Bellingham High School - Shuksan Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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Senate Went Above And Beyond The Limit The Senate, under the supervision of Mr. Steve Johnson, was the main branch of the student government at BHS. The Senate consisted of the ASB President Tim Benson; ASB Vice-President Gene Hogan; Secretary Treasurer Pam Fonda; one boy and girl representa- tive from each class, and one cheerleader representative. These individuals worked hard with each other and the administration to improve the school. One responsibility that the Senate had was to make the major decisions on how the ASB money was to be distributed to the activity programs. The Senate also planned Homecoming and Winter Sports Week. In addition to this, they set up the ASB and class elections. Basically, their procedures were the same, but the difference of this year’s Senate was shown in their positive attitudes. Front Row: Debbie Weyh, Greg Levin, Carla Haggith, Tricia Smith, Shelly Nicholls, Su- | 4 san Vermeulen, and Gene Hogan. Row 2: | Chipp Stone, Tim Benson, Pam Fonda, Tim Dvorachek, and Tim Engman. Missing: Jes- sica Thompson 1: Preparing to take notes, ASB Secretary Pam Fonda eagerly listened to the ideas of the Senate. 2: ASB Vice-President Gene Hogan observed the work of the Senate. 3: Tim Dvorachek explained his thoughts as the rest of the Senate listened. 4: ASB President Tim Benson discussed the duties of the Senate. 12 Senate

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The House Represented Students Well The House of Representatives was the second of the three branches of the BHS student government. The main job of the House of Representatives was to respond to the students’ requests and complaints. They did this by setting up committees and relaying the ideas to the Senate. One committee that was set up was for the United Way, which proved to be very successful. In addition to this, they organized the annual food drive. Not only did the House of Representatives respond to the student ideas, but they also planned the Christmas and Valentines Assemblies. The House of Representatives worked with each other and the Senate to represent the individual ideas of the students at BHS. hex AN Front Row: Jenny Riseland, Ericka Bakkom, Ann Trinh, Tara Reed, Tara Fleetwood, Becky Woulf, and Jill Bredman. Row 2: Cari Hayes, Alfred Roman, Hector Valadez, Liz Pitsch, Lana Wright, Melissa Simpson, Alison Parakh, Denise Martin, Alaina Mehus, and Kelli Rawley. Row 3: Tim Benson, Gene Hogan, Chris Rhea, Shawn Hall, Aaron Kombol, Darrell Clough, Rusty Walrod, Kerri Damon, Mike Ziels, An- drea Fitzgerald, Heather Freeman, and Kim Cochrane. Row 4: Kelli O’Brien, Suzi Crockett, Joe Cleary, Tom Roe, Ron King, Jenny Deger, and Chris Scrimsher. Missing: Joe Bailey, Ran- dy Bourland, Jill Brown, JoAnn Burford, Suzi Carlson, Kelli Carson, Steve Duppenthaler, Tracy Goheen, Lori Heggem, Portia Johnson, Nicole Kickhafer, Janis Kuiken, Lori Mathews, Suzie McHugh, and Ann Pitts. 13: 1:Chris Rhea thought of ideas to relay to th e Senate. 2: In the House of Representa- tives everyone participated in the deciding vote. 3: Melissa Simpson concentrated deep- ly. 4: Mr. Johnson advised Gene Hogan on what to do with the United Way committee. 5: Andrea Fitzgerald raised her hand to tell an- other one of her brilliant ideas while Denise Martin paid close attention. House of Reps 13