Junction City High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Junction City, KS)

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Bf SCUff Homecoming tradition Hard work precedes glitter Chantel Faison DPS Editor When most people think of Homecoming, they picture the half-time ceremony with all its tradition and glitter. But before that ceremony can take place, a lot of hard work and planning has to occur. The first thing that has to happen is the selection of candidates, which is by one of two ways. The club or organization can nominate a person or a student can start a petition. This makes sure that the student has a group of supporters. Some of the Homecoming petition requirements are that all candidates must be registered to vote; all must be nominated by a person who is registered to vote; all students signing the petition must be registered to vote and of the same class, and there must be twenty-five legible signatures or more. Following nominations and petitioning, each class votes for male and female candidates. The top five vote-getters of each sex are the homecoming royalty candidates. Later, out of the five members of each class, the king, queen,, princes, and princesses are chosen. Because of the club nominations, which was a new idea, this was the first time so many nominations were made. The parade, which was a big success, had a lot of community attention. The R.O.T.C. marching and the unique floats made the parade even more interesting. The parade’s individual float winners were first place Lisa Hiesterman, second place Cindi Pratt, and third place Kelly Nelson. Club and organization float winners were first place J.C. Players, second place The Spanish Cluband third place Debate-NFL. Senior Homecoming Candidates Front Row Michelle Williams. Kelvin Whisenhunt. Brenda Paquette. Michelle Strain. Veronica Hatton Back Row Max Divine. Larry Forsyth. Cheryl Westerhaus. David Ray

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Group pictures courtesy of Studio Prints Sophomore Homecoming Candidates. Front row Sean Prolago. Brian Orr. Kevin Harsha Back row Robin Frakes, Mia Vargas. Lindy McAfee. Susan Day The sophomore class shows its football spirit durinq the Homecoming parade Staff photo Junior Homecoming Candidates Front row Jayme Roberts. Dawn Davis. Amy Kidd Back Row Stacey Denver. K.C Smith. Michael Williams. Jeff Bollman. Kelli Ferguson. Mike Rothfuss. Chad Carter and Jay Gooldy. the Junior President and Vice-President. are highly protected by Ron Prince. 88. and Brent Junghans. 88 Staff photo 14 Homecoming

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Catch the wave Sophomore prince Brian Orr and princesses Lmdy McAfee and Mia Vargas Paquette, Whisenhunt win crown Stasi Backsheider Sports editor The exciting week of homecoming came to a climax with the Coronation Ceremony. Brenda Paquette and Kelvin Whisenhunt were crowned King and Queen. “I was very surprised and didn’t believe that it was my name that was called.'' Whisenhunt said. I was happily surprised, because all of the candidates were well deserving,” Paquette said. In the crowning of sophomore princess, there was an unusual occurence. A tie took place between Lindy McAfee, and Mia Vargas. Brian Orr was crowned sophomore prince. Max Craft student council sponsor, didn't think the tie caused any difficulties. “It wasn’t a problem. It just made it a little more challenging to pull it off and still keep it a secret.” Craft said. Dawn Davisand K.C. Smith were crowned Junior Princess and Prince. Smith was unable to participate in the Coronation Ceremony because he plays football. How did he feel while he was in the locker room during half time while he knew the coronation was going on? I really wasn’t thinking about it. All my intentions were focused on the game.” Smith Sfiid. “The Homecoming game itself went astonishingly well By the end of the first quarter the score was 40 to 0 in J.C.’s favor. By the end of the game it was 40 to 22. still with Junction City having the dominate score “It felt great, but the only problem was that after the first quarter they took the varsity players out and we didn’t get much playing time after practicing so hard,” Andrew Jackson, said. The theme of the dance was “Catch the Wave. Drown the Trojans.” Over 20 kids and two sponsors worked for eight hours on and off Saturday afternoon to pull this dance off. “It was the most help I had on any dance ever, Craft said. The dance seemed to go successfully and people seemed to stay longer. The dance didn’t take it’s self too seriously and that's what made it work. Some dances take their decorations and themes too seriously. People lost their inhabitions toward the middle of the dance and decided to let loose. said Cindi Pratt, 87. The decorations were on the line of a beach scene. They consisted mostly of coconuts and palm trees and signs. Dancing to music provided by Karle Woodward. Kenny Ziegler. 86.and Michelle Strain. 87. enjoy the sounds of a slower song. Photo by Copeland 16 Homecoming