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

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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

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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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The end of October and the beginning of November was a busy time at West Valley. lt was a time of year when student activities were numerous, and spirit cup points were up for grabs. During the week before Halloween, two contests for spirit cup points were held. The first was the hall decorating contest, which was won by the Freshmen. This contest put everyone in the mood for Halloween. Everywhere one looked were monsters, skeletons, and spiders. At the end of the week came the Almost-Anything-Goesf' assembly, which was won by the Seniors. The four unusual events provided a rather lighthearted assembly, and a couple of good belly laughs. The rivalry between West Valley and Lathrop was renewed with another canned food drive. After a few rather obnoxious radio commercials produced by Lathrop involving the drive, West redoubled its efforts, and won by a wide margin. During periods such as this, West Valley's school spirit soars even higher than it normally is. It's no wonder West Valley shines. 130 HALLOWEEN Doubling up, Kim Leslie and Kerri Rutt show that they have PLENTY to offer. Showing his pride and dignity, Warrior Randy Talvi takes time to pose. i i 1 5 5 . s 1 1 3 l si il Looking confused, Jerry Weymiller and Mr. Solis check out the scene. ls Tim 0lson's tux real or fake? Only his tailor knows. DRESSING UP AND EATING OCCUPIED THE STUDENTS' TIME IN MID-WINTER