Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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r jcJ Mike Rae Key Club President I joined in 10th grade be- cause of a dare, but then I got more interested and involved until I was totally dedicated. A CANS, CANS, AND MORE CANS greet the eyes of the Key A KEY CLUB. Front row: Advis er Jim Reda. Susan Lee, Michelle Sulac. Judith Kobler; second Club members who showed up to help at the warehouse. Un- daunted, the members sorted canned goods and packed bas- kets in a mere three hours. 60 row: Andrea Espinoza, Jennifer Jackson. Jack Elliot. Rebecca Keller; third row: Grace Yoshi- zumi, Leticia Sandoval, Mike Rae. Krista Robinson, Lisa Adams, Kathleen Hill, Sherry Garcia, Lisa Kiuken. Sara Hampton: fourth row: Alicia Rodriguez, Carlene Wilson, Amy Miller, Julie Holguin. Monique Nunez, Christina Sanchez. Laura Silva. Janie Ree. Tony Smith, Jorge Gutier- eez: back row: Kevin Haight, Kevin Thomas, Terry Leiman, Nichole Bontempo, Michelle Kieram. Racquel Boucher, Lisa Zanany, Robert Fajardo, Jay Abecilla, Craig Takeshige. Organizations Key Club

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Energized 36 members The impetus of strong school spirit was largely due to this organization The Associated Stu- dent Body (or ASB as it was more commonly referred to) is more than just student gov- ernment, It ' s sharing school spirit, said Ju- nior Class President Ka- tie Calagna. ASB took charge of the school by running the student store, pro- viding daily lunch mu- sic, planning assem- blies and arranging Pep rallies. The ASB was also responsible for most of the student re- lated activities such as Lip-Syncs, the Formal and Homecoming. Although there were the obvious responsibil- ities of ASB, there were also many responsibil- ities that weren ' t as well publicized and glamorized, such as taking minutes for meetings, cleaning the Student Store, washing sinks, sweeping floors, and cleaning up after school functions. ASB shocked the school into spirit by decorating the school on the first day, by holding the first-ever Saturday pep rally, and the passing out and selling of great loads blue and gold spirit Items. With 36 members, an unusually high number, there were a lot of strong backs to carry out plans to SPIRITIZE the school. With 36 people instead of 20, things got done, said ASB President La Shon Fontinot. With such a large number of people set- ting up, for activities, cleaning up, planning events and carrying them out, there seemed to be no prob- lem for us, concluded ASB Secretary Amy Dunn. Story by Victor Domine: layout by Tessie Hernandez: photos by Al Odermatt. 1 A ASB. First row; Steve Preston. Eric Cedargreen, Marissa Sanchez, Greg Zanebis, Nicole Sevilla, Julie Rackstraw, Rodney Ttiomas. second row; Heidi Calderon, Kiersten Taub, Robyn Reclusado, La Stion Fontinot. Jody Pugliese. Jamie Gunn. Goby Polite. Melanie Atkins, Andi Espinoza. third row; Brad Lactieman. Elaine Sanctiez. Stierri Brown. Natasha Booth. Amy Dunn. Lisa Cindrich. IVIaricar Estrella. Michelle Fajardo. Michelle Holtsinger. Jim Faren. fourth row; Victor Domine, Dan Lopez, Tony Buzzerio. Beth Pursel. Rebecca Grissom. Suzanne Ortiz. Lisa Vanderberg. and April Lucas. ASB Organizations 59

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,ng a helping hand he key to success Larger membership brings about new alterations and ideas The student body: a group of people who have shown them- selves to be very spirit- ed this year. Some people who wanted to show their pride in their school in more ways than just by go- ing to sports events, joined Key Club and other service clubs on campus. This great in- flux of people brought about some changes in Key Club, one of which was the setting up of committees. We had approxi- mately 90 people in the club, said presi- dent Mike Rae. So that everyone would have something to do, we split them up into six committees with di- rectors appointed to each. The committees were: publicity and artwork committees, which dealt with telling members of meeting days and other activi- 1 ties; the historian and membership commit- tees; and the miscella- -4 TAKING CHARGE, Reda reads through agenda before answering questions from the floor. With so many club members there were always many questions asked. neous or specialty committee, which took over anything not covered in the other committees. The sixth commit- tee, adoption, was the brainchild of Jim Reda, club adviser. I got the idea over the summer when I saw one of those tele- thon things for desti- tute children, he said. So I thought it would be a good idea if we could help a child in the United States. Besides aiding a child, Key Club helped needy families in the Walnut area again with their annual Canned Food Drive. They gath- ered about 3800 canned and dried food goods with Ray Davies ' class placing first with about 740 cans. The Christmas baskets of food and toys for chil- dren were delivered to areas in Walnut, Co- vina. West Covina, and Pomona. Many members helped in other ways by tutoring in aca- demic courses, giving a hand in the Special Olympics, and just giv- ing aid to someone who needed it. As club member Andy Espin- oza put It, I just liked helping people with their problems. Many said that the size of Key Club showed most mem- bers wanted to reach out and give a hand or a pat on the back to people that really needed it. Though some members joined because their friends did, most had joined because they wanted to help. I joined in my soph- omore year mostly be- cause of a dare, said club president Mike Rae. But then I got more interested and involved in activities, and now I ' m totally dedicated. story by Christina Mock: layout by Alicia Rodriguez: photography by Jack Elliot and Tim Thetford. 1 Key Club Organizations 61