Northwest High School - Viking Yearbook (Grand Island, NE)

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Collector goes to frogs r person has to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince. Horry Sturgeon, frestiman, has no prob- lem with this — he has 100 of them. Not frogs that go hop and croak in the night, but stuffed and ceramic frogs that sit quietly on a shelf in his room. One is about 6 inches toll and plays the harp, while another is a scene of two frogs playing pool. Once a year. Sturgeon and his family take two weeks and travel to Mexico to visit his grandparents. According to Sturgeon, one of those days in Mexico is spent shopping for new frogs. A five-year Spanish student. Sturgeon has no problem haggling over the price of a frog. He said the merchants usually agree on his price, but if they don ' t he acts like he is going to walk out without buying anything. Naturally, the merchant will want his business and will give in. Picture someone arguing over the price of a prince — er, frog. sturgeon ' s collection Mexican frogs. includes stuffed Cindy Perrill Miclieile Pickett Marty Pistulka Robin Poehier Ramani Prabhu Robert Prouty Gino Puckett Angela Quandt Kerri Quandt Renae Quandt John Raglond Laura Rowlings Wendie Ritchison Suzonne Ritter Kim Roby Cathy Rozmiorek Paul Schiley Jeff Schimmer Lonnie Schleichardt Terry Schweitzer Micheile Sems Joei Shofer Vickie Schriner Monte Shultz 104 Freshmen

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Sheri Merithew Kimberle Merkel Danette Metcalf Connie Meyer Melissa Meyer Stephanie Muilen Colleen Muller Les McComb Tim McConneli Joe Nelson Lorl Nelson Anita Neville Kim Niedfelt Chris Nietfeld Lisa Nispel Melissa O ' Brien Paul Oakeson Rich Osborn Rich Ostermeler Jean Padrnos Sandra Panowicz Micah Parker Fred Paxton Richard Pearce Freshman makes the calls r icture this: striped shirt, whistle poised; the referee made a crucial decision, and blew his whistle cutting the tense air inside the gym, One of the wrestlers looked at him and said, What do you know, ret, you ' re only a freshman. Hypothetical situation? Well, Steve Arrants refereed the sum- mer before his freshman year for kids between the ages of 8 and 18 in Oklahoma and Florida. Steve Arrants trains for wrestling season. According to Arrants, when he received negative reactions from wrestlers older than himself, he said that he just used everything he knew about wrestling to help him do the best job he could. Arrants began wrestling when he was a third grader at a series of Northwest sponsored wrestling clinics. In the tournament the fifth Saturday, he took first place. Since then, Arrants has taken a first and third place at Nebraska State wrestling meets. Freshmen 103

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MM: Mark Siebke Roy Skinner Sheila Skorniak Krista Sleeper Alan Smith Carole Smith Richelle Smith Rick Sonnenfeld Michael Sorgenfrei Taber Spencer Teresa Spitz Joell Stahlnecker Greg Statier Mike Stoppkotte Harry Sturgeon Melissa Sutter Leigh Swanson Cheryl Taback Steve Thoendel Kurt Tibbs Deb Tilden Kevin Toczek Kim Toczek Cheryl Tuchenhagen Ralissa Valasek Shelly Vlach Richard Vogt Kim Wodklns Binodh Wariyar Brad Watton Christine Werner David Whiles Sandra Wieczorek Troy Williams Joel Witt Cynthia Wolfe Daron Wondercheck Scott Woodward Brian Wragge Anne Ziegler Steve Ziska Not pictured: Lynne Aurand Mike Haith Freshmen 105