Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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A day everyone has stopped in his tracks, principal Dr. Stueipe stares at ttie piles of gifts littering his office on his 50th birthday. photos by Mary Ulrich Everyone has a birthday once a year, and it is usually not hard to tell when one falls on a school day. Sometimes a locker is deco- rated and wears a sign announc- ing the event. Floating through the hall might be a bouquet of balloons — or at least one saying Happy Birthday — attached to a birthday person. One of the best and most no- ticeable signs of a birthday are flowers, mainly roses and carna- tions. Hardly anything is a more pleasant surprise or thrill for a girl than receiving a bouquet or even a single flower while she is in class. It can be a real ego-booster to get this special notice in front of classmates. Of course, no birthday is really complete without a coke. They are often smuggled into school and usually hidden with a coop- erative teacher until lunch time. Then they are taken to the audi- terio for a lunch-table party. Oc- casionally a surprise visit from someone like a birthday messen- ger livens things up. Whether they are celebrated quietly and go relatively unno- ticed at school or they are wild, all-day affairs involving many (as Dr. Stuelpe ' s 50th!), birthdays are almost always special; and ev- eryone has one of those days. — Kris Straughn On her 17th birthday, Jamie Kimbel (cen- ter) receives a human-size Gumby from Trista Holwager, Amy Amstutz appears to enjoy it too. photo by Amy McDamel While trying to keep her mind on her stud- ies, sophomore Jenny Baker has a sweet 16th birthday full of flowers and balloons. photo by Amy tvtcDaniel Birthdays 13

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Dr. Stueipe had lots of help celebrating the end of his first half century. When he entered his office on the morning of December 15 — his 50th birthday — he came face to face with a wide and wild assortment of lovely gifts. Clinging to the ceiling were 50 balloons — black, naturally. When he picked up his coffee cup, 500 BB ' s rolled out and scattered. (A note directed him to pick them up, count them, and divide by ten . . . ) A home- made anthology containing many colorful phrases — from pink elephants to black-hearted in groups of 50 — was there for some light and dark reading. And that is only the beginning of the list! One of the most out- standing or out-stinking of all was a collection of those things a horse leaves on the road. Each had been care- fully placed on a little white doily. There were 50, of course. While wading through all his surprises, he also spent much of the day receiving birthday g reetings over the phone. One call came from a friend in Georgia who, on his way to work that morn- ing, had heard the public announcement of Dr. Stuelpe ' s 50th on the far- reaching waves of WOWO. 1 wasn ' t really surprised by anything, commented Dr. Stueipe, just the extent of it all! A bunch of colorful balloons was just one of the things that brightened senior Mike Crick ' s birthday, photo by Amy McDamei 12 Birthdays

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Freshman Melissa Crum smiles as she rides in the homecoming parade with her escort Jason Brimner. photos by Watters Studio Voted homecoming queen by her classmates. Dawn Oliver poses with homecoming l ing, Joe Dye, who collected the most footballs. M Homecoming