Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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No drink means no smile for Lorri Farmer, as a mistake in wiring prevents the operation of all but one of the commons area drink machines. Collapsed ceiling panels prompt a close in- vestigation by one of the many workmen on campus. 14 Bugs ae Soggy acoustic ceiling panels litter the commons area floor after the yean’s first torrential rainstorm. WHEN REO INDICATOR POUT HAs tags © [S LIGHTED MARE AMCIT HEE Be

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First-day foods sip back memories for Loieta Hot hinches of this year replace the cold ones of Elan and Charlene Austin, as they gobble down . asi, as Lisa Willams samples the benefits of the the first hot dogs of the year. brand new kitchen equipment. Principal-turned-traffic-cop Mr. Earl Murray oints: Jer Brooks in the fight direction on egistration-Orientation day Orientation Day begins the horneroom search for three sophomores, as they check fhe class rosters in the commons area. Opening af Schoo! 13

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Miscalculations on the part of the architect left no connections for several pieces of new equip- ment. Here, Chemistry class member Brad Bailey inspects a useless eye-wash unit. The joke’s on us It was disappointing once you realized that the long-awaited new school wasn’t perfect—not by a long shot. After all, it was newly built, by human hands, and that left a lot of room for “bugs.” But since it was new, and ours, patience with the new school’s quirks ran low. When the commons area ceiling fell, the general comment was, “Why can’t they do anything right anymore?” When a teacher had to go to a room clear at the end of the hall to switch off the lights in a class at the other end, it was “What went wrong? Any fool could wire a building.” It got to be funny, though, once everyone began to grin and bear it. The whole bit about the wrong locks being put on the wrong doors got a few laughs, and every time the announce- ment came over the P.A. system saying “Anyone who cannot hear this an- nouncement, please report to the of- fice’, the reaction was darn near hilarious. People wondered when the problems would ever be cleared up. The bleachers took forever to install, the auditorium seemed a doomed cause, and mix-ups in book and furniture shipments took weeks to straighten out, but they were borne with a stiff upper lip by both faculty and student body. Sure, these “bugs” were irritating, but they added variety to those first few weeks of school. We didn’t expect all these problems, but we learned to live with them. Rushed by the ever-approaching basketball season, a solitary worker hastily assembles the bleachers in the new 2,000-seat gym. Bugs 15