Robert E Lee High School - Leeway / Record Yearbook (Staunton, VA)

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fimmy Howdyshell, David Lessley, Chad Vyatt, Eric Brown, Matt Phillips and Steve secker of Young Life Ministries play “Name That yune’ at a Young Life Meeting. If you missed the a you had to put a marshmallow in your nouth. Students take the weekend challenge. Find as many ways as possible for spending Weekends were a time to find excite- ment! After a long hard week at School, Fridays found students making plans, Saturdays found them taking action and Sundays found them recuperating for the week ahead. For many the excitement was found in working Saturday jobs that paid MONEY! With the money to spend on renting Movies Or 8oing Out to eat, the weekend was made. Other students took another route, the party zone. Here they gathered in private locations to indulge them- selves in full scale madness. Free Time Not all students go to special events on the weekend to occupy them- selves. They get together to go somewhere, they spend time with their families, or spend time by them- selves. No matter what they chose to do there was one thing that everyone could agree on. Weekends were a special and wonderful time to get away from the daily grind of school. Kelly Wells, Amy Powell and Carrie Wells get ready for a “road trip” to celebrate the weekend after a long week at school. WEEKENDS — 27

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Lisa VanFossen, Katie Gerringer and David Mullenax enjoy getting together on weekends to play Sc from U2. Events like this happen be- cause of the popularity of music. Jason Lich plays his guitar in a guitar competi- tion playing along with a song on the stereo. Gathering at a friend’s house on the weekend was a favorite pastime. Eric Roller and Bekki Garrett sit around a camp- fire during a camping trip to Greenville one weekend. Camping was something different to do before the cold winter weather came. For some students Greenville Avenue is the place to hang out. Cruising up and down “hamburger alley”, going to the Mall or meeting in parking lots was something to do on weekends. 26 — WEEKENDS

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Students got a chance to pick. The president and they predicted a Victory for Bush Role-playing the hectic life of a pres- idential candidate can really make the election process come alive for students. Following this premise, Mr. Ned Bonfoey set about to establish a mock election complete with a cam- paign by students. The whole school watched the results with eagerness to see if Students could predict the na- tion’s vote. AS a first step students chose to join either the Democratic or Republican party. They could then help organize the party’s Campaign. The campaign involved preparing posters and conducting “whistle stop” speeches in each second period Class. Jimmy Goodloe was chosen to be Michael Dukakis and Jarrett Hatcher was his running mate, Lloyd Bentsen. On the Republican side, Tom Wood Jim Knowles speaks as Dan Quayle while An- drea Hupp (Mrs. Lloyd Bentsen) and Holly Botkin (Mrs. Kitty Dukakis) sit and listen just as many wives of politicians do. : The campaigners were Debbie Darracott (Mrs. Bush) Amy Powell (Mrs. Quayle) Tom Wood (George Bush) Jim Knowles (Dan Quayle) Jarrett Hatcher (Lloyd Bentsen) and Jimmy Goodloe (Michael Dukakis). John Brock, Mrs. Donna Dimella, Katie Gerrin- ger and Ms. Sarah Palmer poses questions for the mock candidates about real issues — the en- vironment, defense spending and taxes. 28 — MOCK ELECTION stumped as George Bush with Jim Knowles as Dan Quayle. As the Campaign neared a close a debate was held. Questions were an- swered and issues attacked in a very orderly and polite manner. Mr. Angelo Cacciapaglia remarked that he felt the student debates offered much more in- sight into the candidates’ views than the actual TV debates did. Finally, the day came for the elec- tion. Students voted overwhelmingly for Bush 541-144. The electors met and echoed the student vote by voting as their “state” of Second period class voted. When November 8 rolled around it was no Surprise to Students that Bush won by a wide margin. I t was great to know that the nation did echo the feel- ings of the student body. | |