Richfield High School - Aurean Yearbook (Richfield, MN)

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Left; Apprehensive freshmen watch as Mr. Merton consults his class list for attendance. Below: On Orientation Day. Mr. Danielson wonders what other horrifying stories he can tell his students. Middle Lefti Michelle Hammond gives her hair a final combing as she listens intently to her friend Deana Hermstad. Left. Carl Herman practices smiling for the camera. Left: Students wait patiently to have their pictures taken. Beginning Of School 17

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Disorientation BEGINNING OF SCHOOL Apprehensiveness characterized ninth graders on Orientation Day. For some, it was a major task to find their way to the high school auditorium. First, they sat through a lecture on tardiness and suspension delivered by Mr. Mass. Then, Chris Koch, a junior, tried to encourage the freshmen to get involved in student government. Fringe benefits included meeting new people and having teachers say, Oh. you're so special.” As they went through their class schedule, they were told the basic rules such as, Keep your hands and feet to yourself and all that stuff you learned in kindergarten.” One student found that when you're on third floor in North Wing and have to go to the first floor in South Wing, it’s very difficult to find your way there.” She asked a friend how to get to her room, but the friend only said. I don’t know. I'm new here, too. By the end of the day. the ninth graders could hardly wait to return to the security of their own homes. Ring sales and picture day were other important events which marked the beginning of school. A few seniors thought that by having their pictures taken with the underclassmen, they would be allowed to remain at least one more year at the high school. Top: Kevin Arnold. Eric Sorenson. Chuck Lit lie. and Nick Nelson compare opinions on their new school. Above Scon Anderson accepts final decision of Marlene Eure. Righti Mari Paul and Kim MostoUer try to decide what to have engraved on their rings. I6 Beginning Of School

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I8 Nev THE YEAR IN REVIEW 1983 1984 Ambush Slaying On Thursday, September 29, two Ruthton bankers were shot to death. Authorities described the incident as an ambush slaying. The two men were Deems Thulin and Rudy Blythe. The alleged slayer was James L. Jenkins, 46, who held a grudge against the bankers who had foreclosed on the farm four years earlier when Jenkins lived there. Jenkin's son, Steve, 18, was also involved in the incident. The Jenkins fled the scene in a pick-up truck, driving to Brownwood, TX. There on Sunday, October 2, James Jenkins shot himself to death. Steve Jenkins surrendered to the authorities and was charged with murder. Grant Resigns Bud Grant announced his resignation on January 27, 1984. Grant was the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings football team for 17 years. Grant, age 56, said he wanted more time for hunting, fishing, and other diversions. His record included 122 wins while he coached in the Canadian Football League and 161 wins as coach of the Vikings. His Vikings teams had a 151-87-5 record. Grant's successor was Les Stcckcl, formerly an assistant coach to the Vikings. Stcckcl is 36 years old. Zoo Conflict Over 800 phone calls to the Minnesota Zoo followed the Zoo’s announcement on March 7 that a three year old Siberian tiger would be killed next week. Since its genetic background had been preserved through breeding and since no other zoo or circus wanted the tiger, the decision was made to give the animal a lethal injection. Because of the public outrage, however, officials reconsidered and sent the tiger to an animal refuge in Tyler, TX. Nuclear Protest at Honeywell The corporate headquarters of Honeywell were the scene of peaceful anti-nuclear protests during 1983 and 1984. The most widely publisized protest occurred on Monday, October 9, 1983. At the height of the protest, demonstrators sat or lay on the pavement. Around 2 A.M. police became involved when protestors tried to prevent employees from entering the plant. Police arrested 557 people for trespassing during the ten-hour protest. Among those arrested were Minnesota poet Robert Bly and Erica Bouza, wife of Minneapolis Police Chief Anthony Bouza. “Bubble Boy”Dies On February 22. 1984, David, the 12 year old “bubble boy” from Houston. TX. died of heart failure. He had been confined to his plastic bubble since birth because of a combined immune deficiency syndrome, meaning that he had no immunity to even ordinary bacteria. After a bone marrow-transplant the previous October, he became ill, and doctors decided he would have to be removed from the bubble for adequate treatment. But the treatment didn't work, and he died two weeks later. Pilot Rescued On December 4, after being shot down over Syrian territory, Lt. Robert A. Goodman, Jr. was taken prisoner by the Syrians. After spending a month in a Syrian police compound, Goodman’s release was secured by Presidential hopeful Jesse Jack-son. Goodman came home to a hero’s welcome, while Jackson returned with renewed vigor to his campaign for the Presidency. It Was Cold! There were many memoriablc events ir. 1983 and 1984, the death of Yuri Andropov. the Olympic gold medals won by Bill Johnson and Scott Hamilton ... but perhaps the most memorable in the minds of Minnesotans was December 19, 1983. 0; that date the temperature dropped to twenty-nine degrees below zero and stayec there for just over one hundred hours Minnesotans were used to cold weather, negative numbers were nothing new, but December and January set records for coldness. Cars stalled, trapping families within them. On the weekend of Januan 4, 1984. record temperatures caused the deaths of twenty-one people, six of whom belonged to the Janzen family of Southwest Minneapolis. Luckily, there were many good things to look forward to in what remained of 1984, and one of them was spring. Mrs. Gopher Retires Retiring in 1983 after many years of service to Richfield High School was Mrs. Elaine Bruggeman. Mrs. Brug-geman, affectionately known as “Mrs. Gopher was the owner and photographer of Gopher Studios on 76th and Lyndale. She was the official yearbook photographer providing many senior pictures, portraits of Homecoming Queens and candidates, and Fire Ice Kings and candidates. She took the pictures at all the dances as well as the Homecoming and Fire lee coronations and talent shows. Upon retiring, Mrs. Bruggeman became an active member in the Richfield AFS chapter, and traveled to Scandinavia during the summer. Carrying on the tradition of Gopher Studios is Scot Hin-termeyer, now manager of Gopher Photography. In the years to come, perhaps he will become as much a part of the RHS tradition as Elaine Bruggeman.