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

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StuCo slips, slumps Class rivalry, administrative opposition, and a pervading sluggishness plagued the 1980-81 EPHS Student Council. Despite the efforts of Council President Jim Dickinson and his co-officers Vice President Lisa Wenger and Secretary-Treasurer Lisa Abrames. the 1980-81 Council was less productive in comparison with Student Councils in the past few years. With senior Student Council members outnumbering all the other classes combined, the senior class had quite a powerful influence over Student Council affairs — and they used it. often irresponsibly. The juniors, sophomores and French Club seemed to bear the brunt of the senior voting block. The reason for the excess of upperclassmen in Student Council was that the representative club officers were almost all seniors. Outside of the traditional Student Council affairs, Morp, homecoming and aprroving money-raising projects for classes and clubs, not much extra was accomplished by MR. PRESIDENT. MR PRESIDENT! Butter might still melt in the mouths (but not in the hands) of these budding politicians casting their votes in Student Council. the Council. Often, the high school administration played a part in vetoing activities planned by Student Council. Other times, activities were discussed, passed, and then left to quietly expire, buried beneath the minutes of subsequent Student Council meetings. Popular activities in the past, such as class competition day and ski day. were dropped. After last minute plans for an air guitar concert and an all-school movie were nixed. Student Council members decided to vote themselves a picnic. The proposal was met with little opposition from the administration and the picnic took place on May 19. In the May 26 Student Council elections, students chose Mason Nichols as Student Council president for 1981-82. Assisting Nichols will be Lisa Abrames as vice president, and Angie Coale as secretary-treasurer. GOTCHA' Karen Dcrmody catches Ty Ricker committing a breach of parliamentary procedure. 16 Student Council

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KAREN 83. At a basketball pep rally. Karen JUST SIT RIGHT BACK AND YOU'LL HEAR A TALE. At a combined pep rally, basketball McManus performs the cheer to get acquainted. and wrestling cheerleaders turn the Bobcat winter sports into an adventure from Gilligan's Island. POP GOES LORI. The girls’ basketball cheerleaders (above) introduce themselves with their hello cheer at the first winter pep rally. TOGETHERNESS. Wrestling cheerleaders Regina Lord. Karla Porter and Kati Newsom (right) show their unity before the Lyons Invitational.

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YOU RE PULLING MY LEG. A dark, stuffy and quiet theater, a atmosphere, and relaxing at Student Council is commonplace, but these dreary meeting, and a long day at school all make for a peaceful six seniors seem to be stretching it a bit. SILENT VIGIL. Seemingly unengrossed with Student Council proceedings, sponsor Jerry McMurry (above) is keeping an ear open for trouble. BALLOT BOX BLUES. All work and no play makes counting cheerleader ballots a chore for Jim Dickinson and Lisa Wenger (left). Student Council 17