Stanton County High School - Trojan Yearbook (Johnson, KS)

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Maroonec fast t e Q cbL Continues Whitcomb and O'Bryan: Sharing a golden moment Locker Loungers Banning and Blanco: Chewing the fat Shepard and Scholl: Pondering personal pronouns 11

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You re from Johnson County? Oh. Stjnton We make our own fun County. Johnson. Two hours west of Dodge Create our own culture City? There's that much Kansas west of Live our own lives, free from unwelcome Dodge City? Oh. yeah, we hunted out there intrusions once What do vou people Jo out there? Technology takes us only when we choose to go Whai Jo we do out here, nurooneJ in time Time becomes a cocoon, space a security and space? blanket And for most of us. Matooncd becomes Cold L «tad a®» mm Tilley and Figgins: Tying the knot but not securely Ybarra and Sheppard: Painstaking prepara- tion behind the scenes Kirkland: Dreams of doughnuts dancing in his head 10

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EUROPE •m Curiosity and a taste foi the creme de le treme of culture lured ° students and teachers from the sometimes weary flatlands of the central plains to turope to explore monu mental treasures from a period in time that was once golden On Jur J7 the quest for ad venture began with the excited group salting to the air from Denver s Stapleton Airport A quick trip through one of the raunchiest sections of N ?w , t York in route to JFK was just one of the group s first n counters smog, bag fa dies, and Oth r va iVus . goo dies accoit anying life. a After barely catchii British Caledoniorv-pi bound for London, the party' relaxed on a night- fli the Atlantic Ocean, morning !the group] down at London Gati port where they were et by their courrier. Aiden Kong The next few days were sf jnt viewing such note stAictures as Westminster Abbey. St. Paul s Cathedral, the Tower Bridge. Windsor Castle, the Houses of Parlament, Buck- ingham Palace, the Tower of London. Christ s Church. Ox- ford University. Piccadilly Circus, and Trafalgar Square. On the one day that was not full of activities some of the clan decided to shop at world famous Harrods. the worlds largest department store, while others roamed through the exclusive Madame Tus- saud s Wax museum. One the way to Dover, the group caught a quick glance at Canterbury Cathedral before boarding the Ferry to Calais, on the French £oast A bus ride through the F nch countryside provided most of the visitors with a chance to get caught up on postcards and sleep. Although the$roup was not aTlowe Ss many days in Paris, they saw many his- toric and lavish buildings ranging from Notre Dame Ca- thedral. the Arch of Triumph. Place De La Concorde. La Con- ciergerie. and Saint Chapelle. They also explored the Louvre, world famous for its housing of rare and priceless works of art including the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo On one of the final days of the trip, the “y»roup entured a few miles outsidcMnraris ts, cover the Palace of Yersaifle me las night was indeed short as the clan hurried to get pacfced and regroup Tor the 400 A M scheduled bus ride that would take them to the De Gaulle Airport where they began their flight back to Kansas. Overall The group was 'im- pressed with the cleanliness of the London and Paris sub- ways They noted that the wa- tei was drinkable, and that the prices were very reasonable The clan, though, didn t like the rudenes . of many of the people they encountered They Ko diJ ryot relish the idea of stepping the graves that made up many of the path- ways of buildings they visited' — Layout and copy by Lyle Hoopingainer. photos bv Beth Baiber Lvle Hoopingarner. and Ashlev Cockrum