Kirkwood High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Kirkwood, MO)

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,yn- 'ff-x. RS., , Ssshhhhllllllll t WHS 8 SSCFBL No One W lt WHS to be done. , Nov. 22, Russ Tuck and hard Eschenroeder, se- rs, put down their paint shes. The project was e. fter Eschenroeder left k's house, Tuck fell into , knowing he needed to at Lyon's Field by 6 a.m. to veil the surprise. 'I felt I'd accomplished 'nething for school spirit, d a tired Eschenroeder. -he paint thinner didn't help ' sleepiness much, the ell made me woozy. ust a couple of hours after k toppled into bed, mem- s of the field committee ta 'ls' Pep Club committee in rge of decorating the sta- m areal, began to crawl of bed. t was still dark outside en Martha Brinkmeyer, se- +r, backed out of her drive- y. Dver 15 field committee lmbers arrived at school DECKED OUT IN Turkey Day spirit, Mary Jane Kaminsky and Cathy Diaz work in the early hours of the morn- ing scrambling eggs for the football players' breakfast. CLOUD PARTICLES for the windows in the senior halI's Red and White Day decorations, blown up by Bill Bi- erman, Rene Taylor, Jenny Watkins and Holly Anderson, help to convey the theme Pioneer Paradise. it's a secret Efoufld 2130 am Thufs' The sign was c different kind of thing. Thof's why if was so good. -Marilyn Carter around 6 a.m. and waited for Bob Brown, GPC sponsor, to bring the keys to unlock the doors to the student govern- ment center. Inside were eight rolls of red and white crepe paper, 150 balloons to be blown up, several signs and 10 refrig- erator boxes with lettering that read Go Pioneers. Without the keys, however, not much would be done. Finally, around 7:15 a.m., Lynlea Hall, senior, climbed over the locked, eight-foot high fence around Lyons' Field, paint and paint brush in tow. Robyn Booker, junior, had brought some white paint to cover over Webster graffitti on the Pioneer Booster stand. As Hall painted, others blew up balloons which Mary Em- se- igh and Karen Hughes, niors, had brought with them. As they waited to get the locked up decorations they talked about the secret and speculated about what it might be. Nobody knew. Coach Jack Collier showed up before Brown did, and he unlocked the doors. Decora- tions started going up. Finally, at 7:50 a.m., Bill Jaeger, senior, Tuck and Es- chenroeder began to put up their surprise. Carefully, by using a harness from the Electric Company, Tuck scaled the light poles on the east side of the field. With nylon braided cord, he secured the sign, no longer secret, between the two poles above the press box. The five sewn-together bed sheets bi- llowed in the stiff wind. Go Pioneers! stared down on the empty field. While the guys labored to get their sign up, the rest of the field committee continued to blow up balloons and lace crepe paper through the rail- ings in preparation for the noon game. Clambering up the ladder for the fourth time, with a re- frigerator box over his head, Steve Erich, sophomore, be- gan to get exasperated. The 'P' in Pioneer just would not stay up. No matter how many bricks Becky Apperson, senior, and Cathy Diaz, junior, piled on the box, the wind just blew it off the gym roof. It was really cold up on the roof, said Erich. l was the only guy there, and l didn't feel that the girls should have to lug those boxes up by themselves. After struggling for more icontinued on page 28l Turkey Day - - 25

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ompeting with the elem nts s the chilled winter wind ipped across the frozen rink, Kathy Matthews, ju- r, skated around in contin- us laps trying to beat her vious time. espite the stinging on her e and the stiffening of her scles, she kept on going, ermined to top the score her opponent. or Matthews, speed skat- on Wednesdays and Sun- s served as an off-campus rt in which she could get doors and improve on her skills. liked the competition that offered, and always liked to ice- said Matthews. was not limited to There were o lot of sports to choose from off-campus, besides basketball and football. -Debbie Hobbs ice, however, as many pre- ferred the warmth of an in- door roller rink. I found roller skating a lot more fun than ice skating. There wasn't a cold wind blowing in your face and you didn't get wet when you fell down, said Julie Schneider, sophomore. Racquetball was another mode of exercise and recrea- tion for some students, who either belonged to private ll. i , I ' 'I 'GRAY clubs, or just played period- ically with friends. Racquetball offered a lot of competition and it was a good way to stay in shape, said Mark Brubaker, junior. For sports enthusiasts who preferred organized league competition, churches of- fered basketball and volley- ball teams in which they played other teams from around the area. I only had enough time to play on a church team, said Chris Jones, junior. Other off-campus teams in- cluded swimming with the Sugar Creek swim team. The training on the Sugar Creek team was more intense than the training I would have gotten swimming for Kirk- wood, said Rob Weeks, sophomore. We had nine practices per week, two hours each. Bowling in leagues also added to the variety of com- petitive sports. I played on league every Saturday morning at Crest- wood Bowl, said Christine Daniels, junior. lt was fun to compete and I met a lot of nice people. 6 1 Q, YMIYNB. i IN THE GYM of their church, Brad Stuart, Jeff Stockberger, Kim Orton and Scott Trowbridge chain skate. CUE IN HAND, Mark Kelsay, senior, sends a solid ball into the corner pocket. He practices at home to im- prove his game. Off-campus Sports - - 27