Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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interuf.SZwrt5 Week: Winter Sports Royal Court- Jay Franz, Sandee Buller, King Larry Thompson, Queen Kay Gerlng. Matt Washburn and Jennifer Reid. X ii i 0 Gut Winter Sports Week was one week out of the school year that students could take some time out and just have fun together. Activities that kept the student body entertained were the Winter Olympics, the Air Band Contest, Coronation, Dress-up Days and the Sports Events. The Dress-up Days kicked off the week with Monday being pajama and robe day. Tuesday was college T-shirt and hat day. Wednesday was dress-up day. Thursday was rainbow day where each class wore the same color of T-shirt. Seniors wore red, juniors wore blue sophomores wore controversial yellow T-shirts and freshmen wore green. Why green? Because it was Thursday, iof coursel. Tuesday was the Third Annual Air Band Contest. The auditorium was overflowing with people of all ages. Students performed songs by such groups as Whitesnake, Dio, Prince, Judas Priest, Madonna, Cindi Lauper, the Supremes and many others. The groups Sorry Charlie which performed You Got Another Thing Coming by Judas Priest and Controversial Lace which performed Let's Go Crazy by Prince tied for first place. On Tap which performed Whitesnake's Slow and Easy captured third place. Wednesday was Coronation. The royal court were Oueen Kay Gering, King Larry Thompson, and their attendants, Sandee Buller, Jay Franz, Jennifer Reid, and Matt Washburn. The decorations for the Coronation had been changed with the aisle coming in the gym at an angle and a fountain was added to the background. Thursday was the Winter Olympics where each class and the teachers had a team who competed against each other in games that were fun for everyone. Seniors won the Olympics. Thursday night the wrestling team beat El Dorado. The week was wrapped up on Friday with a pep assembly and basketball games against Derby. The girls lost 47-50 and the boys had a disappointing game by losing on a last second shot, 49-51. There was a dance following the games. szalteg, frames? Roger Erickson, Business Teacher, competes for the teachers team in tl banana race of the Winter Olympics.

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,,. s, f6ffJ5f Gif?-H M. 's zzz. . Freshman J.J. lVliller helps his class decorate the halls. Hall decoration was one many competitions the classes had against each other. Seniors Stephanie Gasaway and Vicki Smith act the part of true nerds as Ner was a new addition to Homecoming Week. s si of the d Day 5 s f s Juniors Melisa Gronau and Julie Sherry look as if they came straight off a rock video as they display their electric apparel on Punk Day. itll' to As the lights dimmed, the crowd hushed and the orchestra started playing, Danny Benninghoff escorted Karla Ford, Steve Raber escorted Janelle Gaeddert and Brad Sneed escorted Yvette Whelan down the aisle. They waited patiently in front of a bank of candles to find who would be named Homecoming king and queen. After much anxiety Janelle awarded Brad with the king medal and Brad crowned Karla queen. Brad, Karla and their attendants were escorted in a limousine to lunch at the Old Mill Restaurant. The student body participated in Homecoming week by dres- sing up for different days. Hawaiian, nerd, dressing-up and Punk vs. preppie were ways that students dressed. Many strange out- fits and hair-styles were concocted for each different day. Classes competed against each other with money jars, the hall decorations, dress-up days and the spirit assembly. Freshmen won the dress-up days. Seniors won the money jars, the spirit assembly and the hall decorations. Over-all seniors placed first, sophomores second, and juniors and freshman tied for third. During the week major, emphasis was placed on class compe- tition, but at the end of the week the classes united to become a spirited school which helped Newton win the homecoming football game with El Dorado 49-8. The traditional parade and bonfire were cancelled because of rain and there was no school on Friday due to Teacher in-service.

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-as On Summer Dress-up Day juniors Becky Haas and A I Deborah Kingsley relax in their raft during the spirit assembly. Top, Brad Musser, member of the Freshman Winter Olympic Team blows a ping pong ball around the pop bottle which was one of several games in the Winter OIymDics. Left, senior Brett Shirk jarns down to You Got Another Thing Coming by Judist Priest in the 3rd Annual NHS Air Band Contest. Shirk was part of the band Sorry Charlie,which tied for flrst place with Contraversiai Lace who per- formed Let's Go Crazy by Prince.