Golden Valley High School - Viking Yearbook (Golden Valley, MN)

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EDITOR Shawn Otto STAFF Sandy Pfcffcrlc Mike Oxman Amy Burmcister VIKING ANNUAL. 1978 ADVISOR STUDENT ADVISORS Gary Johnston Tom Alexander Kari Thcrncll Kris Knaeble Carol Denson Tessie McClellan Benji Briones PHOTOGRAPHY ADVISOR Roman Borgerding Lani Labellc Bob Pearl BUSINESS ADVISOR Stan Hansen Credits PAGE DESIGN The page design is an important part of the book. It must direct the reader’s eyes smoothly across the page, while remaining creative and interesting. Shawn Otto. Tom Alexander. Sandy Pfcfferle, Mike Oxman, Kari Thcrncll, Amy Burmcister. Carol Denson, Lani Labellc, Kris Knaeble. PHOTOGRAPHY The photography is probably the most dynamic component of the book. It must be creative and interesting as well as depicting the life of the school. Jim Lund, Paul Provost, Matt Hcilicher, Bo Lysyj, Bruce Kreitzman, Rick Chessen, Lisa Segal, Steve Miller, Bob Pearl, Mark Dante, Bob Gibson, Jamie Peters, Jon Dodson. COPY The copy in the book is also a large part of its makeup and has a lot to do with the quality of the finished product. It is the Writers’ job. more than anyone else, to accurately portray the year, while remaining creative in their work. Shawn Otto, Mike Valentas, Sandy Pfcfferle, Amy Green-stein, Mike Oxman, Sue Biemes-derfer, Andrew Kugler, Jim Botko, Carol Kreuger, Brook Berry, Rick Chessen, David Or-buch, Stacy Stephans, Laine Er-icson, John Rash, Rebecca Orman, Larry Brown, Jenny Stark, Wendy Sadoff, Jill Erickson, Luca Bcrgamaschi, Venkc Hauge, Brent Goodcrl, Cara Cooper, David Swenson, Liz Curran, Lcs Twesten, Rochelle Rubin, Steve Murray, Wendy Greene, Julie Bjoin, David Silverman. TABLE OF CONTENTS OPENING SECTION. PAGE I Letters to from the editor-2; Contents and crcdits-3; Photojournal ’78-4; Fashions and Fads of '77-’78-l4; GV Trivia: Things you should know-16; Another year passes: synopsis-18 STUDENTS LIFE. PAGE 19 Senior class portraits-20; Senior memories-30; Junior class por-traits-32; Sophomore class portraits-37; Freshman class porlraits-42 THE PHILOSOPHER. PAGE 47 Faculty portraits-48; Math-52; Science-53: Social-54; OE Bus. Ed.-55; English-56; PE Health-58; Home Ec.-59; Viewer Viking-60; For. Language-61; Art-62; Ind. Arts-64; Library-66; Nat'l Honor-67; Cheating-68; Auto Shop-70; Dcca-71; Band Choir-72; AFS-74 YEAR-END FEATURE REVIEW. PAGE 75 Homecoming '77-76; Theatre Extraordinaire: Casablanca-78; Theatre Extraordinaire: Apple Tree-80; Hey. Baby!-8I; Block Schcd.-84; Rain-85; Sadie-86; Snow Week-88; Partics-90; GV nightmare-92 SPORTING MAGAZINE. PAGE 93 Cross Country-94; Girls’ Tennis-96; Football '77-98; Girls’ Swimming-100; Volleyball-102; Hockey '77-'78-l04; Watcrpolo-106; Wrestling-107; Boys’ Basketball-108; Girls' Basketball-110; Boys’ Swimming-112; Chccrlcading-114; Profiles-! 16 BUSINESS WORLD. PAGE 117 The advertising magazine for the Golden Valley Student. Includes Patron Adds, as well as Quarter. Half and Full-Page adds. Cheek it out for your capitalistic consumption needs. CLOSING SECTION, Including “Viking Annual, 1978: How to make a year- book ” ..... ..........................................124 INDEX ................................................132 The Editor and Staff of Viking Annual, 1978 wish to extend personal thanks to those people accredited above for their great help in making our yearbook the fantastic, creative success it is. It would not have been possible without every one of them. Copyalmostright C 1978 by Viking Publications Viking Annual, 1978 3

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: I have no bones to pick with you-1 just want to express my own personal views on the 1977-78 school year. As a senior, it was primarily a year of great concern. With declining enrollment, cutbacks were made left and right; the dismissal of some teachers caused others to take up the slack by doing double duty. And on the students’ side, we were forced to relinquish many freedoms we had taken for granted in previous years with the reinstating of Block Scheduling. And there was also the thought lurking in everyone’s mind: “How close arc we to consolidation with another school?’’ The freshmen, sophomores and even juniors began to wonder if they’d graduate before that happened. And the seniors showed concern, for this school had played a big part in their lives, and they also hated to see anything happen. However, this year was also filled with good things. There was a return of some old traditions and the first appearance of a new one. The National Honor Society and Student Council were re-established, while the Snow Dance debuted with great success. 1977-78 was a year of ups and downs, but I will remember it as a year of good times and friendship, full of memories to last a life time. After all this, what will I do without GVHS? A Senior LETTER FROM THE EDITOR 1 would like to take this opportunity to uphold yearbook tradition and write the inevitable, trite letter of thanks to all those faithful and somewhat dedicated students who have made this unique publication possible. But I won’t. It is in better keeping with the rest of the book for me to engage in things more readable. The theme of the book this year is “magazine style,” and we have upheld that idea to the best of our abilities. We have inserted creativity in copy, pictures and layout in a determined effort to stamp out the demon trite wherever possible. Thus, we are quality crusaders, a title which we hope will be remembered through some of our more radical pages. The book is an attempt to provide an amusing as well as historic review of school year 1977-’78, and we mean no real offense toward anything portrayed within it. Neither, on the other hand, did we hold back when there was any reasonable type of amusement to be squeezed out of our otherwise rather rigid subject matter. There can be one thing said for the book, however: it docs, in its own way, portray reality. Reality with a spicy twist, it’s true, but reality nonetheless. I choose to regard it as a great creative effort. Quite frankly though, it was a hell of a lot of work, and we of the Viking '78 yearbook staff sincerely hope you will enjoy it to the fullest, for that hope is the only compensation which made it all bearable. It was made for you, and even if you hate it, give us a smile and save us from suicide. You can be sure that it will be well taken. I thought it appropriate to present this one last bit of sanity in introduction, as from now on we begin to leave the normal world and travel into one of fantastic ideas, funny expressions, playful satire and true sentimentality — a world where creativity has not been kept in shackles. Read on, Macduff, and behold the wonderful world of GV ... Bon Voyage, and have a great life! „ , 2 Viking Annual. 1978

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PHOTOJOURNAL ’78 A VIKING Special Feature