Bonanza High School - Golden Visions Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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Q K S 42 spirit week BB. if-ii-fc: AA Students enjoy music provided by KBBC dur- ing the Mardi Gras carnival. A Freshmen class representative Narda Torrealba and Kenny Baker maneuver around the obstacle course during the Spirit Week Assembly. 4 Disco Toss, sponsored by KBBC, was just one of the many booths for the Mardi Gras carnival. Celebration Hindered bg Snow Strange weather once again took its effect on a Bonanza celebration. Bonanza's first Spirit Week was scheduled for January 29-February 2. Just as rain revised homecoming activities, snow drastically changed Spirit Week. Monday's Hat Day and Tuesday's Unknown Comic Day had little partici- pation, due to the lack of publicity. Wednesday was set aside for the Mardi Gras Carnival and Thursday was to be Sock Day, but once again the weather intervened. Due to snow the Mardi Gras was postponed by the administration, then the school dis- trict closed all schools on Thursday. Friday of Bonanza's first Sprit Week ended up not being a Brown and Gold day, but the students were definitely spirited with so many snowball fights errupting that the administration had to give disciplinary warnings. After most of the snow had melted some of the Spirit Week activities were held with more success. The Mardi Gras was Thursday the ninth from 6-9 p.m. and 19 clubs sponsored booths. Students especially enjoyed the choir's kissing booth which was semi- supported by Bob Salsburyp the Pie-in- the-Face booth sponsored by the var- sity cheerleaders and the Drama club's photo button booth. Thursday morning the Leadership club cooked up a storm and served over 350 students pancakes, sau- sages, orange juice, and white or chocolate milk. The Almost-Anthing- Goes Assembly held Thursday was also a whopping success. The senior class sponsored the events which included walk-a-pong, tricycle obsta- cle course and the 4-legged walk. The juniors dominated the events through- out the entire assembly and won. The final score had a three way tie for sec- ond place between the other three classes. One week after the scheduled Spirit Week, spirited events finally made the effort a success. l l i

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What do the years 1949 and 1979 have in common? They both were years n in which an unusual and fascinating vent occured in our community, this ing SNOW! The city of Las Vegas also 'eceived some snow in 1974, but it ivasn't comparable to the inches of snow in 1949 and 1979. The snowstorms of these two years were serious enough to cause both the VlcCarran International Airport and all f the Clark County Schools to be shut own for an entire 24 hours. 1979 'ecords also showed a 23 percent xflllurflll, l increase in electricity used by Las Vegans for February 8 and 9. Over 150 automobile accidents were recorded for Wednesday's 7.2 snowfall. How did the snow affect Bonanza students? Everyone seemed to thor- oughly enjoy it. Snowball fights were carried on during breaks, lunches, and even during some classes. This did present a few disciplinary problems, but for the most part it was a fun day for everyone. A Rowdy Bonanza students carry out World War Ill in the quad area with snowballs. A An Arizona Spruce is draped with its first and possibly last snow on the grounds at Bonanza High. 4 Although snow covered walks look treacherous, they weren't on Wednesday. However, on Friday the slick ice made walking around campus difficult. snow 41

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135. ,.. iw, ,, , .xi is Z' .5-ll ! if 1- fm? ggi, c . , W, vaio? vga if Jlr ,H ,m,,ZQ ,, i Mavis. ff Kd' I .t if 2 f! me into AA Patsy Messinger, Doug Smith, Tom Foskaris, and Lisa Poe joined together for the senior class in the four-legged walk. 4 Chad Lucas shows Doug Messinger the first place ribbon which went to the first person to drink a pitcher of Kool-Aid in the Chug-a'Lug contest. A Contestants Mike Fritzgerald, Jim Wright, Larry Seegmiller, and Tony Pursell await for the begin- ning of the pancake eating contest. Jim Wright won by eating his plateful the fastest. q Q spirit week 43