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

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Special Week Of Fun Rain may have dampened the ground, but it couldn’t drowned out the spirit of Rocky students during the 1985 Homecoming festivities. Although the week began with glori¬ ous bright, blue skies, brilliant red, or¬ ange and yellow trees, the magestic au¬ tumn skies turned cloudy and produced a constant down-pour from Wednesday through Sa turday. Students paid no heed to the weather and went on with donning their forbid¬ den hats and shades legally for one day. They turned their jeans inside out and backwards, promoted their favorite col¬ lege sweatshirt, scrounged up their “bu- miest” clothes, and finally wore the red and gold that traditionally winds up spirit week. Senate started new lunchtime rituals such as balloon breaking, cracker whis¬ tling, an egg toss and a creative event that took more coordination than most Rocky students had, the five-person centipede race. Friday the sky was still gray, but the field house was bright with crimson and gold. The air was tinged with excite¬ ment. Laughter arose when a heart¬ broken jockette. Bob Lelonek, poured out his feelings of disappointment from the lack of enthusiasm toward the quite awkward second string cheerleaders. So when the “girls” did a routine to the tune of Te quilla on Bob’s kazoo, the crowd went wild and the pitiful squad trounced off happily. The assembly ended with announc¬ ing of prince and princess, Sean Pres¬ cott and Wilesha Clay. Followed by the crowning of king, Trevor Collie, and queen, Kim Logan. Afterwards, everyone met downtown for the biggest parade ever. The Seniors took first with a working waterfall, and the Sophomores had second with a boat that could have floated down the street in the puddles. Journalism’s first pa¬ rade entry of a rainbow brought on hope for that night’s game; which was much needed, for UTHS was a top- ranked team. The Rocks were unfortunately de¬ feated 42-25 but the fans still cheered them as if they’d won. Saturday everyone was filled with anticipation for “Rocky’s Big Adven¬ ture”. The girls’ gym was decked out in metallic streamers and floating bal¬ loons. Students danced to tunes played by Rocky alumnus, Ron Hotchkiss. Eleven o’clock came all too soon, for once again Homecoming had come to an end. As everyone left they were filled with the memories of the Home¬ coming that might have been rained out if that fierce Rocky spirit hadn’t shown through. The 1985-86 Homecoming queen, Kim Logan and king, Trevor Collie. Both the music and mood meshed for perfect dancing for Jill Anderson and Doug Williams. The Class of ’86 won first place with their entry of “Adventure Into The Temple of Doom”. Student Life 9

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The second string cheerleaders Mark Duin, John Timmer, Kevin Hird, Eric Levin and Bob Le- lonek take time to look “pretty’ for the squad picture. Candi Hinze, Pete Newcomb, Kristen Kessler, Brian O’Melia, Stephanie Hillyer, Pryce Boeye, Julie Vassaka and Tom Snyder show big smiles at b eing chosen the 1986 86 Homecoming Court. With the ball tucked safely away Dwayne Brooks manages to make some yardage during the home¬ coming game. Say cheese! Presenting the 1985-86 princess, Wi- lesha Clay and prince, Sean Prescott. 4 . ? ' ■ 8 Student Life

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Fun With Friends Like students everywhere, we all go to school so we can get involved with the extra-curricular and recreational activities. Whether it’s dating, joining an organization, attending an athletic event or going to parties, they all brought a social purpose to our lives. Many students preferred the dating scene. Waiting for that special someone to agree on a date often brought some anxiety to our lives. Once the agreed upon day and time arrived there was that moment of butterflies, wondering if we would past the test of our dates expectations. Fall and winter week-ends always brought the sporting events to the fore of everyone’s mind. It was a place you could go stag or with a date and still have fun. If possible we tried to go to a wild and crazy party afterward so we could forget about the English test we had just failed that day. Student participation in organiza¬ tions and sports meant new challenging experiences. It gave us opportunities to meet new people from different back¬ grounds. We soon found those students with common interests and made many new friends, some who may last a life¬ time. These friends carried over to our summer activities when we went to the beach, skiied on the river, attended a rock concert and relaxed at the drive-in movie. All this running around only served to make us hungry so off we went for pizza or hamburgers. It was almost certain that we could find more friends at the local eatery. Once we were back home mom and dad could always find those little chores we were to attend to but if we were lucky we could sneak off to our rooms. There we found our best friend of all — the telephone. This is how we kept in constant touch with our sepa¬ rated peers. No matter where we went, what we did, who we were with or what time it was, our minds were always full of the new plans for recreation and friends. That is what high school life is all about. Telephones are a must for teenagers. Karen Rob¬ inson is caught chatting with a friend. Fall made it possible for Chris Larson and Laurel Taylor to take part in a favorite childhood activ¬ ity of playing in the leaves.