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

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HONORS TOP PICTURE: A fine collection of West super athletes includes Steve Kauffman, Andy Holman, Schruf Jennifer Toman Ian White BOTTOM PICTURE- Railbelt All- Dave Schram, Micky , y, . . Conference players are Jeff Cross, Jack Dunshie, Terry Nance, Shane Holmberg, Andy Holman. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner once described the Wolfpack football team as a fine wine, and the real corker for West came after the Wolfpack's Railbelt Conference Championship. Seven vintage West gridders were named to All- Conference Team, including Jack Dunshie, Defense, Terry Nance, Offense, Dave Lambert, Offense and Most Valuable Playerg Andy Holman, Offense: Scott McCumby, Offense: Shane Holmberg, Offenseg and Jeff Cross, Offense. West Players chosen to the Coach's All-Conference Team were Shane Holmberg, Scott McCumby, Jack Dunshieand Terry Nance. West basketball players received recognition as Andy Holman was picked to represent West on the Christmas All-Tourney Team and Dave Schram was elected to the Boys Regional All-Tornament Team. In addition to his position on the All-Region Wrestling Team, Steve Kauffman took the State championship in his 171-lb. division. lan White, who skis in addition to running, represented West Valley at the Junior National ski races held in Squaw Valley, Idaho. Also placing West in the limelight was Varsity shooter Jennifer Tomany, who placed an exceptional seventh in the State shootout. All-around athlete Micky Schruf was chosen by the Daily News-Miner as the Region Vl Player of the Year and recieved the most coveted athletic honor awarded to a West student, the '78-'79 Athlete of the Year Award!

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ATHLETIC Within West's wide spectrum of varsity sports there existed a number of Wolfpack athletes who on the playing field achieved spectacularly for the glory of their teams and of West Valley. All of these athletes received precisely what they deserved: noteworthy recognition. For their efforts, Mark Perry, Dave Lambert, .lack Dunshie, Micky Schruf and lan White were selected as Daily News-Miner Prep Athletes of the Week. Mark Perry and Dave Lambert were both selected for their football ' talents while Jack Dunshie was chosen for his puck pushing, Micky Schruf was picked for her round ball tactics and lan White was named for his worth as a harrier. ln the All-Region Team aspect of the '78-'79 sports picture, West come out well represented. Following the Region Vl Boys Basketball Championship game, two All-Region Teams, were announced. Net man Andy Holman was named to the Basketball All-Region Team, while Varsity leader of cheers Randi Freeman was chosen for the spirit- rousing Regional counterpart. Girls selected for basketball skills were West's Girls Varsity Captain Micky Schruf and teammate Shelby Hutton. West's sole representative to the All-Region Volleyball squad was Sophomore Lori Meier. West Matmen Craig Woods, Russ Talvi, Marty Rawlins, and Steve Kauffman were all chosen to the All-Region Wrestling Team. Representing West Valley on the All-Region Hockey Team were puck chasers Jack Dunshie, Sam Freese, and Richie Hayward. i TOP PICTURE: Spectacular sports persons Sam Freese, Lori Meier, Richie Hayward, Dave Lambert and Mark Perry exemplify West's excellent athletic program. BOTTOM PICTURE: West's All- Region athletes Marty Rawlins, Steve Kauffman, Russ Talvi, Randi Freeman, Shelby Hutton and Jack Dunshie, brandish the tools of their trade. 4 L

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This was the question that THE AURORA POLL REVEALS. Who is the best looking guy at West Valley? The winner was none other than Russ Talvi, winner of the two most coveted royalty honors available to a senior: Homecoming King, and King of the Senior Ball. Chris Wallace received enough votes to take second place, while Sophomore Dave Lambert placed third. Who is the best looking girl at West Valley? Sophomore cheerleader Heidi Koerfer, supported mainly by the Freshman and Sophomore classes, took top honors in this category. Her toughest competition came from Jennifer Fate, who carried the upper class vote, trailed closely by Timona Peeters. What is your favorite class? got the biggest variety of answers, ranging from Math and Government to Foods and Photography. P.E. was the overall winner, receiving most of its votes from underclassmen. What is your favorite TV show? Nanu-Nanu. The kid from Ork proved to be everyone's favorite, as Mork and Mindy came out as the most popular show at West, M'tA 'S 'H held its own in votes with a second place while Saturday Night Live was voted the third most favorite show. How do you feel about the new complete yearbook? Much to our delight, nearly 6096 were extremely positive, 32921 were positive but a little leery about the late delivery date, and only 8'Zn were negative. Answers to Aurora Puzzle 1. Holmberg 2. Kleeper 3. Schruf 4. Shellinger 5. White 6. Talvi 7. Flodin 8. Dykema 9. Dunshie 10. Philleo 11. Neidhold 12. Freeman 13. Hicks 14 Scott 15 Roth 16 McGuigan 17 Pomeroy 18 Barsdate 19 Hyatt 20 Wilcox 3' Russ Talvi l Seventeen What is your favorite magazine? The girls spoke out on this question, and enough said Seventeen to make it the winner. People magazine, our model, pulled out a second place, while other top votegetters were Sports Illustrated, High Times, and Rolling Stone. BUF People 1 Us Paige Wallace and Russ Talvi Who is the best looking couple at West Valley? There were three couples who received the majority of the votes and all through the poll counting appeared to be dead-even. However, in the end, Russ Talvi and Paige Wallace won by a slim margin over Dave Lambert and Randi Freeman in second place and Chris Wallace and Heidi Koerfer in third, si . Who is your favorite singer or music group? The response we got to this question told us that Saturday Night Fever is still going around. Yes, the Bee Gees are still on top winning by an overwhelming margin over Boston, Earth, Wind 81 Fire, and the Commodores.