William Fleming High School - Colonel Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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Somewhere In Between t was an on-again off-again win- Iter. Temperatures roseg school was on. Temperatures droppedg school was off. With the thermome- ter hovering around 00, Roanoke suffered the coldest winter in his- tory. Schools closed five days be- cause of snow. Fleming, however, fared better than many of the area schools that had to close up to twen- ty days because of the ice and snow and a shortage of natural gas. But if mittens and long johns were on-again off-again and mostly on-again, there was still plenty left to warm the spirits in Colonel Country. Thirty-two seniors de- parted in near blizzard conditions for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the first Roanoke-Sioux Falls ex- change program. Sioux Falls was a great place to visit but it was good to get back home again, expressed exchange student Rhonda Calhoun. They returned from a week of ski- ing, touring, and observing classes just in time to watch the varsity basketball team drive in the last nail to clinch the Roanoke Valley District Championship. The mood switched from the red- hot Colonels to the red-hearts of Valentine's Day as some guys forked over 836.00 for a dozen red roses fthe price rose from 310.00 of last year because the freezing weather made flowers scarcej. Others showed their affection with 406: Hallmark specials and little candy hearts with Kiss Me written on them. Special feelings continued even after Valentine's Day as the yearbook staff dedicated the 1977 Colonel to Mrs. Lynne C. Agee dur- ing a pep assembly. Even in Butte, Montana, another holiday brought joyful news to town. For there, a small brown ground hog crawled from his hole and cast his shadow on the drifts of snow. Scientific experts claimed he saw his shadow and promised that even out of an on-again off-again winter of grief, there would come a spring. The Heart Has Its Season 22 Winter Project send-Off, Colonel fans line the parking lot curb to cheer the varsity basket ball team on to Charlottesville for the State Tournament.

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M1517 MW ,muy 1976 CHRISTMAS COURT - lfront rowl Terri Payneg Linda Millerg Sarah Wool- dridgeg Tina Ward: Beverly Noell lback rowl Robin Andersong Kelly Hildrethg Anne Callaway, Queeng Cindy Brumfield, Maid- of-Honorg Kathy Bakerg Tammy Payne lnot picturedl Beth Beckner. All smiles, senior Robin Anderson receives her Christmas Court bouquet of flowers with escort Tim Guthrie. Surrounded by the enemy, Waverly Thornhill takes aim as Herman Lewis and Northside's Eric Lewis advance in the marathon basketball game sponsored by the FCA. Christmas 21

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Arm in arm, Mrs. Lynne Agee and husband Bill beam with Qride after she received the dedication of the 1977 Colonel. Sign of the times reflects one of the coldest winters ever in the Roanoke Valley. UP 1 i 5 xg . Z I U NA 55, ' V JT, , Cf? .ef f 1? - Center of attention, Frances Vaughn from Hollins College performs during Black History Week. Step-by-step construction brings change to the campus as workers begin on the 2.5 mil- lion dollar capital improvements program. Winter 23 I