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Girl of the Year then challenged to organize a Women’s Tahoe Casino Night thrown in for good
1972 – Donna Miller Auxiliary of the Newhall-Saugus Boys measure. The auxiliary’s value to the club
1973 – Lauri Mullen Club. Before leaving the mansion, a group was such that in 1971, the officers became
1974 – Rhonda Defino
was formed and Old Orchard I resident its first women board members. The
1975 – Lisa Johnson
1976 – Bennye Cisneros Jacque Morse became the president. Jacque women’s influence on the board, coupled
1977 – Janine Glenn would be aided in the quest to fill the Boys with a scarcity of organized recreation in
1978 – Sharleen Brent
Club coffers by her vice president in charge the valley, made it inevitable that the club
1979 – Tina Azevedo
1980 – Kathy Roberts of fund-raising, Newhall resident Linda would expand its membership to include
1981 – Kim Boing Pedersen. girls. Although not fully sanctioned by
1982 – Sylvia Diaz
The small, but determined group of Boys Clubs of America, the umbrella
1983 – Domenica Albergo
1984 – Dorothy Eskew women became the club’s fund-raising organization didn’t object when the club
1985 – Stacy Alexander front line, decorating and organizing every- added the name “girls” to its title.
1986 – Helen English thing from dances to luaus with a Lake This new designation meant added
1987 – Jenny Rinkenberger growth in club membership.
1988 – Theresa Haig
1989 – Molly Flores At the same time, budgetary
1990 – Amber Ballesteros constraints meant that the
1991 – Veronica Hall dream of a large central facil-
1992 – Dianne Farias
ity had to be abandoned for
1993 – Veronica Oliva
1994 – Erika Chavez more cost-effective “satel-
1995 – Kelly Friscia lites” utilizing the physical
1996 – Amy Blankenship
facilities of neighborhood
1997 – JoAnna Barajas
1998 – Rosanna Reyes schools. Emblem, Skyblue
Mesa, Honby, and Valley View
elementary schools became
the flagships for the club’s
after-school programming.
(The 80s would later mark
such milestones as the con-
struction of a 3,000 sq. ft.
Artistic expression was encouraged in the early days of the Boys Club of
Newhall-Saugus. Young members of the Club pose with their creations. modular building at Emblem

1980 1981 First woman appointed to US 1982 1983
John Lennon assassinated. Val Verde programs Supreme Court. E.T. movie released. President Reagan announces defense
Mount St. Helens erupts. started. New plague identified as AIDS. Falkland Islands invaded plan called Star Wars.
Sierra Vista satellite Personal computers (PC’s) by Argentina. Sally Ride becomes the first American
building completed. introduced by IBM. Michael Jackson releases woman in space.
“Thriller”. US Embassy in Beirut bombed.
125 million watch M*A*S*H finale.
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