West Valley High School - Aurora Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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Learn How. . .the Scientific Way! ' Jim Walker Ed Benson Bill Lambert As Science Department head, Bill Lambert got his start at Wisconsin State University. He has a love of nature and takes part in it by being a registered guide . Deborah Pomeroy, a graduate of Colorado State University, worked in radiation research just prior to teaching . She enjoys such sports as racquetball and canoeing . She used to play concert symphony violin but is now playin' that blue-grass! Jim Walker is one of those teachers whose personality resembles a favorite mammal . A teacher of Biological Sci- ences this Old Goat , as he has been teased and affectionately called, took up teaching after graduating from Penn State . Richard Tarkiainen I A 1. ' Deborah Pomeroy ll I

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Math Living in a round house with a totem pole stuck in the middle of your living room may bring up a question about the personality of the owner, Don DeWitt. The an- swer is that this math teach- er is very creative and puts his creativity to use by being the Thespians' Director. A native of Oregon, Helen Desinger has adapted well into the land of Alaska and loves it here. She went to college at South Western Oregon Community College and the University of Oregon . Edwina Rodriquez Don DeWitt Morgan Reed Robert Sprague Helen Desinger

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B ELO W is Karen Heimer. Taking Care of Business lVlattie Herning thoroughly enjoys teach- ing and observing students as they progress through the years. This busy lady relishes her moments to sit down and knit, play the organ and vibraharp . Wife to a sheep biologist and mother to Carrie age 2, Karen Heimer still has time to teach Home Economics. She received her BA from the Home Economics Education at Colorado State College and went to graduate school at Washington State U . Karen Hagglund, a graduate from the U of lVlinnesota has two identities . One as lVls . Hagglund the business like teacher of short- hand and typing and the other as super coach to the girI's J .V, basketball team and as- 4 fl L sf as ABOVE is Marge Thomas BELOW is Nancy Kelly. sistant to the varsity team . BELOW is Karen Hagglund. 0 BELOW is Mattie Herning. Q3 Ni .x 'I S' X I,