Fort Hays State University - Reveille Yearbook (Hays, KS)

Page 20 text:

SUNNY SMILE -Queen Amy Rodriguez, Elkhart Junior, brings a little sunshine into a rained out day as she is being crowned by Gerald Tomanek, university president. (Photo by Don King) UNDER WATER -Homecoming finalist Gwen Poore, lenora senior, keeps a cheerful smile while crossing the moat on Lewis filed. (Photo by Don King} Homecoming

Page 19 text:

(RIGHT) A TIME TO SOCIALIZE -Jed Creese, Scott City High School graduate, Jack Creese, Scott City senior, and Tom Nelson, Hays sophomore, take the time to visit at the KJLS radio booth. (Photo by Robert Bunting) A GERMAN GERMAN -Markus Wild, Stuttgart, West Germany Ireshman, enjoys the German atmosphere at Oktoberlest. For one student, Okto- berfest in Hays had a special meaning. Markus Wild, freshman from Stuttgart, West Germany, didn ' t really expect to attend an Oktoberfest during his first stay in the United States. “I personally enjoyed Okto- berfest more because it was much smaller, and I met a lot of friends. It was more personal, Oktoberfest in Germany is too commercialized . I was really astonished when I first heard about it, but after a while I knew why they had an Oktoberfest here. Here nearly everybody has a German background. Personally, I found it kind of interesting, how much they appreciate their German heritage here, when they hardly know Germany of today. Since these people have left Germany, it has gone through a lot of changes. The costumes, for example, you can only find in remote parts of Bavaria. Overall, I really enjoyed Oktoberfest. I worked at the International Student Union booth and had a lot of fun selling eggrolls. I met many people. Oktoberfest —

Page 21 text:

Rained Out That ' s what happened to the Homecoming parade, which was cancelled due to heavy rains and cold weather. The day was bright for Amy Rodriguez, however. The Elkhart junior, who was Grand Marshall of the Homecoming parade the previous year, was crowned Homecoming queen. T OFFENSE -Jeff Miller, Victoria junior, is scrambling in attempt to elude a Wayne State, Neb,, offender in the Tiger Homecoming game. The Tigers won 14 - 0 + (Photo by Don King) 1 he Great American Dream turned into a bit of a nightmare in the homecoming parade for those participating. A heavy downpour since the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 9, caused the parade to be cancelled, for the first time in recent history. At 8:30 that morning, the parade was called off. I thought it was the only thing that could have been done, Edie Gould, parade committee president, said. There was just the intensity of the rain, and a lot of the floats were ruined. The general reaction was disappointment, Jim Nugent, parade committee sponsor said. How can you compare it to - something that has only one function a year and not being able to hold it - it ' s devastating, Nugent said. “I think it had to be a big blow to the morale of everybody who worked so hard, and banded together, Nugent said, A good six months worth of work was ruined, Gould said. There ' s lots of disappointment. As president of the committee, Gould said she started work in February, doing little preliminary stuff beforehand. The real work didn ' t start ' till after April, but once the school year began, I didn ' t put it down, ever, Gould said. (LEFT) STRIKE UP THE RAINCOATS -Band members bundle up in rain coats to protect themselves against the rain and cold wind. (Photo by Robert Bunting) Although the parade was cancelled, the floats were judged earlier in the morning. The wet Kansas weather caused some considerations for changes in the future. One of these changes involves crowning the queen at the Oktoberfest celebration, having her reign over the parade, then be robed at halftime of the football game. Another plan is for the floats to be judged the night before, in buildings where the floats are housed. At halftime of the game against Wayne State, the grand marshall of the 1985 parade was crowned queen of the 1986 Homecoming. Amy Rodriguez, Elkhart junior, was crowned queen in front of a sparse crowd. Rain had continued into the I had to sit in my dress and I thought everybody else should have, I felt bad also for the candidates, ' ' -Colleen Ellis, Rozel senior 1 did not go at all. I spent the whole weekend working on seminar, since there was no concert. -Greg Bell, Belpre senior afternoon, causing a moat to form in what was supposedly the track, Queen candidates crossed onto the field via a plank. Other candidates for queen were Lisa Amoldy, Tipton senior; Lisa Franklin, Goodland junior; Gwen Poore, Lenora senior; and Sherri Renz, Otis graduate student. by David Burke I thought it was terrible. My entire family was up here to go to the parade and game, but due to the weather we were all disappointed and had to drastically change all the plans. I just hope it never happens again. -Kim Moser, Phillipsburg senior It was raining so hard. I would have gone if it hadn ' t been raining. Homecoming was the highlight of my first year. -Mike Reynolds, Kansas City junior Homecoming - £