Oneonta High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Oneonta, AL)

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Mark Riddle Patrick Ryan 1 mm 1- Jane Sawyer David Shumate Diagnosis is simple. Ask casually, ' By the way, what are you planning to do next year? ' In a mild case, the eyes go slightly out of focus, and there is a long pause. A moderate case stutters and contradicts himself when he tries to answer. And a serious case lowers his or her head to the nearest table and blubbers helplessly. Those with senioritis tend to huddle in little groups, nostalgically recalling all the wonderful things they did their freshman year. They sigh a lot. No matter how they try to prevent it, their thoughts sneak past graduation into that great darkness optimistically called the future. The problem is, how do you decide what ' s best to do? Your future rides on a decision you don ' t have enough in- formation to make intelligently. No matter how many times you read the college catalogs, you don ' t know which school would really suit you. You have no way of knowing which job you ' ll like (assuming you can get one at all). How can you know what you ' ll be like in two years? If you ' re thinking about marriage, that throws an addi- tional kink into any system you ' ve worked out — nobody ever ' reasoned ' his way into marriage. That comes with heart thumping, nerves jangling and adrenaline flowing. Christians seem to have the worst form of senioritis. They not only try to decide what they want to do; they try to get the opinion of a God whom they can ' t see or hear. They pray. They ask others to pray for therh. They mumble things about God ' s will and spend time reading comforting psalms from the Bi- ble. But often — too often — they have that same spark of fear in their eyes. MARCHING OUT TO the traditional ' Pomp and Circumstance ' . Rtionda Lambert feels that she has reached a major goal in her life 4SMILES EXPRESS A sense of relief for George Henry as he realizes that the past few hectic weeks of activities are at last over PREPARING FOR THE big moment. Alan Baggell nervously helps Jeff Whiled into his robe »IN AN HOUR, four years of frustration and excite- ment is over For Kim Moorer. George Moore- house, and Greg Moorer the question is, what comes next? Eddie Smith Jeff Smith 164 Seniors

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We ' re The Biggest, Baddest Class Around In October the juniors got to order their class rings from Balfour. After several long weeks of waiting, the rings finally arrived! Magazines were sold to raise money for the prom and next year ' s class trip. The juniors found out that magazine selling wasn ' t all fun and games — it was a lot of work! But they did a great job! They set a goal of $15,000, and by the end of the three weeks they had raised $15,080.79. This was the high- est amount sold by any junior class. The top salesman was Greg Tucker. He sold a total of 89 magazine sub- scriptions. When homecoming rolled around, members of the class worked together to build their float. Many of the flowers were made at Max Blalock ' s house and were put on the car at Mark Rid- ings ' house. Their float, ' Catch That Redskin Spirit ' won second place. The homecoming representative was Kitty Cornelius and her escort was Greg Tucker. Instead of having the prom in On- eonta, these juniors chose to go to Guntersville State Lodge! The theme was ' Two Ships That Pass in the Night ' by Barry Manilow. It was a night the juniors will always remember. The class sponsors were Mr. Kilgore, Mrs. Sanford, Mrs. Stevenson, and Mrs. Ware. Class Favorites John David Huie And Candy Hanson ,ft5 ' . 166 Juniors