Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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Exciting last year of free thinking The 1982-1983 school year was a year filled with excitement. It was the year of the Tylenol scare. Seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Tylenol laced with cyanide, and 240,000 bot- tles were recalled. It was the year of the football strike. Profes- sional players went on strike but the Eagles didn’t. While the pros were waiting for more money, the Eagles were advancing to district playoffs. It was the year that President Reagan sent Marines to help stop fighting in Lebanon. In- volved in their own battles, the Ellinwood Vol- leyball team defeated the Hesston Swathers to become the Sub-State Champs. It was a year of great advancement in the medical field. Barney Clark lived 112 days with an artificial heart, and in April, the first test-tube twins were born. For government, it was a year of change. Yuri Andropov, former head of the K.G.B. took over as head of the Soviet Union when Leonoid Brezhnev died after 18 years of ser- vice. George Schultz replaced Alexander Haig as Sec. of State and Ron McCrary replaced Jerome Huslig as Mayor of Ellinwood. The severance tax pitted East against West in one of the hottest issues in Kansas. It was a year of new fashion trends. Mini- skirts. leg warmers, “prep” and “punk” clothes were just a few of the new styles on the fashion scene. 1982-1983, will it go down as the last year man was able to think freely? Will George Orwell’s predictions in the book “1984” come true? At any rate, it was a year filled with excite- ment. And for some of us. it was our last year at Ellinwood High School. 6 FLYING LOW (above) 1982-83’s gym floor. Jr. Craig Amerine was asked by the School Board to paint an Eagle on the gym floor. The gym received a new look of an Eagle and a refinished floor. Amerine spent hours sketching and painting the Eagle. (Photo by Strobl) BREAKING AWAY BIG BAD BIRD. Sophomore Monty Fox breaks out of the Eagle egg. The Eagle was very active during the football season. This egg was used for the half time program for the Homecoming festivities during the Eagle’s football game. The Eagles won by the score of 45-0.

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Student Life Junior Mary Simmons reads a personal letter from one of her friends (photo by Reynolds). Junior Barbara Biays catches a few minutes of sleep during an Algebra II lecture (photo by Strobl). Freshman Teresa Ensminger takes time out on her way to class to give a smile to the photographer on crazy day. Students on that day dressed up in the craziest” outfits possible to display their school spirit (photo by Ahrens).

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CHEERLEADERS! (left) Jr. Scott Strobl, Sophomores Jon Hickel. Blake Wells, Mike Thill. Jeff Rocha and Jr. Mike Minkovich cheer during a basketball pep assembly. The boys were chosen by the cheerleaders to put on a skit for the students. The cheerleaders had many skits this year, but this one topped them all. (Photo by Harders) ROUGH TOUGH POWDER PUFF! Juniors and seniors huddle togeth- er during the powder-puff football game which was sponsored by Stuco during Spirit Week. The juniors and seniors won by the score of 12-0. The touchdowns were made by Patty Harrington and Donna Feist. (Photo by Ahrens) 7