Mazama High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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“PUS” n mzm Peer Aid Leaders, or PALS for short are a federally funded program. Mr. John Peterson is the advisor of the group, assisted by Mrs. Nancy Fletcher. The function of PALS is to assist new students feel at home, by showing them around the school, answering their questions from a students point of view, and being their to help other students who feel or find it difficult to talk to an adult. In order to preform these tasks, it takes training, and the PALS spend many hours learning how to listen to others, what to say, and how to handle themselves as well as others. It is a good beginning for a student interested in going into counseling. Besides helping out at the school, these people, hold fund raising activities to assist with the opperation of the Hope and Crisis Hot Line, and often spend their own time there as volun- teers. Members of this years PALS included: Roxanne Jones, Diane Franke, Kim Garrard, Chris Hagen, Theresa Graves, Becky Darneille, Sheri Barker, Carolyn Freeman, Linda Booth, Penny Summerlin, Julie Howe, Tami Danforth and Debbi Hurst. ADDITIONAL SERVICES 155

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— ♦ -i ' s » — «L-- «s £«s f s S k. IL r j? Pictured above: Mrs. Yazzie and some of the members of the American Indian Club. Clavin Hill. Tami Reed. Sandy Nez. Delores Gonzales. Deanna Miller. Linda Miller. Melody Wright. Mary Gonzales. Sharon San- doval. AMERICAN INDIAN CLUB t r- The American Indian Club, under the direction ot Mrs. Alberta Yazzie, had a good year. Meeting dur- ing the noon hours, at least once a month, this club, gave our Indian Heritage students an opportunity to discuss their own heritage, themselves and their fu- tures. It also allowed these students share with each other what happening and to have a fun time during the noon hour. CHESS CLUB - s As one went past room 32 during the noon hour, it was not uncommon to see several students sitting at tables with boards between them, no, they were not taking exams, they were playing Chess. This was the Mazama Chess Club, under the direction ot Mr. Gary Nichols, and student Melvin Friese, (pictured at left). The members of the Chess Club held many competi- tions amongst themselves, and seemed to enjoy the quiet of room 32. 152 MAZAMA S

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Although small in numbers—Mazama's first PEP CLUB let their presence be known. This group of young ladies worked hard to bring pride to our school. You could always find them in their Blue and White uniforms on Fri- days, at every Pep Assembly, they were seated together, and at every game, they were there. Never did they fail to help cheer the mighty Vikings teams, be it Football, Basketball, Wrestling, etc. The girls sold PomPoms and Mega- phones in the Fall and during the spring they were dressed as clowns, selling Balloons at the Carnival. iwo mainstays of this organization were Tami Dansforth and Debbi Hurst. Both put in a lot of time and effort and were constantly figuring out ways to be at every sporting event, whether here or in Portland. These two young ladies will be spending many hours in an effort to increase the size of the Pep Club and encourage spirit at MHS. Pep Club Members: Tami Dansforth Debbi Hurst Becky Darneille Diana Palmer Annette Himelwright Kristi Eberlein Pam Paxton Anita Friese Lori Ebinger 154 MAZAMA'S