Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Cameras, stereos, and TVs are the business of junior Steve Bradley. Steve had been employed at Service Merchandise in the new mall since September 1979. His experience as a photographer has aided his work. Like ready, supporting hands, these steel supports wait for bleacher seats to put the finishing touch on the balcony in the new gym complex. Overhead new shiny lights illuminate the unfinished work. Exercise is a growing priority in the lives of high school students. The new Sports Illustrated Court Club on 45th Avenue, offers several courts, saunas, and means of working off excess energy.

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Quick mathematical figuring is no longer required for modern day cash registers. Senior Nancy Buikema puts in an average work day at Venture in the new Griffith Park Shopping Mall at Broad and Cline. PLACES With the beginning of each school year, changes are made. They may be in policy, procedures or even student attitude. But this year the most visible changes appear to be surrounding the students, around the school and in the community. Around school, the most notable change is the addition of the $4.2 million gym complex. Spurred by the critical lack of locker space for physical education classes and the growing varsity athletic programs, health classes held in the junior high and a storage room converted into a nurse’s office, the school board decided in 1970 that the complex was needed. The school is not the only growing part of the community; more businesses are pouring into the Griffith area. The Griffith Park Shopping Mall, itself only a year old, has recently been joined by two more businesses on Ridge Road which are trying to yank the dollars from the consumer’s pockets. Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers and a new Shell service station have opened their doors within a one-mile section of Ridge Road, ready crammed with food shops and gas stations. Stretching from Burger King to Obies there are now six gas stations within one-and-a-half blocks of each other. To burn off the extra burgers, Sports Illustrated Court Club was erected on 45th Street in Highland. All these business want to make sure the tummys, gas tanks and exercise quota of the community are full, as well as their cash registers. It’s these new places to go to meet friends, spend time, and to learn that symbolize community growth. IflfF With the opening of Griffith Park Shopping Mall, many new jobs were created for students. Junior Kay Nelson earns her money by collecting other people’s money at the new shoe store for Griffith, Fayva.

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A familar old place is the telephone outside the J-room. Here students can call mom to bring the forgotten homework or call a boyfriend to make sure he ' s really home sick, as does junior Cindy Stevens. Feeling a little under the weather , senior Carol Pustek asks Mrs. Earp to take her temperature and check her pulse. As the school nurse, Mrs. Earp repeats this task daily. Sometimes a ranch steak is better than an empty stomach as sophomore Lisa Brooks decided. Some students choose McDonalds while others decide to stick around the same old place. 6