Leaf River High School - Lerico Yearbook (Leaf River, IL)

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Prom 1979 A Time For Us On Friday evening of April 20, 1979 the Junior class entertained the Seniors and their dates at the Rockford Holiday Inn for the 1979 Prom. The theme of the Prom was 11A Time For Us'1. The toastmaster for the even- ing was Jeff Schelling. He first introduced Kevin Pop- pen, Junior class president, who welcomed all the Seniors and hoped they had a good time at both Prom and Post-Prom. Dan Miller, Senior class president, accepted the welcome and on behalf of the Seniors thanked the Juniors and their adviser Miss Alvey for all the time and effort put in. After a very nice buffet supper, Mike Wilson, a past graduate of Leaf River, spoke to the group. After the speaker, a dance fol- lowed at which everyone seemed to have a good time. At the close of the dance, everyone met later at the Mt. Morris bowling lanes where the Juniors had re- served the entire building until 5A.M. Everyone seemed to have a good time, bowling, playing pool and of course eating ! It was a good time enjoyed by all. 28 Prom

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Graduation 1979 Front Row L. to R.: Lynn Hunsaker, Val Bomeman, Pam Cross, Deb Peterson, Lorraine Williams, Betty Dil- beck, Diane Huenefeld. Row 2: Mindy Hammond, Emily Knodle, Peg Nielsen, Lenore Burgett, Kelly Neslund, Lit Roush, Tena Bloomingdale, Karen Kilker, Deb Grove, Bonnie Ginger, Terri Roop, Shari Hall, Kevin Pop- pen. Row 3: Mark Long, Wayne King, Tim Wells, Tom Anderson, Pat McNamara, Dave Zellers, Henry Huene- feld, Bill Mayberry, Darwin Routt, Derry Spittler, Wes Wellington, Dan Miller. Not Pictured: Peg Nation, Cheryl Pingel, Blain Kimball, Wade Kimball, Chris Oleson. COLORS FLOWER MOTTO Blue G Silver Violet The Future is Ours On June 1st of 1979, 36 Seniors received their graduation diplomas from Leaf River High School. Again this year the high school band played the processional and recessional and also selections from ' 'Godspell'1 with the Sen- ior musicians participating. A Senior mixed ensemble sang the song ' 'Comer of the Sky1'. Many awards were presented. John Campbell of the Legion presented the Legion awards to Mark Long and Pam Cross. Kenny Lovell presented the Outstanding Athlete award to Dan Miller and Pam Cross was also presented with the Highland Community College Foundation award. The Grange awards were presented to Lorraine Williams and Mark Long and Tena Bloomingdale was given the Lions Scholarship. The Salutatorian, Val Bomeman and the Valedictori- an, Lynn Hunsaker were both given their awards and both spoke to the graduating class. Musical awards were given to Pam Cross as the Outstanding Senior Musician and to Tom Anderson and Pat McNamara were given the John Philip Sousa awards. Earlier, Pam Cross had received the DAR and Mark Long the SAR awards. 30 Graduation