Grants Pass High School - Toka Yearbook (Grants Pass, OR)

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Judy Holder Gina Holm Mike Holtzclaw David Hood Eric Hookland Mark Horban Keith Hostkoetter Dan Hyatt Richard Ice Kurt Isert Carl Jacobson Ross Jesswein Stanley Jew Scott Joe him Holly Johnson Mike Johnson Raymond Johnson Tammy Johnson Matthew Jordan Dieter Kanehl SENIORS-1983-SENIORS-1983- SENIORS-1983-SENIORS-1983-SENIORS-1983- ,22 Seniors Curtis Kee Tom Ketelsen Steven King Vicki Kolkow Marcie Kopp Jerome LaChance Scott Lawless Tammy Lawless Carrie Lawrence Chuck Lesisz Dawn Lind Mark Lindquist LeAnn Little Dana Logan Michael Lowe

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Senior Fiddles With Success Among the talented students at G.P.H.S. is senior Heather Bennett who has been playing the fiddle for seven years and has won numerous awards. Heather started playing the fiddle when she was ten, following four years of playing the violin. The style and technique of the fiddle is different from the violin. The type of songs played with a fiddle are faster and shorter than those with a violin. Heather had always been fascinated with the violin, and when she saw a fiddle contest at the age of nine, she decided to learn how to play. Soon after that she started playing in contests. Heather says, “I like it because it’s a challenge. Like at a contest, I like getting up there and competing. I’m really competing against myself instead of the other people, because I’m showing how well I can do.” She has been to many states because of her fiddle-playing talent. Among them are Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming. She has taken top honors in the Nevada, California, and Oregon state championships. She also has won fourth place honors at the National Junior Championship. Heather says she will keep playing the fiddle and she may go professional for a year but she says there’s really no money in a fiddle career. “I don’t think I’ll ever quit because it’s a part of me.” SENIORS-1983-SE Tamara Gibson Alex Gray David Groves Cynthia Hageman Cheryl Haines Alice Hamm Dawn Hannum Larry Harper Crystal Havniear Alan Hays David Healey James Henderson James Hill David Hobbs Robert Holbrook Seniors 21

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Julie Lundberg Rob MacGinnitie Stacey Mahan Phil Marchant Tim Marcotte Steve Maxwell Todd McClane Chris McClure Merri McFarlin Gail McGill USED RECORDS 1 Head Start In Life Have you ever thought of running your own business? Senior John Pearson has done more than just think about it. For him it’s a reality, since he owns his own record business. John started his venture about two years ago after a friend of his, who owned Replay Records, moved to Medford to open a business there. John took over but started with only a building and some record cases. The store, called “Relics Records” has many collector’s items. “I think we gear to people collecting because we get items other stores don’t get. We also get used records. People can also sell or trade in the store.” Two new items in the store are T-shirts and pins. John goes to school EB through 2nd period and then has two periods of work experience. He works in his store from 11:30 to 6:00 daily. Business gets slow in the winter but picks up in the spring and summer. “There are times when you aren’t sure if you can pay the rent.” Relics Records carries everything in records, classical, jazz, blues, children’s, rock ’n roll, country and western, and heavy metal. When asked what sold the best he said, “Heavy Metal, but it’s a shame people don’t listen to the other types of music. There is more good music out there, but people just haven’t heard it.” The store’s future plans are up in the air right now, but John would like to open another store in California and get a larger store here in Grants Pass. SENIORS-1983- SI John McKenzie Kristen McKnight Eileen McNamara Kim Meade Mark Medeiros John Mehringer Vincent Mikolavich William Miller Normetta Miller Lila Milner Seniors 23