Spring Valley High School - Saga Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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Friday nights at football games is one way Jack Woclfel spends time with his friends. Joking around with band friends fills the time of Vikings band members Richard Miller. Jeff Dailey. Daniel Weinbaum. Mikki Corley, Russell Gibner. Beth Shackleford, Elizabeth Gabel. Vince Miles. entcrtainmcnt 27

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“Cross country keeps me in shape, and it’s a good outlet for stress. When I get upset or mad, I run. It gives me time to think things out and relaxes me,’’ junior Ned Appenzeller said. “Softball has taught me to work with people even if you don't like one another,’’ senior D.D. Bishop said. Sophomore Amy Joye’s sport involves taking care of an animal. “Most of my money goes to things for my horse, so lots of other things like clothes and spending money get cut back,’’ Joye said. Lack of time is one consequence of play- ing sports, according to senior Anne Mcll- roy. “My weekends arc often spent away at horse shows, so I don’t have time for school sports,’’ Mcllroy said. Senior Ed Steck said he also uses sports as a release. “It’s really easy to forget what hap- pened at school. You concentrate on what you’re playing and forget everything else,’’ Steck said. Junior Steve Burr said he enjoyed spending his free time playing Dungeons and Dragons, a role playing game, because of the creativity required and fantasy in- volved. “You can go out and kill people and it’s perfectly legal. There are no certain rules. You can do anything. I’ve got characters powerful enough to conquer worlds. They can rape, pillage and burn as much as they want, and I don’t get into any trouble,” Burr said. Writing and painting allowed student’s true feelings to come out. “When I write it’s another world, and anything you want can happen,” sopho- more Marion Gunter said. Junior Jim Dillon said he has enjoyed writing as a hobby since he attended the Governor’s School for the Arts last sum- mer. “Writing provides an outlet for tension that school creates. When you have three tests, two essays, a lab report and trig homework due the next day, it’s really great to sit down and yell at a typewriter. You can release a lot of pressure that way and it’s easier to get started on homework again,” Dillon said. Practice is hard work for Kraigg Barrentinc and Den- nis Jones but the rewards make the time worthwhile. Performing is one way Cathy Dudley fills her time. Arts and crafts are popular pastimes for students like Deborah Winbourne. 26 entertainmcnt

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Rock of ages Homecoming preparations started long before October 10 for seniors Connie Jen- kins and Peter Menkhaus. The initial plans started during August. “We did a lot of brainstorming, and finally we came up with the theme Rock of Ages, which really tied in well,” Jenkins said. “Many weekends and after school meet- ings were held in order to make the 1983 homecoming the best yet,” Menkhaus said. On Monday, the hands of time turned back to 1950. Button down shirts, white bobby socks and penny loafers were the attire for the day. The activities were an eating contest at lunch and roller skating at Red Wing Rollerway at night. “Fifties Day was my favorite day. It reminded me of a day at Jefferson's High from Happy Days,” junior Rhonda Tre- whella said. Tuesday was the day everyone presented his spirit. The theme was Green and Gold. Everyone dressed in school colors, and the Anchor club presented a fashion show that night, which made $400. “The clothes were lent to us by Pat’s Place. The show was a lot of fun but a lot of hard work,” senior Inger Miller said. Sixties Day was the theme for Wednes- day. Between classes, “Come on Baby Light My Fire blared through the hall on the intercom as the flower children rushed to their classes. At lunch everyone took time to pile into a car for the activity of the day, the car stuffing contest, in which the seniors took first place. “We stuffed 24 people into the car. It just goes to show that we seniors stick together,” senior Mary Kay Gaines said. By Thursday, the rigorous practice that the football team had undergone to pre- continucd 28 homccoming Taking in a breath of air before her debut, Charlene LaSoy prepares herself for her entrance to the stu- dent body during homecoming week at the pep rally. I .a Soy was escorted by Greg Fields. Bobby socks, poodle skirts and penny loafers . all attire of the first day of homecoming's activities. Melissa Miller. Delores Durham and Courtney Cone dress the part on 50's day which was accompanied by rock’n' roll music and roller skating, later that night.