Bland High School - Echo Yearbook (Bland, VA)

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all worked together to create a pleasant environment and quality education. Individuals Div. Individuals — 3

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Keeping in touch with global activities. Following the January 29th Su- per Bowl game, Redskins paraphenalia was everywhere. De- spite a slow start the Skins went wild in the 2nd quarter to win 42- 10 over the Denver Broncos. The nation celebrated the 200th birthday of our constitution and the presidential race began with a lot of emphasis on moral issues. The main early contenders were Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, Pat Robertson, Bob Dole, George Bush and Richard Gephardt. In March, Virginia held its first pri- mary election. On the local scene, Danny Bird tossed his hat in the ring for gov- ernor and a heated county election found the final tallies very close. Tom Roseberry became the new sheriff; Karen W. Harman, treas- urer; George Schaeffer Gary Nel- son, supervisors; Stephen Kelley, school board member. Aids was the biggest medical threat, drinking age was raised to 21, blaze orange for hunters be- came mandatory, and seat belts for all front seat passengers became law in January, 1988. Very dry conditions in the fall were followed by flooding. The first snow fell on Nov. 11 with 2 inches. On Jan. 8, the county awoke to 8 of white fluff followed by a week with temperatures below 32 degrees. A flurry of activity and excite- ment occurred when residents anx- iously watched the skies at night for concrete evidence of UFO claims. There was much publicity and speculation but lack of proof brought death to the rumors. — Opening

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Changes and additions affect Bland’s criteria. This was the year of many new changes and additions. Several members of both the secondary and elementary faculty departed this year. The former members, Mr. Gary Collins, Mrs. Rae Lee Honaker, Ms. Kim Styron, Miss Kay Blevins, Mrs. Patricia Brewer, Mrs. Mary Cosby, Ms. Mary Pat Meade, and Mrs. Teresa Wood were replaced by new teachers who were eager to teach the young de- veloping minds of Bland Com- bined. Part of the special educa- tion program was moved to Rocky Gap and the secondary music pro- gram was dropped. The new members were Mrs. Sylvia Dotson, Mr. William Hale, Mrs. Peggy Hughes, Ms. Stephanie Hurt, Mrs. Barbara Justice, and Mrs. Donna Musick. There were also two new additions made to the academic criteria which were A P Calculus and the MACC (team) competition. Mr.Roger Dale Thompson — Principal; 20 years; BS VPI; MS Radford. Mr.Richard Crockett Havens — Asst. Prin- cipal; 18 years; US History, Geography, Intro. Bus.; Senior Class sponsor; BS Blucfield State. Mr.Fred Lee Beamer — 9 years; Econom- ics, Government, Civics, Sociology; IOth sponsor; BS and MS VPI. Mrs.Carolyn B. Bane — 27 years; Adaptive History, Industrial Cooperative Training; VICA sponsor. Cooperative work training; BS and MS Radford. Mrs.Christine R. Bird — 8 years; English 8 9, Creative Writing, Dramatics; Sponsor- 8th grade. Drama. Forensics, Newspaper, BS Radford. Mr.Tommy Bird — 6 years; Math I II, Con- sumer Math, Pre-Algebra, Applic. of Math; 9th Asst, sponsor; BS Radford. Mr.William Harvey Crabtree — 20 years; Agriculture 1,II,III,IV,V; FFA sponsor; BS and MS VPI. Mrs.Sylvia June Dotson — 23 years; El- ementary Resource; BS Tenn. Wesleyan, MA Tcnn. Tech. Univ. Mrs.Sue K. Dunford — 20 years; Third grade; BS Radford. Mrs.Janet Breedlove Faulkner — 19 years; Honors English, English 10, II, 12; Sponsor — Senior Beta, Asst. Senior class, English MACC team; BS and MS Radford. 4 — Faculty