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

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AND FEATURES Freaks come out Trisha Mathis DPS Editor It's 11:30 pm on a typical Friday night in Junction City. A small crowd develops in Hardee's parking lot. and the group decides to head to Manhattan in search of fun and adventure. They know they can find it at the Seth Childs Cinemas. ' The Rocky Horror Picture Show (RHPS) trend continued in '86-'87 at JCHS. The RHPS is a cult film made in the 1960's. It’s full of odd and scary characters such as Rif Raf, Magenta, Frank Furter, and Rocky. Movie goers enjoy dressing up in the gaudy attire of their favorite RHPS character and going out to see it at midnight. RHPS fanatics often find themselves addicted to the mad antics of the show and go every weekend, bringing along bags of things to throw at the screen such as rice and toast. They also enjoy getting loud and yelling rude obscenities at certain characters in spots made for that purpose. It's more fun than regular movies. You can really participate, said Becky Penn, 87. After the movie ends it's about 2:30 and the tired excitement seekers journey home to J.C. Once they arrive home, they shake the rice from their pants and brush the toast from their hair only to go back next weekend and be moved again, as Loyce Smith, 89 was. I laughed. I cried. It became a part of me.” Phil Kline, candidate for congress. SADD representative Bill Meehan visits with JCHSstudents following streeses the “Contract for Life to his October 27 speech the JCHS student body When asked about his youth, the 26-year-old candidate said, “I'm not running in spite of my age, I'm running because of my age. People our age have more at stake politically than any other age group.” When asked about how Kline responded to student questions. Melanie Taylor, 87, said, “I felt he answered the students questions honestly without sidestepping the issue. In closing, Kline said the difference between Jim Slattery and myself is that I won’t talk, I will act. However, Kline was defeated by incumbent Slattery during the November 4 election. News 25

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LOCAL NEWS Twenty minutes into the future Trisha Mathis DPS Editor In 1987 Max Headroom was cool. He was hot. He was handsome and hip. He was so perfect he seemed almost inhuman, which, in fact, he was. Max Headroom was a computer generated, talking head which was the star of a cable TV show, best-selling author, and multi-million dollar “spokesman” for Coca-Cola. All these accompli hments, along with help from his human associate, Matt Fewer, helped him to land his own groundbreaking network series. This highly experimental new series may have stylistically been described as a full sensory experience. It borrowed some atmosphere ideas from recent cinema fantasies, and it managed to look like nothing ever designed for the small screen. Movie and television shows which used to portray the future as shiny and new looking changed futurist fantasy scenes to dark, claustrophobic dens littered with identities of the past. “Max Headroom: Twenty Minutes Into The Future” copied this new future look and even added to it. Tve seen it once, and it’s a pretty complicated show. I guess it’s okay; Max Headroom’s a unique guy.” said Jami Jamieson, 89. Headroom’s popularity quickly caught on in the States. After his Coke contract, which was reportedly worth $4 million, was signed, Max Headroom appeared on nationwide T.V. He then went on to write two best-selling books, one a self-help opus entitled “Max Headroom’s Guild To Life,” as well as establish a line of namesake merchandise ranging from t-shirts to cosmetics. Speakers address JCHS students Trisha Mathis DPS Editor Bill Meehan and Phil Kline were two guest speakers whom JCHS students were privileged enough to be addressed by during the school year. Meehan, national representative for Students Against Driving Drunk, visited area high schools to discuss the problem of drinking and driving, the main one being peer pres- sure and the second being break down of communication between parent and teen. He did note, however, that parent teen communication had improved over recent years due to the media attention to the subject as well asorganizations such as SADD. “My mom knows I drink sometimes and as long as it is not her liquor she doesn’t care,” said Cindi Pratt, 87. The main reason for Meehan’s student forum was to introduce SADD’s Contract for Life.” The contract w as an agreement between teen and parent that opened the lines of communication. If the teen drank too much, he could call his parents, who in turn would find a safe ride home for the teen with no questions asked at that time. ”1 don’t usually find myself in that situation, so I don’t have that problem or a need for the contract,” explained Michelle McConville, 88. Phil Kline, 1986 Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, talked to JCHS students about his campaign on October 27. Kline commented on his views of subjects such as the budget deficit, agriculture, and unemployment. Kline then took questions from students on topics ranging from education to his age. 24 News

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NATIONAL The fight for ‘Baby M’ Jennifer Easterling DPS Editor Mary Beth Whitehead, surrogate mother, sadly faced the press as she stepped outside of the courtroom on a cold February day. Tears filled her eyes at the loss of her daughter. ‘Baby M. A New Jersey court had ordered Baby M placed in the home of the baby’s father and mother, William and Elizabeth Stern. Noel P. Kerns was the lawyer from Dearborn. Michigan who brought the Stern's and Ms. Whitehead together. The Stern’s were desperate to have a child, so naturally it sounded good to support a surrogate to have their child. They all met at the lawyers office. signed contracts, and came to an agreement on the monthly payment. White-head would receive good, nutritious food, maternity clothing and medical bills. The average cost Keane set up was $ 10.000 for the case and another $10,000 to pay for the surrogate plus all other expenses needed for the surrogate. Nine full months and thousands of dollars later, Whitehead decided that she wanted to keep the child, “Baby M”. Even after they pointed out that had a contract with Whitehead, Keane refused to get involved or to help them. It’s not my case, Keane explained. William Stern happily holds Baby M after being awarded custody by the court. AP Photo At the first hearing of the case of “Baby M, Keane was not called into the courtroom, much to the disappointment of both sides of the dispute. And in February Keane was not asked to appear in the courtroom either. He felt that he just played matchmaker to a desperate couple and a willing surrogate. The public and court overlooked this and focused on the ethics of surrogate parenting. Thus it is as stands. The Sterns have the surrogate child, Baby M,” for now, but Mary Beth Whitehead has promised to reappeal to the court and win “her” baby back. President Reagan delivers a speech at an American Foundation for AIDS Research benefit awards dinner on May 31. AP Photo AIDS: a Jennifer Easterling DPS Editor On May 31,1987. President Reagan delivered a speech at the American Foundation for AIDS Research benefit awards dinner in Washington. 26 News