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

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At the Camp Thunderbird S.C.A. workshop, Bruce Hill, the $.C.A. President, seems to be absorbed in the discussion. Mascot Rick Dodson is sure the Knights will prevail at the Homecoming game against Clover Hill. Preparing to play the fight song, Dianne Shaver conducts the band during the half-time activities. : ee The Juniors pulled away from Senior cee 9 smu §=dominance by winning the tug-of-war a ee - at See = contest between the two classes. During the introduction of the Cross Country team, “the unknown Seniors’’ cover up their faces and uncover their spirit. OPENING

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String of Knowledge In the early morning the building stands empty like a balloon that lies flat and useless. Soon people arrive, causing the balloon to fill. Although unique, those who enter have a common goal and mix together like air particles forming one large, unified mass. When all have entered, the balloon is tied, doors are closed. Rules exist so that no one will pop the balloon. Individuality becomes stifled considerably. However, the balloon stretches, allowing the people at least a small amount of mobility. A string of knowledge, tied to the balloon leads it and its contents in the direction of a better world. The balloon remains in flight all day. Even if the flight gets rough, the string is always there for guidance. Without the string, the balloon would float through life ignorantly searching for an end to strive for. When the day is over, a bell rings, non-conformity returns, bursting the balloon and scattering the students to their respective homes. A cold, blustery day hampered the process of full inflation of the Q-94 hot- air balloon at the 1980 Ronald McDonald Fun Run. 2 OPENING

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OPENING All through the school year the balloon keeps changing shape as each new day begins and ends. Each day brings with it new and old experiences, but each are unique and personal. They all help lift the balloon to new heights but the string of knowledge is always visible as it pulls us along through our changing times. The balloon not only changes with each new day but with each event that occurs. Though they Raising Our Standards. are all the same in purpose; they have special and different meanings for each of us. Geek Week, Homecoming, the Prom, and Graduation occur each year but just as with the changing times and different people, they differ in meaning. With each new standard set, they differ too. We too then must adapt to the always changing times and standards as we rise in the world. Though we may have to accept standards which the world has set, we must set our standards to live by even though they differ from that of the time. Therefore as we rise in the sky in our balloon, we are raising Our standards at each new altitude. After their speeches presenting the Y- Bowl activities, Jimmy Sublett and Skitchy Rudy, Y-Bowl consultant, entertain questions. As part of the graduation ceremony, the band plays “Pomp and Circumstance.”