Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Disco vering In teres ts hroughout high school we involved ourselves in adventures, discovering who we were and the purpose of our lives, We started out relying on other peoples values and opinions, but we grew up using our own instincts, talents and interests. We could make Baked Alaska, take quality pictures and make charcoal drawings come alive. We were talented writers, singers and artists! We perfected old interests and sought out new thrilling ones. We began setting our own goals - not ones set for us by our parents or peers. The arts drew mass attention, with the artists leading the way. Steve Chambers designed the cover of the Viking yearbook and spent half his school days at Johnston in the commercial art program. Melinda Williams designed the Beauty Ftevue backdrop and sketched Valhalla pictures. She also participated in the Saturday Morning Art Project at UT. Susan McAlpin was into making sculptures of horses. Selling her charcoal drawings made some extra money for Teri Smith. Allen Gillette passed many quiet relaxing hours painting. He also spent a great many loud exhilarating hours in motorcross races. Bose Borel put a little of herself into each Christmas, Easter or birthday card she designed. She would include in each her own poetry. Janet McGuire, a gifted ol. , v qlkv. if-'Ns writer, turned out many delightful pieces of poetry and short stories because it was enjoyable and relaxed her. The beauty and grace ot ballet made known its presence through the Austin Ballet Theater dancers, Melody Hood, Johnette Norris and Jenny Thompson, who was also active in drama. Talented Lisa Joiner and Greg Easley danced in popular Austin Civic Ballet productions. They sometimes rehearsed seven hours a day tor performances of Belictum, Nutcracker and Gaite Parisienne. The exciting sound ol Jack FairchiId's banjo rang out through the halls of Lanier as he played for various classes. l-le got interested in playing because he liked the sound of banjo music. l-le took lessons for one year and continued to study from a book by the famed Earl Scruggs. Jack made his favorite banjo from a kit. Tearing apart and rebuilding cars was a fun way to escape the pressures and tension ot school. During their free time, Guy Delisi, Aaron Zapata, George Harris and Charles Boehl would lose themselves to their own world of pistons, cherry paks, headers, grease and carburetors. In this corner, Gus Pillsbury weighed in at 138 lbs. He saw a Junior Olympic boxing competition and decided he'd like to get in on some ol the excitement. He learned style, coordination A I f ii 5 t H. f X l s ,.- , . , J 3 52' 3 l F 4 -A 1 Wi. K ' V , X X 'Q iv, . . f f T . It .wr ' ' ,AMW s X 'fa it -'. I4 Q-A .r'- 5. ' i .fi . .,I Il l' 'r' XXIQ V ' '4 I I r ,, H .sv 'fic A V ' I ,Q ': : e ' ' 'fix-xx'Q7:g?'Q '. 5,,I' int 4' - N .. P 12'trv .1 -.w, 'tit f 'ka . sn aw. - X HK. P K 0.1, - - - ci N ef. ,bk :Q ew., C K - -s. -ff' ,fax A ' E'm5L 1 ' T t GY--N ,. .. S, , y ti r , X ,-. X tt '87 'i 42' 'I-- .L i -1 lr hobbies and interests 77

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Developing Hobbies and endurance during his nightly boxing session at the Outlaw Boxing Gym. Ann Barnes, Jacky Thonet and Tracie McKee refined the poetic movements of horseback riding through hours of practice, This paid off tor Ann and her horse Saturn who placed second and third in jumping contests. She and Jacky rode in the English style while Tracie preferred the Western style. Jeff Lewis raised, groomed and cared for St. Bernards. He went by his own self-taught methods and won some trophies. Russel Powers, another animal lover, collected and sold snakes. Russel said, The hardest thing is feeding them, they have to be force-fed until they realize the food is okay to eat. He brought a 5V2 ft. Bull snake to show Ms. Dolman's biology class. T-shirts and bumper stickers bearing the saying l'd Rather be Fishin' were all around Lanier and on the minds of Randy Filla, Bret Mann, Calvin Boyd and Gary Glaspy. Bret and Gary would watch the sunrise over the water as they waited patiently for the bass to bite. Seniors Mark Pennington and Harold lngersol explored the deep dark caves of Mexico. Both guys joined the Balcones Grotto Club, a branch of the National Spelunking Society, in their sophomore year. If I ,, x ui, They explored caves tor mapping or digging tunnels, but usually they went just for the fun of it. Rusty Fuller also explored deep dark regions, except his were underwater. Rusty, son ol a scuba diving instructor, began this stimulating activity at the age of eleven in Taiwan. He enjoyed the waters of Lake Travis along with the Texas and Florida coasts. James King built model rockets in his spare time, and launched them when the weather was nice. He got one to climb to the incredible height of 4,000 ft. Roberto Corrada competed with his rockets. He owned several models. Jeff Hope had a good time doing magic tricks to entertain people. He got interested in magic, an expensive hobby, when he was eight years old. He enjoyed the simple-looking tricks as much as he did the elaborate illusionary ones. Those who traveled were interested in excitement, adventure, ditterent cultures, history and people. Traveling near meant Flora Choate's, Paula Thiede's and Rose Borel's discovery of The Original Charlie's Eggrolls on the drag. Traveling lar, Debbie Rodgers visited the Parthenon in Athens, Greece. She also roamed the ancient streets ol Delphi and Rome where she 3 The astounding roar, speed and manueverability of John McAlpin's dirt 1 t bike kept him going, and his imagination flying high. Mud, water, even bad -1 1 weather couldn't keep John from practicing for Motocross races. 4 Rusty Fuller looks on with amazement as Roberto Corrado launches a - . h model rocket. Roberto once entered his rockets in National competition. Obbles and Interests 79