Crittenden County High School - Rockette Yearbook (Marion, KY)

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Football Homecoming is always a cru- cial and sleepless time for the Class of 1981. this year being no exception. The class assembled its forces and prepared for battle. The battle was CLASS FLOAT COMPETITION, and our class had a repu- tation to protect. For three years in a row we had reigned supreme as the Kings and Queens of float competition. 1980 was our final chance-would we again take our place on the throne or would we fall to defeat at the hands of the underclass- men. This year we went to war with what we thought to be more than adequate am- munition Our float theme was Dam Up the Lakers. We portrayed the theme by creating a blue rocket from steel. The rocket was 14 feet high with a circumfer- ence of two and a half feet, weighing 200 pounds The rocket had arms and a blue and white helmet instead of a nose cone. It was set in concrete by steel pipes. To- gether the rocket and the concrete weighed around 2.500 pounds Trying to break through the dam was a duck wearing a red football helmet, sym- bolizing the Laker football team. The duck, which was swimming in a pond, advanced then retreated for another try at breaking through the dam During the parade the duck was operated by Mark Lathem and Pat Franklin. Rhonda Shouse supervised the building of the duck, and Mike Campbell headed the construction of the lake. All of the above was set on a trailer borrowed from Steve Shouse of Sturgis. The float was driven by Harold Hunt on a tractor borrowed from Voss Farm Equip- ment by Dane Brantley, Bert Papineau, and Danny Starrick. This was our weapon as we prepared to fight The parade was to start at 2:00. and our float was completed at 1:59. On the way to the front our float encountered a low flying tree limb, but this did not deter the Seniors When the echoes of battle had died down the Seniors were once again victori- ous. The Class of 1981 became the only class to ever win the float competition four years in a row. adding weight to our class yell: We are super, second to none. We’re the Class of ’81!” This astronomical achievement could not have been accomplished without the dedication of virtually every member of the Senior Class and the much appreciat- ed aid of some friends. Seniors working on the float. Top row L to R: Dane Brantley. Anna Hanor. Leanne Malcom. Mike Campbell. David Yandell. and Cindy Davenport. Bottom row L to R: Pam Roberts. Von Summers. Monte Hill. Gerald Cullison. Danny Star- rick. Bert Papineau. Kim Dameron. and Roxanne Binkley. Thomas Hodge Maudie Hough Jamie Hubbard Harold Hunt Hodge. T.-Hunt. H- Class Of 1981 25

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Tyrone Hobbs Danny Hodge Jamie Hodge Robert Hodge 24 Class Of 1981 Hobbs-Hodge. R.

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Tracy Hunt Angie James Amy Jeffress Nickie Jennings Pam Jennings Lisa Johnson Glenn Jones Melanie Joyce 26 Class Of 1981 Hunt-Joyce