Raymore Peculiar High School - Panther Yearbook (Peculiar, MO)

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Paul Keller, Larry Rains, MikefWood, Greg Cochran, 1 and Tim Olson put on caps andifgowns for Graduation. 1 mn start the line of ation. 5 her diploma as Senior choir members - Tammy Roberts, Rene Forester, Kathy Townsend, Angel McMahon I Nancy Tarwater, Rita Davids, Jeff Mosch, Eric Parrott. Chris Cotton, Randy Veach, and Shawn Dyer - perform at Graduation. Yvonne Lehr, Valedictorian of the Senior class, gives her speech addressed to the Seniors. Mr. Shull congratulates Wendy Barnard, Salutatorian of the Senior class. Graduationh 63

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Tears shed as Seniors leave As May 20 - Graduation Day - ap- proached, many seniors were trying to croWd in everything they needed to do before they left. Some were still mak- in up homework assi nments while otEers were getting ad resses and pic- tures of their friends. I'm a senior and as I write this I tend to remember my senior year best. My senior year was the best. We, the seniors, began the year by taking on the senior yell and all 0our res onsibilities. We took ACT tests anala applied to a number of colleges. 'We went to our Prom and' spent a large amount of money on it. We kept up tradition and had a Senior Skip Day , or as Mr. Rankin would call it - 'Senior Recreation Da . We fooled Mr. Rankin this year an threw not only him in the lake, but also his spare, dry clothes. ' Our senior year brings only one bad memory - David Inman's death. He died of a heart attack on April 1. His death touched our hearts and we suddenly realized that death is a part of each of our lives. I think thatgiwe Will remember most is our graduation. Our spirits may have been lowered 'when graduation was moved indoors because of rain, but we still felt a twinge of anxiety. As we walked with our partner down the aisle, I'm sure I wasn't the Only one having mixed emotions of happiness and sadness. a , The whole night seems like a fuzz dream. We sat on the chairs throug all the speeches, raising our hands ev- ery once in a while to clap. Then the time came when we heard our class president, Jeff Dean, call out our names to receive our di lomas; We walked on sta e and too mas while stil in a trance. Shortly after that we were parading out ,- some of us with wide grins on our faces; some of us with tears and sniffles. We returned our caps and gowns between con ratulating hugs, kisses, 'and han shakes. From there we each went our own way ,- to parties and recep- tions or to bed for a restful sleep. As 'I look back, I'm now out of a trance and realize that I'm faced with many decisions. The future holds many mysteries, but I will always re- member Rover, the leaky roof, and the school's parking lot. On top :of all those, I will always remember the un- derclass, the faculty, and the senior class of '82. our ldiplo- ' Jeff Dean and Debbie Hofmann start the line of seniors walking in for Graduation. Roxanne Pardekooper accepts her diploma as a smile spreads across her face. Senior choir members - Nancy Tarwater, Rita D Dyer - perform at Grad The Seniox

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. q- -n-.. .... . .n- . What do you mea Dooley That's our main man, Greg Cochran! Terri I David Russback, Troy Sullivan and Jeff Huqter concentrate on chemistry. Vickie Hagedom says, 'Thbb-bbb-bbb! 61V5eniors