Morenci High School - Copper Cat Yearbook (Morenci, AZ)

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Academic Top 10 Seniors Shelly Ruedas Peggy Scheier Lorraine Varela Pam Willard Former faculty member and sponsor of the National Honor Society. Joseph Ga- lusky. gives a speech at the initiation ceremony. “I love It!” exclaims Mona Sanders as she and fellow initiate Suzie Valdez try on hats while shopping in Safford fol- lowing the pinning ceremony. Top 10 Senlors-9

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Sheri Durr Murl Easley Martin Gherna Beth Phelps JUNIOR ROTARIANS Grace Franco ...............................................September Hector Salazar................................................October Beth Phelps .................................................November Martin Gherna ...............................................December Shelly Ruedas................................................ January Murl Easley ................................................ February Annette Rocha...................................................March Daniel Lopez ...................................................April Pam Willard, Peggy Scheier........................................May Proudly receiving her member- ship pin from her father. Bill Rich- ardson, is Kristina Richardson. Galusky returns to give advice Retired teacher Joseph Galusky was the guest speaker at the 46th annual N.H.S. initiation ceremony. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Galusky sponsored the honor society for 25 years. “I really enjoyed his speech,” ad- mitted Annette Rocha following the ceremony, “because it was geared to us as teenagers.” Mr. Galusky used some of his fa- vorite quotes throughout his presen- tation. Especially popular were: “Never let your parents down be- cause they’re the ones who brought you up,” and “Life is like a grinding wheel — it will either grind you down or polish you. It all depends on what kind of metal you’re made of.” Initiates and members were obvi- ously tearful after the ceremony. “Mr. Galusky made us realize how fast time goes by and just how close graduation actually is,” said Beth Phelps. “It hadn’t really hit me until the ceremony that night that my four years at MHS were almost over.” Participants in the evening’s event suffered from forgetfulness. Peggy Scheier forgot her speech and had to make a quick trip home to retrieve it. Murl Easley temporarily forgot the name of the candle he was to light after having just given a five-minute speech about it, and all the boys in- volved in the ceremony forgot their pin or initiate ribbon. Prior to the pinning ceremony on February 18, members asked Mr. Glodis to allow them to have the afternoon instead of the traditional morning off from school. “Everything here in town is closed in the morning, and when we do finally find some- thing to do, it’s time to get back to school,” commented Murl Easley in explaining the members’ reason for requesting the change. Having the entire afternoon avail- able, the group opted to go to Safford where they all met for lunch following several hours of shopping. 8-National Honor Society Junior Rotarians

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Orlando Abril Rusty Aker Rudy Andazola Richard Aragon Randy Baca Kerry Barrick On a sign painted by the cheerleaders, varsity football players demonstrate u hat they plan to do to the Clifton Tro- jans. 10-Seniors