Yorktown High School - Episode Yearbook (Yorktown, IN)

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S-E-P-A- R-A-T-I- N-G the MEN from the WOMEN Girls volleyball team- Charmaine ' grapples ' ' spicy ' story for Brassart with Episode assignment Scott Brassart Girls volleyball-Nooo problem, I said. Boy, was I wrong! How was I to know what a girls vol- leyball practice was like? I thought that all it would be was a few girls patsying around the gym for 45 minutes. You know, sugar and spice and everything nice. Everything nice consisted of lots of running, jumping, dig- ging, hitting, spiking and sweat- ing. Yes, sweating. When the school yearbook editors asked me, a male, to participate in a female sport, I thought it was a wonderful idea. Actually that wasn ' t exactly what I was thinking. It was more along the line of all those girls together with just one boy-me. Actually, I am not a total stranger to volleyball. As a summertime enthusiast, I know a great deal about the game. I know what shots are legal, how to score, what constitutes a carry. I am even familiar with the basic offen- sive and defensive patterns. I was not familiar, however, with floorburns, jogging or leg cramps. My first practice was Monday. I arrived ready to roll, and roll I did, all over the floor-five jumps and a roll, five jumps and a roll, and on and on. We played pepper, did short and deeps, set and runs, and four corners, which is all very well if you can keep the ball in the air for 80 million consecutive times. Next we moved on to a hitting line. Hey! I thought this was non-contact. Then, after all this, I was informed by Coach Cheatham that it was time to run a mile and a half. Ha! Ha! You ' re joking! Aren ' t you? The only match of the week was on Thursday evening. It was an away match so I rode the team bus with the girls. It is time to rewrite the nursery rhyme-girls are not made of sugar and spice, although some of their conversations could be considered a bit spicy. The locker room pep talk was not nearly as interesting as the bus ride. Did I mention I was confined to the hall while the girls dressed? The match itself was mildly exciting, but probably would have been more so if I had been allowed to play. It seems there was some technicality in the rulebook. . . My week of patsying around ended that Friday. I must admit that I enjoyed my experience on a girls team; so what if my knees are scarred from the floorburns. Charmaine Balsley L rtT ' v - r • P ? In my wildest dreams, I never r J thought that I, Charmaine Biceps Balsley, would have the distinct opportunity to grapple with the best of the boys. But I did, and I lived to tell you the following true story. Now it ' s common knowledge, that I was drafted to be sports editor of the yearbook, and it ' s also a well-known fact that my editor, Amy Hammersley goes off on ta ngets at times. But she must have really been in another world when she assigned me to practice with the guys wrestling team in order to get an inside story for the yearbook. The first enjoyable part of this story was asking blond bombshell Coach John Fullenkamp if I could grapple with the guys-to which he replied, Huh? yeah, I don ' t care, sure, it ' s alright with me-I guess. As he turned his back to smirk at the other coaches in the office, he added, If she can handle it. As I donned my designer sweats and added a touch of make-up and extra deoderant, I sauntered into the back hall to prepare myself for the first set of workouts. Okay, You guys have been wimping out lately, so you are now expected to run every lap under 60 seconds. If you do not complete your laps in the required time, you have to run five extra laps after practice. Needless to say, I was running all night. One hundred and twenty-five push-ups? No prob, I thought. Actually, after the first six I kind of lost count-but it ' s the thought that counts-right? Now it ' s time for partner drills. I perked up. This sounded like fun. Maybe all the sweat and pain was worth it. Maybe I can be partners with Tiger Okeley...or Gary Johnson.. .or maybe... Oh yeah, Charmaine, you can quit-you don ' t have to participate in these. Oh. Well, the remainder of the practice was still the most enjoyable part for me-sitting there in my Sasson sweats, watching 30 guys with good bodies roll around on the floor. Thanks for the assignment, Amy. 11

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A lc k At -NEWSLINE- Sometimes after the headlining stories were reported, the 6 o ' clock news staff neglected to air some potentially press-stopping events that took place in our very halls. □ Varsity gridder Tom Neal gave a heart rendering speech after the victorious New Palestine game to applaud faithful fans, who crammed into 5 packed buses to back our team d Thinking of the American soldiers around the world, the Y.H.S. choirs combined in a patriotic performance at Fall Preview that led to a standing audience pledging the American Flag. □ Quill and Scroll devised the first annual pin-up calendar entitled, Guys and Gals of 1984 which included Seniors Teresa Mills, Tiger Okeley, Amy McCoy, Bret Goodpaster, Angie Mansker, Scott Francoeur, Lydia Butts, Scott Brassart, Stacy Stout, Cheyneen Carpenter, Robert Scott and Bret Cook. On the National scene... Q Temperature records were shattered this winter season when the mercury level dipped as low as -60 degrees including windchill factor. □ The so homely they ' re cute Cabbage Patch dolls hit the store shelves this Christmas and caused shoppers to line up outside of closed store doors at pre-dawn hours, in anticipation of purchasing one of these unique dolls a Once again, the Olympic athletes competed, beginning with the opening ceremonies on Monday, Feb. 6, 1984 and continuing to a history making 6 perfect markings for English figure skaters Torvill and Dean. d This year ' s quote wasn ' t one of great significance, but it was, however, a popular question around the nation- Wendy ' s Where ' s the beef? The Big Brothers and their siblings make up a small, but important, population of Yorktown including Seniors Jeff Stout, Jerry Condon and Sophomore Mark Durbin. j Sub-zero weather and Cabbage Patch dolls were top stories on the national scene, while Tiger sports and locker thefts domi- nated the news at home. I 1984-cr chapter from George Orwell ' s classic sci-fi novel, or a year worth savoring? Read on for a report on Big Brothers. The Battle of the Sexes was an enjoya- ble one for Co-Sports Editors Scott Brassart and Charmaine Balsley. Br ° er »t h ° Uah ere issm W S VOu tyourt ? 0n,0re Torn K - Sfat ' 9 a D L,, ayS k ° s Sc Waoe i a P ° Pu,a ' op nio- c 9e ' se he ' dkill me ;,, tud, °us, it

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Seniors Jodi Bennett and Andrea Tincher give a full report on the issue that caused a new F.A.D.D. at Yorktown - Drunk Driving. I Travel with Y-town students as they scan the globe in their many adventures from riding on the school bus to flying overseas. Move on through the book and take a trip down memory lane that reflects on the 1984 year. DRUNK DRIVING ..an o u t - o f - control epidemic It was Saturday night and Jeff and Brian, two high school students, were returning home from a basketball game, but they never made it. The police phoned Jeff ' s parents to tell them that he had been in a car wreck and was receiving treatment at the hospital. Brian wasn ' t so lucky. The police had to inform his parents that their son was killed when his car was struck head-on by a drunk driver. Drunk driving is considered an out-of- control epidemic, and is said to be our country ' s most socially acceptable vio- lent crime. Driving under the influence of alcohol is one of the leading causes of teenage death. More than 50% of all lives taken in the United States are caused by drunk drivers. In order to reduce these statistics, a drunk driving law was put into effect on Sept. 1, 1983. This law states that anyone with a blood alcohol content of .10% or above is guilty of driving while intoxicated (DWI). The fine for the first offenders is $10,000 maximum and a suspension of their licenses for one year. You ' re dealing with intangibles when you talk about drivers who are under the influence. We are trying to reduce the fatal accidents in Indiana involving drunk driv- ers, commented Sergeant Reese of the idiana State Police department. Another solution to the DWI problem is set up by the Muncie Police sight ; n some high school students ' cars following a late night excursion, could have resulted in an unfortunate end. and State Police departments. Sergeant Reese stated, The roadblock ' s purpose is to decrease the number of accidents, because so many innocent people are harmed. Many people are against drunk driving; but the only people who tried to do any- thing about it were the police and the state legislature. Finally, a group of concerned mothers originated Mother ' s Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.). After M.A.D.D., Students Against Drunk Driving (S.A.D.D.) formed. This group inspired 12 Yorktown students to organize Friends Against Drunk Driving (F.A.D.D.). Two students, Amy Williams and Laraine Snider attended a VOLS convention in Indianapolis that dealt with alcohol and drug abuse. Speakers talked about begin- ning S.A.D.D. groups. Amy and Laraine felt that Yorktown needed something sim- ilar before anything real tragic happened. A student from Delta was involved in an accident because of drunk driving, and we wanted to do something to help pre- vent that from happening here, stated Williams. Plans included having a F.A.D.D. week, which included guest speakers and a non- alcoholic party. It ' s not against drinking, it ' s against • drinking and driving, concluded Williams. Friends don ' t let friends drive and drink! -Jodi Bennett Andrea Tincher m. ' - - . ' . r - l iBEP w ! r k E JT )T% ' V 9L N Y L SlT Mv: i m n SfY l t k -i,s Jl m L sM 12 On the move