Rock Island High School - Watchtower Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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Lines, Lines, Lines ... They Fill Our Days With Waiting Lines made a constant appearance in our everyday lives at Rocky. Actually it was lines that shaped most of our days. The lines of cars depositing their hu¬ man cargo each morning was just the start. Rocky students walked in lines in the hallways, sat in lines during class, stood in lines at lunch, waited in lines for sporting tickets and ran in lines for gym. The-Watchtower staff was confronted Long lines were typical during registration. Erika Engman and Jared Harvey patiently waited to get their class schedule. by a multitude of lines. Lines of copy, lines of pictur es, lines of advertisers and lines to be drawn for layouts. Participants in sports all knew about lines. Baseball players sat in lines in the dug out, football players exercised in lines and came running into the football stadi¬ um in one big line, and runners started races in lines. As it is clear to see a large portion of each day was spent standing in lines. Lines are a fact of life. So remember the next time a line seems endless, it prob¬ ably Is. Lines crept into the everyday activity of lunch. Ju¬ nior girls shared moments of gossip and even took time to eat. Actors and actresses stood in another form of line. Rick Zesser. Todd Simmer. Pat Elder. David Slivken. Steve Hudson and Angle Roman showed off their talent in a scene from “Bernardine. Lines 15

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Passing the time by lcx)king at a magazine. Carla Butler patiently waited for Sheila Johnson to finish her phone conversation. Many activities enticed Rocky students to participate in Homecoming week, such as the powder puff tug-a-war between the Junior and Senior girls. Band members formed a straight lined tunnel for the football players to run through during a pre¬ game performance. 14 Student Life

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Seniors Reign Came To A Close After four years at Rocky together, sen¬ iors left with many mixed emotions. They were naturally eager to come to a suc¬ cessful end of their thirteen years of pub¬ lic education. Jobs and college plans were discussed as the year drew to a close. Tears of both sadness and joy adorned many faces during the final weeks of school, for the realization of the long awaited day had arrived. Knowing those high school days could never be re¬ placed, the memories held a special warmth In the hearts and minds of our graduates. The musical group Gypsy provided exciting up-to- date tunes for the prom. Some of the seniors who took the option of early gradu¬ ation were Sa Tosa Phillips, Dana Foy, Angie Reading and Ted Dasso. Before heading out for their last high school ac¬ tivity. graduation ceremonies. Kathi Moran, Kelli DeMarlie. Scott Young. William Wheatly and Tina Jett pose for a quick photograph. Amanda Shultz and Eric Plutz take time out from dancing to enjoy a glass of punch. 16 Student Life