McNary High School - Claymore Yearbook (Keizer, OR)

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Far left: Wes Luke shows how to dive. Upper center: Coach Herbison talks about the coming meet while the girls' team listens. Row l: Leslie Whinery, Pauline Patterson, Maxine Dake, De- lores Erler, Sue Thies, Pat Rierson, Trinna Thac- kery. Row 2: Jacque Blake. Cheryl VanCleave, Gayle Wood, Denise Fox, Nancy Kenndy, Barb- ara Steltenpohl, Cindy Moles. Joanne Huiett. Lower center: Coach Herbison goes over team strategy for a coming meet. Upper left: Cheryl VanCleave splashes to another record. Center: Coach Bulgin goes over the events of the next meet with the squad. Row l: Leif Blensly, Dan Miller, Rod Hanson, Frank Jones, Wes Luke, George Bongiovani, Kent Irving, Ben Dake. Row 2: George Ruby, Norm Smith, Rich Lamkin, John White, Tom Cummings, Brian Simpson. Row 3: Rick Amsbury, Stu Taylor. Rick Mar- shall. Ron Vanl-less. Below left: Polishing their diving skills for the state meet were Rich Lam- kin, Rick Amsbury, George Bongiovani, and Ben Dake. Below: Gayle Wood shows sprint form. in

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