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

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RACING AROUND ON a three wheeler is still tun. Here senior Michael Taylor wp tries to catch-up to the others during F, this Junior Olympics fundraiser EMPTY HOPPING IN THE sack race during the Junior Olympics lunch hour fundraisers is Jesse Washington, junior CAREER CENTER SENIOR Robin Jelks preps boxes of Valentines Day chocolates. The candy was sold as a DECA fundraiser UP FOR THE rebound during the WLTH versus the Killer Bees ' fundraiser bas¬ ketball game is junior Anthony Felton, var¬ sity football player. FUNDRAISERS- 13

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MODELING GINGISS FORMAL wear and passing out Prom info at the same time, seniors Michael Taylor and Tarji Lenord visit junior and senior classrooms. nemployment for Gary teens . soared to over 50 per cent compared to a national aver- age of 18.3 per cent in 1986. Many here said the City of Gary was broke and a lot of young people were packing up and leaving for more promising digs. With jobs so few, being unem¬ ployed has seriously affected me be- ause I can no longer buy the things I ant, complained Tina Mclntee, se- ior. And when parents and teens |ame down with cases of the crunch, hool organizations eventually felt the ch, too, and started running on pty. The economic pox seemed every¬ where at once. Student attendance at sporting events was anemic. Sock hops, after school dances and affairs were canceled, one after another. Even School City came down with the cheaps. HEARTFELT BALLOONS, SOLD by the Senior Honor Society as a fundraiser, decorate the desk of Tula Sakes, head secretary. Quill and Blade coffers and year¬ book sales looked sick. Staff members seemed to be working harder at trying to sell books, but the only thing that was building up was the red ink. Debt or no debt, declared Janet Sefton, Journalism II teacher and year¬ book adviser, our fundraisers had to be put on the back burners because we ' d made a solemn promise to this year ' s seniors to get out the book on time this time. There was still some hope though and even some success stories. Band, for example, proved an exception to the times. Prom sponsor Bettye Eichelberger confided, The Junior Olympics were pretty successful and a fun way to get the monies we needed for the prom. Nevertheless, the bottom line stayed the same: making money was serious business. □written by Mia DeLoach RUNNING ON 12 FUNDRAISERS

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ENIORS Q UIZZED Quill and Blade wondered what seniors thought was most important during their high school experience and what they thought most negatively impact¬ ed on their lives. Quill Blade: What will you remember most about this year? Robert Richmond: “The time I put a firecracker in Jimmy Dixes ' locker.” Sonja Jones: “When we beat Veit the day before my birthday, Romy said, ‘Here ' s your present. ' ” Alfonso Rodriquez: “I box¬ ed against Former Middle Weight Champ Tony Zale ' s grandson, Jeff Smith, and won.” Quill Blade: What was your most embarrassing moment? Anthony Martinez: “When I fell out of the elevator in front of Mr. Christoff.” Donald Ferguson: “When I was a freshman and sat in the wrong class for half an hour before I knew it.” 14 SENIORS QUIZZED