William Chrisman High School - Gleam Yearbook (Independence, MO)

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P :Find Pieces Many earn special honors, awards by Debbie Morman hough some students prefer to spend their extra l time on the track and field, others keep busy working on copy blocks, woodwork, art and sciences. For those stu- dents, awards for special recog- nition in their fields have been received and are as follows: The Industrial Arts Associa- tion District Competition April 30 and May 1, at Palmer Junior High School, included represen- tatives from nine school districts in the Kansas City area compet- ing for prizes. Several Chrisman students won awards. ln Vocational Machine Shop, Jerry Donovan got the highest award by receiving a Grand Award and a purple rib- bon. David Manley received a runner up ribbon. ln the Electricity and Elec- tronic division, Jerome Freers received the Grand Award for his digital countdown timer pro- totype. James McClure received Oscars by Julie Gaulter The 54th Academy Awards, presented live from Los Angeles Monday, March 29, were hosted by Johnny Carson. Chariots of Fire, a British film won best picture. lt told the story of two runners competing in the Olympic Games of 1924. Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn won best actor and actress for their co-starring roles as husband and wife in On Golden Pond. Maureen Stapleton, who played a crusading communist in Reds and Sir John Gielgud, a gentleman's gentleman in Ar- thur, won Oscars for supporting roles. Warren Beatty was named best director for Reds This is the second year a star took the directorial award. Arthur's Theme from Ar- thur won the award as best original song. Atlanta slayings by Lori Robinson In June 1981 after two years of a string of murders in Atlanta, Bits and Pieces Design by Jeff Radel the runner up for his digital darkroom timer. ln photography, Janet Conner was a Grand Award winner, and in the graphics div- ision, Brenda Frick won a Grand Award with her five-color Christmas card. ' n woodworking, Ken Moulder, Steve Lomax, Jim Jernigan and Bob Daleo got No. 1 ratings. Bruce Prawl and Frank Hearn received No. 1 ratings in Drawings while Jon Ward got a No. 1 rating and a blue ribbon in General Metals. ln the journalism depart- ment at the JEA Convention in Kansas City last November, Natalie Rice earned a first place trophy for her layout design in the JEA National Write-Off competition. In the Quill and Scroll national contest, Sandy Jones received a gold key for a news story. This was one of 27 keys awarded out of 585 entries. ln the Missouri lnterscholas- tic Press Association spring con- test, competing in Class D which is comprised of the largest schools in the state, Jeff Radel earned a first place for yearbook graphics presentation. Debbie Morman earned a first place for a non-portrait layout. epresenting the school newspaper, the Envoy, Jor- dan Smith, editor-in-chief, earned a first place for an editorial car- toon in the Journalism Educators of Metropolitan KC spring con- test. Smith was also chosen as Missouri Student Journalist of the Year. Awards received by stu- dents in the art department this spring were Best of Show: Derek Westlake, Best Exhibit: Jose- phine Curtis whose portfolio was given the Strathmore Paper Award at Crown Center and sent to New York City for the national show. Westlake's sculp- tured clay bust also qualified to be sent to New York as a gold key and a blue ribbon finalist. Tidbits police arrested 23 year-old Wayne Williams. Williams was charged with killing Nathaniel Cater, 28, the latest victim in the slaying of 28 young Atlanta blacks. Williams' trial began December 28, 1981. During the trial, prosecutors called wit- nesses to link him to six other victims. The strongest evidence against him was textile fibers and dog hairs. These matched with other fibers found in Williams' apartment. Bloodstains found in his station wagon matched with two of those stabbed. An obvious pattern was set with characteristics of the vic- tims being black, from broken homes, being seen with him and being asphyxiated. Revolution by Jeff Radel In the small Central Ameri- can nation of El Salvador, civil war and mass chaos continued to thwart government efforts to bring the nation back together. Outbreaks of murder, assassina- tion and kidnapping occurred regularly. Political differences of opin- ion were the main causes for the fighting. The three-way struggle for power is between the Chris- tian Democratic Party which is now in control, the Marxist-Len- inist guerrillas who want the nation to become socialist and army leaders who just want the nation to get back on its feet. Elections held early in the year surprised Salvadorian offi- cials and world leaders because almost 95 percent of all eligible voters cast a ballot. This was deemed the first honest election in more than 50 years. Led by President Jose Napoleon Durarte, the Christian Demo- crats won decisively. Falklands by Jeff Radel Argentina initiated Opera- tion Sovereignty, a 4,000 man invasion of the Falkland Islands, April 2. The purpose of the inva- sion was to gain control of the islands, which have been a Brit- ish territory since 1833. The decision to invade came from Argentine President Leo- poldo Galtieri. To counter the attack, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ordered a task force of 70 ships, carrying Harrier jump jets, Sea King helicopters and men eager to In the science department, two girls were recognized for their outstanding achievements in science competition. enior Annette Carnahan was chosen as a member of the Westinghouse National Science Talent Search Honors Group. She was the botany division winner in state-wide competition at the Missouri Junior Academy of Science. She received a Second Grand Award in the Kansas City Science Fair in the biology division. Carnahan also received the Young American Award in Science from the Boy Scouts of America. Junior Janet 'Harold partici- pated in the Junior Science, Engineering and Humanities Symposium, a state-wide compe- tition, and was a division winner in physics and mathematics. From there, she was sent to Boston to the national competi- tion. She was a participant at the Missouri Junior Academy of Science and was a state-wide div- ision winner in physical science. fight for their country, to head full-steam to the Falklands. Britian was at the disadvan- tage because they were outnum- bered in every respect and they were fighting a war 8,000 miles from home. City elections by Anita Scott City elections, April 6, ended in a close vote count. The newly elected officials are Mrs. Barbara Potts, mayor, Mr. Jim Nauser and Mrs. Millie Nesbitt for the two at-large council seats and Mrs. Patricia Burrus and Mr. Duane Qualls for the vacant school board seats. The mayor and council members were sworn in April 19 and the school board April 14. The official count showed that Potts had beaten Mr. Bill Baker by 49 votes. ln the council race Nauser led in the voting during the entire election. Nes- bitt beat Mr. Hugh Graff by only three votes. Graff asked for a recount. A recount was taken and the results were the same for him but it was found that Potts beat Baker by 49 votes opposed to the original count of 48.

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Stones in oncert by Jeff Radel , ocking their way through Kemper Arena in down- town Kansas City, Dec. 14 and 15, The Rolling Stones played to more than 17,000 screaming fans who filled the arena to capacity both nights. Hundreds more were left to sit at home and dream about attending the Stones' concert. Scalpers fulfilled some peo- ple's dreams but their prices ranged from S50 to S150 as compared with the S17 standard ticket price for those who were lucky enough to get them. s part of their North Ameri- can Tour in 1981, the Stones visited 40 U.S. cities. Many more cities would have jumped at the chance to have the Stones play their music to sell-out crowds. The group has been hitting the pop charts for more than two decades with such hits as Ruby Tuesday, Paint lt Black, and Get Off My Cloud. At their K.C. stop, the Stones opened both concerts to the sounds of Under My Thumb. For the fans, the action lasted for two and one-half hours. One of the main attrac- tions, besides the music, was the gyrations of lead singer Mick Jagger. Although Jagger is in his forties, while on stage he moved constantly, never seeming to tire. Throughout the concert K.C. rockers heard lt's Only Rock and Roll, Shattered, and nearly 20 other famous songs. Both nights ended with an encore of Satisfaction, during which nearly 10,000 colored bal- loons showered down on the audience. Then it was over. ROCKIN' - Satisfying a sell-out crowd at Kemper Arena, Dec. 15, Rolling Stones' lead vocalist, Mick Jagger, sings Start Me Up. Photo by Morris Sealy, courtesy of the Independence Examiner eople walked back to their cars seemingly in disbelief that they had just spent an entire night with The Rolling Stones. This was by far the most excitement for a concert that Kansas City has seen. To complement their North American Tour, the Stones released a new album, Tattoo You. This included such hits as Start Me Up, Hang Fire, and Waiting On A Friend. During the tour, this album went to the top of the album charts and Start Me Up headed the sin- gles chart. Many fear that this was the last major tour the Stones will give, though it has been rumored that they might go on tour in Europe next year. 'Uagger will continue to rock until he dies,', said senior Brian Nelson. Academic Freedom Policy Parents protest change in by Jordan B. Smith ook burning, or censor- ship activity, has not struck the Independence school district as it increasingly has elsewhere in the nation. However, the last year brought a controversy here that questioned the rights of a teacher in the classroom. It all began in April 1981 when the Independence National Education Association CINEAJ asked the school board for a written guarantee of their rights to teach certain controversial material. The board drafted a policy they called the Academic Freedom clause. It reads: Academic and professional freedom is essential to the teach- ing profession. Dyfferent points of view should be a part of the instructional programs when judgment of the professional staff deems the issues approp- riate to the curriculum and to the maturity level of the student. Academic Freedom is the right of the learner and hisfher teachers to explore, present, and discuss various points of view in the quest for knowledge and truth. he clause still stands as dis- trict policy, but many local parents were not happy with it. They converged on board meet- ings and demanded that parents be allowed more of a role in determining what's to be taught and what isn't. An Academic Freedom Committee of con- cerned parents and educators was appointed to look into the matter and come up with a more pleasing clause. The committee examined similar policies of other school districts in the state and nation, then called for a pub- lic meeting March 1, 1982 so it could get more input. Parents, teachers, and some students turned out en masse that evening, overflowing the school board meeting room, and more than 30 speakers voiced their opinions about the policy. Generally, the educators in the crowd didn't want the clause tampered with. But more than an equal number of speakers pushed for an amendment allow- ing more parent input in schools. One parent presented the board with 500 signatures backing an amendment to that effect. ater in the month, the Aca- demic Freedom Committee recommended the board adopt a specific grievance procedure for disgruntled parents and the fol- lowing amendment: Academic Freedom is not to be interpreted as presenting ideologies or philosophy which is contradictory or diametrically opposed to the mores and values of the community as interpreted by the Board of Edu- cation. The board passed the amendment, but changed the word L'presenting to advocat- ing. Was this much of a differ- wording ence? Again, dozens of parents thought so, and showed up to tell the board so. State Senator Robert Johnson addressed the board in a letter, saying, there are certain subject matters that are not appropriate in certain grade levels, and I feel that they should not be dealt with at all. Therefore, I feel it imperative the word 'presenting' be used. Nevertheless, the final clause and amendment contains the word advocating One par- ent threatened in April to organ- ize an anti-advocating group, but school officials say nothing of the sort has materialized yet. During the controversy, some said the clause really wasn't necessary, that teachers already have enough leeway. Former INEA president and his- tory teacher Gene Hoppe dis- agrees. 'LTeachers are pleased because it's written down, he said. Bits and Pieces 23

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Break by Debbie Morman While some students were soaking up the sun down south and abroad, others were racing for fallingl down the white slopes of Colorado over spring break vacation in March. A group of 10 seniors, six girls and four boys, left Saturday morning at 2 a.m. en route to the Rocky Mountains. The group, chaperoned by teacher Steve Davidson, drove to Colorado in a van and a truck and stayed in Vail, one of the largest ski resorts in Colora- do. They skied a few days at Vail and drove to Beaver Creek for a day on the slopes. On another continent, Ms. Nancy Martin, French and German teacher, chaperoned seven French students, six girls and one boy, in Europe. The group started on the tour, which was spon- sored by Culture Heritage in Pennsyl- vania, in Nice, Italy. They spent a few days in Italy then headed up and across to the Riviera and Paris, France, where they spent seven days. Mrs. Pam Buttler, Spanish teacher, flew to Mexico with four Spanish Club members and spent eight days travel- ling from Mexico City to Acapulco. The neatest thing about this trip, Buttler said, is that the kids are in a foreign language classroom of sorts for 24 hours a day. After a few days the students caught on to the language pretty well. ton the Colorado ski trip stayed in a condominium a mountain. Photo by Sherry Vochatzer ich Club trip to Europe, juniors Rhonda Clay, Sta' omore William Colter take a break from sightseeing. Spring Break 25