Anselmo Merna High School - Coyote Yearbook (Merna, NE)

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(Hass History J In January of l%6 fifteen children timidly made their way into Mrs. Manning's Kindergarten room. They were Joey Lehman. Doug Spanel. Mary Lagan. Bruce Bartak. Joel Bartak. Kelly Heath. Susan John- son. LuAnn Geiser. Tom Downey. Carla Burnett. Carma Dougherty. Heidi Vavra. John Jacobsen. Kent Chrisp. and Sheri Worth. Mrs. Blackburn later took over this class. Ten more scared children of Anselmo joined the halls of education. They were Scott Winchester. Deb Miller. I.uise McCandless. Mary Lou Holley. Robbie Gaffney. Mike Seevers. Natalie Hardy. Mike Kettle- borough. Jody Sargent, and Jimmy Geiser. they were all guided by Mrs. Norma Gilligan. Having conquered sandbox. they moved on to the first grade w here they w ere joined by Terry Simonson and Dennis Smith in Merna and Candy Tyson. Benny Gilligan. and Ricky McAlevy in Anselmo. ’n Merna they lost Heidi Vavra. Mrs Daily at Ai.selmo and Miss Thompson at Merna patiently saw these fust grade classes through the year. Mrs. McCullough started the Merna second grade off with Mrs. Dorothy Blankeman taking over in Mrs. McCullough's absence. Kent Chrisp and Sheri Worth left, and they gained Sandra Sebesta and Ronnie McAlevy. In Anselmo Jody Rhodes joined the second grade class under the assistance of Mrs. Anderson. They lost Candy Tyson. Mrs. Joyce I ucker in Merna and Mrs. McGraw in Anselmo. being the only ones who could stand these jolly little groups, taught them through the third grade. Deb Miller. Louise McCandless. and Benny Gilli- gan transferred to the Merna Center. Merna also gained Donna Noel and lost Sandra Sebesta. Merna fourth grade remained the same except for Benny Gilligan. who transferred again to Anselmo. Mrs. Applegarth guided the sixteen students. The same eleven students at Anselmo were taught again by Mrs. McGraw. The fifth grade of Merna lost Joey Lehman and Donna Noel, and thev gained Elizabeth Ferguson. Mrs. Keiborz was the teacher. Jimmy Geiser left the Anselmo fifth grade. Their teacher was Mrs. Vandeventer. later relieved by Mrs. Langrud. The Merna sixth grade was increased by Curtis Maughn. a transfer student from Anselmo. Donna Noel and Jeanne McCandless. Mrs. Leeka got them through the year. Anselmo remained unchanged, with Mrs. Langud still in there try ing. Entermgjunior high. Anselmo joined Merna under the instruction of Mrs. Johnson. The class welcomed Charlene Crocker. Faith Cole, and Karen Spurlock. They lost Curtis Maughn. Tami Block and Tyke Arnold joined the eighth grade, bringing the rank of the class to a lucky twenty- eight. Under the guidance of Mrs. Smets the class progressed through the eight grade. The vear was high- lighted by a trip to Pioneer Village and graduation. I he freshmen began high school with these new students: Ron Anderson. Deb Myers, and Lisa Young, fami Block. Jody Sargent. Faith Cole, and Elizabeth Ferguson left us. The class was sponsored bv Mr. John Foster. I he sophomores were sponsored by Mr. Gene Bi eka. Terry Simonson left, and thev gained Ben Heskett. As juniors, the class w as sponsored by Mrs. Mowrey. Their first stage production. West of Pecos, directed by Mr. John Foster, was very successful. In May. a “Stairway to Heaven was created for the Junior-Senior prom. “LUK furnished music for the dance. Ricky McAlevy and Lisa Young left the class. Mary Lou Holley moved to Broken Bow and Karen Spurlock got married and moved to Sidney , leaving a senior class numbering twenty-four. As veteran troupers, the seniors presented the comedy Rest Assured Light blue and silver were chosen as class colors, red rose the class flower, and “If we cannot find a road to success, we will make one. ' as the clas motto. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Grantzinger and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ekberg accompanied the class of '78 on their “sneak trip to the Ozarks. On May 17th the class of 1978 graduated. They are gone but not forgotten. 23

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DEBRA SUE MYERS Track I. 2. 3. 4: Lettered I. 2. 3. 4: Basketball 2. 3. 4: Lettered 2. 3. 4; All-Conference 4: Co-Captain 4: Volleyball I. 2. 4: Lettered 2. 4: Honorable Mention All-Conference 4: Captain 4: Pep Club I. 2. 3. 4; Class Play 3. 4: Mixed Chorus and Girls Glee I. 2. 3. 4: Swing Choir I. 3. 4: Double Sextet I: Accompanist 4; Band I. 2. 4: Saxophone Quartet 4: Vocal Solo 4: Class Treasurer I: Student Council 4: Color Day Queen: Paper Staff 4: EBLA 2. 3. 4: l.etterman's Club 3.4. Secretary 4 IX)LGLAS EARL SPANEL Track I: basketball 3: Class Play 3. 4: Chadron Scholastics 4 MICHAEL LYNN SEEVERS Football 1. 2. 3. 4: Lettered 2. 3. 4: All-Conference 3. 4; Basketball I. 2. 3. 4: Lettered 3.4: I rack 3. 4: Lettered 3: Class Play 3.4: Chadron Scholastics I: Letterman’s Club 3.4: Rodeo Club I. 2 SCOTT ALAN WINCHESTER Track 1. 2. 3. 4: Football 4: Class Play 3: Student Manager 1.2. 3 77

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Class Will I. RON ANDERSON. being of sound body and feeble mind hereby will my poor old Jeep and my ability to drive it through wind and hail and sleet and rain to my sister Angie and my ability to stay out of Mr. Embree's office to Rusty Arnold. I. TYKE ARNOLD, will my 30-foot jump shot to Jeff Cramer, my big healthy growth of whiskers to Russ Heskett. and my ability to not get in trouble in school to my little brother. I. BRUCE BARTAK. will my special seat in Mr. Golden’s Office to Randy Leibhart. I. JOEL BARTAK. will my speeding ticket record to anyone who gets caught going faster than 85 m.p.h. and my ability to keep Bruce in his place to Julie Anderson. I. CARLA BURNETT, will my ability to type to Erin Daily, and my locker to anyone who can get it open and closed. 1. CHARLENE CROC KER, will my ability to miss school to my sister. Renee, my job as Food Chair- man to anyone dumb enough to take it. I. CARMA DAUGHERTY, will my locker to anyone who will keep it as dirty as I did. I will the head- aches of the nnual to the editors next year and the ability to think up good excuses to Cynthia McCandless. I. TOM DOWNEY, will my football helmet to my brother. Dave, my seven brothers to Isabelle McCandless.. nd my ability to sleep during Star Wars to Mrs. Grantzinger. I. ROBBIE GAFFNEY, will my State Basketball trip to Iowa. I mean Lincoln to anybody who is 18 and my body to Sara Z. and my old 55 to some unlucky Freshman. I. LUANN GEISER. will my majorette uniform to anyone with warm blood, my ability to wear my cheerleading uniform to next years’ cheerleaders, and my ability to wrap a large class ring to the Freshman class. I. BEN GILLIGAN. will my skoal can to Mr. Heffner and my poker playing ability to Mrs. Grantzinger. I. NAT HARDY, will my laugh to Shelly Featherston. my center position to Kim Markham, my good grades to my little sister. Eve. and my 5th grade hair cut to Mrs. Grantzinger. I. KEL HEATH, will my ability to get along with Mr. Andereason to Calvin Pflaster. my ability to do bookkeeping to Michelle Holmes, and my fine sense of humor to Mr. F.mbree. 1. BEN HESSKETT. will my ability to be an athlete to Rusty Arnold and Randy Leibhart. and my abil- ity to go to Mr. Embree's office to Russ Arnold and Paul Keller. I. JOHN JACOBSEN, will my '67 Ford to Lori Jacobsen, my 25 whiskers on my chin to Mr. Golden for a hair transplant, and my 190 lb. linebacker body to Andy Christen. I. MIKE KETTLEBOROUGH. will my long hair to Mr. Golden, my ability to get along in school to Paul Keller. !. RON McALEVY. will my ability to bump people in the halls to Jeff Cramer and my ability to limp to Mike McCormick. I. LOUISl. McCANDLESS. will my ability to talk fast to Mark Bates, my ability to pay Stretch back for all her dirty tricks to anyone in the student body that can think of them as quick as she can and my ability to stick with the same guy all through high school to anyone who can pick ’em right the first time. I. DEB MILLER, will my black T-shirts to Shelly Featherston. my ability to party and go to Bow to Tammy Duryea. my height to Evelyn Hardy. I. DEB MYERS, will my legs to Kelli Bindewald. my quarter on the mile relay to anyone who promises they won't break the record next year. I. MIKE SEEVERS. will my height to Jeff Cramer, my position in football to Russ Heskett. and my abil- ity to get along with Mr. Embree to Rusty Arnold. I. DOUG SPAN EL. w ill my hairy legs to next years' cheerleaders. I. SCOTT WINCHESTER, will my good grades to Erin Daily and my ability in track to Russ Arnold. 24