Thurston High School - Yearling Yearbook (Springfield, OR)

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Fine Arts Fair Student projects displayed for public Students in the industrial education, fine arts, home economic and medical careers classes displayed their skills and talent at the 16th annual Industrial and Fine Arts Fair May 5 . Chairperson Marcia Graham said the event “gives students a chance to show what they have done all year. It gives us a real boost when someone of the older generation says ‘I didn’t know they were capable of doing that. ’ With an estimated crowd of 550 per¬ sons at the event, this was among the highest turnouts in recent years. Mrs. Graham said people seemed to take a real interest in the displays, too — pausing to observe and discuss the work with the students . In addition to displays of student work, other offerings included: free samples of gourmet dishes; plants for sale; free child care provided by the child development class; music by the swing choirs and a drawing for free prizes . Inspecting a trailer, sophomore Steve Eiss observes the work of Metals 3 student Eat Hanenkrat. A picture board of metals projects catches the attention of senior Ray Harroun at the Fine Arts Fair. Fine Arts Fair 29

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u Preparing Indian frybread in a wok is senior George Pfister. Recopying a print onto a canvas, Kristi Un- fred paints in her art class. 1 1th Century suits made by students in the sewing classes are modelled by Rick William¬ son and David Anderson. The outfits were used in the winter play, The Imaginary Invalid. 28 Fine Arts Fair

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Prom It was ‘crazy dancing, just getting down! The annual Junior-Senior Prom was held at the Valley River Inn, April 30, with approximately 300 students atten¬ ding. It was sponsored by the junior class which donated $900 for expenses beyond the $ 1 , 1 00 in ticket sales . At the request of the student body, music was provided by disc jockey Brian Creps, a former Thurston graduate. Although the dance floor remained crowded throughout the night, criticism of the music selection was heard the following week by the prom committee . “We wanted more slow dances,’’ commented Vera Kast. Chairpersons Greg Garcia and Tim Cochran felt the prom was a success aside from a few incidents such as students who took 14 candles, costing $8 each, from the tables. ‘ ‘We have recovered two of the candles but many are still missing,’’ commented Garcia. “I doubt they’ll let us come back next year.” Cochran felt the positive feedback received proved the prom had been suc¬ cessful. ‘ ‘My most memorable experience at the prom was dancing and just getting down to all the good songs,” boasted senior Britt Munoz. All in all, Garcia and Cochran seemed pleased. “It (the prom) turned out better than we had anticipated; it went over well , ’ ’ Cochran concluded . 30 Prom