Liberty High School - Spectator Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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Q S.. . , X.. nb 'X 5 .N U Biology students listen to a speaker on the Colorado trip. Zj Pom-Pon girls show their award winning style. 3, David Bowman, '81, made some new friends while in Haiti this summer. 41 Pete LaCock poses for a picture on Kodak camera day at Royals Stadium. SQ Baseball players relax while waiting to bat. 6j Todd lames, '83, shows excellent pitching form as Scott Fuenfhausen, '82, awaits the ac- tion. 7j Aunt Betty Sumpter hulaed her sum- mer away in Hawaii. 8, Richie Flanigan, '83, heads for the showers after 19 tough innings.

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'Endless Summer The last day of school came and went and suddenly we found ourselves in the middle of summer. While some of us worked on tans, others of us escaped the routine lifestyle of Liberty and traveled to far away places. Several LHS students journeyed to Colorado on the annual Biology trip, where they studied plant life and nature. Others went to Minnesota to Young Life's Castaway Camp along with other club members from the metro area. Some students even left the country, Spanish students journeyed to Mexico for the annual Spanish trip. David Bowman, '81, and Shawn Tompkins, '82, went to foreign countries on mission trips. David traveled to Haiti and Shawn went to Africa. Many aspiring LHS athletes attended football and basketball camps held here this summer and at certain colleges and universities. The cheerleaders and pom- pon girls both attended camps this year. Both squads received top honors at their camps. The pom-pon squad did exceptionally well and brought home two trophies to prove their excellence. As the length of the summer days increased, so did the heat, soaring well into the 1005 for seventeen consecutive days at one point. At the height of sum- mer, the heat was so bad that the Red Cross came to the rescue once again, supplying air conditioned relief stations for people without air conditioners. Some of us beat the heat by going to the swim- ming pool, where others beat the llhigh cost of liv- ing by working there. There was a wide variety of jobs that LHS students performed this summer. From being trashmen to fashion models, construction work- ers to swimming instructors, and even rock band members to radio announcers. What did these people do with all the money they made? Well some went to camp, some bought tickets to the many concerts held this summer, including Su- per Bowl of Rock featuring April Wine, Kenny Loggins, The Doobie Brothers, and lourney. The Eagles also vis- ited Kansas City as did Van Halen, ConFunkshun, and Slim Whitman. Students also spent hard earned money on tickets to see our championship winning Royals play ball.

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Fall Into Fall Anticipation had been mounting for weeks and then it happened, the bell rang and we were off for another school year. The process of settling into the routine of classes came easily for self- confident seniors and seasoned juniors. The rook- ie sophomores, however, had a little trouble find- ing their way to classes in our beloved but confusing classroom situation. After a week, though, things were settled down, and it seemed as if we had never been without the sopho- mores. Then, before we had time to catch our breath, Homecoming was upon us-that time of year with floats, kings and queens, the dance, the bonfire, the parties and the game, of course. When this hectic week came to an end, devot- ed Royals' fans prepared for the upcoming play- offs in which our Royals were participating. We were jublient as we watched them, at the stadi- um and at friends' homes, win the first two games, and our merriment knew no bounds when we defeated the Yankees in New York, thus sweeping the playoffs. Finally we were able to ask Reggie who? Thousands of merrimaking fans crowded the Plaza and Westport areas and as many as 20,000 arrived at Crown Center for the official celebration. It was soon down to busi- ness, though, as we readied for our first World Series. The Philadelphia Phillies came out on top but not without a fight, as the Royals won the third and fourth games of the series. And, of course, the highlight of the fall season was the annual magazine sales. The juniors try to sell magazine subscriptions every year to pay for the lunior!Senior Prom. The hard-nosed, tight- lipped salesmen pushed subscriptions on every- one from their grandmas to unsuspecting sopho- mores. There were some unsure moments during the sales, but the juniors came through in the end. As the leaves turned their crimsons, oranges and browns, we knew fall was almost over, as well as the football games and the picnics, but what a beautiful fall it had been.