Sammamish High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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THE SNOW

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It's a bird. lt's a plane. It's super skier. Sam- mamish's super skier is Dan Zunterstein who has been skiing since he was old enough to stand on two feet. Dan is now the school's top ski racer. The long racing season begins early in Decem- ber with cross country runs, while teams await the first snows of the season. The snow natural- ly draws thern to the mountains where the ac- tive training with weekend ski trips plus night skiing begins. Members of the Washington Athletic Club teams include Ken Christensen, Sue Donelson, Vicki Pavloff, and Jim Piper. Chuck Hammer races for Ski Professional, Inc., and Pat Petesch for Bellevue Ski Team. Tom Classen and Bob Reeves race unattached to any team. Most of the local races are held at Crystal Mountain, Stevens Pass, or Sno- qualmie Summit. The racing events include downhill, slalom, and giant slalom. All the pre-season prepara- tion. extensive physical training and endless waiting culminates on race day. The mental pressure on the racer is tremendous, but not on Dan Zunterstein. Dan began ski racing in the fourth grade as a Pacific Northwest Ski Association novice or beginner. He moved to the next racing class. intermediate, at age eleven, and by seventh grade Zunterstein was an expert. His train- ing consisted of a few jump rope sessions, an occasional jog through the Arboretum with his ski racing team: the Crystal Mountain Athletic Cliib QCMACJ and night skiing. Dur- ing the summer, he runs stations on the snow fields of Mt. Rainier. For Zunterstein the skiing season never ends: he can be found skiing throughout the year's four seasons. The only time Dan took time out from his skiing was to allow injuries to heal. After eight years of racing, Dan is at present shooting for a berth on the Junior National Ski Championships, representing PNSA. His ultimate goal is winning a skiing scholarship at an established university. Racing in all three types of events, downhill slalom and giant slalom, Dan has been suc- cessful in his years of racing. His success may be measured by his two shelves full of trophies. This year, Dan's CMAC team has toured the PNSA circuit with races at Bachelor Butte in Bend, Oregon, Breendage Mountain. McCall Idaho, the Silver Skiis, a race in which fifteen selectjuniors were hand-picked to race against many of U.S. and Canada's top ski racers, and also at Mt. Spokane, Spokane, Washington. Dan Zunterstein, a fifteen year veteran of the ski slopes-some say he was born on skiis-can now be called, Sammamish's super skiier. 18 F ULLOW

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Upper right: Sammamish squad at S.P.S. prepare for their events. Lbper Conine and Chris Fitzgerald preparing for rebuttal. Opposite page: De- left: Careen Corrine delivers winning speech at Issaquah. Lower left: haters eye view of debate box. Debate coach, Val Foubert, eyes competition. Lower right: Caren we W i ' t me i 3 w WD bat Imagine that last year in a fit of curiosity, which has killed many cats. you marked that innocent looking blank which preceeds a class called Debate. Upon entering 308 for the first time you are convinced that because of Mr. Val Fou- bert's likeness to a 40 year old Charlie Brown. this class will be sweatless. But a few days later, your conception of a sweatless class has melted. The first blast of hot air ar- rives the day you hear the topic you will be debating all year. RESOLVE: That the foreign aid program of the United States should be limited to non-military assistance. What's resolve'? What's military aid. let alone, non- military assistancel? The next item dissolves your candy- coated conception to a pool, vaguely resembling tears. Mr. Foubert announces that you must Hprepare a seven minute speech to persuade which will be somewhat akin to an extemperaneous talk. Good grief. WHAT'S a per- suasive talk? What's extemperaneous stuff, anyway? Moreover, what are you doing in this class: you sit in your desk, hoping that your holding the desk tightly will keep you from bolting for the door. A little later you realize that all your blood has drained to your feet which would make running impossible. but by now, it's too late. The 1 ,vr -3 4 JI, li wx, X An thin class is leaving and you haven't a soul to help you pry your fear-frozen fingers from their death grip on the desk. Mr. Foubert glances at you recognizing the symptoms: after teaching debate for so long he has met quite a few like you. As he approaches. he faces the new you. the pale faced, wild eyed. rigid backed you, with white knuckles beginning to dent the desk. He knows he'd best do some- thing quickly. You sob. How can I persuade all these kids about anything?! I've never read Time, Newsweek, or the Christian Science Monitor. As he sits down, you are once again struck with his uncanny resemblance to Charlie Brown, lacking only the proper nose. Mr. Foubert says, The purpose of this class is to teach you these thingsg you're not expected to know them now. Then you realize that everyone will be searching out the deep black mysteries of Time, Newsweek, and the Christian Science Monitor, as well as learning about debating, dramatic interpretations, extemporaneous speaking, oratory and impromptu. Apparently. this year's debaters have learned quite a bit.