Ottawa Township High School - Senior Yearbook (Ottawa, IL)

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Waters Flood 1 , ft y V If 1 v 1 Y l F l Students, Civil Defense members, and Na- tional Guard members form a human chain to transport sandbags to rebuild the broken dike which had allowed the flood waters into the school building. be tl, V, , slq, ,W 4 ,ft may , , l, , A , xf N wi., , , in ,st W 1 Mlfl' 'l ll r ' Wi A If 'L A ,Jw ,Q with W, Y ml ,. , ,- ' ,F Q is E- f .1esfagLilif:il' 'l L1 2 ,QL . :wilt fy' 'l?'ifNi'C,. xfrl fe- ' r A f:!s14,Q:,', l me ned' 7 , , -ss, w,M:,e,,, ' ' ,: 'if , ' , '1 W,Q!trp5rsriViil2f' ' -' N, 'V' l fF','t, ' Us 4 , ' W. gi-,fu1C,., .- i . '15, ...S - ,Qvgf V dll l' i m 1 ' ' ll 'I tl Ii 1 an 4 lr 1- we , Mi 7' I-TI 'wx ' ' ,gh exam , v N i 28!Snper Flood Rise Unexpectedlyz Stops School Creating the Super Flood of '82, the Illinois and Fox Rivers left their banks during the weekend of December 3-5. What resulted was the longest Christ- mas vacation in OHS history, and ex- cessive damage to the school. Nine to 12 feet of water covered the lower levels of the school, destroying the cafeteria, driver's-training room, the west gymfs new floor, the contents of the central storage areas and locker rooms, and demolishing the publica- tion's office. At 9 a.m. Saturday morning the local radio stations called for student and teacher volunteers to sandbag to try to save Kingman Gym floor. After an eight hour effort, the rivers crested and the floor remained undamaged. Throughout the next two weeks vol- unteers literally shoveled out the lower levels of the school. River muck cov- ered everything from the ruined year- book collection in the publicatiorfs of- fice to the P.E. clothes in all the locker rooms. The rivers had spared nothing that was in their path. Total damage to the school ran well over 81.7 million. Left. More help than sending gas was needed to rebuild the wall that was washed away between the Aetna roam and central storage. All of the trainers in the Aetna room were destroyed by the flood Waters. Right. Mr. Russell James inspects flood condi- tions behind the school in his kayak, which was the only practical means of transportation until the rivers receeded ill hw y, Q- a n 'Y ,A st s ,M f '-A H ,. - W2 7,7-'ws:Tsl:,? ' , t A 2 ' f 5 sr R s. 5 1 vb M f vi in H -,asf

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Kids Boogie To lchemy Freshmen and sophomores got to- gether and boogied to the beat pro- vied by Alchemy at the annual Frosh-Soph Mixer held September 14. The dance was held in the courtyard and sponsored by the sophomore class who served hotdogs and pop while var- ious teachers chaperoned. Sophomore Vaughn Torres summed up his idea of the dance by comment- ing, It's a good idea, and a fun time! Cindy Taylor, Nancy Bayer, Diane Duzan, Su- san Logsdon, and Glenna Turner dance to the rhythm. 5 E 5 gigs if is St! i SQ Not even an injured arm could keep sophomore Tammy Weitzel away from the dance, as she gave her activity ticket to Mr. Jim Sutherland. With skateboard and refreshments in hand, Chuck Watts is ready for the evening. Frosh-Soph MIXGFX27

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