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

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Peggy Scheler Nikki Stoner Jennifer Thomas Sean Tripp Gary Tucker Gloria Valdez Ricardo Valdez Lorraine Varela Thomas Vaughn Erma Villagomez Pamela Willard Brenda Zevallos In his room at home. Hector displays some of the many plaques, trophies and medals he has won over the past four years. His track career started In sev- enth grade when he participated In “Field Day” at Fairbanks Middle School. Seniors Salazar-19

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Michelle Ruedas Chris Saiz Hector Salazar Maurice Sandoval Michelle Marie Ruedas:AFS 4, Class Re- presentative 2, Treasurer 4, Student Coun- cil 2, Copper Cat 1234, Class Layout Editor 234, Basketball 12. Volleyball 1234, Tennis 34, Football Homecoming Attendant 4, Ju- nior Prom Attendant 3, Basketball Sweet- heart Attendant 3, Honor Roll 1234, Junior Rotarian 4, IGAA 4, Quill and Scroll 34. Chris F. Saiz: Football 2, Track 134, Wres- tling 1234, First Team Conference 3, Letter Club 234. Hector Lopez Salazar: Class Representative 14, Spanish Club 1234, Bas- ketball 1234, Football 1, Track 1234, All Conference Track 1234, All State Track 1234, Luke Greenway Meet of Champs 1234, 1600 Meter Champion 34. Football Homecoming Attendant 1, Junior Prom At- tendant 3, Junior Rotarian 4, Letter Club 1234. SNHS 34. Maurice Joseph Sando- val: Football 234, Wrestling 234, Letter Club 4. Peggy Maureen Scheier: AMUN 234, AFS 2, Chess Team 1234, Drama Club 234, Playcast 3, Stage Crew 234, French Club 1234, Secretary 3, Treasurer 3 Spanish Club 234, Science Club 1, Girls 3, Spanish Club 234, Science Club 1. Girls State 3, Honor Roll 1234, NHS 34, Junior Rotarian 4, SNHS 34, Spanish I Award 2, Spanish II Award 3, English III Award 3, Woodsman of the World Award 4. Nikki Lynn Stoner: Marching Band 1234, Con- cert Band 123, Pep Band 123, Track 2, Manager 3, Honor Roll 234, IGAA 234. Jennifer Thomas: Marching Band 12. Concert Band 12. Sean Tripp. Gary Allen Tucker: Football 23, Track 1. Gloria Valdez: Cheerleader 123, Basketball Sweetheart Attendant 3, Miss Merry Christmas 4. Ricardo Valdez: Base- ball 234, Basketball 23, Football 1234, Wrestling 1. Junior Prom King 3, Letter Class Representative 23, Vice-Pres. 4, French Club 34, Spanish Club 1234, Presi- dent 4, Tennis 234, Volleyball 134, JV MVP 3, Honor Roll 123, IGAA 34, SNHS 234, Survival Award 3. Thomas Allan Vaughn. Erma Rojas Villagomez: AFS 1234, Class Representative 23, President 1, Stu- dent Council 1234, Secretary 4, Spanish Club 4, Graduation Committee 4, Basketball 1234, Volleyball 1234, Football Homecom- ing Attendant 1, Junior Prom Queen 3, IGAA 234. Pamela Lee Willard: AMUN 34, AFS 2, Marching Band 123, Concert Band 12, Pep Band 12, Chess Team 1234, Copper Cat 1234, Editor-in-Chief 4. Busi- ness Manager 2, Managing Editor 3, Drama Club 234, Play Cast 3, Stage Crew 23, French Club 1234, President 3, Spanish Club 4, Secretary 4, Science Club 1. Girls State 3, Honor Roll 1234, NHS 34, Junior Rotarian 4, Quill and Scroll 34, SNHS 4, English III Award 3, NAU Outstanding Ju- nior Award 3. Brenda Marie Zevallos: Transferred from Ajo High School 4, AFS 4, Volleyball 4. The start of something big In training for his meet in Germany, Hector Salazar is timed by track coach Dave Woodall. Running has provided senior Hec- tor Salazar with a great deal of recog- nition during the past four years. His ability as a runner was acknowledged last summer by the California-based International Sports Exchange who selected Hector to compete on their team of outstanding high school ath- letes from throughout the country. Hector and his teammates spent ten days in West Germany, during which time they competed in a variety of athletic events in Cologne. They also toured Berlin and Frankfort. Morenci has come to expect major accomplishments from Hector as he has won gold medals in state track competition for three years, in addi- tion to his first place finish at the Luke Greenway Meet of Champions last spring. Hector’s performance in West Germany was no exception as he competed in the 1500-meter run twice and won a first both times. What was Hector’s impression of West Germany? “Everything was so green,’’ he commented. “It was quite a change from Morenci. I really liked the country but the food wasn’t that great. I’m used to my mom’s chila- cas.’’ Following graduation from high school, Hector hopes to attend the University of Arizona on a track scholarship. His dream is to run at the ’88 Olympics. 18-Seniors Salazar

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 c New classes prepare seniors with job entry skills, artists paint festive holiday scenes, home economics students receive tips on grooming, writers enter contests, and French 11 students sample escargots. I---------------------------------------------------1 Adding some final touches to the I Santa Claus he painted on a win- dow by the office is Randy Baca. ■ Art students painted Christmas ■ scenes on windows of all business- es in the community. Creating a festive holiday I mood throughout the town, members of Mrs. Willard’s art classes painted holiday scenes | on windows of local businesses. “The students painted whatever | they wanted unless there was a special request from a mer- | chant,” explained Mrs. Willard. Starting with the windows at | the PD Mercantile store, stu- dents worked as a group for | more than 30 hours to create the festive scenes. “It was a la- | bor of love,” said Mrs. Willard. “The kids really enjoyed doing | it and took pride in their work.” I I “What season am I?” asks Shelly Rue- das as she holds a color fan next to her face. Shelly was taking part in a color draping session In her office procedures class. 20-Academic Affairs In order to meet the required com- petencies established by the state de- partment of education, a new two- hour class entitled “Office Proce- dures” was initiated in the business education department. “The department is trying to meet the requirements for vocational certi- fication,” explained instructor Sandra Hudgens. “The new office proce- dures course provides a setting where the majority of the required compe- tencies can either be covered or rein- forced.” Meeting during both third and fourth periods, the class of ten senior girls learned to operate a variety of office machines, reviewed English and punctuation skills, and studied filing systems and word processing. Tours were taken to businesses in both Clif- ton and Morenci where students were able to see much of the equipment they had read about actually being used in the workplace. The girls also got some “hands on” experience after being shown how to run some of this equipment.