Walnut High School - Cayuse Yearbook (Walnut, CA)

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WITH A FIRM HANDSHAKE, Homecoming King Mike Monson. receives fiis crown. Mike was also the starting varsity quarterback. 16 Student Life Spirit Week

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o M N FROM PRINCESS TO QUEEN, LaShon Fontenot goes through the full gambit of reactions as she is jolted by the big announcement, is crowned and embraced by Principal Ken Gunn. and receives the applause of the capacity crowd. ▲ RIGHT ON TARGET, a parachutist descends on the field to present the game ball Plans to send Principal Ken Gunn. 1985 Homecoming Queen Cindy Hernandez and 1985 Queen LaShon up in a balloon fizzled when strong winds made the ride too perilous. •4 BACKING THE MUSTANGS, sophomores lead the cheering at the Homecoming game. Although the Mus- tang offense would only master three points, a strong defense held Edgewood scoreless, their only points coming on a two point safety. Homecoming Student Life 15

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a€ ( cc ight on the heels of Halloween, was the start of a most presti- gious fall event, the Annual Homecoming and Spirit Week. Not just any week, but a week totally dedicated to promoting school spirit. said Homecoming Planner Organizer Elaine Sanchez. With A Time For Us, — as it ' s theme, the 1986-87 Homecoming was a great success and things went according to plan without any real problems. said Spirit Week Planner Jaime Gunn. Starting Spirit Week off with a decorat- ed campus seemed to add a sense of importance to the days class activities of three egged racing and ice cream eating. The events also aroused an increasing anticipation for the up- coming week and the an- nouncement of the Home- ' coming King and Queen. During the next two days of Spirit Week, lunch time activities of Court Se- crets and class competition, consisting of land skiing, egg tossing, and class cramming, kept students and particular- ly the Homecoming court well interested in school. Intimate, embarrassing, and often mortifying secrets were revealed in public and new insights were given into the private lives of the Homecoming Court. For example Homecoming Queen LaShon Fontenot. once picked a cherry pit out of her nose. The gym was a blue and gold paradise It was a special week — Jamie Gunn waiting the crowning of the King. An overwhelming situation. said Home- coming Prince Mark Stevenson. Princess Natasha Booth added. I learned a lot about myself as I walked down the aisle. After all of the candidates were an- nounced, a silence fell over the crowd. Former Homecoming King James Acosta. walked down the rows of Princes when he stopped and placed a crown on the head of Micheal Monson. The crowd roared and a tear trickled down the cheeks of several of Mikes best friends. In the background a sound-check and feedback were noisily distracting pass- ers-by. A local band Cassno Shadows then proceeded to entertain the Court and students during lunch. Bringing Spirit Week to a climax with a decorated ' campus and a mini-pep- rally at lunch, left the entire school won- dering who would be the queen. School was let out and feelings of ner- vousness and tenseness were the pre- vailing emotions among the court nomi- nees. Story by Victor Domine: Layout by Kevin Thomas: Photos by Alan Odermatt and David Randal. T OKAY, IT ' S ME! laughs senior Jerry Knox, admitting to have broken his hand on the ground when he was four. But rumor has it that the court secret was changed and that the actual accident involved a collision between a big wheel and a toilet. s p I R I T W E E K