Kirkwood High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Kirkwood, MO)

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A turn ups1d.e down for an 87-day summer Summer, summer, sum- mer, lt turns me upside down,' Summer, summer, summer, lt's like a merry-go- round The Cars' tune Majic blared from car stereos as students left school for 87 days of summer vacation. Fi- nally, school was out. A world of homework, practices, and early morn-, ings turned upside down when the final bell rang, june 7. Vacations, friends, and bumming took over students' time. For many, 11 a.m. no long- erisignaled lunchtime, but instead time to get up. I liked being able to sleep until 11 fa.m.I and going out on Monday nights, said Steph Stone, junior. While late sleepers snoozed away, sun worship- pers found themselves at the pool. I went to the pool almost every sunny day, said lane Banjak, freshman. Not everyone had time to spend in the sun. I worked from 7 Ia.m.J to 4 ip.m.J at the Kirkwood Ani- mal Hospital, said Holly Schafer, senior. Students took manv paths, but for all of them life be- came 'summerized', june 7. Choreography for a routine con- cerns Tanja King, captain, Amy Bar- cus, co-captain, and Ms. Penny Stein, Pom Pon sponsor, during an Aug. 23 practice. Bryan Sutter, junior, attempts to block a piece of ice which Diane Vandegrift, junior, spits. Lisa Tin- tera, junior, tries to catch thedice. 18 Summer Magazine l I rl l weeeeeeeet! I Lifeguards enforce regulationsl for protection of pool patrons Tweet! Walk! Only one bounce on the board, yelled Kate Virgil, junior, across the Kirkwood Swim- ming Complex where she lifeguarded. Sitting in a chair catching rays, twirling a whistle around an index finger time after time, and yelling at kids for breaking the rules occu- pied only part of a lifeguard's time at the pool. Besides guarding, we had to work in the concession stand, clean the bathrooms, scrub the pool, and cut grass, said john Nolan, sen- ior. Nolan worked as a life- guard at Treecourt Swim and Tennis Club. Some lifeguards battled throbbing headaches and itchy, sunburned skin from being in the sun too much. My nose burned and peeled layer after layer, said Virgil. It didn't heal the en- tire summer. Guarding lives, though, proved to be scary business for some lifeguards. If an accident occurred, and the guard on duty did not take the correct actionsl to rescue a person, the vic-j tim could sue the guard for al large sum of money. l One time I saw a kid bub- bling Cfloating face downl and got really nervous, said Roger Moore, lifeguard at Algonquin Golf Club. When I jumped off my chair I fell over and tripped. By the time I got to wherehe was, he was fine. Even if I did have to res- cue someone it would be difficult to remember exact- ly what to do, he added. If personnel took proper precautions, accidents could be easily avoided, according to Wilson Stocker, biology teacher and head swim coach at Algonquin Golf Club. In my 12 years at Algon- quin we haven't had any ac- cidents, said Stocker. Safe- ty always comes first. However, along with the responsibility came some fun too, according to Nolan. The best part was sitting in the sun all day, just watch- ing girls swim. -I YS. Runninj do it. It took 1 to burn that one v one servir frozen C0 I we Drewesl a said Laura was so gc cherry. l about the Concre vors. Ol served ol i..T-T II. V St. l and te summ to cel ' lun Kirkw for co the 1+ Sgt. cer, At they li vilion 0 lul' Kirkw tiona or H causj in da the ' for the the bu

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lations trons ect actions nn, the vic- guard for a iey. fa kid bub- ace downi vous, said feguard at :lf Club. ed off my 1d tripped. o wherehe ave to res- would be iber exact- e added. wok proper lents could , according er, biology ead swim quin Golf s at Algon- iad any ac- :.ker. Safe- rrst. g with the me some g to Nolan. was sitting just watch- i I l Joy riding around town relieves boredom for some hungry frozen custard fanatics ru1s1ng for Drewes Running six miles would do it. - lt took six miles of jogging to burn off 1,200 calories that one would get by eating one serving of a Ted Drewes frozen concrete. I went there lTed Drewesi a lot this summer, said Laura Kramer, junior. It was so good, especially the cherry. l tried to forget about the calories it had. Concretes came in 17 fla- vors. Originally Drewes served only frozen custard containing 'l00fo butterfat, compared to Dairy Queen's 5'Vo. Often Ted Drewes attract- ed hungry joy riders on a boring summer evening. lf there wasn't anything going on at night we'd go to Drewes, said Susy Potthoff, junior. lt was an event in it- self because it took so long to get there. Many other cruisers stayed around Kirkwood. lt was fun to ride around acting crazy - like in the fif- n the heat of the summer Weather alters community plans St. Louisians watched, Kirkwood residents cheered, and teachers sweated through the hottest heat of the summer. Events around town brought people together to celebrate old traditions, and create new ones. 9 lune 15 - The Special Business District, a group of Kirkwood business people who tax themselves extra for community benefit, dedicated the Fountain Mall in the 100 block of N. Kirkwood Rd. to Sgt. Kenny Bisel, Kirkwood police offi- cer, who died suddenly in the spring. At one end of the park-like setting they built a fountain. A kiosk lsmall pa- vilioni occupied the other end. ' luly 6 - Fireworks lit up the sky at Kirkwood Park, instead of the tradi- tional date of Independence Day. May- or Herb lones postponed the event be- ties, said Tracy Moran, sen- ior. We honked at other cars to try and get their at- tention. Basically, we just disturbed the peace. Unruly swimmers force john Nolan, senior, to take his eyes off the action at his end of the Treecourt pool in order to reprimand the trouble- makers. Heat discomforts Beth Osborne, senior, as she works at Treecourt, Aug. 9. j rf .. 1 I GI don't think the date CJu1y 6, Q -1 gr 1 made a differ- . i . ,.,,, , I W' ence in the pa- . A triotic spirit of the crowd.', 1 4 . 1 li li l tw,-...fc ... s ,.,, ,ui 1 . 1 l cause of rain,luly 4. Despite the change - Chris b A j in date, there was still a large crowd. sommerich, i 1 9 luly 27 - The Admiral came home. sophomgre v A tug boat pulled the 378-foot rusty f .i T silver boat, with ADM RA painted on ' j Q the side of it, up the Mississippi River A if for the first time since 1979 from its stay H in Paducah, Ky. ji ' August 29 - Thermometers soared to 107? It was Q l .... j ,,.., - 1 the hottest day in St. Louis since july 15, 1980, breaking j A .1 j. L , t ..j,., jqju fm the previous record by eight degrees. D - ,. . ,..,, vp: I-I- -ii. ., , - dThe National Weather Service issued a heat warning W W L -L a vising people to stay indoors. . 7 . .,.., ,j -,Q Teachers sweated through their first day of school, j . L all ' but the administration held workshops in the air-con- P j W A A, ...V A dltioned library to help combat the heat problem. P 1 . kv j ,,,. r - f A ' 4.-U ,,,j sf' 'W V : Summer Magazine - 19