Lyman High School - Eagles Flight Yearbook (Lyman, WY)

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Wheels. Students who had never pushed wheelchairs before leam the techniques. Senior Dennis Johnson develops an understanding of a wheelchair Olympian's skills. I dare. Respect and support become attributes of LHS student huggers with their Special Olympics experience. Spot shot contestant Ron Johnson expresses his philosophy to Juniors Shane Snyder and Dewey Schwab. l Student Life Special Olympics .cv

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.. s Q X xx N at X X 1 X S gt, 'i?f5ifi.L?- . . -- . labs, classes and I really enjoyed the band and the support by the student body. It got us up when we were down. It was great to have the support for a change. hrough present and past traditions the students at Lyman enjoyed prepar- Giles and Patty Hicks. The homecoming games were against 3A Kemmerer in both Team found the eeret ing for homecoming week fes- tivities. During the week, studentbody found, This is itg the secret of our success. Clubs and classes debated what the secret of our success was. Freshman Krysta Linza noted, The secret of our success is hard work and determination, using the facilities and people we have to make things happen. The week began with only half a day of school. During the after- noon the faculty attended an in- service meeting and clubs and classes were allowed to start hall and float decorations. The sopho- mores worked on hall decorations while the seniors started float building. Also, the J .V. kicked off with a football game against Big Piney, a close 22-25 defeat. The Spanish Club and the SADD chapter brought changes to the homecoming scene by nominating King and Queen can- didates. Also foreign exchange students Petra Strijker, Carlos Varona, Antonio Pineda were nominated as candidates. The evening coronation saw the crowning of Homecoming King Robert Platts and Queen Kellee Eyre. The rest of the homecoming court included first attendants Lance Walker and Jill Birch, and second attendants Kurt volleyball and football. Junior Shari Birch said, Our teams re- ally played well even though we did lose. Student body and the band were well repre- sented at the h o m e c o m in g games. Unfortu- nately, the band was kicked out of the volleyball game while sup- porting the team. Many students 1 ttf Wf,,,,-Wg. . thought the ttit s band's expulsion wasn't neces- sary. Birch noted, lt really stunk that the band was kicked out just because they were trying to support us. Junior Jill Birch added, I really enjoyed the band and the support by the student body. It got us up when we were down. It was great to have the support for a change. The question of rules was . wwf . -wr- wzm., .. fy ,aw raised. Why was the band kicked out? The band was playing during the wrong times when the ball was alive or when Lyman was having a great volley. The rules and stan- dards set by the Wyoming High School Athletic Association stated that noise was notpennitted Pavement painting. Paint- ing Lhe town is just one of the many activities. Sophomore Lynae Wamick paints the street. at these times. It was an unpopular judgement call but students be- came more aware of the rules the WHSAA had for various sports. Student Life - Homecoming

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'tr at Ihr , .. 4. rang Especially the same Special l mpic reju enate optuni in After she came, I found out she was really just as normal as arty other kid. osting the Special Olympics brought the spirit of helping to the community. Students first used the opportunity as a chance to get out of school, but once it started they found it was more than just skipping school. Special Olympics started out with an opening ceremony on the high school front lawn. The Lyman High School band played music while the participants and their buddies thigh school Slu- dentsj marched in. Then the torch was lit by Bridger Valley participant Danette Barnes. After the torch had been lit, balloons were released to signify the starting the 1988 Special Olym- pics. The activities that went on were track, swimming, and bas- ketball. Junior Adesa Cagle said, I was in charge of Danette Barnes during Special Olympics. I supported her in swimming and track. I also leamed that these people are very independent and don't like to have to depend on someone else. Most students found that helping gave them a sense of Tally up. Contestant points compute with Program Developer Adrian Lords, Senior David Smith and Freshman Lance Lind's help. pride and understanding for the people they were in- volved with. Host families were provided for the partici- pants. Junior Jonathan Witt said, We had a little girl stay with us. At first I didn't know how to act or what to say to her, but after she came, I found out she was really just Buddy hug. Huggers cheer contestants throughout the contests. Sopho- more Marcia Jones hugs her buddy, Senior Yasushi Muto waits to assist in the basketball drop. as normal as any other kid. Another year of Special Olympics will be held in Lyman again, because of the great success of this year. Many people were impressed by how smoothly everything was run. I enjoyed helping out and would love to do it again. I grew to love all those kids, they definitely kept us busy, noted Sophomore Eric Bardwell. Jessica Dunn Student Life EE- Special Olympics