West High School - Shaheen Yearbook (Davenport, IA)

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junior Ron Peterson shows concentration as he performs in the band concert on August 12. An ice cream social was held afterward on the front lawn of the school. Bicycling is a popular form of transportation during summer months, N Lazy Gy -...M '5 Prospect Park proves the ideal spot for viewing fireworks over the Mississippi. WOC sponsors the annual event in August.

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we're all in this together Senior Luann Schwartz is intent on reading the script during audi- tions for the fall production Mu- Senior Dan Giammetta works sic Man . Her concentration with his hands to create jewelry in earned her the role of Zenetta. crafts class. A WHS student. catches up on some sleep during the Junior Achievement aud held in Sep- zember. , c, t Senior Norm Dvorak puts the fin- shing touch on art club's falcon. The bird perched on the winning :ntry in the Homecoming car ral- ,y. ln a school of 2800 stu- dents, it is difficult to find an interest common to each and every one. There are so many people with different motivations, different val- ues, and different goals in life that it is impossible to classify us as a group. Di- versity is the one word that best attempts to sum up the student body. What is unique about this place, what gives it character, is the differences of its peo- ple. As a student of WHS, you make the school what it is. You make the difference

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Summer should be lazy hours d hours of free time to do what you int, when you want to do it. Let the st of the world run the rat race, u've got three months of reprieve rm Locust Street University. Some students were lucky enough follow this idyllic existence, while ners had their summers filled to pacity. One such person was junior Dave tersen. At 5:00 a.m. every morning, ive could be seen heading for his nily's barn, where 60 head of dairy :tle awaited his attention. Of the 60 ad, five were his own. To these he voted a minimum of six hours a y, explaining, It's more than just ,lking them. Apparently, his attention paid off. August, Dave won the most covet- dairy award at the Mississippi Val- 1 Fair. He then went on to win prestigious award at the state fel, qualifying him for national mpetition. Amy Willage, a sophomore, spent rt of her summer working the car- nival. For ten days she operated a booth featuring drag lines - glass treasure chests with miniature cranes for 10ct. Amy confided that her booth was rigged , but that the pay was great and that carnies are the neatest people! Next summer she hopes to travel the complete circuit with the carnival. For some, travel did fill out summer days. Seniors Trent Hovenga and Mike Laugen did their traveling in a somewhat unconventional style. They bussed up to Winnipeg, Canada and bicycled back to Davenport. Nine- hundred-fifty miles and 50 peanut butter sandwiches later, the two were able to look back on their journey. If I had to do it over again, recalls Trent, I would do more planning. Be- cause like we would ride eight hours straight in a day, and that can get to you. When asked where they came up with the idea, Trent explains, We knew we wanted to start somewhere in Canada . . . and Winnipeg was the closest city of any size. Mike was real- ly the one who wanted to go, and I just said O.K. Twenty-two other students who did some traveling this summer toured Mexico. junior Tina judge, a member of the assemblage which sold candy to finance the trip, claims to have suf- fered bruises on several occasions. While visiting a famous Catholic shrine, she received a smart slap on the derriere from an old woman sell- ing roses, for not being attired in proper clothing. Then, because she ignored all the vendors in a crowded market, Tina contends that a little kid came up and slugged me. Tina wasn't the only one to encoun- ter problems in Mexico. Dave Mack got lost in a city park the size of Dav- enport and couldn't make anyone un- derstand him. So, even though summer days are supposed to be lazy . . . few of us ever get to use them that way. Before you know it, June days slide into Septem- ber. And once again, West opens its doors. .e smash hit movie of the summer, jaws, iyed 17 weeks at the Milan cinemas. Manag- 5 director of the theater, Van Severen, com- rnts, Nationwide Jaws has knocked off ev- Vanderveer Park is a good place to meet a friend, to bicycle, or just to watch the ducks on 1 film ever made. Locally, it's been about the the pond. st money-maker in the last four to five Ars,