Palatine High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Palatine, IL)

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Changes in oafeleriaz open lunch relieves l Baseball teams benefited from the last VIP paper drive Oct. 26. The weight ofthe paper caused the storage truck to slip off its base and sink into the asphalt. l 1 - l Q . M. .L ft .. Q l 1 x Milli -i -4, H- 1 'TI In.-x ABOVE: Bruce Beal, lohn Petko and Mike Monson taking advantage of open lunch by spending 6th period in Dairy Queen. RIGHT: Most fresh men and sophomores started school 2nd period and were not allowed to enter the halls before the end of 'lst period. They waited either outside or in the stairwells of the cafeteria. I

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Centennial and bicentennial committees A change in the state law in january lowered the age for donating blood to 17, and nearly S0 students gave Mar. 22 in the village drawing in the school cafeteria. Thirty three other students, most still too young to donate, helped the Red Cross by setting up equipment and carrying the pack- ets of blood to the relrigerated trucks. 1 1 For student council elections .for 1975-76, voting machines were rented. The two machines, at a cost offS105, gave students eatperience in operatingsa voting machine and made, balloting and counting easier foricounciI..Terry Sullivari was elected president: Cathy Dalfonso,,vice presi- dentp Linda Mundschenk, recording secretary, and Rose4 mary Hoppens, corresponding secretaryt Because special plans must be made for the school's centennial and the nation's bicentennial next year, the class of 1976 elected officers with council. lean Linsner was elected president, Terry Sullivan, vice president, Linda Drozdowski, secretaryg and Patrice Forbes, treasurerg Mr. Denny will take Mr. jones' position as class sponsor because Mr. jones will be on sabbatical leave. Other classeswill elect in September. Centennialand bicentennial committees formed to plan activities. The centennial committee, formed in the fall with Mr. Newendorp as chairman, chose a logo designed by Ellen Konsbruck. It was combined with the bicentennial symbol by Fred Niemeyer for thesviIIage's 1976 sticker. The bicentennial committee, headed by Miss Retzlaff, formed in spring and chose the theme of the American Dream Machine. 1 l 'Kgs R .,L4 Y1 ,4. .ll '-: TOP: Two scenes from the Mar. 22 blood drawing: senior lack Prendergast giving his pint, and Roberta Hyde and lulie Krogul helping the Red Cross by preparing packets forthe blood. RIGHT: Palatine paramedics Tom Dolleslager, -an Dale Collier, Steve Niebuhr and Emil lensen camo to school several times this year, not only forthe usual gym - t accidents but for alcohol and drug overdoses as well. 1