John Wesley North High School - Aurora Yearbook (Riverside, CA)

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Teams Cap Seasons, I Mock Trial Takes County I L.ist vu.u they took second place. Tills ycai they emerged Riverside County Champions. After two Satur- days of rigorous competition, North ' s Mock Trial Team captured the county title, earning in all-expense paid trip to Sacramento to compete in the state h,uupii)nships. The road to success was no easy task, Tcc]uiring long hours of preparation and in court practice on Saturdays, i had to miss my favorite Saturday morning cartoons but it was worth it, joked prosecution witness Ken Cooke. The practice paid off as North swept the final round, and became the first county team to finish the competition undefeated. North also captured 4 out of o awards for outstanding individual performances. Award winners included Suzanne Walden as best clerk bailiff, Jeff Rinne as outstanding prosecution attorney. Edic Chang as outstanding defense attorney, and Karen Kcllner as best pre-trail motions lawyer. I felt more excited that the team won than niv winning a trophy, said Kellner. The disputed case dealt with vandalism .ind computer crimes. Karen Dennis, ,111 outstanding straight A student, was t liaiged with breaking into and vandal- izing the school ' s records computer, changing her only B grade to an A. .Although the defense lecieved a verdict of guilty in the final round, points were the determining factor. It was neve- lacking waiting for the scores to come nut, especially when Judge HoUenhurst gave both teams 100 points each, re- called Shannon Suel. However, after all three judges announced their scores, North had defeated Poly by the score of 314-300. Whoever thought that Ho was go- ing to be a rebuilding year for North High college bowl would have been sadly mistaken, had he seen the team in action. Consisting of one sen- ior, one junior, two sophomores, and a freshman, the up and coming team trounced its opponents, entering the final four at the Fallbrook Academic Invitational. Despite a loss to La JoUa High School in the semi-final round. North established itself as one of the most powerful teams in the tri-county area, with an arsenal of young talent. The team members met Tuesdays and Thursdays during lunch in room 505. Mr. Chuck Libolt, their advisor, coach, spiritual guru, and all around swell-type guy, posed questions rang- ing from modern literature to geogra- phy to Greek mythology. Students then buzzed in and those with the highest point averages were chosen for the team. The season was capped off by a tourna- ment at UCR. Although North outs- cored its opponents 1415 to 1115 at Fallbrook, the team still felt the pres- sure of the upcoming competition. However, a confident Libolt added, I think we have the finest team since 1 580 c o 1 1 e B o w 1 mock trial, (College bowl 215

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— MCX K I UlAI II AM, 1 KON 1 KOVV: L.uiru ' Mii lu ' -. JotI Rinni ' , Sti-phen Negus, EJif I. fi.in , K.in ' n Kcllin ' i: ROW 2: Commisioncr C ' .ary Sciscr, D.inicl Penn, David Moheily, Ken Cooke, Rick Lund, My Phuong Tron, shannon Sucl, Calvin Hao, Linda Platzcr, Jen- Mili ' i LX-al, Suzanne VValden, Virginia Blu- tnentliol Shannon Stone. COLLtCE BOWL TEAM: Coadi Chuck Li , hoh, Don Butler, Danny Kronenfeld, Sean Clegg, Edie Chang, Aaron Fix, Stepehn Ne- gus; (not pictured: John Cheng, Sabrina Gran I nan, Lccla Rao, Uma Rao, Wendy Roger). •Corroborating her daughter ' s testimony, Cloria Dennis, portrayed by Linda Platzer, . c 1 1 t ies Karen Dennis whereabouts on th c night in c]uestion .Listening intently, prosecution attornies. left Rinne and Laurie Hughes watch as oach Virginia Blumenthol demonstrates a ' ioss-c amination technique. 214 academics

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r- H Scholastic Talents Recognized ' 1 s BANK OF AMERICA Wendy Roger Edie Chang Steve Wong Jennifer Deal Wm c PLAQUE WINNERS Carolyn Pegis Siiannon Sue! Shannon Stone i] ' U h Applied Arts- Scan Clegg OaviJ Mobeily Deborah Schlcgel Jennifer Deal My Phuong Tran Fine Arts- David Moberly Linda Platzcr o 1 Jennifer Oppcl Science and Math- Catherine DeHayes Dean Sanematsu Calvin Hao Suzanne Waldcn Ken Coolie .:| X S.ibrina Gr.mnan Riik Lund .0 a Liberal Arts- COLLEGE BOWL r Don Butler Edic Chang INDIVIDUAL AWARD i Danny Kronenfeld WINNERS s CERTIFICATE WINNERS Stephen Negus Sean Clegg Best Prosecution Attorney ii h Art- Edie Chang Jeff Rinne David Hotchkiss Aaron Fix Best Defense Attorney i Music- Edie Chang P Marci Schaumburg Antoinette Dorado GEMCO AWARD NOMINEE Best Warden Baliff 1 s English- Jeff Rinne Lynne Westafer buzanne Walden Best Pre-Trial Motions Sepideh Parsa My Phuong Tran VOICE OF DEMOCRACY Attorney Karen Kellner Foreign Language- WINNER Uma Rao Social Studies- Lynne Westafer DAUGHTERS OF ■ |t ! Calvin Hao AMERICAN Lynnc Westafer HUGH O ' BRIEN WINNER REVOLUTION ip ' y ' M Laboratory Science- Leela Rao Shirley Sanematsu Jeff Rine , ' fl Mathematics- 1 Ming Tsai Trades and industrial- GIRL ' S STATE CHANCELLOR AWARD WINNERS 1 Donald Morgan — ■ Laura Clark Paula Ginter Krista Kennedy NATIONAL MERIT Laurie Martinez FINALISTS SEYMOUR AWARD NOMINEES ROTARY CLUB WINNER ■ ■ Jeff Rinne Sabrina Grannan Sabrina Grannan Lynne Forsythe 00 ' H- Edie Chang Calvin Hao ACADEMIC DECATHLON MOCK TRIAL TEAM Sabrina Grannan Jeff Rinne Edie Chang Laurie Hughes B! . 1 Lvnne Wc-tafei ' trplien Niyu ' . BANK OF AMERICA WINNERS, FRONT f ROW: Uma Rao, Leela Rao, Marci Schaumburg; m ROW 2: Jennifer Oppel, Don Morgan, Sepideh — Parsa, Laura Clarl , Antoinette Dorado Ib 1 1 216 ac :ad emics