Morenci High School - Copper Cat Yearbook (Morenci, AZ)

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i Digging in, Mick Ruiz and Andy Chaff com- ' pete in the pie-eating contest at the 1982 Junior Olympics. Ex .KI 'li 'radix icii f Gift wrapping a truck, Willy Imrich plays ' a practical joke on a friend. Wdeo Games fpell Fun PAC MAN gobbles up students quarters Symptoms: Glassy eyes sore shoulders stiff wrists and aching fingers. Diagnosis: Video game addic- tion. Prescription: A pocket full of quarters and an arcade with all the latest video games. Yes it s really true! Many MHS students became addicted to play- ing video games. Even though the local economy was hard hit by mine layoffs, video game lovers had little trouble supporting their habit. As Andrea Jones stated, I'd do almost anything to get the mon- ey to play Ms. Pac Man. Although there were no arcades in town, the bowling alley and Cole's Pizza offered students sev- eral games on which to spend their hard-earned quarters. The most popular games were: Centipede, Defender, Tempest, Donkey Kong, Ms. Pac Man, Tron and Missile Command. Considering himself to be quite proficient at Centipede, Ricky Perkins attributed his success to lots of quarters and great determi- nation. His recommendation for improving one s score was: . . . shoot the mushrooms! It makes the Centipede move slower. While video games occupied much of the students time new events in the 1982 Junior Olym- pics provided added interest for the annual spring activity. Scoring the highest number of points were the juniors, the class of '83, Beat- ing the seniors was great! screamed Frances Peru. I loved seeing the anger and disappoint- ment on their faces. We really rubbed it in! Both junior tug-of-war teams de- feated the seniors, and junior Mick Ruiz won the pie-eating contest. My only competition was Andy Chaff, recalled Mick. I tried to eat and watch him at the same time. I finally started slurping the pie to get it down fasterg it was all over my face and up my nose by the time I was done. 6-FUN 'N GAMES

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9. 3 C' W. is Mrs. Noralea Gale. iff' fp -vv wh JN , outsmart the machine as Kathy her chance. Fun ' Game x Fr ' A disbelleving James Petty is zapped in an . Atari game of Defender. Tom Stinson and Chuck Boling observe the action. ' Participants in the 1982 Junior Olympics, Joey Feinstein and Cristina Romero, are pre- pared for the toilet paper race by faculty member A fan of Dig Dug, Samantha Stewart trys to Ulibarri awaits O X, FUN 'N GAMES-7 ,