Grant High School - Memoirs Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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Finnegan s Toy Store provides an excellent place to relive childhood, as Anna Criteser and Denise Tester find out. The most recent addition to Portland s collection of public art. Portlandia towers above the downtown city streets. Amy Moorman and Thomas Lauderdale cheerfully debate their chioces at a local Baskin and Robbins ice cream store. While studying at the downtown library. Matt Augsberger photocopies a document. Munching on goodies from The Original Cookie Company. Molly Borghorst. Laura Smith, and Becky Scott relax at Lloyd Center. 5

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Enjoying your free time What do students here do when not in the hallowed halls of good old Grant? Homework naturally occupies many hours of the average student's free time, but most teenagers also find time to participate in other activities. Sports were very popular, both organized school teams and also recreational weekend sports like tennis or skiing. Grant’s athletic program was also a source of entertainment for the more sedentary, since the Friday night football games always brought crowds of Grantonians. “I like sports for both the physical and the social activity, said junior Bret Wonderlick. Not all activities were so school-oriented, however. Freshman Robert Bernard was vice-chairman of the Metropolitan Youth Commission, an organization dedicated to youth involvement in community decision-making. It has given me responsibility and the opportunity to work in the community with various people, he claimed. Grantonians also spend weekends at part-time jobs or helping out around the house. But by far the most popular way for Grantonians to spend their free time was by relaxing with friends. Shopping downtown or at Lloyd Center was the way many students spent their Saturdays, while dance clubs such as Skoochie's were also very popular. Sophomore Shea Houghland summed up the attitude of many of her fellow students: ! go out with my friends and have a blast! 4 Introduction

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Two mad scientists. Mr. Holm and Ramona Kiser, gleefully anticipate the next experiment. Once again. Mr. Conover wields his red pen in his rewrite line as seniors Shelly Stevens. Amy Pescone. and Kristen Johnsen anticipate more errors. Gloomily contemplating his homework, freshman Chris perry reads the assigned chapter. Grant alumnus Gordon Fullerton encourages the student body to reach new heights at a special assembly. Ms. Alcorn reproves Charlie Feinstein for the inadequacies of his English paper. Ms. Yabuki assists Laura Dohman with a challenging math problem.