Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Above: TAKING PAINS. Laurie Kernan washes her car which has been recycled through the years in ways such asa change in drivers and the replacement of parts. Left: UNAWARE. Students linger in the audit- orium to watch the last few minutes of the spring talent assembly. All students use recy- cling in one form or another without knowing or realizing its broad connotation. Recycling 9

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ACCEPTING REUSE Recycling played an important role for Ames High students with the Ames Solid Waste Recovery Plantin the community and the new lowa bottle bill. Dwindling available sour- ces of energy also forced the nation to research new energy options and to utilize current sources more efficiently. Student surveys showed a generally positive view towards recycling as a plan for tomorrow. Recycling should have a bright future, but it will be awhile before the American people realize that itis a necessity, explained John Jacobs. Cindy Lee said, Even if we do find other forms of producing energy, we shouldn't forget about recycling. Why should we waste materials if we can reuse them? With depleting energy sources, trash will have to become a valuable commodity, Loren Wobig said. John Core disagreed, “Recycling doesn't have a future. It costs too much. The Ames Solid Waste Plant is an example of gross overspending of the government. The bottle bill, requiring lowans to pay a five-cent deposit on beverage cans and bottles, went into effect in July 1979. It's a hassle, but | think it's doing its job of eliminating litter and saving some money, Jane Maakestad noted. Roger Windsor said, No trouble is too much to keep our country clean. Below: STURDY. Jim Fletcher checks over army boots for wearability at his favorite store, Ames Surplus. — o À — Qn — e — ea E

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Below: MUTES. Julie Budnik, Meg Schneider, and Dori Phillips gesture their | way through a humorous mime, Hats Make © the Woman.” Bottom: EMOTIONAL. Duet actresses Jackie’ Courteau and Kay Fanslow put feeling mai their presentation, The Patio. GETTING GREATIVE | get the inner satisfaction of being in the fourth dimension!” joked Mike Shevokas as he related why he was in Speech Club. It'sanoutlet for my creative juices. It's a great way for the non-jock types to get involved. The fifty members of Speech Club were very successful in large-group competition. Out of eleven groups who entered district competition, eight went on to win 1 ratings at the state level. One group, which performed The Diabolical Diction- ary of Education, won the Outstanding Performance award, the highest possible honor. There were a total of twenty large سس‎ group or individual categories to (NUS choose from. The large group cate- ` = gories included one-act plays, duet | = acting and choral readings. Individ- ۲ ual divisions included dramatic and 3 1 nm Ki - x WË af à ار‎ bct e hoe 4 IS os ۱ ZR. DE D ET A ا‎ 2. humorous acting, Interpretive read- win ings, storytelling and original a Oratory. Se = E: SR Speech Club is a bad name for it, asserted Mark Kislingbury. “It’s more of across between Toastmas- ters and ۳ Theater. ۳ , » Py 7 - n ns: Speech Club participants assembled in an empty classroom after school to rehearse their pres- entations. Beth Clarke, founder and sponsor of Speech Club, observed and gave advice to improve the presentations. Many reasons were given for being in Speech Club, ranging from per- sonal satisfaction to the attention. Meg Schneider probably repres- ented most Speech Club members when she admitted, “I’m a ham. | love being in the spotlight. 10 Speech Club