Slatington High School - Reflections Yearbook (Slatington, PA)

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Voice of Each year all junior classes taught by Mrs. Roeder participate in the Voice of Democracy contest. This event in- spires students and en- courages them to consider their position as a con- tributing member of our complicated society. This year, Liz Edman, I) e m ocracy Diane Krause, and Liz Williams captured first, second, and third places respectively in a con- test that was judged both by teachers listen- ing to anonymous voices or a tape recorder, and by their classmates list- ening to live1' performances as part of English class. Scholastic Seri 111 m age Warren Bell, Suzette Nanovic, John Stettner, and Paul Peters represented Slatington High School in the annual Scholastic Scriirmage contest staged on WLVT-TV. After qualifying for their position by besting sev- eral other candidates during a school assembly, the team lost an extremely close match to Saucon Valley, a contest that was not decided until the clos- ing seconds. Advisor Edith Roeder commented that she was proud of our teams, including the 1980 squad with the other fine groups of the past. National Honor Society This year's National Honor So- ciety includes as follows: Len Bechtel, Warren Bell, Kurt Bellhom, Paul Peters, Greg Kester, Bruce Roberts, Randy Roberts, Brian Roberts, Roger Spadt, Carol Beil, Cathy Roth, Liz Edman, Brenda Hausamann, Rose Kistler, Linda Lorah, Paula Snyder, Cindy Miller, Steph Bishop, Colleen Kaul, Sherri Torbey, Sharon Christ- man, Karen Saas, Wendy Bil- liard, Pam Peters, Jane Hof- fer, Donna Sonnier, Suzette Nanovic, Charlene Snyder, An- gel Leaver, Deb Greiss, Mi- chelle Allesh, Kathy Kuntz, Di- ane Krause, Tracy Wehr, Robin Baus, Greg Schuck, and Melissa Metzger. 23

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Left to right, first row: Karen Saas, Laree Miller, Nancy Minnich, Sue Cunfer, Liz Edman. Second row: Mrs. Roeder, Angela Leaver, Kathy Kuntz, Suzette Nanovic, Lennie Bechtel, Liz Williams, and Kurt Bellhom. Progressing under the ex- cellent guidance of Mrs. Roeder, the SLATE staff produced a fine school paper this year, which more closely resembled a real newspaper. This year, the hard-working journalists added new twists to the old SLATE to create a completely new newspaper, conplete with professional-type printing, headlines, and realistic pictures. Lo- cal advertising was also used extensively. According to the adviser, in the first half of the year Suzette Nanovic was absolutely marvelous as the editor of the SLATE. Richard Shollen- berger, Kurt Bellhorn, and Lennie Bechtel took over the editorship in the mid- dle of the year and added some new columns, such as Bellhom1 s Brain-bogglers and Editor's Express to the SLATE. Hie seven per- iod day created some pro- blems for the staff, limit- ing the amount of time for gathering news during the school day. However, the entire SLATE staff should be commended for producing a paper SHS is proud of. 1) Second-half editor Bellhom examines this month's issue. 2) Mrs. Roeder listens during an interview. 22

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LITHUANIAN SNOW DANCE The students in this picture are freshmen from Homeroom 10. They are chanting and dancing an old Lithuanian snow dance, reported to have caused many a Lithuan- ian blizzard. Although the dance was quickly broken up for fear of snow, it still caused the last snow day of the decade in Northern Lehigh. The weather stations said, an inch at the most , but by 7:30 two inches had fall- en, and snow was still com- ing down. The scene of cars, trucks, busses, and people sliding uncontrollably closely resembled a circus. One school bus slid into a gas station, shearing off a pump, while another col- lided with a furniture truck. By 8:00, a few dar- ing students and faculty were inside the building. Then, an announcement was made that Northern Lehigh was running two hours late. The students who were in the building were told to wait in the auditorium for two hours. Many of the students upon hearing this tried to leave. Most were soon seated again, but sev- eral seniors left by sneak- ing out side doors. Finally, after an hour wait in the auditorium, the students were told that school was can- celled for the day. While many felt that the snow dance was somehow re- sponsible for the school district's confusion, the students who performed the dance were not punished at all when it was discovered that none of them spoke a single word of Lithuanian. After doing some fancy in- vestigative reporting, the yearbook staff found the above picture and a list of the students' names: Tim Marlatt, Chris Marsh, Tom Martin, Charles McHen Sheila McHenry, Dwight Miller, Jay Miller, James Milot, Brian Minnich, Derek Minnich, Drew Minnich, Todd Minnich, Barb Montan- aire, Narda Montrom, Joanne Mumaw, Michele Muthard, Mark Neary, Laura Neff, Doug Neustadter, David Oienweller, Tim Olsen, Lisa Ondrovic, and Steve Ortiz.