Kent Meridian High School - Diadem Yearbook (Kent, WA)

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SWAZI Conhnuung our saTarl Through The wnlds OT ATruca, we came To a clearing where we sTumbIed upon a wrerd Iookung monsTer, who along wnTh has Tarzan Type screeches, was swinging a plece oT wood shaped luke a paddle We Took cover behind some brush and aTTer waTchung has acTnons Tor some Tume venTured TorTh To 1nvesTlgaTe We Trsed To appear calm as we asked hum IH sugn language whaT he was doing A yell Trom Thus leader broughT TorTh Two more men carrylng paddles We were sT:lI In doubT of whaT wrong we had done when The monsTer came before us and explalned ThaT we had roamed lnTo Torbndden land and ThaT IT was has duTy To make us leave We soon learned ThaT Thus naTuve was Jack Crayne head chueT oT The Paddle Squad The oThers were Gloyd Neilson asslsTanT chueT and Larry Webb scribe This Tribe Irves solely To keep people ln order and ouT of Torbldden TerrlTory aT The KenT Mend lan games and Tor oTher evenTs ln which They are called upon To asslsT Farewells were speedily given Plunglng Through The vines lnTo The brnghT sunlnghT whlch Tllled The clearing we caughT The glimpse oT bodies scamperlng oTT nnTo The bushes We beckoned These naTnve back and Tound ThaT They were The DEBATE TRIBE Thus we concluded aTTer our campaugn oT Trylng To geT one word sand beTore They began Thelr bo1sTerous chaTTermg The DEBATE TRIBE was preparlng To go To The GvIberTese Vlllage ICPS Tor Thenr annual DE BATE PHANTOM lTournamenT The WhuTe I-TunTers Told us The DEBATE TRIBE discussed Toplcs such as 1nTrlngemenT on oTher Trrbes hunTmg rughTs permlsslon Trom oTher Tribes To cross Torbldden areas Tor communucahon wlTh oTher clans and waTer rnghTs Tor Tood and cleanslng Taculmes buT The mann Theme of The year was wheTher The local Trnbes should geT TogeTher and Torm one blg head hunTung parTy The ATlanTnc PacT NaTlons Should Eorm A Federal Umon We asked The WhuTe l-lunTers where The naT1ves obTalned Their lnTormaTlon The answer was ThaT The naTlves sTud ed The dnTTerenT problems oT oTher Tribes com pared Them wuTh Their own and also asked The elders oT Tribes Tor Their opunuon PADDLE SQUAD N b P H99 e T h U DEBATE CLUB r K0 u M K W N I 7 1 I . - , . I . . . . . , . . I , ' I f ' , Squu ing: M. Casey, Fronl Row: J. Hanson, L. We b, . Kelly, C. Blysfone, B. Flelch- , er, J. Creyne, J. i ins, Buck Row: P. Rel! r, . C udwfck, ' l. Strom, R. C rmichael. Seated: M. SundI'e, B. X Snelling, M . Allen, B. Brow , M. iaiog Slnnding: J. Mer - difh, 5. Gr nf, M. eysi, P. Nelson, . ells, S, Temby, . Carver, 1. lurin.

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e p cl a esp an Off c A I p ct W Ve o H s m M W B en W g 1 Wefhe y P sq M H XHOSAS The Torrid ATrican sun slowly sanlc in The wesT as we made camp Tor The nighT in a small clear ng ln The disTance The Throbbing oT Tom Toms grew louder NighT was closing in Suddenly The Trees parTed and a group oT naTives sTood beTore us They all sporTed vivid Tlame head pieces someThing which we had never encounTered beTore in our saTari A naTive sTepped Tor ward We are oT The Tribe called Thespians I am Barbara Benson Their leader We Told her oT our desTinaTion and inquired abouT her companions wiTh The red hair She inTormed us ThaT They were reTurning Trom Their Tinal oerTorr1ance OT Belles on Their Toes Tor which almosT all The casT had dyed Their wigs To be realishc They reviewed The sTory oT a dozen lcids leTT on Their own when Their moTher leaves Tor Europe DeTermined To make a go oT iT and save money They renT her bedroom To a sTrange man concocT Their own rooT beer remodel Gay NineTy baThing suuTs and give up daTes Snoopy Cousin Leora drops by To checlc up on Them and is guaranhned wiTh The resT oT The Tamily Tor chicken pox Proudly The group reporTs ThaT They have saved I9O during The pasT hecTic monThs buT when Their roomer leaves so does The cash! BuT in a whirlwind Tinale moTher reTurns and The mishaps geT coped wiTh in an un- expecTed and delighTTul Tashion. Julie HorsTman nexT in ranlc revealed oTher Thespian advenTures. ln addiTion To helping wiTh The ChrisTmas program and The senior play They parTicipaTed in various school assemblies. NaTives oT KenT-Meridian and Auburn who had earned The required Ten poinTs Tor membership were iniTiaTed inTo NaTional Thespians by The locals aT The Toreign huT. Mrs. ElizabeTh WhiTehall encouraged The dramaTic club in Their acTing achievemenTs while Donna WaiTe lcepT records oT producTions and imporTanT conTabs. Doris DeMan was elecTed To Talce roll aT councils. Row 1: B. Benson, B. Horn, J. Good, J. Wefherby, B, Arnoldg Row 2: J. Belmondo, D, Lyons, C. Wezensku, F, Z I 2 I e I, D. Waite. I 6

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SAMBURU BeaTing our way Through The Thick enTanglemenT oT vines, we suddenly came upon a small clearing where we Tound several members oT The VigilanTes Tribe, screeching aT some naTive children who had spilled Their ice cream cones on The Thiclc maTTed vegeTaTion oT The iungle Tloor. The chieT, a massive solidly builT naTive, called Norwood Cunningham by The neighboring chieT and 'Roscoeli by The members oT his Tribe, explained ThaT This was parT oT The Tloor paTrol They were To lceep The savage sTudenTs resTricTed To eaTing Tood in The lunch room insTead oT going ouT and spilling :T all over The clean Iungle Tloor lnlcosana oT The VigilanTes are Rich WeinbrechT, presidenT Bob Miller, vice presldenT, Jaclc Quinn, secreTary Treasurer, and Jim Higgins, pledge oTTicer Membership in This Tribe is resTricTed To TwenTy melombulci who achieve honor by grabbing The Tails oT Tour lions and holding The beasTs while oTher warriors come in Tor The kill They conTrol The conducT aT assemblies held aT The Junior High Main evenT oT The Tribe is The annual smolcer usually held in lvlarch oT every year aT which a Trophy is awarded To The ouTsTanding boxer oT The evening on The basis oT slcill and sporTsmanship AnoTher big evenT on The Samburu agenda is The IoinT social aTTair wiTh The Girls We advanced slowly inTo resT in The shade oT some Trees venTured TorTh Toward The noise a naTive building Soon everyone oT naTives gaThered in a huddle A loud bell rang and The had IusT had a Tire drill' The gro FIRE SQUAD nt G el J ls K 9 e Ile C Wezen k M P Wet VIGILANTES an g nd Secved C I yl e fe k N B M che se O e g a R We The dense Iungle HoT and ThirsTy we sTopped To Suddenly we heard Tramping oT many TeeT We and came upon Throngs oT people sTreaming Trom seemed To be ouTside Peelcing inTo The building we saw a group We Tried To go inside buT were hasTily e1ecTed naTives slowly Tiled baclc inTo The building oT KenT Meridian They up leaders were lcnown as The FIRE SQUAD Their main duTy was To see ThaT everyone goT ouT oT The building quiclcly and saTely when The Tire bell sounded We learned ThaT The Triba chieT was Neil Bisyalc AssisTanT chieT was Jim Olson Honor able adviser was MaTT Muczynski We Talked wiTh mem bers oT The Tire Tribe Tor some Time and w re Told ThaT he building could be clear ed wiThin 56 seconds 'K JEL Zl-