Agoura High School - Quixotian Yearbook (Agoura Hills, CA)

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f i i l A l T l l l i l l l l l l da fan Astrowsky envisions mself cascading down a low-covered glacial ountainslde in a IerC g African winter uring momentary lapse of rea- in. Undaunted, he later gned up to become a ember of the Bicycle Zam. i i i rrah i l ll i azimov a7lmov The AHS Bike Team is es- pecially challenged by rugged mountain terrain. The cyclists were Top: Pat Hattori, Dain Hansen, Mike Caparski. Front: Shane Ralston, Paul Costa, Evan Astrowsky. Members of the AHS Bridge Club include Top: AI lsenberg, Fred Shu, Ca- meron Matheson, Donald Kubasak. Second row: Robert Liao, Charlyene Latimer, Sam Fu. Front: Unknown Charger. The group spent many an hour committed to bridge and its gaming techniques. Bike Team 231

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Qmmmmiaeeams -ExEE??1 f ff' 9 5 ' l 1 4510 QGQMQA ags. T suspended on a thin alloy frame, bulleting across jagged granite at thirty miles per hour sound like a pleasant afternoon's outing to you? If so, you would appreciate the 1987-88 AHS Cycling Team, sponsored by Agoura Schwinn, where hands would steer you down the road to victory. President Shane oes being Ralston and secretary Evan Astrowsky both, as Ralston enthused, liked to attract recreational and competitive cycIists. Even swashbuckling mountain bikers were welcomed for both on- and off-road rides. meetings once a month and weekly rides every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Rare events such as the Grape Nuts Bike Festival, the Mammoth Cycling Classic, and the Valencia Time . . . for recreation and fun. -Shane Ralston Trials highlighted the year's agenda. Not only did the crew keep fit during the winter, but, more importantly, they also had good reason to procrastinate on virtually all homework. All members could Nutritions on Tuesdays join in organizational and Thursdays were not only intensified by the wicked nutty-bar! warm bagel line, but also in the bedlam of D-11 where the Bridge Club met in heated battle. There were no elected officials to bring order to the frenzy, just members with only the game in mind. Seriously though, they thoroughly enjoyed themselves and, as Sam Fu commented, were always willing to take in new members who wanted to get in on the action. The members either played the game in a group of four or discussed how to strategically use their hands to maneuver down the tricky' path to victory. -Bob Rich if 535' -Q 230 Bridge Club -P- 'Y 'QF 4' .. Mir - -f- ,-N s 1 l Q j i 4' i T if l is 1 'Q .l l Here we find our ruthless soldiers of Agoura High School's Bridge Armada. Even though the club members enjoyed them- selves, the game required a lot of thought.

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FRUM A t 1 E C H N I C I. , p , C, ei.. T A . omputers . . . ro- to use the computers, the Auto Club was to prepare bots . . . test CADXCAM system, the la- for the Plymouth Trouble equipment . . . sers, the robots, and the 5hOOIlng Contest which batteries . . . What does test equipment. There takes place at the Shelbey this mean? To the elec- Performance Center ev- tronics and auto club, ery year. The contest con- these words meant plen- sisted of a written test on ty. Basically, these clubs the basic information dealt with electrical ener- concerning automobiles gy and technical informa- ' ' and an actual car which tion which enabled the ul am ll1ler9S'E9d In needed to be fixed by the Electronics Club to create electronics and it contestants. In the last batteries and robots and geemed 3 I0t mgre three years, Agoura has the Auto Club to handle exciting than any of proudly finished among B automobiles. the other Clubs. tjhe top ten finalists, An- - ' ersen firml stated that The Electronics Club, ac- Serena HSI the Auto yClub really cording to advisor Cior- helps the students learn don Hart, provides an how to read technical in- Q opportunity for students formation and apply it to enrolled in electronics to -11-1-1 real life. The Aulo Club use. the facilities and were no officers in the also dldnlt have any Offi- equlpment. Thus, the dub as each individual cers as each of the mem- 4 'Xa members were able to member Worked on his bers were on an equal lev- create and work on their own projects- el. own projects. The meet- ings Were held at lunch Another club which Obviously, both the Elec- and after SCh0Ol in FOOU1 thrived on technical in- tronics Club and the Auto T-'lv When asked why She formation was Agoura Club provided students ioined this unique Club, High's Auto Club. Ac- with vital information and MM Serena l-lSi C0rflrTlehledf l cording to the club's advi- a great experience in ' am interested lh eleCIr0n- sor, john Andersen, they working with professional lCS and ll Seemed H l0r met every other dayinthe equipment. The enthusi- more eXClllhg than any Of spring. At the meetings, asm shared by all the the other Clubs. Overall, they learned the technical members showed that the the EleClr0rllCS Club information of auto- clubs proved to be a posi- proved to be 8 SuCCeSS mobiles and also worked tive aspect of Agoura and the privileged mem- on the cars themselves. High School. berS Of The Club Were able The main function of the -Grace Asuncion The Auto Club members in- clude Top: 1. Erlich, L. Gard- house, I. Brown, 1. Hoover, E. Heeter, I. Rosenthal, B. Low- wery, unknown, unknown. Front: I. Andersen, I. Merril, I. Celt, I. Murth, R. Livingston, One main activity of the club was preparing for the Plym- outh Trouble Shooting Con- test which consisted ofa writ- ten test and functional test. The Electronics Club mem- bers include, Top: S, Novak, A. Gayer, R. Godwin, P. Hat- tori, I. Snow, T. Chakravarthi. Front: G. Hart, K. Phibbs, G. Talvola, S. Hsi, M. Morton, S. Glasser, 1. Heiner, M. Za- barsky, I. Rassrnan. The club provided the equipment and facilities for students already enrolled in electronics. 232 Auto r ATN 1 4 1 si bra