior Class was Ricky Gonzales. The next prince was Kenny Lane, sponsored by Girls ' League. The fifth prince was Adrian Malerba sponsored by the Sopho- more Class. And finally, there was Ivan Pierra, who was sponsored by the Senior Class. As the crowd ' s excitement and anticipation grew. Adrian Malerba was crowned the Luau King of 1984. Mike Tapia and Bridget Schwieterman real- ly get into the music of the D.J-. hoping to attract attention to their new style of danc ing. Luau 153

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Student Life A Page Out of 1969 ... Miss Mary Kristina Lindgren graduated from Norttiview in 1969, and now writes un- der a by-line in the Los Angeles Times. She credits her journalistic success to her English teachers, Mrs. Silver (now Donna Fargo) and Mr. Cassidy. She didn ' t actually prepare her- self to become a journalist, and in fact had plans to the contrary. She had wanted to go into theatre, international relationships, or politics. She was working her way through school and didn ' t want a forty hour a week job when she became an editorial assistant (copy kid), which offered her some income with a minimum of hours. She was later offered an intership, put in many hours in and out of the office and in due time, received her own by- line. Although she might still like to go into theatre or politics, she wouldn ' t change an- ything — except maybe she would have gone to Berkeley. Student Life 155