Lew Wallace High School - Quill and Blade Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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pecial Olympics are only for special people, persons who usually don’t have the opportunity to compete in regular extra-cur¬ ricular school activities. This year’s Special Olympian itin¬ erary was impressive and in¬ cluded both regular and re¬ gional tournament bowling, wint r games, basketball drib¬ ble shoots, ISU Basketball Tourney, track meets, and District I Track Meet. Olympic gold medal win¬ ners in Los Angeles could not have been any prouder of their hard won achievements than those who received their prized ribbons in the Special Olympic competition here. Aflred Byndum, senior, bas¬ ketball and 1600-meter run; David Bryant, junior, pentath¬ lon; Emmet Dixon, basketball | and bowling; Willie Faison, The Red Cross vamped LW once again this year, in search of bodies. Proof of their prickly blood-letting was seen on many an innocent and scarlet-stained arms, like that of Jackie Hue ' s, senior. 16 - Stwtowt Lift senior, pentathlon; David Love, 25-meter crutch race; Paige Smith, senior, 50-meter run; and Rochester Tate, sen¬ ior, basketball. Thus these Special Olympic champions, as well as others, left the LW stadium and re¬ turned home with joy on their faces, hope in their hearts, and success on their ribbons. — LaShawn Whiting —

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became acquainted with the names of Olympic greats like Rowdy Gaines and Rick Carey, 400 meter free style relay; Steve Lindquist, 400-meter breast stroke; Tracy Caulkins, 400-individual medley; Nancy Hogshead, 100-meter free style; Alexei Grewal, 190-kilometer cyclist; Connie Carpenter-Phinney, 79-kilometer cyclist; Evander Ho- lyfield, boxing; Mary Lou Retton, gymnastics; Bart Conner, Mitch Gaylor, Peter Vidnar, and Tim Daggett, gymnastics. Our Hoosier contribution to world competition, the indomitable Bobby Knight, and his dazzling slam-dunk cagers, easily cruising the Chinese team for the Olympic Gold, must not be forgotten also. et, disappointed Gary fans were saddened when their superstar idol Michael Jackson and his electric Victory Show did not appear here. On the brighter side, De Barge performed at the Holiday Star. Hailed as the “Best Small Group” at the American Music Awards Ceremony, their smash hit singles include such favorites as “This Will Reveal,” “I Like it,” and “All This Love.” And lastly. Cabbage Patch Dolls were hot during the cold Christmas of ’83. It seems eager customers could barely find some, least of all buy one. Student Life - 15

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Kathy Webb selected for trip to Chile Says little comparison b with I SA I ' . -fl atherine Webb, LW sen¬ ior, has been selected by the Rotary Club, a busi¬ nessmen’s service organization, to journey to Chile for three months during the summer of ’83. Katherine’s selection was to be the only one from Indiana out of a group of nineteen. Once in Chile, Kathy had the opportunity to stay with six fam¬ ilies. “Some of the families treat¬ ed me with great warmth and fa¬ miliarity, while others were more formal,” she recalled. While in Chile, Kathy had at¬ tended an all girls’ Catholic school. “We had to wear uni¬ forms and had to go to school from 8 AM to 6 PM, unlike most Americans. We, also, had to take thirteen subjects that were all in Spanish.” “Chile is a land of contrasts,” Kathy thought. “The more afflu¬ ent have all of the various mod¬ ern conveniences like VCR’s and video games. But there are many people whose only means of transportation are still horse- drawn carts and who live in shacks. “The further south you go, the colder the weather gets, and ev¬ erywhere you look in Chile, you are able to see the Andies Moun¬ tains.” “Maybe the worst part of the whole trip was when I first left home,” Kathy mused. “All of my family, friends, and teachers came to see me off. It was really a sad scene and I was homesick before I even got off the groun,” she laughed. — Angie Auguano — “Since Santa Marta didn’t have its own school band, it was necessary to borrow one from a neighboring district whenever the girls went on parade,” said Kathy Webb, senior. Kathy Webb, and her school mates from Santa Marta Catholic School march down the main street of Coquimbo, Chile. Student Life - 17