Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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DIGGING JAPAN. Julie was a member of the Bill- Japanese people “love Keck digs for artifacts ings volleyball team that Americans.” (Photo sub- with two Japanese ar traveled to the Orient last mitted by Julie Keck) chaeologists. Keck, who summer, said the Japanese love, marvel at American seniors Along with an eventful summer, Julie Keck s senior year was full of more activities than most students do in all their years of high school. Keck was involv- ed in varsity volleyball, girls basketball, tennis, Bronc Express. Key Club, National Honor Society, and Student Council. She was sophomore and junior class vice- president and Student Council vice-president. The highlight of her opportunities came last summer when Keck traveled to Japan with a Billings volleyball team of 1 1 girls: from Senior High, three from West High, and two from Skyview High. Sports Tours Specialists con- tacted girls volleyball coach Jeff Carroll and in- vited the Senior High team to play in Japan. Only six girls thought they could go, so Carrol! extended the invita- tion to the Skyview and West High teams. “When the Japanese people saw us, they just went crazy. ’ Keck said. Although the team never deter- mined why the Japanese liked the Americans so well, Keck said the entire experience was “an incredible ego- booster.” The team won only two games “against the housewives and the elementary kids,“ but everyone felt great about the trip and thought the players were win- ners as good-will ambassadors. “The most ex- citing thing about Japan were the people, Keck said. “Even when I was homesick, I would meet more people who were so ex- cited to meet me that it would make me smile and feel great. They ap- preciated and liked me before they even knew me.’ —Tina Michael Sheree Winslow Kristie Wise Tonia Wolfe Ying Wong Zhao Wong Richard Wooster Robin Word Julie Wylie Kim Yellowtail Eva Zachmeier JoElle Zartman Lesley Zier 24 Winslow — Zier

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MEDITATING UNDER THE SUN. Chris Chakos relaxes after snow boarding at the Gardiner, Mont., headwall. Students took advantage of the many summer resort areas in Montana to ease the heat of the summer sun. (Photo submitted by Christy Robinson) FAST FOOD ROW. Angela Marshall stops at Taco Bell restuarant on Grand Avenue during lunch hour. The many fast food places on the same street as Senior High earned Grand Avenue its nickname of “Fast Food Row. ’ (Photo submitted by Christy Robinson) THE PLACE “What’s going on tonight?” “Meet at 8 o’clock at Kelly’s Grave.” The “place to meet,” or hangouts, changed constantly throughout the years from downtown to 24th Street West to JB’s on Grand Avenue. JB’s was a common place to meet for mass study sessions and get- togethers after school activities. The atmosphere of the restaurant and it’s late hours led the students to the home of the “Big Boy.” On Friday and Saturday nights dur- ing their sophomore year, students fre- quently found security guards and locked bathrooms at McDonalds fast food restaurant on Grand Avenue. Students were kicked out if they caus- ed a disturbance or didn’t order food and just hung out. “The Point” changed from downtown to 24th Street West when police started hiding in the alleys, for- cing students to find a new place to drive. Cruising ended when home- owners and businesses complained that teens were being too disruptive. WINTER TUBBING. Shocked at seeing ner classmates in a snowsurrounded hot tub, Paige Boyer finds the place to be is in Christy Robin- son’s back yard. Seniors got into the swing of winter bathing because several classmates had back yards equipped with hot tubs. (Photo sub- mitted by Christy Robinson) “Have you seen ‘Dirty Dancing?5” “Yes! Wasn’t Patrick Swayze just great?” Comical and suspenseful movies kept students at the theatres or in front of the TV watching video rentals. Looking back over their high school years, seniors listed their favorite movies as the following: 1. Top Gun 2. Fatal Attraction 3. Dirty Dancing 4. Three Men and A Baby 5. Crocodile Dundee Students who thought that $4.50 was too much to spend on a movie in the theater waited for it to come out on video when they could rent it to see again and again. Movies and video parties became top billing for entertainment on weekends.