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

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fCont'd from p.13j provements in voter registration process, al- lowing unpasteurized alcohol in Oregon, and cigarette vending machines only in places where people over eighteen are allowed. The benefits of Youth Legislature were summed up by Susie Wise: I believe that Youth Legislature is a totally great experience that enables a person to speak in front of other people and try to get those people to see your point of view and believe what you be- lieve. If that club wasn't for you, maybe FBLA was. Did you ever want to learn more about the business world? Or want to participate in the district or state competitions in typing? If so, then maybe the Future Business Leaders of America club was for you. FBLA, a non-profit organization, was sup- ported by various fundraisers, and was essen- tially run by the students under the direction of Mrs. Ballantyne. The club was open to any business student. I felt that FBLA was a great organization for any student interested in working in any kind of business profes- sion, commented president Rob Cotterman. Our organization had many objectives throughout the entire year. One such objec- tive was to help the members become familiar with the business world. As always, FBLA was an avid supporter of the March of Dimes and the YVA, a volunteer organization de- signed to match students with a job which would help them learn in the areas of their interests. What FBLA was all about was help- ing its members improve their skills and pre- pare them for Real Life. just in case none of these clubs were for you, Model U.N. had to be it. Model U.N. offered insight into international affairs and issues, as students represented countries that often had different policies and goals. The club, under the direction of Ms. Jean Hamil- ton, represented the poor country of Yemen Arab Republic. Students were required to re- search the history, geography, political and economic structure and culture of their coun- try, as well as the structure and function of the United Nations itself. Participants broadened their knowledge of world and global issues and learned to put forth their ideas effectively through the pro- cess of lobbying, compromising, and negoti- ating. If you were in one of those organizations, then chances are you were on Speech Team, which helped prepare you to speak in large groups, which each of those clubs demanded. The Speech Team placed well in district and sent a number of individuals to State. LisAnn Saxe, coach, was very pleased and said that there were consistently good perfor- mances by Aaron Felton, Doug Youngman, Nathan Moser, and Mark Krumroy. The team received the national award for excel- lence, which reflects the consistent quality performances. At the District Tournament, finalists were Aaron Felton, Doug Stone, Tonya Rohwer, Heidi Olsen and Robin Forster chat about fun in typing class. Don't we just lovvvvve it?? 14 School Life and Teresa Carter. Nathan Moser won first place, Doug Youngman second, and Mark Krumroy came in third. A definite success! During Foreign Language Week, students were seen all over school wearing pins and buttons bearing various messages in assorted languages. The messages were as varied as their wearers, and while some were as simple as Guten Tag or Viva la Francia, others were as complex and profound as Una mujer sin un hombre es como un pescado sin una bicicletaf' Their pins were an attempt to spark an interest in foreign languages by get- ting people to ask them the meaning of their particular message. This was a unified at- tempt for foreign languages as a whole, but each language had its own club to specialize in what they did best. Many people considered the reward for learning a foreign language being a member of his or her respective foreign language club. After all, belonging to a foreign language club allowed one to show up for the yearbook picture, and therefore be able to be immortal- ized in yet another page of the Sword 8: Shield! However, the aims of German Club were higher than just a picture in the yearbook. The purpose of the club was to give students a better insight into German culture, while at the same time promoting interest in the Ger- man language. The German Club planned to attain these goals through various activities. They dined at Peter's Little Bavaria, planned to challenge the French Club to a game of soccer, and met for a potluck dinner that con- sisted of authentic German food prepared by the members themselves. The members also raised money for the club by working in the concession stand and selling Gummi Bears. Rosemarie Maurer was the advisor, and Scott Runkel served as president. Chris Lull was vice president, the secretary was Jon Kelley, and Emily Clyde was treasurer. Scott Runkel summarized German Club's year of activities when he stated, The club had fun and suc- cess. Spanish Club too, did want more than just to have their yearbook picture taken, al- though that was a major event of the year. With President Kurt Mitchener, V.P. Reyn- old Byers, and Secretary Loraaine Givens, ev- ery time the Spanish Club did meet the events were naturally loads of fun. Their first activity of the year was a new and original idea: they made a float for the homecoming parade. The celver idea was a Volkswagen Bug equipped with a moustache, painted face, large sombrero, and a sign reading, Herbie Goes to Guadalajara. Its charm was an in- stant success and won first place in the float contest. Bravo! Spanish Club also ate at the Margarita and Co. and had their annual Fies- ta de la Navidad complete with a pinata and Spanish Christmas caroling. The French Club's officers, Susie Wise, President, Margie Woodland, Vice-President, and Peggy Allen, Secretary, were all very busy planning the exciting activities French Club sponsored. Among these events were a trip to Black Butte as well as a French break- fast and a Christmas potluck. Twenty people, including three chaper- ones, spent a weekend at Black Butte where they skied and ate dinner at Le Bistro, a French restaurant in Bend, where john Peter- son became adept at throwing escargot across the room. For breakfast everyone had crois- sants and quiche before hitting the slopes. Margie Woodland called the weekend total fun. The French breakfast was in Mrs. Smith's room before school and was also a great suc- cess. Croissants from Croissant and Co. were served while the final arrangements for the Christmas potluck at Margie Woodland's house were made. The potluck was fantastic, with a variety of French food and lots of people having a good time. All in all it could be said that French Club had a great year. As with every year, 1984 brought a flood of foreign faces to school. Through such organi- zations as AFS tAmerican Field Servicel, Edu- cational Foundation for Foreign Study, Ro- tary, and Experiment in International Living, ten students from around the globe arrived at school for up to an entire year. There were also, of course, those who left Salem for a cultural exchange experience. Dennis Taggart, Paul Stern, Chontell Rich- QCont'd on p.15j f

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fCont'd from p.12j wasn't. Each performance was new and dif- ferent. A play could express deep sadness, or great joy. South's productions demonstrated both. David and Lisa was about two teenagers who had emotional problems and how they helped each other learn to cope with life. Anything Goes, on the other hand, was a rousing musical written by Cole Portor and set in the 20's abroad a cruise liner. It generat- ed all the excitment and Anything Goes atmosphere of that era. The drama department also dabbled in the improvisational side of theater with a mini- conferencefcompetition for thespian groups from all over Oregon. After a slide show de- picting various aspects of life, the competi- tors separated into groups to create improve- ments based on what they perceived from the slide show. The flavor of nuclear war and what would happen in the future was in many of the ones that made the final rounds. Man cannot live on bread alone, right? Neither could a play be produced without funds. So money was made from selling Gummi Bears, holding a dance and working in the concession stand. The Thespian board included Penny Co- vert QPresidentJ, Marla Gordan, Kurt Mit- chener, and Marianne Baker. Eight students went to the University of Portland's Performing Arts Festival and two, Moira Gentrup and Craig Cole, excelled to the final round in the duo division. A lot of new, ordinary people participat- ed in what used to be for weirdos only. Good job Thespians, and by the way let's cut down on these tardies. Have a good day and a good week! School Life led to Real Life, and real life didn't mean pumping gas or eating quiche, it meant using the skills you learned in HOSA, DECA, Youth Leg., MUN, FBLA, and Speech Team. Though not one of the better known clubs at school, the members of HOSA for Health Occupation Students of Americaj, managed to accomplish a lot. Activities for the year included a blood drive in December and another one in May. HOSA also participated in a rabies clinic in February freported cases of rabies were down among students this yearlj. This clinic was lightly attended, but more clinics were planned for later in the year. In March, some members attended the Brain Bowl competition at the Linn Benton Community College bowling alley. The four members of the Brain Bowl team took second place at the competition. The team was made up of Brian Hansen, Paul Hibbard, Curt Mer- ry, and Robin Braun, Brain took second place in the Dental spelling competition, and was elected state president for 1984-1985 the year before. Also in attendance at Linn Benton were Mike Perry and Darin Delplanche. One word sums up Distributive Educa- tiond Clubs of America QDECAJ: Progress! Membership skyrocketed from eleven stu- dents a few years ago to over forty this year, showing a greatly improved interest in what - DECA was all about - marketing. With this newly acquired popularity, DECA had to get organized. Mr. Hamilton fthe advisorl had it a lot more together this year, said Sandra Farran, a member of the club. DECA held fairly informal meetings about every other week. Anyone could join, but most members were heading towards the marketing field. Main club officers were Shawn Viegas tPresidentJ, Lori Dumm tVice Presidentl, and Jill Walker QSecretaryj. One of DECA's main responsibilities was to run the student store. junior Kelly Chris- man commented that her favorite aspect of the club overall as that one was able to see what running a business would be like. How would you like to be governor of Or- egon? Or how about becoming a Senator or Representative without the hassles of a cam- paign and its promises? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you should have been involved in Youth Legislature. The three-day mock session of the legisla- ture was held at the Capitol February 7-9. Each student automatically became a Senator or a Representative. Aaron Felton was select- ed as governor by 250 high school student delegates. Other prominant positions held by South students were Susie Wise Uuvenile Af- fairsj, Diane Mechling, fPublic Safetyj, David Gifford tClerk for the Senatej, and Linus Nonn KSergeant of Armsl. Before attending the session, the members met to draw up bills. Several of the bills introduced were passed and became laws, They included im- fCont'd on p.14j MIDDLE jill Meier decided what the verdict would be on one of the bills at the mock Youth Legislature at the Capital. jill and other members of Youth Leg. had a great experience at the mock session. Photo: Rick Wederquist. BOTTOM Leslie Riggs, Moira Gentrup, and Ro- man Lebeau yuk it up at Bush Park. Bush Park was a hang-out for some kids during the school year. Photo: Rick Wederquist. bush park, youth legislature

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fCont'd from p.14j ardson, and Karen Dade all spent their sum- mers outside of the U.S.A. Karen went to Australia, Dennis went to Greece, Chontell traveled to Peru, and Paul went to Mexico. Two students, Cameo Handy and Solea Stubbs, left Salem for an entire year abroad, Cameo to Denmark and Solea to Uruguay. Friendly, enormous, smiling, fun, differ- ent, scary, and exciting were all words used by foreign exchange students to describe the United States. Michele Royer, senior from France, summed up her one complaint about the U.S. in three words, Too much hamburger! Although Cecilia Richter, senior from Swe- den, worked at a McDonald's in Sweden, she too was surprised at the large quantities of hamburger and fast foods consumed by Americans. On the other hand, Gus Garcia, a junior from Mexico, was much more complimentary to American food, naming peanut butter as one of his favorites. Another facet of American life was com- mented upon by juan Martinez, sophomore from Spain who, coming from an all-boys Catholic school in Madrid, enjoyed attending a co-ed school and described himself as being very happy here. For ,lens Thiede, senior from West Ger- many, the school year at South was a bit more relaxing. In his home country he was a gym- nasium student. Gymnasium is a German university-preparatory school. Calculus and physics were two of Jens' favorite classes. Annemarieke Veldhorst, senior from Hol- land, also took advantage of her year in the States but not necessarily on an academic lev- el. She participated in David and Lisa, the fall play, and she named windsurfing, sailing, water-skiing and tennis among her favorite American pastimes. She was a member of the tennis team, and when asked about her class- mates she described American girls as being guy crazy. For Sofia Lanteri, senior from Italy, the ma- jor difference between American teenagers and Italian teenagers was the number of American high school students who work. She described Italian teenagers as being much more dependent on their parents until they are finished with school. Fabrice Bourgeat, freshman from France, described South as being great and much better organized than his school in France. When he returned to France he expected to especially miss the after-game dances, which they did not have at his school in France. Kathy Knapsey, senior from Australia, also enjoyed being at South, and her goal to be- come involved was fulfilled early on in the year as she was a member of the Pep Club, the International Club, the Spanish Club, and the Ski Club. Each exchange student, whether American or foreign, experienced an entire spectrum of emotions, from joy to sorrow, and it was a year of learning, sharing, and growing that none of them would ever forget. Come on now, let's stop kidding ourselves. We all knew that the stork didn't bring us the ,wwf ' 1 h 1, I M. , A- 4 W ,ff f V X Q 1 , . i I a I i 1 45 I M 0- . Salvador Reyes, staff photographer, is shocked after finding negatives of entire yearbook staff in their bikinis. Much to the yearbook staff's relief, the incriminating pictures were not published. Clypian, or the Sword 8: Shieldlor babies for that matter!! but how many of us actually knew where our newspaper or yearbook came from? Safeway? Wrong again! At school there were three very mysterious rooms that struck fear into the hearts of men. The first of these was the Clypian room, with mad reporters rushing about and people frantically typing up their articles while oth- ers were cutting and pasting them up. Work- ing on the newspaper staff included a wide range of responsiblities. Matt Runkel, as the Editor-in-Chief, commented, The editor's job is the most difficult because it requires the broadest responsibility. It was common- ly agreed upon that the most difficult job among the staffers was getting the articles in on time because they only had an average of three days to write a story out. The second of these rooms was the photo lab, down in the depths of the school. Through knowledge of the secret soon found himself in the darkroom, surrounded by pho- tographers and the chemical smell of devel- oping solution. It was here, in the dark, that some of the greatest artistic endeavors to ever leave the school were produced. The photo staff mainly catered to the year- book and the newspaper, but they also cov- ered events for the student council and other extra functions. Those extra functions cov- ered a wide range of events. Photographers were found at nearly every sporting event and at everything from the NHS ice cream feed to the impromptu snowball fights on the front lawn. The really dedicated ones even carried their cameras all day, waiting for just that perfect picture. With Shan Anderson as Head Photographer and Mr. Jacobsen as ad- visor, the photo staff managed successfully to catch us at our best fsay cheese!J, our worst fthe yearbook could easily get out of debt through extortionl, and ultimately they caught the real us in real life-but that's school life! Going back upstairs and cautiously enter- ing Room 171, the Yearbook room, one never knew what he would behold-but he had to be prepared for just about anything and ev- erything lespecially at deadline timelj. A new experience was that of having Co-Editors. The co-editors were Romy Mortensen and Tony Mattesich, and they worked together to head up the production of the masterpiece. A normal day found Tony busily doing nothing and Romy running about the room fleeing from her hallucinatory cats lwhich conse- quently followed her everywhere-meow!!j. Yearbook was definitely an interesting exper- ience. The staffers handled the new layout style very well. The only reported problem was that many of the staffers lost a great deal of weight due to the absence of Friday Food throughout the year, In any event, the year- book staff will happily accept all the compli- ments, and none of the complaints, for this book. Like this article, school life finally had to come to an end thank you for a funky time! Q School Life 15