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When CHS opened 1ts doors tS years ago, most of us were 2 and 3
years old. and JUSt starting to not1ce what was happentng R1d1ng by as
hUie kids, we thought about the day when we would go to the "b1g
school" That day arnved QUICkly as the years sped by faster than we
or our parents could believe.
A lot happened when we were young • the country was 1n an up-
heavaL Double dtg1t InflatiOn. the restgnat1on 1n '74 of the President. the
hostages 1n Iran · our parents wanted the best for us and loo ed toward
the future w1th hope
Our educat1on began at home (somet1mes 1n day care) and moved
on to the elementary schools m Columb1a County. Some of us were 1n
other places. even other countnes. but we all ended up here All our
different Ideas. our vaned backgrounds. our contrastmg VISions have
blended beautifully - we have worked together played together
learned together We have all taken as well as g1ven. Many memones
followed our footsteps across the football held to p1ck up our d1plomas
We have been through a hnle less than one-thtrd of our hves. yet th1s
is considered a turn1ng po1nt. As teenagers. we are expected to behave
as adults. but often feel that we are treated bke children. As most of us
become adults. we should take some t1me to remember the years
when we were ch1ldren and young reenagers
At the Kindergarten Center. play1ng 1n the red cabboose was
someth1ng that most of us looked forward to every day at recess Mr.
Wans was the pnnc1pal that everyone loved to v1SJI Art class 1n the boat
and plays performed by each of the classes were ac11Vlhes that we now
look back upon as fond memones of our ch1ldhood After we graduated
from kindergarten, we probably felt as though we had grown out of the
ch•ld1sh stage. now we were k1ds Then we moved on to our separate
elementary schools These were some of the largest groups of people
that we had ever been around Each of us thought that e1ther Sum-
mers. Eastside. FortWhlte. Epiphany Melrose. Frve Po1nts. or Forrest
Htils was number one
We met aga1n 1n the seventh grade at the Lake C1ty JunJOr Htgh West
Campus We thought we were "11" probably because we were the only
ones around We know bener now Seventh grade was the begtn1ng
of wheel classes and becoming teacher aids We left seventh grade to
become bottom-of-the-barrel e1gth graders
At the East Campus. we expenenced our ftrsl pep raliteS. Journal1sm.
sc1ence proJects, and Mr Dorsett For whatever reason. good or bad
most of us at one 11me or another saw Mr. Dorsett Another fond
memory was 1earn1ng CPR on Dummy Dan 1n LMS classes The
thought of perform1ng mouth-to-mouth resusc•tat1on 1n front of the
enttre class was probably the reason some of us were declined a life
saver card We finally made 11 to ·great Columbia H1gh School". or so
we thought at the t1me
As we wandered the halls and stood 1n awe dunng the pep rallies we
f1nally made 11 through tenth grade ~there were two th1ngs we learned
our Sophomore year, they had to be that sleeptng through Julius
Caesar and go1ng to football games were happen1ng th1ngs to do We
made a step up the status ladder when we became Jun10rs Although
we dtd not w1n the homecom1ng trophy, our golden crowns boosted our
moral and made a great 1mpress1on. Magaz1nes were sold p1ctures
were taken and sunglasses were bought all •n order to have enough
money for prom W1th the help of Mrs Htnes the prom of t989 was the
best th1s school had ever seen.
All our memones are not sweet We have unfortunately Witnessed
the loss of dear fnends - some through trag1c death. some through
tragtc ctrcumstance We can recall the faces. and we w1sh we could
have saved our fnends
We have fought battles w1th ourselves and our soc1ety Drugs have
tned to wrap 1ts tentacles around us • some have fought and
res•sted We know there are VICtims but many have WISed up and sa1d
no
At last we were Sen1ors As some buckled down, others went crazy.At
the near heart failure of Mrs Orr. we finally won homecommg We w1ll
never forget all of the pep ralites and the playoff game. we were so
close to becommg state champions 1n football. We anended our last
prom. the semor p1cmc. and Grad Ntght We w1ll never forget the
memones we made 1n JUSt th1s one year Graduat1on was an emot1onal
occas1on It was scary yet also a relief As we make our paths through
life 1n d1fferent CJ11es and states. we wtll never forget the memones that
we have made 1n Lake C1ty and Columb1a H1gh School
Jody Witt Alison Wood Tina Zarecki

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