Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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liaborator ۲ Energy 6 Mineral Resources Research OWA SIA JAL CONSCIOUS. Dick Greve explains the ation to Ann Kramer and Cindy Oppedal at the Ames lab. Above Left: FILL ER UP. Saving money by using the self-serve pump is senior Dave Kyllo. | ‘Above Far Left: CHECK IT OUTuInvestigating an qi f. alternate form of transportation, the electric car, is UE بی‎ Meyers. o TON Desa CN its Co E? sr. es e E Energy 11

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.ے ۔ ILE MS‏ موسر PER‏ رر مت ضر مد دہ cm dr Everybody, at one time or another, pondered our dwindling natural resources. At the national level, President Carter struggled with Congress over a new energy program while billions of dollars were spent on government-funded energy research. Ames and the surrounding area were served by the Ames Laboratory on the ISU campus. With 9696 of lowa's energy imported, the Ames Lab looked at statewide energy solutions as well as national ones. According to Dick Greve of the lowa Coal Research Project, out of 5000 coal mines once in operation, only five are left. There are 20 billion tons of untapped coal in lowa— enough to meet the state's d c ` D ES pO : 1 DA y 1 Mu A 7 CE LS eC Tal! , 99 بس‎ Ouse e 3 میں‎ ۱ 4 a Ta B A 3 ۳ A Ar KAN Go ener. Ts کی و PONAR E D ww — 24€ EVE: - M جم‎ à Ce = xx M. E 0 Eur X I Pu dM 0 cdi ws nd LE TOR ی(‎ ۰ھ‎ ` 2 E kb, 8 e Da — ۰ TR LM 7 w . U ۷ em 7 ù - e 89 , a Si, ENERGY ENEMIES energy needs for three to four hundred years. The ISU department of architecture supported the construction of a solar energy research house, located on Greensboro Road, just off Stange Road in Ames. Ames High attempted energy preservation with classrooms kept at what was a comfortable temperature in some rooms while other parts of the school seemed sub-zero. Energy appeared to be in the back of most minds as the cars of gas-guzzling students and teachers filled the parking lot, spilling out onto both 20th Street and Ridgewood. P SE D aw A سرت‎ A lu DAL ۳۸۵۹ » Ed | g, Above: MASS TRANSPORT. Cy-Ride provided the Ames community with an energy saving form of transportation. For 75£, a person could travel to any destination in the city. Right: MORE POWER. The Ames power plant. Left: SUN ENERGY. The ISU Department of Architecture built this solar energy research house in the fall of 1977.

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ATIMIDE یووررہے۔ چو ید .مسج وی می‎ ine An AB Top Left: EXCITING MOMENTS. Greg Gerstein and Mary Sullivan exchange thoughts after being crowned king and queen at the Homecoming Coronation. Bottom Left: HOMECOMING PREPARATIONS. A group of students work together to put up a banner promoting the upcoming Homecoming ۰ Bottom Center: READY TO PASS. Kevin Highland prepares to throw a pass while Clint Fischer provides protection during the Homecoming clash. Center: TRICK OR TREAT. Chemistry teacher Ken Hartman demonstrates AHS magic by changing the liquid from black to orange, at the Homecoming pep assembly. Mary Kay Rogge, Lisa Luke and Alan Widener represent AHS enthusiasm. 12 Homecoming IR än ۳۹ 3 Ni mr