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Show April Vikings-of the Month, L-R, Tina Groves, Craig Maloney, Sally Turner and Cherron Wall heft a six-foot sandwich. Will they be able to eat it all? Vikings of the Month selected math, science, reading, creativity, citizenship and in the sixth grade she got the General Scholarship Award for best all around student. CherRon enjoys music, dance, singing, skiing, camping and all sports. She plays the piano, organ and flute and likes to play basketball. basket-ball. She runs track for the high school. She ran in the 100 Mile Club and received an award for completion. She received the Presidential Physical Fitness Award every year in grade school. CherRon's favorite subjects in school are English, Math and lunch. She is a member of the National Honor Society. Six Pleasant Grove High School students have been selected as Vikings of the Month for April. The students are seniors Cory Atkinson and Tina Groves, juniors Bill Holman and Sally Turner, and sophomores Craig Maloney and CherRon Wall. Cory is the son of Duane and Judy Atkinson. He has always showed a zest for life and has been willing to try almost all types of outside activities. ac-tivities. He has been active in scouting, receiving the highest awards cubs and scouting offer. Cory enjoys water and snow skiing, camping, swimming, and all types of ball, etc. The sport that he has accomplished the most in, however, is wrestling. As a boy, he took one of the first three places at state for seven straight years in freestyle. In high school, he has been a state champion twice, and was one of the team captains this year. He has also received many awards during his wrestling career, including Most Outstanding Wrestler trophy at two tournaments, and trophies for Best Wrestler the last two years from the high school. He is first assistant in the Priests Quorum, is listed in "Who's Who Among High School Students", is a Boys Stater, was Junior Prom King, is a member of the Seminary Council, repels down from the rafters in school assemblies, and contrary to popular belief, maintains main-tains a high GPA. Tina, daughter of Jay and Jeanie Groves, was born in Provo. However, after she completed second grade, the family moved to Zuni, New Mexico, which the Groves chldren were sure was not in the United States. They spent two years there learning a lot about a lifestyle very different from the one from which they came. Tina was becoming an avid reader and had opportunities for additional educational experiences ex-periences as well as exposure to another culture with a rich heritage. When the Grove's moved back to Utah, they decided to live in Pleasant Grove and have been here ever since. Tina finished school at Valley View and moved on to the junior high where she enjoyed working on the yearbook staff. At the high school, Tina has participated in A Cappella Choir, KPGR and last fall was able to visit Washington, D.C. with the Close Up program where she was able to observe some of the workings of the government. Some of her interests include music, reading, calligraphy, basketball and other sports. Bill is the son of Willard and Melba Holman. He has always been a good student, one who is self motivated, never needs to be reminded of his homework and will settle for nothing but his best effort. He has been a high honor roll student since the ninth grade and is currently vice president of the National Honor Society. He will be attending Boys State in June. The one thing that is unique about Bill is that for the past few years he was always taller in the morning than when he went to bed. By this means he has reached the height of 6'5". He has enjoyed being on the basketball team this year. Computers are his first love and he spends many hours on the computer. His post-high school plans are to attend BYU and major in computers and engineering. Sally is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Turner. She loves to read and enjoys the many challenges school offers. Some of her favorite subjects are English, History and debate. Sally works hard and fulfills her obligations without being reminded. She is a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, and is president of the Pleasant Grove High School Forensic Club. She is currently serving on the Pleasant Grove High School Supreme Court as a justice. Sally has been awarded the National History and Government Award, nominated for "Who's Who in American High School Students", and has qualified and participated in the State Speech Tournaments the past two years. Sally will have the opportunity this summer to represent the school and community at Girls State. She enjoys skiing, swimming, music and writing. After graduation she plans to attend BYU. Craig, son of Cindy Maloney, enjoys showing horses. He has three horses, one of which is an Arabian, that he has shown for the past six years. He likes to watch James Bond movies, read fantasy novels and dance. He has been square dancing since last fall and he and his partner are about to graduate as members of the Sweetheart Chains Squaredancing Club. He also enjoys other kinds of dancing. Craig has had several experiences working with the handicapped, both at the Utah State Training School and at the Cervantes Equestrian Center. Craig's mom said he is a friendly, helpful boy. CherRon is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Wall. She has been an outstanding student in both grade school and junior high, receiving many awards for her abilities. She has always been on the honor roll. She has received awards for writing, |