Mercer County High School - Highlander Yearbook (Harrodsburg, KY)

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1. Linda Lewis eagerly takes a jump off the bus and heads for the warm school building. 2. To bring Christmas spirit to school, Tom Earley, Iva God by, and David Lyons decorate the front hall. 3. The 1983 Snow Queen, Bobbe Wiley, rides in the annual Christmas Parade in Harrodsburg. 4. The early January snowfall makes students rejoice. 5. Not being old enough to go to a big Friday night game sure doesn’t cramp Earl Pinkston’s and Mark Young’s style. Every free second they play their own game with cheering spectators. 6. To make money for a chorus trip, Cindy Crowder sells balloons. 7. Wonder what Beth Johnstone and Sally Bishop want for Christmas ... Or are they just flirting with Santa? 6 Opening 5

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Fall was in the air. All-over Mercer County, students were making busy preparations for school. As the yellow school buses drew near their houses, students couldn’t help wondering with a bit of apprehension what the new school year held in store. They needn’t have worried, it was just a matter of time before football games, pep rallies, dances, and competitions arrived in rapid suc- cession. It had all the ingredients for an exciting year. The extreme heat of summer and the unusually cool fall temperatures could not daunt the cross country team in their effort. They brought home win after win to add to their impressive record. It was a season for victory. Enjoying another year of parades and competition, the Mercer Coun- ty Scotties Band marched home with third place victories. The Football team had an awesome record of 6 - 5, including a win over Casey County at Homecoming. Perhaps most impressive was their win over our arch-rivals — Har- rodsburg. It was a year of firsts as election day arrived with the results that the new governor was Martha Layne Collins — the first woman governor of Kentucky and the only woman governor at that time. Election day was smack in the middle of the holiday season, but Halloween and Thanksgiving were celebrated with the usual vigor. It’s easy to imagine how busy the annual staff was. The year was off to a great start, and memories were in the process of being made. It was a group effort though, and each individual could be proud to be from Mercer County. 1. The excitement of the Scotties shows through as the game comes to an end, and the Scotties win once more. 2. Does Pam Baker really sleep in her locker each night? 3. Before each football game, Stephanie Coleman helped fill the spare time until kickoff. 4. Tommy Nichols says that seniors are O.K. 5. Despite the humid summer, the cool autumn evenings convinced Kathy Parrott that she needed an extra layer of warmth. Opening 5

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Throughout this festive season, course, just before Christmas, with it. Students dreamed of a everyone hustled through the semester exams came flying around white covered ground and early streets hurriedly going about his the corner and knocked everyone dismissal from school. The dream business. Christmas was just down. Panic started students every- came true, and two weeks were around the corner, and there were where prayed that Christmas vaca- missed with only one day in school, basketball games about every night. tion would arrive quickly. As the first snow melted away, the The clubs worked heartily to help All during the winter season, heavens became even whiter and those in need in the community. students crowded into the gym to expelled four and a half inches of For a MCHS student, winter is the see an orange ball dribble up and snow on Mercer County. The busiest season of all. down the floor. The new coaches in students were overjoyed, and the The busiest part of the winter both girls’ and boys’ basketball vacation deeply appreciated ... season was Christmas. Christmas made this season especially excit- until it hit them that those two shopping had to be done, Christmas ing. weeks had to be made up. parades had to be attended, and The new year arrived and Christmas pageants won. And, of expectations of graduation arrived