Ellinwood High School - Eagle Yearbook (Ellinwood, KS)

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R. Bork Jessica McClure J. Bakker Georgia. During the fourteen day ordeal, the detainees burned buildings and held hostages. Typing instuctor Cindy Hertel gave birth to Lyndsay Anne Hertel on November 27,1987. Before Lyndsay was bom, Mrs. Hertel held the “Baby Lottery.” Students could guess the date, time, weight and sex of the child. The winner, Angie Doll, received a surprise gift from Hertel. Two new businesses, Romano’s and Body Magic, opened in Ellinwood in 1987. Gibson’s closed statewide in Kan- sas. The store vacated Great Bend leaving another empty building. During the Washington summit meeting, President Reagan and Mik- hail Gorbachev signed the INF treaty. Seven Americans have been held captives for two and one-half years in Lebanon. All efforts to free them have failed. 1987 was the year of “fourth’s.” Johnny Carson entered into his fourth marriage. President Ronald Reagan underwent his fourth nose surgery and four great entertainers died-Fred Astaire, Jackie Gleason, Liberace, and Danny Kaye. Costa Rican President Oscar Arias won the 1987 Nobel peace prize. He was honored for the outstanding work he has done to restore peace to Central America. 1987 wasn’t the “best” year for Nancy Reagan. After the revelation of the Iran-Contra arms deal, it was revealed Mrs. Reagan had breast can- cer. Nine days after the surgery, her mother died. Mrs. Philip Fager, a Wichita woman, came home and found her husband shot to death and her two daughters drowned in the hot tub. The murder AP Photo LL Col. Oliver North being sworn in. Fawn Hall G. Hart suspect Robert Butterworth was found in Stuart, Florida with the Fageris car. Later, he was charged with three counts of first degree murder. The F.D.I.C. refinanced People’s State Bank and Trust for 5.5 million dollars in early 1988. The loan was given to alleviate some bad loans, and did not have to be paid back. More than 1,870 women in the United States have AIDS. New York City has the highest concentration of victims. Bush regained the lead in dele- gates, and Dole eventually with- drew from the race. Kansas’s native son. Bob Dole announced his candidacy for the hig- hest office in the land. Vice-President George Bush and Dole began heated arguments while campaigning in Iowa. In the end, Dole won the Iowa caucus and Bush placed third. But after the South’s “Super Tuesday,” Bush regained the lead in delegates, and Dole eventually withdrew from the race. The Eagle boasted its first-ever pink, silver and black yearbook cover. by Audra Knop

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1987: a year of peace and conflict Jim Bakker resigned as head of the PTL Christian television ministiy amid charges of sexual and financial misconduct. After reports of an affair with model Donna Rice, Democratic presidential nominee Gary Hart dropped out of the 1988 presidential race. Hart reente- red the race in late 1987. The Reagan Administration became embroiled in the Iran-Contra Affair. One of the main figures, Lt. Col. Oliver North, testified about the illegal covert operation during the Senate hearings. The covert opera- tion apparently sold weapons to Iran in hope that the hostages being held in the Middle East would be released. Dr. Ronald Lantaff became the superindent of U.S.D. 355. The U.S. started to escort Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. The first game was “Scratch It Rich” with prizes up to $5,000. U.S. Constitution celebrated it’s bicentennial on September 17,1987. Eighteen month-old Jessica McClure was trapped underground in an abandoned water well for 57 hours. President Ronald Reagan nomina- ted Judge Robert Bork for the Supreme Court. Judge Bork became a controversial nominee due to strong opposition from various minorities. Consequently, Bork withdrew his nomination. At E.H.S., a popular Parker Brot- hers game, Oujia Board, became a fad. The Oujia board was given mixed reviews. While some contended it was only a game, others felt it was a form of devil-worshiping. The G.O.P.’s grand ol’ man, Alf Landon, died on October 12,1987 at Apparently 500 billion dollars was lost on Black Monday Gulf became a popular battle field in the Iran-Iraq War. One of the largest plane crashes occurred in Detroit, Michigan. A Northwest Airlines jet crashed during takeoff. All of the passengers and crew were killed except four year- old Cecilia Cichan. The frigate U.S.S. Stark was attac- ked by an Iraqi jet. Thirty-eight sailors died in what Iraq called “unfortunate accident.” Ellinwood entered a new athletics league in the 1987-1988 school year. The Central Kansas League includes Ellinwood, Smoky Valley, Hesston, Haven, Lyons, Minneapolis, and Sout- heast of Saline. In September 1987, Pope John Paul II visited the United States for the first time. Kansas started it’s first lotteiy. The the age of 100. The Dow Jones fell 508 points on October 19. “Black Monday” eclipsed the 1929 stock market crash. Appa- rently 500 billion dollars was lost on “Black Monday.” Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie (Shawnna) Bieberle were proud parents of a seven lbs. 14oz bouncing boy. Clint Allen was bom on October 20. Minnesota Twins defeated the San Francisco Giants in the 1987 World Series. The N.F.L. players went on a 24-day strike against the owners. Replace- ment players were hired by the owners to play during the strike. President Reagan removed his nomination of Judge Douglas Ginsburg for the Supreme Court after media reporters uncovered his use of marijuana while teaching at Harvard. EAGLE r NEWS Ellinwood F.C.A. attended the Fel- lowship of Christian Athletes mini- conference at Rock Springs and an annual Kansas City Chiefs game this fall. The Area Churches Council and StuCo co-sponsored several 5th-quar- ter parties during the school year. The 5th-quarter parties promoted getting together for activities instead of drinking. Some of the activities inclu- ded bowling, Halloween games, Christmas dance and a movie night. German foreign exchange student, Ilja Tuechter arrived for a stay in Ellinwood. In November, Ilja left to live in Chicago, 111. with his parents. Cuban detainees fearing deporta- tion rioted at two federal prisons in Oakdale, Louisiana and Atlanta,

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Students set sail in 'South Pacific' Man meets woman. Man and woman fall in love. Man springs two polyneseian kids on woman. Woman is confused. Add a handsome young lieutenant, a beautiful native girl, her crass Tonkinese mama and a stupid sailor, and you have the beginning of the 1987 fall musical South Pacific. Although getting students to portray these characters may sound difficult, that was the easiest aspect of putting on the play. To cast the play, directors Vem Fryberger, Wilbur Hogg, and Leon Sobba needed to find two students that could speak with a distinct accent and also be able to sing with an accent. “When we started tryouts, we knew that we had to find people that could act and sing with an accent, and they also had to look like the character, too. We had to make everything match,” said Fryberger. They found Mike Patrick and Step- hanie Westerman. While Patrick was able to speak and photo by Larry Hustig WHY ME? Mr. Frybergerand sophomore Jean Thill contemplate how to put on her wig. photo by I-any Hudig TAKE MY HAND; Emile’ de ’Becque (Mike Patrick) exposes his passionate love for naive, innocent nurse Nellie Forbush (I-aura Strobl). 6 sing with a French accent, Westerman had to learn how to speak pigeon English. “My dad helped me learn how to speak pigeon English before I even tried out. At first, it was hard to act with the accent, but after a while it got easier,” said Westerman. Besides Patrick and Westerman, over 40 other students tried out for South Pacific, not to mention the 20 plus students in stage crew. Students portrayed seabees, nurses, military officers, and Polynesian beauties. One student, however, was chosen to play the leading lady. Laura Strobl portrayed the quiet, but understan- ding Ensign Nellie Forbush. “I thought playing Nellie was really challenging. The musical was very serious and full of drama. Nellie’s music was hard and not vocally strong- that itself was challenging,” said Strobl. But still the directors had to cos- tume over 40 people. The costumes ranged from full naval costume to Polynesian grass skirts. “We had lots of difficulties with finding so many costumes for so many different characters. Luckily, we were able to get almost all the costumes at The General Store in Great Bend for only $45,” said Fryberger. “I thought we performed really well,” said junior Debbie Moris. “The best of it was being able to have fun while we put on the play.” Finally all was ready, but then it happened, a performer’s nightmare. Westerman came down with laryngitis. “I was really scared about singing with laryngitis,” she said. “But once I got out on stage and concentrating on the play, I totally forgot about being sick.” 7:30 came and the cast and crew invited the packed house to set sail with them on a journey to the South Pacific. by Audra Knop