Canyon Springs High School - Open With Care Yearbook (Moreno Valley, CA)

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CURSES! Michelle Likens, as Snoop and Teri Maciboba, Woodstock, tr ' to captun the Red Baron. OPENING NUMBER: Dand Alexander as Charlie Brown, is reassured that Yourc Good Man. Charlie Brown. THE GREATEST. Demse D.rt,n 1 M. , dreams about being a queen.

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Moreno Valley: Growth f or a metr opol IS Moreno Valley saw most of its The planned opening of new schools, greatest changes in the years immedi- including the new Canyon Springs, in ateiy after its incorporation in 1984. the Fall of 1987, was designed to keep As fields gave way to homes and shop- overcrowding down through the fol- ping centers, the new city quickly took lowing school year. P - Three major projects were planned With ever-growing numbers of for the future. One was the proposed new residents, the population growth development of a i. ' billion aero- was expected to continue for decades. space complex and airport for Moreno The city ' s population, between 65,300 Valley. The project would increase and 79.000 in 1987, was expected to reach 214,000 by the year 2010, ac- cording to figures from the Press-En- terprise. Moreno Valley developed rapidly, with the opening in 1986 of several new shopping centers, fast food out- lets and a Target department store. Commercial services, however, never quite kept up with housing, as new housing tracts kept appearing, hous- ing in areas such as Sunnymead Ranch, where once there were fields of wild grass and waist-high weeds. Yeah, ' 86 was a good year for Moreno Valley, since we got a Target, two Taco Bells and an In Out Burg- ers, Bill Song said. With more people constantly com- ing into the community, the district had to work to prevent overcrowding. commercial and industrial develop- ment for the city, most of whose resi- dents commuted to Orange and Los Angeles counties. Town Gate, a major shopping mall and mixed-use develop- ment, was to replace Riverside Raceway. Moreno Valley Ranch, a de- velopment of almost 4,000 acres, was approved for the area south of Ales- sandro and east of Perris. I would think that it would bring some good to the city, or at least I would hope so, said long-term resi- dent Natalie Barnett, a teacher at Sunnymead Annex. Other needed improvements were achieved or planned, including the opening of a new library building and the construction of a new shopping center and 7-Plex cinema. FUTURE Cougar stomping ground: the stu- dent quad, as viewed from the uppcr-levcl fa.ul- WITH THE INFLUX of new residents into Moreno Valley, new houses were a com- mon sight. Serrano was one major developer in the community. Growth 1 29

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. V;- First bhool 1 musical goes on. despite lack of funds W C : ► Low funds and a shortage of props and scenery did not stop the drama class from staging a musical In its first year. You ' re a Good Man, Charlie Brown was performed two weekends. March 20. 21, and 27, 28. Mr. Ken Flores, drama and music teacher, di- rected the school ' s first musical. The drama class had also presented a Christmas production, as well as a one-act play at Moreno Valley High School. The one-act play was called To Burn a Witch. According to Flores, rehearsing for the musical was an interesting exper- ience. There was a lot more noise than there was supposed to be, he said, because of other activities that were going on. Trymg out for the part of Wood- stock was difficult, said Teri Maci- boba, because other people wanted the part as well as I did. You had to WM B B Bi H ' ' ' 1 . i f H H try your best in acting out the part, and you had to look the part. Hard work, concentration and a little fun on the side did wonders for the drama class in our production, Maciboba added. The play was excit- ing, and we found the cast worked really well together. Dedication was the main ingredi- ent in organizing the musical. Not only did actors have to memorize their lines, but on opening night the hard part was remembering them without being nervous. The acting parts brought out qualities in myself that I didn ' t know I actually had. said Katie Walsh. Any kind of acting is interesting to me, because I think of the character as a special challenge. The musical may have taken a long time to organize, said Flores, but the end results showed: enthusi- asm in the audience ' s response. FIVE CENTS, PLEASE. David Alex- .indcr. as Charlie Brown, talks out his problems uith Denisc Derling, Lucy. ONE, TWO, THREE. The band, di- reitcd bv Mr. Ken Flores, supplied music for the play You ' re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.