Palm Beach Community College - Galleon Yearbook (Lake Worth, FL)

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Every student at Palm Beach Junior College is an inter- esting individual, as well as an outstanding student is some way. Previous students, as well, are all outstanding in some field. The following interviews are examples of some stu- dents at Palm Beach Junior College. In the Dental Assisting program, Dawn Dickman, Julie Fisk, and Janie Holt were interviewed. There are fifteen girls in the Dental Assisting program. When asked how they liked the program, they all agreed that they love it, it really keeps you busy. The program is to teach the student to be the capable right hand of the dentist. However, Dental Assisting is not just for future Dental Assistants. Some students take the program before enter- ing into Dental Hygine, or Dentistry. The program is geared for the patient, he is the most important person. When asked what the requirements of the program were, they answered, If you like people, and want to help them with their needs. That is the biggest requirement... person- ality. Dawn Dickman, Janie Holt, Julie Fisk There are many satisfying areas in Dental Assisting; For example, when someone with an oral disease comes in and you help him look better, you feel satisfaction. The first thing most people notice are either teeth or eyes, and it is satisfying to be a part of that. You have to motivate the patient into wanting to keep his or her teeth in good condition. You can ' t be shy with the patient, you have to be aggresive, and not afraid to talk to them. This term the Dental Assisting pro- gram went to Elementary Schools, (for Childrens Dental Week) to show child- ren the proper way to brush their teeth. It ' s very important to start good dental care when you ' re young. They also learned CPR (Cardiac Pul- manary Recessatation) emergency treatment, along with a six week internship. A lot of credit should go to Mrs. Sharon Whitehead, and Ms. Pat Sha- pins. agreed the girls. Among the many other things they teach us, they also teach us to be professionals, which is very important Dress is of major importance. A patient would Mark Cain not want jewelry in his face, for example. Future pilot Mark Cain has been interested in aeronautics since he was old enough to walk. I guess since I come from a Navy family, and they all flew. Mark ' s hopes are to become a commercial pilot. At 25 hours flying time, he only has 15 more till he has his private pilot license. After four years of school, Mark plans to enter the Navy reserve for a jet pilot I like being up front; I like flying the planes. I have some friends that work for Delta and East-

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Athletics ||lli III I hope that the weather man is on your side this season. If all else fails; you can be sure that the students at Palm Beach Junior College are on your side of the net!!!!! February marked the final weeks for the men ' s basketball team at Palm Beach Junior College this season.. They had been playing since the 17th of November and finished up t he sea- son by the 16th of February. The final tournaments were held on the first, second, and third of March, at Stetson College in Deland, Florida. Head coach Joe Cervolo and his assistants Willie Gibson and Nick Bar- berie have put in much time and effort into this team, but let ' s also take a look at all the other people be- hind the team who helped cheer them on. The cheerleaders, athletic director and Dr. Eissey are among the suppor- ters. January 18 was the start of the season for the ladies in tennis. Coach Julio R. Rive explains that they will play until April 5, and tournaments will begin the 6th and the 7th, at Hillsborough Country Club in Tampa Florida. February 27th marked the opening day of the men ' s tennis season. Tom Griffith is the coach for the men ' s tennis team, and they will play through April 12. Student assistant coaches deserve a lot of credit for their time involved with the team as well as John Ander- son and Dick Anderson; for it is the people behind the scene that adds to the success of the players on this season ' s Pacer Basketball team. 1979 should be the best season for the Pacers baseball team. They hope to win it all. Although they have only nine returning sophmores. The season started January 14th and ends in April. Jf • Diane McGee 11127

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ern Airlines, and they let me up in the cock-pit. Mark rents his planes at the airport and is presently flying a Piper Charokee Warrior. I moved up from a 150 because I started doing stunts with it. It ' s a good program here, and Mr. Bussell is a great teacher. They tie in outside flying (receiving three cre- dit hours) with class assignments. French sculptor Robert Beri has been sculpting for several years. At the age of 27, Robert came to the United States from Paris and has been here for over four years, Sculpting is a beautiful media to explore. A way of life; expression. It is the way I express myself. I prefer working in the third dimension. Unfortunately, most learn in a two dimensional way. We have not been taught in the three dimen- sion. Our thoughts are usually put on paper, yet we live in a moving atmos- phere. You can feel the harshness or the warmth of it and the texture. Robert was an Electronic Engineer, but found it wasn ' t in his spirit, so he painted for a while until he even- tually found sculpting. As for the media used, it is wood, steel, bronze, or marble; it all depends on how I feel at the time. For the moment I am in- volved in marble, a subtractive tech- nique. For each media, there are diff- erent tools for each desired effect. Finding the materials can be a difficult situation, I go to flea mar- kets, junk yards, scrap metal places, friends, and garage sales. I find good materials to work with and save a lot of money, but it takes quite a bit of time. Florida is unlike New York, or Washington D.C. in that there is no law for decorating buildings with art, and there should be. Not necessarily sculptors, but fountains, or any other form on art. Robert becomes so involved in his sculpting that he becomes unconcious of what is going on around him. His works vary upon his moods, ranging from naive and realistic to semi ab- stract. He has sold several of his works, and puts some of himself into each of his works. Theatre major Tom Hanson would like to go into Technical Theatre at Tampa this fall. Tom is taking Public Speaking this term, and working three jobs in order to save enough money to go over to London to run in the marathon. I run a lot, and really enjoy it. Tom first began his interest in theatre when it was the closest thing offered to majic, which is one of his interests. I have learned a lot about people. I ' ve learned how to handle an audience well from Mr. Bussel (my speech teacher) who is presently in Holloywood, California performing ventriloquism. He originally inspired me. All the teachers in the depart- ment are terrific, and I ' ve gotten a lot of confidence from listening to Mr. Duncan talk. Mr. Duncan gets the audience interested in the way he talks; which is really important. I ' ve learned to be more lively in my voice, and control my audience. These are just a few of the out- standing students at Palm Beach Junior College. Many of the individ- uals who have already graduated from J.C. have gone on to success in their own field, actor Burt Reynolds for example. Some of the students are the faculty of the campus today. Rob in Franklin T K(Wnf% CRAZYMOHSt ' » » ,-„ CtNTRAl BANK ol f » CW ' Tom Hanson Robert Beri -oodd[]: o