Pulaski County High School - Cougar Pinnacle Yearbook (Dublin, VA)

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Open Wide — Eleanor Woodard puts a spoonful of pudding in Mike Flinchum’s mouth as Melissa Bur- cham looks on at the Superdance Pudding Eating Contest. Free at Last — The art students of Mr. Charles Goolsby released ap¬ proximately 250 balloons for Youth Art Month (YAM), held in March. Sittin’ Pretty — Jane McMillan takes a break from her hike to the top of a mountain in the Swiss Alps just outside of Lucerne, Switzer¬ land. In Extreme Agony, Tracy Howard acts out his role of Tommy in “The Brick and the Rose.” J Student Life 21

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Keep It Alive Spring made one feel like dancing, but dancing for at least eleven hours? Thirty-four people did just that at the March of Dimes’ dance-a-thon held last spring in the Com¬ mons Area. It was sponsored by the Key Club; and although club member Tom Wallace said the turnout was “somewhat disappointing,” Si, 982 was col¬ lected for MDA, enough to pur¬ chase four wheelchairs and send two kids to MDA camp. The Marchof Dimes Walk-a- thon was far from a leisurely Sunday stroll. The 659 people participating put one foot in front of the other and trudged for eighteen kilometers! But the sore feet went for a good cause. $19,120 was pledged for the w alk, and Pulaski County was recognized as having pledged the most money in the Radford region. The Walk-a- thon was also a club sponsored event, this time by the FBLA. “Award-winning was the word for the spring one act play “The Brick and The Rose.” Di¬ rected by Mr. Quesenberry and Ms. Ballinger, the play won re- gionals. Ms. Ballinger ex¬ pressed her pleasure wdth the play by saying, “It was even more than I expected.” Mr. Quesenberrj ' agreed and added, “The cast was very conscien¬ tious and compatible.” YAM was not May spelled backwards or a new punk rock group. It was actually Youth Art Month. During this time, the art students held a student art show in the IMC for the first time in the school’s history, and put up a bulletin board of the Mona Lisa in the Commons Area. Later in the month, Mona received a pair of silver punk glasses. The students also re¬ leased approximately 250 bal¬ loons as a contest to see which traveled the longest distance. Diane Glasgow won when her balloon landed twenty miles south of Petersburg. Hitting the Bottle, R usty Warren, Allen Alderman, and Gil Pearman celebrate their successful perfor¬ mance in Mr. Patrick Irving’s Surveying the Horizon, Rodney Scott of the Sheriff’s Department SWAT team takes a drink during the March of Dimes Walk-a-thon sponsored by the FBLA in March. 20 Spring

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MegaMania “Friday night, feels right, Cougars in the new pep see- let’s all have a hall tonight!” 1 ion of I he s( ad in in, followed ll sounded familiar, hut it hv a few hops at the soek was not always sung hv a hop. When haskethall sea- television set liolding a run son rolled around, students of Sclililx kite. It was rou- did niiieli the same thing as finely harmonized hv a ma- loot hall season, hut in the jor part oflhestudent hody warm eomfort of t he gym in- every Friday at IhOfS. Well, stead of the eold stadium, whv not? After five davs of Students who weren’t at different plaees on dif ferent and radio, not to mention the foods. They got their break free food. One eould snuggle today; their I’izza lint pizzas up with a Coke and Doritos to go; t he hest cat in’in low n in front of the T.Y., or snug- at Hardee’s; and didn ' t have gle up with a friend in front a reason to go anyplace else of I lie lire. Iml Wendy ' s. Summer nights without a They also hraved the fire, people eould lie spread high pi ' iees and long lines at out from the (irand Strand the hox office to he enter- to the heaehes of Maliliu. peneils, hooks, and teaehers seliool fund ions were usual- dirt v looks, st tide ills needed I y eruisin’ “I lie st rip” of I’u- al least a four month vaea- laski or Radford. Parking lion. Cnforlunatelv, all they lots, game rooms, and fast had was a t wo day weekend, food plaees were always so t hey made t he most of it. jammed w it h people looking A few of the plaees to lie lor a place to go and some- were MeDonalds, the (iold- tiling do do. ni ( ialaxy, and Old Slaugli- Fat ing was usually t he ae- terhouse Road. I faring foot- livity eliosen hy the iiiajor- liall season, students might ity. Students pigged out at he found eheering for the lained hy the silver sc reen. California, hack home they Tliev saw such movies as had pool parties and affairs F.T., the Fxtra Terrestrial, at the New River Valley Roeky III, and An Officer Fair. I hey kept theireoolat and a (ieut lemeii. Wit h sueli plaees like Claytor hake, a wide choice of activities. Money and t rauspor tat ion who would want to stay at made the decision ol going home? out or staying home, hut Well, there was a wide whatever the choice was, c hoic e of activities .at home students were guaranteed a too. There was always T.V. good time. Ul ' c in t lie. ' I ' ast Lane! A panoramic view of res¬ taurant row in I ' air- lawn. Route 11 was a regular night spot for eruisin ' .