Valley Central High School - Viking Log Yearbook (Montgomery, NY)

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tRightJ Students participate in a potporri of hobbies. Matt Damon says, Some people collect baseball cards, others collect stamps . . . l happen to bang my head against the wall. l l Barbara Weddel William Wells Alsandra Wheeler Lois VVhitaker Theresa Wegniak lane Weiss Marcella Wenz Sherri Whittaker 140 SENIORS Carol White Ann Whitney tRightj Out of a common interest in athletics, friendships often develop. Even such diverse sports as basketball and skiing weld friendship between Mike NlcLeurn and Bob Steele,

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flieftj A high class standing is the result of study and hard work. Salutitorian jeff Hoggor is proof that concentration pays off. tBelowJ Working on the Senior Council makes friends of former acquaintances. President Hurley Lawrence helps treasurer joe Korpies overcome his fear of the camera, while vice- president Sandi DePew continues her work, 'W' f Q f.: ' axxi Tami Vanek Kevin VanGelder Marion Vergona Catherine Wagner Gregory Walton Cynthia Warrener Randy Webb Tammy Weeden Change bows to tradition Continued from p. 136 In addition to their traditionality, some students supported the use of the drapes because it gave the class a uniform appearance. Iackie Besser said, It's the drapes that set the seniors apart from the rest of the school. Mr. Wallner disagreed with the seniors' belief that the drapes are a yearbook tradition. In fact, the Log's use of the drapes began only about eight years ago. Before that the yearbook did not have a tradi- tional policyf, Continued on p. 141 fLeftj At the end of the day, people tend to get touchy. john Beecham threatens Chris Piscopo, his closest friend. with a rolling pin. tLeftJ Typed term papers are required for all seniors. Lori Pine types her term paper about Neil Simon. SENIORS 139

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Ioanne Wild Craig Williams Robert Williams William Williams Bruce Willis Darlene Willsea David Winchell Iames Winch!-211 Change bows to tradition Continued from p. 139 The main reason Mr. Wallner and the editorial board wanted to use the dress-clothes portraits, was that it would give the girls a chance to dress in their own clothes and to -.- 1 ,im an J. I express their own individuality. The drapes are definitely uniform in appearance - they reveal noth- ing about the wearer's personality, about who she is. Harley Lawrence challenged the Log's concept of individuality. She said, Some believe that uniformity is a lack of identity, but I think that is better ia appearance. Your identi- ty is your character, not your dress, although that does play a small part. HBesides, no one person is the same, not even in a drape. The seniors fought for tradition and they won - by a fluke. Mr. Wallner said, One of the gua- rentees I had made to the class was that they would not have to pay extra if they wanted to portrait with the drape personal use. But I was they would have had to choose a for their wrong - pay four dollars extra. So the drapes remained. fLeftj Food processing at BOCES, involves not only cooking, but cleaning. Mike Stelfox gets dishpan hands testing Ajax's strength on greasy pots. Anna Witt Todd Wynkoop Donna Zappone Charles Zwart i'7'?' Debra Wollenberg Robert Zahorchak Iohn Zawistowski SENIORS 141