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                                                   The Renaissance brought a          Gloria McDaniel  (filling in for
                                               wave of new faces and ideas to         full-time— Cindy Berve), drama
                                               Ralston High.  Students that           director Fred Wilson, or band
                                               drove broke the "first-come,           director Shane Macklin— all
                                               first-served" habit and began          new to Ralston this year.  While
                                               parking in their own numbered          taking advantage of open cam-
                                               stalls (400 in all).  Student            us during finals, students might
                                               greeters sat at a table in the           ave noticed the new fountain
                                               commons to welcome visitors             in the Botanical Garden area,
                                               and answer any questions that           dedicated to the memory of
                                               they might have.  The Ralston           Branndie Pauley.  The freshman
                                               High Library, under the direc­          class began work on a landscap­
                                               tion of new librarian Jean              ing project and advisement, a
                                               Roehrs, was filled with new             new 13-minute feature between
                                               research equipment such as,             2nd and 3rd periods, gave
                                               Tom on CD-ROM, (Read Only               students a chance to meet
                                               Memory), and the cable pro­             people from all four classes, and
                                               grams Assignment Discovery,             maybe even Ralston's 1989-90
                                               CNN  Newsroom , and the elec­          foreign exchange students:  Olli
                                               tronic guide to CNN  Newsroom,          Rotoia-Pukkila (Finland), Claus
                                               and designs for a new reading           Rasmussen (Denmark),  Leo
                                               room were begun.  If you didn't         Chaupitre (France), or Niels Jor­
                                               have time to go to the library          gensen (Denmark).  Academic
                                               during the day, you could take          excellence could be obtained at
                                               advantage of the new evening            a new level with the addition of
                                               hours, Tuesday and Wednesday            the Distinction  Roll for students
                                               from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.             with a 4.00 G.P.A. or better.
                                               Next, it's on to study hall with        The Honor Roll  recognizes
                                               Tim Higgins, where you could            G.P.A.s of 3.50 to 3.99, and the
                                               read the monthly newspaper,             Merit Roll recognizes4C.P.A. of
                                               grab a bite from the new candy          3.00 to 3.49. And the 1st An­
                                               and SunGlo machines, or stop            nual Mr.RHS contest was held in
                                               by the guidance office to talk  to      April, with Joe Vodicka chosen
                                               new counselor Deb Woster                as the winner from a group of
                                               about your schedule or to see           nine participants.  Candidates
                                               the guidance department's new           were judged on evening wear,
                                               Fax machine.  You may have              swimsuits, casual wear, and
                                               also wanted to drop by to visit         talent by a panel of three "ce­
                                               with  Debbye Prager (Special            lebrity" judges & audience
                                               Education), Vickie Kartio               acclamation.  Other winners
                                               (Aide— Special  Education), or          were: Joel Lary—"Mr. Congeni­
                                               Lynnetta Wine (Business and             ality", Pat Fuller—"Mr. Swim­
                                               Special  Education).  After a           suit", Pat Wolfe— "Mr.Talent",
                                               lunch prepared with the help of         and Mike Naber—"Mr. Spirit."
                                               new cook Eva Gettman, it was            By Amy Krobot
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