Winchester Community High School - Golden Era Yearbook (Winchester, IN)

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TOP: Scott Hargrave explains to Dion Norris. The lunches aren't very good, but I have eaten them for four years and I have survived.’ ABOVE: Sophomore Jared Garner clowns around in Goodrich Park, showing a different aspect of eating. RIGHT: Preparing to sell Little Debbie snack cakes are sophomores Tonia Gibson and Mindy Short. Many students took advantage of the snack line.

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BOTTOM: Would any sane person buy something from salesmen like Mr. Wayne Hedden and Mr. Bernie Fraze? WC students rarely had to use strong-armed tactics to get customers to buy from them. LEFT: Operating the sound equipment is senior Jamie Williams. Many WC organizations chose to sponsor a dance rather than to sell something to make money. BELOW: Few students at WC were able to go through the year without selling something. 11

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FAR LEFT: Contemplating the purchase of a Hostess cake is senior Heike Cockerill. Some students bought these goodies daily before school in the office. LEFT: Marty Hardwick, Shane Ferguson, and Ray Tucker consider whether or not they should wait in line for lunch at the filming of Eight Men Out. ' BELOW: Freshmen Brian Peters and Melanie Monroe try to avoid eating their team’s lifesaver at Fun and Games FOOD + FUN = FOOD FIGHTS the lighter side of eating. Yum! Yuck! Good! Fair! What were the students’ reactions toward the school lunch? How did it compare to other lunches, and what were some of the likes and dislikes of the lunch? Could the cafeteria’s atmosphere be improved or was it great the way it was? When Winchester students participated in the movie at Indianapolis, the students strongly disapproved of their lunch. Most of the students said they would rather eat the school’s lunch; it was much better! Looking at it this way, the school lunch could be compared with other lunches and come out ahead. Most of the students tasted just about every dish the cafeteria prepared, and there were some likes and dislikes. Everyone’s favorite, of course, was pizza. Students said it was not the Pizza Hut, but it was pizza, so they ate it. The most noted dislike was the cheeseburger. A couple of stu- dents noted that no one wanted to eat cold cheeseburgers, with cheese that wasn't even melted. Surprisingly, though, there were a lot more likes than dislikes. Was the cafeteria’s atmosphere poor? If so, how could it have been improved? Kelli Loyd said, “Possibly listen to some music.” If the students listened to the radio, that could have increased the noise instead of decreasing it. Andrea Barnes had a different view and stated, The atmosphere is boring unless there is a food fight.” So it seemed the cafeteria’s atmosphere was very boring, and was only fun when a teacher's back was turned, and a student was able to throw food across the room and start a small food fight. There were other fun activities that took place. They included standing up, usually on Friday, to chant and mutilate the silverware while cheering for a sports team scheduled to compete that night. The Little Debbie snack bar was a lifesaver for those students who did not eat the school’s lunch. But, nothing could please everyone because students said that the snack bar could also improve. Others said it had improved greatly from previous years. If the snack bar was to be done away with, most of the students would have starved, because they depended greatly on it, and they simply refused to eat the school’s lunch. Revealing some of the unknown facts about the school lunch proved something. It was not all that bad, and if one was simply “starving to death he would eat the school’s lunch and sometimes the lunch might have even been better than what a mother or father was able to cook — or a movie studio. While most students learned to properly dispose of the trash from their meals, some students still had a severe problem with — by Lanie Manning