Levelland High School - El Lobo Yearbook (Levelland, TX)

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Recognition lifts This year's basketball recognition assembly consisted of both varsity and junior varsity lighting the candles to represent unity within the teams. The girls received long stemmed carnations and the boys, boutonnieres. To give the assembly more atmosphere, the lights were dimmed and Nervously waiting, Goldie Fletcher, junior, accepts her candle from one of the cheerleaders. Once again, junior Darren French lights a candle at the basketball recognition assembly. Lobos the stage band played the theme from Ice Castles . Introducing the basket- ball players was assistant principal, Kelly Baggett. A pep rally followed the presentation of the players. Sophomore Gracey Palomin plays a role in her first basket- ball recognition. 22 Basketball Recognition

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S the world turns . . . What the rest of the world was doing affected students as much as what was going on in Lively Levellandf' Among the events which highlighted the year was the marriage of Dianna and Prince Charles in the summer. Getting up at 3:00 a.m. to watch the event on TV, Marie Lawrence said, I envied her. With the assassination of Anwar Sadat in the fall, America lost a close ally. The initiation of mar- tial law in Poland shock- ed the world just before Christmas. Central American pro- blems surfaced again. In April, the Argentine government seized the Falkland Islands from the United Kingdom. President Ronald Reagan appointed the first woman Sandra Day O'Conner to the Supreme Court. Twice during the year, students watched the space shuttle Columbia blast off and return to Earth safely. The landing field at White Sands Mis- sle Base, approximately 300 miles from Levelland, was used when rains inundated the landing strip in California. A local event that hurt worse than death was thd beginning of reconstruc- tion of College Avenue High school students sufl fered a low blow when the drag became the playground for the Texas Highway Department. It drives me crazy never knowing which secl tion they're working on, said Joe Bob Skipworth, sophomore. A man in a Egyptian uniform fires a submachine gun at point-blank range into a reviewing stand where Anwar Sadat sits. Oh say can you see . . . One of the greatest accomplishments of the Columbia is not only is it reusable, but it brought pride to America. All pictures on this page, and the picture of Princess Diana are provided by World Wide Photos. 24 1981-1982 Events Sandra Day O'Conner poses with Chief Justice Warren Burger in front of the Supreme Court building.