Mazama High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Klamath Falls, OR)

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wo ZE R E T A K E S 80 • Seniors OVERSEAS VISITOR Machi Kudo is here from Chiba, Ja- pan. She arrived here in August and is planning to leave next summer. Mauchi was a senior and was taking courses in government, speech, typing, history, ad- vanced algebra, and English. She said that she liked her classes, but they are hard! I was interested in American people, the way they live and think, Mauchi commented about why she decided to come to America. And 1 wanted to make friends with as many people as possible. She misses her family and friends, but said she liked it here. The people are very nice and friendly. Machi said that she was very nervous when she first came here. She came from a private high school where they wore uniforms, cannot have permed hair, wear jewelry, or make-up. She came here by the way of examina- tions, series of tests, and interviews. Machi Kudo is a foreign exchange student from Japan. She was studying in class for her next speech.

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 Barbra Usselman Paul Walborn Kasaundra Whitehead Tricia Williams Eddie Valdez Carol Wallace Jay Wilder Brian Wilson Sally Vassallo Jennifer Warded Jesse Williams Miles Wiltrout Tammy Vincent Ricky Weaver Kimberly Williams Crystal Winters Teresa Viramontes Gregg Wheat Russell Williams Tom Wirch Seniors - 79

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Goodbye Dear Friends Running the high hurdles • Charlie was not only a good student, but an outstanding hurdler as well. Going for the ball Shawn enjoyed playing soccer for Mazama, where he was a strong right wing for the ju- nior varsity team. Death isn't a word found in most high schools' everyday vocabulary. Yet in No- vember the students and staff at Ma- zama were faced with the fears and tears that come along with death. They were forced to cope and try to understand the reasons behind the tragic loss of two students and one of last year's gradu- ates. Through it all they came together and helped and supported one another through the grieving process. Seniors Charlie McCoskey and Shawn Petrie were involved in an accident on the South Side Bypass where they lost their lives. The two were often seen to- gether both in the classroom and on the sports field. Many people, including Erin Rogers, remember when the two trans- fered into Mrs. Mitchell's English class. English became a lot more fun, and more of a group effort,” she comment- ed. Kathy King remembers how in the morning Shawn would pass her and a group of friends in the locker area and try to ignore” them. We would whistle at him and he would come back as if he hadn't seen us,” she said. Shawn and Charlie were both active on the track team and very much missed during the 1988 season. Hurdler coach Susan Law- rie recalled how Charlie jumped into the 1600 relay at Henley when a member became hurt. He competed his heart out and helped to win the relay which won us the meet. He was also the fourth fastest high hurdler ever at Mazama.” No one can say death is easy to cope with, but when the students of Mazama come together in the future, they should remember Charlie and Shawn with hap- py memories of how they brightened ev- eryone's life. People say life is so simple, yet no one can explain why one day is full of happiness, another full of pain. Something terrible has happened, and we all ask the reason why. Why two very special people in our lives had to die. For all the people who loved them, it's hard for us to understand. We all must be patient for they are in God's loving hands. A special friend is forever; not something death can destroy. So we all will remember Charlie and Shawn with love, happiness, and joy. We will remember the good times, and leave the sad behind, and those two guys, wherever they arc, will always be two of a kind. They made a special mark on each one of out lives. So. even though they've ben taken from us; their souls and our memories will survive. Good-bye dear friends, good-bye. -Erin Rogers Memorial - 81