Sammamish High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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nf if tg af c -1 spa- Nick Giardina plays one from the faivway. The Sammamish Totems golf team clubbed their way into second place in the Kingco Conf ference behind a tough Bellevue team, even though Mzxrty Kaplan played the entire season with cracked cartilage in his right arm, and Nick Giardina was hospitalized after just two varsity matches. A The Totes, victorious in their first five matches, beat Newport 112-109, Redmond 93f91g Bothell 97f9Og Inglemoor 111f98g Mercer Island 133427. When Sammamish met undef feated Bellevue on October 17, Bellevue tof taled the Totes, 109f78, but the Totes recovf eredto beat Lake Washington 94f75, 28 Bob Beckclman and Marty Kaplan talk over results of a match

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Mrs. Dalilberg presents German conversation to students. Mrs. McDade rushes the deadline for the Totem Talk. Again . . . . i .a . As if 255 args Mr. Biellqa waits for an answer from a Biology student. Mr. Robert Osgood spent part of his summer attending coachfclinics. He explained that the new ideas he gained from his Dartmouth advisor were to be applied in his coaching this year. Mr. Arnold Bierman also attended coachfclinics but spent a great deal of the summer hiberf natingw in his new camper. Wliile many were in the classroom and preparing for the coming year, some teachers participated in actif vities outside the classroom. When asked what he did during the sum' mer, Mr. John Stupey replied I worked as a garbateerf' However, Mr. Osgood interjected, labeling him as a sanitary engineer. Mr, Ron Bielka's summer as a semif skilled chemist for a paper com' pany paid more than a teacher's salary. Mrs. Bonnie McDade also l Mr. Miller exercises typing skills. found interests in new fields as the editor of a new magazine, Pa' cific Search. Miss Elizabeth Alma acted as governess for two boys in Quebec and tutored them in French. Other teachers worked at Longacres, built bridges and new homes. The many different jobs added to the variety of teachers summer ' activities. Most of the student body realizes these teachers are not the typical Miss Grundy or stern old man with his birch rod, but that as Mr. Knoell says, study and travel abroad, work experiences in other occupations, and contact with people of different nationalities or socio f economic levels, establishes the basis for broader understanding and contributes to enriched teach' ing. 27

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W 1 . ,w- kb ,, mg ,ww ,,, ,V ,, J E ' B at ' H ' 71, asff'ftJ e'gf,f3kgs4ifMi,ga,3ir,ier ' 1 .1 f-'- -is . :iHsr,fv'ET -wi -:': ' V- , ,ii 'riff - ij, 4:av'ffi a ,i '..i? is sw m.,, as Tom Kuhn plays one off the fairway. On Octoher 31 Coach Jerry Mat' thews took four of his top golfers to Mt. Si to participate in the Medalist Tournament. Of these Bob Beckelman finished 3rd with a 72, one stroke off the leaders. The other participants were Tom Kuhn who shot 76, Marty Kaplan who shot 81, and Nick Giardina who shot 87. With the end of the Medalist Tournament the golf season ofhf cially came to a close. Bob Beckelman prepares to ta e awway shot GOLF TEAM MEMBERS Marty Kaplan, Tom Kuhn, Bob Beckelman, Howie Meltzer, Nick Giardina, Ron Wilson, George Rosse, Steve Donavan, Bruce Ben' der, Bob Mechaure, Ron Heiner, Paul Maier, Wayne Devogler, Dick Steckland, Romney Brian. fLast three earned no pointsj