Benicia High School - Panther Yearbook (Benicia, CA)

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Panther Productions had a very busy year consisting of performances and observations of plays. The elected officers for this year were Chris Stanhll as President, and Randy Huntimer as Vice-President. The group undervvrote an excersion to see UThe Nutcraker as performed by the San Francisco Ballet Company at the Opera House. Attending a workshop in CSU Sacramento highlighted the clubs fall activities. Being able to see a play by College students enabled them to build on their own talent experience. The annual spring play, presented in lVlay, is their major fund raiser to pay for their expenses. Q xxx xx ,vi ' -. te- i S Ry ,ff Q 1' If gif X w 7 X I V xx f N ,f , ,ff J f ' V f , ' X . ff v , 4 .f rl. ' , I , J J ffff ,ff . L Ti' T' A Z r Y Y, ,, J i xx ,7 Jff. , X 1' , ffm' xxgi ,i ,ff J , f XX I of A xx , , , ' ,en 7' x ff , 'ff' e 1 .Y I Y 5 fii X he-,V , ,H X W All. ,Y 5 'T ff r Panther Productions-47

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PA THER PRQD CTIO .AQF MM. 1. Vivian Rindik and Carla Kibby play the part of Jack and King. Z Gary Coe and Scott Sukraprana 3 James Harder, Scott Sukrapana, Chris Stanhll Randy Huntimer, Leah l-lartsell, Stephanie Whitmore, Jolene Hoy, Lisa Foy, Gary Coe Vivian Rindik, and Karla Kibby get into character. 4 Randy Huntimer knocks on the door of Leah Hantsell's cottage, 5 Randy Huntirner, Chris Stanfill, Stephanie Whitmore, Jolene Hoy, and Carla Kibby dress for next scene 40-Panther Producuons i lf, QB'-

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BACKPACKI It is sometimes difficult to explain the appeal of backpacking to the uninitiated. Viewed from the outside, several aspects of the sport resemble work, not play. Backpackers lug everything they need to survive in large, brightly colored, often heavy packs. They wear heavy, clunky-looking boots. They don't talk much on the trail, particularly in steep, mountainous country Chard to ind Hat plains worth seeing in Californial, because talking requires breath, the oxygen they need to make one . .. more . . . step . , .. Also, backpackers sweat, have sometimes known to develop blisters, and their muscles get sore. lVloreover, when they sleep it is usually on the ground, sometimes in tents, sometimes not. Some prefer to sleep suspended above the ground from nylon hammocks! All-in-all, anyone who has not had the 48 - Backpacking opportunity to backpack in beautiful country might very well judge backpacking to be akin to what someone once said of running marathons: HI do it because it feels so good when I stop. So why are the backpackers in these pictures smiling? Backpacking offers obvious attractions: a chance to let go, to be away from the dirty air, the asphalt, the people, the hassles of civilation. There are shared moments of fleeting beautye sunlight slanting through the top branches of a redwood forest, the high, clear, cold stars making the night alive with their luminescence, the quick, barely glimpsed white flick of a deer's tail disappearing around the bend of the trail. There are the lures of snow-fed streams, of enchanted lakes in the high country. There are the shared experences around the Hickering campnre. There is the sense of G comaraderie, of belonging. As alluring as these backpacking benehts are, though, perhaps they do not compare to what can happen to the backpacker within. Backpacking builds character. It offers a challange. It gives the opportunity to reach down inside and come up with an acknowledgement and acceptance of one's self, a chance to feel good about who one is and where one is going. And so, if you would like to find out who you really are, become a backpacker. You'll have a chance to find out who you are, and you'll do it in beautiful surroundings- Yosemite, The Desolation Wilderness, Kennedy lVleadows, Big Basin .. . . The backpacking club has gone to these places, and will be going back. Come with them. --.. Q ml -A af . -Al' .Y sf? 5.33