Poudre High School - Impala Yearbook (Fort Collins, CO)

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Another Wave of New Drivers Hits Poudre It seems like everyone is yelling at you. Your mother: Where's the fire? Slow down! Your father: I keep telling you, you're not getting a car until you can pay for your own insurance! On the driving range: Car Number Eleven! You're still not doing it right. You're at Parallel Park Right, not the weave! These are all a part of what we call learning to drive. This sophomore-year ritual has been faced by most of us. It begins with Drivers' Ed, a quarter-long course in which students learn sen- sible driving practices, which many seem to forget after the class is over, judging from the high rate of fender-benders and collisions among students. Then students experience The Range. Here, one rehearses var- ious parking and maneuvering sit- uations. Although some stations are difficult fas Mark Schmidt stat- ed, I hit five cones in one day, j, it gives students good practice. Then, once all the practicing, per- mits, and simulating are out of the way, it remains only to get THE LICENSE: your ticket to freedom, responsibility, and sometimes trou- ble. As one mother stated, Letting my daughter drive has created a monster! ' uf -,1 fr ' f ff 4. 4, .V H Z.. wr f 034 V . . .. ,, ,Q fi Q7 rr' -' Q V - , - - Ag fm, .' 2 V Q , ,Q 1 W AVI! 'f-A for 57 WT fl! i,l2 Nw-Vi' -E' 33I,j4gz?'tw,.12fsffM 2 ? lt seems that Veronica Quarles has totaled another cone in her adventures on the range. Sometimes even cars on the driving range get into fender-benders, as in the case of Car JH. lNote the front right fendenj This is the voice you hear encouraging and, occasionally, scolding over your car radio when you are on the range: Merle Rolfs.

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Exchange Students Adapt T0 A Imagine spending a year going to school on another planet. Al- though the exchange students at Poudre aren't facing this, they are halfway around the world from their homes. Jette Rasmussen, Oli- ver Herden-Kirchhoff, and Alan Berney are facing this situation, and seem to be coming through well. lette Rasmussen is from Oster Bjerrgrav, Denmark. She was a lit- tle surprised at the emphasis we at Poudre place on sports, and the cheerleaders. We don't have that, she said. We just do it, with- out anybody telling us what to do . . . You don't pay much attention to it. She enjoys partying in Den- mark, where she says the parents hang out with the students. Also, since the parties are private, beer is sold. According to Iette, they're not boring, because the parents get more drunk than the students! Oliver Herden-Kirchhoff has easi- ly adapted to Poudre from his West German home. He is also amazed it l i Iette Rasmussen is investi- gating that hotbed of Poudre culture: the cafete- ria at lunchtime. Oliver Herden-Kirchhoff, Alan Berney, and Jette Rasmussen are comparing notes on the peculiarities of life at Poudre. by the Poudre spirit. The assem- blies, and things like that. We couldn't do that. When he isn't in school, Oliver enjoys playing ten- nis, sailing, chess, and the martial arts. He plans to finish school, serve in the military, and then go on to an as-yet-unchosen career. Alan Berney is an aspiring com- puter specialist from Lausanne, Switzerland. He likes Poudre a lot better than his school in Switzer- land - he says the people are nicer. He enjoys horseback riding, soccer, and tennis. When asked' the strangest thing about Poudre, Alan replied, Mr. Bibbey! And what will he remember most about Poudre? The grades, the people . . . Everything!

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EVEN TEACHERS HAVE A LIGHTER SIDE Another surprise for Mrs. Ludwin. Madam Walker and Mr. McClanahan enjoying the morning air. 'gf Mr. Bibbey on a donut run. ffm- L ,I . in ,., L Mr. Hubka - RELAXINC Mr. Banister, is it really you?