Hays High School - Indian Call Yearbook (Hays, KS)

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I Sue Stacy, special education teacher, competes in the watermelon-eating contest. Signaling to the largest-ever Homecoming parade crowd that the sophomores are a motley crew, Brent Applegate and classmates Cristi Kifer, Tammy Loflin, Scott Bedard, Betsy Dinges, Eva McClaren, Dana Reese, Leigh Ann Cecil, Dusty Herbig and Melissa Munsch ride crowded in a truck. NE. . ,-.. c it u X 71 5 ' 00' J-s . if . Long on spirit, short on mono Homecoming '86 had a number of nleasant surprises, but a decision not to rave parade floats wasn't one of them. It's a tradition. They screwed it up. aid soph. Betsy Dinges. john Hamel, soph. 5tuCo rep, didn't ke the chan e. Planning started too lite. It was dgsorganizedf' he said. I vas really upset . . . We had some really neat ideas. Curtis Weilert, jr., said the decision vas a mistake. It really hurt the chool's pride and weakened class iritf' 'pTwo reasons for sinking the floats I were that juniors couldn't afford it, and StuCo didn't want to bother businesses. I wish we could've had them tfloatsI, senior. Tisha Conard said. That's what everyone looks forward to, but I understand StuCo's position. Soph. Kelly Brungardt agreed. I wish we'd had floats, but with the economy being the way it is . . . it was probably for the best, she said. Others, while accepting the reasons, wished thin s could have been dif- ferent. It Staying floatsj would have been better looking and more enjoyable for everyone, said freshman. jenny Gross. I missed the floats, Amy Youn er, jr., said. lt wasn't the same without Stem. A huge crowd watched the parade after a community picture had just been taken at Twelfth and Main streets. The picture was taken to show support for a company which had shown interest in the Travenol building. We had a Cadi lac audience for a Volkswagen parade, someone remarked. -Tracie Windholz

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HOMECOMING - continued Pulling for the Maroon and Gold cont'd from page 7 assembly and pre-game parade we were ready for some hot competition with Dodge City, whose football coach was also an alumnus. As the game started, hundreds of maroon and old balloons soared as high as Indianilopes for victory and the antici ation of the crowning ceremony. At hallitime, seniors Rod Little and Amy Craven took the honors of Homecoming Kin and Queen. Finmes of hope for victory over the :Demons died with a disappointing 27-0 oss. Heaven in Your Eyes was the theme of the Saturday night dance, with music provided by the band Blind Date. Homecoming '86 was just another memory which mi ht flicker, but would never be completely burned out. -Tracie Windholz v . , -s, 5.1 -il X Freshmen give their all in an attempt to win at tug-of-war in the late-afternoon sun during Homecoming games. Pulling for their class are Tyler Campbell, Heidi Rudman, Stacey Carter, Jennifer Denning, Randy Wood, Carmen Witten and Justin Johnson. Brenda Bruggeman, Amy Craven, Kurt Schoenberger and Steph Barber push forthe seniors.

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HOMECOMING continued Hail to the Kin ! I think the guys have just as much right to be royalty -Kelly Brungardt Homecoming was like a week-long bir- thday party. Everyone seemed in a festive spirit. No part of the week was business as usual. Responsible for much of the unusual ac- tivity, the new Alumni Association had sent letters to graduates, asking them each to contact another 20 alumni. Besides decorating a float for the parade, the rads formed a football-field-sized 100, hofding up flashli hts for birthday candles at halftime ofihe game against Dod e. Seniors voted for queen candidates as usual, but in a surprising move, StuCo had king candidates selected also. Naming senior boys as king hopefuls ended a con- fusing practice. Football layers used to vote for team members wlio would escort the girls at the assembly but couldn't ride in t e parade or be in the halftime ceremonies. Girls had to pick escorts to stand in for the players. Newcomers to Hays High were always a little confused because the guys who were introduced at the assembly were never seen again except on the field playing football. The crowning of a king was received more favorably than the sinking of the floats had been. lt's always been just the girls getting queen, and l think guys have 'ust as much riglgt to be royalty, soph. Kelly Brungardt sai . The chan e was less important to john Hamel, sopi. He really made no dif- ference to me, Hamel said. l'm just glad that everyone took it seriously, though. -Tracie Windholz Homecoming Queen Amy Craven Homecoming candidate Matt Brooks gets a kiss from his mother at the assembly. Rose Englert and Kent Thompson greet each other with a kiss as they are introduced at the Homecoming assembly. is , Yu- ? digg X