Alief Elsik High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Seniors Charles Grant and Sheila Hunt enjoy themselves at Tracic Rutherford's pre-prom party before attending the big event at the Hyatt R?gency-West Hous- ton. Photo by M. Spiller graduation invitations. Photo by V. Pai Senior Tamiko Washington, Cunjure Woman, convinces Witch Boy, Junior Chris Lundquist, that he will never be human. Sophomore Shannon Collins, the Fair Witch watches in the drama department’s spring produc- tion of Dark of the Moon which won district competition at the UIL Liter- ary meet. Photo by M. Spillor The Astrodome hosted bi- district playoffs as the Rams celebrated their winningest season. We lost the game to the Madison Marlins 35-0. Photo by L. Cates Seniors Angie Aquil, Joseph Protamartir, Erica Corcn- chuk, Karen Youngand Laura Faulkner pay Balfour repre- sentative David Dillingham the balance due for their Closing 263

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Senior Pat Smith rings up a sale at the Music Den in Wostchase Mall at Westheimcr and Wilcrcst. Students are also employed at Target, Sandy’s Hallmark and Bealls in Westchase Mall. Photo by L. Cates World History teacher Kay Stephenson is known for her antics which make her class not only a learning experience but also fun. Mrs. Stephenson showed her ••real” self for the camera in the 1982 Ramblings. Job Interviews, More Homework Ahead Seniors Await Unsure Futures For Seniors, the road ahead is full of unknowns. As we walked across the stage on May 22 to receive our diplomas, suddenly the future looked foggy. Even for those who seem to have the rest of their lives planned out, they had to think again for a second. After all, we were thinking about a lifetime. For most seniors, there were two choices - work or college. Although the working world may have offered more immediate gratification, those who could endure another four years of school saw a bright future. Modern technology also improved the hopes of many for the future. Those skilled in the area of computers, were almost guaranteed work. As computers advanced, there will always be a need for someone to run them. Although the future spurred an automatic fear within us. it also created a hope. This hope was generated by the fact that we could now control our future and what we make of ourselves. Our diplomas were the key to the future, but it is what we do with them that is now important. Seniors Joel Mathiason and Pat Brogan catch a quick lunch at McDonald's as 30 minute lunch periods did not allow much time for seniors to eat off campus. Joel celebrated graduation with a swimming party that many seniors attended. Photo by K. Sides 262 Closing

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And Now . . . A Word From Your Editor Wow! I can't believe that the year is already over. It seems like just yesterday we were sitting in room N121 for the first time and I gave my speech about how much fun being on staff would be. Past Times at Elsik High was chosen as the theme of this book because we wanted to emphasize Elsik's tenth anniversary. It was our goal to provide you with the means to not only remember 1985 but also learn about the past - the history of Elsik and Alief. Although these histories are brief, they are rich with many developments. This year the staff was interesting but we always managed to pull together in times of crisis and get the job done before the publisher's deadline. Each personality contributed in their own special way. Tanya always managed to smile and say okay no matter how irate Missy became. Debbie. I forgot exactly how many times she redid the Science Club page, succeeded even though she came on staff at semester. Lisa and her sports staff were their own little family. The photographers never ceased to amaze us. I think Vivek finally learned how to focus and Lee did a great job fulfilling the legend of Randy. There are several people I would like to thank. First. Mr. Caporiccio - your Psychology and Economics classes were great because the teacher was great. (By the way. how bad did Andy need it?) Mr. Kneuven - Government was a real experience. I am glad that I was privileged to be in that class. Mrs. Crump - my day was never complete until I saw you. Thanks for all the xerox copies and chocolate Santas and kisses. Cary Bounds - thanks for being a friend whenever I needed you. You'll never know how much you mean to me. Audra Sanchez. Rampage Editor-in-Chief - you don't realize just how much I appreciate you for being there to listen. Best of luck at UT, I'll see you in two years - Audrey. Mrs. Ritter - words have pretty much escaped me right now but I think you will understand when I say thanks, it wouldn’t have happened without you. Thank you for putting up with my missed deadlines (I still don't know what got into me), for inspiring and encouraging me and especially for not losing your confidence in me. Finally. I would like to wish the class of 1985 the best of luck in the future. This book is for you so enjoy! Sincerely. Editor-in-Chief Ramblings '85 Me taking a break at McDonald’s my favorite lunch spot, enjoying the Senior privilege of off cam pus lunch. Photo by L Cates 1985 Ramblings Staff Editor-in-Chief CLUBS Felicia Wasylina - Rae Rabe ORGANIZATIONS Freshmen (cover, end sheets. Missy Brown title page, opening. Debbie Hund ADS division pages. Tanya Murdock “Noelle Miller closing, index) Shola Reis PHOTOGRAPHERS STUDENT LIFE FACULTY Lee Cates Rae Rabe Robin Harris Karen Groves Robin Harris Shola Reis Bill Mitchell Christi Yang Felicia Wasylina Vivek Pai Michele Spiller SPORTS CLASSES •Lisa Baroski Lisa Sturm - ADVISOR Eric Hudson Seniors Karen Ritter Noelle Miller Shola Reis - Billy Payne Juniors • denotes section Robin Harris - Sophomores editor Colophon: 850 copies of the 85 Ramblings were printed by Henlngton Publishing Company In Wolfe City, Texas. The covor is laminated four color with process red spot color. The paper is 80 lbs. enamel. Headlines are 36, 30 and 24 point News Gothic Bold with 18. 14 and 12 point kickers and sub-heads. Body copy is 10 point Nows Gothic and captions are 8 point News Gothic Bold. Special thanks go to Lois Neiman and Ray Branch our Henington rep- resentatives, Clayton Teat, for all of his help with th group pictures and to Mrc Marilyn Crump for all of th copies and support. $ 264 Editor's Note