Kickapoo High School - Legend Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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Where itis at, Keeping busy was no problem for most Kickapoo students, in fact, finding time before and after school and on weekends, to just plain do nothing was difficult. Finishing sum- mer activities, like softball, was even a harder task after school started. Changing the day's schedule was the only way to make it to such things as church activities, as Campus Life, and outside hobbies, as balloon races. Setting the scene for many Kicka- poo softball enthusiasts was the good ole' softball park, where they found friends and family members cheering them to victory. Victory wasn't everything though, as Jenny Thomas, one softball player, said, Wjust having fun and being with my friends was the best. Being with friends and even boy- friends and girl friends was always a favorite pastime that caught every- body with a smile, at least once in a while. Taking off with someone spe- cial to have a picnic, or just to the park to swing was a common sight. Close friends gathered and made plans to go repelling at Battlefield, go camping at Table Rock, or to have 0 Q 1 how it s done a friendly football game at Village Green. Weekends often filled students with a sigh of relief and a hopeful change of pace. Chiefs' Friday night football games, dancing at Cedars- hake, and just driving around town with friends was fun. After the gas crisis squeezed the pocketbooks, most Kickapoo students found McDonald's as a good hang-out until management began running students off with the aid of the Springfield Police department. No matter A what the problem, though, Kickapoo students got together and found friends and fun. Probably times like those were the memories that will cloud our minds when remembering that these were the best years of our lives. As senior Doug Green said, HLeaving this school, Kickapoo, is probably one of the hardest things that I have ever done or will do in my entire lifef, Senior Sharon Beckham solely concentrates on a play called pole-cat, where the center eives a pass and tries for a touchdown. Defeat tastes sour as senior Stan Bullington finds him- self drowning in self pity after several games of minia- ture golf at Putt-Putt. Ope ning

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Preparing for Some of the things that happened while people were getting ready for dances, football games, parties, and meetings were unbelievable! Equip- ment broke, dresses tore, food didn't arrive on time, and decorations fell off the walls, just to mention a few. In one instance, senior Sandi Stahl and her date, David Turner, were on their way to the Chief Ceremonial dance when his car broke down. Consequently, they missed the dance. Some people broke up with their dates before the ticket sales. Others didn't have a date to start out with. Suzanne Foushee, Chief Ceremo- nial Queen, had the zipper in her formal break just before the dance while she and her date, David Wiser, were on their way into the building. uDavid wanted to fix it with safety pinsli' Suzanne stated. But there was no way she would do that, so they went to his house and repaired it. Quite a lot could happen before a After losing a clasp on his shoulder pads, senior .leff Horned is assisted by coach Pittman just prior to the opening football game. Before the Chief Ceremonial game, junior Kym Burli- son desperately searches the crowded parking lot for a place to park. coming events football game, also. Before the open- ing game, senior Jeff Horned had a support clasp on his pads break and had to be fixed. Coach Pittman said that after many of the practices two or three chin straps were broken and needed to be repaired. However, the pliers that were used to repair the helmets were usually never in the right place at the right time. Before every game, the players received cookies or cupcakes. However, they were often devoured by eager coaches if the players left them set- ting around. Cheerleaders sometimes had a rough time getting ready for games. In P.E. every once in a while, one of the girls got hurt and couldn't per- form that evening. When it came to spirit posters, that presented a real problem. Many times the girls ran out of paint and paper, and the pos- ters had to be finished by a certain time. Sometimes an unknown custo- dian would throw away the run- through posters before the girls could get them off the student cen- ter floor and onto the goal posts. No matter how well prepared a person might be, the unexpected was always bound to happen. Opening f 9

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