Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Cynthia Abbott Beatrice Acosta Danny Adams David Adams Stephen Adams Khris Ahrero Jerry Albee Martin Aleman Rhonda Alley Art Allison Johnny Alvarado Gay Anderson Jane Anderson Kim Anderson Richard Anderson Chuck Aragon Trey Armstrong Carolyn Arnold Dwayne Arnold Steven Artus John Arzola Gaylon Aylieff Dana Ayres Paul Ayres 64 godfjuniors 'SQ 'Y' VW W' H it ft .- '.,. Pk 1 N it if 'EZ s. '7 'fl , . . .V t i i 'i t flirt eliever or non-believer, our faith in God affected all of our lives. lt determined our entire outlook in life, our future, school life, the friends we hung around with, how we spent our Sundays, holidays, and every day. lt determined our outlook in school. Students like Laura Johnson burned the midnight oil doing homework to better themselves for a future career and for to fulfill a vocation God may have planned for them. It determined the people we kept company with. ll we'd grown up as non-believers, our closest friends were non- believers. It we'd grown up in a religious crowd, like Cathy Carter and Leilani Bugg, our closest friends were religious. When it came time to decide on a college for the future, strong Christians chose private schools like Baylor, SMU, and TCU. For those not making religion an issue in their decision, UT, SWTSU. AGM and Tech were undenominational alternatives. When we got a job, our faith determined the quality of relationships we had with fellow workers, If we were good Christians, positive relationships were easy to come by. A limited few, promoting I Lost lt bumper stickers, didn't believe in God. Sunday was merely the first day of the week, the last day of the weekend, and a great day to watch the Cowboy game instead ol attending an hour of worship service. But many more were holiday church-goers, filling pews to the brim at Christmas and Easter. Twice a year sufficiently expressed some belief in God. They had their feet in both worlds, but not firmly in either. They either didn't have the feeling all of the time, or didn't act on it, Many, were satisfied and content with whatever relationship they did have with God. Dedicated church-goers practiced their belief in the Lord by setting aside an hour of every Sunday for worship services. Many churches offered morning or evening classes for religious enrichment. Active and dedicated believers exuberantly expressed their belief in Christ. Laura Johnson played the piano at services and Kim Schaffer sang in the Crestview Methodist Choir. Ray Kuehler and Judy Newbury aided in leading a folk mass at St. Louis Catholic Church. Mark Billingsley sang in the choir at Westover Hills Church of Christ. He often led youth devotionals and once sermoned at a worship service. Spreading their joy of knowing Christ, Cindy Cain and Laura Votaw helped teach God's work to children as JOY bus workers at Cameron Road Church of Christ. They rode the bus Sunday mornings and evenings and Wednesday nights. They prepared lessons and bus materials many other nights ofthe week. These people were dedicated, all right, dedicated to Christ. Cindy Cain said, You should act like a Christian in everything you do. We should all try to be followers of Christ. You could always recognize strong believers as Happy Christians. You knew them by their patience. their bright smile as you met them on the way to your next class, or the happy-go-lucky feeling they exhibited twenty-four hours a day. Their entire outlook on Iile was optimistic. They believed a lite ol serving the Lord on earth led them to an everlasting eternity in heaven. The joy and religious feeling some people got from watching the Cowboys. going to church only on holidays, and those attending services every Sunday, strong Christians knew every day.

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who 5, ti 1 lo -Q if iii fr ii y .A .I 4 r x X IX X 1 Families like Melvin and Mary Beth Hoffman's meant continuity tor Lanier. Beth Hoffman, class ol '80, follows Jo!-Xnn, class ot '76, and John, class of 74. 2 Throughout the year. Vikette parents poured out time. money, late night rides, patience and love to their daughters. At the Parent Appreciation ban- quet. they passed our gift blankets to graduating Vikettes. 3 Freshman sports didn't draw big crowds, but parents were there every game with spirit and encouragement. Tom Perry, lather of Mike Perry, helps the freshman cheerleaders with a halftime cheer. 4 Parents were often interested in the day to day events in our lives. Ann Chambers describes the horrors of Vikette initiation to her sympathetic mother. parents 63

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Kee 111 II QI the I-'a1 th I, 1 Cindy Cain and Laura Fuller from LBJ discuss the week's events. Cindy worked with kids from other schools in the Cameron Road Church of Christ bus ministry. 2 Karen Rocha receives communion from lay-deacon George Schuh at St. Louis Catholic Church. We attended services on a regular basis to show our love and devotion to God. 3 Judy Newbury helps lead folk mass at St. Louis. She applies the musical abilities she learned in Lanier's band to a vocal talent inthe church's guitar mass. Qod 65