Page 179 - 1989

I
Look through the senior

section and

realize that 1989 is so fine

“Dearest, if you don’t pick up your sighed again, not really looking for­
yearbook, RIGHT NOW, it will be ward to his 20-year class reunion. He
thrown in the trash compactor,” says sat down on the bed and de-slobbered
the wife as her husband walks in after the yearbook.
a long, hard day at the McDonald’s “There’s only one week before the
space station. reunion, I better look through the
He gives his wife a disgusted look senior section,” he muttered to himself
and snatches his Ralston High School while turning on the light.
yearbook to safety. He drops the year­ The senior section, the colors still
book almost immediately, looking dis- bright, show how a senior lived,
ustedly at the baby slobber on his worked, studied and played. One of
g
ands that once was on the cover of his the first spreads he looked at covered
yearbook. “Oh, sweet duckling of many senior college and career plans. He
diamonds, why has my yearbook been read through it and sighed. He kept
slobbered upon?” flipping through the section, stopping
“The babv is teething. Can’t help it,” at the beauty contest spread. 'T won­
says the wife as she lugs a large Hoover der what Tricia Carbullido and Mar­
vacuum cleaner. She shoves her hus­ cia Selinger look like now?”
band out of the way and drops the He kept looking, remembering sen-
vacuum. ioritis, college junk mail, study hall
The husband sighed and picked up blues and his underclassman blues.
his yearbook. He walked to the bed­ An hour later, he shut the book,
room, passing a calendar with the date, thinking, “senior spirit still lives.”
May 21, circled in thick, red ink. He

Senior Stefanie Fidone cools off
during “Jammin’ in the Courtyard"
with the help of Art Teacher Bob
Benzel. “Jammin’ in the Courtyard"
was held during lunch and students
who bought a ticket ahead of time
were allowed to eat lunch in the
courtyard and listen to live music.

O n N o v e m b e r 19, d a rin g N a tio n a l E d u c atio n W e rft, s tu d e n ts
Senior Gary Graniewski is up c o u ld be a te a c h e r, c o u n s e lo r, o r a d m in is tra to r to r a d ay.
against some tough competition
during the hottest team race during
the fall pep rally.
Ramtales, Vol. XIX, No. 5, Page 1, December 1, 1975.