Big Lake High School - Laker Yearbook (Big Lake, MN)

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1980 volume:

Senior Band 1st hour and still smilin'. DEDICATED TO: MR. DAN KERNS The Class of 1980 and the annual staff are proud to dedicate the 1980 Laker to Mr Dan Kerns. Mr. Kerns has taught at Big Lake for the last four years as Jr- Sr. Band Director. The first April Fools Concert was held under his direction in 1977 and is now a major happening. In past years the band has gone to State or District Contest as a large group, small ensembles and solos; and has done well. The band whether in a very important concert or playing The Stripper at halftime, has received many compliments. THANKS to one super person! THE GRADUATING CLASS OF NINETEEN-EIGHTY CLASS FLOWER Green Carnation CLASS MOTTO CLASS COLORS Mint Green Silver CENTRAL COUNCIL REPS. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams Brian Meltzer Laura Woolston NOT PICTURED: Todd Cantin Sue Fish Dave Halvorson Patricia Wronski 4 Paula Jeannette Borst Deborah Dixie Bower Rebecca Jean Collins Marilyn K. Edwards - Karin Elizabeth Haggquist Carol A. Hance Sharrie A. Harris Valerie Ann Hayes Susan L. Hurlbert Jeffery Carl Jacobsen 5 John Thomas Kordash Timothy Alan Kruse Arlene K. Dearborn Kujawa Barb Larson Molly A. Leger Shelly Lemonds Steven M. Leslie Roger H. Loegering 6 Carol Jane Lumley Sandy McKinney Rebecca Lynn Manee Jenny J. Moses Scott Gerald Ross Todd Alan Skinner 7 Counter-clockwise from top left: Done the Most for the School : Bruce Aubol and Laura Woolston, Friendliest ; Jim Bring and Val Hayes; Most Gullible : Bill Smith and Michelle Keeler; Bookworms Marty Anderson and Lonnie Rose, Biggest Flirts : Steve Leslie and Kim Moshier, Best Dressed Brad Thomas and Terri Zwilling. Most Likely to Succeed Brian Meltzer and Nancy Thomas; Talks the Most and Says the Least : John Kordash and Shame Harris, Class Clowns : Tim Kruse and Sherry Peterson; “Class Jocks Mark Wold and Shelly Lemonds, Brown Nosers : Todd Skinner and Carrie Van- derVenter; Shyest : John Kocisko and Tammy Swanson; “Hot Rods Jeff Jacob- sen and Diane Johnson. 9 Ann Rose Stein Nancy Jo Thomas Terri M. Zwilling 10 AS WE REMEMBER • • • JEFFERY ALLEN JONES 1962-1978 KELLY JEAN ALECKSON 1962-1979 TRUE MEASURE How long we live is not for us to say; We may have years ahead-or but a day. The length of life is not of our control, But length is not the measure of the soul- Not length, but width and depth define the span By which the world takes measure of a man. It matters not how long before we sleep, But only how wide is our life—how deep. Helen Lowne Marshall 11 1979 HOMECOMING CANDIDATES: left to right, Marv Sobania, Becky Meyer, Curt Angell, Jodi Earney. Ron Moshier. Deb Bolin, Jeff Bor- chardt. Dana Westrum. Wayne Enger. Val Mertens, Bruce Aubol, Shelly Lemonds, Mark Wold, Laura Woolston. Bill Smith. Diane Johnson, Brian Folkens, Molly Leger, Jerry Rickard, Terri Zwilling, Brad Thomas, Cheri Middlestadt, Roger Loegering, Sue Hayes, Dave Van Hee, Tammy Johnson, Dave Swanson, Angie Johnson, Mike Van Hee. Brenda Erbe Junior High Royalty Bill Wilts and Wendy McConnell. Crownbearers: Connie McConnell and Paul Urwin. 1979 HOMECOMING COURT Queen Molly Leger and King Brad Thomas Junior Attendants: Dana Westrum Dave Van Hee Sophomore Attendants: Sue Hayes Curt Angell Freshman Attendants: Angie Johnson Mike Van Hee Homecoming '79 began on Monday evening with Coronation set in the theme, Everyone Has A Dream . Molly and Brad were crowned Queen and King to reign over the week's events. Monday was also Dress-up Day the beginning of the poster con- test and buttons went on sale. On Tuesday each class dressed differently. We had everything from Hippies to Back to the 50's. The highlight of the day was the Student-Faculty Volleyball game which the Men Faculty won overall. The senior Slave Auction followed the game. On Wednesday, Toga Day , the five slaves took care of their masters by carrying books, busing trays, cleaning cars, etc. Thursday was Wild and Crazy Day and shakers went on sale. The Volleyball team added to the festivities by downing Rockford that evening. Friday, the traditional Blue and Gold Day, was dressed up with carnations on sale. The poster contest ended with the Se- niors in first place and the Freshmen a close second. The Pep Fest psyched up both our Football players and the Hornet Fans. After a 7-0 victory over Kimball, the week concluded with the music of Passion at the dance. Right: Posters were hung from floor to ceiling all during the week. Lower Right: Three of Wednesday's Toga Beauties'' Bottom Left: Signing '79 yearbooks was a big part of the week Below Dana tries to hide the fact that Cindy looks funny. 14 ... THE WEEK Top Left Homecoming always brings a smile. Lower Left: The band was ever supportive Lower Right: There was always someone in the hall making a poster Center Right: Mr Muir and his band of Wild and Crazies Below King Brad gets carted' around the gym at the pepfest. 15 ... THE SPIRIT . . . was built throughout the week by the Danceline's performance to Heaven Must Have Sent You , the fans support, the Cheerleader's enthusiasm, the student faculty Volleyball game (won by the men's 16 Outside ring, L to R: Jackie Reierson, Deb Bolin, Cindy Wold, Julia Reed, Lonnie Rose, Pam Stein, Jean Hurlbert, Synde Miller, Inside Ring, L to R: Sandy Coash, Diana Maurer, Kelly Scribner, Sherry Peterson, Barb Forsythe, Deb Bower, Wendi Brenteson, Karen Panayotoff, and Sue Hayes. LAKETTES A” Team Basketball L to R LuAnn Curtis, Teresa Miller, Sharne Harris-Capt., and Tom Flicek NOT PIC- TURED: Jody Kordash (alt ) 2h LilOC OXLULUQC—JLU QLUQCCO VARSITY SCORES BL 18-15 Foley 11-18 18 15 BL 18-18 Royalton 0-1 BL 13-17 Elk River 18-19 BL 5-11 Sartell 18-18 BL 18-18 St. Johns 4-8 BL 18-18 Holdingford 6-9 BL 19-13 St. Johns 17-18 5 18 BL 18-18 Monticello 7-12 BL 18-10 Kimball 15-18 18 13 BL 18-18 Rockford 8-9 BL 18-18 Maple Lake 9-14 BL 0-7 Becker 18-18 BL 17-14 EV-W 17-14 BL 6-10 Becker 18-18 District Tournament BL 11-9 Sartell 18-18 VARSITY: Clockwise L. to R.; Sheri Smith, Deb Bower, Laurie Peterson, Asst. Coach Cindy Aubol, Shelly lemonds, Coach Joan Rosengren, Sherry Peterson, Cindy Wold, Dana Westrum, Jean Hurlbert (mgr.). VOLLEYBALL The Big Lake Girls Volleyball Team was 8-6 overall and 3-4 in conference standings for 4th place. Obtaining as high as 4th place enabled Big Lake to receive two individuals for the All-Confer- ence selections. These two were Sherry Peterson and Shelly Lemonds. Laurie Peterson received Honorable Mention. One of the many highlights of the season occurred when Laurie Peter- son served a perfect game, 18 straight points, in the 2nd game of the season against Royalton. The Varsity team consisted of seven players, with Sherry Peterson as the main setter, and Cindy Wold filling in as alternate. These two players were key in- dividuals in setting up our offense. All seven players worked well together both offensively and defensively to improve their '79 season record dramatically over previous years. B-team was 6-8 overall and 2-5 conference. Synde Miller and Sue Hayes were the main team point scorers as well as team leaders in many other areas such as sets, blocks, and spikes. B-Team: Top L to R, Jean Hurlbert (mgr), 2nd row, Synde Miller. Pam Stem, Terri Lemonds, Wendi Brenteson, 3rd row. Angie Johnson, Kelly Krause, Deb Skoog, 4th row, Sue Hayes. Deb Bebo, and Coach Cindy Aubol 20 Left; How many times do I have to tell you DON'T MESS WITH ME' Top right. Don't worry guys. I'll get it! Bottom right; Smile Cindy, It went over! C-Team: Standing L to R, Lynn Middlestadt (mgr). Rhonda Danzl, Leea Kamletz, Dorothy Farr, Jennifer Kordash Wendi McConnell, Jen Atkinson, Kathy Johnson, Deb Bebo, Julie Springer, Coach Hauge Kneeling, Sonia Simoneau. Cathy Lavenck. Penny Gotzian, Tracy Stem, Sheryl Struftert, Sheri Angell, Kiirsten Labau, Linda Gramsey, Robin Yetzer, and Missey Earney. 21 VARSITY FOOTBALL: L to R Row 1: Brian Berntson, John Kocisko, Mark Wold, Roger Loegermg. Bill Smith, Dennis Gerke, Brad Thomas, Bruce Aubol, Greg Fischer Row 2 Russ Bring. Mike VanHee, Tim Kollar, Jerome Kollar, Joel Aleckson. Dave VanHee, Randy Anderson, John Nagorski Row 3 Scott Keeler, Steve Meltzer, Jim Stem, Curt Angell, Ed King, Jeff Borchardt. Kevin Loegermg, Terry Carlson Row 4 Coach Haskell, Tim Hayes-Mgr, Tim Taylor, Tim DeMars, Darin Upham, Brian Folkens, Bruce Folkens, Bob Dreyer, Coach Muir FOOTBALL The 1979 Hornets were the surprise of the new Cen- tral Minnesota Conference, finishing 3rd with a 6-3 record. After graduating many seniors of the highly suc- cessful '78 squad many observers figured the Hornets to be cellar dwellers in '79. Even many local fans figured the gridders would get killed by lopsided scores. Showing a lot of character with excellent leadership from the seniors and significant contributions from the seniors and significant contributions from the under- classmen the Big Lake Hornets had the last laugh. Armed with four of the Conference's best receivers, aided by an offensive line with a lot of heart the Hornets blitzed opposing defenses through the air with over 1,000 yards in passing offense. The defense also rose to the task with the motto, Bend but don't Break , by racking up 3 shutouts and allowing only one team to score more than two touchdowns. Captains Brad Thomas, Roger Loegering, Bill Smith, and Mark Wold provided excellent leadership for the team. Brad Thomas was selected to the All Conference 1st Team while John Kocisko, Bill Smith and Mark Wold were selected to the All Conference 2nd team. Bill Smith led the Defense with 116 total tackles. Indeed, when the season was over the underrated Hornets had produced for themselves a winning, powerful team. Above Left: Coaches Muir and Haskell watch the action as (Above Right) Mark, Bruce and Bubba keep the ball from the Huskers. Bot- tom Left and Middle: Bubba and Dennis get caught in the middle Bottom Right Mark passes to Brad. 22 8th GRADE: Row 1 (I to r): Dan Holtan, Mike Runnion, Rob Aasen, Steve Gruber, Kevin Gallus, Scott Jacobsen, Coach Heitz Row 2 Craig McDowall, Tony Woolhouse, Kevin Leslie, Dave Monson, Bernie Miller, Troy Brenteson, Mark LaDew Row 3: Todd Cox, Doug Muir, Dan Bor- chardt, Paul Stem, Karth Mitchell 7th GRADE Row 1 (I to r): Paul Sundstrom, Mark Gabnelson. Troy Ya- ger Bill Wilts, Andy Pittman, Denny Hipsag, Kevin Kampa. Loren Swan- son. Dale Eull Row 2: Tim Johnson, Tim Weller, Mike Syverson, Erik Ar- thur, Mike Juhl, Jeff Eckholm, Jeff Geisler. Rick Baumgartner Row 3: Coach Thiele I 1 Basketball This year's Hornet team was rewarded for their dedication and work of the last two years with the most successful Girls Basketball team in Big Lake history. Led by Senior Shelly Lemonds, the team was off to a 10-1 mid-season record. Highlighting this streak was All-State Lemonds scoring her 1000th career point (at Royalton), a big win over arch rival Monticello and an overtime win over Becker to go 7-0 in CMC action. An untimely injury and two one point losses set the girls back but they put things together when they needed to and went into District 19 tournament action seeded 4th. They hastily beat Holdingford in the Quarterfinals, but got a lesson from eventual State Champion Albany in a semi-final loss. Hornet pride and determination pulled them right back as they beat Becker for the Consolation Championship and brought home their second trophy in as many years. Teamwise, the Hornets set 2 records: single game scoring, 72 points and most wins, 15, for a Girls Bas- ketball team. All Conference awards were given to Shelly Lemonds (who led the Conference in scoring with a 23 points per game average) and Laurie Pe- terson. Dana Westrum was given honorable mention. Most Improved was Terri Lemonds. The Seniors will be sorely missed but an experienced bench will be a team to contend with again next year. VARSITY: (L to R) Row 1: Jean Hurlbert, Mgr., Pam Orrock, Mgr. Row 2: Coach Campbell, Synde Miller, Sher. Smith, Dana Westrum, Laurie Peterson, Shelly Lemonds, Terri Lemonds, Val Hayes, Jodi Earney, Cheri Middlestadt, Barb Forsythe, Coach Thiele. 8TH GRADE Row 1: (L to R) Wendy McConnell Mgr Julie Springer, Lynn Middlestadt. Rhonda Danzl, Jessie Voght, Barb Johnson, Renee Morafka Coach Hauge, Lori Gwash, Jenny Kordash, Marcia Nolden, Shelly LaBau, Coach Foehrenbacher 7TH GRADE: Row 1; (L to R Wendy McConnell. Mgr. Kiirsten, LaBau, Soma Simoneau, Missy Earney, Cathy Lavenck, Penny Gotzian Renee Morafka. Mgr Row 2: Coach Hauge Deann Barnett, Shelly Schuller, Holly Stolp. Sherry Struffert. Sheri Angell, Linda Gramsey, Coach Foeh- renbacher VARSITY BL 44 STMA 35 BL 29 Onamia 33 BL 62 Monti 57 BL 70 Royalton 56 BL 50 EV-W 44 BL 53 Becker 460T BL 55 Sartell 41 BL 67 St. John's 22 BL 70 Kimball 36 DISTRICT TOURNAMENT Quarterfinals Semi-finals Consolation Game SCORES BL 70 Maple Lake 28 BL 67 Holdingford 51 BL 39 EV-W 59 BL 46 Becker 47 BL 39 Sartell 55 BL 72 St. John's 29 BL 59 Kimball 60 BL 50 Maple Lake 22 BL 60 Holdingford 43 BL 67 Holdingford 36 BL 41 Albany 83 BL 57 Becker 53 B SQUAD (L to R) Row 1 Patty Haling, Mgr , Row 2 Maggie Wronski. Mary Kollar Demse McDowall Row 3 Mary Krai Angie Johnson, Lon Moshier, Pam Stem, Robin Fisher Kim Peacock, Coach Thiele Varsity (L to R) Row 1 Tim Hayes (Mgr.), Mark Wold, Bill Smith, Tim Peterson, Chuck VanderVenter, Wayne Enger Roger Loegermg, Chuck and Dave Miller (ballboys), (L to R) Row 2 Coach Bruns, Tim Kollar, Bryan Nelson, Greg Fi- scher Rick Lemonds, Dave VanHee, Marv Sobama The Big Lake Hornets started out the season with a 1 and 4 record, however everyone of those games was lost by less than 6 points. The Hornets joined the Central Minnesota Conference this year, which is overall a tougher conference. They were plagued with injury and illness with only 4 games that were played with a full ros- ter. With only 3 seniors returning (Mark Wold, Roger Loegering, and Bubba Smith), there was a lack of experience with the Hornets Squad. The Highlight of the season was the 47-37 victory over the Monticello Redmen. B squad: (Lto R), Front: Kevin Loegering, Brian Folkens, Dale Struffert Bruce Folk- ens, Mike VanHee, (L to R) Back Coach Muir, Jim Stem, Randy Anderson. Jeff Bor- chart, Dale Hance, Curt Angell, John Nagorski VARSITY SCORES BL 50 Foley 51 BL 47 Rockford 51 03 BL 47 Monti 37 BL 51 Holdingford 56 BL 48 STMA 53 BL 46 Kimball 64 C 3 BL 45 BL 37 Maple Lake Becker 66 60 OS BL 49 STMA 57 BL 58 EV-W 59 BL 53 Sartell 84 w BL 51 Maple Lake 83 pH BL 52 Holdingford 82 H BL 64 St. Johns 52 BL 46 Kimball 64 BL 51 Sartell 86 BL 56 Becker 62 r r BL 28 EV-W Sub Districts 54 BL 50 EV-W 54 Just watch this one. 8th Grade (L to R) Back Paul Stein, Troy Brenteson, Coach Anderson, Daniel Borchart. Todd Cox, Front: Chris DeMars, Bernie Miller, Chris Iverson. Kevin Leslie, David Monson. Rob Aasen 7th Grade (L to R) Brian Rasmussen, Tim Juhl, Dale Theis, Jeff Geisler, Coach Anderson. Eric Arthur Mark Gabrielson, Jeff Eckholm, Denny Hipsag A Team, Back L to R: Sue Hayes, Deb Bebo, Sue Meyer, Michelle Keeler, Cindy Wold, Dawn Loven, Becky Meyer, Mel Skoog, Ronda Hansen, Chris Bouley. Front: Coach Rosengren, Prima Fowler, Mgr. Coach Fousek. GYMNASTICS The '79-80 Gymnastic season was full of many sur- prises . . . both good and bad. This was the 1st year that the sport was in a conference, (even though the team has been in existence for 12 years at BLHS.) The girls started the season with Val Mertens being in- jured at the 1st home conference meet. Her injury ended up to be her last gymnastic performance with the doctor telling her the ankle would need the rest of her jr. year and all of her sr. year to heal. Both her and her teammates shared the news painfully, and dedicated the rest of the season to Val. The BLHS varsity conference record was 6-2 with Big Lake tying Sartell and Maple Lake for CONFERENCE CHAM- PIONS! (Our B team was undefeated at 8-0). Individual highlights included Sue Hayes, Michelle Keeler and Cindy Wold making All-Conference with Val Mertens as Honorable Mention. At Sub-Regions BL placed 5th out of 9 schools with Sue Hayes receiving 2 medals for placing 2nd on vault and the uneven bars, and Cindy Wold for placing 3rd on vault. Four BLHS Gymnasts advanced to Regions . . . Sue Hayes, Michelle Keeler, Melaney Skoog (CONT.) A grande finale for Cindy Wold and her floor ex routine. 28 Sue Hayes (top) and Michelle Keeler (bottom) demonstrate the talents needed for a championship team. CONFERENCE CHAMPS . . . VARSITY SCORES BL 90.0 STMA 80.1 BL 89.7 Rockford 63.85 BL 91.2 Sarte II 93.5 BL 84.4 Maple Lake 77.8 BL 89.85 Holdingford 82.85 BL 92.7 Delano 64.45 BL 82.65 Kimball 67.75 BL 84.55 Sarte II 84.45 BL 91.4 Maple Lake 99.3 BL 90.45 Monticello 100.10 BL 94.15 Kimball 65.25 BL 91.05 Holdingford 80.85 BL 85.55 Elk River 100.7 BL 96.3 Annandale 98.55 B Team Row 1 L to R: Ronda Hansen, Diane Bower, Lisa Dearborn, Tammy Johnson, Soma Gabrielson, Row 2, Jane Bouley, Barb Meyer, Robin Yetzer, Deb Bebo, Traci Stein, Jodi Skoog, Coach Fousek, Prima Fowler, Mgr. (CONT.) and Cindy Wold. All four gymnasts turned in fine per- formances with Sue Hayes placing 4th on the unevens missing a chance at participating at the state meet by .1 of a point (top 3 go on). Michelle Keeler led the team as team captain during the season. She has been a BLHS gymnast since her elemen- tary years and was the only senior on the team. Michelle's leadership, personality, and high level of competition will be missed greatly, but the rest of the squad will be back next year for hopefully another SUPER season. 29 WRESTLING All of the hard work . . . really pays off. In Its first full year of varsity competition the Big Lake Wrestling team accomplished many goals. As a team we beat St. Johns Prep 33-30. This established our wrestling team in Big Lake school athletic history. This was the first victory by a Big Lake team in the three year history of wrestling. Individually we were led by senior Jim Bring, and under- classmen Steve Davis, Russ Bring and Jerome Kollar. Wrestling at Big Lake shall continue to improve with the potential that we discovered in our younger wrestlers such as Andy Pit- tman, Paul Maurstad, Scott Olson, Tim Juhl. Russ Bring was awarded Honorable Mention All-Conference for his fine record of 4-2 this year. (L to R) Row 1 Andy Pit- tman Paul Maurstad Scott Olson. Tim Juhl. Russ Bring, Todd Cantm, Jim Bring, Je- rome Kollar (L to R) Row 2: Coach Haskell. David Olson. Kenny Boemsh Russell Lum- ley Derick Walraven. Mark White, Mike Theis, John Ko- cisko Seniors: (L to R) Todd Can- tin, Jim Bring, John Kocisko. BLHS’ FIRST FOREIGN EXCHANGEE KARIN HAGGQVIST It is not very hard to describe a person as warm and friendly as Karin. She was to all of Big Lake a friend and someone to set an example of the American way of life to. Karin always wanted to meet new people and their ways of life; sometimes even conform to that way if she felt it was better than her own. This is, I feel, a rare quality: to accept people as they are rather than what you want them to be like, this year has been a memorable one for not only Karin, but for me, her family, friends, and the Big Lake Community. We all have one thing to say to you, Karin Vi allt Karlek dv or as we know it in English, We Love You . — Dawn Loven Karin's American Sister Above: Karin at home with Dawn 3elow: Karin in her award winning role in Pinned Down Karin: Big Lake's touch of Sweden SNOW DAZE ’80 1980 SNOW DAZE CANDIDATES (Couples top down); Shelly Lem- onds Mark Wold; Sherry Peterson, John Kocisko, Val Hayes, Roger Loegenng, Michelle Keeler. Bruce Aubol; Tern Zwilling. Jim Bring. Middle left Mark Wold is crowned King by the 1979 Queen Dawn Driessen Middle right Shelly Lemonds is crowned Queen by Randy Zwilling Below: A reception was held in honor of the King and Queen following the coronation Snow Daze '80 began with Coronation set in the theme Reach for the Stars . Shelly and Mark were crowned Queen and King to reign over the week's activi- ties. A bus of fans helped the girls to a victory at Maple Lake later that evening. Tuesday (Dress Up Day) sports buttons went on sale. Wednesday (Sweater Day) was highlighted by the Battle of the Classes. Each class chose a team of five to participate in the event. The Battle included a toilet paper wrap, a tricycle race, and a Leap Frog-tiebreaker race between the Jrs. and Srs. in which the Srs. won. The Sr. Slave Auction followed. Thursday (Long John Day) the slaves were seen cleaning cars, peeling carrots, and pulling each other to class in wagons. Friday (Blue and Gold Day) Carnations went on sale to start the day off. The Pepfest led both the fans and the teams to victories for both the Wrestling and Boys Basketball teams. The week ended with the music of Jade at the dance. 35 Above: Bruce's “slave Ebie pulls his “master through the halls. Above Right: “Master Scott en- joys lunch served to him by his “slave Michelle. Right: The acti- vities of the week. SNO-DAZE 4 dfca-w 36 CENTRAL COUNCIL (L to R); Mr. Esterly, Denny Hipsag, Dan Borchart, Sue Hayes, Tim Hayes, Laura Woolston, Brian Meltzer, Ken Bower, Tom Yetzer, Mike VanHee, Denny Meltzer, Sheryl Struffert. ANNUAL STAFF (L to R); Cheri Middlestadt, Karen Panayotoff, Tim Hayes, Editor Laura Woolston. Our Yearbook Advisor: Miss Roberg 37 SENIOR CHOIR Row 1 (l-r) Prima Fowler, Michelle Keeler, Ronda Hanson, Mary Krai, Nancy Thomas, Sue Hurlbert. Theresa Miller Sandy Fairbanks, Kathy Kollar Karen Panayotoff, Theresa Hogfeldt, Deb Bower, Sandy Severson, Director Peggy Ohnsorg Row 2: Kim Peterson Arlene Kujawa. Cindy Waite Tom Flicek, Lori Iverson. Deb Seehafer. Deb Barnett. Julia Reed. Karin Hag- gquist, Donna LeVoir, Anita Holz Laura Woolston, Sherry Peterson. Carol Hance. Tammy Morafka Row 3: Kim Moshier, Sue Fish. Mary Kollar. Lonnie Rose. Diane Maurer Dawn Pavlik, Sonia Gabrielson. Ann Stem. Val Mertens, Cindy Wold, Synde Miller, Julie Pavlik, Marilyn Gramsey, Laura Hengemuehle, Karlene Mitchell, Dawn Loven, Kan Rasmussen, Cheri Middlestadt. Row 4: Mark Wold, Brian Folkens, Scott Ross, Bruce Folkens, Ron Moshier, Tim Hayes, Dave Swanson, Kurt Mathison Steve Leslie, Chris Bower, Bryan Nelson Greg Fischer Tom Behm. Lorn Werner, Brian Meltzer. Allen Thomas, Dave Oakes, Craig Ebel. Tim Kollar, Shelly Lemonds ACCOMPANISTS (l-r) Karlene Mitchell. Becky Collins, Julia Reed. Donna Le- Voir JUNIOR CHOIR Row 1 (l-r) Shelly Klatt, Lori Moshier, Sally Dolsen, Sandy Coash, Russell Lumley, Todd Lund, Kris Pavlik Renee Morafka, Director Peggy Ohnsorg Row 2: Lori Gwash, Angie Johnson, Deb Bebo, Usa Anthony, Bernie Miller. Dave Monson, Rhonda Danzl, Kim Kampa, Glenda Anderson Row 3: Keith Mathison, Terry Shipman, Kellie Krause, Lisa Dearborn, Dana Jen- sen, Michelle Hanson, Laura Han- smann Row 4 Diane Bower Gail Ramthum, Usa Skinner, Jackie Reierson. Doug Muir, Brett Weller, Holly Nyberg, Kathy Johnson, Wendy McConnell, Dorothy Farr 38 Top: Sherry Peterson, Laura Woolston. District Star, Duet Bot- tom: Swing Choir Accompanists Diane Maurer (Bass) Anita Holz (Guitar), Laurie Peterson (Drums), Donna LeVoir (Piano). CONTEST STARS (Top Down) Craig Ebel District. Bass Solo, Brian Meltzer. District and State, Bass Solo, Laura Woolston. Dis- trict and State. Contralto Solo; Sue Hurlbert. District. Mezzo- Soprano Solo. Tim Hayes, Two District and One State, Tenor Solos. BIG LAKE SWING CHOIR Girls, 1-r Ronda Hanson. Michelle Keeler, Kim Moshier, Laura Woolston, Sherry Pe- terson, Karen Panayotoff, Sue Hurlbert. Guys, l-r Bruce Folkens, Brian Folkens, Ron Moshier. Mark Wold, Craig Ebel, Tim Kollar. Brian Mel- tzer, Lorn Werner NOT PIC- TURED Becky Meyer and al- ternates Kathy Kollar; Cindy Wold, Scott Ross. CHOIR SR. BAND: Marilyn Gramsey, Chris Bouley, Sue Hayes, Diane Gotzian, Pam Orrock, Sue Hurlbert, Brenda Swanson, Jodi Earney, Lori Iver- son, Toni Flicek, Lonnie Rose, Pam Stein. Cathy Koilar, Julia Reed, Sharrie Harris, Deb Bolin, Val Hayes, Chris Asplund, Jeff Borchardt, Bryan Nelson. Tim Hayes, Scott Hayes, Craig Ebel, Scott Ross Laurie Peterson, Mr Kerns Doug McConnell, Denise McDowall Mark Wold, Bruce Aubol. Steve Leslie, Ron Moshier. Cheri Middlestadt. Pete LeVoir, Kurt Mathison, Steve Meltzer. Matt Boemsh Brian Bouley Ed King. Dale Hance Randy Gramsey Lorn Werner, Mary Koilar, Dave Swanson, Karen Panayotoff, Dana Westrum, Jean Hurlbert. Barb For- sythe, Tncia Wronski. Donna LeVoir. Maggie Wronski. Anita Holz, Betty Poirier NOT PICTURED Tim Taylor, Tim Koilar JR BAND: Ken Boenish, Bruce Folkens, Charlie Poirier, Todd Cox, Dave Moschkau, Paul Stem, Dan Borchardt, Brian Folkens, Steve Gruber, Rob Aasen, Tony Woolhouse, Chris Iverson, Craig McDowall, Deb Skoog, Cindi McConnell, Patty Haling, Kevin Gallus, Dave Collins, Bill Wilts, Joe Peterson, Missy Earney, Penny Gotzian, Linda Gramsey, Linda Bielinski, Beth Maurer, Julie Springer, Jessie Voght, Leona Provencher, Deann Barnett, Jeanme Farr. Renee Olson, Alona Habager. Erik Arthur, Nancy McMullen. Sandy Syverson, Shelly Schuller, Ken King. Darin Upham, Jill Thomas. Diane Alcott Derek Walraven, Kevin Leslie, Holli Stolp, Sarah White Mark LaDew. Sandy Fairbanks, Lisa Kronbeck, Lynn Middlestadt. Shelly LaBea, Cornne Peterson, Barb Meyer, Jane Bouley. Soma Simoneau, Erich Moschkau. Tim DeMars, Scott Olson, David Olson, Jodie Klatt, Barb Johnson, Kiirsten LaBau, Mr. Kerns. Flute Duet Tricia Wronski and Maggie Clarinet Duet Chris Bouley and Sue Hayes Wronski Solos: L to R Dana Westrum, Brian Meltzer. Tim Taylor, Barb Forsythe, Anita Holz. Tricia Wronski Clarinet Duet: Sue Hurlbert and Lonnie Rose RATINGS DISTRICT STATE STAR STAR B. Forsythe A. Holz B. Meltzer T. Taylor D. Westrum T. Wronski Bouley-Hayes Duet Hurlbert-Rose Duet Wronski Duet The 1908 Aprul Fulz Konsort (1980 April Fools Concert) was billed as one of the BEST. It was totally written by the students, and was it crazy!!!! For example, in the Jungle Skit Mr. Kerns was carried off by a bunch of savages (Right) When we played a song, look what the drum- mers did (Below). Our celebrities were THE FAMILY SLUDGE; and twelve students told of school (Middle Right). Speaking of students, look how the midget ones look in the morning (Be- low Middle). Even though we weren't on TV we even had a commercial, Or- vile Foehrenbacher's popcorn (Bot- tom). Not only were the kids crazy . . . LOOK at our Director. (Bottom Right) TROUPE 582: (L to R) Front Row: Scott Hayes, Bruce Folkens, Ron Moshier, Ed King, Julia Reed, Barb Forsythe, Julie Pavlik, Chad Erbe, Laura Hengemuehle. Back Row: Laura Wool- ston, Tim Hayes, Sue Fish, Karin Haggqvist, Sherry Peterson, Dawn Loven, Diana Maurer, Ms. Knudson The International Thespian Society is an organization which honors secondary school students for their outstanding achievements in theatre. Membership is earned by meeting the following requirements: Participation in two full-length plays OR two one-acts and one full-length OR four one-acts; and parti- cipation in two different areas of theatre production; and should have earned ten Thespian points (one point equals ten hours of excellent work). Our charter of Troupe 582 was estab- lished this year, and 12 members were ini- tiated based on past work. Six more mem- bers were added in the spring. Local troupe officers included: President Laura Wool- ston, Vice President Laura Hengemuehle, and Secretary Sharrie Harris. SPEECH This year's speech team although very small was still very active. They partici- pated in many speech invitationals at vari- ous area schools and did very well. Two of the team members traveled to District speech competition. They were Deb Skoog and Dawn Loven. Dawn won at the District level and advanced to Regions and did very well. Everyone is looking forward to next year and more time to speak. 1980 SPEECH TEAM: (Clockwise from Left) Julia Reed, Deb Skoog, Barb Forsythe, Karin Haggqvist, Laura Hengemuehle, Chad Erbe. Middle: Dawn Loven 43 BIG LAKE . . . You Can't Take It With You-our Fall production was a comedy dealing with a mar- riage between the daughter of a very odd family and the son of a very successful busi- nessman. When these two very different families meet among fire works manufacturing, bal- let dancing, snake charming and play writing the results are quite humorous. Our Spring play, The Fabu- lous Fable Factory, was a Children's Musical Theatre. Aesop's Fables came to life through musical entertainment and meaningful morals. The cast took the play on tour to Big Lake, Becker and Monti- cello Elementary Schools. YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU, Cast; On floor (L-R) Marilyn Gram- scy, Chad Erbc, Karin Haggqvist, Laura Woolston, On couch, Laura Hengemuehle, Ron Moshier, Sharrie Harris, Barb Forsythe (laying across), and Director Kathleen Knud- son, Standing, Ed King, Brian Bou- ley, Tim Hayes, Sherry Peterson, Scott Hayes, Jeff Borchardt, Kevin Leslie, Julia Reed and Chris Bouley. 44 THEATRE PINNED DOWN We Wakefield sisters are quite mad you know. And indeed they were. The one act. Pinned Down, went to district contest in Holdingford on Jan. 26, 1980. Karin Haggqvist received the award for best leading actress. PINNED DOWN, Cast; pictured far left, Sitt- ing (L-R); Student Director Diane Maurer, Julia Reed, Sherry Peterson, Karin Haggqvist, Standing; Ed King and Ron Moshier. THE FABULOUS FABLE FAC- TORY, Cast; Sitting (L-R); Barb Forsythe, Karin Haggqvist, Brett Weller, Ron Moshier, Standing; Director Kathleen Knudson, Diane Maurer, Scott Hayes (above). Dawn Loven, Bruce Folkens, Lau- ra Hengemuehle, Julia Reed and Student Director Julie Pavlik. 45 L-r iC Hiuli ftchmif PRESENTS FINE ARTS TUES. MAY, 6™ 6:30-9PM. « Displays by: Art Department Industrial Arts Home Ec Performances by: Junior Band Junior Choir Senior Choir M ft 46 DIS.1IV V XHV SPECIAL AWARDS Right top-down; NANCY THOMAS received the National School Choral Award. CHERI M1DDLESTADT was selected as a member of the Purdue University Hall of Fame and the United States Collegiate Wind Band 1980 European Tour. TIM HAYES placed first in State for the Advertising Services Series for DECA. Middle; VAL HAYES received the 1980 BLFT Scholarship. SHELLY LEMONOS was a Finalist in the Miss Basketball Contest, selected for the WCCO All-State Team, a member of the 1000 point club, a member of the Min- neapolis Tribune All- State Team, and she also holds BL indivi- dual records in scor- ing and rebounding. Left; DANA WEST- RUM was selected as a member of the Pur- due University Hall of Fame for Band. Each candle represents a quality needed to be in the Society. Two-year member Becky Collins welcomes new member Roger Loegenng. Foreign Exchange Student Karin Haggqvist prepares to sign the Honor Society roll book. Members of the National Hon- or Society, sitting (L-R) Carol Hance, Val Hayes, Nancy Thomas, Karin Haggqvist, Sherry Peterson, Back row; Becky Collins, Lonnie Rose, Tim Hayes, Brian Meltzer, Roger Loegenng, Dawn Loven, and Tricia Wronski. 49 GIRLS TRACK This years track team though small in numbers and only five upperclassmen to lead them proved that qual- ity not quantity was what counted. The Hornet team was very strong in the field events and sprints and counted heavily on these people for points. Junior Laurie Peterson led the team in scoring and was unde- feated during the regular outdoor season in shot and discus. She broke her own BLHS Disc Record with a throw of 116 23 4, and was the conference champion in those two events. On the basis of her throws in District 19 competition she went on to Regional competition where she placed 3rd in Disc and 4th in Shot. The 400 M and 800 M relay teams of Kollar, Tummel, Bebo, and Klatt broke their own records three times and just missed the chance to go on to Regionals by .2 of a second! Seventh grader Kiirsten LaBau broke the school record in the 3200 M run the first time on an outdoor track and continued to break it three other times during the season. Pam Stein came back from in- juries to break records in the 100 M and 200 M hur- dles. A strong group of underclassmen who are willing to work makes the future bright for next years track team! In relay competition Mary Kollar passes the baton off to Jo Tummel. 1980 Track Team: 1st row, I to r: Cheri Middlestadt, Deb Bebo, Mary Kollar, Laurie Peterson, Pam Stein, Holli Stolp, Angie Johnson, Shelly Klatt, Mary Krai, (mgr.) 2nd row: Coach Joan Campbell, Kiirsten LaBau, Mel Skoog, Jo Tummel, Shelly LaBau, Deann Barnett, Sue Hayes, Shelly Johnson, Coach John Haskell. 50 400 and 800 M Relay Team: I to r: Shelly Klatt, Deb Bebo, Jo Tummel, Mary Kollar. - mm + Left: Laurie Peterson's face mirrors the effort necessary for a successful shot putter. Above: Kiirsten LaBau's 1980 track record proves that deter- mination and hard work really pays off. 51 Varsity Track; Back, I to r: Asst. Coach Dan Thiele, David Collins, Steve Angell, Greg Fischer, Gary Rudlong, Jeff Huggett, Pete LeVoir, Coach John Muir. Middle, Mike Theis, Randy Gramsey, Steve Leslie, Paul Faust, Mike VanHee, Allen Thomas, Jerry Lytle, Front, Tim Kollar, Tim Taylor, Dave VanHee, Curt Angell, Brad Thomas, Bruce Folkens. Jr. High: Standing, I to r: Coach Thiele, David Collins, Pete LeVoir, Jerry Lytle, Bruce Folkens, Tad Hengemuehle, Doug Muir, Mike VanHee. Kneeling: Andy Pittman, Bill Wilts, Mark Gabrielson, Philip Kollar, Todd Cox, Dale Theis, Dennis Hipsag. The 1980 Boys Track Team had another fine season, scoring big in most of their meets. The pre- season speculations were that potentially, this would be one of our best track teams ever. The Hornets placed a solid third at the CMC indoor meet and then finished second in several meets just behind region powers Holdingford and Monti. Then a near disaster struck as the tracksters began to get hit by injuries. Senior Captain and four year letterman Brad Thomas pulled a hamstring muscle which was to sideline him for the season. His leadership and great athletic ability was sorely missed during the rest of the season. Numerous other injuries were incurred throughout the season so the Hornets were not able to continue their outstanding showing throughout the middle portion of the season. Regrouping the Hornets went on to win the Becker Invitational Meet for the third year in a row and finished on a strong note. Two new school records were set, both by Tim Kollar in the high hurdles (14.9) and in the Discus (129 6V2 ). Tim Kollar (HH), Jeff Huggett (200 and 100 M Dash) and the 400 M Relay Team of Fischer, Huggett, VanHee and Kollar all advanced to the region 5A Meet. Tim Kollar won the champion- ship in the HH for the 3rd year in a row. He also placed 2nd in that event in the Region 5H finals which meant he became the second BL track athlete in recent years to qualify for the State Track Meet. In the championship heat Tim placed 6th. Congratulations Hornets for an outstanding season! “The only place where success comes before sweat is in the dictionary. Varsity Baseball; Row 1, I to r: Tim Gallus (Bat Boy), Dale Hance, Rick Lemonds, Bill Smith, Mark Wold, Marv Sobama, Brande Hayatt (Bat Boy). Row 2: Jon Baldwin, David Oakes, Mike Hance, Rob Ramthun, Jim Stem, Kevin Loegenng, Coach Anderson. _________ BASEBALL Good Attitude Indoors . . . Promising Start . . . Surprise Starter . . . Home Runs . . . Sore Arm . . . Numbers to Remember 4-3 .. . Improved Hitting . . . Walks and Errors Catch Up To Us . . . Good Luck Seniors . . . Third basemen Rick Lemonds pegging the batter out at first. 54 Jr. High Baseball; Row 1, I to r: Paul Maurstad, Jeff Eckholm, Dave Monson, Kevin Gallus, Tim Jubl, Rob Aasen. Row 2, I to r: Ken King, Jeff Geisler, Troy Brenteson, Dan Borchardt, Paul Stein, Berme Miller, Coach Tom Foehrenbacher. Left: All Conference player Mark Wold prepares to deliver his pitch. Below left: First baseman Brian Meltzer does his part to retire the side. Below: Rumor has it the New York Ballet is looking to recruit BL pitcher Marv Sobania Standing (I to r) Shelly Schueller, Sheryl Struffert, Cindy Wold, Sheri Smith, Rhonda Danzl, Dana Westrum, Synde Miller Asst Coach Deb Hauge. Kneeling (I to r) Penny Gotzian Mgr., Tracy Stem, Sher. Angell, Deb Skoog, Vicki Dav.s, Lor. Gwash, Soma Simoneau Not Pictured Coach John Bruns The 1980 Softball Season marked the first interscholastic softball team in Big Lake his- tory. Being our first year in competition there were many things that had to be learned. In spite of this, the team made up of a few Jr.'s and Sr.'s but mostly underclassmen, played teams respectably for most of the season. Dana Westrum, who was named to the All Confer- ence team, along with Cindy Wold provided the team with the leadership it needed. With the enthusiasm and youth that makes up this team, softball has a very bright future in Big Lake. Good Luck Girls! Cindy is determined to make this run count. Vicki gracefully pitches the ball. Going for the double play. GIRLS SOFTBALL 57 ADMINISTRATION Mr. Richard Strand, Principal Mr. Lloyd Luukkonen, Superintendent Mr. Darrell Esterly, Asst. Prin. A.D. SCHOOL BOARD Sitting, I to r: Mr. Ray Sundstrom, Mr. Charles Larson, Mr. Willie Swanson, Mr. Bill Middlestadt, Standing, I to r: Mr. Bruce Jacob- sen, Chairman: Mrs. Carol Springer. 58 Mrs. Vange Smith Mrs. Bonnie Kemper Mrs. Donna Folkens Cooks: I to r Audrey Schaapveld, Grace Tolefson, Carol Longley Custodians: I to r: Bud Hulleman, Willard Swanson. Not Pictured: Morris Hanson 59 FACULTY Ms Vera Mmge Special Education Ms Pat Fleahman Jr High English Mr John Muir Social Studies Mr. Jim Hance Jr High Math Mr Cal Hinrichs Industrial Arts Ms Sandy Foster Librarian Mr John Haskell ISS Program Ms Deb Hauge Jr High Science Ms Darlene Hop Math Mr Dan Kerns Band Ms Linda Rahne Special Education 60 YFACULTYFAC LTYFACUL1 Ms Barb Bristow English Mr Dan Thiele Sr High Science Ms Peg Ohnsorg Vocal Music Ms. Sue Stalnaker Home Ec Ms. Sandy Bolin Jr High Social Mr. Chuck Heitz Industrial Arts Ms Joan Rosengren Health Phy Ed. Ms. Connie Roberg Business Education Ms. Caren Kaienda Mr Joan Campbell Reading Spanish French Health Phy Ed 61 THE CLASS OF ’81 Brian Berntson Tom Bialka Deb Bolin Chris Bouley Ken Bower Steve Davis Craig Ebel Wayne Enger Greg Fischer Sandy Geisler Dennis Gerke Randy Gramsey Tim Hayes Anita Holz Tim Kollar Rick Lemonds Donna LeVoir Dawn Loven Doug McConnell Kurt Mathison Diane Maurer Val Mertens Chen Middlestadt Teresa Miller Karlene Mitchell 62 ’81 Bryan Nelson Karen Panayotoff Dawn Pavlik Laurie Peterson Tim Peterson Betty Poirier Kan Rasmussen Wendy Reierson Sheri Rickard Scott Rogers John Ross Gary Rudlong Kelly Scribner Deb Seehafer Dori Skoog Marv Sobama Dave Swanson Greg Switala Tim Taylor Mike Theis Dave VanHee Chuck VanderVenter Dave Walker Lorn Werner Dana Westrum 63 Teresa Miller shows off the Junior Homecoming Wall. THE CLASS OF ’82 Allen Ahlgrim Randy Anderson Chris Bower Wendi Brenteson Curt Angell Deb Barnett Rick Beaulieu Tom Behm Matt Boenish Jeff Borchardt 64 ’82 Russ Bring Mary Buckley LuAnn Curtis Vicky Davis Annette Dearborn Bob Dryer Jodi Earney Chad Erbe Paul Faust Toni Flicek Barb Forsythe Jerry Fyle Diane Gotzian Marilyn Gramsey Dale Hance Ronda Hansen Tammy Hathaway Sue Hayes Laura Hengemuehle Allen Higgins Theresa Hogfeldt Jean Hurlbert Lori Iverson Donna Jensen Scott Keeler 65 ’82 Ed King Cathy Kollar Jerome Kollar Mary Kollar Jill Kordash Jody Kordash Shawn Kujawa Tern Lemonds Demse McDowall Steve Meltzer Becky Meyer Synde Miller Tammy Morafka Ron Moshier John Nagorski Shelly Nass David Oakes Robin Olson Pam Orrock Julie Pavlik Mike Peterson Rob Pittman Julia Reed Kelly Rose Scott Rudlong 66 ’82 NOT PICTURED Joel Aleckson Tim Artman Shelia Dolsen Kevin Gwash Jake Leger Tom Monson Robert Ramthun Jim Shierts Cinde Smith THE CLASS OF ’83N 67 83 RESHMENFI NFRESHMENF Jon Baldwin Tammy Bast Lori Baumgart Kim Beaulieu Bonnie Boeke Brian Bouley Chris Carlson Mike Carlson Rick Carlson Terry Carlson SandiCoash Dave Collins Nettie Danzl Brenda Erbe Mark Eull Sandy Fairbanks Donna Fisher Robyn Fisher Brian Folkens Bruce Folkens Prima Fowler Sonia Gabrielson Jeff Groustra Wanda Gulbranson Mike Hance 68 ’83 Scott Hayes Jeff Hemecke Jodie Jacobsen Angie Johnson Doug Johnson Tammy Johnson Bruce Kist Shelly Klatt Katy Koppi Mary Krai Kellie Krause Lisa Kronbeck Pete LeVoir Sally LeVoir Dan Laverenz Kevin Loegenng Todd Lund Jerry Lytle Cindi McConnell John McPherson Beth Maurer Sue Meyer Scott Morrow Lori Moshier Tom Nagorski 69 ’83 Holly Nyberg Lome Patzoldt Kim Peacock Kim Peterson Charles Poirier Norma Poore Beth Rath Jackie Reierson Jerry Rickard Tammy Rogers Terry Rudlong Deb Skoog Pam Stem Dale Struffert Ron Swanson Sandy Syverson Darin Upham Mike VanHee Brett Weller Rita Woolhouse Not Pictured Tim DeMars Don Hall Vic Olson Clarette Pedgmski Gail Ramthum Larry Stonestom 70 THE CLASS OF ’84 Row 1 (I to r): Jane Bouley. Jodi Klatt, Robbie Fisher Chris DeMars. Rhonda Danzl, Deb Bebo, Kevin Gallus. Sally Dolsen. Scott Ja- cobsen. Barb Johnson Row 2, Lori Gwash Patty Haling, Angie Brown. Kathy Johnson. Michele Hansen Diane Bower Dana Jensen. Leea Kamletz, Kim Kampa Donna Brown Row 3, Rob Aasen Ken King, Jennifer Kordash, Troy Brenteson. Steve Gruber. Dan Bor- chardt, Tad Hengemuehle. Todd Cox. Laura Hansmann. Chris Iverson. Julie Arneson. Lisa Dearborn Not Pictured Dorothy Farr Jeanme Farr, Beth Forss. Dan Holtan, Mark LaDew Row 1 (I to r) Russell Lumley. Kris Pavlik. Renee Morafka Lynn M.ddlestadt Renee Olson, Bret Olson. Andrea Kronbeck Denny Mei- tzer Row 2 Nancy McMullen, Tony Woolhouse, Kevin Leslie. Doug Larson. Craig McDowall, Berme Miller Erich Moschkau David Monson Lisa Skinner Row 3 Tanya Thomas, Tern Shipman. Marcia Nolden Wendy McConnell. David Moschkau. Paul Stem Doug Muir, Karth Mitchell. Bnan Rasmussen. Keith Mathison. Not Pictured: Julie Springer, Shelly LaBau, Joe Peterson Pat Sweeney Jes- sie Voght. Betty Walker Mark White 71 THE CLASS OFR’85 1st Row, L to R: Tim Johnson, Kevin Kampa, Linda Bielinski, Sue Dye, Missy Earney, Penny Gotzian, Kris Beaulieu, Jim Compton, Ken Boenish, Dale Eull, Row 2: Renee Hall, Kim Haberman, Denny Hipsag, Mike Jones, Mark Gabrielson, Deann Barnett, Jeff Eckholm, Mike Juhl, Linda Gramsey, Koreen Johnson. Row 3: Morton Arneson, Tim Juhl, Rick Baumgartner, Michelle Johnson, Erik Arthur, Phillip Kollar, Jeff Geisler, Alona Habeger, Sheri Angell, Mark Hagen, Diane Alcott. Not pictured: Vicky Anderson. 1st Row, L to R: Loren Swanson, David Olson, Brian Rasmussen, Tim Weller, Troy Yager, Kiirsten LaBau, Andy Pittman, Corrame Peterson, Sonia Simoneau, John McKusick, Janet Rath. Row 2: Rhonda Palmquist, Barb Meyer, Jodi Skoog, Cathy Laverick, Leona Provencher, Traci Stem, Done Thramer, Doreen Nyberg, Jill Thomas, Robm Yetzer, Bill Wilts, Tony Werp, Laurie Rogers. Row 3: Scott Olson, Dale Theis, Paul Maurstad, Derek Walraven, Sheri Struffert, Lisa Valliant, Holli Stolp, Shelly Schueller, Mike Syverson Paul Sundstrom, Colleen Patzoldt, Sarah White. Not pictured. Linda Syverson. 72 Val Hayes and Carol Hance receive well-deserved awards. Sheri Smith and Bubba Smith receive softball and basketball awards. Barefoot In The Park 1980 Junior-Senior Prom POFM TO THE SENIORS Another vear goes passing by Another Prom is here To some this brings a joyous smile To others, brings a tear For four years you have tread a path From dawn to setting sun But now the path gets steeped And the climb is just begun We re very glad to know you We II miss you when you've gone And to the class of 80 We dedicate our Prom. Prom Committee: Row 1 (L to R) Donna LeVoir, Tim Hayes, Karen Panayotoff, Row 2; Laurie Peterson, Deedee Maurer, Dana Wes trum, Cheri Middlestadt, Row 3; Ken Bower, Cindy Wold, Jeff Huggett, Val Mertens. Zfic Class of SO On May 29, 1980 we met in the study hall room to sign caps, pin on yellow roses and to clown around for the last time with our classmates. As the ceremony drew near we were happy, excited and even a little nervous, but the feeling as we walked in was pride. Salutatorian Lonnie Rose and Vale- dictorian Brian Meltzer delivered speeches on friendship and hope in the future. The class was presented and we received our long-awaited diplomas. Our feeling at that time was captured in the picture of Marie Tischbirek, a Special Ed graduate. Graduation ended with the congratulations of Principal Richard Strand and saying goodbye to our classmates and friends. PERSONALIZE YOUR YEARBOOK ... ' 'Ji K The 1980 Laker Staff would like to thank all the people who contributed their time and effort to this edition of the Laker. We would like to give special recognition to the following: Ms. Connie Roberg for her dedication and support. Mr Floyd Graham for his photographic abilities and contribu- tions. The Monticello Times and the West Sherburne Tribune for their photographs. Big Lake High School Central Council for their financial contri- bution. Our faculty and adminstration for their support. And especially the Students of Big Lake High who made this book possible. I, Steve Angeli, will my running abilities to Jack White. I. Bruce Aubrl will my ability to run the school to Tim Hayes. -jra ILi Cindy Bialka, will my old boy friends to Wendy Reiersoii Deb I, Becky Collins, will my studying habits to Chu I, Karin Haggqvist, will mv .vedish Accent ¥ i e, will my father, the I, Carol Hance, m to Ken Bower. I, Sharrie Harris, will my attendance recor d in i I, Val Hayes, will my obnoxious sense of humor Doug McConnell I, Sue Huribert, will my sister Jean to Dave Swai I, Sue Fish, will my car to Karlene Mitchell. I, Dave Halvorson, will my car to Dave Walker. I, Michelle Keeler, will and to Laurie Peterson. nson. P.S. Jean's bags are packed. ____________ I my. Gymnast7. abii t� e$ to Val M ' i W-v ik • s Jafei I, Tim Kruse, will my driving mb) I, Shelly Lemonds, will my height to 4f1ene Mitchell 1, Laura Woolston, wiii ly to TS0 Eople to Tim Hayes. 84 I M 1, Steve Lesi'f will my driving ability to Dave Swanson Jff P Wt “ I, Roger t' ngering, will my athletic supporter to Wayne Lnger umlev - 14m; Moshier, will my big mouth to Anita Holz. 1, Sue Nelson, will my partying ability to Dana Westrum. 1, Lonnie Rose, will my hair to Dana Westrum. j$ jmk. Ai y i 1, Scott Ross, will my skipping ability to Karen Panayotoff. I, Todd Skinnfr, will my good eating habits to Chris Bouley. I, BUBBA Bill Smithi, will my hustle to Wayne Enger. . J, Sher Smith, will my bend warming abilitie to Cheri Middlestadt. 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