Weskan High School - Coyote Yearbook (Weskan, KS)

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SCHOO BO RD Little known, but greatly appreciated There is a group of people in our school system who are seldom heard about and rarely appreciat- ed. Oh, you say, those people who meet on the first Thursday of the month, talk for a while, and go home! Well, that may be all many people know about the school board, but this year we would like to give them some of the recogni- tion they deserve. The members of the school board really care a lot about our school and try to make it better in any way they can. They are the people who hire the superintendent and the teachers who help us in our education. They make the policies which we follow each and every day we are at school or on a school- sponsored activity. But the school board isn 't concerned only with our academic life. They are also in- volved with our social and recrea- tional development. They realize that we need to grow in other ways beside knowledge. The school board allows us to have school-sponsored dances and sock-hops, which help us to grow socially while they teach us respon- sibility for our school and our privi- leges. They support the athletic programs and set aside funds to be used for these programs. Through these programs we improve and grow both physically and mentally. The school board also sponsors the School board members: Marvin Foos Donnie Okeson V John Welsh JoAnn Charles Presidentg Virgil Smith Vice-Presidentg lley Sexson yearbook. Being on the yearboo staff helps students put some of th things they learn in school to us and develop their journalistic skills They also reserve for us a pri vileg which many schools have deleted the Senior Sneak. We should than the members of our school boar for caring about our school and fo all they have done to make it bet- ter. As a small token of our apprecia tion and the great debt we all ow to our school board, the yearboo staff would like to dedicate th 1982 Coyote to those very peo ple who make our school what it is one of the best small schools i Kansas. ivy

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Dedication 2 Clubs 11 Grades 19 High School 29 Academics 35 Sports 49 Night Life 69 Graduation 77 Ads. 81

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P. S. The Yearbook Staff has enjoyed both the challenge and the satisfaction of attempting to put together a record of the 1981-82 school year. We hope you appre- ciate it as much as we do. As Editor of this year's book, l had the chance to see a lot of the cooperation and compromise that goes on in our high school. Through the years, I have accumulated boxes of memories and treasures in friends and knowledge. l remember once, Mr. Harold was letting our Govern- ment class in on yet another of his infinite collection of jokes. lSome day l plan to follow him around and hnd out where he gets these bite-sized bits of wisdom.l He said something to this effect, You know you're in a small town when you can 't jog because people are al- ways stopping you to see if they can help. l think this reflects Weskan very well. Our uniqueness stems from all of you caring, selfless people, banding together to make a solid community structure upon which we then may build. Through Mount Sunflower University. l've seen evidence of the open giving of time and knowledge that is so prevalent here. l believe this truly free giving ,between people has made Weskan a special and won- derful place. People begin to take an interest in each other early around here. l can still recall how excited my whole class was when l got my first glasses. Now Jay can see the board tool lt made me feel exceedingly important when Jean Baehler got up and wrote something on the board for me to read and l could see it. lEven from inside our little bathroom on the other side of the roomll These are the joys l remember from grade school. lAlong with Mrs. Harold, who became the subject of my first serious crush.l As for my classmates and all the other students at school: they've been wonderful! The guys have a very special close bond that holds them together even when things aren 't going smoothly, and l am continually im- pressed by how the girls respond to all different situa- tions. My most memorable times in high school have been with you people: struggling to hnish that last mile in track, losing sleep to hll a Yearbook deadline, staying up all night on overnight trips land paying for it the next dayl, planning a super pep rally for the girls, working up a song about our inability to find some dames g all of these plus the everyday antics that make school fun, l 've shared with you and grown because of them. To you l owe most of the greatest times of my years. l think Roger Gutierrez captured best the closeness between students when one day he wrote: You cannot go through life thinking about what other people think of you. Spend your time thinking of other people. Teachers, you are the ones who assign homework, expect reasons for my being late, do not allow me to chew gum, give tests, don 't let me out of work because l 'm busy and generally take all the fun out of school. Thank you for living up to the name of Teacher. lSomewhere in between A is for Apple and E: mcg you managed to give me knowledge in spite of myselfl This year l've seen a marked rise in the emphasis on acdemics. I love to see the positive attitude you have and it is reassuring to know you are there to support us. lNothing pushy, just a steady confidence in us as indivi- duals.l Keep up the good work. lAnd now that l'm leaving. Pour On The Homeworkll l guess l've covered it all and l still feel as if l haven 't said enough. l hope this book brings to you a special smile and glow. All of my hopes for both your future and mine are summed up in part of a poem by Joni Hauser. l wish for you a rainbow to cry on if tears should fill your eyes l wish for you a friend forever to make you smile with pleasant replies l pray for you a life that's full of things you love the most l pray for you a realistic view of dreams for you to boast. x E if CZQ Editor: 1981-82 Yearbook