Preston High School - Heritage Jayette Yearbook (Preston, MN)

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 Upper Left: Our foreign exchonge students Eevo Terhi ond Oernd Jokubeir Upper Right: The lockers or P-F ore often cluttered Lower Left: Devin Nogle shorpens his computer skills Lower Right: Jomie Koose brushes up on his current events. Opening 0

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Always Learning, Always Growing, Since rhe Presron-Founroin School Disrricr is always reaching our ro improve in academics, they hired three new teachers and purchased eight computers, making possible for o computer class ro be offered. Also, rhe vocational secretaries were moved ro the high school ond a new ISS room wos established. Football proved ro be o ' long distance reaching out to the Wykoff School District. This formed the ever-powerful Presron- Fountoin-Wykoff Bluejays. Another change in sports wos in the cooching staff for boys Always Reaching basketball. Dick Irish rook rhe place of rhe retiring Ken Denny. Through the year, teachers ond staff helped students ro reach their goals in their studies. Coaches ond ployers worked together to reach out to victories. And ad- visors ond club members kept reaching through projects and activities. Below Left: In rhe nervous momenrs before Corono- rlon. Ruth Grebln odjusrs rhe corsoge on rhe reigning Queen Koren Hougerud Delow Righr: Brenr Roelofs rokes command of rhe bond’s procession in rhe dorkened gym. 2 Opening

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Events Make Year Memorable In the Preston-Founrain School District, by for the biggest news of the year was the fire that destroyed the entire bus fleer on June 12, 1983. Starred accidentally when leaking gasoline hit o hot trouble light, flames spread quickly. The entire building containing oil of Preston-Founrain's buses was soon engulfed. Repairs were mode over the summer to buses that could be fixed, ond the rest were either replaced with new buses or temporary looners. As o result, school did begin on rime in the foil. For owoy, but oil too close to home, wos the violence in Lebanon. Students watched each night os it seemed the casualty list of U.S. Marines grew larger, ond new efforts were mode to sign o ceasefire. Flogs flew at holf-most in the Preston area in the weeks following the terrorist bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon on Oc- tober 23, 1983. The devastation wos so total that it rook many weeks for the final death roll of over 230 to come in. The price of peace ond war become dear. The economy began its recovery in good fashion this year. Unemploy- ment slid below 9% for the first rime in two years, inflation wos or its lowest levels in ot least o decode, and store revenues rebounded from deficits to surpluses. Shopping in Rochester become o bit more expensive however when the city imposed its first 1% soles rox on top of the state s 6% rox. The fox rook effect on October 1. After months of wrangling, o new notional holiday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King wos established by Con- gress this yeor to be effective on the third Monday in January of 1986. In o slop of irony to communist Polish regime, Lech Walesa wos awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. All foil Polish officials hod been trying to discredit the morals of the Solidarity leader. It oil come to nought when he wos awarded the prize. Major sports fans were somewhat our of luck this post yeor. The Min- nesota Gophers football ream pro- bably hod the worst record ever. They won bur one gome oil season. The Vikings did somewhat better, but still seemed to lose when they shouldn’t. Top: A buckled door remained ro tell of rhe domoge from rhe fire in rhe Presron-Founroin bus goroge on Sunday. June 12.1963 Thick block smoke from rhe fire which covered rhe rown of Presron olso blackened rhe shell of rhe building Dorrom: Nor much remained of mony of rhe buses os rhey were pulled from rhe bus goroge ofrer rhe fire wos exrlnguished Superinrendenr Slosrod ond board members look on. 4 Currenr Evenrs