MAY DAY
Princess Pam
Pam Dambach
by S u s ie W e lc h
“ I would love to be a bubble
gum ice cream cone,” explained
Princess Pam Dambach, “ Why?
Because I love bubble gum, and
besides, with this you get two in
one, ice cream and bubble
gum!!” Pam is one of W LH S ’s
nine princesses picked for the
1983 May Court.
During Pam’s four years at
W L, she has been involved in
many
activities:
freshman
volleyball and basketball, May
Pole, JV football rally, Honor
S ociety,
peer
counselor,
powderpuff football, varsity foot
ball rally, varsity basketball,
sophomore class treasurer, and
batgirl for baseball. During this
time, she has had some very
memorable experiences. She
recalls, “It was our very last JV
football game that we were
cheering for. It was really windy
out and we were holding up a
poster on the bleachers and the
wind caught the poster and one
of the girls fell off. It was really
scary at the time, but now that
we look back on it it is really fun
ny. Something else — if this girl
hadn’t of fallen off first, it would
have been me who would have
fallen!”
Pam was born in Corvallis
Oregon to George and Helen
Dambach. She has two sisters,
Barbara and Diana.
Next year’s plans for Pam in
clude going on to Oregon State
to major in Business, and share a
room with Jodi Padrta.
“ The person here in high
school that has influenced me
the most is Mr. Hoss,” smiled
Pam. “ He has always been there
when I needed to talk to him and
he really influenced me to return
to playing basketball my JV year
and I’m glad that I did. after
missing my sophomore year of
playing basketball to be on rally,
I came back my junior year and
played basketball and received
the award of most improved
player and was voted all-state
honorable mention.”
The court seems to be getting
along quite well according to
Pam, “ Every time we are
together as a group we are
a l wa y s
l a ug hi ng
about
something, it is really fun.”
The only improvements that
she would make, if she could, at
West Linn High, are “the football
field conditions. I would love to
see the football field fixed and all
the bleachers be undercover.
More space would be nice ... for
the rally to cheer!”
“To me, an ideal May Day is
to have as many people as possi
ble involved, and to have
everyone getting along and hav
ing fun!” said Pam.
Princess Marge
Princess Denise
by Marc W h it t a k e r
For the past school year May
Day princess Denise Garcia has
been more involved in school ac-
tivities than ever before, and had
more fun doing it.
The
petite,
soft-featured
brunette has participated in gym-
nasties for three years, being a
state contender and receiving
top honors her last two years
with the program. Her other
athletic activities include a year
of track. As well as athletics,
Denise is an active member of
the Honor Society and the
Spanish Club,
Although she was born in
Denise Garcia
California, Denise has gone to
school in the West Linn district
all her life, attending Cedaroak,
Bolton and finally W LHS. The
most influential person at West
Linn for Denise has been art
teacher Yolanda Jenkins. “ I just
got along with her very well and I
think we really understood each
other.”
The most memorable high
school experience for Denise
was definitely being selected
basketball homecoming queen.
“ It was really a wonderful sur
prise. I never expected to be
chosen for such an honor.”
If Denise was a flavor of ice
cream she would be pralines and
cream. “ It has variety and it’s not
boring like some flavors.”
Other than making May Day
Denise is mildly proud of her ac
complishments as a gymnast.
Predictably, one of the changes
Denise would make at W LHS
would
be
the
gymnastics
facilities. “ Especially since the
gymnastics room is dated and
has a few shortcomings ... just a
few ,” she laughs. The only other
change she would like to see at
West Linn would be that of the
general concensus of the student
body. In short, open campus.
In general, Denise agrees with
the screening process for the
May Day Court tryouts. “ I don’t
like the surprise element, it
makes it (the selection of a
queen) seem like a beauty con
test.” As Denise sees it there is
no competition among the other
girls on the court. “ But how can
one compete for an honor such
as queen.” “ Being on the court is
an honor enough,” she states
modestly.
As for future plans, Denise
wants to compete on the Univer
sity of Oregon gymnastics team
and study art, with a long term
goal of an art oriented career.
Marge Kuehn
b y Richard Bloom
For May Day princess Marge
Kuehn the most memorable oc
casion in high school was freez
ing the underwear of Jon
Howard, Bob Glanville, and
Steve Messman in Outdoor
School (as counselors).
Besides being an Outdoor
School counselor, Marge has
been on varsity cross country for
four years, varsity track for two
years, and she was the ASB
treasurer.
The person who
helped
Marge the most in high school is
chemistry teacher Jerry Kuyken
dall. “ He made it fun. He jokes a
lot and he just doesn’t take
things terribly seriously,” she
said.
Competiton between court
members has not bothered
Marge at all. “ Everyone is totally
indifferent to it. It is just like it
doesn’t matter.”
Marge is a native of Portland.
When asked what flavor of ice
cream she would be if given the
choice, she said that she would
pick daquiri ice because, “ It’s a
pretty color and it’s not sugary
sweet. It’s so refreshing!”