La Marque High School - Cougar Yearbook (La Marque, TX)

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Catch! Justus Sunderman shows his true personality as he plays 'ith child care children. H - lustus Sunderman: Jr. W Q. D X' -.. ff,vi1,,: -f ' ss: ... f - ...ffl KL K K K K H' W 1 1 ,....-- . ,. ,... MW ' . tkfmrg-if 51 .ff?5s. A55 2, - si ss as I It may have taken him a long time to get where he's at, but Justus has proved that all it takes is courage. Justus served as staff writer for The Pride newspaper. ' A study in Courage I admire him for his constant drive to prove that ie has overcome his handicap. He is just as dependable as anyone I know, and I am proud to graduate with him. Jim Schillaci not only speaks for iimself, but for the entire class of 1985 who hold a great respect for Justus Sunderman. ,- Justus came to LM HS asajuniorin the fall of 1981. .lust before Thanksgiving as he was coming home from a party the driver of the car in which 'he was riding swerved to miss an animal causing the car to flip. Both boys had been drinking and the serious accident completely changed his outlook of the i'fun of teenage drinking. Justus' original graduation date was May 1983. Due to the accident, however he was comatose for several months, and missed the school year. Before the tragic wreck, Justus was a member of the yearbook staffg he played JV football, and most importantly she was at the top of his class academically. 1 g lt was the following year before he was able to complete his junior year. Since he was 18 at the end of the year, he did have some thoughts about quiting school. However he decided to return because, I wasn't'in a position to make a wise judgement. Justus, with help from his family, has progressed remarkably, going from a wheelchair to walking on his own. Justus said that the toughest part of his ordeal was having to retrace his steps. And at graduation he was, he said, more relieved than anyone else. To sum up, Mr. Goolsby, senior English teacher, commented, lf we who are not as handicapped as Justus worked as hard as he does, can you imagine what a great world it would be? Seniors 111

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Top tudents of 1985: 4 I 5 1 E i i Valedictorian, Paula Dube and Salutatorian, Neal Waer open Commencement exercises. Honor Graduates were Erika Eriksson, Andy Landry, Jim Schillaci, Karri Curtis, AI Romeo, Paula Dube, Sonya Burns, Traci Park Lerisa Edwards, Kim Wright, Doug Cummings, Alonzo Crittendon, David Pattillo, Ed Hennigan, Daniel Shea, Angela Balderas, Neil Wa and George Comits.