Charles M Russell High School - Russellog Yearbook (Great Falls, MT)

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GO. FIGHT, WIN- senior Kara Phillips cheers by herself as the rest of the crowd waits for the cheerleaders to lead them. Dennis Batchelor TAKE A GUESS- who ' s inside? Junior Tonya Bar- rett shows her spirit by wearing the mascot attire ;; the Homecoming football game. ]B- HOMECOMING

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STARS ON BROADWAY- Juniors Kirsten Trengove pass out stars to brighten up the junior Hauge, Kathy Gabriel, Darren Hand, and Terry Broadway scene. John Antonich He began playing at the age of 8 and still entertains the crowds today PICKIN ' teacher, an accomplished A musician, a children ' s novel- ist, swimming coach, Mr. Bob McKinnon somehow manages to be all four people at once. McKinnon has been a teacher at CMR since the school opened and is still going strong. He teaches Comtem- porary Literature and junior English. He said of all of his classes in general, he likes his senior classes the best. He began playing the violin and pi- ano at age 8 and from there started to play the banjo which he still plays to- day For the past three years he has provided entertainment at the Home- coming spaghetti dinners. As well as being a musician, McKinnon has writ- ten children ' s books: Moose. Bruce and the Goose and To Yellowstone a Jour- ney Home. Both have been published. Growing up in California, McKin- non ' s father introduced swimming to him and as his interest grew he became a swimming coach. He has also been coaching girls and boys varsity swim- ming for both CMR and Great Falls High School for the past eight years. McKin- non combines his tal- ents for his swim- mers by playing his banjo on road trips. Trying to accom- plish many things at once could be a prob- lem for most people, but for McKinnon, trying to exceed more than the aver- age person keeps him active and going strong. FINGER PICKIN ' GOOD- Jamming on his banjo, tains the crowd at the spa- English teacher Bob McKinnon once again enter- ghetti dinner. ' ROUD SENIORS- After working hard on their loor seniors gather together with a last exhaust- d smile for Principal Don Petersen. I

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HERE COMES TROD- Bison defender during the Homecoming game. BLE- senior forward Car- She scored 12 points to lift the Rustlers to a 62- rie Eliason (21) dodges a 55 win over GFHS. Band members, colorgaurd, and drill team combine talents to create a perfect halftime APPEAL c -F 41 f S0 U hat happens when 165 band, drill, and coiorguard members combine to form one finely tuned unit? By using a little skill, an extreme amount of patience and the help a computer Dennis Granlie created a stunning half time show. Granlie, coordinator of al the halftime entertainment, worked fe verishly to complete the task. Design ing the layout for the halftime produc tion involved approximately 15 hours of pre-planning and another 15 hours programming a computer disk to pre- cisely plan each step and movement of all persons in the show. After all the planning was com- pleted, Granlie wasted no time starting rehearsals. For 11 days, the three groups practiced for an hour and a half after school. The group rehearsed the performance until every person mas- tered each maneuver. It was a lot of hard work but it ' s worth it in the end, said senior drill co-captain Jenny Bi- vens. She also mentioned that the drill team alone practiced for two hours ev- ery morning for a month. A member of the coiorguard, junior Kelli Heppel echoed Biven ' s thoughts when she said, At times it got tiring, but per- forming made it all worth it. The show also marked the debut for drum major Shelley Blackburn who Granlie described as his field general. She directed her troops from a high ladder as they moved from a colorful top hat to the traditional CMR formation. I was pleased, commented Granlie when the final production was present- ed to a large crowd of fans at Memorial Stadium. Sophomore Jeannie Harris summed it up when she said I thought the halftime show was fantastic! Dennis Batchei( Dennis Batchelor which they crushed Mis- PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT- and it paid off at their first performance of the season, soula Hellgate 57-5. for ' he marching band, coiorguard, and drill team Daue Sirak THIRST BUSTER- senior left tackle Chad Miller takes time out from the game for a water break. HOMECOMING