Thurston High School - Yearling Yearbook (Springfield, OR)

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Noontime Activities Fun times keep students hopping Several noontime activities broke the monotony of sitting around the courtyard during lunch. Special “fun” weeks -- Homecoming, Christmas, Valentines, and Spring--were spiced up with activities such as an air guitar contest, ping pong and an obstacle course . In addition, the Executive Council sponsored a male wet T-shirt contest, a tug-o-war between classes, a dunk tank, a banana split and jell-o eating contests. On the serious side, a pe p rally was held for the ASB and class elections . “Birr. ” Coming up for air from the cold water of the dunk tank is Britt Munoz. Down the hatch goes banana splits in the contest between junior Bryant Newingham, sophomore Justin Wrath, and winner of the event, freshman Scott Harris. Ping pong partners Mark Randolph and Kevin Pelroy test their skills during lunch. Noontime Activities 19

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Annual Signing Party Yearling receives mixed reviews Finally. More than 800 students and graduates attended the annual signing in the cafeteria Nov. 1. For three hours laughter and memories were shared as throngs of suddenly-avid book enthusiasts flipped through pages, found pictures of themselves or friends and exchanged annuals for signatures . Reaction to the book was generally positive. “I thought it was great, but needed more room to write,” said junior Wendyjohnson. Some others objected to the cover because it did not have school colors on it, and they thought there was too much writing inside. Editor Christi Davis said she felt the staff did an excellent job of covering the year. ‘‘That was our goal,” she said, ‘‘to record the history of the people at this school during that year. . . Considering the cost of the book ($15) and its size (256 pages) , people got a heck of a deal . ” Adviser Greg Howard said he was less than pleased with the final product, however. ‘‘We send the plant (Herff Jones) photographic prints that were technically excellent. What came out in the book was very disappointing. The pic¬ tures all lost a considerable amount of contrast and picked up loads of dust and scratch marks.” In addition, Mr. Howard said the in¬ ferior binding job on the book was ‘‘basically unacceptable. . . Had this book come in during September, we would have sent it back. Late October was a dif¬ ferent matter, though. ’ ’ Sign mine? asks DanaHeffmgton during the annual signing party while Chris Davidson smiles at the flurry of writing activity. 18 Annual Signing Taking time to sign another annual is sophomore Marc Parker.

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Christmas, Valentines Week Holiday festivities create enthusiasm and unity A crisp breeze whipped through the halls, students hustled to their next class with chipper spirits and anticipation of the 11 -day vacation awaiting. The week of festivities began with the theme “Battle of the Sexes. ’ ’ Paper candy canes were distributed among some 600 students. Girls and boys struggled to get other’s canes by starting “forbidden” conversations, and at the end of the day the paper candy canes were exchanged for real candy by the student council. Tuesday was Red-and-Green Day, a time for students and faculty alike to express unity by wearing the same color clothing. Enthusiasm declined on Wednesday and Thursday with little participation by the student body. Christmas week chairper¬ son Diamelen McNealey was not pleased with the outcome. “There weren’t as many people dressed up as I would have liked,” shesaid. Christmas celebrations were not limited to the campus. Cabaret, Pep Club, Ski Club and band participated in Although it was not snowing in downtown Springfield during the Christmas parade, Eric Westerholm plays Winter Wonderland on his sax. the Springfield Christmas Parade with three of the four clubs receiving awards. Cabaret won first place for senior mar¬ ching; Pep Club, second place for non¬ commercial; and Ski Club, honorable mention for float. Senior Sheila Lillegren felt Christmas brought the school together; “Christmas brought a unified feeling to us all, I wish the feeling could last year-round . ’ ’ Christmas week was followed in February by Valentines Week; a similar week of activities in which a court was elec¬ ted and activities such as computer dating, red and white day, homeroom candy, val-o-grams, carnation delivery, wear-a-heart and blood mobile. According to coordinator Leslie Miller participation was, “Pretty good.” Due to the weather, not all planned activities oc- cured but the student council hopes to correct that next year. 20 Christmas, Valentines Week