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THE EAGLE Ellinwood High School Ellinwood, KS. 67526 (USD 355) Volume 48 1982-83
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Friendship: Flying high in Eagle Territory “ET, the Extra Terrestrial,” was a 1982 box-office, record-breaking movie about an ugly, little green alien with big frightened eyes who was left behind when his spaceship departed from exploring Earth. The creature was befriended by Elliot, a 12-year-old boy, who named it “ET”. ET depended on Elliot to help him get home. With the help of Elliot, ET was able to “phone home.” The movie ended when ET was picked up in the woods by his spaceship. But when he left Earth, he also left Elliot. Our hearts were touched at that special mo- ment when ET left. The two would not be together, but they would each hold special memories of one another in their hearts. At times, especially when we are freshmen, we are all alone. It’s like nobody cares. We feel like ugly aliens with big, frightened eyes. We don’t want to come to school we want to go home. We feel like nobody likes us. We’re different. Then we find someone or something. That person or thing gives us a special feeling. Like we belong. We are accepted for what we are, as individuals. We feel as if finally, somebody does care about us. And that feeling gets us through some really rough times. Those feelings and times are part of growing up. Being exactly the same as everyone else doesn’t mat- ter so much. Sure, certain things still matter. Like win- ning the Homecoming game, getting an “A” on semes- ter tests, or having something to do on a Saturday night. But we grow out of wanting to be a carbon copy of our classmates. We want to be unique. To stand out in some special way. As Seniors, we start to become comfortable with outselves. Things seem all safe and secure again. Then all of a sudden it hits us — We have to move on; we don’t have any choice. We won’t be class president; we won’t get another shot at Claflin; There won’t be another Junior-Senior prom. We knew that we would have to leave our friends sometime. Even when we were Freshmen, we knew we wouldn’t always be together. It just never seemed like the time for us to leave each other would come. But it did. We graduated, everybody cried, even some of the boys. We all knew things wouldn’t be the same ever again. We won’t be together. But, we’ll always be in each other’s thoughts. How can we forget those people we grew up with? We won’t, because no matter how far away we get or how high we go, we will return. Old friends and memo- ries will always hold a special place in our hearts. The place we grew up. Ellinwood High School. EAGLE TER- RITORY. Our home. (top) Senior Monte Miller pushes through the St. John defense while attempting a basket. (Photo by Ahlgrim). (bottom) The Ellinwood High School pep band performs at a home basketball game. (Photo by Hopkins) 2
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