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

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Quiz Bowl trivia covers all fields Did you know that . . . ? lAbovej Nol all members of a team can participate at one lime. Math lcamer Wayne Riley waits to be put in lheonexl question. Q D he rhinocerus's tusk is made of hair. Few people know that, but Mr. Ciganek does. The Quiz Bowl advisor said that that was the most trivial fact he knows. But members of the Quiz Bowl team had their own most trivial facts. Chuck Chace said, i'My most trivial fact is that in 1707 the Act of Union was passed by the British Parliament, uniting England and Scotland. Iimmy Fogg said that his most tri- vial fact is that Hthe corner by a fire place is an inglenookf' Sometimes people picked up trivia in an area they were especially inter- ested in. Mike Moran was into golf. His most trivial fact? That Sam Sneed has won the most golf tourna- ment victories. Nick Palos read about sports and memorized the who, what, where, why, when, and how of every team and every game. He had a collection of most trivial sports facts, including nthe fact that Phil Esposito was the first player to win the NHL scoring title with at least 100 points. Also, that only one trade has ever taken place between the Mets and Yankees - R. Steiger for S. Ferrer. But some of Nick's favorite trivia had nothing to do with sports, like the fact that Hercules had blue eyes. Steve Palos said his most trivial fact was that the finger nail grows .1 millimeter a dayf, But how does one remember all these little facts? Mike Luft said, I imagine theyire big factsfl And nourishment helped, too. Mike Moran said, 'Before a meet, I go to the bakery across the street and munch out to psyche up. Steve Palos said that he didnit do anything to get ready for a meet ex- cept eat. Thatys it. Food is never trivial. CLUBS 87

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QBelowj The members of the Math Team are: ffrontj Dave Phillips, Patricia Cater, Liz Herries, Brenda Swithers, Cathy McMahon, Nick Palos, Iim Weist, tbackj Ieff Haggar, Ion Haggar, Bill Mains, Wayne Riley, Richard Weist, Tony DiLorenzo, Iohn Meade, Mrs. Nellie Briggs. fRightj After all math meets, refreshments are served. Bill Mains, before catching the bus back to VC, grabs a snack. fAhovej The members of the Quiz Bowl Team are: ffrontl Mike Luft, Liz Herries, Nick Palos, fbackj lim Fogg, Mike Moran, Chuck Chace, Mr. Robert Ciganek. fRightJ The Quiz Bowl travels to Kingston where its meets are broadcast on radio. Statistician Steve Polos waits for another of his team's buzzers to go off. V, it ...-V- '-'T'-'41 fRightJ A Quiz Bowl meet takes concentration on the part of its participants. Mike Luft and Chuck Chaco relax for a few minutes during halftime. 86 CLUBS

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Tino Miller and Tracey Owens share the chore of filing schedules. E :Q f'lTif,. . -,--gs.. Ig FS . U-Xbovej The Service Clubbers job begins early in the day. Mike Siwy checks through the morning's mail. fRightJ The members of the Office Service Club are: ffrontj Mrs. Barbara Coyne, Tina Longky, Kevin Davie, Mike Siwy. Tanya Lown, Debbie Wollenberg fbackj Miss Norma Ancona, Harley Lawrence, Mrs. Estelle Schoonbaker, Terry Wegniak, Cathy Wagner, Tracey Owens. Work combines with laughter fBelowj Togetherness makes a tedious job fun. he office is the school's center, but most students think of it as remote from the schoolis life. Service club- bers were among the few students fapart from those who met Mr. Di- Bello there regularlyj who were really involved with the office during the day. Service clubbers often joined the office staff because, as Patty Earl said, I had too many study hallsfl But once they joined they stayed on, not because they had too much free time, but because they liked the secretaries. Terry Wegniak said, The secretaries are all very nice. The closest one I've gotten to know is Mrs. Schoonmaker - Aunt Stellf' With the closeness between the stu- dents and the secretaries came bun- ches of private jokes. Patty Earl said, We have this one joke about my fire proof box - they are all engrossed with it. Every day when I go in, they ask about itf' Terry Wegniak said, 'iMrs. Schoonmaker and I have quite a few private Polish jokes. I have a lot of fun with these, too. Once, during the Senior Play, Pat- ty, Barb, and I were practicing some dance steps, and Mrs. Schoonmaker joined it. We were all laughing, and then Mr. Haggar walked in unexpec- tedly, and we didn't know what to do. But after a minute, we all broke out laughing. However, the students in Service Club didn't spend all their time laugh- ing. They worked, too. Ann Whitney said, Usually I work the Xerox ma- chine, the thermofax machine, and the duplicating machine and I get grease all over my hands. Patty Earl said, I like playing on the switch board. I love it when the little lights go brrrr . . . But I never answer it right. I'm supposed to say, 'Office,'Patty,' but sometimes I say tPatty's Office' Anita Foote worked in the Guidance Service Club. She said, One thing I really like doing is going and getting people out of class. That's really neat - I get to talk to the people and everything. K'And it's funf' That seemed to be the main reason why students joined the Service Club. Despite all the office work they did, they had fun. 88 CLUBS