Kecoughtan High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Hampton, VA)

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Around the World In 77 Days Up, up and away! Scott Quinn achieves maximum height jumping the wake on Elizabeth Lake waterways c r P pinning and spinning, our world moved around us this summer. PAUSE — we saw brilliant colors bursting and splashing against a hot summer night. Hundreds of people oohed and aahed as the color spread across the sky. Bicentennial fireworks were as plentiful and jocund as the gala July 4th festivities. Spinning, spinning. STOP — we saw athletes striving against all bounds of physical pain and exertion to obtain coveted gold medals. Style and grace, however, had a stronger impact on the public than the athletes ' success in the games. Their performances brought the world to a closer unity. Spinning and more spinning HALT — Dateline New York — Jimmy Carter won the Democratic nomination on the first ballot. This convention, considered lethargic and lukewarm by the delegates lacked any hint of rumor. Spinning one more time and finally STOP — Kansas City for the Repub- lican National Convention. Votes were volleyed back and forth between Ford and Reagan camps in a neck-in-neck race for the nomination. Tension mounted until West Virginia cast its votes for Ford which put him over the top to win a first ballot nomination. And so the world turned. IT urning and turning we revolved in the world at large, but we also lived in worlds of our own. PAUSE — basking on the beach, trying our luck at tennis, or per- haps sailing Hamptonian seas. Summer activities were varied and plentiful to suit all personalities of KHS. Turning, turning STOP — cash registers chinged, life guards ' whistles blasted and lawn mowers roared. The recession decreased summer job opportunities, but, for the few who did find work, the process of growing up be- came a reality. Working students were faced with the responsibilities of punctuality, com- pleting individual tasks, and managing their pay. Turning and more turning HALT — students awaited the beginning of summer school classes. (There is no rest for the weary student, even in summer.) The re- laxed environment during the four hour sessions made the learning endurable. But, students anxiously waited to join their friends in summer activities. So turned our private w orlds during the Summer of 76 until they were brought to a screeching halt as August 26th brought the opening of a new school year. Special Events —11

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Mow, Mow, Mow the lawn gently down the yard Bill Snyder earns a few extra dollars by cutting his neighbor ' s grass Sorry, no chocolate covered ants Annual staff members Elisa Devorshak and Evelyn Stanten mind the store at a summer school bake sale. Now little sister, let me show you the intricate art of untangling a tow line from a propellor Sally.and Nancy Doyle share summer fun enjoying water skiing Let ' s see, two fries? Right? That will be $2 1 8. please Debbie Clements efficiently moves a customer through a fast food service line Special Events — 10

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Hey! We didn ' t sign up for Home Ec! Sophomores. Joey Williams and Bobby Williams, compare schedules for their first nine weeks at KHS But we ' ve GOT to have our batons! Jeannie Godwin. Shelley Hertach and Jill Zarger frantically search through the debris for their instruments to entertain the newly inducted sophomores Special Events — 12 Dejected with the thought of returning to school. Mindy Howard grudgingly awaits her schedule from Mrs Minnie Bembry