George Fox University - L'Ami Yearbook (Newberg, OR)

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i 1 ■ I 1. Coach Willard maps out the next strategy. 2. Istvan Nadas performs at the Homecoming recital. 3. Queen Janell Almquist begins her reign as Shelley Webster crowns her. 4. Gary Chenault and Gregg Griffin brave buckets of ice as they shiver for the Mr. Cool title. 5. Watch out! Here come the Bruins, led by Phil Aronson. 6. Enthusiastic Bruins mob Phil Barnhart after his winning last-second shot. 7. The Spirit Can boasts the Spirit of all. 8. The 1978-79 Home- coming Court and escorts: Jeff Newville, Princess Becky Grammer, Jon Strutz, Princess Sheryl Chandler, Dick Hampton, Queen Janell Alm- quist, Jim Friesen, Princess Cindy Whitaker, Mike Royer, Princess Debbie Roberts. 9. Riding the Bruin Express to a victory is Darcy Weisner. 20 Homecoming

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Winter Banquet sparks January thanks to spontaneous M.C. Cool blue tablecloths garnished with matching blue and violet flowers set the scene for an elegant Winter Banquet at the Hilton Hotel in Portland. The even- ing proved to be one of the highlights of a cold, gray winter. Besides myself, 109 other people en- joyed the fruit salad, braised swiss steak and chocolate rum cake that was served. After dinner, however, I was a little disappointed to learn that Ron Sals- bury, the guest speaker, was unable to land at the Portland airport because of fog. But the songs and jokes of Larry Roberts, the M.C. of the banquet and the program director at KXL radio sta- tion in Portland, almost made me forget the mishap. Larry spoke from personal experiences and ended the evening on a happy note. Ben Bauer, activities director, told me that the Lord must have had other plans for the evening and for Ron Salsbury, but in the end, everything added up to a great winter evening out. Winter Banquet 19

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Coronation, pep rally, ball game add life to Homecoming weekend I thought I would burst with excite- ment before Cindy Whitaker, Janell Almquist, Sheryl Chandler, Becky Grammer, and Debbie Roberts made their way down the aisle in Wood-Mar Auditorium to take their places on the stage. They all looked so pretty! Which one would become the 1978-79 Homecoming Queen? Everyone waited tensely for Shelley Webster, last year ' s queen, to place the crown on her successor. It seemed like it was just minutes later that we were relaxing to the music of Istvan Nada ' s with junior princess Janell Almquist bearing the crown and the title. Saturday started off with a bang as we watched the 1970-74 basketball alumni play the 1975-78 team. What a thriller! Afterwards the cheerleaders held a pep rally for the 1978-79 basketball team. It included Gregg Griffin running off with the Mr. Cool title by keeping his feet in buckets of ice longer than Gary Chenault could. Meanwhile, the •rest of the team vied for victory in relay races by riding tricycles built for four- year- olds. At the basketball game that night, Janell exhorted us to trust in Christ to give us a sense of direction and power to face the obstacles and challenges of ■our lives. She encouraged us to say ' yes ' to Christ, ' y es ' to Me, ar d be all we were meant to be through Him. Janell, the alumni, and the rest of us then cheered the basketball team on to a 78-76 victory over Warner Pacific, winning in the last few seconds by Phil Barnhart ' s twenty-foot shot. Homecoming 21