DeLand Weldon High School - Eagle Spotlight Yearbook (Weldon, IL)

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Christopher Hall Pamela Jennings Christine King Elizabeth Kingston Bonita Landstrom

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Michael Burton Alan Cowling Bonnie Gerstung

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NANCY BAYLOR: Freshman class presi- dent; Homecoming attendant 1, Band 1, 2, 3, 4; S.V.C. HONOR BAND 1, 3; Music con- test 1, 2, 3, 4 Band president 4; Assistant Drum Major 4; Chorus 4; Musical 2, 4; Jr.- Sr. Play 3, 4; Volleyball, Statistician 2, 3, 4 AFS 1, 2, 3, 4 Treas. Foreign Language Club 1, 2, 3, 4; V. Pres. 3; Pres 4; Year- book 2, 3, 4 Editor Pom-Pon squad 1, 2, 3 treas, 4 cap Illinois girls’ state 3; typing award 3; Honor roll 1, 2; High honor roll 3, 4; Nat. HONOR society 4; Who’s who in America 4; Distinguished American high school students award 3, 4; United States achievement award 3 INTERESTS: playing the piano, listening to music, being with my friends, youth group, helping people solve their problems, and JOHN!!! AMBITIONS: I plan to go to Parkland and take some basic classes. Then I plan on transferring to ISU to major in special education. After college, I hope to find a nice paying job and later get married and have a family. ADVICE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: Make the most out of your high school years, they will be gone before you know it!!! CAMERON BASSETT: Track 1, 2, 3, 4 Basketball 3, 4; Man. 1, 2; Football man. 3, 4; Letterman’s 2, 3, 4 treas. 4; Student council 4; Class vice pres. 4; Nat. Honor Society 2, vice pres. 3, 4; honor roll 2, 3; Premier boys’ state 3; school play 2; chorus 1; Swing chpochoir 1, 2; KTC, Inc. youth program 1, 2; who’s who in America 3; Society of distinguished Americans high school students 3; Citizens advisory Swing choir 1, 2; KTC, Inc. youth program 1, 2; Who’s who in America 3; Society of Distinguished American High School Students 3 Citizens advisory council 4 — for recommendations of earned credits for graduation from D-W High School 4; INTERESTS: Running, eating, traveling, dungeons and dragons good times, games, fast cars, women, rock music, computers. AMBITIONS: I like to get a good paying job, Earn lot’s of money, marry, and live a suc- cessful life, (fat chance!!) ADVISE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: Find a pur- pose in life, be a bad example. JOE BLAZEK: Football 1, 2, 3, 4; D.A.V.C. 3,4 INTERESTS: Loud music, Big parties, cruis- ing, hunting, fishing, motorcycles. AMBITION: To get as far away from Weldon as possible, make lots of zeros behind my check, and to own a Harley Davidson. ADVICE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: Get out as soon as possible. BONNIE BRIGHTON: (Bon Bon) Band 1; Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Musical 1, 2, 3, 4; Na- tional Honor Society, 3, 4; Honor Roll 1, 2, 3, 4; Chorus Contest 1, 2, 3, 4; Band Con- test 1; A.F.S. 1, 2, 3, 4; Library Club 1, 2, 3, 4; F.H.A. 2,4. INTERESTS: Piano, swimming, playing ten- nis, jogging, and being with Jered. AMBITION: I plan to attend Miliken Universi- ty for four years and get my Bachelors degree in Elementary Education. Then get a job, get married, and have a family. ADVICE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: Just be yourself, and don’t let people push you around. MIKE BURTON: (Gator) Football 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Musical 1, 2, 3, 4; Library Club 2, 3, 4; A.F.S. 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 1; Newspaper 3; F.F.A. 1, 2; Let- termen’s Club 4. INTERESTS: Fast cars, fast women, horses, drawing, being with friends, fishing, hunting, camping, hiking, MONEY. AMBITION: TO own about 360 acres of land to use for a ranch, invest money in stock market and make millions, and live happily ever after. ADVICE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: Take D.A.V.C. so you don’t have to sit in this prison all day. JACK COOK (Jack Fried): Football 4; Baseball 3, 4. INTERESTS: I like hiking, traveling, and meeting new people. AMBITION: To become whatever I become. ADVICE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: To enjoy school while they can. ALAN COWLING: Football 4; Baseball 4; Play 4. INTERESTS: Quick motorcycles, and fast cars. AMBITION: To get a job when I get out of school, buy a car, then buy some land in Wisconsin and build a log-cabin house on it and build up some capital. Then I plan to retire all by the age of forty. ADVICE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: Stay out of trouble and keep being rowdy, otherwise it gets too boring, and the time goes by too slowly!!! BRIAN DANIELS: FFA 1, 2; D.A.V.C. 3, 4; Football 2. INTERESTS: Rock-and-Roll, women, and fast Gremlins!!! AMBITIONS: To get out of this prison and leave this state!! Also to go to Arizona and work, I also might join the Navy. ADVISE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: Stay cool and raise all the heck you can, because I don’t want to come back and do it for you. BONNIE DEANE GERSTUNG: (Bon-Bon) Musical 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Chorus 4; IM- EA District Band 4; High Honors 1, 2, 3, 4; Nat. Honor Soc. 3, 4; Class Treas. 1; Pres. 2; Vice Pres. 3. INTERESTS: Children, camp counseling, storytelling, drama, and piano. AMBITION: To care about people, to love children, and to be all that I can be!!! ADVICE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: Do your best at everything you do. CHRISTOPHER ALLEN HALL: Football 1, 3; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Track 3, 4; Musical 3; Jr.-Sr. Play 3, 4; AFS 1, 2, 3, 4; Foreign Language Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council 4; Letterman’s club 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Americans abroad with AFS to Paraguay, South America. INTERESTS: Most sports, music (listening and playing); LMN 8. AMBITION: Attend Illinois WESLYAN, after high school, to study biology and Pre-med or physics and engineering. Obtain a Ph.D. and either become a college professor of physics and engineering, or an M.D. Some- day I hope to return to Paraguay. CHRISTINE KING: (Lucy!!) Pom-Pon 2, 3; Musical 1, 2; AFS 1, 2, 3, 4; Library club 1, 2; Chorus 1,2; D.A.V.C. 3, 4; FHA 1,2; INTERESTS: Guys, dancing, football, food, and most of all PARTYING!!! AMBITIONS: To leave Weldon as soon as possible. To become disgustingly rich and to live happily ever after!!! ADVICE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: Just be yourself and let the good times roll!!! ELIZABETH KINGSTON: (Leonard!) Volleyball 1, 2, 3, 4; Softball 2; Football stats 2, 3, 4; D.A.V.C.; Homecoming atten- dant 2; Homecoming Queen 4; Proba- tionary member to Nat. Honor Soc. 2, 3; Nat. Honor Soc. 3, 4; Class vice pres. 1, 2; class pres. 3, 4; AFS Host sister 2; AFS 1, 2; Pres. 3 Letterman’s 1, 2, 3, 4; sec. 3, vice pres. 4; Student council 1, 2, 4; FHA 1, 2, 3, 4; Pom-Pon 1 INTERESTS: Volleyball, people, and playing the piano. AMBITIONS: To become a nurse, to get married, and have two children. BONITA LANDSTROM: D.A.V.C. 3, 4; AFS 4 INTERESTS: Guys, spending time with friends, having fun, and partying!!! AMBITION: To get a good paying job after I get out of school, and out of this big town of Weldon!!! ADVICE TO UNDERCLASSMEN: Just be yourself, and try to make the best of this school. GARY LENZ: (FLASH!) Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Volleyball scoreboard keeper 2, 3, 4; Girls basketball scoreboard keeper 2, 3, 4; Let- terman’s club 3, 4; Class student council rep. 1; Student council 1, 4; AFS 1, 2, 3, 4; Foreign la ng 2; Nat. Honor Soc. 3, 4; Honors reception 1, 2, 4; Newspaper staff 1; Yearbook staff 2, 3, 4; Yearbook treas. 4; Math team 1, 2; Quiz team 4; Boys’ state 3; Jr.-Sr. play 3, 4; Musical 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Drum major 4; Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; Choir council 2, 3; Chorus Pres. 4; SVC Honor Chorus 2; IMEA Dis. Chorus 1, 2, 3, 4; IMEA all-state honors chorus 3, 4; INTERESTS: Golf, tennis, females, and other sports. Food (for pigging out!), being a spectator, hearing and telling good gossip, music of almost all kinds, and be- ing out with my friends. AMBITIONS: I hope to study speech com-