Columbus East High School - Altis Yearbook (Columbus, IN)

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While construction continued inside and outside of the school, studies con- tinued as usual. With drilling noises as background music. Junior Beth Dar- ragh reads while munching on crackers for lunch. Walking towards the library construction, Juniors Lisa Katchka and Laurie Flaherty pass construction workers. During the semester workers, equipment and scaffolds were expect- ed parts of the environment.

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ontents A Look Inside........-.....1-7 Inside Looking Out........8-39 Between the Lines........40-87 Class Act...............88-145 Crossing the Line......146-199 An Inside Look at Columbus... 200-245 One Final Look Inside.......246-248 Junior Andy Sawin and Richie Holdeman and Mrs. Gretchen Laemmer press ribbons for Ballet Gran Folk- lorico starring Jose Greco. Junior Dan Maudlin talks with his sophomores in homeroom and the women's swim team celebrates being state champs.

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Under construction: no ordinary Monday! Another Monday morning, sleepily you walk up into the clut- tered Commons and sit in your clique of friends. Everyone talks loudly and obnoxiously about their weekend. This could be like any other Monday, but it is not that ordinary. Glancing upward you see a massive pile of boards and a huge metal monstrosity used for construction work. As your friends slip into an endless conversa- tion, you realize they are completely unaware of the men in the white uniforms. The construction workers sit quietly and chat, ignoring the fact that they are surrounded by hundreds of Olympi- ans. It was not the usual school year. Walking up to your old home- room on the third floor, you discover with amazement that the room has vanished, without a trace. Then you carefully walk down to the resource level and discover that many new rooms had been built during the summer. Things have definitely changed. Surely there must be something that hasn't changed, perhaps the gym. You venture back down- stairs and pass three safety ramps; wasn't that where the sopho- more commons used to be? Strange. You get your courage up and head towards the gym. You pass what used to be the huge empty space between the two commons. Mow a new structure stands spanning to the ceiling. This will be the new library; you are told. You continue your adventure towards the gym. After reaching the destination, you look in dismay only to see the gym floor is gone. Months passed and the construction continued. Maybe you started getting used to the construction workers and the clanging hammers, or maybe you didn't. Senior Julie Byrd said. The noise was distracting, and sometimes the workmen and their equipment were in the way.’’ If you agreed with her then it is no surprise. Many times during a large group session you would hear the sounds of drills and of hammers. Wonder where the P.E. classes had gym, since no one was allowed in the gym? They had to sacrifice a little sweat for a little restful viewing. They watched television down in the Commons. What about the athletic teams; where would they practice with- out a gym? The volleyball team had a tough time of practicing. Mot having a gym floor was certainly a drawback at first. We always had to find another place to practice, captain of the team, Beth Sylvester said. We probably weren’t in as good as condition as last year, but not having the gym pulled us together as a team. They managed okay. After all they went to Semi-State. The cross-country team also went to Semi-State. They had a successful season by finishing with the acclaimed title of best team ever. According to runner, Mike Settle they could have gone all the way to State. We were very inexperienced but we did have a really good chance for State, but Wisch (John Wischmeier) was sick that day. You realize that the year's great sporting achievement was the swim team's State championship. You remember the thrill of hear- ing that four women represented East and came home with the title. Those four were Dale Etnyre, Tiff Forbes. Pam Hayden, and Chelle Richardson. They were the underdogs, but they won the championship. Etnyre summed up her feelings, We knew that we would qualify, but we weren't sure about winning. Forbes noted that they weren't favored, We only had four people, and Anderson had ten. It really felt good to beat everyone. You also remember the hysteria of the school knowing that we were the best in the state. What a way to put East on the map to show it’s what's inside that counts. by Carla Bowen Junior Yun Hui Percifield models a stylish leopard outfit for Punk Rock Day. Homecoming Week changed the fashions of students with a different spirit theme each day. Seniors Dawn Harris and Jill Carter took advantage of the excuse to wear hats on Hat Day. Junior Kim Dobson humored friends by sucking on a pacifier while hugging her bunny friend. Her costume was worn for Character Day of Homecom- ing Week.