Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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,.....,..,,-.. ....,........---4--2 WINTER SPORTS ROYALTY. FRONT ROW Mindy Meirowsky Queen BACK ROW: Attendents, Lori Schultz and Bryan Frey Jim White King Attendents, Mark Hopkins and Jan Whidden 24 WI RIGHT AND COUNTER- CLOCKWISE: MARK GARD congratulates Mindy Meirowsky after being crowned Winter Sports Queen. JIM WHITE crowns Mindy Meirowsky Oueen. Winners were elected by the student body. STUCO MEM- BERS help the children of some faculty rehearse before the coronation assembly. The children were the crown, medal, and rose bear- ers. THE 1980 Winter Sports King and Oueeng Jim White and Mindy Meirow- sky.

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t 1.91 fi-fg. -hd wx eI'l'Y LEFT AND CLOCKWISE: DURING THE Winter Olympics Dale Reed attemps to drop a penny into a coffee can for the faculty team. LEAD BASE player and singer of the group lVladgic performs at the Winter Sports Dance. MICHELLE CASE and Robbie Dodd show their class participationby passing an orange in the Olympic competition. LOREN DYCK and Mark Goodman represent the freshmen class in the float competition. STUDENTS RELAX while watching cartoons before the movie 'The Cheap Detective. 1 l F WINTER SPORTS 23

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- ' . '1 . g . q Winter Sports Week- usuocess' enthusiasm , cont. The extreme sound intensity was not as great during the coronation assembly which took much planning. As Winter Sports Week seemed longer than just four days. The nominating and voting of the candidates for King and Queen began a week before. The twelve semifinalists were: Jayne Hrdlicka, Julie Jones, Mindy Meirowsky, Lori Schultz, Donita Smith, Jan Whidden, Scott Barnhart,'Bryan Frey, Mark Hopkins, Bryan Reusser, Gary Siemens and Jim White. The finalists were voted on during Winter Sports Week. They were: Bryan Frey, Mark Hopkins, Jim White, Mindy Meirowsky, Lori Schultz and Jan Whidden. Suspense was in the air as the secret was finally revealed. Jim White and Mindy Meirowsky reigned as King and Queen. Derived from a tradition the crown, medal and rose bearers were the small children of the Newton High School faculty. The six children chosen were: Jenny Stiffler, daughter of Eric and Marilyn Stiffler: Justin and Jaharee Thaw, son and daughter of Jack and Jollknn Thaw, Molly Triggs, daughter of Charles and Sharon Triggs: Brad DeVore, son of Ed and Elizabeth DeVore and Tosha Whitfield, daughter of Rick and Renie Whitfield. The King and Queen attended the basketball game with the Royal Court. The Flailer girls basketball team was defeated 40-42 by the McPherson Bullpups. The boys won against the Bullpups 50-43. The junior varsity girls' team won 39-38. As the junior varsity boys lost-54-51. Following the basketball game, the Winter Sports Dance was attended by many students as the band Madgic performed. WINTER SPORTS 25 U m Q. vi