Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Below: Janet Walsh tosses bundles ot newspa- pers into a truck for the paperdrive during Earth Week. Phil Gilmore, Ms. Cooke, Barbara Paulissen, Rose Borel, Debbie Rogers, Johnny Gonzales rest at the end ot one of the Saturday campus clean ups. Ecology Club kept the Lanier campus cleaner throughout the year. They got together to see what they could do for the environment and to make people aware ot their action and what they could do. With thirty members, the Ecology Club set out to keep Lanier clean and the world around Lanier a little better. Sponsor Ms. Cooke, along with President Brad Phair, led the Lanier students to better understanding ot ecology and the environment. They started on Lanier's campus and worked outward. They painted ten litter barrels and placed them outside around the school. Some Saturdays they came and picked up the litter off the campus. Q,+?'f4r L-L Thursday ot every week they sponsored a paper drive in front of the school, encouraging students to bring paper to be recycled and they tlew the Ecology Flag. But they knew there were problems outside ot Lanier. They joined the Ecology Action of Austin, the Sierra Club, the Animal Protection Institution, and the National Wildlife Federation knowing that there were lobbyists to do what they couldn't. Each member was expected to spend a couple ot hours a month working for the Kroger Recycling Center, sponsored by the Ecology Action of Austin. They spent their entertainment time with nature. They went on a canoe trip, bike rides, picnics, nature walks at 6:30 in the morning, and a campout. They sold candy tor funds. But Earth Week was their time to shine. They presented lvlr. Matthys with a cake with an Ecology Flag in icing. They brought green cupcakes for the teacher's lounge. They made a slide show for classes and made available some Ecology films. They encouraged bike riding and walking and wearing green. They tlew the Ecology Flag all week long. Thursday, they awarded the FFA 325.00 tor bringing in the most papers in the paper drive. Friday, some teachers let their students out to clean up the campus. Saturday, they all rode bikes to North West Park and had a picnic, ending Earth Week in harmony. They were in constant search of a new way of communicating with people outside the club. They wanted everyone to know the problem and the solution. On a Saturday morning outing, members Laura Johnson and Pat Hunter wait for the others before taking oft in a canoe. ecology 229

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Ecology members are: Front Row: Yvonn Ramirez, Mary Barker, Patti Rain, Sponsor Dian Cooke, Rose Borel, Debbie Rogers, Shawn Wilkenson, Ann Strohm, Ann Stewart, Robert Carrado. Second Row: Mark Gordon, Bra Phair, Phil Gilmore, Rusty Brandon, Sim Israe loft, Paul Gmitter. At the Kroger Recycling Center, Anne Strohm packs down glass to be recycled. President Brad Phair speaks to the club at one of its Wednesday mornings on selling candy to raise funds. sees ,Y 6, -5 228 ecology

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230 ffa .' -A sw F A X fs, I K 1 FFA President Linda Johnson exercises her 1100 pound calf Denny at the Ag farm. She walked him a mile and a halt each day. Jimmy Kelly, Charlie Chapman, and Greg John- son pile newspapers on a pick-up for Ecology Club paper drive. FFA won S25 by collecting the most papers for recycling, Hand feeding her brand new lamb, Debbie Witt organizes its pen the first day on the farm. Far rightr Kevin Herber cards wool to prepare tor clipping just before the Austin Livestock Show. Right: Nancy Wilkins, escorted by Pete Kitch- ens, clutches the roses she won as FFA sweet- heart. The Care, Exercise and Feeding Of Future Farmers 5 A is N . A ' ,4 I