Carson High School - Carneta Yearbook (Carson City, NV)

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Warm Winter Wishes As Anti-Winter Week drew to a close, both school spirit and the temperature rose. Volunteer effort was put into premoting the dress-up days, which in- cluded Cowboy Day, Bahamas Day, Tiny Tots Day, Nerd Day, and the tradi- tional Blue and White Day. It was evident by the rowdy crowd at Friday ' s spirit assembly that all efforts paid off. Students were ready to support their basketball teams through their im- portant homecoming games against the challenging Hug Hawks on Friday evening. At half time of the varsity game, with the Senators leading, the King and Queen candidates were escorted onto the gym floor. Everyone was curious who tne Homecoming King and Queen would be. Heather Crossley, who was chosen as Homecoming Queen, said, I was so ex- cited to see who would win. I had no clue it would be me though! Homecoming King, Tony Smiderle, had his mind on an entirely different subject, however. Before they called my name, I couldn ' t help thinking about the little red blinking light on the home video camera that was filming our every move all evening long. But after I realized what had happened, I was happy! Candidates Wendy Brown, Tony Smiderle, Heather Crossley. Tim Davies, Michele Brown, )oel Willhalm, Michelle Tierney, Conan Mathson, Aeryn Don- nelly, and Scott Callister wait anxiously for the announcement of the 1987 Winter Homecoming King and Queen. Winter Homecoming King Tony Smiderle is congratulated by Queen Candidate Wendy Brown during half time. A surprised Heather Crossley. Winter Homecoming Queen, recalls, When they announced my name, I stood there for what seemed like ten minutes because I wasn ' t sure it was really my name! 25

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ANTI-WINTER WEEK Nerd day for Sophomore Diane Medeiros is Ihe perfect excuse lo be late for class. Several students invaded the local Salvation Army or their parents ' closets to prepare for the dress-up day. Millie Sprague, Jeff Lerud, and Micheline Tobev, who represent Ms. Caldwell ' s first period Eriglish class, show off their entry in the door- decorating contest that ended Anti- Winter Week. The entry, which came complete with Beach Boys tunes, a palm tree, and a lighted sun, took the first place prize in the contest — a pizza party. A bomb threat, which turned out to be a false alarm, left Heidi Hammack, Kerstine Johnson, Shelly Gagnier, and Diane Vo in the cold for about 15 minutes. The evacuation was especially uncomfortable because many students who were participating in the Anti- Winter WeeK festivities were forced to stand in 20 degree weather wearing no more than shorts, Hawaiian shirts, and thongs. 24

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D on. a. ting a little of ourselves Needles may not have been many people ' s style. That didn ' t stop many students from donating blood in the December and April blood drives. CHS remained the school with the best participa- tion per capita in Northern Nevada in the December drive, in which 148 units of blood were donated. Eighty of those were given to Mr. Frank, and the rest was given to others in the Carson area. The fear of donating did stop some students from joining the Red Cross ' cause. It ' s not even as bad as it seems. More people should donate because blood is hard to find and sornebody always needs it, said Senior Virda Alloway. That ' s right! There was a shor- tage of blood. Only a small percentage of people who could donate did. The donated blood was broken down into four parts, so one unit of blood benefited four people. There were several steps in- volved in giving blood. First the person signed up with the school nurse, a time was scheduled, and other iden- tifying Questions were asked. On tne day of donation, the donor went to the small gym to check in and wait to be called. The donor was then screen- ed, and a blood test was taken to check the iron level of the blood. The donor then found himself donating blood, a pro- cess which took about ten minutes. The juice and cookies must not be forgotten. These restored the volume of blood removed. For many the rest of the day continued as normal. Not many students found that t he absence of one pint of blood caused gravity to get the better of them, by Michelle Heun. Bonnie Hoffman exaggerates the pain that everyone expects. Pat Casey rolls back his eyes while he gets his temperature taken. Sundae Cloe watches intently as the volunteer takes a sample of her blood. Clay Brust overdramatizes the fact that he gave blood. 1 26