Eldorado High School - Sunburst Yearbook (Las Vegas, NV)

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John Manclark, member of the Raquetball Club gives his all on the court. CAVE CRAWLERS Left To Right: Matt Jeffers, Scott Jackson, Ron Austin, J.D. Quill, Trishia Miller, Ms. Young. 'Pg' KARATE L fl 4, L l Steven Stanley practices diligently to earn his black belt. Back Row Left To Right: Bill Heidelberg, Jerry Davis, Mike Willard. Middle Row Left To Right: Richard Fiske, Terry Reid, Bill Knight, Brian Largo Front Row Leh To Right: Chris Kutz, Anthony Dekay, Michael Dekay, Tiffany Loupis Sen. Chief Goodland. in Ei RIFLE DRILL TEAM Left to right: Richard Banegas, Richard Fiske, Christopher Kutz, Senior Chief Goodland, Marie Smith, Vicki Spiers, Daniel Baker. -N 57 Karate, Cave Crawlers, Raquetball Club

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he Cave Crawlers are very adventurous. It's a great opportunity for students to learn new skills and basic essentials to live off the mountains. Some of the caves they go to are high on a moun- tain so they need to know how to get to it and how to come back down. The most outstanding trip that all the crawlers are waiting for is Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. Carlsbad Caverns is the biggest cave in the United States. This event takes place at the end of the year. Some other places they plan on visiting are Mitchell Caverns and Desert Cave. The deepest cave the crawl- John Hines is waiting for the mas- ter serve. CMIE Tammy Z 'e'mn Shows he' sw - - - as she does a menacing kick, The Cave Crawlers have been very busy this year selling loads of candy for their end of the year trip. They are very much looking forward to going on a trip to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico. ers have hiked into is 500 feet. Caves are usually found in valleys or in little hill sides. The best caves are in limestone moun- tains. This school year the EHS Cave Crawlers have been to many places, North Umer- lend, Cnear Tonapahj, Ari- zona Strip, and Pishqua Crater, California. At Pish- qua Crater, there are lava tube caves. The cave crawl- ers took a rapelling train- ing course at Red Rock Canyon. This betters their ability to climb mountains. The average time spent on a trip is two to three days. When they go on over- nighters, they take a cave pack with them. This pack has a gas mask. lt also has all the basic essentials that someone would need to survive. Some of the things it consists of includes: can- dles, little snacks for ener- gy, and other basic essen- tials. Limiting the number of items in the cave packs helps the Cave Crawlers learn to survive in the wil- derness on just the bare essentials. Charellete Green, looks vicious as she prepares herself for a karate move. Karate Cave Crawlers, Raquetball Club

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OT JUST A OTHER ORGANIZATIO here are many opinions formed about ROTC, and some people just take it to get out of P.E. but l'm sure that it's much more than they bargain for. Talking with Commander Thomas, l was enlightened as to what really happens in ROTC. In this course since it is Naval JROTC, stu- dents learn naval science, govern- ment, crime and justice, geography and current events are talked about every day. One thing that is taught is responsibility. The main purpose, said the commander, is to teach high school students to become re- sponsible citizens. Also to teach them to think about more than just themselves, but to help and serve others. Each cadet is given as much responsibility as they can handle. One cadet, Candis Young, who is the Supply Officer, has one of the more responsible jobs, says Com- mander. Candis explains her job. I issue uniforms, keep files, keep an orderly room. Sometimes it gets hec- tic and very busy like the first week, handing out uniforms. Everything is written in a log so records can be kept. ulhave five staff members to help run things and I hold inspec- tions. lt's a smooth runningjob once it gets going. My staff helps me a lot: they're dependable and reliable peo- ple and we get the job done. Right now Candis and her staff are getting ready for an inspection by the Navy. Every January the Navy comes and inspects everything for the last three years they've been one of the top three schools. So far this year Eldorado's ROTC has won Honor Unit, out of 240 schools nation wide 40 are chosen as the top in the nation as a result they receive a special banner and Mr. Pau- len is able to nominate students for Westpoint, Annapolis and Minnesota. They're already beat Rancho in a drill meet and they'll go to California twice this year. Individually cadets can receive awards and ribbons, ROTC is its own military structure, students are promoted and receive honors. They are bigger than every this year, 200 students, this is 500!-D big- ger than last year and they're expect- ing to get bigger. As Commander Thomas says, We're just another organization. l The Color Guard presents colors at the Homecoming Assembly. The NJROTC Rifle Drill Team performs an outstanding routine at Open House. NlROT.C. The Color Guard shows why they took 2nd. place in State Competition.