Stafford Senior High School - Indian Legend Yearbook (Falmouth, VA)

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Spick and span. Wrestling manager Stephanie Doggett, scrubs the school’s wrestling mats after school while the team is practicing. Neck lighting. Stephanie King untangles Christmas lights to decorate a Christmas tree which appeared in the school lobby. Snowflakes. Senior class officers Karin Sullivan and Sherri Baughman prepare a snowflake to decorate the media center during Christmas. Planners. Literary Magazine members stay after Board work. National Honor Society members Beth school to plan the current issue of the Literary Ravinsky, Cindy Steinbach, Karen Thompson, and Magazine. Teresa Tulloss decorate the NHS bulliten board. 28 After school activities

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Tempting. During some of his spare time Mark Keith plays a new video game — Tempest. Pool Shark. Terri Cruce plays a game of pool after school at Zodiac arcade. Flip out. At a local grocery store Glenn LeCouter watches as Jeff Morgan plays the pinball machine. The very life of his daily fantasy laid fumbling through his fingers. The source of this fantasy laid dormant simply waiting for the life sustaining shiny metal disk to be inserted into its cold, unfeeling body. With a yearning anticipation he inserted this piece of silver; one side of it graced with an eagle proudly spreading its wings, and the other a distinguished profile of George Washington. Once this quarter reached the belly of this mechanical creature it sprung into life. In seconds, to the delight of this young boy, his now real fantasy Pinball wizard. Scott Agresta plays pinball at Zodiac after school with some spare change. began speaking to him ina tongue like that so some strange space creature. His fantasy then began as he knowledgably pushed the buttons which controlled this creature. To his delight he was immediately absorbed in a world of hurling asteroids and strange creatures wildly attacking him. As in his dreams, he became a daring space traveler, protecting himself from the unknown dangers of space. This was an experience felt by many Stafford students today, because of the popularity of the arcades. Upon ' entering an arcade one may choose from virtually any video game or pinball machine. The Metal Magic popularity of this form of entertainment has become wide spread and to some a daily experience. As stated by Spotsylvania Mall employee Steve Morecock. ‘‘No matter how empty the rest of the mall is, Aladden’s Castle is always packed.” The variety of this form of entertainment was another aspect that appeared to many of these arcade fans. As stated by Nicole Torrice, “The arcades have so much to do. Every time I go in there, there are more new machines, and something new to do. The only problem is that it never seems to last long enough and | end up running out of money.” Arcades 27

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Is There Life After School? The usually crowded halls were now bare. The normally full parking lot was now empty, except for the sparsely scattered cars. And as the majority of the student body was at home watching soap operas or doing homework, a few Stafford students were still at school, as late as nightfall, to finish their after school activities. These after school activities came in a variety of forms. The largest group of these students were those that participated in sports. Staying after school daily for practice or a game consumed anywhere from two to six hours. As stated by Greg Sharpe, ‘‘staying after school everyday for practice takes up a lot of my time. But the satisfaction | get out of practice and running track, more than makes up f or the extra time | don’t have. Another large group of students were those that stayed after for club meetings, club activities and journalism activities such as yearbook and newspaper. Like sports, this was often a daily occurence. As Debbie Whitehead replied “‘It takes a lot dedication to stay after school everyday until 4:00 or 4:30’. The results of such daily dedication was seen throughout the school in such ways as a monthly newspaper and a yearbook. Yet recognition for those who are in yearbook and newspaper was minimal. This group received no letter or school credit. The final group of students that stayed after school are those that needed extra After school activities 29