Yorktown High School - Episode Yearbook (Yorktown, IN)

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party and know of alcohol being served to minors and they do nothing about it, then there is a definite problem, and discipli- nary action should be taken. After questioning Mr. and Mrs. Carol Schauer, who rent out the Lion ' s Club Building, about their policy on renting the building to minors, they flatly revealed, It will no longer be rented out. So the problem is solved, right? Wrong. You see, the issue is not that alcohol was available to minors in a public place. The real issue is the drinking itself. Parents and coaches also ap- pear to hide themselves from the fact that alcohol is consumed illegally by some of their kids and players. According to Athletic Direc- tor Bob Harrold, of the school ' s Athletic Constitution, The first penalty is suspension from that sport and the next sport season they ' re in. The second penalty calls for removal of that player for one calendar year. Regarding the multitude of parties thrown this year, Har- rold said, We coaches don ' t like to play policemen. The Athletic Director added, If we have reason to believe that a player has been drinking, we may have a one-on-one con- ference with them, but it ' s hard to prove anything. When I began writing this story, I had many complaints. It seemed that an awful lot of kids were worried about their parents reading this story. ..that they wouldn ' t be able to go to par- tieis anymore. Parents have said at the Par- ent Advisory meeting that they don ' t want to read about parties where only the hoodlums go, and that their son or daughter is involved in this very nice organ- ization called S.A.D.D. (Stu- dents Against Drunk Driving), and why don ' t you write about all of the good things they ' re doing? As one party-goer put it, Sure there are S.A.D.D. members at our parties. ..in fact, one of the executive board members passed out in the front seat of the car as she attempted to drive home.... -Lisa Huffman Tragedy strikes a Yorktown family as their 16-year old MISSING »arry Jo and Johnnie Terrell are still suffering from the loss of their son Timothy Wayne Terrell. Timmy to his mom, Tim to his classmates, friends, and teachers here at Yorktown died October 12, 1984. On October 5, Tim and a cam- panion ran away from the Del- aware County Youth Service Bureau where they were being held for running away and rob- bery charges. On December 5, his parents printed a plea for help on Tim ' s location in the Muncie Star. On the Thanksgiving and Christ- mas holidays, his parents held place settings for him and gifts remained out. Yet there was still no information on his where- abouts. It wasn ' t until January 12, 1985 the news would come. Del- aware County investigators dis- covered Tim ' s body in a shallow grave on a farm in Daleville. On January 10, police were given a lead to Tim ' s location. They were led to Chip Norris, a former Yorktown student, grand- father ' s farm on January 11. where they believed Tim had been killed by a self-inflicted gun shot would to the head, and bur- ied by Norris. After a few hours of digging, police uncovered a body and a bayonet in a sheath wrapped in a tent. Positive identification was made by Delaware County Cor- oner Glenn Scroggins on Janu- ary 12. According to police report, Tim and his companion ( a min- or) ran away from the Youth Service Bureau on October 5 and went to Chip Norris for help. Norris supplied the two with a tent, sleeping bags, food, and a .22 caliber rifle, then hid them on his grandfather ' s farm. On the night of October 12, Tim ' s companion was awakened by a gunshot, only to find Tim unconscious. Afraid of being charged in the death, Norris and the companion allegedly buried the body. Tim was involved in a paramil- itary group, The Christian Pa- triots Defense League, that play- ed war games. This one game, however, just went too far. Timothy Wayne Terrell ' s funeral was held on January 15, 1985, closing the mystery of his disappearance, but leaving open reasons surroundingthe mystery of his death. The story was a particularly sad one; one that would never happen to your family. But it happened to mine. Tim was my cousin. -Chris Terrell Mike Cooper, junior usues a meth- od introduced to him by Psychology teacher Mr. Owen, entitled Bio- feedback to help control his stress. Students are dealing with a lot of pressures in a variety of wavs that all add up to our pressure peaks. I wish 1 had an answer, commented Guidance Counselor Richard Thomas, this year the entire stu- dent body ' s grades went down and I ' ve talked to more kids who have attempted suicide this semester than the previous year. However, some students are finding wavs of dealing with stress. I put my earphones on, turn up the heavy metal music as loud as I can stand it, and read a book, said Junior Todd Gilbert. I. U. ' s controversial coach Bobby Knight upsets fans when he starts four fresh- men and a junior and loses to Illinois by 14 47 4 ( t tlAA ]( Bruce Springsteen sells out in 2 x h hours in Indian- apolis. Mary Lou Retton ' s tiny 4 ' 11 body astounded peo- ple everywhere with a per- fect 10 in the Summer Olympics gymnastic Ball State ' s Dan Palom- bizio leads the nation in scoring with a 28.2 aver- age. ISSUES

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( ( ) fjt ItA The Indiana State Lottery- raises temperatures as an issue on the floor of the Indiana General Assembly. The White House ' s secur- ity is breached by a tourist during Inauguration Day festivities. Baby Fae receives 1st baboon heart and lives for 21 days. Mikfu rjfiAjtft Itfitf Mikhail Gorbachev, 54, takes over as Soviet Presi- dent after Konstatin Cher- nenko dies on March 10, 1 985, at the age of 73fol- owing a grave illness. t 0 Fairy tales do come true, as Mr. Charlie Owen, psycho - logy teacher, finds his biolog- ical family after a 45 year absence and ... A PART OF ME I NEVER KNEW EXISTED ' mmr ' - ' November, Psychology teacher Charlie Owen had a rev- elation. Mr. Owen found his biological family after a 45 year absence and, a part of me I never knew existed. The first time I saw my mo- ther was a very emotional time.- ..when we first saw each other we just bawled our eyes out for about a half an hour. According to the psychology teacher, I was never really con- cerned about who my ' real ' par- ents were. I always considered my foster parents my ' real ' parents. But my younger sister, Carolyn, became obsessed with finding our family for the past 5 to 6 years. Carolyn contacted the orphan- age in Louisville, Kentucky where she and Charlie had been left when he was three years old, and found out about their real family now living in Knoxville, Ten- nessee. That was about 1 Vi years ago that my sister went to see our mother. Some time after that Mr. Owen received a letter of forgiveness that stated she (his mother) would understand if he never wanted to see her. You see it was during the Depression that she gave us up, said Mr. Owen. So my sister and I got to see her this fall. I found that I had three other sisters and three other brothers.. .1 was the oldest of eight, Mr Owen continued. Mr. Owen found that he had been born in Louisville, Ken- tucky and that his real name was Charles Burton Blythe. It was really something to know you have a family. When we embraced (Mr. Owen and his newly-discovered mother), I felt a sense of close- ness to her without really know- ing her, Mr. Owen related. It probably would have hurt my foster mother if she had known about the meeting. ..but she died in 1974, Mr. Owen said. I found that I had a brother who looked just like me when we compared our family pictures. He told us that, ' We ' ve always known about you and your sister and always considered you part of the family ' . In fact the rest of the family had purchased a mother ring and had 8 stones placed in it. They (brother and sister) have always known about me, but we never knew about them. That night I woke up cry- ing, Owen said my wife asked me what was the matter. I grew up never wanting to be hurt again, he commented. After we met I felt something leaving me that I wasn ' t really sure I wanted to let go. I felt like ' it ' was protecting me and was a part of me I always held in reserve. ...I felt a lot of that hurt leaving. It all worked out good-it was good for me (to find mother)- ...it ' s really changed my life in a lot of ways. ..and it ' s changed my feelings about myself, said Owen. The whole ordeal changed my life, continued Owen. I used to be shy and guarded be- cause of not knowing my real parents. Now that I know who she is, I have a more clear outlook on life that has helped me to be more open in my own marriage. I ' ve taken on a whole new identity, added Mr. Owen. It ' s really something know- ing now that you have a family that you never even knew ex- isted. -Brian Marsh Party goers find local park building easy access for Yorktown ' s... PARTY ANIMALS c 0 eryone loves a party. When we ' re little kids we look forward to birthday parties. ..when we ' re a little older it ' s having girl- friends come over for pajama parties. ..now that we ' re a lot older, Yorktowners are definitely known for their party ability around the county. If you go to the ' frat ' parties at Ball State on the weekends, you ' ll find the majority of high school students there are from Yorktown, stated one senior athlete. The accepted attitude con- cerning students ' drinking seems to be that everyone does it, or kids will be kids. Even though the underage drinking is found everywhere, and not just at Yorktown, it is a serious prob- lem here and our community appears to be blind to it. So blind, in fact, that on five seperate occasions, high school kids were allowed to rent out the Yorktown Lion ' s Club Building without adult consent or chap- erone. These parties were open to anyone with two or three bucks to pitch in for the kegs of beer provided. For the hosts, it was the per- fect plan. One could spin the hits, while collecting the money from those who drank. We made over one hundred dollars by charging for the beer, one party host bragged. How could a group of kids get away with this? One student who was present at all the parties stated, A Yorktown policeman drove around the parking lot, but he didn ' t bust us. He told us that as long as we kept it inside, he wouldn ' t bother us. ' Muncie Deputy Chief Leroy Hahn stated, If there is a case where they (policemen) are at a 8 ISSUES

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All decked out and ready for action are Seniors Brad Hollowav. Dave Helms. Dave Hershey. Todd Young and Junior Joe Tincher. The five boys are instrumentalists with the Swing Choir perform- ance group. Portable melodies keep Senior Greg Stewart occu- pied during the annual Homecoming Spirit games out on the football field on Sept. 28. 10 LIFE DIVISION There ' s not enough time! ...A common complaint of over-active, on-the-go Yorktown students. Many students feel each day is stuffed full of activities as students make it through seven hours of the academics, only to be guided by additional hours of athletic practice until you can ' t sweat anymore. When I ' m out of school, I spend most of my extra time in sports, claims Sophomore Swimmer Cathy Bryja. I spent 50% of my time at school, added Senior Mika Lindholm, the other 50% I sleep. Most of my time is spent at school, but I don ' t mind because it gives you something to do and you get to see your friends more often, commented Junior Jeff Myers. Super-achiever Senior Mike Worley boasts, 4- 5 hours of sleep a night. Why? Because I ' m so busy! Mike said. There ' s the play and track and FCA and school and newspaper.... Activities were in surplus this year as students could get crazy at Homecoming, get creative with numerous school plays and music productions, get relaxed with the unofficial Senior trip to Daytona Beach on Spring Break or get graduated at the May 24 ceremony at Emen ' s Auditorium. Searching a pan of flour for a lifesaver to score more points for the class of ' 85 are Seniors Amy Garrett and Tammy Cooper. Figures for graphs were taken from polls given to approxi- mately 200 students in January of ' 85, regarding the amount of time they spend in different activities during the week.