Slatington High School - Reflections Yearbook (Slatington, PA)

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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.

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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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TESTS LINKEDTO SUDDEN ILLNESS Although the number of absentees has declined this year compared to other years at SHS, the nurse's office is often filled. When the REFLECTIONS staff re- porters looked into this mat- ter further, they discovered a strange pattern. Many of the students were being struck by a sudden, temporary type of illness, lasting for approxi- mately one period. Even more startling than the amazing re- coveries the students made was the fact that a large percent- age of the students struck by the mysterious illness had tests scheduled at the time they became ill. Some authorities speculated on various causes for the strange illness. One suggestion was that the paper used to print tests was radioactive. Another medical source attributed the attacks to the virus testitis studentis which has been detec- ted in nearby states. Presently the matter is being investi- gated by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta. Another recent epidemic has surfaced. The victims seem to become rrysteriously addicted to crutches. This rrysterious ad- diction has its benefits, though. It allows the victim, often along with one fortunate friend known as the book holder, to leave classes three or four minutes before they are act- ually over. The common result is to see many cripples either wandering the halls casually or eagerly standing in the front of the lunch line, waiting for the bell to ring. On one day recently, the REFLECTIONS staff found the entire population of Homeroom 26 struggling toward the door to the nurse's office at the beginning of period 5- They included Terry DeLong, Franes DeSanctis, Jim Dick, Sharon Dieter, Peter Donello, Sally Dorward, Edward Eckhart, Dan Ehrich, Eric Evans, Mamie Everett, Chris Farber, Derrick Fatzinger, Donna Faust, Todd Fisher, Bobbi Jo Flexer, Wendy Fogle, Darrin Follweiler, Felicia Frantz, Dawn Frey, Rochelle Fritzinger, Kathy Fron- heiser, Todd Gable, Tim Gades, and Henry Galio.