Perkins High School - Quadrant Yearbook (Sandusky, OH)

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billslioifmm laws at YOUTH UN GO T Americans often joke about how the government is run by inexperi- enced people. Today, this may be true. But in the future, this situation may be changed because of the Youth-In-Government program, Students from Ohio who are inter- ested in government have been par- ticipating in Youth-In-Government for the last few years. The program works somewhat like the regular state government, only at a modi- fied scale. With the largest representation in Ohio, Erie County sent 80 delegates to a mock session of the legislature. Twenty-four students represented Perkins. Each student and a partner worked on a bill that they thought would help Ohio residents. After the bills were written, they were rated and put in order of importance. All of the student delegates met in the House and Senate chambers to dis- cuss and vote on which bills should become law. Each bill was brought up in front of a committee by the partners who wrote the bill. lf the bill passed, it went onto the floor of the House and Senate and then to the governor who could veto the bill or pass it. On Thursday evening, the first night in Columbus, the delegates were honored with a banquet. After the dinner, the tapping took place. John Stewart and and Dan Sapper were elected to Speaker of the House and Clerk of Courts, respec- tively. The youths were in session from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Friday. That evening, the students enjoyed a governor's dance. Saturday was a day for getting packed to return home, so the stu- dents only had a morning session. The delgates returned home in the afternoon following three busy days in the House and Senate. 1. After being elected Speaker of the House, John Stewart calls the student delegates to order. 2. Junior, Karla Stierhoff makes a comment about a bill which will be voted on. 22 Youth In Government

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who knows the name oil the ga et? 'W .... l i,,. 1 . in . it E ' I V V V , i 4 'L .. I N in iz f2 A . C , Vh ' V ' ,. , it . ..... . . ' A 3 ' 4 l l lilr ,,,, KVVI . M' 'fr' .1 p We 1 F f 25' A Vg ,,, . Old athletes never die, they just join Varsity P! Approximately 75 high school ath- letes participate in the Varsity P clubs for boys and girls. These clubs get the athletes involved in helping the school by holding ropes at bas- ketball games and directing traffic during the football season. Varsity P members also encour- age school spirit for athletic events. For example, the Girls' Varsity P Club sold buttons with the spirited saying Go Big Black to cheer on the basketball team. They also had numerous bakesales after school. Boys' Varsity P held a donkey bas- ketball game early in the winter to raise money for their club. Coaches from the high school played on don- kies and won against a team from the WLEC radio station. Varsity P clubs do ont only sell things and sponsor games, though. Any athlete who has lettered in a sport is eligible to join the club. For five dollars, they get a t-shirt and a free pass to all home games. 1. Coach Hinton watches as John Losey tries to prove he can ride better than anyone else at the Donkey Basketball game. 2. Bake sales sponsored by Girls' Varsity P attracts many students after school. 3. Gary Brett, as well as other boys' and girls' varsity P members, participated in the annual Lift-a-thon to raise money for the athletic department. All-QRQUTY P

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1. David Hoskin, Annette Lueders, Bob Brown, Scot Smith, Dan Sapper, Mrs. Cathy Zeiher, Mr. Ed Muffler, and Greg Mills are in- troduced as the host Scott's Hi-Q team at their first competition. 2. Lunch mod practices help the team do well in their matches. Most teams in school have to use their muscles to win when in compe- tition but Scott's Hi-Q team has to use their brains to win a match. In it's second year of existence, the Scott's Hi-Q team ended their season with a record of one win, one second place and one loss. The team, consisting of two ju- niors and four seniors, started their season by playing the department heads and won by one point. Follow- ing their victory, the Hi-Q team host- ed Port Clinton and Norwalk St. Paul and also won this game with a score of 28 total points. In their second match, the Hi-Q team lost to Margareeta and Edison with only 22 points. At Sandusky, they came in second place with 34 points. With Edison finishing the season in first place, our Hi-Q team came in the fourth place spot with a total of 74 points in the overall competition. Although the team didn't win the S1500 which was awarded to the winners, they did put in much time practicing for each match. During the lunch mods of every day, they practiced and studied with advisors Mrs. Cathy Zeiher and Mr. Ed Muf- fler in hopes of winning the 355100 for our school. The six team members, Bob Brown, Greg Mills, David Hoskin, An- nette Lueders, Dan Sapper and Scot Smith were chosen at an afterschool tryout session. Junior and senior students tried out for the team and each participant was rated on the number of questions answered and on aggressiveness while answereing the questions. After their season of Hi-Q chal- lenges, the team practiced for the Academic Challenge game which takes place in Cleveland. SBCEQDTT S llflll C513 ifaoee ohellen Scott s Hi Q 23