Geneva High School - Seneca Saga Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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“Springs of Joy .. No matter how deeply involved with horses anyone is — working with a professional trainer and traveling out of state to show or just having a horse in the backyard for a weekend ride — the results are the same — enjoyment and accomplishment. Some of the GHS people who are involved with horses are Daphne John, Melissa Woodrow, Peggy McGowan, Sue and Sandy Robinson, David Wood, Kellee Kerr, John Riker, Mary Hoefler, Julie Rice, and Jeannette Moracco. Most of them have been interested in horses for as long as they can remember. (cont. next page) 26 Feature

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At least working concessions kept members out of the rain that marked many 1981 football games. Bill Flick. Alma Alvarado. Kim Perry and Karen Schroeder (below) all put in their time manning the refreshment stand. Varsity Club consists of 129 athletic members of the GHS student body. Each fall those athletes who qualify for the club are voted on by current members. Advised by Mr. Spader and Mrs. Kuryla, club members work all year toward presenting a Block G Banquet in June. At that function GHS athletes, male and female, are recognized for their achievements on the sports scene. During the year, members perform various duties in addition to fundraising. They clean the football stadium after games, run the concession stand at specified times, and watch the doors at basketball games. Left to right — Varsity Club treasurer Rob Fabrizio; co-president Sue Cosentino; and co-president Todd Rizzieri, conferring with Coach Johnson. Varsity Club 25

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The basic interest in horses is the same, but each pursues his or her own preferred activities. For example, Daphne John owns and shows Arabian horses; Kelly Kerr participates in 4-H horse activities and shows as John Riker, Peggy McGowan, and Sue and Sandy Robinson; and Melissa Woodrow is working on jumping with the goal of future competition in mind. To have horses is to be dedicated to them. Everyone concerned spends at least two hours a day cleaning their horses’s stall, feeding and watering, grooming and exercising their horse. All plan to continue their interest in horses throughout their lives as a hobby or as a profession. Everyone is in agreement to what they get out of their horses. What is gained is patience, pride, pleasure, relaxation, and accomplishment. But most of all a relationship with your horse of friendship and love. Melissa Woodrow best sums this up with a quote by Mrs. M. Haizlip: “Love of horses is a disease for which there is no cure or antidote. Fortunately it is not fatal. Instead it sustains the carrier for life. Unafflicted people cannot understand the deep springs of joy which it taps ...” Feature 27