Rogue River High School - Ro Hi An Yearbook (Rogue River, OR)

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To many, school was not just an everyday routine. It was a place to grow, have friends, and for some even a barber shop. Some of the faculty had to put up with a little harassing now and then. Mr. Barnard took on a couple of nicknames like Kojak and Telly Savalas. He also had a little sticker on his desk that said bald is beautiful.” Mr. Cheney, the driver education teacher, found it difficult explaining to his students why he got a ticket for reckless driving. Something at RRIIS that we’ll always remember is lunchtime. Even though the two sections of the school were dismissed five minutes apart to go eat, everyone somehow managed to get there at about the same time. We always knew tacos would be served in the cafeteria Thursday because we had chili on Wednesday. And you could almost always depend on seeing suckers in everyone’s mouth right after lunch. 4

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IrUcdurticr Nineteen seventy-five was very special to a lot of people, because it was the last year for all of us at the old Rogue River High building. Not only did the Class of ’75 leave us, but for the rest of the students, classes were moved to the new high school and all that remain are the memories of the good and bad times that old red brick building brought us. At the start of the year, in the fall of '74, after the newness of the school year had diminished and a routine had set in, everyone seemed to be pretty spirited and ready for our first football game with arch rival Illinois Valley. We won this handily 24-0, and it appeared it was an indication of the school year ahead.

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Ilie time ef cei liees They say that our high school years are the best time of our lives. When we look back on them when we're older we'll think how trivial and unimportant those problems were, but at that time they seemed like they would shadow us for the rest of our lives. A broken heart, school work interfering with our social life, a tough teacher giving us a hard time, and even losing our first game were so important. Once in a while, we think about the school years behind us and how most of our problems had passed, and had left us only with experiences that might prove to be helpful in our future 3'ears. They had also changed our ideas which might reflect later in life, but this is just part of the making of our character. As time goes by, more difficulties arise and we find ourselves sometimes in almost the same situation as before, and wonder how it could happen. But again it passes, and we find these days of joyfulness and sadness had quietly left us, and we are no worse from the experiences, but are left with knowledge that our high school years were the best time of our lives. Center left: Jim lies has a worried look on his face as Mrs. Misner gives him a haircut. Upper center: Kent Gutches, Jay Wisshack, and Don Blakely show off their muscles. Bottom left: Unidentified legs during a pep assembly. Upper right: Jay Wisshack and Janis Slover at an assembly. Lower right: Terry Strickler in the shop. Bottom right: Kim Kendall, Kim Sease, and Pam Hendricks look at '73-'74 annual. Center right: Dave Irvine and Leo Tocher show how much they care. 5