Eau Claire High School - Beaver Tales Yearbook (Eau Claire, MI)

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TOP LEFT: Mrs. Snyder. TOP RIGHT: Mr. Flagel. BOTTOM: Mr. Brauer. Mrs. Snyder enjoys needlework, gardening, swimming, and traveling, when she’s not teaching physical education and health in school. She also plays on a volleyball and soft- ball team. She says she developed most of her interests in 4- H and in college. Coach Snyder is very satisfied with her job; she just hopes to achieve a level of happiness and inner con- tentment with her family, friends, and in all areas of life. Teaching driver’s education and typing for almost three years at Eau Claire High, Mr. Flagel chose Eau Claire because he had student taught here and also because he lives in the area. While teaching here Mr. Flagel hopes to make Eau Claire a better school by helping students with their problems as well as their interests. Presently, Mr. Flagel is taking a course in School Administration, and his other inter- ests include golf, softball, basketball, and being involved with the church and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which he enjoys very much. Mr. Brauer’s main hobby is golf and his goal in this area is to play in the Western Amateur Golf Tournament. He also enjoys traveling and is planning a trip to Europe this June. 26

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TOP LEFT: Mr. Sawatzki. BOTTOM LEFT: Mr. Fern-. BOTTOM RIGHT: Mr. Gray. Mr. Sawatzki is a U.S. and World History teacher who feels he will stay in Eau Claire as long as he can do an effec- tive job, but hopes to teach at a junior college someday. Mr. Sawatzki’s outside interests include traveling, going to con- certs. reading . . . things that are basically fun. By travel- ing, he gains knowledge of our country so that he may teach more effectively. Mr. Ferry, when he’s not in school teaching physical edu- cation or health, enjoys football, wrestling, track, hunting and farming. Coach Ferry is undecided about what his major goal in life is, but since he’s been teaching here for four years, his goal is to become a successful high school coach. When Coach Gray isn’t coaching basketball or teaching history at Eau Claire, his hobbies include waterskiing, pho- tography and music. He got interested in music when he was in Viet Nam and someday would like to build up a really good collection to pass on to his son, Jason. Mr. Gray hopes to teach at a junior college, if he has the opportunity. Pres- ently he occupies his time building a good basketball pro- gram for the E.C. system.

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LEFT: Mr. Peiersen. BOTTOM LEFT: Mr. Down. BOTTOM RIGHT: Mr. Hal- gren. Mr. Petersen has been teaching in Eau Claire for eight years. He enjoys photography, traveling, camping, bowling, tennis and singing. These interests are all combined as a main goal for him which seems to play an important part in his life. Mr. Down has been with the Eau Claire School System for eight years. He enjoys working with cars and motorcycles, and in college he minored in mechanics. Mr. Down would like to further his education and hopes someday to get into product design. Mr. Halgren has been a teacher in the Eau Claire School System for seven years. He coaches and likes athletics in general. His goals are to help students get more involved and also he’d like to teach in college in the areas of genetics or ecology. 27