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

Page 112 text:

SCI-FI FANS AND LITERARY ARTISTS FOUND OUTLETS IN SCIENCE FICTION CLUB AND MIND'S EYE MAGAZINE THIS YEAR AT WEST VALLEY. Who knows how many literary geniuses may have passed unnoticed through the halls of West Valley in past years? Who knows how many brilliant ideas remained bottled up inside heads, aching to be let free to flow onto paper and ultimately become a published piece of work? Perhaps many, however, there is no longer any such dilemma. There now exists a tunnel to freedom for those stifled thoughts, a fresh face on the West Valley literary scene. This exposer of hidden talent is, of course, the Mind's Eye, West's first literary magazine. The production of the magazine's third edition proved that the Mind's Eye is not just a flash in the pan, but is here to stay. It has made its presence felt through eye-catching posters and ear-catching announcements, as well as through the quality of the magazine itself. The Mind's Eye made its spectacular debut in the Spring of 1978 with a surge of enthusiasm from a group of students and their adviser Madge Clark. At the start, there was simply an editorial staff of nine, working as a single unit to edit submitted material. However, for the Fall '78 edition, Joe Kennebec took over as editor-in-chief, while Diedre Helffrich assumed the position for the spring issue. The Mind's Eye staff overcame the difficulties involved with getting a new magazine off the ground and produced a publication that was well received by the student body. Possessing the determination and dedication to accomplish that deserves a lot of credit, because a project like the Mind's Eye is like a cool breeze on an August afternoong much needed and appreciated. Joe Kennebec displays his scissor-wielding skills as he prepares a written work for final layout. 1-Q-ly' Ft. if l I . ... ' ' :ws FRONT ROW: Scott Stamps, Diedre Helffrich. SECOND ROW: Adviser: Mrs. Clark, Bill Winters, Joe Kennebec, JoAnn Perkowski. BACK ROW: Indrek Burgraff, Tom Clark. Concentrating hard, Tom Clark keeps a steady hand while laying out pages of West's literary magazine.

Page 111 text:

When it comes to accurate sources of information and entertaining reading, volume five of the West Valley Blizzard is certainly in the top of its class. The 1978-79 editions of West's outstanding paper have proven it to be a steady producer of superior journalistic material. Conferring with adviser Mrs Burnside, editors Kristen Lloyd and Don Theophilus decide Throughout the year, regular features what Wm go in this weekls admonu including College Corner, The Cloths Line, Rock Review and Book Nook looked at our current and future 4 I T W . interests while exclusive coverage of gn? ' school activities and athletic events kept us well informed and up to date. The inclusion of sepcial Christmas and graduation editions greatly enhanced the bi-weekly paper with a spectacular use of color. The Blizzard is one of the few high school papers to use color, let alone with the high standard of excellence in color printing seen this year. Off to a slow start as a result of adviser Mrs. Burnside's three-week absence, the talented staff, under the leatership of editors Don Theophilus and Kristen Lloyd picked up the pace on their way to a very productive year. News Finishing up, Bernice Burns puts on the finishing touches. um- 4.uu.- - ,J 'X X if I 1595 .V in n -tx N .11 C Q- 1 . X 1 . fl ' 'it ew, 'H was New staffers Jim Blair, Jeannine Burnett, Lia Turner, Duke Kniffen, Melody Garwood, and Cindy West congregate tolperform their tasks. With the aid of the light table, Lia Turner lays out a page. K 109

Page 113 text:

A hall poster encourages students to get involved and turn in prosaic and photographic pieces to the Mind's Eye. 4 ,,.f- . Checking data and observing patterns, Ted Stamps and Eric Rhude look on as the Star Web takes shape. I ,M SECOND ROW: David Wheeler. FRONTQEEROW: Scot Stamps, Mark Yiiafsghmps, Richard Hicks, Thor BACK Row: Eric Rhude, Mrs. Roedefer Frank Santora Lending a helping hand, Mrs. Clark helps Scot Stamps read and sort through the large number of poems and stories turned in to the Mind's Eye. What do you call a motley collection of Trekkies, Star Wars lovers and Battlestar Galactica fans? A Science Fiction Club, naturally. West Valley's Science Fiction Club offers a place for science fiction groupies to get together in order to exchange books, views, and computer games. Headed by Adviser Kathy Webb, this imaginative group met every other week to discuss current events in the world of sci-fi. This past year, the Club's main project was a sale of used books to the student body. This sale was the CIub's main fund-raiser. The major occupation of the Club members, however, was not the sale, but involvement in the computer game Star Web. Hans Stragier, the founder of the game at West, put long hours into the perfection of the game's computer program. Star Web, along with the standard sci-fi game, Dungeons and Dragons, kept the minds of Science Fiction Clubbers in perpetual motion. So, while the members of the last remaining Battlestar search for the planet Earth, several members of West Valley seem to have found science fiction. Nanu-Nanu. s.