Prairie Heights Community High School - Galaxy Yearbook (Lagrange, IN)

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BELOW: Leu Sellers, Larry Dunkel Award. SECOND BE- LOW: Terry German, Outstanding Senior Award in Baseball. LOWER LEFT: Richard Ernsberger. Outstanding Senior Award in Track. LOWER RIGHT: Richard Ernsberger, Out- standing Senior Award lor Football. A ihletic Banquet Eskew Addresses Parents and Athletes Mr. Phil Eskew, president of the Indiana High School Ath- letic Association was guest speaker at the annual Athletic Ban- quet on May 14. In his talk Eskew stressed the importance of having organized and commission controlled athletics where schools play by the rules as a member of the IHSAA or they don ' t play at all. He used various examples to illustrate how the IHSAA operates and why. Eskew pointed out the integral part that parents play in the school athletic program. Master of ceremonies for the evening was junior Doug Booth. Barbequed chicken was featured as the main course of the meal. The cafetorium was packed with athletes, parents, and coaches, all part of the school athletic program, as the awards and recog- nitions were given. All team members both junior and senior high were recognized and special achievement awards were given for outstanding accomplishments in the various sports. George Compton was asked to display all his ribbons and trophies in track and cross country that he has received over his high school years on a table at the banquet. The table was laden.

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During inductii president Pam I Linda Benson instructs i to her responsibilities. GAA Banquet State GAA President Speaks at Banquet Miss Bedulia Weirick, out-going president of the state GAA and physical education instructor at Manchester College, was the guest speaker at the annual GAA awards dinner on Friday, May 2. Using the letters in the word HEART she spoke of the characteristics of the athlete. Mistress of ceremonies for the evening was Linda Benson, President. Awards and remarks were made by the sponsor, Miss Davis. At the close of the Banquet there was a candlelight ceremony in- ducting the new GAA officers. GAA girls work earning points all year for award recognition at the annual Mother-Daughter Banquet. Barb Dunkel and Pam Young chat during the meal while their mothers are seated directly opposite them. Speaker Weirick and President Benson are seated at the head table. Receiving her senior blazer award from sponsor. Miss Davis Roberta Gamble. JoAnn and Jill Van Wagner enjoy the banquet festivities.

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Bieswanger Repeats- Girls Compete Against Boys The third annual Little 500 was held May 26. The event was a variety of races on bicycles at the Prairie Heights track. The main event was 50 laps consisting of three boys teams and one girls team. The girls competed against the boys because they were the only entry in the girls competition. Girls on the team were K. Stapleton. D. Tracey, P. Hill, and C. Sobasky. The winners time for the 50 laps was 38 minutes .07 seconds. D. Beiswanger was the winner in the individual bicycle race. This was the second year in a row that David won this event. K. Stapleton won the girl ' s individual event beating last year ' s champ, L. Mullins, in a close race. Randy Noll, Greg German, Ronnie Holiday, and Ken Sanders were the mem- bers on the winning Jr. Hi. team. The Little 500 was sponsored by the FFA and Athletic Department. Pictured above illustrates the start of the Jr. race. Pictured below is the winning team in the 50 laps fea ture race. Left to right are: Richard Taylor. Mark Hayward Rainello Gordon (the FFA Queen who handed out the tro phies). Chuck Huff, David Beiswanger. Pictured above, Pam Hill and Charlotte Sobasky make rider exchange in the pitt range: bicycle 22 Student Life