Lanier High School - Viking Yearbook (Austin, TX)

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Michelle Van Brakle Julie Vanek Mary Vasquez Ftene Velasquez Stella Villanueva Debbie Vranich James Vrazel Naomi Wade Kelli Waggoner Christine Waldrop Kim Walton Lee Walton en, 'Y QT Nova Washington Sharon Washington Christ: Waters Gary Weaver Mark Wedlund Cheryl Wehmeyer 60 tragedyfseniors eing In high school didn t make us exempt from tragedy and disappointment Then we got just a taste of the tragedy we would face In the future Love relationships competition health and family life could be rewarding but they were often sources of tragedy At the time the Incident was Important but later we found that what we learned from those tragic experiences was what really counted Learning about ourselves through love could be very painful Everybody developed a crush at one time or another Being madly In love with someone and then finding out they were taken or uninterested was a crushing blow enough to ruin the whole day But It wasn t reallythat serious and we fell in love again The real pain came when we broke up with a long time steady lt may not have been anybody s fault It was easy to get bored but we cried locked ourselves In the bathroom and made firm resolutions never to get Involved again We got hurt when distasteful rumors got started by outside parties What was once a quiet separation became a bitter war One thing we did learn from all this was that time would heal our wounds and in a while we would be back to normal and probably In love again Competition another tough way to learn about lite High school was the perfect place to learn about failure lt came from all directions A hundred plus girls tried out for Vikettes every year Less than half would make it The disappointment was unexplainable when we found that those hours of hard work and discomfort were wasted Running for class officer or another spot In the Student Council was a big let down If you didn TWIN Getting one s pride We put a lot of time and effort into our endeavors and It seemed unfair for us not to get what we set out for It was hard to face friends and family that had supported us and counted on our success as much as we had Being gracious about falling was dlfllcult but we found alternatives that could almost make us feel glad that we lost Courses In the arts like drama choir and band developed hidden talent while vocational classes like DE and Cosmetology prepared us for future iobs Some of us discovered our writing ability through the yearbook newspaper and other literary classes Family and personal misfortunes were the most drastic ol all tragedies As our father went through hours of openheart surgery we sat nervously ID class realizing how much we had taken hIm for granted lt was like losing a brother when our dog died Death scared us more than anything lt never occurred to us that we wouldn t live forever until a close friend or family member died Nobody ever breezed through life without trouble When there was a tragedy we learned how to cope and help other people through the same type of situation We found that our friends and families cared for us so much lt just took a minor mishap and you could find all the love and comfort you needed If you looked for It . . ' I 7 I 1 . 7 H ' H W gf . , I . , 1 nj Yu-' ' I . V . . A f beat out of a starting position by someone else was bruising to 1 I VVVAIK F f A V V E A . . ' X, - ',k. Y Q ' Qs. '

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A Taste of Tra ed 1 Kim Guyer set her sights on Olympic ice skating com- petition. Then came a series of operations on her ankle. She had spirit, patience and friends like Martin Aleman to see her through. 2 5'6 guard Junior Davis gets blocked on a lay-up. Junior overcame his size limitations with flashy speed and hustle, 3 After raising and caring for an animal, we grieved when it came time to sell it. Charlie Chapman leads his cow off to slaughter. 4 Even the toughest athletes got hurt. David Taveirne grimaces with pain after receiving a rib injury. 34 i 552 ig -4 l 1 1 i 1