Westlake High School - Ram Ler Yearbook (Westlake, LA)

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Douvio Ends Thirty-Fifth Year For thirty-live years Nick Douvio has devoted about ten hours a day. five days a week, fifty weeks a year to cleaning and maintaining the halls and walls of West-lake High School. Mr. Douvio or “Nick as he is affec tionately known to faculty and students, came to work for Westlake High School as his first |ob He said he had worked in the nee fields when he was young, but other than that he has worked only here. He stayed because “1 like the job and I had good bosses Mr. LeTard was good; Mr. Benson; and I believe Mr. Callens will be too. Nick was bom in Bunkie but was reared here by an aunt. Because kids are “more rough now. Nick says he finds it harder to keep things clean than he did twenty years ago. But, the kids are not bad. 1 mean, assures Nick. 'During all the years of my teaching career. Nick has been there. His loyalty to us and our school is something which can never be questioned. He is my dependable, cheerful, never-changing friend, says Mrs M. Myers. Perhaps those words best sum up the attitude of faculty and students about our head janitor. 9

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Captions: page 8: top left: Coach Maggio and woodworkers enjoy showing off their work, top right: Kevin Window attends a Key Club meeting, bottom right: Jenny Hancock walks out to the field to practice, page 9: top left: The girls basketball team huddles, bottom left: Coach Charles advises David Verrett on the sidelines. 8 Student Life

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Money-Makers And Fund-Raisers Keep Organizations Thriving Money-raising was one of the more important parts of being in a club or organization. Funds were needed to pay bills and expenses that piled up. These projects often went beyond the halls and campus of WHS and into the community. People at school and in the community of Westlake always seemed happy to help out in any way, whether it was by buying a candy bar or a dozen bottles of a liquid cleaner. Westlakers bought items and services that ranged from candy, candles, and car wash tickets, to stuffed animals, soap, and fruitcakes. Fund-raisers also included such activities as all-night ''Rock-a-Thons , plays, and tag-days. Because of these fund-raisers, students at WHS were able to make trips, have proms, and buy new equipment for their particular organization. So all year long, Westlake High School kept fund-raisers and money-makers rolling.