Richmond High School - Pierian Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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Ql ftiting leeiy, my pm glides ac toss t(ie page. Si ' p tessing my tliougfcts in dil nmt ways 3 uiiml to w iite and tePf you wl ak 3 tknfc. ut tde wonds W ' M not evfp iess tdc missing Cinfe. LvUy uJO ids fcept ijfowing. but do not say mucd. 3 need to speafc to someone and tliem sucli. e my fetne i and please w ' M you (lea i. need to teHH someone. tdH someone (tow mucd 3 ea te. by ' iJiona e iguson Sitting in tde scdoof m etem today 3 saw a boy just sitting tde ie. uiatcding dts ftiends mk dmdx iie foofced di ity. ■-P iobab y spent dis money on cigarettes o t sometding. 3 tdougdt. 3 didn ' t tdinfc mucd o tdis oft dis cAng o i anytding ut tden a woman teacde i walked oi e i to tdat boy and sde dad de i funcd t iay in de t dands. 2de put down tde t tay and gai e tde boy deft mi fc and deft ftuit and deft desseftt. e tdanfced deft witd dis eyes and dis smife. xJkis stftucfc me as i efty odd- sde didn ' t dai e to do tdat. 3 dadn ' t ei en tdougdt o . . . © couftsc 3 dadn ' t. Quess it didn ' t matteft to deft tdat dc foofced diAty. e was stiff a peftson. Jk dungfty pefton. at tdat. cjUessage to Qmm Uusic is eiieftywdefte in ouft fii es wdetdeft it ' s at a conccftt, in a mouie. on tde ftadio. oft in tde sdoweft. t. usic is a fi e oftce tdat bftings out ouft emotions and cofofts ouft woftfd. Ql ' e smife and faugd wdiCe dancing to good ofd ftocfe and mUt and cfty tdat mucd mofte wden we deaft taps at a neftaf. usic a ects us pdysicadfy as weff as emotion- a(?Cy. QA e ftefov: wdiCe fetening to a ftadms S£uffobye. and we ed kke evpteding dufting a ' 9 ' cdaifcousfcy sympdony. Uusic can simpdy tafce contftoP 0 one oot and cause it to tap to tde bmt ojj a song on tde ftadio. oft it can tafce contftoP o tde enti ie body and cause it to tuftn up tde stefteo (fiHH bfast and ftun aftound tde fii ing ftoom in undeftweaft and sungtosses wdife bftutaffy pCaying an aiii gui- taft. ' ut wdy is it tdat music can be so poweft uf and in foentiaf? 3t is because music is an inteftnationaf language wdicd we aHH speafc and undeftstand. STdefte fte. t us say oft a moment tdat youft f i is a song, an un inisded song. 2o ft you dai ' c a mefody. wdicd is youft peftsonaftty: a tempo, wdicd is tde pace at wdtcd you fti c you,ft (!(|c day by day: and a ftecuftfting ftdytdm. wdtcd is tde impftes- sion you feaiie on otdeft pcopfe time a tcft time. QA itd tdese tdftee paftts. aHH you daiie fe t to do is to wftite tde fyftics. ETde past twdiie yeofts o youft fi you dafe buidt a tdeme oft youft song. ' dTdis tdeme is youft ultimate dfteam. wdtcd by now you dai e begun to acdtciie and wdicd you wtif stfttt e to acdteie in yeafts to come. QA detdeft youft dfteaiw is wealtd. dapptness. success, me, gftati tcatton. oft any combination tdefteo . eacd woftd o youft song may deteftmtne tde fteality o tdat dfteam. 2o edoose youft woftds cafte uffy. fceeping youft tdeme in mind, and do so witd cafte ul planning, dftti e. and ddek- mination. 3t may tafce a li time. but only you daiie tde ability to wftite youft own song. tdus. detcftmining youft own ijutufte. ©nee you dai e coivipleted youft own song, and you dai e kmk ed youft ultimate dfteam. peft oftm youft song witd a d youft deaftt and soul, oft youft song Will contain a message tdat ei efty duman being Will be ahk to undeftstand. ' T)elii ' eft youft message Witd tde dopes ojj inspiAing some otdeft young song- Wftiteft to llow dis dfteams. ouft Hile is a song tdat you must wftite. ou a kmd dai e tde music to youA song, ow add a message and some mean- ing, and you will deaft youft tufte. by cKelly Sdepaftd and sde didn ' t dai ' e to do tdat. 3 m embaftftased oft myself. by ob ' bailey 29

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[id Jkmihk Sunday JWo ining (■lOfl woke With a j ifc. is ,100111 was WM] bfiigdt. ' xHc kmw d wns Cote, e pft a poin in liis stomood: it was so ie. consfnnf pain, ' x e Hilled the coi e tfi md sup iisingdj (oiiiif it to be dis union jocfc bcft loucMe. c ' d oAgottcn to tofcc 0 (lis f Potdes be O ic bed. ' md squikmed a fittCr uh( c i tdc coi c tfi ontf toofc 0 (us sdiAt. . t sihgCCccI Hike smofcc md was nuirfdy ot the eCbow. ■i (lOpG mom (losii t rjomc in yet. lod tdoiigdt. e sni ed tde avi and decided that his mom wouUn ' t be abCe to smeCC tde smofcc. but Ion added seeu tity de stu ed dis wadded shikt ak unde i tde bed. SfowPy, ' lod ' s mcmo iy come bacfc. We tdougdt to dimse about T od and ' tennis, about tde toud mufiic. a H the eiga iettcs. tde becft. and ojj cou ise. obouf Sandy. ' xMe ' d nevek had the cmkaqe to ask hek out befpke. and theke he was Hast nigdt. dofditig hek hand. 2de s so cooP. dc tdougdt. smiCing to dimsePiJ.. 3 ean ' t wait to sec hek at spdooJ. ' -Skad was so pfeased witd diivisei ' tdat de afmost Caugdcd out Poud. ig dead was iJiCPed wttd images 0 Sandy as de lemembefted tde {ced- ing de got lom tde bee i. fiiie iyfding seemed so gfteat. rjden tde efanfc 0 tde bkeak ast dishes b iougdt dim bacfc to fteaftty. Sdc 8 wasding tde b teafc ast disdes. de tdougdt to dimse? . Sde ' s wonde iing wdy 3 ' i not up yet. ow couCd 9 daiie done tdis to hek ' ? 3 toCd hek 3 ' d nevek do it. 3i she knew 3 dkank Hast nigdt sde ' d fciCf me. 3 ' HH go to cdu icd witd hek. that ' HH make it up. kad shoved back the cofete and got out 0 bed. Sudden de f eHt te t tibCe. ' rJiis dead tdftobbed. dis stomacd cduftncd. ' kad sank back into bed. 3 ' Hll nei e t do it again. ' B Jow couM 3 have been so stupid? 3 ' m gonna be sttoigdt witd hek. doncst. Just then his mom stucfc hek head in tde doo i. kad s stomacd qaiveked. ' GWis deoAt stopped. QA de ie ' d you go fost nigdt? sde asfccd. ' 3 6 was sfow in answering. rJo tde maHf he said. ' OGsn t tde maCC cPose at nine? sde asfeed. is mind wo ifced quicfcfy. Cifce a macdine. QA g watcded tde fote moi ie at rjom ' s. de kepked. Sde toM dim tdat theke was some co|5 ee cake on tde fcitcden tabfe. and said sdc was going to be Hate getting dome jjkom cdu icd because oj} tde £as- tek pitch in. Sde tucfced dim in and tden waHked out. - kad was so keHieved. ' lUe stakted tdinfcing about Sandy agoin. uVleyrt weefccnd ' fC be qkeatl he said. pPacing dis dands bedind dis dead, propping dis cet up on tde end 0 tde end 0|5 dis bed. by OiUy akkek 28

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Rob Bailey — Hanover, Medicine. Linda Bender — Purdue, Pharmacy. Alison Bing — Hatherford, Undecided. John Breckenridge — Hanover, Business. Richard Brouse — Rose Hulman, Aviation Engineering. Steven Burkett — Rose Hulman, Nuclear Engineering. Tracie Childers — Purdue, Fashion Design. Michael Combopiano — Northwestern, Music Performance. Sara Deitsch — University of Notre Dame, English. Fiona Ferguson — Purdue, Communications. Chris Gard — Miami, Political Science. Mariska Groot — Widener, Hotel Management. John Hogan — Georgia Institute of Technology, Engineering. Gordon Hunt — Purdue, Aeronautical Engineering. Jeff Lech — United States Military Academy, Engineering. Amy Lewis — Undecided, Business. Emily Masson-Guipe — Miami, Marketing. Terri Miller — I.U. East, Education. Michelle Paraiso — University of Notre Dame, Medicine. Kristin Perks — Depauw, Music Performance. Leah Rosenbaum — Michigan Christian College, Undecided. Kelly Shepard — I.U., Music Performance. Paula Snow — I.U., Law. Ed Wuerch — Purdue, Engineering. Kim Williams — Purdue, Nursing. Ron Williams — Rose Hulman, Chemical Engineering. 30