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

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Heath fir tri Natural hrgh Speakers plea, Listen to me, I've been there before. 74 ff hd ffdg f0 S 6 when Wyoming SADD members were If our school chapter can save one lyfe, it's worth it. Jay Buckley SADD: Front row: Dana Vercimak, Spirmer Jones, Tina Elmer, Jamie Schmidt, Micki Stewartg Middle row: Krysta Linza, Lynn Stewart, Jay Buckley, Shelly Odomg Back row: Vicki Anson, Tracy Vercirnak, Patti Hicks, Stephanie Eyre, Stephanie Purcell. asked if they or someone they knew had used or were using drugs. I was surprised, said LHS SADD Advisor Rob Wangerin. Is that scary or is that scary? Members of Lyman's two-year-old Students Against Driving Drunk chapter attended the annual State SADD Convention in Rock Springs Nov. 4-5. The purpose of the convention was to unite Wyoming SADD member schools and inform them of the National SADD news. The convention featured several effective speakers including World Champion Ski Jumper Daryl Wagstaff. Wagstaff set the world record for the longest single front layout somersault in 1973. His accomplishments as a person captured the students' attention. What he was, attracted everybody, noted Senior Lisa Brunow. Wagstaff's keynote speech interested students in becoming successful through goal setting and self-motivation. Wangerin said the speech helped students realize that a natural high achieved from success was better than a temporary drug high used to pacify failure or depression. He was a motivating, captivating speaker and he showed the kids you could enjoy life without chemical depend- ence, Wangerin added. Other sessions of the convention allowed students to hear from more speakers. Listen to Me, I've Been There Before was an informative speech by Eric Hansen. Hansen, an inmate of the State Penitentary, spoke about his drunk driving that led to his prison sentence. Hansen killed two people in an alcohol related accident and was sen- tenced to speaking assignments as part of his jail term. He said he didn't even know he was in a wreck, noted Senior Jay Buckley. Brunow said, If he talked before graduation I bet half the seniors wouldn't go to the senior keg. Hansen's speech enabled students to see how drunk driving closely affected them. The convention sessions were also used to plan several state activities for SADD members. A spring rally in Douglas was tentatively planned as well as a state- wide poster contest. The poster contest developed a set of motivational messages for SADD member schools to use. Wyoming's SADD program drew away from the national affiliation and centered more on an individ- ual drug program for the state schools. The statistics and hard facts about drugs and drunk driving affected students. It scared me a lot , said Brunow. Students said the large girl to boy ratio at the convention was interesting. Buckley said he wasn't sure why so few males attended. I don't know if they think it's not cool or what, he said. Buckley added, If our school chapter can save one life, it's worth it. What's the price of one life? You can't put a price on it. Tammy Hicks Athlete support. Say no, declare SADD t-shirts sported by varsity girls' basketball players Shannon Baer, Deena Moretti, Carol Bluemel, Anita McCreary and Christy Youngberg.

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STHUTTING THEIH STUFF Hours of practice gives team four minutes in the spotlight silversprayedacross the I liked when the crowd cheered. Even if we didn't know the drill that well, it made us feel better and then the drill came off better. Juli Tippets Drill team. Back row: Lisia Schmidt, Tracy Prather, Shellie Hortin, Misty Heltz, Juli Tippets. Second row: Advisor Marilyn Charles, Barbara Haloomb, Amy Pena, Bridget Cox, Melanie Cottrell, Vonda Chamberlain, Front row: Patti Hicks, Adesa Cagel, Carrie Covolo, Mindy Rollins. floor like a wave with its undertow of blue. The echo of the crashing crests sounded as arms-one by one took their starting positions. A second look revealed the Lyman High School drill team. Serving as drill mistress Junior Juli Tippets had the respon- sibilities of delegating assignments, keeping people in order, and taking control of practices. It also meant while practicing a drill she counted the beat to keep everyone together and on step. At practices we usually started off with 10 to 15 minutes warming up. Then we practiced or made up a drill. After about 20 minutes we would take a break then continue practicing. Rehearsals didn't always go the same. Sometimes we got sidetracked or were in silly moods, noted Tippets. Tippets added, I liked when the crowd cheered. Even if we didn't know the drill that well, it made us feel better and then the drill came off better. I could tell half way through a performance if it was good or if it was a failure because of what the crowd did. Lisia Schmidt said, Most people thought drill team was no big deal. We needed more support and more school spirit. If they would have understood how hard it really was, maybe we would have had that support. The entire team had the responsibility of making up drills. Tippets, Patti Hicks, and Schmidt usually made up the drills, but everyone was encouraged to make one up and teach it to the team. The complicated process of making a 4-5 minute drill was overcome by using ideas they had, ones from camp and previous years. Before a performance the team would go through the drill in their minds while lis- tening to the music, stretch out and pray. We would also get the feel of the music, go through rough spots, and try to get everyone excited. It helped to encourage everybody-tell them we would do great, Schmidt added. My favorite part of being on the drill team was performing. By the time we performed, I was sick of the music and that was our reward-getting it over with, said Hicks. Schmidt added, My favorite part of being on the team was that I loved to dance. I loved to run out in front of the crowd and show them our stuff. A weight requirement was put on each of the drill team members. I liked the weight requirement. If everyone looks basically the same it made us as a whole look better, Hicks said. Schmidt noted, I liked the weight requirement. It kept us from getting overweight and improved our looks on the floor. Most of the girls didn't have to worry about their weight, they just had to main- tain it by cutting down on all the little extras like pop and sweets. For the team being as young as it was we had a good season. The age of the girls really didn't matter. It's the quality that counts, Schmidt said. Jessica Dunn -- g Clubs I Drill Team

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