Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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Iolene Simonton Rats lnfest Cam pu The Phantom Rats was a group of three young men in unusual cos- tumes who first appeared in 1979. The following Cayuse interview was conducted in january, 1980. Cayuse: Where did the idea of the Phantom Rats come from? Rat 3311: It was my idea. I wanted to think up something we could do that wouldn't hurt anybody and wouldn't go against the school rules. So I came up with the idea slowly, piece by piece. I wanted something that we could remember when we're out of Brian Seymore Wanda Shat-on Kelly Sheddan Lynn Shoop Robert Sickels lelicia Sirthia Iulie Smith ,Q Im t .. . Kwxux N S as X ...f Maria F. Snaidero Q Robert Snedeker - . ' -My Sang Song ., . Ct 1odiSonn 'L' Ken Soules :QQ g Ioe Spaulding I Laura Spriggs ' X 3 Danny Spring I i A-, X' IN A 3' S K.. Iana Stacy Hi if S Sheryl Stinbrenner ,Q Debbie Stephen 9 A s S Curt Stokes P Fred Stoker I Michelle Sturim NR. V I s-.QQ Iohn Sturkie S --M X fx Susie Sussman ' I 0 NancySutter .S '- . uv.. . . Louise Swift Geri Takai I Rich Tally I school. 32: lt's also something we can do for excitement. lt's really suspenseful. Cayuse: For you or for the other people? 31: For us. I think it's more enter- tainment for us than for the other people. But they like it, too. 32: lt's a good release. 81: Yeah, it's like riding Colossus is the best way I can describe it. 413: Your adrenalin gets up right before you get chased, Cayuse: When did the Phantom Rats first appear? in -. : S . .Y .. T' ' it vw gaf' -Q-. . L j -, 331: It was at one of the last foot! ball dances. 43: The last football dance we hit three times. Cayuse: You went into the dance three times? 423: No, we couldn't get in, but il was still a success. 32: The first time we had a lot o problems. Cayuse: Like what? 411: We thought it was going to be cool. We ran over to the gym, and th first time we got there it's, Kill th Rats! People had seen the posters 3 tt rv Sv SX A ,,,.s-s., g . ...-wg, S, , X Q' .. 'lll' . MW I 4 R- ft' L- sg ts ,, fi X S 5 X S A ,, .f btWarr OF The K Q t. P IL . . ...... my Klgzx - 1 tr 1 X l'lC'Jl f'S 1 luniors!Phantom Rats

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Decisions, Decisions lg , ' . D : Dm I 5 as ' Q X THE MICROFISCHE VIEWER in the ser. juniors were encouraged to er center contains scholarship research colleges before the senior rush. V 'X m . . . ation useful to junior Kevin Pres- .i at 5 W 3 .Al ri l've made it through il years of school, Now I'm expected to start making serious decisions for the future. Should I graduate one year early? Should I carry a full load of classes and try to hold a job at the same time? These were thoughts that passed through a few junior's minds. lf the per' son graduated early, going to college, vocational school, or out onto the job market were more options available. If the choice was made to tackle both a full load and a job, the student had to bale ance grades against hours of work. But how was a person supposed to make intelligent decisions with so much at stake? Counselors and administrators were available to help juniors start looking ahead, They had advice and experience to offer. Principal Don Skraba said, There are between seven and ten juniors graduating this year. Weighing the good and bad, Mr. Skraba strongly disagreed with early graduation for reasons of Hunpreparednessf' Did having a job necessarily mean a drop in grades? In some cases it would but in others there were school obliga- tions to be considered, Theresa Thomp- son stated l was just to busy with school obligations and other activitiesa 4MR. SHELDON LANDERER EXPLAINS to Ms. Paula Franta the many options available to her son. Mr. Landerer has been head of the career center since it began three years ago. Bk, Marla Rousset VV VM-QV V Mark Ruh joe Ryan 1 'fs Vincent Salazar Ioanne Salter Cindy Saviol .vii . KN l , . . V W l -4 ' V . ' jamie Schreiber ' Bill Schuler Q Carolyn Searl 43 li' . 'KJ' V ,' 2 . . , V A V, V. V V Laura Seieroe 'ng 'N Mark Serna , ff 1 Marc Serra E s..,s...,i. . fn-an s l Decisionsfluniors

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