Meadowbrook High School - Sceptre Yearbook (Richmond, VA)

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RTH nearer monensencotnpnesansssene Big Deal! Thirty dollars was pretty steep for the autographed photo of Cherly Tiegs displayed by joint own- ers Venson Wallin, Mike Andrews and Scott Shapiro. Going, going ... The auctioneer, Earl Binns, urges a bidder not to pass up an item but to bid higher. Determination! Pam Gizzi shows unanswering determination to pur- chase the item she was bidding for. Overcome Tammy Woelfl seemed happy enough to pay forty-five dol- lars for a shirt worn by Kenny Log- gins in concert. Involvement The mood of the whole auction is displayed in Donna Elliot’s manner of bidding and on the looks on the faces around her. Celebrity Auction 21

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You paid fifty-two dollars for what? The highest price paid at the annual AIASA celebrity auction was fifty-two dollars. It was paid by Tommy Terry for an autographed copy of Richard Nixon’s book, The Real War. He wasn’t even sure that it was autographed as all items up for bid re- mained wrapped until pur- chased. The second highest price paid for an object was forty- five dollars paid by Tammy Woelfl for a shirt worn by Kenny Loggins in a concert. Mike Andrews had the monetary help of several friends when he paid thirty dollars for an autographed photo of Cheryl Tiegs. Among the lesser priced objects there were packages from Erma Bombeck, Senator Byrd, Ted Kennedy and oth- ers. The AIASA aroused the curiosity of the students ear- ly in the year by displaying the packages that would go up for bid in a display case. The objects were donated by the celebrities in response to a letter explaining the auc- tion sent by AIASA President Preston Blake. The auction, held during an activities period, was well covered by Channel 8 T.V. and earned AIASA over $450.00. |r RS TRS Autographed Receiving his auto- graphed copy of The Real War by Richard Nixon makes Tommy Terry pretty happy. 20 Celebrity Auction

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A trip on the Mattaponi The 27 science students who went on a canoe trip with Mr. Lamar Brandt in late May had more trouble spell- ing the river then paddling up it. The trip started on the Mattaponi River and ended up on the York River with an overnight compout near Lightfoot. The group was led by Mr. Bill Portlock, a field worker for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Most of the stu- dents had been on a canoe trip in the fall and were pret- ty adept at manuvering the boats. It was when everyone got out of the canoes that the problems started. At one point when the group beached their canoes on an island in mid-channel, the is- land turned out to be a man- eater. Every footstep was questionable. Would they sink or would the ground be solid enough to hold their weight. Mr. Portlock used this experience to show why 22 River Trip ducks have webbed feet. Nets were cast to collect specimens. At one point casting turned up a non-poi- sonous water snake which was used to point out the markings that distingush poi- sionous snakes from non- poisonous ones. As the students ap- proached the end of their trip at the York River they were attacked by flies, mos- quitoes and sand fleas that lived in the cord grass along the river. They were de- fenseless to swat the insects away since they had to con- centrate on paddling. Mr. Portlock led them to the open river, a stay which was cut short by a storm. Escaping the storm, the group finished up their trip in a shelter as Portlock re- capped the trip in a journal. The recapping was cut short by a fierce hail storm, a sort of grand finale put on for the students by nature. Surprises The students never knew what the casting net would turn up. Once it yielded a snake. ae Steering Hispassenger seems non- plussed by this student’s method of balancing the canoe.