Byron Area High School - By Hi Yearbook (Byron, IL)

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1. Tepher Ward jokes around with another student. 2. Mark Kirking and David Droder add an extra event to a home ec lab. 3. April Cook shows how happy she is to be a Byron Tiger . 4. Deanna Doyle and Becky Scheck enjoy the excit- ing atmosphere of a school dance. 5. Pamela Mahan is enthused by playing a challeng- ing game of racquetball. 6. Terri McDanel and Katy Morrison make their last year a happy and enjoyable one. 7. Jeannette Boehm, Jennifer McCarthy and Corbin Anderson laugh together at another classmmate. Our parents say it. Some of our teachers say it. Even Principal Hassler said it on the first day of school: These are the best years of your lives. It is true, we thought. Further thought prompted the idea that, yes, today, 1987 — this is the best year of any of our lives. Why was this year the “best”? Besides the sharing in previous pages, 1987 brought about more of the happy times that Byron High School is noted for. We yelled ourselves silly at the games. We danced to good music with our favorite partners at the dances. We laughed and joked around between classes until 10 seconds before the final bell — then we raced to class. Even lining up in front of the candy machines meant snickers galore. Even our classes weren’t all that bad — and some of us admit to having good times in them. There is plenty of evidence for 1987’s being the best year of our lives. Introduction — 5

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‘The best yeof our lives means happy times 4 — 5 7

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1. Lisa Freedlund’s disappointment because of the night’s game is apparent. 2. Karin Nelson tries to accept the loss her class suf- fered during Homecoming games. 3. Kelly Belden dares the photographer to snap the camera at her. Even ‘ t best year’ had its share of disappointments Looking at this year, can it be said that this is the “best year of our lives”? Everyone has disappoint- ments throughout his life. Remember when the right person never asked you out, the games that were lost, when you didn’t make the team, or you lost to your best friend for that perfect spot on the cheerleading squad? How about the time an “F” appeared on your report card or progress report. Did you think the teacher must have made some mistake because you didn’t deserve that grade? We have all had our bad days as high school students and felt that our lives were at an end, but our good days have mostly out num- bered our bad. Like that certain smile that came your way, the games we won, the dances, or the practical jokes we pulled on the teach- ers. Yes, this is the year that we will al- ways remember as being the best. Now it’s time to look on — to take our next step in life. We have learned that there are disappointments in our lives, but somehow we have always gotten through them. 6 — Introduction