Northwest High School - Silvertip Yearbook (Wichita, KS)

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Rhonda Lancaster becomes irst majorette for Grizzlies During the six years that Northwest has been open, the school as never had a majorette. The new addition to the band was Jphomore Rhonda Lancaster. Lancaster thought that since most igh schools had twirlers, Northwest should too. She talked to ir father about it and he thought she should check into it. So me next day she went to the band director, Mr. Willis, and told im of her idea and he thought it sounded great. Lancaster practiced for at least one hour a day during the spr- ,g, summer, and fall. She first started twirling when she got a iron for her 14th birthday from her step-mom. Two years was sually not considered enough time of practice to compete in vntests, yet Lancaster did. She placed third at the state contest id fifth in the Miss Majorette contest. She took lessons from everly Heimerman during the entire year and competed in the iring. The cost of being a twirler was very expensive. Lancaster had i pay for lessons, which were ten dollars an hour, as well as her rstumes, shoes, socks, barons and baton cases, and any extra rings she might have needed. The cost of going to contests in- uded entry fees, travel, lodging, and meals. Lancaster stated lat her father helped her pay for most of it, He really supports e in what I do and both of my parents are proud of me. I enjoy aking them happy as well as myself. Being in the spot light on the football field at a game was not ways terrific. I was nervous about dropping my baton, but ter a while, I learned to just pick it up. The fact that there as a crowd of people with their eyes on her made her nervous, o. She felt that she got good support from the band and the hool. All the people in the band were really great, including r. Willis. I made a lot of new friends. lt was a great privilege to be able to twirl for the best band in 'ichita. It was a lot of fun and a great experience. Lancaster rd not decided on whether or not to persue twirling in college, it she hoped that she would be able to twirl for Northwest next ar. She also stated that she thought it would be a neat idea if ey would allow two twirlers to be a part of the band. -Anita Zelmer Burr Gilchrist Kevin Gilliland Dawn Gilman jerry Glover Ann Goins Marrenus Golden Stacy Good jerry Goodman Kara Goodpasrure Kim Gore Shannon Gorges Gregory Grayson Tony Green Troy Griggs Arerhia Grisby Brenda Guthrie Ronda Guthrie Gabrielle Gutierrez

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john Hall Veronica Hall Eric I-Iamby Cynthia Hansen Frank Hanson Lloyd Harden Nancy Hardesty Gary Hardgraves Shaundra Harding 176 ' Sophomores was . F, 'hi- ABOVE: Michelle Stahl takes a deep breath before at- tempting to save the victim. TOP RIGHT: After successfully saving her manilcan, Michelle Stahl flashes a grin of relief. BOTTOM RIGHT: CPR Instructor joan Krack demonstrates the Heimlich manuever on volunteer Kim Shaner. Sophomore physical ed students receive CPR training, practice Every year the sophomore physical education classes are required to take a course in CPR. The purpose of the course is to learn techniques on how to help choking and heart attack victims, With the course lasting a week, the students practiced on manikans that had hollow chests. This enabled for simulated breathing in the dummies and for seeing the chest expand as air was pushed into the lungs. Because the manakins had hollow chests, the students could press on them and practice without the danger of injuring a live person. Each manikan had a removable mouth piece for sanitation purposes, that the student was able to breath into. After each student was finished helshe was to clean the mouth piece with alcohol. Two manikans were available for use, one being a full grown adult and the other a baby. These would simulate a real individuals which prepared the student in case of an emergency. I think the course has helped me a lot, said jamie McNamee. I know I will remember this course in the future. Some of the students seemed confident that they will remember the course and might save a life, others have already forgotten parts of the course. In case an emergency of this sort should arise, there may be someone there to help thanks to the CPR class. -Chris VanBurkIeo