1981

Jordan High School Beetdigger 1981 . Volume 61 9351 South State St. Sandy, Utah 84070

Table Of Contents Activities Athletics Page 8 Page 34 Organizations Page 602

Honors Page 96Administration Classes Page 102 Page 114 Index Page 192

look to the future but preserve the past. Soon the future becomes present And the present is gone. Our lives are slaves to time And time never stops.

Imagine you could srop rimeTo examine the past. present and futureCarefullyDefore time changes it all.What would it look like? 5

The present ... The end of another year of schooling. For some it's a conclusion,For others a new beginning. What is in the past?Dlurred images of memories. Out then a single. Maybe trivial, event Explodes into reality.

What do you recall of your high school experience? Friends? Events? Teachers? Places? Within these pages you' ll reminisce ... Deetdigger. The Next Dest Thing To Deing There 7





Homecoming Starts With A Splat! 2 510

1. Trodirionol \"\"J\"' 2. Jeff Jones sreps close enough in class pie frghr 3. Shan no Coleman's pride suffers 4. Gene Garnes. Julie Groves. Down Poyron. Super sell or Formers Marker 5. Sue Koehler and Moke Brinkerhoff poinr fronr sidewalk 6. Oond odds peppy sound ro Home coming Parade 7. Alumni enrerroin or assembly 8. Firsr Atrendonr· Nancy Ayers. Second Arrendonr Chris Johnson. Queen Loruo Mace. Third Arrendonr: Pom Snow. were rhis yeor Homecoming Royolry67

Homecoming WeekEnds With Game Against Murray And A Dance. Homecoming week welcomed bock alumni andincluded five days of craziness by studentbody andfaculty. The alumni assembly included skits anddonee numbers and ended with a graphic scenebackgrounded by 'Anotherone Bites the Dust.' Itwas a hit with the students. Paraphernalia such asbuttons, tee shirts and hats were sold at Farmer'sMarket, but there was no food. Clubs sold itemsduring these two days as fund raisers and they alsosold them at the Homecoming game Friday night. The parade of club floats during the day treatedthe students to skill and color. The VICA float wonfirst place as the best float. Later that day at thegame, the winning floats paraded around the trackonce again. The game was against Murray and welost. During half-time our own Charlonians marchedfor the crowds. The week come to a close with adonee in the gym. The group that performed wasThunderbuck Ram. Pictures were taken and itturned out to be a very good donee.(1) The moment after the tackle. (2) The quarterback gettingready to throw the scoring pass. (3) From the sidelines, SteveJohnson and Jeff McFarlane watch the game against Murray. (4)The Donee Company float. shows off girls and a colorful setting.(5) Tense moments like these mode the Homecoming gameexciting. (6) #20. on the run for o touchdown. (7) A crowdfavorite at the parade. (8) The winning float mode by VICA. 2 312

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The Competition Was Close At Get Acquainted Get Acquainted wos o close contest be- tween oil four classes. The Juniors. through oil their struggles. come out the victors. The Sophomores were second. the Seniors third. ond the Freshmen. o little confused with the whole offoir. were fourth. Some of the events that were included this year were: o relay race. jello snort. egg toss. ond balloon pass. 1) Mike Thompson enjoys o squirt of whipped creom between events. 2) Jimmy Nelson gets Involved In the reloy roce. 3) Julie Powell. Mork Peterson. ond Stephonte Nielson. demonsrrore Juniors coordinolion in the four legged roce. 4) Derek Cooper wos deter. mrned ro win the Jello snort. 5) Scorr Chrrstionsen eors hrs sundae from the borrom up. 6) Mr. Andrus directs Joann Orrmon in the fine orr of making sundaes. 7) Lee Ann Ainsworrh hos to run ro her place tor rhe spirit yell. 314

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''Once Upon AMattress\" Is A Sleeper. like anything that happens at school, 1 2 there are bound to be memorable events. 3There is no exception with the productionof 'Once Upon A Mattress.' During rehears-als there were things that the cost willnever forget: Robyn Stuver trying to teachthe Spanish Panic, Robyn Havens forget-ting that there wasn't a mattress in themoat, when 'Shy' was totally forgottenand had to be reblocked, the tape recorderthat wouldn' t work trying to record 'Quiet'.There were the auditions when 150 peo.pie showed up for nine major speakingparts. opening night, the perfecting of skillswith each performance. closing night, andthe feeling of satisfaction of a job welldone. Rehearsals were every night for manyhours, and cast members come home ev-ery night wondering why they got them-selves into this, but had the strange feelingof obligation. So it went until November 18for the Middle School performance and forfour more nights. Cast members included: Robyn Havens(Fred), Troy Gogan (Dauntless), SandraDahl (Queen Aggravain), Orion Voiles(King Sextimus). Nancy Ayers (Jester), JeffSkoubye (Minstrel). Marin Gogan (Wizard),Laurie Pendleton (Lady Larkin), and RexKing (Sir Harry), plus eighty people in thechorus and orchestra. 416

The story concerns a kingdom ruledover by a talkative queen and a muteking. A princess must be found to marryDauntless. A girl. who arrives by swim-ming the moat. is brought in from theswamps. She must pass a test beforeshe can marry the prince. The test is forher to sleep on twenty mattresses withone tiny pea beneath the bottom one.She passes the test and she can marryDauntless.(1) Lourie Pendleton as Lady Larkin reads over herlines. (2) To ploy the port of the Jester, NancyAyres works on becoming like o clown. (3) NicoleTaylor tells Down Payton about the new princess.(4) Morin Gogan listens to Robyn Stuver's stagedirections. (5) Now that the queen can't talk. theking tokes over. (6) Orlan Voiles tells Troy Goganabout the birds and the bees. (7) Princess Win-nifred (Robin Havens) sings about why she wontsto get married. 17

Senior Hop Getting into the Christmas spirit.Marin Gogan livens up the dance. 5inglng Christmas carols at the end of the night. As the night went on some became crazy.18

Senior Hop Winter Wonderland This year Senior Hop. also referred to as the Winter Wonderland Dance. was held on Friday, the sixth of December. The dance started at eight o'clock ond ended at eleven o'clock. Senior Hop has always been one of the most colorful donees of the year. and this year was no exception. It was o great success and the Senior class officers thank all those who participated.P.oyohy: Jim Steadman. King: Sue Koehler. Queen.Mark Peterson and lee Droodheod toke o welcome night off from basketball. Sue Koehler and Richard Blomquist taking o break. 19

Bake Cows, Milk CakesDaisy 'N' Abner Make Mistakes At sunrise on Monday morning. Dog. clothes than they hod put into their pies!porch week hod already begun with Wednesday in the final competition,about twenty students meeting at o lo- each contestant played o tune on theircal born to milk cows. This was the first homemade instruments and ron the ob-of the contests that would decide Daisy stacle course.Moe and lil Abner. Tuesday morningthose who were still brave enough to Finally the results were announced!compete after their experience on Mon- The Lil Abner and Daisy Moe for 1980-81day. met in Jordon High's Foods room to were . . . Gene Garnes and Juliebake pies and cokes. Many found that Groves!they hod collected more flour on their A very informal donee. The Dog Patch Drag. topped off all the fun.Delegation provides rhe music for DogPorch. Becky loves ro booglell Lourie Pendleron serenades Dole Eddingron.20

Dloke Yates is entranced by Heidi Hordcostlel Chorlonions perform competition march at Dogpotch assembly. Dole was positive he followed the instructions thoroughlyIGene Garnes and Julie Groves. this years lit Abner and Daisy Moe. 21

Sweethearts Ball Sweethearts Doll. the annual Volentine's Donee. was sponsored by the Sophomore Closs Officers. Copper Ice provided the music for the evening of romance. The musical theme select- ed by the Sophomore officers was \"Just the Way You Are.\" Mike Provord ond Julie Brody donee ro rhe rheme song ''Jusr rhe Jon xhlffmon donees wlrh his sweerheorr. G•zerre Wolr•rs. Woy You Are.\"22

Lindo Mon1oyo shows Chorlorre Despain how 10 \" boogie!\" Lindo Lee (Queen) Pom Jensen Tommy Allen Liz xhnielerBeeldiggers ' gel down' ond enjoy 1he music. 2J

Stomps: A PlaceTo Meet NewFriends Mike Moore donees 10 lhe disco lroln. I Diggers enjoy dancing 01 1he FDLA Slomp.

wrr 11 111 oult,l!Jrous 1J1c11ro heat me svsrem Digger \!ec~ce l-Ull' LX Flicks bUll11/ C/.ill.l1tl J11U.Vbet2\! Night time movies added o unique way of entertainment for the studentbody. These movies were the highlight of our extra curricular activities. Besides being shrilling ond thrilling, these movies provided o fund raiser for Jordon clubs. Other forms of fund raisers were stomps. There were various types of music such os live bonds. disc jockies ond Disco Trains. 1J11Le\" ! IIWIIIW,WI ( 01-'U Ct~·N', o/ JIM Y•II I \TIIA'JIU 'YI , tiST't\1\" IIIONYI.I Pl•biiOII·I~ ••~IJVICHICII ....HC! l I G/1110 I 71..-ltfM fUJt,,,tlf~JU • ·l · f'(tf'f11'V MA ar<r.J.1\T 'JIIIH'fllt'VI IMfVIIIWI:J-1\1• •1c•l•t•lr•VI\"(rflW.I 11/VN~ .... -.. ----·,...,.., t •••O'\"••·••tCt:nll• t~ w •wa~t n •• , \"'~·~·· ( . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ........ 'W Du...t · .. Hotfm.m A fovorire wllh rhe sru~nrbody. Holloween movie provl~s humor.Drenr Planrfor all lg was responsible ,., hr time movie s. 25

Nothing Like Digger Pep Assemblies Pep Assemblies this year were great. The participants put all theyhod info them to make them fantastic. The school spirit was reallyfired up because of these assemblies. The pep assemblies were thekey to success of Jordon's school spiritl Sophomor• Ch••rl4t0ders lnrroduc• rennls ream. 'Wresrler•n•s sklr sporks enrhuslosm info sru<Wnrbody.

The bond adds a bong lo pep assemblies.Cheerleaders and songleaders boogie on down 10 rhe Jordon High Juke Box. 27

Oh, Good Grief, It's Charlie Brown! Yes, it is the blockhead and this wasthe theatre arts annual stage produc-tion. This year they presented 'You're oGood Man Charlie Drown!' The six actorsput their experience to test by perform-ing on o stage with hardly any propsand no scenery. The ploy containedmany touches of humor that all 'Pea-nuts' lovers hove come to know. Manyof the small scenes were token right outof the comic strip. The ploy was directedby Robyn West with the help of SondraDahl and Robin Havens. The stagecraftclasses constructed the unusual set. Lucy tells Schroeder of her marriage dreams.Snoopy contemplates suppertime. Peppermint Potty listens to Linus's philosophy.

Student di On his Sopwith Camel. Snoopy checks the air far thl' Red Doron.mok rt-ctors Robin Hovt-ns and Sondra Dohl helped e tht- ploy 0 SUCCl'SS.Randy Doker Linus ond Schroeder can see that Charlie Drawn has failed again. Charlie DrownJamie Heaps LucyOrion Voiles LinusJeff Skoubye SchroederNancy Ayers Peppermint PattyMarin Gogan SnoopyDirectors:Sondra DohlRobin HavensRobyn West 29

Variety At Senior Week The Senior class officers presented an On December fourth, a selected groupassembly for the studentbody, trying to of seniors had an opportunity to be stu.include as much variety as possible, rang- dent teachers. They taught class for theing from Jim Sreodmon's chicken-on-a- whole day.leash to Loune Peodleron singing \" Long-er\". Friday, December fifth, the Seniors were fortunate to miss fifth and sixth per. Straight from Rome, Karen Blackwood iods to watch the movie \" High Anxiety.\"performs her humerous reading, featur-ing Flavius Maximus. Our own Cowpucl~ Seniors comments of the whole weekplayed a jazzed-up \"Jingle Dell's\" tune, were \"fun\", \"entertaining the student-Morin Gogan's \" Silent Wall\" and the Char- body,\" \"an experience being a teach-lonians doing a jazzy tap-dance. er\", and \" Heaven missing fifth and sixth periods.\"Morin Gogon hoving o serious conversation with his good friend. Lourie Pendelton singing \"Longer.\"Pom Jensen ond Sue Kohler ore securely typingBrion Voiles for his escope. Koren Dlockwood performing her humerous reading ··Private Eye.\"

Five Activity Girls at Jordon High enjoyed five Gogan. Filled Days activity filled days especially devoted Also on Tuesday Dig pols hod a to them. December fifteenth thru the For Girls nineteenth was girls week. chance to meet their little Pols in an assembly.. where their names were They began the week off with G1rls called out and they greeted each oth. lool~ beounful day. this is where every er with the lirrle Par Gig Pol Hug girl in the school wore a dress to look nice. Wednesday was the day for all lit. tie Pols (freshman) to inioted by their Tuesday was I JUSt love girls day. this Dig Pol (Seniors). Some hod the oppor. gave the boys a chance to get into tunity of getting up at 4 o'clock in the the oct. If they did special things for a morning. putting on very funny look- girl like corry her books' or escort her ing clothes and going out to breakfast to class. then they would get I jusr love before going to school that day. g1rls burron. This was a contest to see who could collect the most buttons by A movie \"Block Stallion\" was the end of the day and be the Girls shown on Thursday. and Friday was week stud. the winners were K1ng. Dig Pol appreciation Day. This is Curtis longenbocker. 1sr orrendenr. where the little pols hod the chance Chris Martinez. 2nd orrendenr. Morin to show appreciation to their Dig Pols. for the niCe things they did to them.Candy Browning. 5helio Honnocock. Michelle Torez. con'r wail to get even with their Otg Po~ Cathy Jones. looks nice on G1rls lool~ beout1ful day Vicki Bilendorf coming bock from lunch or a costume porry?Tricio Peterson. the morning after her first night our rill9'00 (o freshman .) 31

Good Talent, StrangeHair, Sophomore Sophomore week was held on the 18.21 of February. On the Week 18th the sophomore class put on a great assembly for the student· body. Then on the 19th the studentbody put up their hair in funny ways for the \"Crazy Hairdo\" day. 104 to 42 was the score of the basketball game we won against Uintah.Trlno Moore. Stacy Sovoge. ond Hollee Nelson hove crazy hair. LeeAnn Muir donees well for the stuck!nrbody. Jon Ourger. ond Ken Groves os Romeo ond Juliet.J2

Freshman Week: Freshman Week was held on January 19-23. Some of the many activities par-''T-shirts' ' And ''Psycho'' ticipated in were: The studentbody dressed up for their \" t-shirt\" day on the 21st, and on the 23rd, the movie \" Psy- cho\" was shown and was the climax of Freshman week.Freshmen cheerleaders Holly Neff and Robyn Torr boost spirit. Mike Proag and his t.shirt during Freshmen Week.Freshmen officers. Mike Thompson. Curtis Hill. Dorrell VanAmen. and Tauna Edwards. planning Freshmen Week .





Golfers Sink Their PLatts They shined up their clubs, polished their Schneiter brother-sister pair up (see featureballs, laced up their fancy shoes and the story in Senior section) the team was sure toJordan Golf team hit the courses with a fury win. The golfers made a b·ig impression atthat blew the other schools away. With the region and state competitic)ns.Fronr 1\ow Steve Schneiter. Orod Oryon. Liz: Schneller. Rick Allen Gordon Treodwoy. Andy Pierce. Dock 1\ow Todd Liz: Schneller chips up.Olsen. Cosey Snow. Don Whlrrenburg. Coach Orody. Gronr Geerrsen. Jerry Sreodmon. Mlchuel Johnson.Michael Johnson ond Coach Orody check Don Whlrrenburg's purr. John Young wails anxio usly for rhe boll ro moke lr In rhe hole.

Young Freshmen Play Against District Giants ~ Scorebox The Freshman Football 0 Teom put on a good show by playing the other schools Jordon 1• Aho 0 In the district (all class A.A.). Jordon 6 Brighton 12 With a 4-4 record they pre- Jordon 14 Hillcrest 27 pored themselves for the fu- Jordon 28 Dinghom 14 ture. Hard workouts every- Jordon 0 Alto 21 day helped these young Jordon Orlghton 1. men develop the skill and ~5 Hillcrest coordination needs for varsi- Jordon Dinghom ~2 ty playing. Jordon 19 7 ~ Freshman octlonlTony Adams Gory Danford Greg Ourk Eddie Clements Hell O.nnison Fronk Despain Robert Todd Forbush Lance HarrisGuy David Heugly Hothon Jones Robert Ketterer Farnsworth Kelly Meldrum Rodger Oliver Kenneth Curtis Hill Todd Hutcheon Pete Srropler Mike Thompson Jeff Wissler More Hunter Hendrickson P.lcky KempDarren Ouley Saldivar Robert Schmid! Druce Storley Darrel Von (Coach) Amen 37

Sophomore Football Demonstrates SkillJeH Alion Ousrin Shone Tony Guy Argyle Oolllger Chrlsrensen Doyle Glover DoresAoron lonnie Oorren Russ Mork Gurney Alon Knlghr larsen lewis ludlow HelmsDoren llrenr Kevin Poul Greg Olsen Roberr Rogers Trescorr Wolron Oorius Podimos

Varsity Football Shows Alot Of Action Alto tries to kill our team's high spirit.Jordon keeP,s Murray moving. 39

Jordan Accepts Apology Varsity Scores When Granite Farmers came to Jor. Jordan 0 Alta 20dan to take on our super football team Jordan 6 Woodscross 26they were stunned by the spirited Jordan 0 Dox Elder 14crowd. The game was very close. going Jordan 17 Cyprusinto overtime. Jordon scored a touch. Jordan Murray 28down but was pulled back. The r~feree Jordan 0 Tooele 13didn't acknowledge the score although Jordan 16 Granite 7both coaches did. The game went on Jordan Judge 28with a win for Granite. Afterwards their Jordan 29 Ulntah 20coach told us the touchdown was good. 0 12Jordon gladly accepted the apology. 29 Sco« Osborne bocks ro fire pass. Sco11 Adelmon Chris Dorney Mike Brinkerhoff lynn Droodheod Joe Drown Mike Drown Com Drowning Jodi Chavez Derlk Cooper Steve Cressoll Troy Densley Dove Elkins Don Gallagher Cloy Garnes Gene Garnes Mike Giles Greg Hair Von Heder John Henders Greg Hyde Bryce Jorgensen Curl longenbocker Scoll Lambson Rick Madrigal Chris Martinez John McComb Jeff McFarlane Oob Medina Doug Meldrum Dove Minnick Mike Moore Scoll Orme Scoll Osborne Jerry Richardson Kevin Riches Scorr Rogers Dove Shell Joe Schollmeyer Jerry Thompson Mike Thompson Paul Valenzuela Bryon Washburn Kenny Welch Mark Wickie Art Williams Oob Wiseman Steve Yores40

Vorslty gets down. Varsity Football . A New BeginningVon He~r looks Intently ot o greot ploy. Oryce shows his feelings of the other teom. Jeff McForlone looks for o reclever. Don Gollogher tells teom to get tough. 41

Girls CrossCountry: FirstIn Region The girls cross country team took first in region withsix girls in the lead. They were: Chris Johnson, fourth,Wendy Bonner fifth, Sherie Condie sixth, Dorene Nel-son seventh, Sue Koehler eleventh, and Jeonno Corterfourteenth. They went on to State, where they tookfourth place. At on Invitational Meet, they finishedsixth out of thirty, with Jordon twenty-three, Davisthirty-seven, and Clearfield fourty.one. The boys cross country team took second in regionwith Richard Blomquist fourth, Fernando Rubio sev-enth, Jeff Mace ninth, and Brion Draper fourteenth. Atstate they took fifth. At on Invitational Meet theyfinished tenth out of thirty, with Jordon thirty-nine,Davis thirty-one, and Clearfield forty.GirlsJordon ..........••.... 18 Tooele ......•••... . .. 40Jordon ...........•.... 15 Cyprus .............. .40Jordon ... •.... ........ 19 Jud9e .......... •... •.. 36Jordon . . •. ........... 27 Murray ............... 28Jordon ........ . ....... 10 Uintoh .........•...... 26BoysJordon ...••... . ...... 22 Tooele ............... 39 Cyprus .............. .42Jordon . . .........22 Jud9e .........•.... .. 58 Murray .......•..... . . 24Jordon .. . ...•......... 16 Uintoh ... . ...••••..... 26Jordon .... .......... 33 Chris Johnson puts her best foot forward.Jordon .......• . ... 10 low score wins Front row : Vol Gilgen, Russell Draper. Jeff Mace. Gory Wlnterholler. Middle row : Sue Koehler. Richard Blomquist gives it oil he's got! Robert Cottle, Richard Blomquist. Kevin Tidwell. Trent Collier. lynnette Johnson. Dock Row: Dorene Nelson, Jeonno Corter, Wendy Donner. Sherry Condie. Nancy Johnson. Chris Johnson, Coach West.42

Curtis Hill owolts o rebound. Young Basketball Team Shoots For Top. The freshmen basketball team this year impressed many people. They p layed all of their games against the district schools. all 4-A. Coach Oldroyd hod a special interest in teaching these young men the basics and developing their coordination to ploy basketball.Guy Hendrickson goes for two. Front Row- James Anderson. Donny McEntyre. Russel Muir, David lleorton, John Christiansen. Gordon Treadway Dock Row- Fronk Despain. Curtis Hill, Guy Hendrickson, Mike Gomez. Rob McCulloch. Drod Dryon. Coach Oldroyd. 43

Sophomore Team Has Fun. Developing skill ond coordination wos whot the Sophomore bosketboll teom hod in mind, but it wos olso the fun of playing. They won most of their gomes ond were oble to ploy on the JV teom when they hod goined exper- ience. Shone Christensen ot the foul line. Fronr Row Curt Swenson. Sreve Tofr. Jerry Householder. Greg Darius. Pere Soldlvor. John Eddlng. ron. Ood~ Row Doug Moore. Todd Thurgood. Tom Hourer. Dove Deem. Gory VonEkelenburg. Shone Chrisrensen. Cooch OeMIII.44 A shor by John Eddlngron.

JV-Near Perfection Winning games was the trademark of the JV basketball team. They showed that they could handle any team. and when they got good enough they were able to play Varsity. The JV team made a big impression at every game.Jerry Steadman. Gory VonEkelenburg (on the soph team) ond Mike Thompson walt for the boll to come down.Mike Moore shoots for o basket ot the Judge game. Joe Cunningham Mike Moore Kendall Smith Jerry Steadman Mike Thompson Cooch Droodheod 45

Varsity John Dennison mokes on easy one. Basketball Goes For State We did it again. Jordon went to State! The fantastic Varsity team went on to win most of their games and were in the running for the region title. This is the third year in a row that Coach Hole has token the Digger team to the State finals. Senior starters Lee Broadhead. Lorry Newbold and also John Dennison. Eric Proog. and Randy Pulsipher hove given themselves a year to remember. Close games like the Cyprus motchup were what the team was known for. the final score being 69-70. l . . Oroodheod John Dennison Steve larsen Donny Mcintyre Jim Nelson lorry Newbold Mork Petersen Moll Player Eric Proog Rondy Pulsipher Jerry Richardson Coach Hoi Hole46

Rondy Pulsipher reody to moke o basket. Donny Mcintyre mokes one from between three Cyprus members. 47

J.V. Wrestlers Know Their Holds Bock Row: Robin Adair, Mork Bentley, Jeff Stelnogel, Terry Harmon, Joe Alsop. Mork Maxwell, Hlel Junior Varsity wrestlers mode up o very im- Dennison, lye Korm . Front Row: Dove Drown, Mo'noger: Drod Nielsen. Cory Kenyon, 1Jeff Moce.portant port of the wrestling squad. Knowing the Rick Allen, Gory Stuck.moves was of great Importance in the individualmatches. •• ~~.,. 0 -- '- .._.,. 0 • • - ~ ~r • •• •• ,,..,&.. ...\"\" - - -- -- - --- - -- -~ lye Korm keeps his hold on Provo.