West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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It's really only through ac- tivities that a person can find an identity here. Even one ac- tivity can provide a purpose. - Pam Lietz '77 It has often been said, by those who have been here be- fore, that our high school ears are the best years of our ives. Well, with homework asscifnments, part-time jobs, an just living at home, most The infamous idea file in PUB is a great place to dive into when in need of a good story topic. Senior Teresa Dorgan, Beak 'n Eye features editor, finds something particularly interesting in the Blackhawk. if e XV ,,... t,,QQQIQi1ilfTTT5T319!SN4i .A Whoever thought that printing your nam could be so complicated? Sophomore Marci Malik wades through the complex instrucl tions of the ITED tests.

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A still tennis player catches the early sun in a mid-morning gym class. Before any matches could begin, the courts had to be swept free of their deep pud- dles. En Garde! Fencing Club contin- ues this year, with Mr. Davis as the faculty advisor. Here, senior julie Malake shows junior Mike Augustine the basic defensive skills.

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students do not see these years as completely carefree. But, there are those fleeting moments for Pajama Game re- hearsals, listening to the latest albums, finishing up a newspa- pel' StOl'y, Cat HHDS, I'UI'1l'1lI'1g El mile or two on the indoor track, partying, answering the phone at campai n headquar- ters, getting to now some- one, going to a volleyball ame, redecorating someone's ouse with streamers of col- ored toilet paper, wishing it were Friday . . . But, whatever happens, good, bad, crazy, crazier . . . these years can be some of the best. While underclassmen boogie at the annual sophomore party, senior Kathi Nolan and ju- nior Debbie Brookstra look on with somewhat amazed expressions. The arrival of their new AFS student provides a good reason for a party at the Willers' resi- dence. Building a campfire becomes a simple task with four people to help. Senior Connie Larssen, president of Teens for Crippled Children, finds unanimous aggree- ment from other club members. TCCers hold Saturday parties for the kids at Marquette School to help develop social skills. Q-,,,,.. .arg gg '1 . . r A 6 5 t 5 In . .hr N 3 1' ' ' . ' - x ' , 4 it Y. 5.-. , 1. . HK QL- 4 sr. X. I mil' 5 - 1 'f . ' ' -4 N . '05-ff ' 33 r - 'B ,I N 1+- L 5' ,F if- x I S, .0 'Y Q. -. t 5 K f 1,7 Suspended in the air, sophmores Mark Rowe and john Gavin toss the football at a Spanish Club members and their parents picnic.