Thomas Dale High School - Reflector Yearbook (Chester, VA)

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ENDLESS DAZE ACTIVE KNIGHTS 8 Opening Each day passes, usually unnoticed, and generally the events of the day seem insignificant, yet those trivial instances will never return, forever gone is the past and contrary to thought, history does not repeat itself. Time plays a significant part in the movement of everyone's life. Everyday life’s unknowing end threaten its continuance. The motion of life seems to quicken as each day transits into the other, but somehow carries its own individuality. The past year carries events that could never repeat in occurance. The unusually snowy and freezing cold weather was historically a record. The Richmond area had never seen so much snow and ice, for a month Virginia became a part of New England.

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The mode of the people slowed to compensate for the adversity of the unusual weather. The Businesses had to be closed or cut in hours causing layoffs of jobs. Students spent more weekends at home. Lifestyles were slowed, until again the warm weather returned. Opposite Page, Top Left: Showing his own dancing i : : f technique, Glenn Owens entertains at a pre-holidy The ice and whiteness which once covered the well worn pathways became busy in attempt pep rally. Top Right: After carrying students to to make up for the lost time of the unpredicted harsh winter that hampered the lives of many school, a bus rests in the parking lot. Bottom Middle: Bumper stickers in the teacher's parking lot disclose during the month of January. feelings about particular issues. EES RE FS Opening 7

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Every four years a president is elected by the people. Sometimes the election can be well predicted of a winner ahead of time, but the presidential election between major contenders Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter could not. The race was close to the end, both nationally as well as in the school, and the results of each election did not concur with each other. The swing of the pendulum is thought to never stop, as life is perceived by the living, but pendulums do stop eventually. The arm swings in continual movement marking time as it rhythmically moves back and forth. Each swing marks a new time, a refreshened day. But the swings slow down with the advancement of time and so must life eventually. Opposite Page, Top Left: Spirited juniors and seniors wear assorted headgear during homecoming week. Bottom Left: Physics experiments involving a pendulum and a stopwatch exhibit time and motion. Right: Twirling guns, colorguard members Annette Davis and Susan Rowe demonstrate their skills during a pep rally. Bottom Page, Top Left: Joining in with the rest of the junior class, Brigette Copa, Kelli Evitts, and Carol Landrau clap and cheer. Bottom Left: Racing for the sophomore class Jay Scaggs hops around cheerleader Debbie Westfall. Right: Motion and time are reflected in a Chester gas station window. Opening 9?