Columbus High School - Cohiscan Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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When writing opening copy we always try to capture the essence of our school and our students. Trying to record the spirit, pride, and enthusiasm of the student body is a monumental task. This year we have selected a poem which we think goes beyond even that, The Sun Goes Down on Summer I come to the water one last time as the sun goes down on summer. It's goingg I can feel it slip away, and it leaves a cold empty spot, a hole in my warm memories of endless golden days and dreams as ripe as watermelons. Fd give the world to make the summer stay. The water is calm around me. lt's a warm, silent sea of thought dyed in the rich blues of night and memory. DEVILS RETURN gQjUihe0Ze21Qf,S Why can't things just stay the way they are? Instead, the days rush headlong into change and I feel like nothingls ever going to be the same. Soon school will start again. And all the things I thought I'd left behind will come back, and it won't be gentle water I'll be swimming in - It'll be noise and people and schedules and passes and teachers telling everyone what to do, One more year of homework, tests and grades. Of daily popularity contests and pressureecooker competition and heaps of frustration. The first day is the worst. Not knowing who your friends are, or what's changed since last year. Trying to pick it up where you left off. l'll look real hard for a last-year's friend to get me from one scrambled class to another, through halls crawling with people, 1. '-re 'T '- F51 VZ' V f 'V A i,l. I wonder if l'll fit in. Football practice started last week, It started without me. I had to make a choice and football lost, Two years on the team and it struck me - who am I doing this for? It's just another thing people expect you to do, so you do it. School is full of those kinds of things - things that sap your freedom, and keep you from being yourself. That's what I want most, to be myself. But that's hard. Hearls what I dread most: when summer goes, I go with it. l go back to school and I change as soon as I walk through those doors. I have to be someone everyone will like - that's a law of survival. What would happen if I just stayed the real me? Would they turn me off? Label me t'weird ? Would I ever get another date? It seems like so much to risk. But growing is a risk. Change is a risk. And who knows, I might discover something of myself in the coming year. I might get closer to the person I am - what a discovery that would bel When the doors open on Monday morning, I'll have a fresh start, a fresh opportunity to find myself. I want to be ready. Steve Lawhead li AL :up-lv C 2 fill Opening 9

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Junior Marcus Chambers is fitted for his equip' ment at the JROTC summer camp at Fort Ben' ning. Senior Kym Shuttleworth and Junior Donald Nichols break the uno hug rule after school. Freshman Rebecca Couch, Sophomore Bobby Copenny, and Junior Nelson Tomlinson lead the way for the marching band during summer prac- tice. Sophomores Chris Stover, Tarra McCullar, and Amy Klenz, and seniors Tonya Williamson and Darrell Jones find that 4 minutes is pleniy of time to visit and still get to class. if if ilff 71 7 -?2:'v5' fi l':IfifGK J' ?f'lQiQ2i2?'E-F ' ,. ' ' ' K 2' i i ,iid , ,V ' f V 1' JI.. E . ' ,J E6 f ' L1 ' ' , V if i D ir - f 1 , lg , i f xl, I ' wk ,1 M W , Rx ii W' ,, X , l f -. L -. In , Q' ' pw, 'I fx . 5. . ' -.Ui K' 2 A Us P T. P- , ,. - fg. . ' ,K serv ' ,. B ':Jf3p-r, 8 Opening i ,e Juniors Zachery Williams and Darren Smith show off their acting abilities in Mrs, Johnsons English class. Sophomore Kathryn Cavis and Junior Cheryl Witt wel- come the, 2:30 bell, V D Sophomores Jennifer Klepac, Ray VanCleave, Susan Crawford, Eddy Jackson, and Bryan Talbott compare notes while working together. V f Vm,, ' I

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Junior Donald Nichols uses histrionics to get his point across. The Varsity cheerleaders were proud to bring home ihe spirit stick from camp. Senior Kym Shuttleworth and Sophomore Terra McCullar clown around while taking fashion shots for the yearbook. Columbus High students are serious about mastering their computer language. Senior Jodonna Glenn and Junior Kim Herring are ready to go to work at cheerleading camp. Sophomores Bretta Hollis, Felicia Foster, Leneissa Daniels, and Eugene Turner aren'i the least bit camera shy! Ea'- e !'f-....- i ri, 1' ,S or EV z i . , :li ' 5 f' 5 i is li do i in Q , , KV i I comms in 'mf HKD ' x l we ii -,,, 1 1-fx W?- . ,u ' ' 1 i Ewif' '1 if v eww. f , Aisle, L TW, Ml In-,R . i I 4,. , Q i 1. i ., fe mi A f -. A 1 1 , ' 4' 5 Nuo-- eu 10 Opening