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

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GRIN AND BEAR IT- Another day brings the smile and get through another school day. same ol ' grind for freshmen Sheri Dambrowski and Jodi Whyte, but they still manage to crack a OH THOSE CURVES- While holding his un- contrllable bulge, senior Dave Hughes has senior Dave Ostrem test his falsies. CHECK IT OUT- Focusing in on a definite point of interest are sophomores Brett Johnson and Kris Thorson. Michelle Prahl Standing by each other to share both the triumphs and frustrations Good friends are always there to lend a helping hand or to listen. Friends and fun go hand in hand, and who knows that more than high school students? Periodical trips to their lock- ers bring friends together for a quick moment of grabbing for the right books and fighting over whose pen is whose. At the end of the day, locker partners have more time to discuss the latest gossip or plans for the weekend. From cheering at football games to crammin ' for finals, students can be seen sticking by their favorite friends. Good friends are always there to lis- ten, understand, and laugh with through the good times and the rough ones too. Drill team member junior Cin- dy Burleigh said, The long hours of practice seem to go by faster when you have good friends with you, sharing both the frustrations and the tri- umphs. During the game, the action may be- come intense and everyone gives it their all to work together and win. Win or lose, when the game is over, friends remain friends. The freshman bas- ketball players test their friendship each time they go out on the court. They play on seperate teams and com- pete against each other. As freshman Paula Gemar put it, When you ' re on the court with the competition, you for- get your friends, but after the game your friends remain the same. According to junior Peggy Malough- ney, getting together with a group of friends on the weekends is important and without friends, weekends wouldn ' t be memorable or worth- while. Whether it be partying with a crowd or just hangin ' out with the gang, friends can almost always be seen hav- ing a good time. 20 Friends

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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

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