Bloomfield High School - Owl Yearbook (Bloomfield, IN)

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W Academic aehievers compete in 1 98 7-88 Knowledge Master pen WSIS ISS x Qu... Bl 55317- ' Vggggx .. .sa . 1 K S -nt Designated keyboardist Mike Poe awaits a definite answer from the other students before he keys it into the computer. Mike did an excellent job typing in the team's answers at the most opportune time. copy 8- Iayoul by Danise Alano a ' 1 NIU nf' Shawn Farris examines the question posed by the great auk on the screen. Jim Smith and Preston White loudly confer on the answer as Sally Conley concentrates, despite this distraction. Students who excelled in their academic classes were asked to participate in the Knowledge Master Open Competition. Mrs. Elrod invited freshman through senior students to compete. A total of about 40 high schoolers sat in the library reading questions from a television screen. The questions were generated from a computer disc and each had four multiple-choice answers. After reading the question, the 40 students worked together to come up with a single answer within sixty seconds. The answer was then entered by way of a keyboard fthe keyboard operator this year was senior Mike Poel. Five points were received upon answering correctly the first time, and bonus points were awarded if the question was answered correctly within thirty seconds. Second chance answers received two points and no bonus points. The types of questions contained subjects such as algebra and geometry, chemistry and physics, geology, English and composition, the fine arts, and current events and world history. This year the students scored, with no help from any faculty personnel, 1,195 points after answering 200 questions. This is a highly respectable score in com- parison to last year's 1,009 points. Mrs. Elrod was heard praising the students saying, They did extremely well? 19

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Memories 0 eotland Festival Queen Angie Smith and her court travel down Main Street in the Scotland Parade. The sun was shining warm and bright, and the little town of Scotland was alive with the gathering of family and friends. As stated by senior Russell Merkel, f'The Scotland Festival is a great op portunity for old friends and relatives to reunite and talk about the good ole' days. The day began with Bloomfield's very own Angie Smith being crowned as the Scotland Festival Queen with Lisa Lowder being chosen as Miss Congenialityg Kimberley Grove, First Runner-upg and Tracy Plano of Odon as Second Runner- up. Next, as the highlight of the day, was the traditional Scotland Parade. Despite the warm weather and hot, itching uniforms, the band marched on among the various floats, three-wheelers and horses and buggies. Throughout the remainder of the af- ternoon, people were able to browse among numerous tables of antiques and many delicious food stands or sit in their lawn chairs and listen to some good old country music. As the day came to an end, the little town of Scotland, exhausted from all the excitement and festivities, settled down with another day full of memories. Joe Medina plays his trumpet with total determination in the parade. If QXXRKYV , I 1 r , .l . Maze. ...vlaf The BHS band marches to the school song, Illinois Loyalty. layout by Russell Merkel copy by Angel Neidigh 18

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aught in the act at BH Senior Mary Jane 0'Neall looks as though she may be up to something mischievous. Is she playing with the elevator buttons again? In the nurse's office, Christa Wright calls attention to Stacey Fesler's armless sleeve ther arm is in a cast? while Kim Heaton and Tracey Denton smile. These jlmiors don't look ill, do they? 4 s... 5 At this Science Club meeting, no one Senior Lesley Jackson is Captured here in seems to be paying any attention to the essence of cool during her creative whomever is speaking. writing monologue. 20