Thurston High School - Yearling Yearbook (Springfield, OR)

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Carrie Carter, Stephanie Neer We made them happen Our spirit, pride and involvement paved a smooth road to success for ac¬ tivities. Dances, assemblies, plays, concerts and variety weeks were always exciting. Traditional events kept their flavor and new activities such as air guitar, ping pong and shave-a-balloon contests encouraged students to ‘ ‘get in¬ volved’ ’ in all areas. Activities 11

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Homecoming Lights shine brightly on queen Jill Y oung The gym darkened and the spotlight shined on senior Jill Young — the 1982 homecoming queen. “It felt totally awesome when I walked out into the spotlight, my fingers were tingling and I felt like I was walking on air,’’ she recalled. The four princesses in the court were also introduced into the spotlight. They were senior princess Hayley Johnson; junior princess Tammi Kessler; sophomore princess Donna Chatman and freshmen princess Candice Kingrey. The nominees and their escorts were presented to the students during the pep assembly and then taken into a separate room where the winners’ names were an¬ nounced. Then the new homecoming court walked back into the darkened gym under a spotlight. This was the first year that the winners names were not announced in front of the student body. Many felt that it caused a lot of embarrassment when the girls that were not chosen had to sit down in front of everybody. That evening the Cascade Corvette Club provided five corvettes and chauf¬ feurs to drive the court in the homecoming parade. During half-time at the Sheldon football game the girls were officially crowned by last year’s queen Chris Petersen. 1982 Homecoming Princesses and Escorts: ( Clockwise from upper left ) Seniors Hayley Johnson and Dave Hufford; Juniors Tammi Kessler and Greg Garcia ; Sophomores Don¬ na Chatman and Jason Smith ; Freshmen Candice Kingery and Brian Boyd. 12 Homecoming