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

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Drafting Team: FRONT ROW: Todd Wolfe, Jerry Mustard. BACK ROW: Tom Daugherty, Kevin Kenaston, Dale Chapple, Darrell Case. I 3 fins! 3 1 RQ W.V.H.S. STUDENTS SHOWED WIDE RANGE OF T LENTS if ' 1 A ,. Lili Txk I K.,. X J ' f iii Mr. Cool Ken Chaney downs a struggling Dan McNelly. f J 128 DRAFTING, ARM WRESTLING, MECHANIC OF THE YEAR With the hint of summer in the air new and exciting activities were planned at West. An arm wrestling tournament sponsori by the Mat Maids let West Valley boyls y show-off their bulging biceps. There werq four classes of competition with Ken Chaney winning the heavy weight, Jim Hobbs and Indrek Burgraff winning in th middle class divisions and Kent Slaughte winning the light weight class. The mone accumulated from this activity helped to finance the Mat Maid's trip to Kodiak fo, the State Tournament. Springtime was a time for recognition of accomplishments. Anthoney Wells wa: named Mechanic of the Year and receivi 350.00 for his skills. The talented Drafting classes participated in different contests and walked away with many awards. There were two levels of competitiong level twa dealt with students who had one year or less of drafting, level three dealt with students who had two or three years of drafting. Darrell Case was the big winnei for West. He won the level two contest. In the state contest Todd Wolfe won the Mechanical Division and Kevin Kenaston was awarded 515.00 in the Architectural Division for a model he built. Springtime brought out many talented West Valley students. J' Mechanic of the Year, Anthoney Wells diligently works on his engine. Mr. Scott checks for cheating while James Hobbs clenches his teeth in his effort for sweet victory.

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Mudmen Ken Cheney and Dale Chapple prepare to lock horns at the Elizabethan Fair. l Curiosity and amusement fllls everyone's faces as Carl Benson and Bob Burcell dance the Maypole dance. ving a good ol' time serving up some ale is ppy-go-lucky senior Reid Jeglum. ,, ,L Donating her time and face to the freshman class, Ann Turner gets splattered at the freshman booth. Dressed as King Henry Vlll, lndrek Burggraf spouts Brush up your Shakespeare. , . ELIZABETHAN FAIR 127

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SHARING MOCK VOWS PREPARED TUDENTS POR THE FUTURE , I Q 3 uf W E 'b ii r ll: Q the reception, the guests prepare for a 'umptious piece of cake. D Posing for a family portrait is, Pat McGraw ffatherl, Christelle Ansart lmotherj, Tara Murphy fbridei, Tom Birklid lgroomj, and Laura Klein lmotherj. husband and wife, Tom Birklld and Tara rphy share their happy moment. lf Tara Murphy and Tom Birklid made a lovely couple for this year's Mock Wedding, organized by Mrs. Seeliger's first hour Family Living class. The class did a wonderful job of organizing the wedding. The wedding ceremony, conducted by Colista Kauffman, and the reception were held in the West Valley library. At the ceremony, the bride Tara Murphy threw her bouquet of flowers and the lucky Kelly Ryan caught them. When the wedding ceremony ended the guests followed the newly weds outside, as the rice was thrown. During the reception, refreshments and a beautiful three-layered wedding cake were layed out for everyone to enjoy. It was a good learning experience for the students involved, and as lovely as any real life wedding. MOCK WEDDING 129