Estes Park High School - Whispering Pine Yearbook (Estes Park, CO)

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ALONG THE CHEVRON WAY. Pondering thoughtfully. Jim Pinson (left) gives a wayfaring traveller detailed directions to Grand Lake via Trail Ridge Road. PICK A SHIRT. ANY SHIRT. Fighting his way through a multitude of shirts. Frank Roof (below) strives to find the perfect size and color for a customer at The Imprinter. SWEET TOOTH. Helping to appease the appetite of a visitor. Rob Hintz (above) bags a quarter pound of jaw breakers at the Old Fashion Candy Store. TYING THE KNOT Making last minute adjustments. Kris Swank (left) prepares a visitor for a journey back into the Old West at the G.W. Swank Photographic Emporium. Jobs 7

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Living in an area with a tourist-based economy affords many seasonal employment opportunities to EPHS students. As a result, a great part of the student body held summer jobs. Traditionally, many working students attack their summer jobs energetically at the beginning of the summer. However, their enthusiasm begins to wane as the summer progresses. Endless streams of ridiculous questions cause a great number of students to become impatient and short-tempered. This attitude was changed during the summer of 80. Residents Jobs provide outlets were concerned that the energy crisis, the high rate of umemploy-ment and double-digit inflation would cause a sharp decline in visitations. Knowing that a lack of tourism would mean a lack of jobs, many students put aside their animosities and used a considerable amount of tolerance when dealing with the vacationers. Estes Park offers a traditional variety of service-related jobs. Restaurants. motels and retail outlets provided work for a majority of students. June brought unseasonably warm temperatures. Therefore, the town experienced a heavy influx of tourists early in the season. Hopeful Chamber of Commerce officials predicted that the upturn would continue. 6 Jobs SPARE CHANGE. Surveying the crowd of luncheon diners. Peggy Durward awaits the next cash transaction at P.S. Flowers.

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ROYALTY. Chris Backstrum and Laura Schroeder (above) reign during Friday’s parade. DOWN TO THE WIRE Lisa Wenger (right) battles chicken wire on the sophomore float. 8 Homecoming ‘Winners’ accent homecoming week Taking a cue from Hot Chocolate, students supported the theme “Everyone’s a Winner.“ during homecoming week ’79. A full week of spirited activities occupied students until Friday’s football game against the Erie Tigers, which the ’Cats lost 49-16. Homecoming King Chris Back-strum and Queen Laura Schroeder were crowned at halftime, flanked by other candidates Suzy Nichol, Steff Ebel, Mark Cross and Rodney Rudel. After a week of busy preparation. the Class of ’81 hit the jackpot in the float division with their first place slot machine float. For the second year, the Class of ’80 captured first place with their hall decoration. Slave Day involved many seniors as well as hapless underclassmen. Wielding whips and riding crops, the ‘‘masters’’ beat their “slaves into submission in order to raise upperclass spirit. Friday morning, students at- tended a pep assembly, highlighted by the traditional mock funeral for the opposing team. Following the assembly, faculty, students and townspeople gathered on Elkhorn Avenue to watch the homecoming parade. Exhausted from their busy week’s schedule, and depressed over the lost game, students were not “up for the dance Friday evening. CLOSE SHAVE. A shaving cream-smeared Heidi Bigler (right) grimaces at the bonfire.