Liberty High School - Spectator Yearbook (Liberty, MO)

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s 5 53 1j Danny Barber, '82, travels incognito as Anti-Moose during the Christmas season. 2j Mike Cutler, '81, as the Mikado and lim McGuire, '82, as Koko in the Mikado. 3j A traditional Christmas tree. 4J Concert choir students spread a little Christmas cheer. SJ It just isn't Thanksgiving without a turkey. 6j Teachers Gary McCoIIough and lim Dunn debate an issue on election day. 7j lill james, '81, takes to the slopes during Christmas vacation. 8j Kim Emrich, '83, and Cyndy Doyle, '81, cope with candles during the blackout.

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Xmas Cheer Who was the better of the two-or the lesser of the two? This was the decision voting Americans had to make concerning President jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagen on Nov. 4, election day. The winner was, of course, Ron- ald Reagen. Halloween, the victorious dueling pistol game, and the weeks of November trudged onward as we found ourselves anxiously awaiting Thanksgiving vacation. Many LHS stu- dents, along with some 200,000 other Kansas Citians, journeyed down to the Plaza to watch the annual lighting on Thanksgiving night. This year the lights were turned on by Royalty, that is George Brett of the K.C. Royals. Not many people were able to see, however, as the crowd was very thick. November also brought the annual musical. Students worked hard on Liberty's first oriental production, The Mikado. This musical was pre- sented Nov. 14 and 15 to nearly full houses both nights. We never thought it could happen to us, like it did to New York, but it did on that fateful day of Nov. 26. Liberty High School had a blackout of its own. For 30 minutes students roamed the darkened corridors using their bics to light the way. Some order was maintained as Dr. lon Ferguson, principal, called in the Li- berty police to help control the situation. Wild rumors ran rampant, we would go home early, and the Russians were invading, for a couple. Both proved incorrect. The lighting was re- stored and classes and time marched on. The halls weren't decked with boughs of holly, but the Yuletide season came just the same. One promotion of the Christmas spirit was the annual Christmas dance. Several stu- dents attended the holiday festivity and danced to a live band. Other seasonal activities were Concert Choir's caroling during lunch on the last day before vacation. Later that day teach- ers presented the student body with a Christ- mas tea. Students mingled with teachers before they left for two weeks of R and R. X

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Winter Fun Valentines day, that glorious day of love and lovers, unfortunately fell on a Saturday this year, nevertheless, eager students went ahead and celebrated on the Friday before. During the first few hours of school, senior class offi- cers delivered red carnations with messages of adoration. There was also a multitude of card exchanging-and goody giving, even the cheerleaders got into the act by baking scads of heart shaped cookies and distributing them during lunch to hunger crazed students. Of course these were probably mere tokens to what went on the next night, the real Valen- tine's. This celebration, however, didn't compare with the celebration that took place earlier in the new year. This gala was the LHS social event of the year, it was of course Courtwarming. This started the year off with a little more than its usual incredible amount of excitement. The whirlwind of activities was thrust upon innocent students the first week of return from Christmas vacation. The kickoff of the week occured Thursday night when the senior girls were locked in the gym making signs, while the senior guys were locked out putting tires on the flagpole and doing other various activities. The next morning the ever peppy senior girls made a sumptuous breakfast for the basketball team. Later in the day came the pep assembly which psyched people up for the game that night. Although the game was not a victorous one, this did not hamper the several students from attending the dance. The week ended quickly and students found themselves facing a long winter's nap. One re- lief of this came in the form of a talentfvariety show. The show was promoted and staged by the sixth hour drama class. As we were beginning to settle down again in our sheltered world, a blinding flash of reali- ty penetrated our world: The hostages were coming home. After 444 days of captivity on january 28 the Americans were freed from Iran. A rash of yellow ribbons broke out every- where you looked, and wholehearted celebra- tions and thanksgiving took place from coast to coast. The mid-winter blues were kept at bay, once again by students attending some of the many concerts K.C. had to offer.