Diamond Bar High School - Taurus Yearbook (Diamond Bar, CA)

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Allen Niimi Stace Nixt Daniel Noftsier Jeff Nordschow Ryan O ' Conner Brian O ' Dowd Sophomores 2nd Class Jeff Kurtz

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2nd Class Sophomores Mike McMann Patrick McPeak Ricky Meeks Ed Melendez Joy Melendez Ethan Meyer Georgia Miller Gina Miller Tamara Mitchell Henry Montano Monica Montero Ron Montoya James Moore Jessica Moore ▲ GULPING DOWN a ding-dong in a hurry for sopho- more dompetition, Kim Simmons must gasp for air. This competition was for the athletes of the classes. 4 GO SOPHOMORESI Spirits were high and roanng as the sophomores won the pac-man competition. This was the come back ' pep rally. Spirit 2nd Class 175

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Lions and tigers and bears, Oh My! I don ' t know about you, but personally I prefer potty-trained puppies. Then igain there are those who enjoy working with inimals of the deep dark jungle. Sophomore Jeff Kurtz is one of those daring )ersons. Although Jeff plans to be a large cat rainer, he ' s interested in animals of all kinds. Driginally he had planned to specialize in rep- lies, but once he began to attend the Wild Animal Training Center in Santa Anna River Valley he changed his mind. My father want- ed me to go to this school because I got bit by a rattlesnake while trying to capture it for the reptile collection I had, explained Jeff. By instinct Jeff knew how to handle rep- tiles, but at the center he learned professional- ly how to handle all animals. It was through the Wild Animal Training Center that he discov- ered he really wanted to be a large cat trainer. At first I wanted to be a herpetologist. Then I really got interested in large cats and working with them. I still like reptiles but being a cat trainer would probably be a better job, tells Jeff. Who knows? Maybe one day Jeff will stand as the brave lion tamer at the Ringling Brothers Circus. A UP BOY! Sometimes Jeff fiad a little trouble getting the animals to do his commands. Little Rusty the raccoon Is an example. BEING BIG BURMIES BUDDY is better than being his enemy. Jeff has always had a knack for making friends with reptiles such as this Burmece Python Constrtcter. Sung Park Jeff Parker Jeff Kurtz 2nd Class 177