Marysville Union High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Marysville, CA)

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,sir - 1976-77 lndian varsity football and basketball team members received many high honors for their skilled athletic performance and secured positions on the SFL football and basketball teams. Football standout Jim Givens, along with being awarded Bremer's Most Valuable Player, was voted All League Receiver for the 22 member team, while teammate junior Joe Palacio was voted All League Defensive Back. Second SFL team members included Lon Hatamiya at quarterback, Tony Jow at offensive lineman, and Chris DeMattei at linebacker. MHS cager selected to the 12-player All-Sierra Foothill league basketball team was sophomore Raymond Harris. Standing 6'1 and performing exceptionally well on the court, Raymond was a unanimous selection to the team. Wm One election of extreme importance, especially for dissatisfied ready-to-strike teachers, was the hub school board elections held on March 8. All three Marysville Unified School District trustees running for re-election were turned out of office. Challenger Gordon MacLennan made the strongest showing of any candidate, defeating incumbant William Wright ty a 4-1 margin. Other new members included John E. Pask over Trustee Yvonne Taylor, John Cole defeating Trustee Maxine Singer, and George Anderson over Gordon Holland. I Participation in the election was far below County Clerk Karl Cozad's pre-election estimate of 25 percent with only 16.4 percent of the 15,194 eligible voter participating. EllQT1 lt is a rare occasion when the students of Marysville High are given the opportunity to welcome an exchange student from a foreign country. This year, MHS and the community of Marysville housed Lars Walden, 17, from Sigtuna, Sweden. Traveling to America through the Rotary Club program, Lars resided with three prominent Yuba-Sutter families throughout the school year-Mr. and Ms. Dave Offutt, Mr. and Mrs. John Lamon, and Mr. and Ms. Henry Delamere. Lars found that the biggest difference between Sweden and Marysville was the difference surrounding the school systems. ln Sweden, expectations upon the students are much higher, and the facilities in use are of more modern construction and architecture. Lars discovered MHS to be easier than his school in Sigtuna. Another difference in schooling that Lars immediately noticed was that in Sweden the school systems go up to the ninth grade, but are equivalent to America's twelfth grade. lf students honorably pass through the 9th grade, they are permitted to go on to one of the state-funded universities. Finding the people in Marysville very friendly, Lars joined several school clubs and organizations, namely FLAC, ski club, and science club. Lars returned to Sweden at the end of the school year. He agreed that Marysville is nice in many ways, but he will always be a Swede. Di Jim ,V Hitting Marysville as well as the majoity of the West Coast, the statewide drought was noticed by all local residents-especially area farmers. Farmers faced a lack of water for irrigation and struggled to plot strategy to deal with one of the driest years in history. With Yuba-Sutter area depending mainly on agricultural income, residents were asked to begin a voluntary water conservation program to conserve water for agricultural purposes. A farm laborers' organization reported to Senator Alan Cranston that farmers would lose more than 52 billion and nearly 50,000 farmworkers could lose their jobs because of the drought. As of March 15, only about one-third the normal precipitation had fallen locally. Lack of rain and snowfall in Northern California caused a steady decrease in the amount of water stored in the north states major reservoirs. Lake Oroville behind Oroville Dam was reported ot be at the lowest level ever since the initial filling. QHQVWEJ Starting our their first year in competitive high school sports with a bang, Marysville Indian freshmen shared the Sierra League basketball crown with rival Lindhurst Blazers. Freshmen captured the co-title by defeating Blazers in their last basketball game. local headllnnes S7

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ll U Qi UD Qt: Ol l STRIKE . Mounting tension concerning the possible March I strike of area teachers plagued the Yuba-Sutter area and its residents. Friction sparked between angry teachers and unbending board members as teachers threatened to strikelas a last resort if several needed provisions were not given them. The major hassle occurred over a contract settlement between board members and teachers. MUTA filed a complaint against the district on January 21, charging that the district failed to negotiate a contract during meditation meetings held in December. The complaint also charged the school board with denying MUTA employees organizational rights and with refusing to meet and negotiate with an exclusive representative of MUTA. Soon teachers took the grievance to the community in the form of a march through downtown Marysville. MUTA was ready to fight for their rights as California Teachers Association had already assured them at least 54,000 in organizational money to help with strike-planning activities, with MUTA being required to add 52,000 of its own money. Meeting in a closed executive session for three hours at Anna McKenny School, trustees agreed to ask that fact-finding be declared in teacher contract talks, signalling an end to negotiations and the start of another collective bargaining process. MUTA's March l strike was postponed until fact-finding was concluded. E-Xl, ll. YH GRIEF Marysville High School students were greatly saddened by the death of Paul W. Cooke on September 9, after being involved in a car accident. While only being in Marysville for a short time, Paul's outgoing character had enabled him to meet many new friends. 5365 local headlines Started in 1948, for Los Angeles area high schools, Bank of America's Achievement Awards developed into one of the most highly respected student award programs in the nation. On the first level of selection, faculty committees selected students who had demonstrated excellence in a specific field. Then the certificate-bearing students were narrowed down into general study fields to go into further Zone Competition for awardment of plaques. Final place winners in each field would earn the top award of 5l,000. Certificate Winners Art-Jill Mossinger Drama-Joanne Polizzi Music-Mike Hernandez English-Ron Staples Foreign Language-Lori Barrett Social Studies-Lori Arostegui Science-Nancy Peterson Mathematics-Dennis Grundler Business-Curtis Spears Agriculture-Sarah Hastings Home Economics-Debbie Field Trades 81 Industrial-Lynn Schumacher PLAQUE WINNERS Liberal Arts-Kathy Stephenson Sciences 81 Mathematics-Lon Hatamiya Vocational Arts-Theresa Lantsberger V80 fl

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iz.-1 oizi ij: ES llii H CCH 3 3513 IH Above all else, 1976 was the year of the US Presidential election. By far the most important election in the United States, over 81,500,000 Americans went to polls on November 2, the largest number in election history. Still, only 55 per cent of those eligible to vote did so. By a very slim margin, James Earl Carter, Jr. narrowly defeated President Gerald R. Ford, his Republican opponent. Carter received 297 electoral votes to Ford's 240. The popular vote was even closer: Carter-40,827,394 and Ford-39,145,977. The 1976 election was the first time since the Civil War that a person from the Deep South had won the presidency. President Ford became the first incumbent president since Herbert Hoover to be voted out of office. Carter's support came mainly from traditional Democratic Eastern states while Ford, by contrast, won nearly all the western states. The real presidential campaigning began early in 1976 when both Carter and Ford entered the Republican and Democratic primaries. In June, Carter clenched the nomination over Senator Church and Congressman Udall by an impressive victory in the Ohio primary. The Georgian then went to the National Convention with more than enough state delegates to win Democratic endorsement. The Republican primary fight was much keener. President Ford faced a maior challenge from Ronald Reagan, former California governor. The President won most of the June primaries, but neither candidate seemed to have enough votes for a first-ballot victory. The Demoncrats held their National Convention in New York City from July 12 to 15. There was no doubt Jimmy Carter would be nominated. Carter announced on the last day of the convention his running mate: Senator Walter F. Mondale. Held in Kansas City from August 16 to 19, the Republican Convention ended with final tally of 1,187 votes for Ford and 1,070 for Reagan- with 1,130 needed to win. Ford selected conservative Senator Robert J. Dole of Kansas as his running mate. As the campaign began, Jimmy Carter seemed on his way to an easy victory over President Ford, but as the campaign continued, Carter slipped badly in poles, while Ford made big gains. Republicans accused Carter of not clearly stating his position on issues of constantly shifting ground, and of being too inexperienced to be president. Carter's forces retalliated by saying that Ford was a weak leader. They argued that under the Ford administration, the economy sagged, inflation spiralled, and the unemployment rate rose. ln a face-to-face battle between the 2 presidential candidates, three televised debates were viewed nationwide. Serious problems awaited the newly installed President in areas concerning public trust, the economy, and foreign affairs. IIIIIO Shocking and saddening the Chinese people, 1976 brought a series of three tragic political and geographical disasters. In January, the nation's longtime premier, Chou En-Lai, died. ln late July there were severe earthquakes in the coastal area near Peking, the country's capital. Finally, in September, Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Tse-tung, 82, died, drawing national tension and sorrow to a climax. Mao was a founder of the Chinese Communist Party and had been the leader of the People's Republic of China since its creation in 1949. As the result of two great accomplishments, the importance of Mao and Chou to the Chinese population was immense. Together they led the long revolution that brought Communism to China in 1949. From that period until their deaths, China went from a poor, war-torn country to a maior world power. Despite his long illness, Mao never publically named his successor, with his last public appearance being made in 1971. In the weeks following Mao's death, Communist Party Vice-Chairman Hua Kuo-feng emerged as the new leading figure before a multitude of mourning disciples. In his rise to power, Hua won over a group including four prominent figures in the Chinese government. This group was quickly placed under arrest. One of the groups was Mao's widow, Chiang Ching. 4 , 3 national headlines Iiq D - C-l Superstars were on the national scene as well as the local scene. Olympic standouts-American figure skater Dorothy Hamill and Rumanian gymnast-created quite a sensation in the sports oriented world. Scoring the first perfect 10.00 in the history of Olympic gymnastic competition, 14 year-old Nadie Comaneci went on to earn seven perfect scores- three in team competition, two in individual all-round competition, and two on individual pieces of apparatus iuneven parallel bars and balance beaml. She finished with three gold medals, a silver, and a bronze. Competing against former superstar Olympic winners, Nadie even managed to outshine the fame and sudden enthusiasm towards Russian gymnast Olga Korbut. Standing only 5 ft. and weighing a light 86 pounds, Nadie spent more that half her life training for the days of triumph at Montreal. Another prominent figure in the 1976 Winter Olympics held in Austria was 19-year-old figure skater Dorothy Hamill from Riverside, Connecticut. Before dazzling crowds, Dorothy skimmed and spun her way to a gold medal in the figure skating competition. She had already won the US figure skating championship three years in a row H974-761 and twice she had won second place in world competition 11974-751 Creating a fad among girls of all ages, Dorothy's striking hair style known as the wedge moved across the country as females copied the short and sassy look.