Rampart High School - Rampages Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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.25 Brian Turner Shawn Turner Tami Tyler riff Tern Tyler Chris Ulrbar Darwin Van Raalte x .yy fx 3... uick on john Skalla Bridget Ware Bryson Ware Greg Watkins Susie Weathers Pam j. Pam R. Webb with painful athletic prac- tices, difficult rests, and time- consuming homework, high school was not a place of lei- sure, So when there was some free time, students tried to take advantage of it to the fullest. One such student was john Skalla, who found a way to combine two pleasures, art and rodeo, by being a Western art- ist. john has many interests, among them hunting and fish- ing, which he says are the greatest ways for me to relax. These outdoor skills were aptly proved this summer in Alaska when he caught a 57-pound King Salmon.

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wi Qs.: PRlDlNG HIMSELF on the fact that the scenery is hand-made, Gil Lyke puts the finishing touches on a piece of track. Being a 10 n training At a time when most students were wish- ing for even one cat to Call their own, Gil Lyke was wondering what to do with all 80 of his. But for all the fun he had with them, they still couldn't get him to school or out on a date. They were railroad cars. Gil began collecting trains only a year ago, but already had an impressive collec- .is.:.L:i' at 1J iv tion of over 80 cars and 12 engines. What interested me most was the excitement of building the trains and all the scenery. It really isn't very expensive, either, ex- plained Gil. The track, which lights up and is 8x14 feet long, is set up in the Lyke's garage and its cars run on an I-1.0. scale. Most people found that they had to leave their hobbies behind when they got jobs, etc., but Gil planned to continue with his interest in trains for a long while. Eventually I'd like to get an apartment that has train track all around it and Lise a little elevator to move the cars to higher tracks, said Gil. FRI gines. THE MINIATURE TOWN is extremely life-like. Getting on Q A , ,lf the right track, Gil Lyke sets up a run for one of his twelve en- ii Lyke

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the draw This talented junior started drawing Western scenes and animals in ninth grade, .al- though he says that he's always been interested in art. john makes key chains out of shot- gun shells and does wood carv. ings of animals. as well as draws. , His art has been displayed at Penrose Library, and at the Black Forest Art Show, where he sold some of his work. Al- ready looking ahead to a career, john plans on being a commer- cial artist. 3 john's ability was a big part of the class of '84's achieve- rnentlm SHOWING A TALIZNT for all areas of art ohn S.illa practices his calligraphy. li f my Margie Anne Weinhold L r. are a t . .L Mx' V 'J 3 il ag' i , . r L , Kg, A- ,. Kevin West Debbie Wh xvtnriy Wil julie Wood l l Pri in Zedric l jeff Zeigler fall Tim Wheeler ite Stacey Whitney bourne Heather Wilkerson Richard Winegar Kevin Wolfgang ' Shelby Woodring k Class of 'H-l We-Zi