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

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1983 volume:

PRESENTING THE CLASS OF 1983 CLASS COLORS: Burgundy and Silver CLASS SONG: Time For Me To Fly (REO) CLASS FLOWER: Cream Rose CLASS MOTTO: It makes all the difference whether we see darkness through the light or brightness through the shadows. Kristy L. Aleckson Lisa K. Anthony Christopher N. Asplund •Jon A. Baldwin Sandra L. Fairbanks Donna M. Fisher Robyn D. Fisher ‘Brian C. Folkens ‘Denotes Honor Students 5 Scott A. Hayes Jodie R. Jacobsen •Angela M. Johnson Douglas L. Johnson Tammy L. Johnson Michelle M. Klatt Katherine K. Koppi Mary A. Krai 6 Lisa M. Kronbeck Peter A. LeVoir Sally A. LeVoir Anna-Karin Lingham Kevin C. Loegering ‘Cindi K. McConnell David W. Lynas Lori J. Moshier Jerome J. Lytle Tom F. Nagorski ZL Elizabeth A. Maurer Holly S. Nyberg Denotes Honor Students 7 SENIOR HALL OF FAME •'Most Brains Cindi McConnell Mike Hance “Friendliest Nettie Danzl Kevin Loegermg Best Dressed Kristy Aleckson Scott Hayes Class Flirts Lisa Anthony Tom Wicklace 8 “Most Likely to Take Home to Mom Dad Sally LeVoir Brian Folkens “Motor Mouth Lori Moshier Mike Carlson “Most Athletic Angie Johnson Mike VanHee “Class Clowns Kim Peterson Jeff Groustra Shyest” Donna Fisher Jerry Lytle “Nicest Smile” Brenda Erbe Mike Lassila 9 Victor Olson Lome R. Patzoldt Kimberly A. Peacock Kimberly A. Peterson Charles J. Poirier Gail R. Ramthun Jacquelyn A. Reierson Terry M. Rudlong Deborah L. Skoog Dale E. Struffert Sandra L. Syverson Darin R. Upham 10 •Michael J. VanHee Raymond W. Watson Brett A. Weller Thomas M. Wicklace Rita J. Woolhouse NOT PICTURED Timothy M. Artmann Dion T. Boos Robin R. Boros Linda A. Johnson Michael J. Lassila Susan L. Meyer Donald H. Springsteen Ron R. Swanson •Denotes Honor Students 11 ueen Tamm and King Mike Homecoming Candidates: 1 Srs Brenda Erbe. ’Mike Van Hee. Mary Krai. Tom Nagorski. Kim Peacock. Kevin Loegermg. Net- tie Danzl. Jeff Groustra. ’Tammy Johnson. Mike Hance. 2. Jrs Tanya Thomas. ’Tony Woolhouse. ’Wendy McConnell. Dan Borchardt. Lynn Middlestadt. Tom Baird. 3 Sophs Missy Earney. ’Dennis Hipsag. Sheri Angell. Barry McLouth. ’Soma Simoneau. Troy Yager. 4 Fresh ’Terri Laity. Todd Teige. Julie Yetzer. ’Brad Hayes. Joelle Faunce. Dan Syverson. ‘Denotes Class Winner 13 4 U£ lnesday ite Color of . saW 1 ’CxM Day t bcM-Kr t-,11 vJOaarie 73C 9 The annual Homecoming Week is always some- thing to remember, and 1982 was no exception. The week started off with Monday being jersey and hat day, buttons went on sale, and the Mr. and Miss Hush contest started. Mike VanHee and Tammy Johnson were crowned reigning king and queen during Mon- day evenings coronation which was set to the theme Looking to the Future . Coronation was preceded by an early evening volleyball game with Elk River. Tuesday was dress-up day and the volleyball team had another game, this time at Maple Lake. The stu- dents and faculty wore their favorite color on Wednesday, the student-faculty volleyball games were held, and slaves, consisting of various students and teachers, were sold. The volleyball team trav- eled to Rockford to beat the Rockets in two games on Thursday. The slaves carried out duties issued by their owners and everyone wore their favorite sweat- shirt. Friday was the traditional blue and gold day, carnations went on sale, and an exciting pepfest was held in the afternoon. At the pepfest the Sopho- mores were judged to have the best poster in the poster contest and winners of the Mr. and Miss Hush contest were announced. Maple Lake arrived to play our Hornets in a rousing game of football and the traditional dance followed the game. 8 15 Sno-Daze Sno-Daze '83 began Monday night with Coronation. The Sno-Daze candidates were dressed in the traditional for- mal attire. Kevin and Angie were crowned King and Queen and reigned over the week's activities. Monday's activities also included Ski-Sweater and Leg Warmer day' and a Girls Basketball game between Eden Valley-Watkins. Tues- day was 'Class Day', all the classes had different things to dress-up in. The Wrestlers greeted Becker and treated their parents to a win on what was 'Parents' Night'. The Boys Basketball and the Gymnastics teams traveled to Sartell and Rockford. Wednesday was Basketball games between the classes' and a 'Slave Auction' was held. Thursday was 'Grub Day’, and 'Slaves perform day.' Fri- day was the traditional 'Blue and Gold Day', with an excit- ing pepfest that got everyone fired up for the game against Maple Lake. The Sno-Daze dance followed the game with music provided by Valhalla. After all the activities during the week one could say we had a PERFECT week. Mary Krai. Ray Watson. Nettie Danzl. Kevin Loegering, Angie Johnson. Jeff Grous tra. Prima Fowler. Mike Hance. Anna-Karm Lingham. Tom Wicklace VARSITY VOLLEYBALL: (L to R) Row 1: Sheryl Struftert. Deb Skoog. Row 2: Renee Morafka. Pam Stein, Diane Bower. Sheri Angell. Row 3: Coach Rosengren, Coach Hauge. Tracy Stein, Rhonda Danzl. Missy Earney. Angie Johnson, Lynn Middlestadt — Mgr Deann Barnett — Mgr Row 4 Deb Bebo. Carrie Angell — Mascot. Nancy Aschnewitz. 20 Volleyball had one of their best and most exciting seasons ever. With the Big Lake Varsity team finish- ing second in the central Minnesota Conference. Other highlights during the season included the Sar- tell Invitational tournament. At the tournament Big Lake placed 4th overall, which is the best they have ever done at a highly competitive invitational. All- conference for the season went to Pam Stein and Nancy Aschnewitz; second team went to Angie John- son and Sheri Angell. Big Lake's Volleyball program also had two other great accomplishments. The seventh grade team won the conference invitational tournament held at Big Lake and the B team had a 5-2 season which placed them third in the B squad conference stand- ings. B-Team: (L to R) Row 1: MGR Deann Barnet. Coach Hauge. MGR Lynn Middlestadt. Row 2: Tern Lally. Penny Gotzian. Joelle Faunce. Julie Springer Row 3: Linda Gramsey. Deb As- plund. Jeannette Scott. Soma Simoneau Row 4 Anna-Karm Lmgham. Lori Trom. Robyn Fisher. Julie Hollenbeck C-Team. (L to R) Row 1 Michelle Miller. Kirstin Arthur. Anna Gramsey. Jenny Aasen. Sarah Arthur. Patty Aschnewitz. Wendy Ryan. Sally Nocton. Denise Bebo. Kelly Ronayne Row 2: Dina Bower. Karla Gruber. Charity Swanson. Kim Peterson. Debra Larson. Tammy Benker. Jody Gabrielson Michelle Mansfield. Row 3: Coach Anderson. Stephanie Backlund. Janet Nelson. Jenny Fisher. Tammee Walraven. Becky Jacobsen. Karen Simoneau. Misty Ludens. Damka Spaulding. Coach Herbst Football Varsity: (L to R) Row 1: Tony Woolhouse, Mike VanHee. Kevin Loegering. Tom Baird. Dennis Hipsag. Loren Swanson. Bill Wilts. Chris Zamorano. Tim Juhl. Row 2: Phil Kollar. Darin Upham. David Moschkau. Doug Muir. Tom Wicklace. Mark LaDew. Bruce Folkens. Dan Borchardt. Brian Folkens. Row 3 Coach John Muir, Karth Mitchell. Mike Juhl. Steve Gruber. Ray Watson. Lane Beier. Rob Aasen. Kevin Gallus. Scott Nocton. Mgr: Bob Moratka. Mgr: Coach John Haskell The Hornet scoreboard read Big Lake 0 St. Johns Preps 0 at the end of regulation time. Both teams prepared for sudden death. The Hornets won the coin toss and elected to go on defense. After start- ing on the 10 yd. line and being tackled for a 9 yd loss, the Preps scored on a pass into the deep corner of the end zone. The extra point kick was good — St. Johns led 7-0. Now the Hornets turn to try and score. Lining up in a Power I formation QB Rob Aasen faked to Mike VanHee and threw a pass into the end zone in the direction of receivers Brian Folkens and Kevin Loegering. Both Hornets jumped into the air. with Loegering coming down with the ball TOUCHDOWN BIG LAKE! The scoreboard flashed the story Preps 7 Big Lake 6. Now for the all important extra point. The Hornets needing 2 pts to win. set up in their well known spread extra point play indicating a pass was in the works. St. John's called time out to discuss proper cover- age. Both teams lined up again as the referee put the ball in play, Big Lake called time out as tension mounted. Again the ball was put into play. The snap went not to the QB as everyone suspected but to FB Ray Watson who sprinted to his right for the goalline. The Preps were caught by surprise but quickly recovered and two linebackers met Watson at the goal line, but Watson was not to be denied today as he blasted through the defenders for the score. The players and fans erupted as the scoreboard flashed the final score Hornets 8 Preps 7. great way to end the season! The spirited Hornets were captained by 3 year starters Mike Van- Hee and Ray Watson as well as big Tom Wicklace at tackle and Kevin Loegering at Wingback. VanHee led the team in rushing with 589 yds. Loegering with pass receiving for 212 yds. Watson led the team in tackles with 110 and defensive points worth 303. Wicklace led the team in offensive point chart totals with 169. The Hornets were known throughout the conference for a hard hitting, blitzing defense and a power running game. Mike VanHee was selected to first team All Conference at running back and second team linebacker. Wick- lace was chosen to the second team at both offensive and defensive tackle. 22 J V Row 1 (L to R) Wayne Simoneau. Brett Fowler. Paul Johnson. Bill Wilts. Andy Pittman. Loren Swanson Row 2: Jeff Putnam. Gary Lindsey. Dennis Hipsag. Ted Provencher. Terry Bottema. Chris Zamorano. Row 3: Coach John Haskell. Jim Compton. Sean McElhone. Rick Baumgartner. Tim Juhl. Erik Arthur Mgrs.: Bob Morafka. Scott Nocton. VARSITY SCORES B.L. 6 Onamia 21 B.L. -10 STMA 0 B.L. 0 Kimball 27 B.L. 12 Maple Lake 28 B.L. 14 EV-W 20 B.L. 6 Becker 27 B.L. 0 Sartell 41 B.L. 6 Holdmgford 18 B.L. 8 St. John's 7 8th Grade Row 1 (L to R) Bob Putnam. David Biasing. Bob Engvall. Dan Hans- mann. Chuck Trom. Todd Moffitt. Chandler Farr. Keith Allen. Paul Loven. Row 2 Coach Dan Thiele. Scott Moshier. Steve Smallish. Bradley Pederson. David Peterson Mike Stem. Richard Haling. Brad Saari. Tom Moffitt. Mike McGuiggan 7th Grade Row 1 (L to R) Sean Danzl. Mark Dickenson. Billy Maurer. Mark Skoog. Tony Frobuccmo. Troy Teige. Mike Schueller. Row 2 Joey Peterson. Troy Nass. Travis Eckholm. Ray Aschnewitz. Tim Gallus. Jeff Lindsey. Heath Stolp. Row 3 Eric Moshier. Scott Thompson. John McChesney. Pete Soare. Dave Bring. Larry Bottema. Tom Johnson. Coach Tom Foehrenbacher Right; VARSITY DANCELINE: L to R. Joelle Faunce. Mary Krai. Angie Johnson. Sonia Si- moneau. Nettie Danzl. Angie Brown. Tammy Johnson, Missy Earney. Deb Asplund. Deann Barnett. Holli Stolp. Pam Stem. Bottom Right; AL- TERNATES: Terri Lally. Angie Brown. Tanya Rose. Michelle Hansen The Big Lake Lakettes along with the Elk River Silhouettes com- bined efforts and talents and participated together for the American Heart Fund. Money was raised with pledges from a Dance-a-thon held at ERHS. and both teams had fun performing together to the routine “HEART ATTACK . A new look was the main emphasis for the Big Lake Lakettes this year. During Football Homecoming and many Basketball games, the danceline showed off brand new uniforms. A sense of pride was felt by those who wore the uniforms as well as by those who watched. The Lakettes had much direction and leadership with five seniors making up the largest part of the line: Mary Krai. Nettie Danzl. Angie Johnson. Tammy Johnson, and Pam Stein. Pam Stein was also the captain during the season and has been on the line for four years, beginning as a freshman on up. Congratulations to a year with many accomplishments. 24 CHEERLEADERS Once again, the Big Lake Hornets’ Cheerleading squads performed consistently well throughout the school year. The football squad was led by veteran cheerleader Patti Haling, and Junior Kathy Johnson. The squad's majority consisted of four new freshman faces; Lisa Hansen, Jayne Lumley. Mary Meyer, and Julie Yetzer. The basketball squad had the experience of Lisa Hansen and Janie Bouley. The other members were new to the squad: Deb Bebo. Diane Bower, Ann Sularz, and Lori Trom. A junior high squad was added to the program and consisted of three eighth graders and three seventh graders. Many compliments were received from students, staff, and parents on the successful performances of all the squads. Top Left: FOOTBALL CHEER- LEADERS: Row 1, L to R, Ju- lie Yetzer. Mary Meyer, Jayne Lumley Row 2. Patti Haling, Kathy Johnson. Lisa Hansen. Middle Left: BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS: Row 1. L to R. Ann Sularz. Diane Bower Row 2. Deb Bebo. Lisa Han- sen. Row 3. Jane Bouley Bot- tom Left: JUNIOR HIGH CHEERLEADERS: Row 1. L to R. Becky Jacobsen. Sally Nocton. Vestisha Henderson Row 2. Kirstin Arthur. Lisa Johnson. Teri McGowan Girls Basketball The 1982-83 Basketball team showed improvement in many areas such as team unity, defensive play, hustle, and dedication. They demonstrated a super attitude and played with a lot of heart throughout the season. The team regrets that they will be losing this years Seniors, Pam Stein, Anna-Karin Lingham. Mary Krai, and Robyn Fisher. Pam was a key re- bound er and Anna demonstrated what a willingness and desire to learn can do for a person. Mary was the spark plug” of the team and will be missed for her enthusiasm, positive attitude, and hustle. Robyn who was nicknamed Wrong Way early in her basketball career finally learned to play the Right Way and earned the well deserved recognition of an All- Conference player. Best of luck to all the Seniors. Varsity Scores BL 19 STMA 39 BL 25 EV-W 66 BL 34 Onamia 18 BL 28 Becker 52 BL 16 Monticello 58 BL 23 St. John's 46 BL 27 St. John's 32 BL 39 Kimball 29 BL 33 Kimball 22 BL 37 Maple Lake 34 BL 30 Cathedral 35 BL 29 Holdingford 61 BL 27 Maple Lake 34 BL 18 EV-W 65 BL 11 Sartell 37 BL 35 Becker 52 BL 27 Holdingford 39 BL 13 Sartell 41 DISTRICT TOURNAMENT BL 33 St. John’s 36 Varsity. Row 1: (L to R) Coach Dan Thiele. Sonia Simoneau. Mgr Corrine Petersen. Anna Lingham. Mgr Gail Ramthun. Sheri Angell. Coach Sharon Kowalski Row 2 Holli Stolp. Rhonda Danzl. Lynn Middlestadt. Shelly Schueller Row 3: Robyn Fisher. Nancy Aschnewitz. Mary Krai. Pam Stein. JV Row 1: (L to R) Coach Dan Thiele. Row 2 Mgr Corrine Petersen. Sonia Simoneau. Deb Asplund. Sheri Angell. Holli Stolp. Shelly Schueller. Julie Hollenbeck. Pam Rasmussen. Kim Juhl. Mgr Gail Ramthun 7th Grade. Row 1: (L to R) Kirstm Arthur. Stacie Abram. Lisa Olson. Laura Polsfuss. Debbie Larson Row 2: Wendy Johnson. Sherry Berthiaume. Melanie Johnson. Coach Jean Miller 8th Grade. Row 1 (L to R) Anna Gramsey. Kris Lemonds. Lora McMullen Row 2 Michele Nielsen. Karla Gruber. Mgr Sarah Ar- thur. Danika Spaulding. Jenny Aasen Row 3: Kim Peterson. Coach Deb Hauge. Steph Backlund Boys Basketball VARSITY: Row 1.1 to r: Johnny Bruns, Ballboy; Kevin Loegering. Brian Folkens. Tom Wicklace. Craig McDowell — Mgr ; Scott Hayes. Bruce Folkens. Ray Watson. Brett Weller — Photographer Row 2 Coach John Bruns. Troy Yager. Troy Brenteson. Brad Hayes. Paul Stein, Jeff Geisler. Rob Aasen. Asst. Coaches: Tom Foehrenbacher, John Muir. The Varsity Basketball season was a year of constant im- provement from beginning to end. It was said toward the end of the season that we were improving but would we reach our potential by the end of the year, or would we run out of games? Probably the best game of the season was our tour- nament victory over Royalton. But then, drained mentally and physically we lost to Becker the runner-up team in the District, ending our season. Congratulations to all the seniors: they will be missed next year. Special recognition goes to Brian Folkens who was chosen second team all-conference and Tom Wicklace who was chosen 1st team all-conference. 28 JUNIOR VARSITY Row 1.1 to r Bill Paulsen. Philip Kollar. Jett Eckholm. Jeff Geisler. Brad Hayes. Troy Yager. Dennis Hipsag. Ted Provencher. Terry Bottema Row 2 Scott Nocton. Doug Hayes. Bob Morafka. Todd Teige. Mark Gabrielson. Jody Fisher. Coach John Muir. 8th GRADE: Row 1. I to r: Tim Rudlong. Eric Petersen. Bob Putnam. David Peterson. Mike Stem. Dana Peters. Scott Moshier Row 2 David Biasing. Jack Vogt. Ty Hengemuehle. Danny Hansmann. Darrik Spaulding. Bruce Greer Row 3 Paul Loven. Brian Johnson. Dave Miller. Brad Sarri. Tom Moffitt. Coach Tom Foehrenbacher. 7th GRADE Row 1.1 to r: Jason McGraw. Jamie Fhcek. Troy Teige. Joel Westrum. Brett Hollenbeck. Roy Bronson Row 2 Peter Soare. Jeff Lind- sey. Heath Stolp. Mike Schueller. Ray Aschnewitz Row 3 Alex Spaulding. Mark Skoog. Tim Gallus. Coach Anderson. Tom Johnson. Mark Dicken- son. Larry Bottema Varsity Scores BL 43 STMA 45 BL 44 St. Johns 56 BL 50 Rockford 35 BL 48 Monticello 54 BL 47 Foley 43 BL 44 Sartell 46 BL 50 Kimball 58 BL 54 Kimball 64 BL 64 Becker 79 BL 47 Becker 70 BL 57 EVW 76 BL 55 EVW 70 BL 45 Sartell 62 BL 72 Maple Lake 94 BL 44 Maple Lake 67 BL 51 St. Johns 64 BL 67 Holdingford 57 BL 45 Holdingford 46 DISTRICT TOURNAMENT BL 49 Royalton 36 BL 34 Becker 67 29 Gymnastics The Big Lake Varsity Gymnastics Team set a lot of goals this season and met most of them. Missy Earney, a sopho- more and Joelle Faunce, a freshman, led their team in both leadership and team points, being the only two upperclass- men on the team. Other team members included three eighth graders: Beth Johnson, Kathy Meyer, and Korie Mon- son, along with one seventh grader: Patty Aschnewitz. Despite being a very young team, they started scoring in the 80's and finished the season in the 100's. At Sub-Regions Big Lake scored 106.6 which is the highest team total ever scored by this young BL gymnastic team! Also at Sub-Re- gions Kathy Meyer placed 9th on beam. Jill Sularz 12th in the all-around category. Thus, these three girls represented Big Lake at Regions with the highest finish being Joelle on beam, placing 7th, and 9th in all-around, scoring a personal best of 30 points. The Big Lake B squad, almost entirely made up of sev- enth graders, had a very respectable 4-7 season, starting out as a team in the 50's and ending in the high 70 s. The Big Lake Gymnasts have some promising seasons ahead, and some terrific meets to watch, if these gymnasts stick togeth- er during their high school years! Varsity: L to R Missy Earney. Kathy Meyer. Beth Johnson. Joelle Faunce. Patty Aschnewitz. Jill Sularz. Korie Monson. Coach Joan Rosengren. Spotter Ronda Hansen. Mgr Deann Barnett. Jr Varisty. Row 1: (L to R). Beth Waldron, Mel Burman. Michelle Miller, Jenny Fisher. Dina Bower. Chantelle Mitchell. Sally Nocton. Row 2. Lori Werp. Linda Johnson. Jodi Gabrielson. Jami Fletcher. Bridget McKinney. Joy Sularz. Deanna McKusick. Mgr Deann Barnett. Coach Shari Prigge Wrestling Varsity Wrestling: Row 1. L to R: Todd Moffitt. Russ Lumley. Andy Pittman. Ken Boenish. Rod Zamorano. Rick Bouley Row 2: Steve Gruber. Karth Mitchell. Doug Muir. Mike VanHee, Tim Juhl Row 3 Coach Ganyo. John Weiss, Richard Haling. Gary Lindsey. Greg McGuiggan. Mike McGuiggan. Jett Putnam. Coach Haskell. Wrestling as a sport has wedged its foot into the door of competitive- ness. As a team the Hornets only won one match but were able to be very close in most of their meets. It's been a long haul but as the sport grows in Big Lake we find that our opponents no longer expect an easy victory but realize that if they don't wrestle to the best of their ability a victory is not theirs. We are a solid competitive team with bright expectations for next year. As a team we lose just one senior and with a returning nucleus of some very fine wrestlers the BL Wrestling team will continue its climb towards winning seasons. Individual wrestlers who had outstanding seasons: Mike VanHee. Co- Captain. Sr.. 138-145 lbs. 14-6-1. Mike had 2nd best record in BL history; placed 4th or better in three invitational tournaments, was 4th at Dist. and was a Region 7A entrant. Mike was a fine leader and will be greatly missed. Steve Gruber, Co-Captain, Jr., Hwt. Hon. Mention All-Conf.. 18-6. Steve had the best season ever for a BL wrestler. He placed 1st at the Maple Lake Trny., 2nd at the Holdingford Trny., 2nd at Dist. and 6th at Regions. This was the highest place finisher at Regions in BL wrestling history. Tim Juhl, Sop., 138-145. Hon. Mention All-Conf., 11-11-1. 4-1 conf. record. Tim is a hard working solid wrestler with the promise of big things next year. Russ Lumley. Jr.. 119-126, 12-11. Region entrant. 4th at Dist. Russ will have an outstanding senior year due to his raw ability and outstanding attitude. Doug Muir, Jr., 167, 11-14. Region entrant. 3rd in Dist.. 3rd in St. Cloud Cathedral Trny.. 4th at Maple Lake Trny. Doug who was 0-15 two years ago has improved to a 23-25 record for the last two seasons. I see Doug as a big winner for us next season. With the nucleus of talent returning and the attitude that these fine young men have shown, the outlook for wrestling at Big Lake looks bright. 32 m.9 1 I Won! 2 The thrill of victory. 3. Steve goes for the pm 4 Almost!! 5 Let's win this one for Haskell 6 Say Uncle!!” Varsity Track: Row 1. L to R Tim Juhl. Lane Beier. Chuck Poirier. Doug Muir. Ken Finne. Pete LeVoir Row 2 Coach Thiele. Johi McKusick. Ray Watson. Mike VanHee. Chris Zamorano. Doug Hayes. Coach Muir Boys Track It was a cool wet spring, nevertheless the Boys Hornet Track Team had another fine season. Led by seniors Pete LeVoir. Ray Watson. Mike VanHee. Chuck Poirier and Jerry Lytle the Hornets finished in the middle of both the Conference and District Meets. Injuries kept the team from finishing higher as Mike VanHee suffered a hamstring pull midway through the season and sophomore standout Phil Kollar was unable to compete due to open heart surgery. Individual highlights include a new school re- cord in the pole vault (12'6 ) by LeVoir and Pete also won the School Decathalon for the second time in Avon. Ray Watson was Conference Cham- pion in the 100 meter dash (11.3) and the long jump (20'5 ). Ray was also District Long Jump Champion. Both Pete and Ray advanced to the Region 5A Meet in three events. Many other mem- bers of the team compiled personal records over the season and Coach Muir was very pleased with the effort made by every member. 34 Varsity Track: Row 1, L to R: Denise Bebo. Corrine Petersen. Kathy Meyer. Patty Aschnewitz. Joy Sularz. DeAnna McKusick. Row 2 Holli Stolp — Mgr . Deb Asplund. Chris Garman. Pam Stein. Robyn Fisher. Kirstin Arthur Row 3: Coach John Haskell. Bridget McKinney. Vestisha Henderson, Sarah Arthur. Michelle Miller. Beth Johnson. Coach Sharon Kowalski Girls Track This years Track Team was very young but had strong leadership pro- vided by Robyn Fisher and Pam Stein. The majority of the team was made up of seventh graders who competed at both the Junior High and Varsity level. The seventh grade team did very well this year by taking first at all the Junior High Meets. The Varsity team, however, lacked the depth and overall experience to score well as a team but in their own individual events they showed a lot of improvement. Deb Asplund broke the school record in the mile for a personal best at the Monticello Meet. At the Dis- trict Meet almost everyone improved their times or distances. Robyn Fisher qualified for the Region Meet at Wa- conia despite an injury she had two weeks before. At the Region Meet Ro- byn threw the shot put 34'2 which earned her a fourth. Robyn's super atti- tude and athletic abilities will definitely be missed by next years team. 36 Varsity Baseball; Row 1. L to R Andy Noble — batboy. Kevin loegermg, Mike Hance. Paul Stem. Randy Garman. Kevin Gallus. Troy Brenteson. Maudy Juhl — batboy. Row 2 Lynn Middlestadt — Mgr . Jody Fisher. Loren Swanson. Jim Compton. Jeff Eckholm. Denny Hipsag. Troy Vager. Coach Anderson. Deann Barnett — Mgr Baseball Sometimes I wonder if we're playing baseball or weather ball. In the middle of March it looked like an early spring. In the middle of April it was still winter. Once the games started so did the wind. Twenty-five to thirty mile per hour winds were not uncommon. The weather was wild and so was our pitching, fielding and hitting. The last two weeks of the season everything came under control — the weather, the pitchers, the fielders and the hitters. For the second year in a row we started playing good baseball a little too late. However, better late than never. Next year a better start is at the top of the list for an even more successful season. Congratulations and good luck to Kevin Loegering. All-Conference; and Mike Hance 2nd Team All-Confer- ence. Jr High Baseball. Row 1. L to R: Tim Gallus. Ray Aschnewiti. Jack Vogt. David Biasing. Darrik Spaulding. Todd Moffitt. Dave Miller. Mike Johnson. Row 2 Mike McGuiggan. Erik Moshier. Brian Johnson. Mike Stein. Paul Loven. Scott Moshier. Brad Saan. Tom Moffitt. Coach Foehrenbacher BL Varsity Scores 9 Rockford 9 BL 3 Monticello 10 BL 10 Royalton 9 BL 4 Becker Tournament 5 BL 6 St. Michael Albertville 5 BL 4 Maple Lake 11 BL 0 Eden Valley — Watkins 5 BL 4 St. Johns Prep 10 BL 0 Monticello 14 BL 0 Kimball 5 BL 2 Holdingford 3 BL 5 Sartell 10 BL 7 Foley 8 BL 11 Becker 1 DISTRICTS BL 4 Royalton 3 BL 5 Holdingford 6 s 0 f t b a 1 I O £ $ Varsity Softball: Row 1. L to R: Kim Haberman — Mgr . Koreen Johnson. Missy Earney. Julie Hollenbeck. Shelly Schueller. Diane Bower. Gail Ramthun. Rhonda Danzl. Base Coach Bruce Folkens. Row 2: Nancy Aschnewitz. Sonia Simoneau. Linda Gramsey, Sheri Angell. Tracy Stien. Renee Morafka. Coach Joan Rosengren. Spring sports started out with the weather not cooperat- ing very well, and the girls softball team spent many hours inside. The varsity team was a very young and inexperienced team with only six returning letter winners making up the nucleus. Gail Ramthun was the only senior heading up the list, and spent most of the season as Big Lake's main pitcher. Nancy Aschnewitz and Missy Earney also helped out in that department (all three being rookie pitchers). A major dis- appointment was the loss of Rhonda Danzl, a key outfielder and number two batter, who was out almost the entire sea- son with a severe knee injury. End of the season statistics had Sheri Angell making the All-Conference selection and Tracy Stein being chosen as Second-Team Honorable Mention. Sheri and Tracy are class- mates in the 1 Oth grade, which is quite an honor to receive at such a young age. Besides varsity level ball. Big Lake had its biggest turnout ever for softball this season. Deb Hauge coached the B Team Girls, and Gwen Brenteson was added to coach the junior high girls. (ft fv B Team: Row 1. L to R: Sheryl Struffert. Lisa Johnson. Karen Simoneau. Joelle Faunce. Jayne Lumley. Korie Monson. Pam Orrock. —- Bookkeeper. Row 2: Krissy Lemonds. Anna Gramsey. Karla Gruber. Steph Backlund. Tern Lynas. Sarah White Row 3 Chert Coyle. Don Thramer. Mary Nass. Traci Lemonds. Kim Peterson. Coach Deb Hauge C Team: Row 1. L to R: Wendy Ryan. Wendy Johnson. Janet Nelson. Jenny Fisher. Lisa Holtan. Row 2 Dawn Brings. Sherry Berthiaume. Debbie Larson. Stacy Berning. Coach Gwen Brenteson. Cast and Crew of Monsieur LaBlanc ; L to R Bret Weller. John Weiss. Maurer, Jane Bouley Not pictured Bruce Folkens Beth Monsieur LaBlanc Despite cold weather and icy roads, the cast and crew for the one-act, Monsieur LaBlanc, attended the one- act contest play in Holdingford on January 29 Brett Weller played the lead. LaBlanc. LaBlanc is a shrewd business- man whose main purpose in life is to find a way to not work and be paid for it. LaBlanc teaches Ignace (John Weiss) the art of love-making and courtship. Ignace is in love with a girl but has no idea how to win her. LaBlanc convinces Ignace to pay him 20 francs if Ignace can successfully woo a woman. Suzette (Beth Maurer) is the girls chosen to receive the rewards' of Ignace’s schooling and, in the end. she does fall in love with Ignace and LaBlanc receives his money. The contest play results were a disappoint- ment to the cast and crew (Bruce Folkens and Jane Bou- ley) because we did not place to advance to Regions. Cast and Crew of I Never Saw An- other Butterfly'' Row 1, L to R: Jane Bouley. Ann Sularz. Playwright: Ce- leste Raspanti. Laura White. Joy Su- larz, Ricky Bouley Row 2: Tammy Benker. Danika Spaulding, Erich Moschkau, Advisor: Mrs, Stencel, Beth Maurer. Kari Lange Row 3: Bruce Folkens. Brett Weller, John Weiss, Derek Walraven, Justin Shroyer, Ken Finne, Darrik Spauld- ing Not pictured: Julie Springer Bri- an Bouley. I Never Saw Another Butterfly The Spring Play. I Never Saw Another Butterfly was a great deal of work for all the students who participated. The play is the story of Raja Englander- ova. an actual survivor of Terezin. Throughout the play the audience meets the members of Raja's fam- ily and her companion prisoners in Terezin. The theme of the play — the will for survival — is repeat- ed by several of the characters. Honza (Bruce Fol- kens) and Raja (Danika Spaulding) symbolize the many young couples who fell in love while in the camps and were separated by death. The play was meant to educate and inform our audience of the horror of the holocaust and to allow the audience to see real people in a real situation. One of the high- lights for the cast was a visit by the playwright, Ce- leste Rapsanti. The intensity that Ms. Raspanti pro- jected to the cast tremendously aided with the production. 45 s p e e c h Region 5A Speech Participants: Row 1. L to R Nancy Aschnewitz. Joy Sularz. Julie Springer Row 2: Michele Neilsen. Tammy Benker. Deb Asplund, Doug Larson. Ken Fmne, Ann Sularz The Speech Team has a very suc- cessful season even though we were a young team. We began by attending five invitational speech tournaments in Eden Valley-Watkins, Little Falls. Foley. Princeton and Monticello on five successive Saturdays. At each of these tournaments at least one member of the team won an award. At the Central Minnesota Conference Speech Tourna- ment the progress of the team really began to show. Julie Springer. Ann Su- larz. Ken Finne. Deb Asplund. Nancy Aschnewitz. Doug Larson. Danika Spaulding. Tammy Benker. and Joy Su- larz all placed. The CMC Speech Tour- nament was held in Big Lake on April 5. On April 8. the speech team traveled to Royalton for the District 19A speech contest. Of the 16 people entered from BL. six advanced to participate in the Region 5A tournament and three were alternates. (See Picture Above). Of those six. Ann Sularz advanced to the State Speech Tournament which was held in Shakopee on April 16. Ann placed sixth at the State Speech Tour- nament and was the first student in at least 10 years to advance to the State Speech Contest from Big Lake Schools. Speech Team: Row 1. L to R: Laura White. Nancy Aschnewitz. Ann Sularz Row 2: Julie Springer. Joy Sularz. Christa Donner. Kim Braun Row 3: Ken Fmne. Deb Asplund. Tracy Bentz. Kris Pavlik. Clitt Rootes. Michele Nielsen. Doug Larson. Danika Spaulding. Deb Skoog 46 Sr High Choir: Row 1, L to R: Sandi Coash. Nancy Aschnewitz. Cindi McConnell. Linda Bielinski. Kim Beaulieu. Jackie Reierson. Tammy Johnson. Kristy Aleckson, Lori Trom. Deb Bebo. Mary Krai. Ann Sularz. Julie Springer. Renee Morafka Row 2 Mr Fiskum. Sue Dye Kris Beaulieu, Lisa Anthony, Jeri Atkinson. Diane Bower. Dana Jensen. Michelle Hansen. Angie Brown. Lynn Middlestadt. Angie Johnson. Holly Nyberg. Brenda Erbe. Sandy Fairbanks Row 3: Ed Spencer. Russ Lumley. Jim Compton. Jon Baldwin, Mike VanHee. Loren Swanson. Andy Pittman. Rhonda Danzl. Deb Skoog, Sandy Syverson. Anna Lingham, Sheri Angell. Kathy Johnson Row 4: Laura Hansmann. Gail Ramthun. Ken Fmne, Ray Watson. Bruce Folkens. Doug Muir. Brian Folkens. Scott Hayes. Phil Kollar. Tad Hengemuehle. Kim Peterson. Pam Stem. Wendy McConnell. Robyn Fisher. Sheryl Struftert Choir The Big Lake High School Music Department had an- other successful year for 1982-83. The members of both the Junior and Senior High Choirs worked and rehearsed very hard to prepare music for various con- certs throughout the year, including the Fall. Winter, Ridgedale, and Spring Choir Concerts. Members of the Senior High Choir also participated in Solo and Ensemble Contest at both the District and State level. Out of 33 entries. BLHS vocalists received 16 Superior Ratings at the District level held at Holding- ford High School. These performers received the op- portunity to participate at the State level where we received ten Superior Ratings out of fifteen entries at St. Benedict's. Included among these Superior Ratings were the Girl's Triple Trio and The Melody Lakers Swing Choir who also participated at the Swing Choir Clinic at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. The Senior High Choir received a Superior Rating at the District level for large group vocal contest held at St. Ben's. As the year drew to an end the Choirs and Soloists performed at the Fine Arts Festival and Banquet. Jazz- Pop Concert, and finally Graduation. The year was a very successful one with a special thanks to those who participated. 48 Accompanists: Row 1: Tina Kopponen. Sharon Werner. Cindi McConnell. Row 2 Lori Trom. Nancy Aschnewitz Jr High Choir: Row 1. L to R Bridget McKinney. Tina Braun. Shelley Nyberg. Korie Monson. Jodi Young. Jenny Blomgen. Michelle Spencer. Chantell Mitchell. Kim Juhl. Bonnie Peterson. Deb Larson Row 2 Mr Fiskum. Lynn McGowan. Jodi Gabrielson. Kim Braun. Tracy Battin. Dawn Brings. Tracy Bentz. Julie Hollenbeck. Krissy Lemonds. Done Thramer. Sherry Berth- iaume. Marylou Johnson. Rob Anthony Row 3 Joelle Faunce. Beth McGowan. Stacie Abram. Kirstm Arthur. Terri Lynas. Kari Hansmann. Damka Spaulding. Jeannette Scott. Melinda Plzak. Kerry Kampa. Sheila Olson. Brett Hollenbeck. Jill Sularz Row 4 Wendy Johnson. Lisa Johnson. Teri McGowan. Pam Rasmussen. Lisa Evenson. Tina Kopponen. Michele Nielsen. Danny Hansmann. Tim Gallus. Brian Johnson. Jason McGraw. Laura White. Chris Moschkau. Dwight Kopponen. Ratings District State Star Star Melody Lakers Triple Trio Lisa Anthony Sandy Syverson Anna Lingham Nancy Aschnewitz Bruce Folkens Doug Muir Tad Hengemuehle Mary Krai Lori Trom Ann Sularz Deb Bebo Linda Bielinski Swing Choir. Row 1. L to R Lisa Anthony. Lynn Middlestadt. Nancy Aschnewitz. Row 2 Mary Krai. Rhonda Danzl. Pam Stem. Wendy McConnell. Deb Bebo. Ann Sularz Row 3: Loren Swanson. Mike VanHee. Bruce Folkens. Doug Muir. Tad Hengemuehle. Jon Baldwin. Ray Watson District Stars; Row 1 Mary Krai. Lon Trom. Ann Sularz. Deb Bebo. Linda Bie- Imski Row 2: Lisa Anthony. Sandy Syverson. Anna Lmgham. Nancy Aschnewitz. Bruce Folkens. Doug Muir. Tad Hengemuehle. Triple Trio: Row 1 Renee Morafka. Kim Beaulieu. Mary Krai. Row 2: Lynn Middlestadt. Rhonda Danzl. Anna Lmgham. Pam Stein. Wendy McConnell. Cmdi McConnell. Ann Sularz. State Stars; Row 1: Mary Krai. Ann Sularz. Deb Bebo. Row 2: Lisa Anthony. Nancy Aschnewitz. Bruce Folkens. Doug Muir. Tad Hengemuehle. Band Sr High Band: Row 1: Mr. Kerns Row 2: Jane Bouley. Penny Gotzian. Corrme Petersen. Ann Sularz. Barb Johnson. Row 3: Paul Stem. Scott Hayes. Darin Upham. Brian Folkens. Dave Mosch- kau. Dan Borchardt. John McKusick. Missy Earney. Jill Thomas. Barb Meyer. Leona Provencher. Nancy McMullen. Deann Barnett. Anna Lingham. Deb Skoog. Jeanme Farr. Patty Haling. Lynn Middlestadt. Linda Gramsey. Jodie Klatt. Soma Simoneau. Nancy Aschnewitz. Beth Maurer. Alona Ha- beger Row 4 Bruce Folkens. Pam Stem. Chuck Poirier. Mark White. Derek Walraven. Chris Asplund. Pete LeVoir. Criag McDowall. Erik Arthur. Shelly Schueller. Holli Stolp. Erich Moschkau. Chris Iverson. Brian Bouley. Joe Peter- sen. Dale Theis. Sandy Syverson. Lisa Kronbeck Ratings District State Star Star Brass Sextet Alto Saxophone Duet Trumpet Trio Clarinet Quintet Flute Duet Flute Trio Saxophone Trio Anna-Karin Lingham (Flute) Nancy Aschnewitz (Alto Clarinet) Deb Skoog (French Horn) Brad Hayes (Baritone Horn) Pete LeVoir (Baritone Horn) Lynn Middlestadt (Flute) Nancy Aschnewitz (Bass Clarinet) Pete LeVoir (Trombone) BRASS SEXTET: L to R Paul Stem. Pete LeVoir. Bruce Folkens. Brian Folkens. Erick Moschkau. Brian Bouley. Deb Skoog. • SR JAZZ BAND Jane Bouley. Shelly Schueller. Jill Thomas. Pete LeVoir. Brian Bouley. Scott Nocton. Joe Petersen. Soma Simoneau. Dale Theis. David Moschkau. Chris Iverson. Scott Hayes. Bruce Folkens. Chris Asplund. Nancy Aschnewitz. Corrme Petersen. Mr Kerns. Erich Moschkau. Paul Stem JR. JAZZ BAND: Ty Hengemuehle. Mike Stem. Tammy Benker. Ray Aschnewitz. Bob Delle. Shannon Hickman. Doug Hayes. Ted Provencher. Brad Hayes. Mr Kerns. Robert Engvall. FLUTE DUET Lisa Kronbeck. Anna-Karm Lmgham ALTO SAXOPHONE DUET: Corrine Petersen. CLARINET QUINTET Erik Arthur. Linda Gramsey. Deann Shelly Schueller Barnet. Nancy Aschnewitz. Alona Habeger FLUTE TRIO: Jane Bouley. Anna Lmgham. Lynn Middlestadt. TRUMPET TRIO: Scott Nocton. Jeff McConnell. Todd Teige SAXOPHONE TRIO: Corrine Petersen. Sonia Si- moneau. Shelly Schueller. Jr High Band Lora McMullen. Carolyn Jackson. Tammy Benker. Karen Simon- eau. Karla Gruber. Step Backlund. Anna Gramsey. Misty Ludens. Kathy Meyer. Mel Burma. Greg McGuiggan. Ricky Flicek. Mike Stem. Tim Rudlong. Deb As- plund. Wendy Johnson. Tammee Walraven. Sarah Arthur. Ted Provencher. Beth Johnson. Lisa Holtan. Shannon Hickman. Doug Hayes. Jenny Aasen. Jen- ny Hirman. Ty Hengemuehle. Bob Delle. Rod Zamorano. Bob Putnam. Scott Nocton. Jeff McConnell. Eric Petersen. Robert Engvall. Jeff Putnam. Terry Bottoma. Brad Hayes. Gary Lindsey. Jody Hirman. Richard Haling. Paula Jack- son. Darrik Spaulding. Jack Vogt. Ricky Bouley. Paul Loven. Crystal Gulbranson. Chris Zamorano. Shawn McElhone. David Biasing. Dan Kerns 7th Grade Band Row 1: Linda Johnson. Joy Sularz. Patty Aschnewitz. Jenny Burton Mel Johnson. Michelle Holland. Veann Beutler. Jolene Fennema. Dina Bower. Leslie Harrison. Sally Nocton. Vestisha Henderson. Stacy Bern- ing. Missy Poole. Deanna McKusick. Kelly Ronayne. Lori Werp Row 2 Jami Flicek. Dan'Bemdt. Mark Dickinson. Joel Westrum. Eric Moshier. Mike Schueller. Chris Peterson. Jeff Lindsey. Heath Stolp. Peter Soare. Larry Bottema. Scott Thompson. Mark Skoog. Billy Maurer. Dan Bengston. Tony Duryee. Alex Spaulding. Troy Teige Special Awards 1 MIKE VANHEE and LINDA JOHNSON received the Senior Artist Award. 2. MIKE HANCE received the BLFT Scholarship. 3. TAD HENGEMUEHLE and WENDY MCCONNELL were chosen to represent Big Lake at Girl's and Boy's State. Ann Sularz State Speech Tournament Participant. To participate at the State Speech Tournament is an accomplishment. Over 4.000 students begin in the Class A District Speech Contests and. of those, only 176 will participate in the State Tournament. The competition is extremely keen and. as Barb Singe, Director of Speech at the state level said. All participants at the State Speech Contest are winners!' 52 April Fools Concert 1. Jug Band members: Alona Habeger. Shelly Schueller. Sarah White. Lisa Kronbeck. Jane Bouley and Beth Maurer entertain the April Fools Concert audience. 2 Ed and Eunice skit with Nancy McMullen as Mama' Dan Borchardt as Eunice' and Dale Theis as Ed' 3 Carol Burnett doesn't hold a candle to our own Eunice' Dan B 4 Ann Sularz as Gretel in the HANSEL AND GRETEL Skit 5 Scott really believes he has a 'case' as he takes it to a higher court'. 6 But. alas, he loses his suit'. 7. The Big Prize Winner of the night. Brian Rasmussen picks up the GRAND Door Prize A V W Door Honor Society L to R: Pam Stem. Mike Hance. Tad Henge- muehle. David Moschkau. Marsha Nolden. Anna-Kar- m Lmgham. Joe Petersen. Tom Baird. Kevin Loeger- ing. Cindi McConnell. Mary Krai. Nettie Danzl. Angie Johnson. Mike Van- Hee Yearbook Above . . . Concessions L to R Scott Hayes. Wendy McConnell. Rhonda Danzl. Re- nee Morafka. Head of Concession Operations; Mary Krai. Beth Maurer. Gail Ramthun. Robyn Fisher. Ray Watson. Left . . . Central Council L to R; (On Floor) Brad Hayes. Tim Gallus. Tom Moffitt. Advisor. Mr Haskell. Rod Zamorano. Beth McGowan. Melin- da Plazk (Up Ladder) Sheri Angell. David Moschkau. Nettie Danzl. (Down ladder) Mike VanHee. Angie Brown. Erik Ar- thur 55 1 Kristy enjoys exhibits from the Home-Ec Department. 2. The art room was full of Big Lake Talent'. 3. The Big Lake Choir prepares for their Fine Arts Performance 4 Seventh grade child care puppets. 5 Ken. Tim and guest check out the pottery made by BLHS art students 6 Biology’s contribution — beautiful butterfly collections. 7 Laura admires art by Linda Johnson. 8 Dr Dan and Ray Watson demonstrate the Apple II Computer 9. Sew- ing projects — yes folks even guys show that sewing IS for everyone. 10 Sculptures of Mary and Joseph done by Senior Artist of the Year Linda Johnson d The Class of ’84 Rob Aasen Nancy Aschnewitz Tom Baird Debt Bebo Lane Beier Dan Borchardt Jane Bouley Diane Bower Troy Brenteson Angie Brown Todd Cox Randy Dahlstrom Rhonda Danzl Jeanme Farr Bob Fisher Kevin Gallus Randy Carman Darrel Glover Steve Gruber Michelle Hansen 60 Laura Hansmann Tad Hengemuehle Dan Holtan Chris Iverson Scott Jacobsen Juniors Barb Johnson Mark LaDew Craig McDowall Renee Morafka Kris Pavlik Kathy Johnson Doug Larson Nancy McMullen David Moschkau Joe Petersen Ken King Kevin Leslie Lynn Middlestadt Erich Moschkau Terry Poole Jennifer Kordash Russ Lumley Karth Mitchell Doug Muir Brian Rasmussen Andrea Kronbeck Wendy McConnell Dave Monson Bret Olson Jim Schleeter 61 Juniors 62 The Class Of ’85 Darin Agnew Sheri Angell Morton Arneson Erik Arthur Deann Barnett Rick Baumgartner Kris Beaulieu Linda Bielmski Ken Boemsh Jim Compton Chen Coyle Barb Daniels Sue Dye Missy Earney Jeff Eckholm Ken Finne Mark Gabrielson Jeff Geisler Penny Gotzian Linda Gramsey Karla Gray Alona Habeger Kim Haberman Mark Hagen Dennis Hipsag Sophomores Koreen Johnson Michelle Johnson Paul Johnson Tim Johnson Mike Jones Mike Juhl Tim Juhl Kevin Kampa Philip Kollar John McKusick Barry McLouth Barb Meyer Dave Olson Rhonda Palmquist Brett Peters Corrme Petersen Andy Pittman Leona Provencher Brian Rasmussen Janet Rath Shelly Schueller Justin Shroyer Soma Simoneau Jodi Skoog Tracy Stem 64 The Class of ’85 Holli Stolp Sheryl Struffert Loren Swanson Linda Syverson Mike Syverson Dale Theis Jill Thomas Lisa Valiant Derek Walraven Tim Weller Tony Werp Sarah White Bill Wilts Troy Yager Robin Yetzer The Class Of ’86 Deb Asplund Lisa Evenson Mitchell Hall Jody Htrman Terry Bottema Joelle Faunce Lisa Hansen Julie Hollenbeck Jon Brown Jody Fisher Kari Hansmann Carolyn Jackson Keith Braun Rick Flicek Brad Hayes Darryl Jensen Mary Cahoon Brett Fowler Doug Hayes Denise Johnson Theresa Johnson Kim Juhl Kerri Kampa Tina Kopponen Terri Lally 66 Freshmen Cleston Lange Jim Lavrenz Traci Lemonds Gary Lindsey Jayne Lumley Tern Lynas Jeff McConnell Sean McElhone Lynn McGowan Greg McGwiggan Mary Meyer Bob Morafka Troy Moshier Mary Nass Scott Nocton Shelia Olson Bill Paulsen Melinda Plzak Ted Provencher Jeff Putnam Pam Rasmussen Cliff Rootes Tanya Rose Kevin Ryan Jeannette Scott 67 Freshman 68 The Class of ’87 Row 1. I to r William Coyle. Shannon Hickman. Tina Braun. Tracy Battm. Ricky Bouley. Brenda Danielson. Audra Fisher. Sally Higgins. Terne Fisher. Deanna Flemming Row 2: Paula Jackson. Bob Delle. Richard Haling. Brian Johnson. Kan Lange. Leslie Boros. Crystal Gulbranson. Becky Jacobsen. Lisa Johnson. Tammy Benker. Dianna Busch. Paul Loven. Row 3 Keith Allen. Mike Johnson. Lisa Holtan. Jennifer Hirman. Chandler Farr. Knssy Lemonds. Sarah Arthur. Jim Halvorson. Bob Hanson. Beth Johnson. Melanie Burma Row 4 Advisor. Mrs Bolin. Jenny Aasen. Jerry Eliason. Cam Habeger Robert Engvall. Ty Hengemuehle. Chris Garman. Danny Hansmann. Stephanie Backlund. Karla Gruber. David Biasing. Jennifer Fisher. Anna Gramsey. (Not Pictured Brian Barager. Tony Gapmski) Row 1.1 to r Allen Rossberg. Mike McGuiggan. Korie Monson. Scott Moshier. Jill Sularz. Steve Smallish. Brad Saari. Doug Peterson. Laura White. Chris Moschkau. Row 2 Misty Ludens. Tom Moffitt. Kathy Meyer. Tim Rudlong. Eric Petersen. Karen Simoneau. Michele Smith. Angela Ziaskas. Lora McMullen. Bonme Peterson Row 3. Advisor. Mr Hmrichs. Merlyn Schley. Dana Peters. David Peterson. Donna Rootes. Damka Spaulding. Michelle Spencer. Bob Putnam. Brad Pederson. Mike Stem. Rodrigo Zamorano Row 4. Ten McGowan. Darren Nielsen. Jack Vogt. Bonnie Patzoldt. Todd Moffitt. Chuck Trom. Michele Nielsen. Darrik Spaulding. Tammee Walraven. Kim Peterson 69 The Class of ’88 Row 1. I tor: Steve Coash. Linda Johnson. Art Gapinski. Tony Frobuccmo. Sean Danzl. Brett Hollenbeck, Dwight Kopponen, Tony Duryee. Jamie Hoglund. Jamie Flicek. Lee Kruse. Rob Anthony. Row 2, Lon Kruse. Mark Dickinson, Jenny Burton. Mike Faust Mel Johnson. Wendy Johnson, Jenny Blomgen. Barb Flemming, Jami Fletcher. Danny Bengtson, Daniel Berndt. Advisor. Mrs. Fleahman. Row 3. Marylou Johnson. Vestisha Henderson, Stacy Bernmg. Kirstin Arthur. Michelle Holland. Stacie Abram. Denise Bebo. Jodi Gabnelson. Patty Aschnewitz. Kim Braun. Dawn Brings. Sherry Berthiaume. Row 4. Christa Donner, Tracy Bentz, Leslie Harrison. Larry Bottema. Tom Johnson. Brian Haberman. Travis Eckholm. David Bring. Tim Gallus. Veann Beutler. Jolene Fennema. Dina Bower, Patty Custard. Row 1. Deann Peterson. Lori Werp. Troy Teige. Joel Westrum. Debbie Larson. Joy Sularz. Deanna McKusick. Kelly Ronayne. Terry Paulsen Row 2. Chris Peterson. Barry Maloney. Robert Syverson. Missy Poole. Billy Maurer. Shelley Nyberg. Mark Skoog. Jason McGraw. Laura Polsfuss. Alex Spaulding. Advisor. Mr Hance Row 3. Bridget McKinney. Theresa Wheeler. Eric Moshier. Beth McGowan. Tina Sullivan. Lisa Olson. Charity Swanson. Beth Waldron. Scott Thompson. Jodi Young. Doug Rickard Row 4. Peter Soare. Sally Nocton. Michelle Miller. Troy Nass. Jeff Lindsey. John McChesney. Heath Stolp. Joey Peterson. Michael Schueller. Shelly Mansfield. Wendy Ryan. Janet Nelson. 70 Anna-Karin Lingham 1982-83 Swedish Exchange Student From the beginning of our correspondence with Anna-Karin, our entire family entered an era of imaginative expectation: What WOULD she be like? With her arrival at the airport, our compounded excitement reached its climax! Aside from mispronouncing her name, we found Anna-Karin to be exactly as anticipated — a delightful addi- tion to our Larson clan. She has genuinely returned our love, willingly blended into our busy schedule, graciously accepted our assorted pets, unassum- ingly enriched our Swedish heritage and enthusiastically shared our fire-wood hauling. We will always remember her persistent desire to use and improve her American-English, her negative reaction to peanut butter and her positive acceptance of banana cream pie. In school she accepted the discipline of athletics, the enjoyment of music and the challenge of classroom activity. She has been a friend to many, and those friendships will return with her to her homeland. We would like to keep her, but her parents lent her to us for only the school year. “Tach sa mychet (thanks so much) to everyone who gave our daughter” many unforgettable pages in her personal history book. —Kaydi Larson, Anna’s American Mom Lloyd Luukkonen, Superintendent Linda Anderson, Adm. Assistant A.D. School Board L to R: Donnie Schueller. Bill Middlestadt. Carol Stein, Carol Springer, Bob McDowall. 72 Shirley Dosh, Secretary Bonnie Kemper, Secretary Vange Smith, Secretary Betsy Bott. Lib. Aide Corrme Hajek, Nurse Secretaries AND Service COOKS: Audrey Schaapveld. Helen Borst. Not Pic- CUSTODIANS: Morris Hanson, Willard Swanson. Not Pictured: Har- tured: Grace Tolefson Ian Sample, Jack Ranallo. Seated L to R: John Haskell. I.S.S.; Chuck Heitz. Ind Arts; Linda Rahne. Spec Ed.. Standing: Jean Miller. Home-Ec; Carol Olson, English; Karen Westerman. Art. Pat Fleahman. English; Caren Kalenda. Reading. Peggy Stencel. English; Cal Hinnchs, Ind. Arts. Seated: Jim Varian. Math; Tom Foehrenbacher. Social Studies; Deb Hauge. Science. John Bruns. Phy Ed.; John Haskell (agam!) I.S.S.; Jim Fiskum. Choir; Joan Rosengren. Phy. Ed. Health; Standing: Jim Hance. Math; John Muri. Soc. Studies. Dan Kerns. Band; Dan Thiele. Science; Connie Roberg. Bus Ed.; Shari Prigge. Math; Barb Bristow. English; Sandy Foster. Media Center; Vera Mmge. Spec Ed Sharon Kowalski. Phy Ed. Health Wills , Jodie Jacobsen, will my brother Scott to whoever wants him. , Nettie Danzl, will my Dolly Parton figure to my sister Rhonda. , Robyn Fisher, will my ability to go the wrong way at the right time (or is it the right way at the wrong time?) to Rhonda Danzl. P.S. Hope you can figure it out because I sure can't. ,|Donna Fisher, will to Doug Larson my wiltiness to learn. , Katy Kopp , will to Bob Fisher my rapier wit, and fast mind, and my fantastic wave. , Sandi Coash, vili my.art ability to Renee Morafka. ,| ’Is - - , Linda Johnson, will my art liktnato Wend MaConnell. , Angie Johnson, will mv eng t liking,to We tgfne 'rom smaltongineslc Kevin Jr , Lome Patzoldt, will mv iaugh and good manners to Err . Brenda Erbe, willmyjatiility to party all night and my mem- also have my ability to knoqk before entering.' I i , Darin Upham, wilt my raving abiHrv to Lane Beier , ShellyVlatt, will my honey, on. fo whoever will take him. if it td«evin'Lesfie P.S H� can t a , Scott Ha s. will the jim Zlris. P.S PlXse «spect m m the morning. Deb Skoogfcv.iii my used speecf crijpue o Ann Sular?. J , Bruce Folk t wiN my tod otjtt}e enth to Paul Stein. , Sahdra Sy over-s band Annisularzj i - ’ , Ra Watson. will rny ability to come to school five days a week to Patty Haling. ! W , Mary Krai, will my ghtjand ability to rebounkto Paui Stein. « V, , Kim Peacock, will my black leather jacket to Lynn Middlestwfr Gail Ramtbun, will my sof ball ability to Re , Tom Wicklace will my coolness and gooti , Kevin Loegenng, will my psychoness tOjPai , Lisa Anthony, will my skipping ability to Tanya [homasji I, Don Springsteen, will my ability to control Mr. Foehrenbacher to Terry Poole I, Brian Bouley, will my weight to Ken King. I. Sally LeVoir, jwill my ability to be quiet during class to Diane Bower. f I, Priiha Fowler, will my perfect attendance record to Kathy Johnson. I hope she uses it wisely. I, Kristy Aleckson, will my wild weekends to Angie Brown and Michele Hanson. I. Mike Hance, will my brains to the ENTIRE JUNIOR CLASS. There is more than eno Jgh td go argjHl. SSI I Kevin Loegering. will my two fci kerrathleti. supporter to Steve Gruber. (He ne ds all the fct Tl| ca eii Mike Lassiia. will my abiftyt� larry or unintelligent conversation Dave Monson. I. Brian Fp kens, wiM my sktff-i iibi lityy ksketba i to Troy Bren eson 1 my lout rnoutl Iff Andr will my long black leather Kronb k. I Jen Atkin beck will my height to jAeB jley t jfbe a wee bit tailq|Bl bar . ire eat to Jan Bouley. . want it. give it to Mr. Kerns. I. Pam Stein, will the nickname Sly and aipWcr i Doug Larson m ’ i-d bo- ses that go along with it to _____________ , i if I, Dale Struffert. will rv great sheet meta apilitilas to Kevn Ga ai|| m 11 , Chuck Poirier, wi l my ability to NOT get along with people r the junior class. moaning, n� g heart and my ability tj get along with Orville to Mark . Kevin Loegering, I my ability t ge- ,i ■ ■ g w tn Mr. Anderson to Kevin Gatlus. Tom N orski, my van Jot - N And finally to the Class of 984, the Class of 1983 wills the yellow heater in the senior hall so |0u can keep yeueSuns wAn Jitfm hMir «hen heat is scarce! P.S. It was re enforced thisfyear so it should last anotl Pete L HI 'hitM and Br ch THE JUNIOR CLASS OF BIG LAKE HIGH SCHOOL PRESENTS • SHARING THE NIGHT TOGETHER- MUSIC BY ROCKING HORSE • •• SATURDAY EVENING MAY SEVENTH NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREE 9fROC mnt£F PROM COMMITTEE: La- dies. L to R: Ann Sularz. Nancy Aschnewitz. Jane Bouley. Rhonda Danzl. Mi- chelle Hansen. Laura Hansmann. Julie Springer. Kris Pavlik. Lynn Middles- tadt. Renee Morafka. Wendy McConnell. Deb Bebo. Nancy McMullen. Gentlemen. L to R: Mr. Fis- kum. Advisor; Troy Brent- seson. Erich Moschkau. Dan Borchardt. David Moschkau. Paul Stein. Tom Baird. Kevin Gallus. Karth Mitchell. Doug Lar- son. Steve Gruber. Chris Iverson. Craig McDowall. Tony Woolhouse. Senior Directory KRISTY ALECKSON: LISA ANTHONY: BSKT 1; SC 4 CHRIS ASPLUND. JB 4 JON BALDWIN: SC 3.4 KIM BEAULIEU: CH MGR 3: TT 4 BONNIE BOEKE: DION BOOS: ROBIN BOROS: BRIAN BOULEY: TH 1.2.3.4: THES 3: JB 2.3.4 MIKE CARLSON: TERRY CARLSON: FB 1 MARGIE CHASE: SANDI COASH: SB 3: DL 1 NETTIE DANZL: CH 1; DL 3.4; CC 2.3.4; NHS 4; HC 4; SDC BRENDA ERBE: CH 3; HC 1.2.4 DONNA FISHER: ROBYN FISHER: VB 4; BSKT 1.3.4; TR 3.4 BRIAN FOLKENS: FB 1,2,3.4; BSKT 1.2.3.4; TR 1.2.3; ANNUAL 3: TH 1.2.3; SC 1.2; HC 1 BRUCE FOLKENS: FB 1,2.3.4; BSKT 2.3: TR 2: TH KEY: 1 =FRESHMAN YEAR 2 = SOPHOMORE YEAR 3=JUNIOR YEAR 4 = SENIOR YEAR DL = DANCELINE CH = CHEERLEADING CC = CENTRAL COUNCIL SC = SWING CHOIR JB = JAZZ BAND SDC = SNO DAZE CANDIDATE HC = HOMECOMING CANDIDATE TT = TRIPLE TRIO 1,2.3,4; THES 2.3; JB 2,3.4; SC 1,2,4 PRIMA FOWLER: GYM 2; HC 3; SDC SONIA GABRIELSON: GYM 1 JEFF GROUSTRA: HC 4; SDC MIKE HANCE: BB 1.2.3,4; NHS 3.4; HC 4; SDC; BOYS STATE REPRESENTATIVE 1982; RECIPIENT OF 1983 BIG LAKE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS SCHOLARSHIP SCOTT HAYES: BSKT 1,2,3,4; TH 1,2; THES 1,2,3; JB 2,3,4 PROM KING JODIE JACOBSEN: ANGIE JOHNSON: VB 2,3,4; BSKT 1,2.3; TR 1.2,3; DL 4; NHS 4; HC 1; SD QUEEN DOUG JOHNSON: LINDA JOHNSON: SENIOR ARTIST AWARD TAMMY JOHNSON: GYM 1.2; DL 4; HC 1.2.3; HC QUEEN SHELLY KLATT: TR 1,2 KATY KOPPI: MARY KRAL: BSKT 1.2,3.4; TR MGR 1,2; DL 2.3.4; SP AID 2: SC 2.3.4; TT 4: NHS 4; CONCESSIONS DIREC- TOR 4; HC 4; SDC LISA KRONBECK: SB 2.3 MIKE LASSILA: PETE LeVOIR: TR 1.2.3.4; JB 2.3.4 NHS = NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY THES = THESPI AN TH=THEATRE SP = SPEECH TR = TRACK FB = FOOTBALL VB = VOLLEYBALL GYM =GYMNASTICS BSKT = BASKETBALL BB = BASEBALL SB = SOFTBALL W = WRESTLING 80 Senior Directory SALLY LeVOIR: ANNA KARIN LINGHAM: VB 4; BSKT 4; TT 4; •'HONOR- ARY'' NHS 4; SDC KEVIN LOEGERING: FB 1,2,3.4; BSKT 1.2,3.4; BB 1,2.3,4; CC 3; NHS 4; HC 2,3,4; SD KING DAVE LYNAS: JERRY LYTLE: TR 1,2,3,4 BETH MAURER: BSKT 1; TH 2.3,4 CINDI McCONNELL: DL 3; JB 2; NHS 3,4 SUE MEYER: GYM 1.2; CH 3; DL 2 LORI MOSHIER: BSKT 1; CH 3 TOM NAGORSKI: HC 4 HOLLY NYBERG: LORNE PATZOLDT: KIM PEACOCK BSKT 1,2; CH 3; DL 2: HC 2,3.4 KIM PETERSON: CHUCK POIRIER: W 2: TR 2,3.4 GAIL RAMTHUN: BSKT MGR 3.4; SB 2.3.4: ANNUAL 4 JACKIE REIERSON: DL 1 TERRY RUDLONG: DEB SKOOG: VB 1,2,3,4: GYM MGR 2.3; SB 1; TH 3; SP 1.2,3,4 DON SPRINGSTEEN: BB 2 PAM STEIN: VB 1,2,3.4; BSKT 1,2,3,4; TR 1.2,3,4; DL 1,2,3.4; SC 3.4; NHS 3.4; TT 4: GIRLS STATE REPRE- SENTATIVE 1982 DALE STRUFFERT: BSKT 1 RON SWANSON. CC 2 SANDY SYVERSON: DARIN UPHAM: FB 1,2; TR 3 MIKE VANHEE: FB 1.2.3.4; BSKT 1; W2,3.4;TR 1.2.3.4; CC 4: SC 4; NHS 4; HC 1.2,3; HC KING: SENIOR ARTIST AWARD RAY WATSON: FB 3.4; BSKT 3.4: TR 4; SC 4; HC 3; SDC BRETT WELLER: TH 1.2.3.4; THES 2.3 TOM WICKLACE: FB 3.4; BSKT 3,4; SDC RITA WOOLHOUSE: PROM QUEEN KEY: 1-FRESHMAN YEAR 2 = SOPHOMORE YEAR 3 = JUNIOR YEAR 4-SENIOR YEAR DL —DANCELINE CH-CHEERLEADING CC = CENTRAL COUNCIL SC-SWING CHOIR JB-JAZZ BAND SDC = SNO DAZE CANDIDATE HC-HOMECOMING CANDIDATE TT — TRIPLE TRIO NHS-NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY THES —THESPIAN TH-THEATRE SP = SPEECH TR-TRACK FB-FOOTBALL VB-VOLLEYBALL GYM-GYMNASTICS BSKT-BASKETBALL BB-BASEBALL SB-SOFTBALL W-WRESTLING 81 1 The whole gang's here 2.3.4.5 and 6 Before preparations in- cluded: Pinning on the traditional graduation” corsage bouton- niere. trying to get that darn hat to stay on. and of course signing hats And all too soon the moment these graduates had prepared thir- teen years for had arrived 7 Mike VanHee welcomes parents, friends, administration and faculty to the 1983 Commencement Exer- cises 8 Salutatonan Pam Stem gives her speech entitled Suc- cess 9 Valedictorian Mike Hance speaks of Lifes Challenges 10 Mr Esterly presents each graduate, while Chairman of the School Board Carol Springer awards diplomas this one to Katy Koppi After what seems like just a few minutes Com- mencement is history and it's time for 11. Congratulatory hand- shakes and of course 12. Hugs 13 Hugs 14 Hugs Good Luck to the Class of '83 we re all going to miss you! Senior Q And A Question . . . BETH MAURER When I got a proof right on a test in Geometry, it was the only one I ever got right in the class But. seriously. I don't think there is one moment in particular, instead I would have to say I would remember how friendly the stu- dents and how friendly the teachers got in my senior year I think the friendliness the teachers and stu- dents showed is something I will re- member for a very long time CHUCK POIRIER: I remember most eighth grade math and my teacher. Mr. Hance In addition to teaching math. Mr Hance motivated me and gave me the will to learn, which has helped me in other classes He was patient and he cared I appreciate and respect him as a man and as a teacher DONNA FISHER: The best times I had were when there were concerts, football games, and dances because I got to so- cialize with everyone and get to know everyone better They also were just a really great time. PAM STEIN: What I will remember most after I am gone are the teachers. They are a real rarity They put an enormous amount of effort into their teaching like taking time to involve themselves and make the learning fun They are not afraid to take a personal interest in the students and they care about the indi- vidual person. The experiences I have had are truly going to be missed ROBYN FISHER: The one thing I will never forget was the time I made all- conference in basketball. I practiced everyday on the plays and defensive manuevers My teammates and coach really helped me along through the sea- son Without the help of them I don't think I would have made it 84 MARY A. KRAL: The times I will always remember are those spent during lunch in Ms Roberg's room. It's a place I could go and just sit to enjoy the things around me We would tell jokes. EAT. and discuss unusual matters. It was fun to let loose and forget about everything else. Also, it was nice to have such a great person to listen and share the times with me. Thanks Ms Roberg LISA ANTHONY: My junior and senior years have been the most memorable to me because I have been drawn clos- er to my friends and teachers For ex- ample Mr Foehrenbacher taught me things that just can't be found in books. He teaches to the individual. PETE LEVOIR: I don't have one specific moment that is especially memorable to me. there are many of them The most recent one being my breaking the school record in the pole vault. That's something I'll never forget. I have many fond memories from this school They will always stay with me. BRIAN FOLKENS: My most memorable moment is not really a moment at all. My moment consisted of many mo- ments in Big Lake High School Athlet- ics In the three sports that I participat- ed m I have gamed some valuable lessons not to mention some lasting friendships These extra-curricular ac- tivities have made a fantastic memory that I will never forget I would like to thank the coaches for their special con- tributions m my life. 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