Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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 1976 Class Motto - Cherish Yesterday, Senior Float - second Best in the West Brad Abell Connie Berry Bob Allison Patricia Brickey Ken Carlson Chuck Carnahan Marcelo Cena Jon Cooke Kevin Cooper Nancy Counts Mark Claiborne Jim Cribbins 16 SENIORS

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Bicentennial Highlights Senior Year Luann, Wendy and Mary Jane sing at commencement. To the Class of 76: A t the moment they are first being read, how much meaning will these words have? Quite possibly none. But months, years, decades from now, perhaps we'll look back, and with a touch of sentiment, murmur to ourselves, Hey yah... Already the memories seem to blur things that were once so clear become slightly faded. Now what year was it that we won the Homecoming float contest? But certainly there are things to remember — we're a class to remember — we’re a class that’s had some very unique conditions. Isn’t it odd that the 55 miles per hour speed limit went into effect the very year most of us started driving ? And as if that wasn’t enough of a discouragement, then they decided to raise gas prices beyond our reach. One thing we won't be able to forget - history most likely won't let us — is that we are Children of Watergate. Just think, that whole mess started the same year we entered high school, and we are still hearing about it! And then, of course, there's the Bicentennial. But will we remember the long and magnificent heritage that this event represents, or simply recall the way it was exploited and overdone? It's a moot question, but somehow the answer seems to come in a not so subtle way when: as we drive down the highway, we see billboards, advertising Seagrams' at $17.76 a gallon. But is that the way we will want it? Years from now, when we're asked where we were on July 4, will we remember? And will the memories be good one? We’d like to think so. These things are the things that all Seniors have in common this year, but they're only the background of the things we'll truly remember: yelling at games, holding someone close at the prom, laughter, all the tests, smiling faces, and waiting in line for nearly everything — including that little piece of parchment. We’ll remember cold first period rooms (replete with phrases like would anyone like to go to their locker and get their coats? ) and the rebirth of skateboards (you know, those things that were so popular ten years ago and that suddenly disappeared because they were too dangerous. ) But most of all we’ll remember how these years — this scant fraction of our lives - shaped us in the time afterward. SENIORS 15

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Dream Tomorrow, and Live Today Ellen Anglin Anna Argudo Mike Banry Kent Brugnoli Wendy Byrd Rich Call Willie Benham Don Brockmann Shannon Claver Diane Crockett Lyn Coleman Lori Dalton Karen and Deb seem to be enjoying themselves, but Joe...? SENIORS 17