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

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V Amy Gray and Abby Haas of the Sweet Menke s head for the finish line during the three-legged race. (Below) Amy Rehg of KC ' s Convicts concentrates on successfully catching the egg. All the teams line up for the wheelbarrow race. The Sweet Menke’s ended up winning.

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The Senior Olympics or Powder Puff Olympics, an East tradition is a major highlight during Loyalty Week. The Seniors get their teams together and then find a teacher or teachers to be team sponsors. There were six teams participating in this years Olympics. They were: The Real Rock Reynolds and Sweet Menkes wearing yellow and blackt wearing purple and green were Dahm ' s Sax-Packers. K.C.’s Convicts with black, red and white. Schmidt’s Cohlminers in orange and black. Gucci Guys and Gucci Girls in black on red. and the Bainter and Chaney’s Chargers in yellow and orange on black. The Powder Puff Olympics is for Seniors only. There are 35 girls and 10 guys on each team. However, a team may have more girls and guys, but they have to be honorary team minbers that can only cheer. The guys are the cheerleaders and the girls are the participants, which adds a different twist. The teams participate in a number of activities like the pie-eating contest, which kicks off loyalty week in an assembly. Other events are the wheel barrow race, the egg toss, the apple pass, the tug-of-war. and finally volleyball. Everyone enjoyed themselves whether they won or lost. Especially the cheer¬ leaders. who showed their team spirit by doing back flips, cart wheels, and by forming pyramids. The Powder Puff Olympics is a great way for Seniors to enjoy their last year in school and make it memorable. 1st Place - Real Rock Reynolds § Sweet Menkes 2nd Place - Dahm ' s Sax- Packers 3rd Place - K.C.’s Convicts 4th Place - Schmidt’s Cohlminers 5th Place Gucci Girls and Gucci Guys 6th Place - Bainter and Chaney’s Chargers 4 (Above) Simon says touch your nose - Simon Says was the first Powder Puff event of Loyalty Week. Pictured are Soojin Wallin and Nancy Ton- aszewski. Reflaye Williams of the Gucci Girls and Guys pulls her team to victory during the Tug-of- War.

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EAST’S L ©F ©©TAlTr One of the biggest events of Loyalty Week is the crowning of the Queen. The Queen is not crowned until the Friday assembly, so the suspense bu ilds throughout the week. The 198$ Queen candidates are Jody Akridge. Shannon Cornwell. Kara Hoffmann. Kristin Miller. Tammy Roth. Stephanie Vahle, and Marci Weatherford. The escorts are Josh Bovinette. Pete Jones. Mike Mueller. Todd Seelman, John Sinovic, Tim War chol. and Forry Wells. The entire student body votes on who they want to be their Loyalty Week Queen and King. FinalK the big moment arrives. This year ' s Loyalty Week Queen an King are Shannon Cornwell and John Sinovic! Stephanie Tod (1987 first runner up) came back to crown the new Queen. $h was escorted by Mike Eastman (1987 Queen’s escort). The firs runners up are Tammy Roth and Pete Jones. The second run ners up are Stephanie Vahle and Todd Seelman. (Above) The 1988 Court at the Mall show. From left to right. Kristin Miller. Marci Weather ford. Stephanie Vahle. Shan non Cornwell. Kara Hoffman. Tammy Roth, and Jody Ak¬ ridge. The 1988 Escorts before the assembly. From left to right: Mike Mueller. Pete Jones. Josh Bovinette. Tim Warchol. Todd Seelman, Forry Wells, and John Sinovic. rr..