John H Reagan High School - Spur Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Scott Malcom and Victor Garcia lake time Traci Yates and Hope Ruiz have a hard lime I to relax in ihe Old Mall. ing room for all their Homecoming mums. Scott Cunningham, as Reverend Samuel Harris, takes court notes Juniors Brad Hughes and Judy Heupel enjoy an intimate moment at the Junior-Senior prom, while during the play. The Crucible. Cheryl Tannous looks to make sure she is not missing anything. During spring training. Coach Ed Roby looks over his new line, hoping they will be as good as this year ' s were. kil4 o CO 207

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XX) c o Actors perform well Mrs. Seal didn ' t return to Reagan, and Rodney Espinoza didn ' t graduate with the class of ' 82, but some good things did hap- pen in our town. The senior guys finally learned that the Senior Nerds maybe weren ' t so nerdy after all. The PWs and KB ' s got together for some hackey-sack at City Park. And everyone was finally accepted for who they were down on the beaches of Port Aransas. All in all, the characters of the soap opera played their parts well. So well, in fact, that the seniors had difficulty shed- ding their high school parts and making room for next year ' s cast. But as April turned to May, and May flew by, there was no denying that the set of Reagan was growing dim. And, as last minute scenes were written up, the characters of Reagan performed their roles perfectly. Juniors ordered senior rings, underclassmen crashed Senior Skip Day and, in their final role, the seniors partied at the Fireman ' s Union Hall after graduation. Junior Becky Hempel decides to punk-out while playing her horn at a pep rally. At his fashion shou ' at The Magic Time Machine, And r Terry checks the length of his design. 206 At the LBJ break rally, students pack into the Old Mall to hear the horns perform.

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X30 c o An empty set is left VCe fit the theme of a soap opera well. We had the setting, the characters, the plot and the emotions. And with these basics, we sur- vived the year. VChen the lights finally did go out, and the set of Reagan was empty, all that remained was a ghost town . . . and the memories of a season gone by. We ' ll remember the Senior Picnic being rained out on Friday, finals being cut short by snow, and the disappointment of one special, Powder Puff, being cancelled. We ' ll remember hearing Mr. Viramontes on the PA: giving weather reports, calling Mr. Barry (for heaven knows what), and urg- ing students to stay in school despite sunny days. And we ' ll remember the loss of Ms. Lynell Suggs, a business teacher at Reagan for a year and a half, and the adjustment her students went through when she died in January. These events were just a few of the many scenes Reaganites acted out during the school year of 1981-1982. They were our excitement, they were our fears, they were the very ex- istence that many of us lived on. They were the Days of Our Lives. Learning from the guy thac broughc hackey-sack co Reagan, Ann Gregory watches Tom Doerr per- form at che Senior Picnic. The day after ichoot was out, Esieliine Bullock ar Oscar Kellner kick up (heir heels ai the teache rs ' lu cheon dance contest. The Friday before Halloween, the Incredible Hulk (aka Bobby Cloud) attends a PW party. On the Port Aransas beach during; Spring Break, seniors Traci Yates. Denise Ma a car, catch some rays, . . . and look at the guys passing by. veil and Risa Cervelli lay 208