McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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Freaks are people foo , “Freaks.’’ What are they? Who are they? To summarize the questions many of you ask yourselves, they are the students you find mostly in the smoking area or wallsing around the halls in blue jeans and jean jackets. But nor all of them are like this, Tom Tarrant explains, ‘There are different classes of freaks. Ir does nor depend only on whar you're wearing. Nor all frealks wear jeans. It depends on how much you smoke and your attitude abour things.” Junior Dave Taylor said he doesn’t mind being stereotyped as a freak, and the same goes for Senior Sreve Gerken. ‘It's what you are or wharf you like to do. To me it doesn't matrer what name they call you, Just as long as you're happy with yourself,” Steve said. Tom brought up a fact having to do with freaks and jocks. ‘Frealss like sports just as much or more than jocks do,” he told us. If you look af our reams here at North, half of them are freaks. Freaks enjoy sports more than what people give them creair for,’ he added. Dave said thar during the summer a group of so-called freaks always gor rogeth- er on Safurdays and played a game of baseball or foorball for the fun of ir. When did they become freaks? Accord- ing to Dave, he has been a freaks since he was born. Tom told us in ninth grade he converted. Why do people become freaks? Some told us thar they didn’t like the way jocks acted and others said because thar was where all their friends were or because they just wanted to be there. Bur all in all people were people, no matter whar they did or who they were. Enjoying an after lunch smoke, Debbie Plunis and Lisa Birkemeier ler their food digesr. Telling a friendly joke ro security guard William C. Fields, Myron Melren laughs with the crowd. Here is one of the famous spots ro find freaks relaxing berween classes — the bleachers.

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4 Christmas Carol SANTA CLAUS, JINGLE BELLS, STOCKINGS hanging with care, ghosts — what! Ghosts? Aren't they a part of another season? Nor when you're the crotchety Eben- eezer Scrooge of Charles Dickens’ A Christ. mas Carole, performed here Dec. ORE 8, Certainly you've heard the story. Bur for those of you who haven't, or whose memories have fizzled our after the long months of studious hard worl, here’s the way if goes. Ebeneezer Scrooge, the bitter, miserly old businessman, doesn't believe in the spirit of Christmas. ‘‘Humbug!”’ says he. Then on Christmas Eve, Scrooge is paid a visit by three ghostly creatures from the world beyond. Can they change Scrooge’s words of “Humbug” to those of ‘Merry Christmas” in just one night? A Christmas Carole, as performed at North, was a one-act adaptation by Director Mrs. Connie Schindelwulf because ‘'! didn’t lise any of the scripts | read, so | wrote my own.” Senior cast member Milke Steevens commented, ‘Mrs. Schindewolf’s adapra- tion was very good. And Mike Agnew did a fantastic job as Scrooge!” Twas the season fo be jolly, as even old Ebeneezer Scrooge finally came to learn. Merry Christmas! Classy Cast The Reader Shari Nelson Ebeneezer Scrooge Mike Agnew Bob Cratchit Jim Simanol Fred Tony Hartsfield Collector Sanora Boyd Marley Tom Graybael Ghost of Christmas Past, Anne Campbell Fan Denise Zangara Boy (Young Scrooge) Chris Barlser Belle Mary Elliott Young Scrooge Mark Hayse Ghost of Christmas Present Rhonda Bishop Mrs. Cratchit Beth Reuter Belinda Cratchit Linda Graybael Peter Cratchit Eric Wulff Martha Cratchit Ann Borch Tiny Tim. Rick Trupp Topper (Fred's boy) Brian Koonce Fred's wife Gail Liebert Fred's girl Melissa MacKenzie Ghost of Christmas Future Milse Steevens First Gossioer Becky Cowles Second Gossiper Charles Murray Young Boy Chris Barker Shaking with fright, Scrooge is confronted by the wandering spirit of his old friend Marley. 34 Winter Play