Belleville Township High School East - Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 312 of the 1986 volume:

Sedoottymt fif 3 Hi W w% 4 fotte 44m Walking up the stairs In front of A building for the first time, many freshmen exper¬ ience a feeling completely tw to them. They are self- ne conscious, anxious to spot old friends and to make new ones. The first year of high school brings with it a sense of pride for a student — pride In his accomplishments and pride in his school. After the dreaded freshman year ends, however, and the newness and discovery wears off, so does a great amount of the pride the student felt for him¬ self as a Lancer and his school. In the four years that a stu¬ dent attends Belleville East, new discoveries, new friends. new experiences are available every day for those students who wish to maintain the lev¬ el of excitement and pride which they had experienced from day one. Indeed, if every student at East held that level of excitement from the first day as a freshman until the day he received his diploma, it would be difficult for any student not to be proud to be a Lancer. ck to school?” Vai vers filter through your red of staying up late and sleep- the morning.” “i Just haven’t ywn what to do with my time since I ven’t had any homework!” Anyone ho asks a soon-to-be-returning stu- is question is either kidding or I pressed for a topic of conversation. Going back to school ... freshmen 1 visit the campus fourteen times during the summer, diligently memorizing building names and room numbers. Schedules arrive In the mail. “So what ► you have fifth hour? . . I’ve called 26 jle and I haven’t found anyone with i Lit. II third hour! .. She does? I know ... She’s kind of weird.” iany students find a conflict or two _heir choice of classes and have to et it straightened out during the sum - I mer. Seniors worry about having enough credits and the dreaded ques- 5 o, where are you going to cob Jut after the initial 47 bad things that me to mind when the word “ school” mentioned, slowly the good, well wearable, things start to surface, seeing ld friends and making new ones, get B Involved in extracurricular actlvl- and. yes, even learning new ideas concepts. And after the shock is ' er, most students agree that it isn’t i d ... and start The campus came to life early year. The first Friday back to school a brought the first football game as East watched Its team easily defeat Moline. The real activity, however, came the fob lowing weekend when East played Alth- off. Seniors arrived bright and early and “phantomed” the campus to at? almost unrecognizable state, (right) An assem¬ bly second hour packed East students Into the gym to show support for the football Lancers, (right center) The ex¬ citement reached Its climax that evening when the Belleville East Lancers defeat¬ ed the Althoff Crusaders, a promising 1985 season. beginning for the II 1 . ‘I What does a student with some free time do? Central terrace Is always one of the most popular places to sit and do nothing. After lunch on nice days, many people like to talk to friends and enjoy the sunshine on central terrace. Some people like to avoid the “social¬ ness of central terrace and prefer to sit on the concrete benches located at various places on campus. Another fa¬ vored place to spend free time Is the cafeteria, where students can relax and unwind after a grueling algebra test over a Hl-C. For the student who prefers a little peace and quiet, the library provides the opportunity to catch up on a little extra studying or to finish the homework due next hour. Clearly, every Lancer has his own place on campus, out of class as well as In. ZoaaxfoTUu. On October 3, 1985, at 7:30, p.m., many of Belleville East ' s freshmen and sopho¬ mores felt the thrill of having their name in lights ... well, in the freshman-sophomore one acts program, anyway. The theme of the one acts this year was drama by Ameri¬ can women. Frank Winslow, a faculty di¬ rector along with Jemima Owens, said that originally they were interested in doing one of the works of American dramatist Lillian Heilman, but none seemed appro¬ priate. The three one-acts performed were Here We Are, The Lottery, and Sorry, Wrong Number. Here We Are deals with a young newlywed couple on their honeymoon learning to adjust to marriage. The Lottery, one of the most widely read and performed works of American literature, Is about su¬ perstition and the continuation of empty traditions. In Sorry, Wrong Number, a woman overhears a plan of murder on the tele¬ phone and tries to intervene without real¬ izing that she is to be the victim. The one-acts have been presented from almost the beginning of the school, Wins¬ low says, but earlier they were offered as all-school productions. The last five years, however, have been done as a sort of sup¬ plement to literature giving freshmen and sophomores an Introduction to East ' s dra¬ ma program. Approximately 75 students, 60 of these freshmen and sophomores, were involved In this year ' s production. Try-outs were conducted shortly after La¬ bor Day and then the cast practiced on alternating days for the first two weeks and run-throughs every day for the next two weeks. The students, especially the tech crew, put In substantial amount time, but as Mr. Winslow pointed ou “This isn ' t a big production. The kids ar Just coming back to school and we don ’i want them to get snowed right off the bat.” Three student directors, all seniors helped with the production. Chrissi Kin- sella helped with The Lottery, Kristin Etzel did Here We Are, and Cassandra Shepherd helped with Sorry, Wrong Number. Kim AI bo, a sophomore, served as the student techni¬ cal director. As to the success of the one-acts, they “went over real well’’ according to Mr. Winslow. A large crowd attended for the public showing, he said, and over one thou¬ sand students saw the production during their English classes. Hopefully some of these actors and actresses will continue with East’s drama program and perhaps one day actually realize the dream of see¬ ing their name in lights. (left) Mike Warner incognito In “Sorry , Wrong Number” (above) Newlywed Dana Clark tells his bride Sherry Le that he wouldn ' t feed her meatloaf to the dog. (Here We Are) (below left) Jevona Scott can’t seem to make It out of bed in “Sorry, Wrong Number” (upper left opposite page) Valerie Tinsley and Alex McHugh can’t seem to reach an agreement in The Lottery. (lower left opposite page) ”1 like being on stage better than directing ’cause on tage you can act out another character and be someone else but it’s eing a director — you have to I stage you can act out anotner cnaracter ana oe someone eise out it s antereni ■ being a director — you have to be a stodgy old _ and yell at the kids. ” I d up! Be pron d, WE ARE THE LANCERS!” Lancers exhibit pride in any ways. Loyalty Week gives the perfect opportunity to go a y, to express their spirit In ways rticipating in hall decorating, pow- T Olympics, spirit chain, floats, ming, dress up days, and the Loyal¬ ty Week parade. Lancer spirit Is not, how- I ever, restricted only to this extraordinary week. Lancer spirit flourishes throughout the year, spirit that is evident at football and basketball games, spirit that the ‘ ’ i, pom pon girls, and students exude. A few students were hey thought school spirit was day that weird girl was In the library). Jennings, a senior, said that school B spirit was being involved In sports and basically being involved in school activi¬ ties. “Extracurriculars,” added Pat I McVey, also a senior. Becky Timko, a sophomore, transferred to East from Alth- I off. Becky says East students ‘‘definitely have more spirit. ” She says students are more a part of pep assemblies. Curt Paule, a sophomore, says he doesn ' t have much school spirit, but East, In general, has pretty much spirit. In general. Lancers are proud of their school and their achieve¬ ments, and a lot of students take every opportunity to let other students from other schools know ‘‘we are the Lancers!” y Week came to East early this year October 15 through October 18. Loy alty Week’s theme was Back In Time”, Tuesday morning opened Loyalty Week with an assembly, with the swing choir and band as entertainment. The queen candidates and escorts were introduced to the student body. Senior girls cheered for their powder puff teams. This year during Loyalty Week, East became a great melting pot of fashion. Dur¬ ing this event the style-con • scious crowds searched their closets (and mom and dad’s) apparel to show their school spirit in for the following dress-up days: 1) Back in Time 2) Beach Day 3) Mas¬ querade Day 4) Lancer Blue Day. Even with Loyalty Week only being four days this year, the Lancers showed no signs of being spiritless. During the week, flower children were reborn and greased hair returned. Some students wore the lou¬ dest Hawaiian shirts they could find while others roamed around in sheets and Ivy. Some guys even donned dresses for a day, which was to have caused prob¬ lems with roll-taking. ..I (below left) The swing choir entertains East with some I Mike groovy music. (below) Seniors Tim Nugent and Mike Mayer on the sax. | (bottom) I he Loyaltv Week queen candidates end corts. (right) Waiting for the perfect wave. (far right) “I suppose an apology is out of the question (bottom right) Sister Gass on an afternoon walk with fellow roller derby friend. (bottom center) Mike Hoehner , which animal did you kill for the shades and tennis shoes? (bottom far right) A Lancer enjoying his midmorning snack. Loyalty Week gives nity to show their ingenuity and artistic talent. decorating, floats, and phantoming all give a dent the chance to express his creativity and sch spirit at the same time. The seniors did very well this year winning first place in float decorating (finally), and giving the campus a new look with toilet paper and masking tape. The German Club won first place in hall decorating, making the hall between C and D building a trip back In time. The senior girls, and even some of the guys who posed as cheerleaders, participated In the annual powder puff Olympics. “Bob ' s Bruisers led by Mr. Vitek , were the victors of the games. (opposite page left) Mr. Jones and Mr. demonstrate the correct way to pomp a float, (opposite page far left) Sophomore Krissl Keeling assembles a do-it-yourself Lancer in ten easy steps, (opposite page bottom) “Wait a minutef I know there ' s a campus here ' (above) A sample of the German Club ' s prize win¬ ning hall decorating. (upper right) Senior Rich Bell perfects his cart¬ wheel. (right) Tammy Moore and Gretchen Brinkerhoff give It all they ' ve got. (below) Beth Perez digs her heels In. (below right) Traci Dumstorff serves the ball for the Bruisers. € H hhi Friday the secret would be week of preliminary voting, the Loyalty Week queen would be crowned. Queen candidates this year were Mary Dunn, Jody Geschwend, Mer¬ edith Strinnl, Ann Sullivan, Mary Beth Wempe, Bonnte Oudniestad, Linda Gam mage, and Susan Andes. The escorts were Scott Gass , Rich Lock- wood, Ed Rust. Jim Slnovic. Tim Meehling, Larry LeCompte, and Eric Gudmestad. After the usual announcing of winners of the various competi¬ tions that took place during the week and the unusual cheerleaders-dressed-as-football players and football players-dressed-as- cheerleader f?) relay, the winners were announced . Jody Gesch¬ wend was crowned Loyalty Week queen, first place escort was Jim Sinovic. First runners up were Susan Andes and Scott Gass, and second runners up were Mary Dunn and Larry LeCompte. left) The 1985 te far page r eek queen and escorts. (opposite page upper left) “Do they ma hats in a smaller size?” (opposite far left center) Former queen Michelle Fastmann hugs newly crowned Jody Geschwend (opposite page left center) Jim Slnovic gets the prlvlledge of escorting two queen candidates, Ann Sullivan and Mary Beth Wempe. (opposite page left) The queen with first and sec¬ ond (opposite page below left) Larry Lecompte gives ry Duf, (above) The seniors’ first place float. :center) The senior guys with their own creation, (below) The freshman float, ready to hit the streets. w n u� m ■-« � dfe (opposite page above) Lancers face-to-face with the Maroons. (opposite page left bottom) Players con¬ gratulate each other on a job well done, (top left) Loyalty Week queen Joby Gesch- wend escorted by senior class president Scott Schmelzel during half-time. (above right) Lancer cheerleaders spark the crowd’s enthusiasm. (left center) Lancer players celebrate a well deserved, long overdue victory. (above) The man behind the scenes. Coach Snep. (left) Lancer on the run. to find out about the typical tofm student bodyfQtttfs su cts, trivial as they may seem e Lancer drejms about an U during Ms high school little intere. to uncover i bat the aver Perhaps it would be interesting to Only 24.5% of the girls answered afflr for the girls Is an hour to an hour and a look at this survey again at say, a ten year reunion , and see it you still agree with your responses, or If you are amazed at the silliness of your an swers. The first question of the survey matively. The boys, however, feel dif¬ ferently. 55% of the boys like P.E.. while 40% could do without It. Ques tion 4 got surprising answeis. “Do you half w ith times ranging from 15 min - keep your room clean most of the “List three famous living people time? (by your parents ' standards) In order who you consider to be yout 40% of the boys do actually keep their heroes ” Of the 128 total surveys com rooms clean 54% on the other hand, pleted, 67 boys and 61 girls. Sylvestei do not. 56% of the girls keep their St alone, was number one on the boys room In order while 43% do not Ques- list, followed closely by Eddie Murphy t!on 5: “List three of your favorite In second place , and Pee Wee Herman third. (Yes, you read correctly. Pee- Wee Herman.) The girls agreed for the most part with the boys. Eddie Murphy was number one for the girls, with Syl- Visit! Stahme tunning second and. once again. Pee Wee Herman third. Other favorites for the boys were Ron¬ ald Reagan. and Walter Payton and Rob Lowe, Don Johnson. Princess Diana, and Ronald Reagan for the girls. After having a good laugh over those results, we move on to question 2: “Do you consider yourself to be Re¬ publican or Democratic?“ (By the way. this was not a yes or no question ..) 23% of the people res pond 1 1 the survey consider themseh to be Democratic, compared to 70% who consider themselves Republican. Question 3: “Do you like P.E.?” The results of this question should be especial noted not only by the students. 72% of the girls surveyed gave an emphatic no to this question. musical performers.” For the girls. Prince was at the top, followed by Tears for Fears and Brian Adams tying toi second and Huey Lewis and the News and Survivor tying for third. The bo vs are more into the hard stuff with Van Halen topping their charts. Mot¬ ley Crue second, and AC DC third. Question 6: “How long does It take you to get ready for school in the morning?” These question were un¬ real. The average time for the guys was half an hour to an hour, but the times ranged from 5 minutes to an hour and a half. The girls, I ' m afraid are another story. The average time utes to 4 hours. (Don t ask.) Question 7: “Name your favorite TV show and garneshow The favorite show by ' u as The Cosby Show. Miami Vice u second. The favorite garneshow Wheel of Fortune, hands down, wi The New New lywed Game second, anc Jeopardy (yeah Alex Trebecl) and Price is Right tying for third. 8 “Did you think the Cardinals wer going to win the World Series?” 67 of those surveyed said yes. Only 33 were pessimists. Question 9: could paint central terrace any you wanted, what color would yc paint it? Blue was the most popula color, with purple and pink (pink?) ty¬ ing for second, and red third. Question 10: “What is your favorite kind of pi and where do you most frequently bt it?“ Pepperoni is the favorite toppin sausage second, The combo was also very popular. Dominos is the favorlt place to go followed by Pizza Hut. natty, “If you won the Illinois lottery, what would you do with the money?” J any people gave the amazingly origl al and brilliant answer, “Spend it ■ Some people, however, did empT some thought to the question. Almc ■ everyone would buy a nice expensive car. Buying clothes and putting It the bank were other popular ans ■n :i M I I ___ ■ ♦ • Man Who Came to Dinner deals with Vhlteslde, a guest In the home of a 1 amity. He is immobilized as the i an accident, niilliffclillh and insults virtually ever town. His health regalne . prepares to leave ak his leg again Vk one to Dinner”, led by i Hugh as Sheridan Whiter d Tracy Arnold as his secrei aggie Cutter, put on a fine j formance. (opposite page) Alex McHugh gi es Tracy Arnold a chilling stare. butler John, brings Mr. Whiteside his gift penguin. (above) Jeff Mar quire, as Banjo, charms Tracy Arnold (Maggie), (left) Another strange gift pre¬ sented to Mr. Whiteside by Pat Swlerceek as Professor Mete. Mow Mr, Whiteside can listen to roaches mate. aditional part of Last’s Chrstmas the Christmas assembly on the st day of school before vacation. ion from their annual concert, performing the Messiat Handel. A few select teachers vide entertainment, and, o Santa Claus makes his appe wishing everyone a very . hrlstmas. II (above left) The concert choir and Mcllaney present months ard work as they perform Handel’s Messiah. ove) Santa asks Mr. Curtis if z BE vear. s been naughty or nice this year, enter) Now we see why they’re teachers and not musicians . . wH ve right) ftr%M sees his bag for the students. Ball opped off a week of festivity on the (upper left opposite page) Lancerln a Winter Wonderland, (upper right opposite page) What Is the probability of mak- It from F to Q on a rainy day without getting wet? ther Lancer learns the answer . . (opposite page below) The fog presented Students with a gray day on campus. (above left) Let the sunshine Inf (above) Rob Nabb does his best to dodge raindrops, (below) Students cross the snow covered central terrace, preparing for a cold walk home. (below right)Autumn transformed the campus into a pot - pourri of color. =11 wy4 WJ I Vi •il r sr A Co 0 AFWENOLVRB r -V ' ? - k v T campus underwent many yvatlons during the summer and 11. New phones, a new look to the oys’ locker room, work on the reack, addition of ramps for the handl- pped, and work In B-100 are Just a few of the Improvements. The main- I tainance of the campus is also a full time job, raking the endless amount of I leaves, salting Icy sidewalks, mowing grass. Clearly, many of us take the ard work that goes Into making our ampus so attractive for granted . left) Janitors come to the res¬ ing some light on the subject, be new telephones In every of- ce, just a few of the new campus I aqulsitions. (above) Janitor doubles as campus gar¬ dener. ■ right) “What we need Is a good wind.” right) B-100 undergoes Interior bt) Work on ' ramps around the handicapped was done i mer. ight) East runners will be im- ssed by the improvement on the One night a year, parents have the opportunity to see what their son or daughter has to go through every day, the long walk from Q to F (which, of course explains ail the tar dies), the teachers, and the bells that ring every fifteen minutes for the evening. The opportunity Is open ie. Parents go to “first hour” for fifteen minutes, while the student ' s teacher explains what his objectives for the course are. Then the parent moves on to second hour, and so forth. The parents also had the chance to see some of the extracurri¬ cular activities which were set up In the cafeteria, like the German ciub, computer club, Llfesavers, the Laure¬ ate. and the yearbook Refreshments were served on the other side of the cafeteria. Open house serves as a good wav for parents to see how “the other half , the students, lives. (left) A parent pays attention in class. (below) Mr. Walston takes a break to sample the refreshments. (right) Sports editor Sue Gilmer and yearbook editor Denise Hott display their work. (far right) Laureate editor Wendy Roylance and Christy O ' Neill lay out the upcoming Issue of the newspa¬ per. (beto i v right) P.E. student exhibits his finesse at badminton. (below) Mr Hott explains his grading system to Interested parents. we t an assembly 2nd hour . East students crowd together into the gym many times dur¬ ing the year for assemblies. Assemblies are held to introduce students who are active at school. to honor outstanding Individuals. to celebrate holidays. and to generate enthusi¬ asm. But what about the people who make these assemblies possible? The cheerleaders and pom-pon girls (above left and center) work long hours to perfect their skills In order to provide entertainment, at assemblies as well as games. Mr. McHaney (above) works hard with his choral groups, and these groups provide a lot of music, as well as the various bands, at assemblies. Mr. Curtis, (below left) of course, with bis sense of confidence In East, never lets the student body forget that East Is truly an excellent school. And, finally, would an assembly be without the ts (below), the people for whom all k is done. muy. z This year’s children’s play, ’’The Baffling Boohunk, 9 dealt with the arrival of a strange creature into th insect community f a creature dubbed ’’boohunk.” (above) Brian Bilski gives a threatening look to the ’’boohunk.” (Chrissie Kinsella) (below) Kristin Etzel and Jeff Bloomer in insect heaven, (above right) A meeting of the bug community, (below right) Tracy Arnold finds things ”too amusing. ” ■■■■ ed into the gym for this particuh sembly and noticed the drum set and amps piled in the center of the floor, they realized it was going to be no ordinary event. The band FreeFare from Petersburg, Florida, entertained East students wi eir up-to-date music, as well as letting students ben to say “no” to peer pressure. By involv the whole audience, the band made the a great success. ft) “Schmeez” does an incredible imitation despite Mr. Boyles’s prediction that “we to be terminated.” (above) Miss Belt makes a new friend. (below left) The lead singer of FreeFare makes way down the bleachers. ?low center) Jill Kaufman is serenaded in front of entire student body, elow) FreeFare ' s guitarist takes the s — ; A ii iii’ , 7: ( 1 T? ‘yp clali Lieutenant Governor George H. Ryan, E.J. edbird all have In common? They were all presen on the East campus on Monday, February 24, 1986, for a press ence announcing the expansion of S.T.O.P. (Sports Teams Organiz for the Prevention of Substance Abuse), a Chicago-based ant program, to southern Illinois. After the conference, these pe well as St. Louis Blues hockey player Rob Ramag a Is Director of Promotions Dan Farrell app assembly to talk to the students. ' .O.P. is a prevention program designed to enhance st areness, enthusiasm and support for on-going, anti-drug con programs, and to make participation in such programs more so¬ cially acceptable to young people. (top left) St. Louis football Cardinals linebacker E.J. Junior tells students how he learned about drugs the hard way and the price he ended up paying for it. ght) Lieutenant Governor George Ryan explains the introduc- of S.T.O.P. to Southern Illinois at the press conference. f Miss Bartlow discuss world affairs. r Cacciatore answers up by E.J. Junior from the media. tmor Ryan. Ul HOPPY eot H B rTAdflv ea r Row Going Gets Tough The Bar on 67th Street Lady Di Baton Trio Let ' s Hear It For The Boy Dawn Jensen Living In America Dear Friends Love Bound Koo-Koo Cabana Dancin’ Dogs One Night Stand It’s Raining Men Can’t Help Lovin’ That Man of Mine Breakin ’ Out Gravity’s Last Stand The Rose Wherever We Material Girl The Scarcoughagus of Death New Attitude Company B The Edge arana - (above) Chr (below) s the KooKc _ Seniors Ann Sullivan and Sue Gilmer were ma of-ceremony. ' of Scott Korb (left) to j v iV vtwttaye me Horit Id ■ Am _ Celebrities raise, with “We Are $70.5 million Aid concert for Africa , Orson Welles, 70 Stepln Fetcblt (Lin- — Per, ‘We Mourn Seven Heroes’ Barely a minute Into Its 10th orbital mission, America’s 56th manned the Challenger, exploded. The blast ed six astronauts and a teacher, the first “or- ry’’ American to venture Into space. 1986 the Chernobyl Reactor In the ralne experienced a meltdown resulting In his¬ tory’s worst nuclear accident. ' li5.SK. After 73 years the Titanic is found. P The Saint Louis Cardinals against the Kansas City Royals produced the Show-Me Series. Sept. 11, 1985-Pete Ros passed Ty Cobb’s reco 4,191 hits. Ctutcen ctefaten qae, Terri Taff. Allison Lauf, Carl Hott. ra Shepherd. Back row: Minjoo Lee. Hersh Christine Reed. Tony Montgomery. Not pictured: Jesse Ruff. East’s debaters certainly had their victories this year as East took sec¬ ond place at SlU-Carbondale. Jesse Ruff and Jeff Marquie captured first and fourth place speakers at Liberty- ville. and Michelle Harrison took sec¬ ond place at our own tournament to help East gain a second place win overall. Freshman Minjoo Lee re¬ ceived second place in novice debate at Pattonvllle. her first tournament. Two-man debaters Terri Taff and Allison Lauf went to quarterfinals at f.S.T.A. State. (pictured right) Belleville East debater Carl Hott (pictured left) captured the Illinois Speech and Theatre Association Lln- coln-Douglas State Championship In competition held at Fremd High School in Palatine. IL. Carl’s victory prevailed in seven of eight rounds on the subject. “Resolved: That restric¬ tion of Civil Liberties for the sake of combating terrorism is justified . r The win makes Carl the fin i makes Carl the first Lincoln- Douglas State Champion in Lancer history. we (1st row) Tracy Arnold, Carl Hott. Kelly Hobbs, (2nd row) Lowell too Lee, Deanna Schwarz, k. Helms, Caleb Carter, Mrs . Jemima Owens, (4th row) Ti Isom. Ellen Jones, Kristen EtZ( Sandy LaBlance. (3rd row) Da Kim AI bo. Valerie Tim McHugh, Chriative Linda Shaffer. Karen Harris. Her, Phillip Eva Rachel Teagle. Kinsella. Mark McHugh herd, Kevin Li Chastain. Je th row) Terri Taff, Z Ct %lie hr, Zll 11 IfUlwz, rlirA Cl time in Ea. coached by ed the LH.S.A. ship in competition i Thirty schools took ch featured all nine speakers in the final round. Those advancing to State for East were: Christine Kinsella, De- twarz. Tracy Arnold, Caleb Carter, Alex McHugh . le win capped an outstanding year for East LE. in which nearly 40 students won awards. (pictured right) Sectional champs (1st row) Alex McHugh. Chrissle Kinsella, Cassandra Shepherd. (2nd row) Mrs. Jemima Owens. Tra¬ cy Arnold. Dana Clark. Kelly Hobbs. Deanna Schwarz. ■■■■■■■■I — Junior team: (1st row) Vlahavas, Chris Harris , Wargo. Tres Poe, (2nd row) na Scharz, Julie L - J ■ math team joins two of Belleville East’s most outstanding a ete and academic excellence — and does both proud. With th ... __ ten years of being a dominant math leader behind us, we once again showed are made of at both local and state level, capturing numerous firsts. ive to i im of over 1 Lancers rs -— r - - -— ■� « «sai licipated national level exams and were consistently among the top schools. Mike Mayer Senior Team: (1st Row) Angela Roth, Lara Hooten, Maria Rigas, Terri Daniels, (2nd Ro Beanes Take the number of deadly sins, multiply by the number of Christ ' s wounds, and add a baker ' s dozen This, and many more, are typical questions for a student involved in scholar quiz. The team has gone through some changes this year under the new spon¬ sorship of Mr. Morris Snively. The students practice once a week with the aid of a com¬ puter to sharpen their reflex actions and their ability to “think fast. The team participated in a tournament held at Carbondale in the fall, as well as hosting a two-day, sixteen-school tournament in December. and another in ear¬ ly March. And if your answer to the above question was 48. you should either think about trying out for next year ' s team or get¬ ting a spot on Jeopardy! (above) The 1985-86 Scholar Quiz team: (1st row) Denise Hott. Paul Ritchie. Bryan Cappel- letti. Mike Mayer, (2nd row) Angela Roth, Cory Easton, Terri Daniels. Jennifer Thebus. Cheryl Menezes, (3rd row) Tim Nugent. Ches¬ ter Bell, Kathleen Wildhaber, Grady Reeser , Tim Brumfiel. (left) Jennifer Thebus and Cheryl Menezes discuss good fast answer techniques. Ml ”1 rise under r-23, will the delegate yield to a question?” This, and many other queries, accusations, demands, and impassioned pleas, are the stuff that model United Nations Is made of. Twice a year students, knowledga- ble on world topics ranging from the Middle East conflict to the Iran Iraq war to women’s rights, board buses that take them to McKen- dree College to try to come up with answers to these problems. Every high school draws countries and student delegates are assigned to each country. Each delegate is then as- signed to a specific committee, such as Politi¬ cal. Disarmament, or Social, Cultural, and Hu¬ manitarian (SCH). This year an International Court of Justice was added and students were appointed as lawyers and justices. Students who participate in model U.N. come home from a session with a few new friends, a lot of new enemies, and a better understanding of how tough solving world problems can actual¬ ly be! (above) Members of this year’s model U.N. included (on floor) Denise Hott, (1st row) Gina Verbeck, Leslie Dye, Jill Ogles, Jeff Cum¬ mins. Eric Sporleder. Debbie Noonan, Tammy Moore, Tammy Fischer, Terri Daniels, Arnie Dienoff, (2nd row) Jennifer Thebus. Pam Brown. Karen Schupp. Amber Nicholson, Mel- lie Carver, Tiffany Davis, Chris Bell, Amy Humes, Wendy Roylance, Christy O’Neill, Mi¬ chelle Harrison, Teresa Heilman, Beth Perez, Kelly Strong, (3rd row) Mr. Gentsch. Bill Rit¬ chie, Geoff Story, Jesse Ruff. Brian Berrs, Ke¬ vin Luechtefeld, Bill Fink, Matt Hillebrand, John Goodwin, Mike Weiser, Tom Pecina, Rutter, Mark Watts, Dave Senechal, Ehmke, and Chester C. Bell. Students feel for the real spring or fall session at ndree (below), bv participating in the was After a particularly nasty chemistry or phys¬ ics test, the corridors of Q take on a whole new look to students whose brains are reduced to oatmeal in a matter of 54 minutes or less . M The fourth annual health fair 1986, to help students realize how impo alth is and to be in tune with their own b ibove) Senior Lori Isselhardt f one of the students who h ealth fair , carefully takes a blood pressure reading. (below left) A stand at the health fair lets students about drugs. (below right) Senior Tim Eiserle measures this student up Ciy t t t txuvxr o-cietty utcUcetem pril 16, 1986, new Nation Honor Society members pledged follow the NHS motto of leaders scholarship, character, and se and lit a candle in honor ot pledge. A banquet was held later tha evening to recognize the newly ducted members. New inductee eluded Don el la Anderson, Lora ton, Dianne Biehl, Rick Bohn, Boseley, Candace Butler, Bryar pelletti. Tiffany Davis, Chris Duguay, Robert Fat Gass, Teresa Gregory, Tammy Hare Chris Harris, Janice Hartmann, Matt Hillebrand, Kelly Hobbs, Lara Hoo- ten, Karen Hunter, Tracy Hussma Trish Kettler, Sven Klauss, Kel Knolhoff, Tom Koesterer, Jeff Kv semiller, Jeffrey Lassiter, Kevl Luechtefeld, Erin Mahoney, Debbie Miller, Jennifer Moody, Rachel Moor¬ man, Gail Mueller, Jeannine Myers, Brad Pete, Grady Reeser, Cathryn Rhein, Robert Rickett, St€ Saunders, Deanna Schwarz, Davl Senechal, Karen Schupp, Went Smith, Julie Sudduth, Rachel Teagl Chris Vlahauvas, Andy VJargo, Ket White, and Kenneth YunevL National Honor Society vice president Terri Daniels Speaks New inductees each light a symbolic c MtairaiHiHiHi 2 i Ji Juniors, 1st row: Wendy Smith. Amy Book, Missy Blum, Cinnamon Ernst. 2nd row: KC Brechnitz, Steve Walters, Jenny Schmidt, Janice Hart¬ mann, Libby Gass. 3rd row: Rick Barrett, Jerry Costello, Stad Dum- storff. Todd Blomberg, Zac Thurwalker, Wally Funk. Sophomores, 1st row: Stephanie Reichert, Carla Cassulo, Ter I Geschwend, Dawn Eisele. 2nd row: Rich Nabb, Shannon Decker, Krissi Keeling, Kristi Freed, Stephanie Todd. 3rd row: Joel Dreyer, Shannon Ray, Troy Dukowitz, Rich Brown. Danny Wallace. Jimmy Ohl, Cory Easton. ocfr t evi The Lancers j St e Lancers pom pon Squad thi was composed of 18 members: 10 seniors, 3 Juniors, and 5 sophomores. They are Su Andes, Libby Clch, Nicole LePere, Jonl Iff- san A . . TpI Jamie McHaney, Joanna Miller, Lau- illips, Jody Rouch, Meredith Stria Susan Van Dusen, Angie Buss, Ann ren, Christina Vlahavas, Angel e Barnes, Stephanie Mayberry, Neuner, and Sherry Wetzel. The squad attended summer camp In June and did very well, they brought home 35 individual blue ribbons, the Award of Excellence, and a sweepstakes trophy for •ing the most blue ribbons, e squad performs for home football basketball games. And being a part of Lancer Marching Band they perform n girls and a new thing, as flag g, iso. They also perform for things outside of the school. The Lancer Pom-Pon Squad are coached by Mrs. Curtis. below 1985-86 Pom-pon squad. Bo Bates, Sherry Wetzel, Joni Lutes, Meret Miller, Yvonne Barnes, Middle L-R alvas, Susan Andes, Angle Buss, Stephanie Maybei Haney, Top L-R - Anne Fleshren, Laura Phlli ePere, Susan VanDusen, Libby Clch, Jody Ro( n cf � « side jued Christina erry. m P s uch. «rs--s®s£g _ £ £ 7:. r c B, “ Ti Zd ' Zc ■■I 5SSS-—-• !■■■ t 4 £ en y 2, 7 • ■. t° r «c 0 «� e ■7 ( ' °n a ' 1 - Af S .Ai 0 . ? ;• Jl . ' J ' . „ ' � S i „. ” e A i.. ' Ot. c, °4 ■� ■ ■ {.; (r 0u . Spanish club sponsor Mr. Haldeman. Spanish club Is an organization composed of approximately fifty students. Over the year mem- bershlp has Increased but. as always, new mem¬ bers are welcome. To raise money, the Spanish club sold candy. From successful sales, the mem¬ bers donated 150 dollars to the American Red Cross for the earthquake victims In Mexico. At the end of the school year members look forward to the day-long trip to Six-Flags. The Spanish club Is sponsored by Mr. Halde¬ man and represented by president; Mich Beanes; vice-president, Peggy Clark; treasure, Ray Bur¬ nett; and secretary, Clndi Isselhardt who help make this club fun. (flight) row 1: Johanna Thebus, Karen Shupp, Cinnamon Ernst, row 2: Debbie Miller, Kim Moorleghen, Sven Klauss, Matt Hille - brand, row 3: Kelly Hobbs, Bruce LaFollette , Louis Pounds, Lara Hooten. row 4: Grady Reeser, Chris Duguay, Scott Ber- (above) Row 1: Tricia Snively, Toni Obermeier. Row 2: Erick Tej- kowski, Lisa Hataway, Chrissie Wesollk, Noel Denton, Dorothy Klohr, Laura Storck, Sherri Myers, Row 3: Jodie Richardson, Margie Lugge, Kelly Teague, Chester Bell, Steve Mueller, Steve Burkarth. Row 4: Brad Veath, Troy Dukowltz, Dan Wallace, Cy Schwarz, Farid Abduhadi, Scott Hettenhausen, Brian Koesterer, Dave Mann. The German Club was extremely success- this year. Officers Angela Roth (pres.) Ka •n Schupp (V. Pres.), Tricia Snively (seer.), la Hataway (Treas ), and Chris Duguay (his¬ torian), helped to add to this year ' s success. ver 100 members joined this year. Tradi¬ tional events during the year Include a hay ride In the fall, a German dinner, where Ger¬ man pastimes like polkas and music are in¬ troduced to the students, a Christmas party, during which students go caroling and they sing In German1 Ice skating, and of course, the trip to Six Flags at the end of school. Gumml bears sales are held by the club two times a year. General club meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Mr. Schoenebeck Is the sponsor. Ger¬ man club had the honor this year of winning first place In Loyalty Week hall decorations, an accomplishment that helped In making It a truly fun and successful year. (Below) row 1: Ms. Tarr, Jenny Becker, Scott Eastmen, Tricia, Jody Akerage, Etta Joggerst. row 2: Sophia Vlahavas, Jennifer Sledge, Tammy Roth, Dawn Webster, Dawn Fox, Heather Bun - field, Jennifer Schaaf. row 3: Kelly Holland, Janet Myers, Diane Darner, Sun n y Brown , Jennifer Wisniewski, Timothy Nathan, row 4: JenniferSchwendeman, Amy Obernuefeman, Traci Schoene¬ beck, Pam Mayer, Laura Muiworm, Julie Mueller, John Vago, Jane Cochran, row 5: Lauren Warden, Kara Hoffman, Mike Dumbraski, Tris Pizzlee, Joey Hooten, Mike Mellnder, Ben Wottering, Paul Nagle, Jerome Cookson, Matt Pearson. For the past 19 years. Concert Choir has always done a series of four concerts In 2 years. This year, however, the choir decid- to step up the pace and adopted a pro- ■am of four concerts in one year. This extra concentration and effort tvas ' d. Six weeks into the school year, rt Choir gave its first fall concert. i anges”. Two months later, the choir performed the Christmas portion of Han¬ d’s Messiah and other traditional Christ¬ mas songs. Second Semester, Concert Choir per¬ formed their “ Hear a Song” concert ■h Included classical and sacred music ended the semester with a pop con- The choir also prepared Brahm’s w Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place”, and negro spiritual, “Deep River” for its iere appearance at the IHSA Organi- fonal Music contest. The women o, pooled their resources toge a girl’s chorus which also pe Organizational Contes rk, the choir learne ppen. -a JL Row 1, hr: Meredith Strinni. Shannon McCullough. Susan Andes, Hsiao- Ling Parson, Karen Harris, Beth Hager, Kevin Hollansworth. Row 2: Deb¬ bie Bussing, Deldra Grider, Melanie Rasch, Angel Bates, Charis Lawrence, David Senechal, Chuck Woodcock. Row 3: Jill Ogles, Wendy Smith, Melis¬ sa Muir. Erica Maschmeyer, Lisa Janssen, Karen Hunter, Trish Ehmke. Row 4: Julie Stein. Tracy Arnold. Linda Shaffer. Rachel Curtin, Rachel Moor¬ men, Karen Genin. Jeff Donato. Doug Knicker. (names of faces on page 60 only) President-Deidra Grider Vice President-Colin Krincensky Secretary-Julie Stein Treasurer-Angela Roth Librarian-Jamie McHaney 1-4 Tammy Fisher, Julie Freed, Shelly Me leman, Becky Swalley. Row 2: Nat Sean Clark, Sheila Sory, Jamie McHan van, Lori Isselhardt, Cindy Lied, Angi 3: Scott Thompson, Kevin Luechtt Chapmen, Colin Kricensky, Dina J Rouch, Katie Brauer. Row 4: Dan Hall, sella. Jessica Schubert, Shelly Daylt dacker, April Lilly, Kelly Hobbs The 1985-86 Concert Choir performs their spring concert, “1 hear a song Swing Choir practices their chore- ography for “The Wlz . row 1 L-R Julie Stein r Nathan Kitchen, Denise Hott, Angela Roth, Jeff Donato, Linda Schaffer, row 2 L-R Jason Rogers, Cindl Isselhardt. Darren Chapman. Kelly Hobbs. Deidra Grider, Kevin Hollansworth. Hsiao-Llng Parson, Kevin Leuchte- feld. row 3 L-R Cherly Wilson. Colin Krlcensky, Becky Hymer, Sean Clark, Angel Bates, Andrea Benevlgna, Dan Hall, Jill Ogles, Jason Skidis, Char Is Lawrence. Everyday during 5th hour, students walking through I m building can hear the sounds of the Pointer Sisters. Kool and the Gang, and other popular singers. The 26 member group. Swing Choir, accepts the responsibility for this. The members of this group, chosen each spring by audition, practice from 1:00-1:30 during the school day and also get together several times throughout the year for two hour choreography rehearsals In the evening. The choir participates annually In the IHSA Music competition. This year the choir performed selections from “The Wlz” and “Embraceable You. Also, for the first time In the history of Belleville East, the Swing Choir participated In the Madrigal Choir competition. The choir received a 1st rating for their performance of In These Delightful, Pleasant Groves”, a 15th century piece. The choir would like to thank Mr. McHaney, our sponsor, for all the hard work he put Into helping us make this group a success. row L-R Christine Reed, Mica Adams, Pam Bryan, Deann Zika, Sean Clark, Becky Sw alley, Estelle Leary, Betty Rlester. row 2 L-R Sherry Wetzel, Angle Schmiz, Noelle Denton, Jeanne Witschorek, Cathy Rlnee, Melissa Muir, Michelle Bingheim, Kim Albo, Christina Wesollk, Cherrly Meise, Christie Stewart, row 3 L-R Barb Rebels, Lydia I Koeller, Mario Hamilton, Francine Bendorf, Ann Briggs, Leslie Zotz, Traci Brown, Michelle White, Pam Andres. Melanie Casillas, row 4 L-R Michelle Geshwender, Cassandra Shepherd, Tracy Peterson, SandI Bliver, Terri Taff, Lisa Peckens. Not Pictured: Kathy Meldrum, Gall Krause, Laura Riestls, Amber Nicholson, Dawn Jenson, Kelly Strong, Jill Ogles, Amy Goldacker. mumm ■ r 7 - e to l0 0r. Z° r e Of, Z d z ec ond WRmmmmmm Treble choir sponsor Mr. McHaney 63 oncheduz utd t uzrchuva butd periled their talents ORCHESTRA rting this year, Mr. Robert Colmeyer is the head of the instrumental mm epartment as well as Orchestra director since Mr. Leroy Kirsch retired at the close be 1984-85 school year. In December the Orchestra performed a combined Christmas concert with the Marching Band and the Jazz Band. Many students Involved in Orches¬ tra also participated in the I.H.S.A. Music Solo and Ensemble Contest. The Orchestra also performed a Spring Concert on March 13. On April 19 the Orchestra traveled to O’Fallon Illinois to participate in the I.H.S.A. Music Organizational Contest. MARCHING BAND reigns of the Marching Band were turned over to Mr. Robert Cohlmeyer, a of ’graduate of Bellevill e East, this year, after Mr. Leroy Kirsch retired from District 201 at the dose of the 1984-1985 school year. Mr. Cohlmeyer started his reign by requesting all band members to attend a two week period in which he re- 44 taught” the band how to march, as well as chose Kurt Norman as this year’s Marching Lancer Drum Major. By the end of half-time at the last home football game, the loyal East fans, as well as everyone attending the game, realized the the Belleville East Marching Lancers Is a band of which to be proud. Throughout the year the band has performed In school assemblies and marched In parades. This year the band won a first place trophy during the Santa Claus Parade for being the best overall marching band. After the marching season was over, the Marching Band became the Concert Band, and for the first time performed a Christmas Concert as well as two second semester concerts In March and in May. This year the band traveled to O’Fallon, Illinois to participate In the I.H.S.A. Organization Music Contest. Next year, according to Mr. Cohlmeyer, the band will also participate in marching contests. This year the band again proved that It Is the best in the area. (first row) kneeling- L.R. Laura Storch, Bill Fink, Tony Roylance, Ron Krause, Mike Brown, Mark Watts, Brian Tallant, Tricia Utley, Michelle White, Todd Oes- terle. Jeff Shaw. Andy McRoberts. Jean- nie Boehe. (second row) L-R. Rachael B Curtin, Beth Koenig, Jeanne Wlts- chorek, Andrea Denison, Kim Llgockl, Emma Gillum, Jenny Peterson, Curt Norman, (drum major) Bryan Duffy, Min- job Lee, Andrea Benivegna. Debbie Mill¬ er, Joe Page, Jeff Donato, Mr. Cohl¬ meyer. row 3 L-R. Julie Madden, Lori Schlatweiler, Jennifer Staples. Sonja I Jones, Erick Tejkowskl, Steve Goetz, Monti Sneddon, Alan Miller. Monica Ro- J ' lquez, Michele Cullop, Leslie Jocz. th row L-R. Sheryl Vogt, Get a Brin- off, Sherri Myers. Darren Chapman, erranee Jones. Mark Hostetter. Scott 1st row (l-r): Michelle White, Becky Tlmko, Julie Madden, Jill Kaufman, Ter¬ ry Buck, Ann Bloomfield, Cheral Men- ezes. Shannon McCullogh. 2nd row: Gre¬ ta Brinkerhoff, Laura Riestis, Chris Helms, Traci Schoenebeck, Sonja Jones, Vicki Tracy, Patty Morris, April Lilly, Florence Russel, Cassandra Shep¬ Harrls, Alex Schlllinger, Susie Meualo, Julie Caswell, Mark Phillips, fifth row L- R. Mike Mayer, Wendy Roylance, Steph¬ anie Heff, Heather Weaving, Joey Hoo- ten. David Price, Rob Stock, Beth Hager, Angie Warner, Karen Segert, Vicki Tracy, Aaron Rutter, sixth row L- R. Shawn Bagley, Scott Rhein, Lamar Chapman, Duane Lowe, Mike Denison, Eric Boman, Ray Martinich, Mike Weiser, Dave Mann, Brian McDonald. seventh row L-R. Chris Helms. Joe Blan- quart, Brent Turner, John Moose, Jeff Bloomer, Ken Rhude, Craig Coehlo. Tim Nugent, Alex McHugh. Not Pictured: Margery Johnson, Debbie Woods, Kristi Ratteff, Debbie Bussing, Charts Law¬ rence, Cheryl Wilson. herd. 3rd row: Heather Dougan, Shelly Dougan. Barb Lytle, Susan Anson, Kelly Hobbs. Debbie Miller. Sherri Myers. Gray Hines. 4th row: Mr. Cohlmeyer, Pam Neuner, Todd Oestele, Bill Fink. Paul Cookson. Not pictured: Tammy Greasley, David Mann. d provide ce for Inst uslclans to learn and p. the jazz music style. In order to a member of the Jazz Band, e must be able to play a must- strument and pass an au i The Jazz Band performs hool assemblies, public s, festivals. contests and cal organizations events. Ji Band meets everyday and th also get .25 of a c 1st row, 1-r: Laura Rlestls, Angle Ellerbusch, Scott Harris. Wendy Roylance, Tim Nugent, Mike Mayer, Curt Norman. 2nd row: Barb Brown, Matt Hlllebrand. Rob Stock. Ken Rhude, Mike Weiser, Eric Boman. 3rd row: Bruce Waldrop. Scott Rhein. Joe Hardlmon, Paul Cookson. Mike Ray Martinich, David Price. 4th row: Brian Tallant, Mr. Cohlmeyer, Ron Krause, Joe Blanqua Gutter, David Mann, The Rese. creases mu: edge and on band in also prepares for the Marci and Concert ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ band. k Row - L-R, John Weber. Bradon Hotz, David Liston. Daryl Smith, Shawn Ross. Mr. Cohlmeyer. 3rd David Collins, Jason Torbeson, Brian Sparger, Peter Flick, Jay Sieler, Amy Becker, Stephanie Chase. Jody O ' Keefe, Dawn Webster, Janet Myers. 2nd - Monica Smith, Melissa Girt man, Chris Rambo, Eric Bennet. Michele Nebgen, Brenna Bagley. Chris Moose. Etta Jogerst, Anita McHugh, Jennifer Wls- nieski. 1st - Jennifer Stoddard, Heather Dogan, Melinda Pflasterer, Cindy Fischer. Dawn Fox, Diane ner. Heather Bum fill. Shawn Neuf, Steve Nystrom. (Not Pictured) - Jeff Downard. order to be a mem be of the Reserve Band, one must be able to perform well on a band instrument. The band performs at basketball games with the pep band. You get .25 of a credit each semester. The class Is mainly freshmen that are in- OFFICE Office Occupations club In which any senior can enroll. By taking class you your knowledge business world, pose of the c velop leadership. 0.0. al lows students to parti pate In club actlvltl They go on various trips, get jobs, an out what the real world Is about. Some students get out at 11:30 to go to their Job and others get out at 12:30. 0.0. helps students get Jobs. You also get one credit for working. ■■■■■■■■ ■an Increase idge In the 0.0. al- partici- tlvltles. ,s field id find Being in responsible In the food you loi f t only a great } ong with your i you not only get a cred they will give you a ws for you but then the rest Is up to you to do the best, have class room every other week and we cook the other throughout the year. They are also very active j t e tit HWUf ' cu i i, Ccutcenfot Front Row L-R: Mindy Hunt, Tammy Fischer, Angie Rebels, Debbie Noonan, Lisa Leather- wood, Back Row, L-R: Laura Keel, Mellie Carver, Wendy Roylance, Jane Roach. The Laureate, Belleville East’s school newspaper. Is published monthly. The Laureate prints sea¬ sonal messages and conducts the Senior Superlatives contest. The club meets dally at 1:30. The Lau¬ reate Is one of East’s major means of communication In the school. It gives students the opportunity to develop skills In Journalism. The Laureate helps students find out what’s going on at East. Some of the staff tell us, “We feel proud to be associated with a group of peo¬ ple that Is capable of relating to the teachers and students, a final project In print. iaureoie—read atl a out it Front row: Mrs. Hoffman, Kerrie Blazek, Rob¬ bie Nebgen, Cindy Benton. Back row: Valerie Tinsley, Jeff Cummins. John Goodwin, Tish Kettler, Caleb Carter . The Lancerlot is published In the spring by the English depart¬ ment. The Lancerlot consists of the selected poems and stories written by students that teachers, and other students select. The Lancerlot gives young writers an opportunity to have their works printed and published. It also of¬ fers other students an opportunity to read what their friends have written by students that teachers and other students select. The yetvt OW 1: Beth Perez, Sharon Wagner, Denise Ifer Noonan ts� , j the student. basically _ staff. They at, content, ®PP 4 Utcatlons of the : oo k part°fj k Z .... students ca ° to a || the ain valuable exp the r inttiaji ' Itors are sele ecisi ons making tsIbUlty, d J a eC .L learn the ftics- Students zetlng Mr. Hott, yearbook advisor, out a faculty page. Every yei form, indicating places for ph to the yearbook company. President-Libby Cich Vice President-Terri Daniels Secretary-Maria Rigas Treasurer-Scott Gass Moonan, AnS 1 ® Ham� tof,f „ Tracey L,b V L Hobert Nancy De nls« Hott ,1-auf.P . Gran Lock S £ °“, Paul B ‘ ch ' C - nstens 1 - r r « ,th S ‘U) ,. Stephanie Fiiz«betb £ a minaS e ’ „ «- ss£ ss £?• ■ AnS ,e r Maria K ' S Gre tch«� ,n R|c hter. Ka tle gvMj; ra gST Bk « ' !■ ■■ ■■■■■■■ National Honor Society members are chosen according to certain cri¬ teria: a 3.5 or better grade point average, and signs of leadership and involvement with their school. Na¬ tional Honor Society sold soda and popcorn at the East Invitational Bas¬ ketball Tournament and Individual members sold candy as fund raisers. New members are Inducted In the spring during an assembly held by N.H.S., and evening. held in the — — 1 $ — a —. - r . The photo club meets for¬ mally once a month; Informal¬ ly once a week after school; and during one ' s free during the school day. This or¬ ganization Is open to all stu¬ dents attending Belleville club’s main purpose o simulate Interest In art photography, learn phot inclples and process, al tool with photos, and e nr age group participation photo clut ties. Zt HI ctu — Ms t e Front Row Mike Warner, Kristi Doerr, Dianne Norris. Back Row Mr. Hake, Scott Daniels, Hardimon, Jeff Bloomer, Jerry Ritchardson, John Hardimon. W s !■■!! Kr. fs a club that rs extend their e in computer uses, learn •ffective programming, and leas. The members of the _ ji-weekly. They do demoi tions on the computers at the house held at Belleville East. The Is also active In programming tests. Since computers are u so popular In the world, the club Is a very useful organization to get In tc Mr. Hake advises a student on developing a compu 188558585888888888858888888 Back Row - Artie Risavey, Richard Brown, Dick McGirr, Curt Brown, Tim Warcohl, John Altepeter, Chris Harold Johnson, David Mann, 4th Row - Josh Bovinette, Aaron Snively, Mike Dumbrowski, Peter rich. Amber Nicholson, Jennifer Simpson, Leslie Zotz, Mallnda Snep, Robbie Nebgen, Tracy Poser, Blomberg, Tina Billings, Anne Risavey, Sharon Penn, Karen Genin, Toni Lannom, Amy Gray, Sti Vahle, 2nd Row - Tom Vece, David Boyer, Larry LeCompt, Chrissy Keeling, Chrissy Wesolik, « i ' Lisa Korte, 1st Row - Scott Eastman, Denny Knolhoff, Kendra Bechtold, Dawn Jenson, Abby Mi Jeanne Wltschorek, Christine Bova, Erin Hoeffken, Libby Gass, Cheryl Vece, Ki di twice before drin, th your help we will st driving drunk. Tog ake a significant ith a helping hand from achieve what others merly chleve. We ask you to lity wide effort to ellmln. related accidents. The f we are here today Is to p Mr family and my family. ’.A.D.D. has 44 active me. Is under the directlo ship of A! Walston-Coordlna Gober-Prestdent, - Vice Pr lent, Arnle C. Dlenoff-DIrector of lie Relation, TamI Gotsch-Secret and Arnle C. Dienoff-Treasurer, office location Is In “N” Node. Arnle C. Dienoff 75 (seated) Phillip Evans. Mark Pierce. Kneeling) Kelly Kouchnerkavich. Pat Swierczek. Linda Shaffer. Kelly Hobbs. Kristen Etzel. Kim Albo, (standing) 1st row: Tracy Arnold, Laura Darner, Cassandra Shepard. Chrissie Kin- sella, 2nd row: Alex McHugh. Mr. Zeller, Jeff Marquie. 1st row. 1-r: Linda Schaffer, Kristen Etzel. Alex McHugh. Phillip Evans. Terri Taff. Michelle Harrison. Allison Lauf. 2nd row: Deanna Schwarz. Dana Clark. Kelly Hobbs. Carl Hott. Jesse Ruff. Tracy Arnold. Jeff Marquie, Sandy La Blance. This club, sponsored by Mr. Wins¬ low, is designed to promote theatre and drama at East, provide a bit of cultural enrichment and to honor those outstanding in theatre arts. Thespians take field trips to area the¬ atrical events and participate in all East theatre productions. The club meets once a month. (fCdVl N.F.L. Be I hi lie East ' s National Forensic League added nine new members last fall to the previous four. The presti- jous honor group requires a 3.0 grade average and an accummulation of 25 NFL points f which are gained through competing. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication on the speech stu¬ dent ' s part to obtain those twenty-five points. Recognized NFL members are eligible to be in Who ' s Who Among American High School Students. The group meets twice a year for winter and spring instructions. High placing speech team inductees Alex McHugh, Philip Evans, Kristen EtzeL Linda Shaffer and Dana Clark performed their particular Individual Events, whereas two non-debaters Terri Taff f Allison Lauf, Jeff Tharqire and Tony Montgomery did a mock two-non de¬ bates, where a lot of mocking and criticizing of valid ' evidence indeed took place. Terri Taff commented, “It was an unusual experience and I hope it never happens again. 76 A. Row 1: R. Barrett, T. Pecina, M. Drury. G. Cline, M. Hoehner, J. Slnovlc, E. Rust, B. Sweet, E. Gudmestad, L. Lecompte, T. Barnes. Row 2: J. Wright, P. Ritchie, G. Blaies, S. Lance, S. Massie, S. Saunders. T. Boyer, S. Walters, T. Blomberg. J. McPherson, P. Wolf, K. Payne. Row 3: J. Sauerwein, J. Sc halier. M. Kobe. C.J. Beyensdorfer. J. Burris, E. Forguson. T. Hymer. K. Hill. F. Judge, T. Grlmmlng, S. Thomas. T. Hackney. Row 4: J. Costello, B. Gibson. K. Olgivy, C. Hanson. L. Patterson, K. Faur, W. Funk, B. Farmer, R. Schmidt, K. Cates, K. White, R. Vargas. R. Jakovac. Row 5: J. Weilmunster, Coach Voelkel, Coach Thompson. Coach Snep, Coach McGinnis. Supt. Dosier, A.D. Bechtold, Coach Browning. Coach Burke. T. Poe. V • 9 • The 1985 edition of the Lancer football team proved to be one tough team and simply dominated their opponents. The players achieved their success through grueling practices, weight room workouts and analyzing their piay on the video tapes. Each lancer knew what responsibility and honor it was to be on the East football team. They took pride in their name and took that pride out on the field every game they played. The senior athletes on the team will be missed next year but the Lancer ' s fully ex¬ pect to be one of the top teams in the area with the leadership of up¬ coming players. The seniors on the team received honors from their teammates as well as the newspa¬ pers: Jim Sinovic, All-City, All Con¬ ference. AH Area, Bell-Ringer(by his teammates) W1BV Defensive Player of year, and co-captain. Sam Lance: All City, All Conference, All Area. Mark Drury: All City, All Confer¬ ence, All District, MVP Lineman(by his teammates). Mike Hoehner; All City, All Conference, 2nd team MVP Linemanfby his teammates), and Scholar Athlete and co-captain. Gary Cline: All City, All Conference, All District, (2nd team). Ed Rust: All City, All Conference (2nd team) All City Punter. Senior Sam Lance takes a break on the Lancer bench. Brian Gibson looks down the field for more yards. I Back Row: Mr. Hays. Stepi Richardson. Kerry Gen Verzal. Belleville Eas Country teams (girls and boys) consisted of a group of people who through their hard work achieved great success. Cross Country is often a sport which is overlooked by some because there aren ' t any hulking figures tackling each other or an orange ball swishing through a hoop; but if you were to take time out and watch these people per¬ form, you’d be very impressed. The Boys Varsity this year was led by senior, Mike Raney who was chosen for the All-Confer¬ ence and All-Area teams. Mike Ernst received an honor, mention. The boys won the Southwestern Conference Championship which was the first time they had won it in six¬ teen years. Although the boys squad will lose their top runners next year there are upcoming younger runners who will excell. The girls Cross Country squad showed signs of competiveness in every meet. This was a young squad consisting primarily of Ju¬ niors and sophomores and next year they should be tough to handle. mb. Angie sman. Front Warner. Michelle LoVatto. Middle Row: Desiree Ball, Jo Row: Leslie Moore. Susan Mann, Annette Kitchen, Brand Stephanie Holcomb strives for keeping a good pace. Lancers more ahead of the pack. Senior Mike Raney finishes a long, hard race. Front row: LeAnn Paul. Sharon Penn. Susan Roth. Kim Moorleghen, Susie Becherer. Back row: Coach Logs, Kuehl, Katie Brauer. Angie Mount, Stephanie Todd. Coach Stephenson. ' e to a second record of 10- u The 1985 | er volley ha I record for ing 16-12. T from a mid¬ in the Haze I ment, while half of the sea 1 5. Senior co-captains Katie Brauer and Angie Mount paced I the Lancer offensive attack on the net. In addition. Junior Kim I Moorleghen and sophomores Susie Becherer and Stephanie Todd nailed down impressive starting roles throughout the year. Other East players receiv¬ ing a varsity starting nod during the season included juniors 8 Sharon Penn, and Karen Genin; Sophomores LeAnn Paul and I Terri Grschwend and Freshmen Stephanie Vahle, Kara Hoff- mann, Susan Roth, and Renee Moorleghen saves an attempted kill by the opposition. Senior Angie Mount keeps good eye contact while serving. Reflecting on this past season, I feel the team as a whole achieved many goals. By winning 16 games we broke a school record of the most wins ever by a volleyball team in the history of Belle¬ ville East. Among these 16 wins, the earn captured victories by winning the Jazelwood Tournament, beating East St. ouis. a conference team, and also, by Jefeating Althoff in the first round of the ' egionals. Although our post-season lay was cut short by a defeat from r est, the team still took a step forward fan in previous years. It was the first Jme ever a Belleville East Volleyball team appeared in the Regional finals. e season in my eyes will be remem¬ bered forever as a time of achievement, victory, and pride. As I graduate from East, my only wish is that the success that was achieved this past season be carried throughout years to come. ephanie Todd makes a Lancers spike it from the back row. row: Chuck . Mike Mueller, Tom White, Scott Hull. Kevin Hollansworth. Brad Goacher, Coach Renn. Front Wempe. Bryan Nye. Colin Krill, Todd May, Adam Rosenkranz. u bos oliowed by four Juniors and two sophomores making up the varsity squad ' . Therefore, team didn ' t have a whoie t of experience. So the pres - re was on this year ' s Juniors d sophomores to pick up the k and they did a really good Job. The team came close to playing up to Its po- U tential but lacked consisten¬ cy. Golf takes a lot of hard ork and dedication. The re tournaments you play, e better you are to handle e. Our best perfor • the year came at the Regionals where we fin- d fifth out of 18 teams . Next year ' s squad will have six of the eight starters plus some promising freshmen returning. All capable of taking the 86 team to state. Scott Hull Front row: Jenny Berkley, Carey Williams, Carla Cassulo, Julee Coach Renn. ] ulee Sauerwein. Back row . Jennifer Renn, Missy Longo. Mary Rafferty, boys team and the girls team were dominate d by underclass¬ men this year. It should not be con¬ strued as a rebuilding year but more as growing year. The boys team was led by senior Scott Hull and junior Tom White to a dual match record of 3 wins and 10 losses. The girls team finished with a dual match record of 3 wins and 9 losses. Senior Jennifer Renn and ju¬ nior Carey Williams led the against some of the top teams state. Jennifer Renn was elected honorary captain for 1985 and Carey Williams was elected captain for 1986 of the girls. Scott Hull and Tom White were elected co-captains for 1985 and Tom was elected captain for 1986 of the boys team. 1985 was a successful year in estab¬ lishing work ethics for our future squads and we appreciate the leader¬ ship provided by our upperclassmen We will miss them next year. Willi ants accurately Judges the Carla Cassulo stresses her follow th Total Senior captain Jennifer Renn concentrates on her form. Our girls’ golf team’s great¬ est achievement this year was upsetting one of the top ranked golf teams in the area to win second in regionals. We fell short in sectionals , however, failing to qualify for state by only two strokes. Our failure to go to state was not because of a lack of hard work or determination, how¬ ever. All seven of us on the team gave it out best effort unfortunately, it just wasn’t enough. Adam Rosenkranz studies his shot. GventUl, a uccce4AluC V 77fe t6e Back row: Beth Koinig. Annette Buscher, Jacque Lyon. Debbie Woods. Margo Kavis. Lori Brown, Jennifer Simpson, Denise Lugge. Leslie Cruez, Kerri Kranzler. Andrea Benivegna, Coach Menke Front row: Wendy Janice Hartmann, Marls von Alst. Jennifer Wallrapp, Julie Sudduth. Erin Mahoney Sfi wAS ' Playing number one, going to state, and beat¬ ing the girl from Hinsdale at state had to be my greatest achievements this tennis season. But being on a team when everybody got along well and supported each other as the most important, all the girls and ch Menke returning t year and with a lot of hard work, we can look forward to an even better year. ’ nnifer Simpson Denise Lugge keeps her eye on the ball as she prepares for the return. I tes Beth Koenig stretches to make t j V mcvV - — —- n ruMtetf oeni Janice Hartman returns the volley with finesse. ■ The 1985 girls tennis team came away with yet another winning season. With an overall record of 9-2 this years team kept up the Lancer winning tradition. This years group of girls were closely bound and always kept each other up. That can be attributed to the girl’s success, when you’re on a team you win together and you lose together. Jennifer Simpson, a sophomore and number one sin¬ gles player was the only girl to qualify for state. One Lancer play¬ er, Julie Sudduth, a Junior, gave her view of the season: “Our team was really strong this season because we have each other the encourage¬ ment and support was needed to win. We also had determi¬ nation a nd a “Never Say Die attitude that helped us pull some big victories. We ill definitely be the team to beat next year. Julie Sudduth Andrea Benlvegna returns the ball with skill and ease East ready to send ball sailing over net. Bottom row: Matt Perr. Jeff Bullock, Chris Cassulo, C.J. Easton, Scott Racer, Jessica Shubert Middle row: Justin Webster, Gary Majka, Cory Easton, Kurt Brechnitz, Tim Derstein, Top row: Gary Bid well, Darren Koester, Rich Lockwood, Rob Nabb. Matt Eicholz. Steve Palucci. Coach Aleman The basic necessities for the East soccer team. A Lancer carefully inbounds the ball. K ' SM . ( ?|| A!;: ? ’ i V jm r Vtfff ' V ' z Senior Gary Bid well protects the ball from the opposition. Congratulations from a teammate after another goal Is scored. i mm ■■■■■■■■ mm Coach Aleman helps an injured Scott Racer off the field Lancers sacrifice every - An East player manuvers around another 95 Senior Gary Bid we II engages in a solo journey up the field. Top Row: Shelly Krummrich. Lisa Merritt, Krissi Keeling. Standing: Shannon Decker, Missy Blum, Michelle Miller, Anne Risavy. 2nd Row Seated: Missy Rief, Julie Freed, Tammy Hardy. Kendra Bechtold. Christy Vesper, Kim Kelso. 1st Row Seated: Kirsten Hatton. Libby Gass. Dawn Eisele. Ellen Mon¬ roe. Candy Butler. Michele Bren - del. Mb v uf %e v vwU up Enthusiastic cheerleaders perform yet another cheer for the school. Cheerleading is a lot of hard work and we put forth alot of hard effort. It’s very rewarding to show your spirit for the school and team. Both varsity and junior varsity cheer at football and bas¬ ketball games. The junior varsity cheered for some of the girls basketball games this year. Last summer the varsity and junior varsity squads both went to a UCA camp at SIU Carbondale. The var¬ sity won two floor cheers and the junior varsity won one first place tro¬ phy on their one floor cheer. We also won other ribbons and the key to spirit which is voted by all the squads at the ■■■■■■ camp. The cheerleaders complete another fla mount. ■■■■■■■■ The cheerleaders often motivate the fans with their cheer. “Give Me An El The cheerleaders always display sharp , crisp mo- left - The cheerleaders maintain their composure ing those tricky pyramid,. - Senior Brian Hamilton draws a foul from the opponent. II schen comes down with the rebound in a This years 1985-1986 Boys Varsity Basketball team’s record, (5-19) didn’t begin to do justice for the guys. It was a tough season for them they just couldn’t seem to keep things going. Despite the uneven ratio of wins the Lancers managed to capture the City Cham¬ pionship with decisive wins over rivals West and Alth- off early in the season. The team had tough competi¬ tion this year and with the squad being so young, inex¬ perience played an impor¬ tant role in their disap¬ pointing season. Steady play from senior Todd Volk- man and junior Robb Rick- ett gave the Lancers the at¬ titude to keep fighting and they did until the very end, in a heartbreaking loss against Belleville West in the Regionals by two points. Turhan Barnes executes a look away pass. girls basketball team and having the op- participate in athletics has been one of my lences in my four years at East. This years consisted of two seniors, four juniors, and six soph- ;s. The key to this season was playing together, as a Everyone on the team had great potential and con- uted to the teams success through their own individ¬ ual skills. Basketball is definitely a team sport. There are e people out there in the court with a Job, a role that i ey must fulfill. This years team fit that description. line of the highlights from this year were in the Mas- tah tournament we received consolation and in the ' wood tournament we captured first place by beating cross town rival Belleville West, which brings me to my next and most important highlight. This year for the time in six years we beat Belleville West. I can’t ' be the feeling I had when I heard the final buzzer ■alized that we’d done It . . But we did and it onli have been done through a team effort! next year’s team will it s on. The talent is Sue Gilmer, Co-captain aim fasten }. K =; ?s AH � -. j (L To R)- Richard Fisher, Steve Schmelzel, John Aren dell. i Storner , John Talley, Jim Aren To R)- Coach Robert Vitek Jim A rendell. Coach Urban Baum Mid • (Back (L —an — Jerry Sauerwein . Craig Schwab, Herbie Brydon, Scott Schemelzel To R)- Eric Hurst, Ricky Chambers, Scott Massie, Mike uvenot, Rick Barrett. Steve Knoebel The Belleville East Wrestling team — number one. Every one on the East i team knew this before the season even got underway. They believed that E they were the best and like all win¬ ners, went out and proved it, seven¬ teen times. They boast a team record of 17-0. They were first in the Mascou- tah Tournament, third in the Granite City Holiday Tournament and second in Quincy Tournament. The team ad¬ vanced to the state championships in Champaign Illinois by winning region¬ al with 190 points and beat S.E. Sor- ingfield 36-20 and Granite City 30-19. In addition to the team advancing to state four Lancers wrestlers qualified for individuals, Scott Schmelzel, a sen¬ ior captain at 132 lbs., Steve Knoebel at 138 lbs., Ricky Chambers at 167 lbs., and Rick Barret at 185 lbs. All this wasn’t achieved by luck. The team paid for it in sweat and grueling practices. Not just after school, 3:30- 6:00 p.m. practice but an early morn¬ ing workout toolI Congratulations guys you deserve itll _ Belleville welcomes home wrestlers By ALAN L. GERSTENECKER Assistant Sports Editor BELLEVILLE — They left for the state wrestling tournament hoping to return as champions. but didn ' t. Still, that didn ' t matter to the estimated 200 people who turned out Sunday for a parade and a rally to welcome home the Belleville East Lancers and Alth- off ' s Ken Shields. As far as the crowd was concerned, they were champions. Shields, a state qualifier who fell Just short of placing, and the Lancers. u � o finished fourth in team competi¬ tion of an estimated 300 Class AA schools statewide, rode through Belle¬ ville In and on cars en route to City Nall, from Belleville East. “These young men carried a tremen¬ dous load with them and they carried it well, said Belleville Mayor Richard Brauer at the rally. “They gave It their best, representing their school and team. And although they did not win It all, they still came back as champions. Their tremendous spirit and good will represents the City of Belleville well. With their fourth-place medals draped around their necks and their state trophy held high. Lancers stood on the steps of City Hall as Curt Kas- sebaum. operations vice president for the Little Devils, welcomed the Lanc¬ ers and Shields home. “We have a lot to be thankful for,” said Kassebaum. whose organization sponsored the parade and rally. “Their finish should make everyone in Belle¬ ville proud, and we ' re (the Little Dev¬ ils) proud to have played a part in It. ” The Lancers ' supporters along the parade route were most numerous near City Hall. Near the fountain in the square were Don Keeling. Tim Der- stine and Rob Mank. all seniors at East with friends on the wrestling team. Holding large helium balloons with their favorite wrestlers ' names writ¬ ten on them, the three supporters were happy for the East ' s finish. “I think it’s great, their finish,” Keeling said. “This balloon’s got Toov’s (heavyweight Mike Thouven- ot ' s) name on it. He ' s our buddy and we’re happy for him. all of the wres¬ tlers. It ' s outstanding for the city, and the school.” Derstlne. a midfielder for the Lancer soccer team, had a balloon with “Smeeze” written on it, for 132- pounder Scott Schmelzel. “We ' re here to show support for the wrestlers, but also the school. They really deserve it,” Derstlne said. Mank was a member of the wrestling team, but an injured rotator cup In his right shoulder sidelined him and even¬ tually forced him off the team. “I ' m glad they got fourth, they really deserve it. I wish I could have been along with them, but I guess It just wasn ' t meant to be.” Mank said. “They’re the best team around; Mas- coutah or Collinsville couldn ' t beat them. The only team that had a chance was Roxana or Granite City . . ” “Yeah, and they beat both of them too.” interrupted Craig Dumstorff. also a senior at East. Not all of East ' s supporters out Sun¬ day were students. Myrna Schwarz, a parent member of Lancer Booster club, stood on a corner of the St. Clair Building with a poster reading: No., 1 in Belleville. No. 4 in state. “I think it ' s fantastic. they’ve worked so hard ail year. They deserve it all. They deserve at least fourth.” At the rally. Lancer coach Urban Baum introduced all the wrestlers and even showed a little humor, a side of him that was not evident this season. His normal business-like demeanor epitomizes the mission of placing that he and the Lancers had set for them¬ selves this season. 1) Coach Baum talks about the state wrestling team. 2) Rick Barrett and Scott Massie display the trophy won at state. 3) The wrestlers drive through town in the parade given for them. 4) Mike Thouvenot and Scott Schmelzel talk about the state team. Seated L to R: Tom White. Rick Schroeder. Bryan Richter. Kevin Hagarty. John Vlrtudaxo. Kurt Hill, Dan Catea. Kneeling L to R. Bob Spory. Jim Slnovlc. Randy Schmidt. Brian Glbaon. Tim Meehllng. Todd Blomberg. Juatln Wabater. Dean Hafford. John McPheraon. Standing L to R: Coach Larry Patton. Ed Ruat. Jon Roaenatengel. Sam Lance. Fred Judge. John Vellno. Tim Boyer. Rich Lockwood. Coach John Burke Coach Patton and Coach Burke examine the Lancers John McPherson makes the play at first. £lSiL 1st Row Coach McHaney. Sven Klaus. Larry McAtter. Chuck Mahoney. K.C. Brechnitz. Bob Farmer. Rob Rlckett, Jeff Littlejohn. Ben i Chester Cagas. John Hardlmon. Steve Barthel. John Hardlmon. Coach Thompson. 2nd Row - Jerry Wolf. Rich Salcido. Farid Ab Schwarttz. Terrence Jones. Brian Goacher. Larry Schutzenhofer. Aaron Rutter. John Altepeter. Quincy London. 3rd Row - Dial. Hers Rich Geshwend. Jeff Nester, Bell. Rich McGirr. Jeff Mann. Aaron Snively. Glrad. Larry McAtter maintains his eye contact for his next shot. Sven Klaus back for a long _ ett attacks the ball. The 1986 Softball Team: Bottom Row L-R. Rhonda Richards, Shannon Decker, Reb Kern, Toni Obermeier, Tottleben, Susie Becherer. 2nd Row L-R. Amy Frexik, Kelly Knolhoff, Cinnamon Ernst, Sharon Penn, Denise Lu Row L-R-(manager) Tres Poe, Tami Bova, Jodie Geschwend, Cherissa Williams, Rhonda Reifschneider, Denise Dana Farley, Coach Menke. Not Pictured Dawn Eiesle. The 1986 softball team consist of 18 members. The team practices 6 days a week, except on game days. We usually have 2 games in a week depending on the schedule. We play 17 regular season games and usually 5 or more In the Ciaho- kia tournament. Our teams goal is to be the best in the area and qualify for state. Our team is coached by two great coaches. Head coach Rita Menke and assistant Bob Yagge. Dana Farley - hustles to first base. First Ron - L To R - Butler. Craig; Krietemeyer, Ron; Duvall. John; Lacompte, Larry; Gudmestad. Eric; Payne, Kevin; Holmes, Corey; Gass. Scott; Wachtel. Joe; Raney, Mike; Ernst, Mike; Drury, Mark; Hoehner, Mike. Second Row - Fisher. Tim; Vargas, Richard; Hens¬ ley. Scott: Senechal. Dave; Lafollette. Bruce: Gibson. Marc; Woods. David; Agan, Joe; Halcomb, Matt; Dalman. Phil; Blanchard, Kyle Johnson. Steve; Cappilletti. Bryan. Third Row - Hanks, Brandon Blaine, Andy; Dietz, Derrick; Cowart, Jeff; Fisher, Rich; Ohl, Jim Brown, Rich; Dukowitz, Troy; Ingram. Matt; Mann. David; Saurwein, Jerry; Pounds. Lou; Shelton. Scott; Kobe. Mark. Fourth Row Werner. Mike; Torbenson. Jason; James, Tom; Worly, Dave: Cox, Troy; Headen, Steve; Macias. Mike; Barker, Shenard; Seelman, Todd; Love, Barnell; Stinnett, Scott; Schmidt Row - Wholey. David; Brown. Curtis; Jones Hostetter, Mark; Vargas, Roger; Cone. Der Ed; Woodard. Jeff; Webb. Gary. Schmidt i; Jones, ...... Jennifer; Laver, Angie; Gruen, Debbie 2nd Row Oesterle, Kerri; Hussmann, Tracy; Koenig, Beth; Paul, LeAnn; Hogue, Wanda Ackrldge, Jody; Parrish, Alison; Kitchens, Annette; Schwab, Kristie 3rd Row Stamper, Cecelia; Wesolik, Kris; Warner, Angie Richardson, Jody; Snep, Melinda; Gilmer, Sue; Brauer, Katie; Korte, Lisa; Barmann, Alecia; Joines, Angie: Moorleghan. Kim Deustch . Kendra . is a coach? he ' s a nervous wreck. But a coach no matter if he be slim, fat, long or short Is all kinds of things, rolled into one. And by that I mean, depending on the case, he’s a mother, big brother, a dad, full of advice and ways of showing right from wrong. He worries as much about you as your own “mom’ 9 . You at times have caused him end¬ less hours of sleepless nights. You. at times, have caused him to bite his nails to the quick. Perhaps, too. after missing a basket or making a key play, you’ve caused him to speak sharply to his wife, his A coach worries over your grades, maybe an injury, your character, your personal appearance, your confidence. He just plain worries, no matter what you do. Now a coach has the patience of a mother. A firmness of a father and, believe me if the case calls for it, he can get doggone stern; sometimes it stings. He can also with perhaps the pitch of his voice make you do things you never thought you could do. And it’s your coach who nine times out of ten. will stick up for in the face of some other’s criticism of you And it’s also your coach, when the team is losing, who bears the brunt of pressure within pressure from out. He’s the fellow when the team’s losing who gets nasty telephone calls. He’s the fellow who is ignored when walking down the street when he has a loser. And he’s the fellow whose wife wards off catty remarks at the su¬ permarket when your coach has a loser And you it’s a funny thing. Your coach sometimes knows you better than your “mom . Your coach is a buddy, a pal and just a human being who has oodles of faith in you. Believe me, you can’t I buy that. Boiled down, a coach is a pretty I wonderful fellow with a mighty tough job. There are many, includ¬ ing this writer, who don’t envy that fellow, your coach. Compliments of LSU Basket t A The image of the iete is one of prio Each athlete makes a commitment to become a winner and during their season or seasons, strive to keep that commitment. Through being on their teams and playing with their team¬ mates, each athlete develops that East spirit; the one the cheerleaders so enthusiastically bring out. Spirit Is enthusiasm . Team spirit is team en¬ thusiasm, everyone on the team look¬ ing alive and not just talking about winning but believing what they ' re saying is true and is going to happen . Each East athlete is inspired to give re of themselves, not alone but to- er; united, when things go wrong y don ' t quit they pick themselves _ r and again face another obstacle. Getting pushed back or knocked down isn ' t being a loser; staying K� . .-W-- H, Assistant Principal After his retirement, Mr, Huch plans to work part-time in the tire business. Presently, he owns half of Belleville Tire and Service Center. Being a n avid fisherman, bowler, and “handyman , Mr. Huch plans to devote some time to these activities as well. “Hike to work with my hands, he said. Mr. Huch has taught thirty-five years: fifteen years at Sparta High School (three of which he was principal), and twenty years in District 201. He feels satisfied in the fact that he ' s helped quite a few people learn something they can apply to their lives — “may¬ be even some values and virtues that ' ll last ' em a lifetime. “I feel I have had a sense of duty and obligation to the school and have tried to fulfil this duty by doing my job to the best of my ability, Mr. Huch said. The students will greatly miss Mr. Huch and his help. Comment¬ ed Chrissie Klnsella, a senior in his Creative Writing class: “It ' s easy to talk to him .. . he ' s like a grandpa ... he can explain things to us in a way we can understand and make it interesting. ” Mr. Frew, the head of the business department, has taught for thirty years: twenty-eight inside District 201 and two outside the district. Mr. Frew has greatly enjoyed his years at East. He com¬ mented: “Belleville East as a school on the whole is an excellent area where we draw good students — which Is one of the reasons I moved to Belleville. ' ' Perhaps Mr. Frew’s most notable accomplishment at East was his re-establishment of the Office Occupations Cooperative Pro¬ gram and the Marketing Education Co-Op program (vocational clubs which train senior students who are interested in business in school and on the job). The programs existed many years ago, but were discontinued until Mr. Frew started them up again, Mr. Frew also started Belleville East ' s Computer Business Education Pro¬ gram. The program has grown recently and Is acclaimed through¬ out the state. After retirement, Mr. Frew wants to pursue the real estate field. Why? Says he: “I ' ve just always wanted to do that type of work. 1 find it very interesting — you get to meet lots of people. Although Mrs. Owens has taught Spanish for twenty years, her magnus opum is probably the Belleville East Speech (Individual Events) Team, of which she is coach. Mrs. Owens was the first Debate and I.E. coach BTHSE had. Later, when Mr. Snively took over Debate, Mrs. Owens concentrat¬ ed on l.E. And what an impact she has made: her first year of coaching, she helped two people to state competition. Six students have gone to state in each of the past two years. She helped to produce the winning Regional team at East for three years In a row. This year, she won the prestigious Coach of the Year Award. The increased effort she has put into the speech team this year has been greatly appreciated by all the speech students. The time coaching a successful team takes up is also very demanding. Mrs. Owens gets up very early for meets nearly every weekend during the school year. She also spends countless hours watching cuttings and polishing them as the year progresses. What will Mrs. Owens be doing after retirement? She replied, smiling: “I’m going to sleep on Saturday mornings. Jemima Owens Foreign Language Dept. jonn trew Business Dept. James Colgan: B.A., S.I.U.-E.; M.A., 5.1. U.-E.; S.-S.E., 5.1. U.-E. Mr. Colgan said the 1 following when asked about the Importance of art and photogra¬ phy In our society: ‘7 suppose Marshall McLuhan said It best: 4 The media Is the mes¬ sage. ’ He Is simply saying that, no matter what It Is used for (pleasure, commer¬ cialization, etc.), the media Is used to get the message across — usually In one-to-one communication. 44 Photography and art are the most com¬ mon forms of media — all one must do to realize this Is look at the many magazines and T.V. stations around today. Also look at newspapers and yearbooks: what good are they without pictures? 44 The beauty In the media Is like great lit¬ erature: one needs to first see the situation, then the matter needs to be organized In such a way that there can be no question about Its meaning. Santana. Aristotle, and Plato all link sci¬ ence and organization to beauty. Beauty Is a value Judgment, really such that those who appreciate beau¬ ty can seek It to begin with. Beauty Is defi¬ nitely not In the eye of the beholder, because If one never sought It to begin with, he can never know what It is. I suppose the moti¬ vation for good artists and photographers Is an Insatiable curiosity and quest to the na¬ ture of man . -TATE AGAIN?” Mr. Colgan prepares to mark some tardies before class while Elaine Hollman (L) and Chrlssie Kinsella look on. Eldon Boerngen: B.A.. Eastern Illinois University ; M. 4.. Eastern Illinois University. Nancy Mi Boerngen: Eastern lllin 1un,e n B.S.. _� Illinois Naomi Davis B.S. S l.u.-E ; M S.. SI.U.-E. Dale Crouse B.S., Eastern Illinois University ; M.S.. S.l.U.-E. Mr. Crouse feels his Accounting class is a “two-fold type course “ in ■ that it aids his students in B preparing for a future career as well as on a ■ personal level. “First of all. ■ businesses need good financial A student smiles with relief as Mrs. Bo tt (plains an important typing proce- back a well done exam. I ■■■■■■■ I Mr Fre cloSelV nr ess rk their ptogr check ing a businesslike i es his class befor d papers. systemsMr. Crouse said. “This is one reason businesses fall: they don ' t manage records effectively. The government requires lots of data — so It is an important field. The course should also help students personally. Said he: “What is learned carries into personal financial systems. ’’ At this point. Mr. Crouse stressed the growing number of computers in homes. “I key on getting the student to understand concepts on what is taking place as well as processing. Once they understand the concepts, processing becomes easier And much more is being computerized. Once we understand the concepts. we can put It Into the computer almost automatically . NOT PICTURED: Emily Wilson John Frew: B.A., Indiana State Charles Jones: Brenda Kelley: Pat Se Dale Zink: i ibert: B.A., B A C.; B . M.A.. S.I.U.-C When Mrs. Reith was asked to describe her advanced typing course and the benefits it of¬ fered students , she gave the fol¬ lowing reply: “Our ultimate goal is for those who are enrolled in second-year typing is to pre¬ pare the stu¬ dents for the Job market. Typing helps to prepare them for the Job market by “po¬ lishing their skills, training them in word processing and using a decision¬ making process. After proper Indiana State University. orientation, stu¬ dents are en¬ couraged to prioritize Jobs, edit typewriter material and pro¬ duce mailable work. Businesses tell us that they need people who are able to function with little or no re-training or re- teaching. We know our stu¬ dents can fit into this category when they have completed ad¬ vanced typing 5.1. U. E. Ed.S., 5.1. U.-E. Z‘iT ,ainsth ‘ 99 £ etter. er f °rrnat f Qr i While having an informal discussion with his class. Mr. Carr sits atop his desk. k ’ m ' : j jr A ' i • - Several of Mrs. Keith ' s typing students prepare to take a timed test. Mr. Crouse listens to and prepares to answer Jay Gruberman’s question. 131 Hazel Stanislawskv: B.A., V. of .- Urban a; M.A. and Specialist degree. S.I.U.-E. Mrs. Hazel Stanisla cOuvete ed. teactiee one tv drive coitti confidence I . HBRX MMi ■■ ■■■i ■■ Ml MK! MK 3 m P U ■ —T — 1 e uj 6 tu ' tmmtuuMU mme W? Margo Belt B.A.. Illinois State University. Mike As bury: B.A.. Missouri University at St. Louis. When Mr. Asbury was asked about the one thing that struck him or made an impression on him when he was new to the campus, he replied. “How good the rest of the faculty was Being a collector and repairer of Volkswagens. Mr. Asbury ' s reply to a question dealing with the quality of education at Belleville East was not surprising: “We have quality education at East; and while we continually fine tune the machinery. It doesn ' t need an overhaul. Mary Jo B.A.. Western Illinois University. Sue Bechtold: B.A.. Missouri Marsha Cremer: B.A.. MacMurray r In Ann Hoffmann B.A. U OF .; M.A. S.LV.E. B.A,. SJ.U.-k,.. M.A ., S.I.U.-C Freshman English. Mrs. Hoffman feels. Is supposed to be the foundation for other courses. She stressed the importance of the students needing to think and write clearly, and to read critically; and the need to gain confidence In order to do these things. “My purpose. ” she said, “is getting them acclamated Into high school and getting them used to be what Is expected in high school: through great literature, and Instilling confidence that they can write a paragraph. After that. they should be ready for anything . as he takes a i 1 M Mr. Huch gesticulates while he explains to his ative Writing class the salient points of a major i Ing assignment. er plates to a group from her English Lit. in the library at separate tables and glish coffeehouses in dress and foe Mary •X , , x lluJ aA (s.L42as dL ' , M � e Xir 00 0, At fj£ ytusi Ub 14T (U Y isrvtc 4 d if-f - C slAf . J y ' Sue Jeff. £. !., College of St. Francis. In Composition II. the most ' vanced writing class East has. Miss Mary Sue Jett emphasizes writing style. She expects the students to tighten up graphs so the •bed product tn’t ramble. Upon completion of Comp. II the student should be able to write a five page expository that is “tight , well-organized and ves a point. “We do college What we J is a finished roduct that is readable, literate, and mature. Miss Jett said. Jo Rousseau : B.A., Loretto Hights Col¬ lege; M.A., St. Louis University. Rita Menke: B.A., St. Joseph s College; M.A., S.LU.-E. . lege. Ron Stephenson: B.A.. Eastern III. U.; M.A., Eastern III. U. Ms. Philip discovers a particularly Interesting passage in her book. neaning of some assigned vocabulary i Menke holds a dictionary for empha- When Mr. Talley as asked about e class goals he ?ts and what he Kpects his tudents to learn , wrote the 1 lowing reply: The question hould have been sked about 12-15 ears ago. At that f me I had answers o expectations, opes, etc. At that me 1 was onvinced that }terature could be nderstood and njoyed — ppreciated — by arge numbers of igh school tudents. I ' ve changed my nind now. A few — say 5% or less — understand and ppreciate the eadings. That ' s he way it has i Iways been — but n the past the ynes who didn’t mderstand did not esist the lessons. ’m older now, the •tudents do not jive credibility to ny presentations, md I don ' t care to mpose my explanations on hem. As years go by, the students will become less and less receptive to my presentations. Eventually the lasses will be given to a younger eacher. C ' est la vie. ■v� 4V ,: r IT Wes Talley. B.A., S.LU.-CM.A., S.l.U.C. Sybil Washburn: B.A., Friends Univ. in Ks. M.A., Wichita St. Univ. Frank Winslow: B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., S.l.U. E. y mm Charles Zeller B.A., North Central College; M.A., III. St. Univ. Mrs. Washburn looks over a ditto with her English class. Keeping a student in line, Mr. Talley addresses him vehemently. m m wm — i y . and the message goes here, ” explains Mr. Zeller as he refers his Oral Comm, class to a Wlseman-Bark- er communication model. wmmnmmmmm wmmmmmmmm After his Oral Interpretation of Lit. class, Mr. Winslow counts the money turned In from candy sales, which will go to the Frank Winslow Retirement Fund. “The meaning ing of the ball. of the game of catch lies In not in holding It. Charles the throw Zeller Paul S.l.U.-C. i Schaal: .l.U.-C. Wayne Prince: B.A., Eastern Illinois University, M.A.. S.IU.-C. % William Willett B.A., Eastern Illinois ( .; M.A.. Eastern Illinois U. W v ' v i L. In a ... _ lecture on automobiles. Mr. Schaal describes the use of the par¬ ticular part In his hand. Joe Konya: B.S.. S.l.U.-C; M.A.. Wayne State U.; 1 year doctoral. U. of I. “Technical and architectural drawing provides experiences in an important area of graphic communication in which we will enable our students to read, understand, and make drawings essential in our industrial and scientific society. I Students are prepared, upon completion of our course, to qualify for entry level employment in basic engineering drawing in many fields. V r a ✓ I i’s electronics students gather around a computer correct way to repair it. Staying clear of the sparks. Mr. Hume piece of Iron in his General Metals class. tuxme ct. Aelfri- Betty Jo Cox: B.A.. Uni- versify of Kentucky. There are seven dif¬ ferent branches of Home Economics. but Mrs. Cox’s favorite Is Intermediate Clothing. Students learn to ap¬ preciate clothes and see them differently and Judge their qual¬ ity. Mrs. Cox pointed out that in life people pay lots of money to ha ve their clothes hemmed and that “ do¬ ing it yourself Is much less expensive.” Besides vocational goals. making clothes In the class is also a good hobby and relax¬ ing as well. Clothing can be made and given away as gifts, which are usually more ap¬ preciated when made by the giver. Lastly, it Is rewarding. ‘You need to do something with your hands it’s so gratifying!” Mrs. Cox said. Myra Blackman: B.A., S.I.U.-C; M.A.. S.I.U.-C. In Food Managei certain recipe This fall. Mrs. Hardimon s food class held a cookout near H-node in which students could come and eat what the class prepared. Almost all of the pas- sby sampled some. Here, a Food Management udent shows the clinging power of Home Ec. Jell- 1, proving that this ”stick to your ribs” food may have been exactly what the chef had in mind. Mrs. Betty Jo Cox i sister. 141 Norman Hake: B.A.. Larrv Patton: t 5.1. U.-C.: M.A 5.1. U.-C. Gerald Dunn: B.A., S.I.U.-C.; M.A.. Northern Illinois University. Mr. Patton to enable his Geometry students to have a better understanding of geometric figures, and to get them to the point where they can reason logically through problem solving. More importantly , however, he wants to give his students a solid foundation upon which to build If continue In higher mathematics. Mr. Patton says he enjoys what he does and hopes his students do also. Mr. Patton explains to the class how to simplify fractional polynomials. Marcia Brofka gets Interested In Mr. nt smiles In Mr. Hake ' s Computer Math class ected program flashes on the screen. _ Howard Simpson William Powell: B.A.. McKendree College. M.A.. V. ofl. and Bowl- McCulloui I’ve a!ways been a how things work), and Physics, more than any other course, ex¬ plains such anomalies as: What does ffores¬ ee nt light consist of? and How come a high¬ er compressed engine will produce more horsepower from the same source? It’s all in Physics. I want to awaken an Interest in a student to the world around them and how beautifully Physics can explain it all. “Even though one can do a lot of things with a Physics degree. the course is still great from one perspective: that It helps students understand what’s go¬ ing on around them.” jonometry comes in handy In Advai sics, proves Mr. Holllnbeger as he writ ngle on the board to complete a dista ion problem. ,esath, :.u ' P what he s up powell si wonder KUeace 6eljbi t xvu Urban Baum- B.A.. Western Illinois U.; M.A.. Western Illinois U. Barbara Holland: B.A., Murray State U.; M.A.. Murray State U. John Logsdon: B.S., Central Missouri State U., M.S.. SJ.L E. NOT PIC - TUBED: Julie Mead B.S.. Eastern Illinois University. Joan Weisenstein B.A.. S.I.U.-E. pupil As a new teacher. Mr. Dahm must have down pat the art of juggling — such as juggling student questions and juggling different homework assignments; on this day. however, he juggles some jars for his students during a Biology break. Mrs. Weisenstein talks about the human body. Norman Dal B.S., Southwest Missouri State U.; A.S., Forest Park College. Having taught on a college campus before coming to East High School. Mr. Dahm feels he knows both worlds fairly well. He tries to instil in his classroom what it would be like in a college classroom. “Learning how to learn” is one of his most important goals. Says he: ”lf the students cannot grasp the concepts, the material ' s immaterial . Mr Dahm likes to run the classroom on more “relaxi basis, and fe the classroi does not have to be a stuffy atmosphere, but can be a learning atmosphere. Mr. Dahm does not like to think of himself as fitting into the traditional mold of the rigid instructor who lectures for an hour and leaves. Dahm commented: ,4 rm just a guy who comes in and tells them about Biology. The teachers traditional image should not stand as a barrier between students.” feels 3 ° m iave students e six types of microorganisms. 4 ccat U Dan Bainter: l.. S.I.U.-E. John Coates: B.j S£c S.I.U.-E. Tern- Blaies: I.U.-C.; S.I.U.-E. “Those who do not learn their history are condemned to repeat it.” Bainter looks at the Mr. Schaefer enjoys his da aefer: B.A., AcKendree Collge; SJ.U-E. Sa Mr. Schaefer on U.S. History: “We try to develop an understanding and appreciation of our country’s history , developing skills In geography, development of our government, and an understanding of our social problems as a result of that development. “I enjoy teaching History because I enjoy the subject hope I can get students out of a negative attitude of History. After they’re through, they may not be historians, but they will understand most aspects of our history as a nation.” i the final Government grades and pre- to hand them out on paper. ' ' t c ftie eHt... | HBH | NOT PICTURED: Terry Cryder Dennis Bechtold: B.A.. McKendree College; M.A. S.LU. Gustave Damann: B.A.. Eastern Illinois U.; M.A., Eastern Illinois U. S.LU - ra etter watch yourself,’ ais Rv or TV Robert L. B.A.. Wash U.; M.A., Wash. U.; Spec., S.I.U.-E. I Mr. Gentsch describes his American Problems class In the following way: “Through the class, I hope they learn to foster an awareness of the world around them, and a desire to keep track of what ' s going on In the U.S. and other countries after the class Is over. The highest compliment I can get Is when a parent comes in for Education Week and says that since his boy or girl has been In American Problems, they are reading the paper and watching the news. “I try to make the class as interesting as possible: It helps the students concentrate on class. I’m not unrealistic; given a certain day and a certain kid they should be reminded, but it doesn ' t happen very often T would hope all seniors get exposed to American Problems . “History Is the Instrument by which the results of the great experiment of human action on this theatre of being are collected and transmitted from age to age. Speaking through the records of Histo¬ ry, the generations that have gone warn and guide the generations that follow. History is the Past, teaching Philosophy to the Present, for the Fu¬ ture. ” John P. Upham Salem Witchcraft the lec Mr. Vitek ' s major tply to teach U. but also how tc le to think. To accom¬ plish this his students write lots of essays. Also, every¬ one In the class gets called on every day. “It ' s a real ad¬ justment for them when they have a teacher who doesn ' t talk and then they get me!” he said. Concerning home work, Mr. Vitek uses the “employ¬ er” approach. If students do their work , they earn re¬ spect; but if not. they ' ll feel miserable. And “they like to get their paycheck every week. “I want to teach as about history as possible, apply any general thing learn to their life.” In words, Mr. Vitek tries to relate earlier history to today. Mr. Spindlei Mr. Vitek gestures toward the Texas . Destiny . slgnments. Mr. Coates Mrs. Rickey obtains a Biology book for a sophomore. a time to schedule h “ � «.� „„ c „ ) s i The “Support Services , as we will call them, are additions to the school which help im- i s quality. Ts. Judy Rickey, the man- r of the bookstore, is al¬ ways there to get whatever one needs off the shelves In front or in back — be it pen, folder, lock or book. Her smile and pleasant personality make get¬ ting school supplies almost worthwhile. The Lifesaver s are an organi¬ zation of volunteer students (with Mr. Ba inter and Mr. Coates as the sponsors) who help students deal with prob¬ lems concerning various types of chemicals. This Is the Lifesav- ers ' first year; and the program, seems to be doing fairly well. Mrs. Peggy Schwalb, the speech therapist, comes In twice a week to help people with speech problems. Fon students who have trouble English, students who lisp, even a deaf student (who re, lips) come into her room in the yearbook office for a half-hour to an hour to learn to enunciate more fluently. The ones who come in to seek help appreci¬ ate Mrs. Schwa lb’s easy-going and kind manner. So does the yearbook staff, whom she con¬ verses with when no student Is scheduled to come in at a par¬ ticular hour. When no one is In. Mrs Schwalb answers the phone for the yearbook: get¬ ting ads and taking various types of messages. We wish to thank Mrs. Schwalb for making a relatively tedious and slow Job pass quickly for us. The Support Services are here to stay, and East Is glad to have them. ur job is watcl ple take for granted, nu lumber of skills, “10 miles for oi enance, and dom btaining paying Jobs which all adds up to the dependence, and the ability to feel Included as a part of society The T.M.H. Aides n This year, after seventeen years of service, Mrs. Blanche Hue ting retired B as the switchboard operator for Belleville East. Kim Opit has re- • j “ ” Ai - the placed Mrs. Hue ting switchboard operator. Seated. L-R: Lori Robinson, Ruth Grandcolas, Sheri Marks. Standing, L-R: Battoe, Blanche Hueting. Alice Twenhoefel, Judy Rickey, Laverne Elser, Kathy Siiment. the new .OfAcie 4 and Wes Seme I, boiler room operator; Gene Lopez, chief engineer. Custodians not pictured: Frank Gedda. Monroe Duco, Harold Steiner, James Auer- k, Kenneth Ross. Dennis Klein, Wayne Beckman, D. Mueller, Allen Fisk, Kenneth Simmonds, Cletus Hoercher, Fred Cres- son. Larry Haas, Joe Wessol. Christ Lehr, Mary Wiley, Eliza Powers, Wayne Mueller, M. Hock (assistant chief engineer), and Roberts McMillan (engineer). L-R: Gene Lopez, John Mitchem, Bill Hembree, Vern Hesse, Wayne Pfeffer, David Hippard, George Wleshaar. !■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1st row, L-R: Norma Brandmeyer, Tammy Hewitt, Elizabeth Haake, Ida Miles, 1 row, L-R: oleman, Ruth McCullough, Doris Hart. Vera Herr. Atricia Hofmann, Doris Haverm, ■■ Violet Lang. Dianne Pointon, Mary Piacenth Gail Schmidt. Shirley Jentsch. Shirley ' mm ajj Tso Q Going through four years of highschool, a senior collects many unforgetable memo- ries. Here’s a flashback to what happened to some seniors. These are the questions we asked them: What’s the most embarrassing thing you did as a freshman? “I dropped a tray in the cafeteria and broke the plate. I got a standing ovation.” anonymous ‘‘We were playing basketball in P.E., and I went up for a rebound. When I came down and I tried to dribble out, found my shorts down around my ankles!” Ethan Rutter. ’While going up to civics class, tripped on the stairs and my books went flying ev¬ erywhere!” Mary Beth Wempe “Walked into the wrong classroom.” Lynn Wilson ‘‘I went to the book store and asked for an elevator pass.” Dwayne Cordray What has been your favority Loyalty Week float? ‘‘Junior Float! Need I say more?” Mary Beth Wempe (and probably the rest of the seniors agree) What’s the most notorious practical joke you’ve seen played here at school? “Chalk in the teachers erasers.” anony¬ mous ”Rubber hamburgers in the lunch line r but no one noticed. ” Joe Richardson ‘‘Someone put a smoke bomb in Jay’s locker during sophomore year. The Fire De¬ partment had to come to school. ” Phil Ko- lokotronis “Someone tied the doors of S200 togeth¬ er with a lock and chain. When study hall was let out, a whole mass of people was plastered up against the doors.” ”1 saw someone heat up a locker combi¬ nation dial with a lighter. When the person touched it, it burned his hand. ” anonymous “When I took Mark W. clothes when he was in the shower and he had to stay in the locker room three hours, naked, before he finally got some clothes.” Dwayne Cordray Who’s your favorite faculty member, and why is he she so special to you? “Mr. Klaus. He taught me to set my pride aside, and laugh at myself; to see myself as very imperfect.” Ethan Rutter ‘‘Mr. Talley. He always trusted us and treated us like humans.” anonymous ‘‘Mr. Zeller and Mr. Blaies. because of their immense understanding of the teen¬ age mind. ” anonymous ... my toughest class has the nicest teacher. Thank you f Mr. McCullough for making even Fizix fun.” anonymous ‘‘Mrs. Coates. She knows how to bring out the best in you and wakes you up in the morning. ” anonymous What’s the funniest classroom experience 158 that you’ve had? ‘‘On Valentine’s Day, Mr. McCullough was doing an experiment with a snowball. Ethan had the snowball and Mr. McCullough asked him to throw it to him. Ethan threw it too hard and Mr. McCullough had snow all over him.” anonymous ‘‘Being pink-slipped for playing UNO.” anonymous ‘‘In Mrs. Rousseau’s class, a guy named Brian made a flying leap into the classroom . . . He got a pink-slip after everyone laughed their heads off. even Mrs. Rous¬ seau. ” Edith Korb ‘‘The time 1 fell asleep in Business Law, and I (made an embarrassing noise). The whole class started laughing. I woke up and didn’t know why everybody was laughing. until Todd told me.” anonymous ‘‘When Nathan was boiling some thick green goop in the lab, while everybody else had a clear light blue mixture. Then he asks, ‘Do you think boiled it too long?” ‘‘Rog ate three pieces of chalk in algebra class for $15.” anon¬ ymous What has been the most thrill¬ ing event that has happened to you on a school field trip? ‘‘Office Occupations girls got stuck in a revolving door at the IBM building in St. Louis” Lynn Wilson N IEI This year the senior class officers are: Scott Schmel- zel-president, Mike Thou- venot-vice-pres.. Jennifer Renn- secretary, John Schmidt- treasurer. The senior officers work on a variety of things such as Loyalty Week. They also have to get the senior T- shirts ready which include every senior’s name on them. They also get togeth¬ er the senior gift. The president expresses his view. (left to right) Mike Thouvenot. John Schmidt. Jennifer Renn. Scott Schmelzel. Katie Brauer- basketball, chorus, float, concert choir, F.C.A., N.H.S.. phantom. Spanish club, track, volleyball Greta Brinkerhoff- concert band, German club, marching band, phantom. PPO. or¬ chestra Gretchen Brinkerhoff- German club, phan¬ tom. PPO Chester Cagas- float, phantom, swing choir Becky Callahan - chorus, float, phantom. Susan Campos - chorus. phantom. P.P.O.. prom comm., student council track P.P.O.. ) . mmt m ititLM Kiann Cantwell - archery, float, phantom. Spanish club Paula Carman - F.C.A.. phantom. P.P.O. sS v ' ■ ' 4 ; 164 Julie Cason Chris Cassulo- baseball, float, phantom. P.P.O. (cheerleader) soccer, track. Variety UlMUk msiliim _ Libby Cich- cheerleader, chorus. float, math team. N.H.S. (pres.), phantom, pom¬ pon. P P.O.. prom comm., soph, choir, stu¬ dent council. Variety Show Melinda Clark- chorus, treble choir Sean Clark- chorus, concert band, concert choir, ensembles F.C.L., marching band, phantom, soph, choir, swing choir, treble choir, variety show Craig Coelho - float. concert band. F.C.A ., marching band, phantom, prom comm., stage band, yearbook ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ■ ■■■■■I eerleading. float, debate. Tracey Fields- N.H.S., phantom. P.P.O.. track. Best experience. “Powder Puff.” Kevin Finster - cross country, track phantom. William Firestone reate. Model U.N.. N.H.S.. 0.0., phantom. P.P.O.. prom comm., soph, choir. Variety Lora Fitzgerald ■■ ■■ Matthew Fitzgerald m ■ ■ Bruce Gagliolo- concert band. marching band, phantom, photo club, stage band Linda Gammage- float, Lancerlot, N.H.S., Todd Gailius phantom. P.P.O. t prom comm., queen can -, didate, softball. Variety Show, volleyball, Scott Gass - escort, football, golf. N.H.S.. phantom, track. P.P.O. (cheerleader), stu- David Gerstner dent council. JE TS Jodie Geschwend - float, class officer, prin¬ cess. phantom, P.P.O.. prom comm.. oftball. student council, volleyball — Rav Gotsch Deidra Grider - chorus, concert choir. en- Jodie Grimming - float. D.E., phantom, sembles, F.C.L.. phantom. P.P.O., swing P.P.O.. tennis choir, track, variety show ■■■■■■■■■I Lori Hawthorne - float. Model U.N., N.H.S .. Jeffery Hecker phantom. P.P.O., yearbook ■■ Pamela Holifield Candace Hubbard- D.E., I.E.. Laureate , Pamela Hueseman chorus, concert band. Pame Spanish club tt Hull- basebi tball. golf, photo ill. basketball, float, club, tennis ■■■ Tim Hymer- F.C.A.. footb, N.H.S. lode I U.N.. Lori Isselhardt - chorus, float, choir. German club. phantom. P.P.O.. prom comm., soph, choir, yearbook Kevin Jacobs ■■■ ■■■■■■ HI !■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Christopher Johnson Laurie Johnson Mark Johnson Kerry Keenan - float, phantom, P.P.O., yearbook — Chris 1 evelina- float, football Nicole LePere - chorus, float . marching band, phantom, pom-pon, P.P.O.. prom comm.. Variety Show yfarla Mi Ilonas - float, princess , debate, IE, Angela Mitchell - jhantom, Student Council Tony Mitchum I? zerany- phantom , P.P.O. Lisa Moore Richard Moore u Tammy Moore - Laureate, Model U.N. phantom. P.P.O. Wilmer Moreno - A.F.S., basketball, stu- Tracy Moser dent council 189 Debbie Noonan- chorus. Laureate, Model U.N., N.H.S.. phantom. P.P.O., soph choir, Spanish Club, yearbook (editor) Darcy Nott- phantom, P.P.O. Jennifer Noonan- chorus, floa phantom. P.P.O.. softball, soph, choir. ness- cheerleading, chorus, floats, F.C.A. (pres.), phantom. P.P.O.. prom Steve Palucci- baseball, float, golf. Model U.N. phantom. P.P.O. (cheerleader), soc- 91 Richard Paris float, phantom, P.P.O. Carl Quayle Jennifer Racener- class float, 0.0., phan¬ tom. P.P.O. prom comm., queen candidate. student council. track Mary Rafferty- basketball, chorus, class Michael Raney- basketball, cross country , float, golf, phantom, P.P.O. track Karen Ray- phantom 194 Nancy Real- class float, N.H.S., phantom, P.P.O., prom comm. Scott Racer - phantom. track Carri Rataj- basketball, class float , phan¬ tom, P.P.O., prom comm., softball. Variety Show I Rhonda Reifschnelder- chorus, class float, F.C.A., German club, N.H.S., phantom, P.P.O.. orom comm., softball, vollevball Angela Rebels - float , Food Co-op , Laure phantom. P.P.O.. prom comm., soph, choir, Variety show, yearbook. I.L.M.L. Jon Rosenstengel- baseball, basketball, chorus, class float, cross country, N.H.S., phantom, P.P.O. (cheerleader), soph, choir, student council Jody Rouch - chorus, float, class skits, con¬ cert choir, ensembles, phantom, pom-pon, P.P.O., prom comm., Stu.Co., Var. show Richard Spiker - float. Model U.N., phan¬ tom, P.P.O. (cheerleader), soph, choir, Vari¬ ety Show Eva Spindler- basketball, float, cross coun¬ try, Laureate, phantom, P.P.O., track ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ oir. Variety _ Tin i Steuer - N.H.S. Spiro Zervos Not pictured: Sarah Abbott Glen Adkins Derek Allard Turban Barnes- basketball. F.C.A.. football. Variety Show Michelle Barron- float, phantom. P.P.O.. prom comm.. B.M.F.B Mike Beanes Amy Beck Sean Becker Richard Beiter Melissa Blaes Lisa Boerm Robert Bogardous Kevin Bonham Greg Bridges Lisa Bridges Richard Boyles Darrell Brueggemann Leland Campbell Bryan Zipfel Jerry Carlson Edward Childers Kevin Cissell Demetrick Coleman Kevin Coleman Cathy Collins- German club, phantom. P.P.O., Spanish club Amy Coon Cotter-chorus, float, class officer. German club. N.H.S.. phantom, prom comm., student council April Darden Carrie Darnell Robert Day Dawn Devore Alvin Eason Steven Elikan Christina Follmer Rosalind Ford Joyce Francis Edward Fredrick David Green Tony Harris Mychael Haywood Diane Headrick Jeffrey Hesker Tammy Hewitt Gray Hines Chris Horton Nick Hyde Paul Johnson Darrelyn Jordan Karen Junge Laura Keel- Laureate, phantom, prom comm. Phillip Klohr Andrew Knipp Anna Langenstein Tina Lawson Quang Le Peter Leifer- float, debate. German club. i.E., wrestling 206 Brian Man ring Allen Marlow Joseph Meise Marvin Menke Brian Mueller Jeffrey Myers Michelle Myers Kevin O Dell Karen Oberholtzer Chou Parson Larry Peters Carrie Petr Rudy Petr Constance Pflasterer Joey Pur re II Michael Ready Angela Re he is Tana Reichling Caroline Reinhardt Jeffrey Schanz Brian Schilling Ronald Schneider Brad Simpson Stephen Skiles Michelle Smith Randall Smith Jerry Southers Sandra Steiner Clay Stephens Angela Stirrup Tracy Stoddard Lisa Stout Michael Stride Thomas Sudja Anthony Taylor Michael Taylor Lori Tewell Stephen Thomas Becky Tran Carolyn Tran Lynn Tran Angela Vernier Charles West Carolyn Wetzel Katrina Winstead Charles Woodcock Gina Aaron Michelle Abegg Joe Agan Jim Agnew John Arendell Tracy Arnold Curt Auschen- brenner Kevin Austin Danny Bachesta Laura Barrett Rick Barrett Holly Barron Jim Bateman Jedd Bauer L I this is ,6 e to a s Of With three years down and one to go, t ciass of 1987 has had a blast. We have a good reputation and have gained a lot of respect over the last few years. The reason for this — we work hard for our class and are a do it together. That ' s what makes (Cla j 87) us a little bit better then most classes. Pictured from left to right Wendy Smith (Trs.), Libby Gass (Sec.), Rick Barret (Pres.) and Lau- Pres. of class of 87 Rick Barrett Scott Black Kyle Blanchard Todd Blomberg H Missy Blum Jim Boeschen 4. Students of all ages enjoy the wide variety of sports provided by East ' s P.E. department. Freshmen and sophomores are usually grouped together, as are juniors and seniors. This grouping arrangement acquaints the freshmen with the activities that are offered. Freshmen are required to attend two-week segments of tennis, badminton, archery, golf, gymnastics, basketball, volleyball, some field sports, personal fitness, weight training, aero¬ bics for the girls, and wrestling for the guys. Juniors and seniors have the opportunity to choose which sport they would like to partici¬ pate in for six-week segments. Some activi¬ ties provided for the Junior Senior classes, but not for the freshmen and sophomores are C.P.R., Polar Bear (an extensive running pro¬ gram), and a wider range of field sports. Occasionally Junior Senior classes will be mixed with freshmen sophomore classes for certain activities because of a small enroll¬ ment In a particular sport. i. V’V By ran Cappelletti Heather Carey Cathy Carnaghi Rodney Caswell Dan Cates Dusty Cole Paul Cookson Jerry Costello Beth Cummings Jeff Cummins _ Bellevill this year. They are Oscar Pitzanti, Miho Matsa- shita, and Wllmer Moreno. Miho is a 17-year old senior from Nakatsu, Japan. Some of Miho’s hobbies include sew¬ ing, cooking, reading f making paper dolls to give to friends, and art. Wilmer is also 17 years old and a senior. He is from San Fernando, Venezula. Wilmer likes to play basketball, and politics. The United States is the first foreign country he has vis¬ ited. Oscar is a 17-year old senior, from Calgiarl, Italy. The U.S. is not the first foreign country Oscar has visited. He vacationed in France for two weeks with his family. He has also been to England before with AFS. Angela Forker Julie Freed Ryan Frette Chris Frierdich Craig Friesz Michele Fisher Lisa Fitzgerald Jeff Fleming Ann Flesh re n Eric Forguson Wally Funk Libby Gass Tammy Geasley Karen Genin Michelle Geshwender Four members of the U.S. Army ' s Golden Knights parachuted over the skies of Belle¬ ville East on October 9th. The Army ' s official demonstration team , which specialize in pre¬ cision parachute jumping, demonstrated aeri¬ al stunts on the soccer field. The Golden Knights are recognized as one of the best pre¬ cision parachute teams in the world. This jump team, which is made of specially selected air- bourne soldiers, has won 57 national, and eight world championship. They have made more than 4,500 performance for millions of onlookers in all 50 states and 31 foreign coun¬ tries. Tom Helm Michelle Henry Scott Hensley Scott Henson Jason Hess Why is the flag pole on Central Terrace sui a popular gathering point? Is it because all the right people sit around it, or is it just an unusu¬ ally comfortable slab of concrete? Senior Maria Rigas thinks “people feel more secure at the flag pole because they have friends around them there 9 Junior Geoff Story said, “Sitting around the flag pole is a symbol of social status at Belle¬ ville East 9 When asked why they sat around the flag pole, sophomores Dan Wallace, Mike East¬ man, and Mandy Sakran replied, “It ' s a good place to sit, socialize, and watch the girls and guys, plus it ' s close to the lunch room 9 Freshmen Lee Carter responded, “Like, ev¬ eryone can be seen there, and it ' s a good place to meet people. “The flag pole is the best place to see the | at Belleville East, said Mr. Cur- lace where everything happens. Ben Kirchoff Tom Kish Mark Kisro Sandy Kissel Sven Klauss Shelly K rum m rich Cara Kuester Jeff Kunsemlller Ron Labbee Bruce LaFollette East students were asking after a dance spon- drugs and alochol to cope with their problem and seek help. Lifesavers was formed last spring by Mr. Coates and other counselors who were concerned with the drug problem at East. Students were chosen by certain mem¬ bers of the faculty based on their ability to communicate and get along with other stu¬ dents. These peer students will serve as a link between students recovering from a chemical dependancy and the counseling staff here at Gary Majka Marty Malone Elkin Marin Mike Marquis Shawn Marshbank Brenda Phillips Bill Poe Tres Poe Mike Poirot Chris Polito John Prost Doug Rabuck Julie Rainbolt David Ramage Haydee Ramos Cathy Rhein Yolanda Richardson Robb Rickett Laura Riestis Cathi Rinne ' t got a cent of blue. And the clouds hang thick and dark And won ' t let the sunshine thro ' . It ' s a great thing, oh my brethren, For a feller just to lay His hand upon your shoulder in a friendly It makes a man feel quee It makes the tear-drops st And you kind o ' feel a flutter In the region of your heart. You can ' t look up and meet his eye, You don ' t know what to say When a hand is on your shoulder in a friendly sort o’ way. Oh this world ' s a curious compou With all it ' s honey and gall; It cares and bitter crosses, But a good world after all. And a good God must have ma Leastwise that Is what I say. When a hand is on your shoulder in a friendly sort o ' way. Unknown Brian Tall ant Jennifer Thebus Johanna Thebus Michelle Thompson Zac Thurwalker Kristi Underwood Tricia Utley Bruce Vallows Richard Vargas Cheryl Vece The yearly blood drives at Belleville East show the student body ' s need to help others in their community. This year on Dec. 5, students and faculty who were above the age of 17, weighed more than 105 lbs., had no blood dis¬ eases, and above all, brave enough, met to¬ gether in the gym from 3rd hour through 7th. There, a team made up of Red Cross staff and volunteers from Human Antomy classes pre¬ pared for their arrival. Almost everyone who participated was able to give blood. Aside from people fainting, becoming sick and back¬ ing out , this year ' s blood drive went very well. 76 pints of blood were donated by people here at East. Steve West Kevin White Tom White Joshua Wiegers Jerri Wiley Mike Worley Jeff Wright Karen Zeglin Deann Zika Patty Zimmerman Nga Thi Hong Le Tan Le Launa Ledford IKS Robin Allard Randy Anderson Benny Belter Jayne Benny Greg Berger Sean Bigler Joe Blanquart Laurie Bowman Robert Bunetic Sharon Burns Doug Cimperman Bill Busby Frank Bynum Scott Carson Karen Cates Bob Clewis Tony Collins Michelle Conway Erick Crabtree Bob Daniels Darrell Davis Neil Davis n Becky Devasher ■ Angi Dienoff Trish Ehmk Dan Elliott Eric Ellis Matt Erkman Keith Favor Bill Fischer Cindy Ford Amy Fournie Dave Frey Bob Gass Laura Graham Todd Green Chuom H, ' !■! Chris Hamilton Rory Hamilton Kamakea Lee Aliza Long Arciles Lucas Genye Malone Tim Mancinas Chris McEwen Mike McKenzie Sondra McMurray Debbie Miller Ke«n Mills Jim Morales Thu Ha Thi Nguyen Art Overby Bill Parks Larry Patterson John Paule Peters Pierce Mark Schmidt Randy Schmidt Karla Schneider Danny Schott Schuts Justin Schwigen Brian Seitz Mike Semrau Mark Schubrig ate Simmons Trina Simmons Geoff Snapp Chris Soo Gary Stevenson Stines an s,eve Cliff Hanson Elaine Hendricks Tim Hewitt Scott Hofmeister Cory Holmes Mike Pinkerton Pam Plummer Carl Poston Frank Postin Harold Suski Mike Taff hn Ta Ray Tharp Rick Thomas Eric Turpin Chris Van Horn Vest Idie Powers Sheri Jones Arnold Dienoff Bill Dunham Jill Eason Mary Kaeser Paul Koehler Guy Kraus Ron Krietemeyer Raeshaunta Lacy Lan Thi Hong Le Gina Quick Kristi Ratcliff Mike Reichling Dina Rivera Mark Santanello Saunders Rene Schempp Angela Wayne Dan Weissert Jerry Whitaker Tammy Wilson Corey Wood Kim Woods Harry Wright Joe Wylie Padungtip Yost Ken Yunevich Kim Albo John Altepeter Sharon Anderson □ Susan Anson Jeff Aramowicz _ I decided to become class President be¬ cause it was a goal I had in mind for a long time. Being class President has really matured me, when I ran for class President I can do anything. But being class president requires dedication and a lot of maturity. In the past months I have grown up consid¬ erably because of my position as class presi¬ dent I have to set good examples, which was the hardest part. Knowing that you set an ex¬ ample for the whole school is a big responsi¬ bility. The dedication It takes is not as hard as setting the examples. Things like working for student council, being there for fellow class¬ mates when they need you and being able to help them are just a few things that you need to be president. Class President is not a position to be taken lightly, but it is a very educational and fun job that I enjoy very much. Pictured are (from left to right) Rich Brown (Pres.), Shannon Decker (Seer.), Krisi Keeling (Vice Pres.), and Julie Sauerweln (Treas.) Stacey Belter Chester Bell Chris Bell Charlie Belleville Andrea Benivegna Cindy Benton Larry Benz Stacy Berkbuegler Jenny Berkley Have you ever noticed the different types of people that gather up in the library on a cold winter day? If we look closely we can divide them up into three basic groups. The first group we will discuss Is the “library regular. These young adults (or extremely old children) are usually freshman, sophomores, or Juniors who can ' t find any other way to get out of that horrid place known to us here at East as STUDY HALLI, so they obtain a library pass from the librarian. Mixed in with this group of people are a few seniors who wander up to the library after lunch every day to recover from Indigestion caused by the cardboard the peo¬ ple in the lunchroom like to call pizza. Next comes the “intellectual group. Be¬ lieve it or not they are the “students” who actually come to the library to study! They flock to the library to write reports for Comp 1, term papers for Mechanics, or resolutions for Model U.N. These are the people that actually know how to use The Readers Guide, or know what the Dewy Decimal System Is. Our final Group Is the Infamous “out of the cold group. ” These are the people who can be found wandering around Central Terrace on days when the sun Is shining and the mercury is above 5(f F. However, when the tempera¬ ture takes a dive and the sun jumps behind the clouds. The “out of the cold group” runs for the cover of the faithful library to read the latest issue of “Glamour or “Car and Driver. ” ■ A, Jennifer Eyermann Kyle Fangmeyer Lisa Fill Mike Fink Rich Fischer ■HUH k. v 5 rise, and shims, I want that trophy to be mine. Get outside, it 9 s -5 below Not sure Fm ready, but here 1 go. Fm on the bus my toes are frozen. Been practicing my speech by the dozen. We re finally there, gonna compete Lots of new people there to meet. The first rounds over, 1 spoke too fast. wonder what place got, probably last. The second rounds over. (Good Competition) 1 forgot my lines, 1 used repetition. Finals are posted my names NOT UP THERE Fm mad inside but say, “1 don ' t care”1 Tracy got a trophy and so did Danny, We ' re proud of them cause “We kick fanny1 HERE . t 1 1 Leslie Ellerbrock Angie Ellerbusch Stewart England Chris Etter Cindy Ewen - Peter Flick Gilbert Flores Trecka Forker Jon Foster Kristy Freed rrv L Vk I •A ' the first as a You know who you have in most of yo sses, and don ' t seem to be wrong by f f all of the time. You know exactly where your cla You also, won ' t look like a fool to anyone en you ' re looking at your schedule in G- and realize your class Is In D. You know that you ' re welcome, and you be¬ come more enthusiastic about participating In school activities with your friends . You are no longer considered a nerd, geek, or spaz, and are no longer the center of attrac¬ tion with practical jokes from the upperclass¬ men. Sophomore year is looked forward to by since the first day of High School. things seem to fall Fr k Debbie Gruen Ramon Guardado Tanya Gwaltney Renee Haas Farid Abdul HadI ’7 ■ Matt Hageman Dennis Hall Keith Hamilton Joe Hardimon John Hardimon Ay b V Mitch Harper Shawn Harris Lisa Hataway Paula Havel Mike Hayes The Disadvantage of being a Sophomoret Sophomores are sort of deprived. You see some sophomores can ' t drive just yet. See some or most just have permits or blue slips and can ' t legally drive. So If you are a dating sophomore you have to depend on mom or dad. But if you ' re lucky you have a brother or sister! So that is really one of the most major problems sophomores have! Another disadvantage is having to go to study hall! The place is so boring. I Just don ' t understand why they put us through it! It Is even worse this year because they have be¬ come so strict. You can ' t do anything except be bored to death! I think they should just let us roam around campus or at least make study hall fun for us! One more disadvantage Is that sophomores can ' t go to Prom. They can only go If they are asked by a Junior or a senior. So. I personally think that East or another school should have a Junior and sophomore Prom-it doesn ' t have to be formal, semi-formal will do. then all the sophomores can go to a prom! In my opinion I think a junior and sophomore Prom would be a big success. These are just a few of the major d isadvan¬ tages of being a sophomore! Gerimara Jacbos Katrina Jacobson Tom James Mike Jenkins Sheri Jenkins Dawn Jensen Julie Joergensen Harold Johnson Margery Johnson Ruth Johnson Gary Johnston Angle Joines Ellen Marie Jones Sonja Jones Chris Jowett The bell rang and It was time . The time when all of us dreaded pushing through the crowd and then trying to open our lockers. I managed to shove my way through every¬ one with only a few minor bumps and bruises, but the real triumph would be to get to my locker without any major problems arising. 1 was almost at my locker and there were only a few people in the row. Just a few more feet and then 1 would be safe. But all of a sudden, like a swarm of killer bees, a huge crowd of rushing students stomped through the row of lockers where 1 was. With my body squished against my locker, 1 knew there was no time to waste. Just one more tardy In my third hour class and I ' d get a reprimand. Frantically, 1 twisted the knob but oh no, the worst possible thing happened. My locker jammed for about the thirtieth time in week. 1 was infuriated! What else could go wrong? I tried to look as calm and cool as possible without making a fool out of myself. After about the third gentle but aggressive kick to the locker, it opened. 1 stood there dumbfounded after 1 saw that my book wasn ' t there. 1 finally remembered that my book was In someone else’s locker across campus. But no way In my right did 1 go Into that Jungle and get It! Toni Lannom Tracy Lannom Michelle LaQuell Allison Lauf Wayne Lawson m Melissa Llpe Missy Longo Joe Lorenz Gerl Love is the word for students ty at Belleville East. Amaz¬ ing is for the pride everyone shows, and for the caring the students and faculty have for each other. Strong bonds and new friendship tween all different types of peo- whether students or faculty , re formed throughout the school year. “I think that the student- teacher relationship is one that helps bring about a positive attitude toward our school 9 stated by a sen¬ ior. Many others showed their agree¬ ment by helping to create special feelings. Amazing seemed to be “the Word 99 for everything around school pride. cott McGee Ike McGrew Alex McHugh Brian McKinney Abby McMillan Kerri Mertz Kris Mertz Rhonda Meyer Alan Miller Dave Miller Kathy Meldrum Cheral Menezes Mike McVey Suzanne Mecald Matt Meidinger Kendy Nott Bryan Nye Toni Obermeler Kelly O’Connell Jim Ohl Jill driver ' s license is to drive to school. How a is it for us Lancers? Well, Captain Lay of St. Clair County Sheriff ' s Department mates there were twelve accidents on West Boulevard in 1985. When an accident happens near our school as in this particular picture, the school calls the police and sends our school nurse out to help in any way she can. So you would expect the most traffic on West Boulevard is driving the time B.A.C. and Belleville East students are coming and going from school. Last year the sheriff ' s depart¬ ment issued seventy citations and over two hundred warnings on West Boulevard for var¬ ious traffic violations. So if you are living the Lancer dream per- know LeAnn Pau Curt Paule Pennsoneau Jenny Peterson Lance Petersson Jody Pierce Andrea Polnton Jim Poor 4 One of the biggest challenges on campus is to get to class on time. Some of the less fortu¬ nate are faced with situations like getting from D to Q building but your locker is in H node, all In 6 minutes. So, what happens when you get four tardies and are sent to the office? Well, the secretaries ask you why you were late and they get some great answers. Mrs. Sliment, the freshmen senior secretary has a particularly favorite excuse. One morning two brothers were late first hour, she asked them why and they told her that their bus ran over their dog. After getting four tardies you can only get two more, then you are sent to your assistant vice principal and given one more chance be¬ fore suspension. On a good day Miss Robinson estimated some 50 to 75 students come in. Everyone has an excuse varing from getting up late to my I locker got stuck. Just remember if you are going to be tardy tmber seven. ,vv Jon Rulkoet Aaron Ru John Rushing Amanda Sakran Richard Salcido Julee Sauerwein kotter ! Zak Schmidtling Jeff Schmiz Angie Schmiz Shelly Schomber Karen Schreiber Katrina Schwan Cy Schwarz Deena Scott Mike Scwarz Kim Seneezyn ■ ■ Amy Slimack Jacki Smith Monica Smith Melinda Snep Tricia Snively Sil Amy Sowels Michael Speigel Jennifer Staples Jill Staub Allyson Stern d So, Whatcha Been you going to the the girls? If you 9 re nc wanna go with us to the game? Mary, Amy, April, me, and Carri. Vm not sure who else. I don ' t Know at all . How ' s English? I hate having it first hour. I never have my homework done. Have you ever thought about liking Robbie Nabb? He ' s so sweet and cute. I wouldn ' t mind, but I have a boyfriend. Anyway, Carri likes him, alot. One of these day ' s we are going to have to sneak off campus and go out to eat. We won ' t get caught because there ' s never any teachers out when we eat. I Rich Steward Christine Stewart Dina Stewart Deann Stobe Laura Stork Probably the biggest pet peeve of 98% of the teachers on campus is girls who put make¬ up on during class. Why should it bother a teacher to watch a female student carefully paint her eyelids orange, her cheeks fuschia, and her lips bright red? What could possibly be so annoying about a girl raising her hand and asking if she can sharpen her eyeliner pencil in the middle of a trig review for the final? Really, teachers are just being too de¬ manding to expect a student to keep her place in the textbook and paint her nails at the same time! And when you get right down to It, which is more important, studying for a career that is still years in the future, or repairing a chipped nail, that everyone will see today? Can a teacher truly expect a student to sit for a whole hour with smudged mascara? it f s sim¬ ply a matter of priorities, and now that the imperativeness of the situation has been made clear, teachers should try to sympathize with the student ' s plight, instead of making girls suffer cosmetic withdrawal during class. Jeanie Wessels Mitchell West man Sherry Wetzel Michelle White Shawn White Mike Weber Courtney Wecker Heather Welch Chuck Wempe Christina Wesolik Jevona Whitehead Kathleen Wildhaber Kelly Williamson Lydia Wilson Ronnie Winkelman Lisa Wissehr Jeanne Witschorek Cindy Wolf Rob Young BUI Berger Matt Bolam Traci Brown Dylaren Bush Jessica Bush Dennis Carr Doug Carter David Chaffee Dan Chiareiia Rich Coco Terry Cooley Torrance Crawford Trinese Crawford Grant Crayne Andrea Darden Dave Daughtrey Vera Jones Eva Junyor Earl Kawaoka Bob Kilgore t Vtctuned Kelly Niederkorn Chanin Pasterski John Pasterski Dave Petty Debbie Woods Dave Woodcock Dave Worley Joe Ybarra Christina Young Fred Dlngerson Steve Doyen Chuck Fahrner Mark Foster Tony Gee Lisa Gonzales Kim Gossett Matt Gross Doug Hampton Scott Happle Kevin Hicks Lori Jennings Devon Jones Jeryl Jones Marie Kislowski Ken Polley Sharon Kisor Jim Poor Ron I Rod Reatoff Kovalski Cindy Massengale Sheila Maxwell Roy May Judy McClain Ken McCoy CherryI Meise Terri Miller Monica Nicks Ken Rhude Jan Sandor Eric Schaeffer Rich Schrader Cy Schwarz Mike Schwarz Karin Steele Dave Steinberg ■ I Jamie Stevens Rich Stone Billy Story Jackie Tarrant Jim Thompson Eric Trent man Dawn Utz Ken Williams Sherry Winkelman Larry Wolf Jill Wylie Jeff Yackel Patti I Zlmmermann Jen nine Abegg Jody Akridge Shannon Albert Honda Allen Kelly Amann Brenna Bagley Carrie Bagley Eddie Baker Tiffany Baldwin Tammie Ballenger Laura Barthel Nicci Barty Craig Bauer Jason Bayman Becky Bauza Krista Anderson Laurie Anderson Greg Ashenbrenner Jeff Atchisson Joyce Atkins Eunice Bannert Vicki Barbachem Tim Barrier Tracey Barrier Bev Barringer Nancy Beck Jenny Becker Landra Becker Gary Beggs Matt Bell Cherly Black Andrew Blaln Jeff Bloomer Anne Bloomfield Jeannie Boehne eks into your freshmen year comes decide if you would like to take A few wee - the time to part In the elections for class officers or stu¬ dent council. The students who decide to par¬ ticipate in the elections are introduced at a freshmen assembly. The students who run for class officers give a speech about what posi¬ tion they are running for and how they can support the class If they are elected. The biggest activity, which has been a tradi¬ tion at Belleville East for 20 years , is Loyalty Week. Many freshmen amazed by the projects and activities that go on throughout the week. The first day of Loyalty Week, everyone at¬ tends an assembly to learn more about the activities which will go on throughout the week. The class princesses and escorts are also introduced at the assembly. They are chosen a week before Loyalty Week by the students of their class. There are four girls and four boys chosen. During the week the students vote again to narrow the four girls and four boys to two girls and two boys. These four are an¬ nounced at the assembly on Friday. Following the assembly on Friday is the big parade. The freshmen class is to create their own float. The winner of the float competition is announced at the assembly on Friday. The excitement for the evening is the foot¬ ball game. After the game , Loyalty Week has eshi Josh Belter Eric Bennett Wendy Bennett Matt Benton Jim Bergmann Extracurricular activities provide ways for students to explore interests and talents in school and outside of the basic classes. The students in these activities get away from tradi¬ tional books and lectures and look into other ways of using their talents and interests. With extracurricular activities, stu¬ dents can explore the making of a newspaper or a yearbook, learn how to be an actor, inquire into how the work¬ ing world lives, and expand on musical talents. Extracurricular activities make ways to get involved for students who have time to stay after school. These students present entertainment and Information about the school to look back on in years to come. Scott Campbell Karla Carman Chad Carpenter Dave Carpenter Caleb Carter V m Mike Clifton Jane Cochran Shannon Coefleld David Collins Cindy Conklins 255 r There she is, the original punker, wearing her wild shoes long shirt, and pleated pants. Hoi long has she been here? Punker can be recognized by their hair cuts, the ribbons they wear in their hair, and their outrageously different style of clothes, though punkers may not have official handbook they seem tc a definite original way of dres The reasoning behind trastlng mode of dress am probably due to one’s self-t sion and creativity, and It cert a ly Is an attention-getter. I, for or. feel that “new wave” dress is m an example of the eccentrics of the world, but those who have the nerve to break the accepted norm through their physical appear¬ ance. Mike Dumb Trade Eade Scott Bryan Duffy Janice Dulle - ring! 6:30 A.M.. “HEY! I don ’t get up till you remember. This morning is ague. ILML consists of a series of hen usually given once a month at 7:30 t has 6 questions that increase in om 1 to 6. At East, the morning begins with donuts and general kid¬ ding around. Thoughts of getting a “6” are on a lot of peole’s minds, but some are concerned about just getting a 1! After Mrs. Spirtas has made sure everyone has scratch paper f she hands out the tests, face-down; calculated a half hour from the time the test commences, and gives the signal to begin. After a half an hour of frantic scribbling of numbers and hasty sketching of trapezoids, time is called and the answers are read. The top 6 scores are then sent into the state as well as high scores of individuals and a running track is kept, showing the top ten schools in the state and high scoring individuals. A copy of the results is sent back to schools to let them see how they stack up “mathwise” with the rest of the state. Belleville East has usually done well. This year Mike Mayer has managed to main¬ tain a perfect score on every test so far. If he will be able to maintain his perfect score throughout the course of the year, however, nains to be seen. Jean Hahne Joey Hamilton Danny Happel Larry Harpe Tesha Harris LANCERS SPIRIT! It shows itself during the normal school day as well as during special events. Students, faculty, and staff work together in a spirit of cooperation; and the campus is cared for with a spirit of Pride. Of course, on spirit days, and at athletic contests and other activities. Lancers Spirit really takes hold and shows ev¬ eryone why, if you have to go to scho Belleville East is the PLACE. The spi it really kicks off the school year. At maintains throughout the year. As Mr. Curtis states at all assemblies are two kinds of students those who go to East and those who wish did. Shontae Jacobs Jeff Jakob Sandra Jakovbek Etta Joggerst Avey Johnson ■■■■ Derek Johnson Jim Johnson John Johnson Susan Johnson Ricky Johnson Peter Jones Lorie Jowett Brad Judge John Kajdasz Craig Kapp Jenny LeCroix Eric LaFollette Staci Lanter Nancy Lark Angela Lauer Jim Lehnen Tina Lehnen Robert Leinicke Brian Lemaire Janet Lester This report in give a before and will probably not see again, but In front of your friends the whole situation changes. Your teacher Is grading you and if you make any mistakes your friends are going to laugh. So do you get up, talk a long time and have your friends think you are strange or do you treat It as a joke, have your friends enjoy it and make a bad grade. Belleville East has classes like Oral Communications which is a requirement for sophomores, to help us with situations. In Oral Communication you write and give speeches while trying not to look too nervous. So, just get up and give your report, our friends will listen and wish their as as good as yours. Terry Lexa Wendy Lied Kim Ligocki Ally son Llntz Lisa Lisch Susan Mann Amy Martin Shane Martin Mike Marty Kim Mattern - -f — Christy McDade Rich McGlrr Anita McHugh Mark McKeon Chris McMahon Kim Lugge Mike Macias Sharon Maddus Laura Maiworm Jeff Mann Transferring from junior high school to high school is somewhat of a problem because you are one of the oldest in junior high and now you are one of the youngest in high school. In junior high school you were possibly a basket¬ ball or track star for the school. Now, you are not a star because there is so much competi¬ tion. Other people in sports are so much better than you t that some are even getting college scholarship. Being a freshmen can be very difficult at times especially at the beginning of the year. You always look lost looking at your schedule or a map of the school , to find your way to your next class. People try desperately to sell you an elevator pass. Even other freshmen try to ant to look like Scott Miles Kristin Miller Paul Miller Jeff Minemann Mary Mizerany Leslie Moore Melody Moore Chris Moose Patricia Morris Tryon Morris Julie Mueller Mike Mueller Terry Mueller Tim Mueller Janet Myers ■■■■ ty There is a dread with having to start new again, along with the anticipation of making new friends. Although people are basically the same everywhere, you wonder If you will be accepted to this new group of people as you were with your other group of friends. Then, there are differences at courses at each school. Some courses remain the same, while other change. In the courses that change, it can be very difficult and confusing trying to catch up. The first day of school is very scary being in a strange place with strange people around. Probably the easiest part is adjusting to the teachers. It isn ' t very hard to adjust to their Carey Peterson Shelia Peterson Melinda Pflasterer Mark Phillips Tris Plnzke Malti Raiingham B Alan Ramage Chris Rambo D Tanya Ramsey Pete Rapp Kendra Rash Shirley Register Kirk Rettinghouse Joe Reetle Jerry Richardon Brenda Rivera Erica Robb Bob Robinson Becky i Rogers Leonard Rogers ■ ■ ■ ■ Tony Roy la nee Greg Saunders Angie Savage Karen Segert Todd Seelman 1 ; — i ' -T J Monica Richardson Pam Riestls Brett Riley Artie Risavy Chris Ritter Rick Rolfingsmeyer Shawn Ross Susan Roth Tammy Ross Ross Rounkles V srfc Dai r m longer are schc rough equipme odern journals ticated printing February 11, 1985 issue of the Laureate marked a milestone in in ting process and publication of the East newspaper The enti n t typeface appearance was attained by the acquistion of seven zees of Apple Computer equipment. various pieces of the computer apparatus enable the newspaper directly communicate via phone lines with the OTallon Pro - s, the printing company. The flexibility of the procedure permits any pple 2e or 2c computer to be automatically transformed into a newspa - er terminal for typesetting an article. With use of the “Appleworks” nputer disk, the newspaper staff can write and save their articles on ome computers, or computers in the learning center, and then trans- he floppy disks to the news office for editing and transmission to Fallon office. : ter news copy is returned from the printer, the staff designs ad rangement, photo layouts, news layouts, and the front page format of e monthly publication. The layout pages are burnished by the staff and returned to the printer. The 1500 copies of the school paper printed and then distributed to staff members to sell for twenty cents per copy. The goal of the Laureate is to provide students with the opportunity t develop modern Journalistic skills, as well as major means of communic - — iureaie is to proviae students witn me op i irnallstic skills, as well as continuing to b mmunication within the school. v � ' W- r vA (V, % ' V f rX Jeannie Schubert Tina Schuhardt Kristie Schwab Renee Sharp Venesia Sinnons John Si no vie Jennifer Sledge Juile Smith Everyday during 3B, 4A-B, 5A-B the cafete¬ ria is packed with hungry Belleville East stu¬ dents. A student has three choices for lunch (four for seniors)! here at BTHSE. The first choice Is the lunch line. If a student choses to go through the lunch line he she has the choice of plaza, hamburger, cheesebuger or the line that serves something different ever¬ yday like taco salad, burrltos, chicken sand¬ wich, or sub-sandwiches. The lunch line also provides a salad bar that seems to be fairly popular with the faculty and students. The price to eat In the lunch line Is $1.00 for a plate lunch, and .75t for a trip to the salad bar The second choice students at East have is the snack bar. At the snack bar a student can purchase anything from chips and an orange drink to a sweet roll and a glass of ice tea. The snack bar is a bit more expensive than the lunch line, for example nachos and a medium orange drink would cost $1.60. The third choice Is to bring your lunch. Not too many students at East choose to brown bag it. I guess they got burned out on peanut butter and jelly In grade school. Choice number four Is to venture across the highway to the everfaithful McDonalds. If you don ' t feel like McNuggests, fries, and a shake, you can walk a little further down Carlyle Ave. and have a Frosty at Wendy ' s, Unfortunately, L for underclassmen choice only av aown y ' s. Unfortunately, I number Is four Is uuum Troy Terry Jennifer Thomas D Brian Thompson Andrea Thurston Valerie Tinsley Chan telle Townsend Mike Tribout Brad Troutmai i Jeff Tucker Stacy Tutka Hi udy Halls. Ev- tly Stud ed into different try to get their can watch televb ink it ' s time to ds or boy friends. ly Hails are not eryone could be caf roups. Those who work done so tha on. The majority of notes to their girl hen there are some people who catch up on the sleep that they didn p t get the night before. Also. the athletes such as wrestlers discuss what their weight is. Many girls feel It ' s beauty time , so they brush their hair and put on ma¬ keup. Study halls are fine during the winter. When summer time comes it becomes very hot in the study hall room. Study halls are always very quiet. You have to be able to read lips or be capable to hear well in order to communicate with friends in study halls. Study halls should not be called study halls. Who knows what to call it? Mike Whitter Rich Wholey Cara Wickline Rich Wilburn Keith Wildhaber Brad Wilson Bill Winders Jamie Winkleman Jennifer Wisniewski Randy Witt 273 Carla Boyce Karl Braun Marcus Britton Jim Brown John Brumfield Chris Burton Luis Cervantes Michelle Coates Derrick Cone John Daily Micky Dienoff Tony Donaby Joyce Dulle Dan Fann Bob Ferrenbach !■■■ George Francis Doug Gegelman Frenton Gerlltz Che lie Griffin Russ Gunn Sherry Hackney Brandon Hanks Michelle Heinrich Ken Hill Anna James Wanda Joiner Sandy Jones Daryl Jones Kris Jones Julie Keener Larry Kniepkamp George Kisor Bill Langenstein Dana Lathrop Ron Lekosky Chris Lewis Eric Nystrom Kerry Osterle Matt Pearson Mike Poole Susan Reeb Dave Reece Cindy Roberts Scott Rogers Tammy Roth Sherrell Roy Carin Sauerwein Roger Scott “ Jennifer Taylor Chris Teague Jason Torbenson Lisa Tourville Jerry Tuck Soum Vak Kyle Wacholtz Bill Wagner Vicky Ward Donna Waters Erol Webber Reflaye Williams ■■ Ben Wolterlng a Wood Jn W.n.or 9 Of J cti. QM, u D.J4.S. £uit ZHieatre Jt ecemher 13 , 1983 8:00 p. m . Seven July 18, 1970-September 21, 1985 “The life of a sensitive, warm-hearted frie was lost on Saturday, September 21, 196 tie was an image of what many peopl to be. She was always happy and could cl, anyone with that smile on her face. Her ener enthusiasm, and love for others help create a fun and enjoyable atmosphere. She was a tab ented dancer and modeling was her favorite pastime activities. Although Katie’s life was so short, the memory of her will last a lifetime.” •MORI June 5, 1968 A Dead Past OF ROBBIE EWEN March 4, 1985 Not so, for living yet are those who long passed away; They live within our memc yes, there they live always. Their Look of love yet still remains, the words they spoke, we hear, and in a corner of our heart their face and form appear. Not only those we know and love but others passed along, who yet are living by their deeds, and lead a mighty throng. A Dead Past? No that cannot be, a past lives through the years, gives hope and comfort day by day by faith, gives hopes to fears. The Mighty Prince of Peace yet lives we feel Him close at hand. His Word controls the unb verse it yields to His command. I cannot think of a Dead Past, it often speaks to me and in my soul 1 hear its words Hence alive the Past must be. 275 Accent COMPLETE TRAVEL SERVICE AT NO CHARGE ★ AIRLINE RESERVATIONS A HOTEL RESERVATIONS if CRUISES AND TOURS if PRESLEY TOURS ★ SLIDE PRESENTATIONS SPEAKERS FOR GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS 7122 W. MAIN ★ BUSINESS AND FAMILY FOR ANY TRIP ANYWHERE DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL ★ INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS if FREE TICKET DELIVERY if NO CHARGE FOR FLIGHT INSURANCE CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED 50 Years of Senice ACME AUTO PARTS CO. 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Olde World Jewelers JEWELRY DESIGN, REPAIR REMODELING AND STORE REPLACEMENT DA VID MOHR Lincoln GEORGE SHAROS Falrvlew Heights, IL 62208 618-632-8590 S m QUIKSTOP 803 W. State, O’Fallon, IL. (Next To Dr mlno’s Pizza) Ph. 624-6664 25 Flavors Of Hard Ice Cream 3 Flavors Of Soft Ice Cream (Ice Cream Parlor Seating Area) « MOBIL GAS PRODUCTS • SODA SNACKS • BEER • WINE • LIQUOR • MAGAZINES, BOOKS • GROCERIES • BAKERY GOODS OPEN 24 HOURS DAILY THE FLORIST 1401 WEST MAIN BELLEVILLE.IL 62221 ROGER W. KAISER FLORAL ART AND GIFTS 618-233-9970 ria U 303 Boatmen’s Student Loans A good education is not only important, it can be expensive. That’s why Boatmen’s student loan program makes good sense. Learn now, pay later with a Boatmen’s Student Loan. Contact our Student Loan Department today! 23 Public Square 233-6600 BOATMENS NATIONAL BANK OF BELLEVILLE Member FD1C Equal Opportunity Lender Loans are subject to Federal and State guidelines which may change images of a yearbook editor Contrary to what some people on campus may think, this book is the creation of a fine yearbook staff led by a truly dedicated edi¬ tor, Myra McElliot. Few people on campus know Myra, but that’s because Myra’s life this year was dedicated to yearbook. Myra spent hours in seclusion, brainstorming con¬ stantly for ideas that would make this year¬ book truly unique. Being a close personal friend of Myra’s, she wanted me to thank those people who worked so hard to make this book what it is. Jennifer and Geoff, even though you know Myra (and are actually probably suffering severe Myra-itis), she wants you to know how much she appreci¬ ates the time, effort, talent, and creativity you put into this book. (By the way, Jennifer, Myra wants to know who put the “Do Not Disturb” sign on the yearbook office door . . .) Sue, Myra says to thank you for being a great sports editor. (Maybe you’ll get a date . . .) Sharon, Myra says you’ve done an in¬ credible job with ads and saved her a lot of headaches. Myra said it was nice to know the business aspect was in good capable hands. Beth, Tammy, and Maria, Myra says thanks a lot for all the work you guys (and Beth’s mom) did on your sections. Maria, Myra says you’ll probably be seeing a lot more of her next year. Erin, Myra says it’s too bad you and Denise and she never made it to see the Burner Tina Turner, but after the yearbook is done, Myra will have a lot more free time so just let her know. She also says thanks for setting up all those pictures! Carl, Myra says thanks for putting up with all those teachers. You did a commendable Job. After spending long nights poring over lay¬ out sheets, pictures, and proofs with Myra, 1 totally understand the appreciation Myra feels, and being Myra’s understudy, if you will, I would like to thank the 1985-86 year¬ book staff for making “Images” a great book. In the words of Myra McElliot, “1 thank everyone who contributed to this yearbook, and I thank the student body for buying and appreciating our hard work, but most of all, I thank heaven it’s finished!” (Myra’s pseudonym)