Bement High School - BIM Yearbook (Bement, IL)

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Who’s That? the first small school that I have attended. I have only year to go and I look forward to it.” — Howard Chapman Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the “new kid” in school? We asked a few what it’s like and here is what they had to say. “It’s frightening at first, trying to make new friends and not knowing how people are going to except you, but I like it here. It’s different than other schools I’ve been to. I just hope I’m here to graduate in the Class of ’87 at BHS. — Laurie Lewis “At first I was quite scared when I came back to the school. You see I left Bement Grade School in fifth grade. As people say, I became a Monticelloian, but that’s not true. Monticello didn’t have spirit like Bement.” — Beth Stengel “I think that the school is a good one. The people are a lot nicer here than they were where I came from. Bement High School is Was It Enough To Scare People Sunday, November 20, 1983 “The Day After” was scheduled to be telecast on ABC. Over 100 mil- “I believe that a nuclear war would be a no-win situation. The world would more than likely be destroyed and most of the people would die within hours. The ones that do survive would die in months because of cold weather and lack of food. If there does happen to be another war, it would probably be fought with bombs that would only kill the people and not ruin the world. — Don Quick lion people viewed. The movie tried to show what it would be like if there would be a nuclear war. “I think nuclear war would be suicide for both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Most, if not all of the rest of the world would be destroyed too. I don’t think it will happen because why would anyone want to destroy themselves?” — Mary Kirwan We asked a few of the Senior students what they thought about war and here are their responses. “I think that it is possible but I doubt that it will happen because the U.S.S.R. wants to take over our country and if they started war with us, both countries would be destroyed. — Karla Satterfeal Fact There are 40,000 nuclear war heads and missiles in the United States and Soviet Union.

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People Magazine Second grade teacher Margaret Feeney retired this year. She taught many of us in the second grade. We will all miss Mrs. Adams’ and Mrs. Feeney’s warm and outgoing manner in the school and we wish them a very pleasant retirement. After 24 years Frances E. Adams has retired. Frances said she enjoyed working in the cafeteria, she will miss it very much. Mirage: Head Start To An Experience “Mirage is great!” said Senior Lori Foran. “It’s really a lot of fun and it’s a great opportunity to learn new equipment work and meet people who are interested in the same things you are. “What is Mirage? Mirage is a color guard made up of young men and women between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one. Sponsorship of Mirage is through the Exploring division of the Boy Scouts of America. Mirage is chartered by American Legion Post 287 in Rantoul, Illinois. “I think it is a good experience because it is a good way of meeting new people and having a lot of fun doing it,” said Nancy Fritz. During the Winter months, Mirage competes with other color guards from the Central U.S. as a member of the Midwest Color Guard Circuit. They have also been known to form exhibitions at basketball games, shopping malls and even youth centers. Senior Lori Foran, Junior Michele Montgomery and Freshman Nancy Fritz became member of the Mirage color guard in late October. They all agreed that it was very time consuming but, they wouldn’t have wanted to miss a minute of it. It’s really a neat opportunity to meet people from a lot of different schools.” said Junior Michele Montgomery. Stardom Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sing with a band? For Sophomores Heidi Radmaker and Leigha Crowl it’s a reality. They sing with the Country Jacks, a band which plays mostly Country and Pop music. They don’t sing with them all of the time, just mostly at weddings. They started singing with them as Solo and back up singers in the summer of ’83. Heidi’s dad is one of the lead members. “When I graduate I plan to get my own band together,” said Leigha Heidi and Leigha said that they were scared when they first started, but now they love it. “It’s fun for a past time now, but when I graduate from High School I plan to go on to college.” said Heidi. 10

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Sheila Allison Pam Baker Tonya Bowdre Gary Brennan Kelli Brittenham Tara Buckner Chuck Burgener Amy Cook Mike Day Secretary Treasurer Shari England Mike Ensign Kelly Fritz Nancy Fritz Donnie Fuqua Denise Gallivan Shelly Gulliford Rusty Hislope Evelyn Hutson Teresa .Jamison Corey Larimore Vice President Tara Larimore 1. Cheerleader Tonya Bowdre cheers on the crowd while waiting for the football players to start the Snake Dance. 2. Tyler Morton takes a snooze after an exhausting day of marching in a parade. 3. Kelly Fritz enjoys the bus ride to the French rock concert. 12 Picture Time