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

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Summer activities widen scope In addition to holding the usual jobs, students spent the summer of ’79 in a variety of activities. Numerous camps and seminars attracted EPHS students throughout the summer. Boys’ and Girls’ State, held at CSU June 10-17, involved 13 students. This annual event, sponsored by the American Legion, teaches its participants parliamentary procedure and some of the various aspects of local, state and national government. Seven girls attended Rocky Mountain Flag Camp at Loretto Heights College in Denver June 22-24. Hosted by Metro area band directors, participants learned begin- ning, intermediate and advanced skills from the color guard of the Phantom Regiment, an Illinois-based drum corps. Lynne Yancey and Elisabeth Menning attended High School Journalism Camp at CSU Aug. 8-11. Culminating activities included production of a 16 page miniyearbook, and a camp newspaper. Culturally aware students with the necessary cash travelled with separate tour groups to Europe during the summer. High School French Teacher Susan Smeltzer led nine students (including three alumni) on a five-week tour of France. Saxophonist Pat Adams travelled as a member of All-Student Groups USA, a concert band and chorus which toured nine European countries. Many students attended the yearbook signing party at the high school Aug. 31. to collect both yearbooks and friends’ signatures. For those who stayed in Estes Park over the summer, local activities included hiking, biking, climbing, sailing and catering to tourists. EXTRA! EXTRA! Publications students (left) distribute 1979 yearbooks on Aug. 31. SWISS FLING. Travelers Laura Muirhead. Biff Stearn and Lisa Duell (above) rest. SNAPPY SALUTE. Sandy VanCamp and Paula Pochop (left) practice flag camp routines. Summer activities 5

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SEPTEMBER SUN. The courtyard provides welcome warmth for Mark Bana and Karen McManus. 4 Activities division page Monotonous school days were handled by many students by involvement in various activities. Some never seemed to attend classes, due to their extended club participation. More people than ever were in Student Council, and thus their frequent meetings kept quite a few high schoolers out of class, to the consternation of their teachers. The more ambitious students were involved in organized activities. such as track and intramural volleyball, while others merely kept busy by sunning themselves on the front lawn. As usual, there were students who didn’t participate in anything, choosing to attend school from 8:30-3, and then departing as swiftly as possible. A small number of students hung around” after hours for the express purpose of getting in trouble. Teachers too, were busy, heading such diverse activities as speech and publications, at times to the exclusion of their class responsibilities. Papers went ungraded for weeks, in many cases, due to the teachers’ over-sponsoring. A worthwhile activity sponsored by a high school organization was the National Honor Society Blood Drive for Bonfils Blood Center. For the third consecutive year, students participated in the Muscular Dystrophy Association marathon dance. Because of the varied activities, school spirit was high, showing the mutual respect and affection of the students for the school.

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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.