Pflugerville High School - Panther Paw Yearbook (Pflugerville, TX)

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leniors Paige Hill and Rusty Teston were elected Most Friendly by the senior class early in lecember. Stephanie Koury and Robbie Ringstaff were selected as seniors Most Likely to Succeed. Trey Meeks and Janna Williams received the Best Dressed award at the Talent Show in December. Lorren Mott was selected as Best All Around along with Michelle Jackson who is not pictured. The senior class selected the favorites in their senior classes early in December. At the Talent Show before Christmas vacation three members of the yearbook staff presented the titles as they held The Academy Awards. Other favorites not pictured above were: Craig Wylie and Karen Davis who received Wittiest, Jennifer Johnson and Kevin Levels who were elected as Most Athletic, and Bruce Stiles and Rebecca Langenfeld selected as Most Popular. SENIOR FA VORITES 129

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Seniors Forced to Re-evaluate concept of “Being a Senior” Have you ever had so much money that you didn't know what to do with it? That was one of the problems the Senior Class of 1985 had to deal with. Senior sponsor. Ms. Mott said. “The Seniors of '85 have had the most money than any senior class before. Even after paying for the 1984 Prom, they still came out ahead.” But all that money could not keep their spirits alive. All the upcoming laws and new changes brought about a lack of spirits. “I thought our senior year would have been more fun with all the money we had to spend.” said senior Michelle Jackson. Although the seniors did contribute so much of their energy and enthusiasm throughout their high school years, like winning the Hall Decorating Contest four years in a row. their senior year was not the same for them. With pep rallies having to be in the morning, and no activities dur- ing the day to break the monotony, there was nothing left to look forward to. to lift their spirits. Still the seniors did their best to keep their spirits up. Parties were the main attributes to their spirit lifting. The seniors kept the. not so hard, senior tradition of “Senior Partying.” One main hangout, when there wasn’t a party going on, was the hide out. The fire burning on cold nights, the music going loud, and privacy was all they needed. The snow didn’t even stop them from letting out their partying tradition. Charlie Taylor’s house was one place they went to let it all out. The seniors also focused their at- tention on Amityville and the Party Road. The partying tradition was about the only tradition the class of 1985 felt they could carry through. Most seniors agreed they thought their senior year would have been different but unfortunately, the attitude that usually goes along with being a “true” senior seemed to be taken away from them. It was just another one of those changes caused by Pflugerville becoming so big. If you would really take the time and look back, you’ll notice that the Class of ’85 are the only “True” Panthers. The Class of '85 is the last class who actually knew who was who among their class since things had changed and grew so much. You could have honestly said that the class of 1985 had the traditional true blue Panther Pride. ky Barfetc The election held in the spring of our junior year brought many candidal to run for Senior Class Officers. When this election was over the new Sen Class Officers were announced as the following: (left) Treasurer — Joy Whi Secretary — Melissa Dickinson. President — Lorren Mott, and Vice Presid« — Karen Zwerneman. The richest class in the school gathers around the spirit bells that were donated to the school by the senior class. Mr. Kuehn father of Phillip Kuehner. helped the senior class in finding the bells. 128 SENIORS

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Part One: 48 Hours of Celebration “Don't even try to take drugs or to sneak alcohol onto the bus or into Six Flags. If we don't catch you, the Six Flags security people will, warned Ms. J. Swope, senior sponsor. And if you do get caught in Dallas and thrown in jail, we're leaving you there for your parents to bail you out, added other sponsor Ms. V. Mott. So. when seniors arrived at school at 11:15, they came clean, fearing the worst. Mr. L. Bradley, principal. Mr. D. O'Leary, vice principal, and sponsors sniffed bottles and checked each person as they boarded the bus. Once settled on the bus. the ghetto blasters blared even though earphones wre plugged in; and the three Trailways buses ordered from Waco rolled on. A short three hours later, the class of '85 screamed into Dallas two hours before the amusement park opened. Ms. Swope and the other sponsors were famished, so the seniors placidly agreed to go to the Six Flags Mall to eat at the Food Court. From there the buses took the traveling seniors and dropped them in front of the Six Flags park. A brief wait, a quick search by park officials and the graduating classes of 1985 from all over Texas were set loose on the Arlington park. It took only a short time to get bearings on where each ride was. From then on each group went on its own way. No one saw much of other Pflugeriville people during the eight hour stay. Occasionally someone recognizeable would pop up in line and then they would be seen and seen as the line coiled and recoiled up to the ride entry. But, the most bizarre stimulation to the senses was not being turned upside down or being toppled topsie turvie, it was seeing the weird apparel of seniors from other places than conservative Pflugerville. SHORT shorts. TRANSPARENT blouses. Boys with long dangling, pink feather earrings and TIGHT black leather pant. One guy in a pastel suede suit with DILATED pupils and a snorting nose. The visions made Pflugerville seniors feel even more secure about their little corner of the world. Most seniors wandered around until their feet ached from walking. By midnight some had given up and searched for a place to sit waiting for the sponsors to give the okay to return to the buses. The ride home was very quiet. The animals won at the booths miraculously changed into pillows just as Cinderella's carriage changed in- to a pumpkin. The three hour ride home seem ed even shorter than the ride up to Dallas. By 4:30 a.m. all were on their way home thinking about the short sleep ahead before get ting ready for PART TWO of the senior weekend — THE PROM. f J» Roaring Rap«ds had a cooling effect for students who sat in the wrong seats. One brave rider had to wring the water out of the stuffed animal he carried along on the ride Clrffhanger and the Texas Chuteout are in the background The wait to ride the Texas Cliffhanger often lasted over 45 minutes. I could still feel my stomach in my throat after that one. said senior Petra Thompson. Mahrdad Sharif, with Ms. Mott's fingers behind Irby Ford and Karen Lord check out one of the him; Lisa Gray wearing the dice she won; George posted maps to decide which ride to attempt Salvans in his Hawaiian print shorts rest their next, feet late in the night. New student from New Orleans. Chip Scoggins waits with everyone else to go through the gates to be searched. 130 SENIOR TRIP