Normal Community High School - Echoes Yearbook (Normal, IL)

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Q-Margaret Shanat 1112, Natalie Melzer1112, Becky Simmons 17 72, Amy Miller 1712, Stephanie McCracken 11 12 and Kelli Hamilton 1172 pull togeth- er at the Student Council Tug-of- War contest. ,if ,Lf 5 have . , 1 'Q .. Q . . ,Q t f- -. Q Q-.Nix ,N si. 'Q -ia iw 4 ,1 1 , 'I P, Y lvictorious spirit of the senior Powderpuff foot- ball team is expressed by Sara Brown 1122. QJN it sssusli' fDarren Sampson 1112, Seth Baker 1112 and Todd Askew 1712 show their flexibility and coordination while performing intricate cheerleading maneuvers at Powderpuff tryouts. Q-As one of The Six Neat Guys, Dan Sulaski 1122 lip syncs his way to stardom at NCHS. Homecoming-19

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Mi 1 -pDespite rain and poor weather conditions, Stacy Hippie 1122 rises from the grave to see the iron- men defeat the Raiispiitters. 1Nerd day features Drew Treischmann 1122, Tim Mattson 1122 and Briggs Ginther 1122 as the typical nerds. 1 Q--, A . M. M' fr 0... XM ,rm M., M A M at ' Q. ' fd 2 4 YM V 7 I ,M ' Fm 11 ' . 'J 6 zvii . 1 irls in grass skirts, guys in bright Hawaiian print shirts, and noises of intense determi- nation from competing teams typified the scene early Mon- day, October 7. Tug-of-war teams had joined together to pull to a victory. However, these students were not the only people participating in spirit and fund-raising activities sponsored by Stu- dent Council. Homecoming week includ- ed activities to raise money for United Way, while also promoting school spirit. lt seemed as if more people got in- volved and dressed up than ever be- fore, said Council Representative Lora Campbell 1122. Student Council raised over 51,200 for United Way, explained Mrs. Ra- mona Sanders, Council advisor. The Six Neat Guys proved to be the popular favorite in the air-band com- petition. Dirk Shannabarger 1122, a member of the winning air-band, commented, We were nervous at first, but after the performance started we were more con- cerned with putting on a good show. Q-Brenda Toland, 1985 Homecoming Queen, and her escort Kip Wilson 1852 enter the dance in antic- ipation of the Coronation. Spirit dress-up days were an ex- cellent way to encourage school spirit, said Bill Sawyer 1122. Hawaiian day, Dress-up!Dress-dov day, Nerd day, Hat-shade-and-Button day and traditional Black and Orange day were the themes for individual spir days. Taylor Anderson 1102 commented, Nerd day was my favorite because en eryone was acting especially crazy an having fun. Seniors won the pyramid building contest, while others competed in hippitty-hop-races, pie-in-the-eye and best legs contests. On Thursday evening, the senior girls dominated the juniors, 7-0, in the Powderpuff game. Mr. Muir, athletic director, comme: ed, The flag football game had to be played at the Chiddix field because oui field had taken a real beating 1due to tl rain2. We wanted to preserve the field for the Homecoming game. Brenda Toland 1122 was crowned 1985 Queen during Friday's Pep asset' bly. According to Susie Martin 1112, th entire week was a success. l dresseci up every day because I enjoy it. - Ranita Broadfield 11

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