South Salem High School - Sword and Shield Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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QCont'd from p. 91 spirit, winning both Spirit Week competi- tions and the canned food drive. The commit- tee members attribute this success to the ju- nior class, but in actuality the Class of '86 can thank their committee for a great year. Sophomore Committee did several money- making projects. They held two after-game dances and sold concessions at after-game dances and during school for a week. But the committee had something else on their minds - Graduation Night. Why did they start thinking of a night that was two years away? They figured that if they started planning now, and having fun- draisers, there would be enough money to go to Disneyland. Some fundraisers they had in mind were car washes, bake sales, raffles, and mini-dances after halves on school nights. The biggest fundraisers were a newspaper and bottle drive. The bottle drive would be a competition between groups of people an- dfor individuals. The competition was sched- uled to go on for two months. With all of these fundraisers in mind and with the cooperation of the whole class, Sophomore Committee hoped Graduation Night would be a big success. The freshman class got ripped from all around. They were either too rowdy, too squirrelly, or they just didn't fit in. One ex- ception to this all too common rule was the Freshman Committee. The committee consisted of Jason Cald- well, Amy Douglas, Iason Gately, Sara Gi- vens, Michele Taggart, Garth Weber, and LOWER RIGHT Look what we've caught! ex- claim Susie Wise, Aaron Felton, and Steve Bean as they stand around their prize catch of the day - a soggy wet rubber boot!!! Now you all finally un- derstand that fishy smell at student council meet- ings!!! Photo: Annemarieke Veldhorst. 10 School life Amy Zepp. Garth Weber was the chairper- son. Usually Freshman Committee consists of seven members, but this year at semester break, Kelly Aicher and Brett Bakken joined the committee. The freshmen distinguished themselves with an excellent showing during Spirit Week, especially in the parade. Their overall spirit didn't go unnoticed as they came in above last place in many events. The job of freshman committee had always been ambiguous. Their task was to raise money and spirit for their class. They ended the year with 51,000, which was more money than any freshman class committee had ever ended the school year with. They raised most of their money through hard work in the concession stands, but they also had a very successful basketball dance. If spirit was in abundance, one lacking in- gredient was cooperation. A lot of people were not helpful, remarked chairman Garth Weber. The lack of cooperation seemed to be surpassed by the extra effort of a few. Amy Zepp seemed to always be able to help. The whole committee echoed the same refrain when asked about the year as a whole: It was definitely worth it and a lot of fun! The challenge of being freshmen was not wasted on this group. It was no secret who did spirit signs, fun- draisers, volunteered for pep assemblies, and of course, secret pals. It was Pep Club. There were a great number of students participating in Pep Club. Pep Club co-chairpersons were junior Te- resa Bruton and senior Nikki Eckerdt. When asked why she wanted to be chairperson for Pep Club, Teresa Bruton replied, At the time I wasn't involved in some way with the school. It was a challenge and I wanted to take it. One of the things Pep Club did was secret pals. Organizing secret pals takes a lot out of a person. First there was the organization of all the names of the athletes and second there were many precious lunch hours spent in Center Hall waiting for people to come and sign up for secret pals. And last but not least, there had to be a place to drop off the food or gifts for their pal. Once the word was out, it really was not a secret who put in long hours and encouraged our sports teams by being secret pals, but remember, it's a secret!! Good morning students and staff. Once again, we proved our continuing tradition of excellence through our various organizations that recognize excellence in students. Roses to National Honor Society, Rotarians, Aris- tos, and the Thespians . . . Considered by some the club of continu- ing apathy, the South Salem Chapter of Na- tional Honor Society had little effect on the daily lives of most of its members. The orga- nization was established as a service club to magnify four desired characteristics: Scholar- ship, leadership, service, and character. This year's chapter chose to have a five- member governing board with a rotating chairmanship. The members of this board were Brian Hansen, Gerald Mackaman, Matt Runkel, and Randy QCont'd on p. 12j f TL'L11fAi 'z:. X-5 I

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QCont'd from p. 81 Who kept up the school grounds to keep open lunch? Who chose student-of-the-month and Ro- tarian nominees? And who organized and ran all student elections? Without the dedication of the committee members who often worked above and be- yond the call of duty, school life would not have contained many of the little things that make it interesting, let alone the major items. So let's hear it for the committees! Who was it that said, There is nothing new under the sun ? The class committees were faced with the ever-pressing burden of fundraising. They tried new twists to the pro- cess and tried to make it anything but boring. The Senior Class Committee was the epit- ome of what an active, efficient, and success- ful class committee should be, or so the com- mittee members said. Under the scrupulous pilotage of Romy Mortensen the committee cruised to the accumulation of around 4,000 desperately needed dollars. The crew of this avatar of genius consisted of Bridget Bakken, Michelle Cary, john Dou- gherty, Derek Graham, jim Litchfield, Kate Stevens, and Dennis Taggart, with Romy Mortensen at the helm. A few of the major undertakings of the committee were the homecoming dance, the senior gift to the school, the senior-faculty basketball game and dance, and financing the color senior pic- tures in this beauteous book of memories. The benevolent members of the committee also wished to aid in the cost of the senior banquet. However, jim Litchfield strongly objected to this proposal, for it would have depleted the committee's pizza and popcorn fund. The memories of their excursion to Black Butte Ranch will everlastingly remain in the Caverns of their minds. It is here that the Underoos track team strutted their stuff after a defeat in a friendly game of Trivial Pursuit. lt was also here that Derek QMichelangeloJ Graham unveiled his talent as a sculptor by carving Romy a masterpiece affectionately re- ferred to as Richard. When asked what she thought of Derek's gift she replied, I abso- lutely worship it! I take it with me every- where I go. The success of the senior committee paral- leled the high level of achievement and excel- lence of the class it represented. If the econo- my picks up the committee may be able to afford the doors for the guys' bathroom stalls that they so deeply desired for their senior gift. junior Committee-john Peterson, Leslie Prichard, Paul Caldarrazzo, Mark Gibson, Dave Jensen, and Gary Schwartz-not only successfully maintained the pioneered new ideas for the planning of the Prom. fAngela couldn't explain that sentence, either.l Be- cause most of the committee members were involved with spring sports it became neces- sary to plan the prom in a different way. A separate Prom committee was formed, thus involving more people and as john Peterson so aptly put it, spreading the burden. They also played a large part in the fantastic junior fCont'd on p. 10j i. mug ABOVE Chorale tries to perfect one of the many songs they performed. Although not a big choir, they still gave good performances. Photo: Dionne Alvord. LEFT joel Stembridge makes a funny face, while trying to cover up a mistake. joel was not only involved in Orchestra, but was also on the Varsity Soccer team. Photo: Matt Ardaiz. School life 9

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