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MS opens 'Coming Attractions' Coming Attractions-The Spirit of 57,this year's V-show opened last night. Additional performances are scheduled to be given Friday, Dec. 5 and Saturday, Dec.6 at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday, Dec 7 at 2 p.m.

This year's V-show is under the direction of Mr. Don Martello, faculty director, and senior student directors Kim Grichnik , George Brant, and Darren Bochat.

Other key members of the 1986 V-show staff are junior directors: Jenine Smith, Mark Lundell, and Troy McLennan; sophomore director. Dean Westman; writing staff heads, Kate Ranft, and Julie Ewry; faculty music director, Mr. Gordon McLean; student music director, Dave Banks; dance chorus heads, Senior directors of the V-Show are pic- Kris Nugent and Nadia AccetuUi; faculty tured above. They are Kim Grichnik, technical director, Mr. Stephen Granzyk; and George Brant, and Darren Bochat, with student technical director, Erik Peterson. faculty director Mr. Don Martello.

The show consists of over 50 acts which are IMaine Township High School South Vol. 23, No. 6 December 5, 1986

souihwoRds Rigali awaits conference Cindy Rigali has been selected as Maine South High School's representative for the Hugh O'Brian Leadership Seminar , Mr. Daniel Misevich, Career Counselor, announced.

The criteria for selection consists of evidence of emerging leadership ability, cooperation with others, sensitivity to their needs, and the desire to learn and share knowledge and experience.

Cindy will attend a three-day State Leadership Seminar this spring in Illinois. At this seminar she will compete with other Illinois high school representatives to attend the annual International Leadership Seminar sponsored by the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation, which will beheld in Denver, Colorado

from July 31-Aug. 8.

The actor, Hugh O'Brian, established the Foundation in 1958 to seek outstanding high school sophomores and provide them with opportunities for their potential leadership abilities to emerge, develop, and be recognized. Mr. O'Brian also feels the Seminars provide the opportunity to take note of the "exciting good news about the nation's positive thinking youth—tomorrow's leaders."

Cindy has been active at Maine South in cheerleading, softball, student council, ski dub, Spanish club, and is president of the sophomore class. Cindy is excited about her selection as Maine South's representative to the seminar and feels she can make a significant contribution to the program's activities.

Appreciation program Maine South's Student Council under the sponsorship of Miss Ann Finneran and Mr. Pat Feichter has recently sponsored a month long teachers' appreciation program designed to recognize teahers and other faculty members of their hard work.

The Teacher Appreciation Note (TAN) committee headed the program which achieved I its goal by collecting comments from Student Council members regarding a positive aspect of a particular teacher's class, personality, or teaching. These notes then were typed up and placed in the teacher's mailboxes on Monday mornings.

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Over the first four weeks, 45 teachers were commended for everything from helping students with their homework, delaying a test, or telling good jokes in class. So far, teacher response has been very positive with many faculty members receiving more than one card.

Student Council has now opened up this program to the entire student body with the hope that more students will take part in the appreciation of their teachers.

Interested students should turn in notes to the Student Council office and can be either anonymous or signed. Student Council reserves the right to edit all submissions.

performed by Maine South students from all departments of the school. Fillers between the main acts, called blackouts, were written by the writing staff. They are performed by Trunk, the core group of dancers, singers, and actors. Trunk will also perform the opening act, "Twistin' the Night Away" and the closing number, "Thank You for the Music."

This year's V-show like others in the past, is sponsored by Student Council under the guidance of Miss Ann Finneran, Mr. Pat Feichter, sponsors, and student V-show chairperson. Colleen Aylward. Student Council shares in both the work and the profits by organizing ticket sales and publicizing the show.

Tickets for the remaining performances can still be purchased for $3.00 at the door or through Student Council.

M.S. food drive brings success The third annual Thanksgiving Food Drive was a success with over 4000 cans brought in to help feed the needy at Marillac house on the West side of Chicago. Compared to last year's 600 cans that were collected this year's was an incredible success. Dr. Cachur, principal stated,"! think its fantastic the way they have responded in our community where we a re so well off that we can help those who are less formnate. This effort is just another example of the spirit here at Maine South making us not just a good school, but a great school.

The success was due to the contest between complexes which caused counselors to become more involved. Mrs. Smith's homeroom complex won the contest by collecting 1,003 cans.

"We're so glad that everyone decided to participate. Hopefully, this will help to make food drives more successful in the future. In fact, we have surpassed the totals for the past few years," stated Julie Thein, chairman of this year's food drive.

More information on tlie food drive can be found on page 3.

Letter to Editor Dear Editor; I recently received an anonymous note from a Maine South student who seems to be having difficulty coping with some personal issues. I would like to have this opportunity to help this student through his/her current crisis. My door is always open to students who need to talk. I hope this person who wrote to me will contact me very soon.

Natalie Dranoff Social Worker

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What would you think if you wandered into the audi torium only to find forty students', dancing the bunny hop, the swim and "twisting the night away."

It may be an overwhelming sight first, but this is TRUNK, practicing their opening number for V-show, Com ing Attraction-Spirit of '87. Since cold of January, student direaors have been* planning for this the biggest "all school" show at Maine South. Now the weekend of of the performances is upon us, and with"^] this collage of pictures. Southwards has tried to show you the hard work, fun, and togetherness to those who have never experienced a a V-show.

Backstage crew has worked long and hard to create an incredible set that will thrill audiences.

Kate Ranft, Julie Ewry, and their writing staff have rewritten many comic acts to perfection. They have guaranteed laughter throughout the show.

Stage band, our school's finest musiciems have put the finishing touches on the music they will be fwrforming, and Mr. Gordon McLean will be directing thisfinegroup in the four shows.

Every aspect of this show is shining, and read, to perform, entenain, and delight the audience ^'We're Maine South, we put on shows." ^And V-show, Coming Attractions, ^will prove to be ^uite a SHOW...

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Commentary

December 5, 1986

Editorial

Respecting others in the Me era Several decades ago, it was considered com- my seat. Go sit over there," pointing to the ^^r. practice .„.o^,;^» ,.,K»n m^,^ would „,r„iiH stand cfo„H up .,„ on ^„ ao seat coc^ in in front front of of him, him, over over which which another another male male mon when a!. man full bus and offer a woman his seat. This, was similarly draped. The girl, not perhaps behowever, is the age of Equal Rights and such ing in the best mood, as it was a Monday moran action is rarely seen, if at all. And perhaps ning, stated quite matter-of-factly, "You are this is good; it is a debatable issue. But has the being rude. Please move," after which she perpendulum swung too far in the opposite direc- ched on the very edge of the seat, carefully tion? avoiding the offending leg.

Recently, this scene was witnessed on a At this point, the male removed his leg, thus partially-filled bus headed for Maine South allowing the girl to sit back without fear of early on a Monday morning. tumbling into the aisle at the next turn. He A girl boarded the bus, paid her fifty cents began to call the girl unprintable names, fare, and surveyed the prospects for an ade- however, perhaps to soothe his ruffled pride; quate seat. Not finding any that were com- how dare she, a mere female, defy him, the pletely empty, she settled for the next best epitome of masculinity, so openly? But it is thing; she went up to a male who had his leg possible that he was also in a bad mood, being sprawled over the seat next to him, like many as how it was still very early on a Monday morteenagers have the innate tendency to do, and ning. politely said, "Excuse me," implying, of The question that is raised by this quite true course, that the male should move his leg so story is this: has our society regressed (sorry, that she could have a seat. progressed) so much as to make it acceptable To this the male promptly replied, "This is for the individual to think only of him or Results of Student Council's Thanksgiving Charity Food Drive

herself, casting all consideration for others to the wind? wind? ItIt seems seems the the '80's '80's are are turning turning into into a the "ME" era where everyone is out for him or herself and tramples on the rights of others in order to please ME. Children learn it from toddlerhood on. Have you ever heard of a child who wants to be last in line? Or, does any kindergartener ever reach for the smallest cookie? Our society seems to tell us that almost anything is OK, just as long as it gives us what we want.

At any rate, mull it over during lunch.

Discuss it with your friends. Ponder it during math. Chivalry may not be too popular these days, but politeness should not also be barred.

The world could indeed become a veritable heartless place if everyone completely disregarded the rights and needs of everyone else. So, the next time someone asks to sit in the seat next to you, smile (unless, of course, it's a Monday, in which case you're excused from the smile), move over, and chalk one up

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Letter to the Editor Dear Editor: I am writing this letter to inform Maine South students about an activity which Student Council has organized and supervised. A few weeks ago, we began a program which we call T.A.N.(Teacher Appreciation Notes).

T.A.N, is a pilot program to increase student—teacher communication. I would like to publically commend both Kathy Coudal and Chrissy Cosioni for heading up this program.

After four weeks of successful notes from student council representatives, I would now like to open this program to all Maine South students.The notes are to be short; just a simple note, to a teacher who you feel is doing

outstanding in his or her classroom. There will be a box inside the Student Council office, which is located between the Dean's office and the C.R.C., off drop off any notes you may have.

Now I would like to thank all of you for such a successful food drive. By Wednesday, Nov. 19, we felt yet another food drive would be unsuccessful. Then Thursday and Friday came! Our total collection came to over 4000 cans of non-perishable food.

Again, thank you to everyone who participated and I hope that Student Council will receive a lot of student support with T.A.N.

Letters to the Editor and submissions to the faculty column, "The Other Side" for the neJrt issue of Southwards should be turned in to room V-130 by Mon., Dec. 8.

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Commentary

Decembers, 1986

View from the Stairs

The changing of the garb

I don't think many people could pinpoint their best day in high school, the day that summed up everything high school represented. I don't think most people could locate it because they weren't looking out for it. Suddenly, it was there. They were living it, but they didn't realize it. Maybe it was the day they aced all their tests, maybe it was the day they ran their fastest race, or maybe it was the day nothing bad happened. That momait is different for everybody. For me, it was the day I become a monk.

I wasn't going to dress up last HaQoween. I was going to let it slide like all the other years. But last HaUoween, a frieiKl of mine called and talked me into it, so I dusted off my old Grim Reaper/ Jawa/Monk costume and came to sctaooL I thought about how funny it would be to have a monk sitting in class.

And it was. But it was better than that. It was the best day I'd ever had.

For one thing, nobody bumped into me in the halls. This enforces my belief that nothing is impossible. I once tried to go through a day without bumping into anycHie. The bell rang forfirstperiod, hundreds of people rushed into the halls, and that «Bs that. I dkln't think anyone had ever succeeded intH I wore my mcxik costume. It was like the parting of the Red Sea—nobody was in my way. This akxie gives that day merit. What a feeling of power.

I also made a lot of people laugh. I heard it everywhere I went. When it's the right kind of laughter, nobody can ask for a better sound. For me, laughter is a very dangerous thing. Once ooe person laughs, I want to make everybody laugh. I started acting mysterious and silent. I pointed at people and walked very slowly. People were laughing, imd I was really enjoying myself.

I had my laughs, too. Isn't it interesting how similarly people react to a given situation? I hid my face, BIKI suddenly everyone wanted to know who I was. You don't know howridiculoussome people

kx)ked, bending over as far as they could, in an attempt to see who was under the hood.

These were some of the good things that made my day special, but there were bad things as well.

This might not seem logical, so let me explain.

Sure, a lot of people laughed, but there were some that could not appreciate something different.

I was extremely different, and people I had never met before were letting me know. Well, okay. It made me see how unfairly unusual people were treated. I realized how a change set people apart. It really opened my eyes to a lot of things which, up \rsji that point, I had only heanl aboutfromothers.

I am glad I wore that monk costume. Being in disguise enabled me to take a step back and enjoymyself, as well as see people from a new perspective. I realized the importance of being an indivicfaiai. I wonder if myfriendrealizes what a favor he did me by calling me last Halloween. Because of him, I took a chance; I did something unusual and had tliB best day of my high school career.

What's goin' down'

No Mom, please not that...aw gee The AnORymoua Columnist The Anonymous Columnist writing on all topics ranging from the meaning of life to why Camenbert is pronounced cam mem bear and the kidnapping of Carl Sagan.

Today, children, let's discuss that peculiar form of transportation, the one philosophers have been questioning for eons and eons, bilhons and billions and billions of years ago when the earth was a ball of gas...

Arghhhhhhhhhh! Maybe I've got funny looking, weird JPL astronomers on the brain. I'm going into Carl Sagan mode of thought. Well, the topic is the bus you know and love.

Yesterday, I had the honor of riding our model pubUc transit system. Actually, since I don't have a car, and my mother was going to a mother's club luncheon (no doubt, some of you are saying, "mother's club luncheoncute." Well shut up. Your mothers go to them too. They just don't tell you.) as in...

ME—Mom, please pick me up.

MOM—(This with a devilish smile on her face.) I'm going to a meeting. Heh, heh, take the bus.

ME—No, no, please not that. I'll do anything, anything!! Pleeceeaasei!

Nooooooooooo!!!!!

As I was saying, I went for the educational experience. ****Note for Freshmen: Those of you privileged to have Mr. Kerr can "read between the Bnes" that I was forced, against my will.**** But I said, "All right, what the (freshmen ^ip this word) hell! It's either that or walk (a

horror of greater magnitude (big words, eh?)

driver where he is going, look for their stop, and worry about the other people. They also notice the peculiarities of the others and those who take the bus everyday. I am one of these.

Of course, there are always people driving dierry red Porsches who look in the bus and laugh at me. Stupid rich kids!

than even the bus. So at 2;42 p.m. I boarded the 4190 bus and watched the other people as they got on.

If you have ever been on the bus, you know the variety of interesting people (I use these two terms loosely—people and interesting.) that one meets in a social atmosphere on the The People Who Have To Take The Bus bus. and Hate It—These people fall into three For example— Moe—You're sitting in my seat, kid. categories: Reginald—I can sit in any seat. This is a). Those who can drive, but do not have a America. I take History Accelerated. Let's car. discuss this interesting democratic principle. b). Those who can't drive and don't know That scene would be followed by Reginald anyone that can. getting off the bus prematurely—like between c). Most of the Laugh At It Category also. stops. continued to page 5 Or— Moe—Yeah, man, like I was sayin' I got 34 ReeeeOoooos for throwin that nerd kid out the window.

Big Stubble-faced Guy—Man, ain't dat the Southworas would like to explain . I mean it was his fault, man. He was sitto the student body of Maine South tin' in your seat. exactly who the Anonymous ColumMoe—I tol' the dean that, t he's just on nist is. Unfortunately, if we tell you my case, man. exactly who he or she Is they would There are three classes of people that ride no longer be anonymous. A hint, the bus—those who have to and hate it, those however, Is that It Is not the fine who have to and like it, and those who are specime n of the male gender picthere occasionally and laugh at it. tured above. It Is, in (act, a great

Let us explain...

The Laugh at the Silly People That Take the Bus People—You can always tell this group—they are the ones who ask the bus-

member of the student body and someone we (eel deserves to be heard.

December 5,1986

Commentary

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Booklet solves all: Yeah, right

Well, now that about two months have gone by since the Maine South Discipline Procedures booklet was passed out to every lucky student at Maine South, I'm sure you've ail had time to thoroughly digest every exciting facet of this informative pamphlet. Perhaps some of you have been so moved by it, that you approached one of our fine administrative personell and personally thanked them for providing this opportunity to know our school's inner workings just a little bit better.

Yeah, right.

As for as school literature goes, this beauty is almost about as useless as they come. The only thing that could top this stellar example of uselessness is if the school printed the life stories of the cafeteria ladies and handed them out to everybody.

But before attacking this glorious work, let's touch on its good points in the interest of equal time.

1. It was free.

On with the negative points. To start out with, whoever wrote this thing has a serious

problem. Where did this guy get his vocabulary from? "Games of Chance"? "Gambling paraphernalia"??! Whoever wrote this just single-handedly widened the generation gap a couple more miles. I bet that this guy's a miUion laughs at home with the family.

Guy: Dear, this report is superlative. I have to exercise restraint or I may overindulge myself.

Wife: Thank you, dear.

Guy: Oh, and Billy, I almost lost my footing while I was walking downstairs because of the paraphernalia on the steps.

Such actions will not be tolerated and a repeat of the violation of this rule will result in the suspension of your eligibility to receive an allowance.

BUly: Huh? Moving on, as I understood it, this booklet was supposed to provide us with a clear and defin ite outline of exactly what would happen to us whenever we broke the school rules. Mmmmm. That's why the word "may" is used in this pamphlet sixty-seven times. I don't know

about you, but I'd be hard pressed to find a more definate and assuring word that "may."

And it's been a month, as well! What more could you ask for in a word? But the phrase that really does it for me is "may include, but not be limited to." In other words, they can do whatever they want to you, and this pamphlet is completely and utterly useless.

Well, now that you know that this booklet is of no use whatsoever, what are you supposed to do with it? Here's some helpful suggestions.

Five Practical Uses for the Discipline Procedure Book 1. As a fan 2. Make an organic boulder 3. Pooper scooper 4. Kleenex 5. Lining for gerbil cage Any one of these choices should make the Discipline Procedures book will worth its cost.

And I think that somewhere in this article there is a moral that could be learned by all of us.

Yeah, right.

Second Quarter Slump plagues South Everyone has heard of the third quarter "slump," when students seem to be lacking the desire and energy to get school work done. But what about a second quarter "slump?" It seems that Maine South has been hit hard and has been swept into this dreadful predicament.

Let's take a look around. We'll start in homeroom. Half of the students are asleep in their

diairs, or dse in somewhat of a catatonic state. The other half furiously and frantically try tofinishthe homework that is duefirstperiod, in order to do second period's homework duringfirstperiod, and so on. Why waste precious T.V. watching time to do work that can easily be made into "homeroom specials?" No, seriously, students are beginning new activities such as basketball or Contest Speak-

Anonymous Colunnnist goes on continued from page 4 I feel sorry for all these people. They endure the torture day after day, week after week, month after month, eon after...(Oh, oh, Carl Saganish again)...

These people are the ones who expand the modern vocabulary. Some examples: 1. Huh 2. yeah 3. dweebie 4. man 5. ain't dat da trufe 6. and my personal favorite, dude, the most overused word in everyday vocabulary.

The People Who Have To Take The Bus And Love It! These are those (what a phrase—these are those) outstanding members of high school society that enjoy the bus because that is where they encounter some nice feelings provided by many different mind altering drugs and other goodies. This is also a good place to meet people like them so they can get together and do this sort of thing on Friday and Saturday nights. Also it is a good place to earn money—

PLEASE EXCUSE THIS SECOND DIGRESSION FROM THE TOPIC. THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN SHOT, AND NOW ALISTAIRE COOK IS THE NEW COLUMNIST. WE NOW RETURN TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED COLUMN.

Moe—Give me your money, kid.

Reginald—Sure, Moe. Now we're studying extortion and the Mafia.

Moe—Yeah, economics must be fun, huh.

As I was saying, the bus is, you see, in plain and simple terms—bizarre, stupid, smoky, boring, exciting, weird—and not my cup of tea. Thank you for tuning in to Masterpiece Theater. Tune in next week for Act II of Macbeth.

Good night.

Music. Credits roll.

ing, and many are in the midst of V Show or any mimber of competitions. Any activity which is found exciting to a student is going to become important to them, perhaps more important than schoolwork.

But that's no reason to forget about school. Afterall, if we had no school, nobody would really look forward to the weekend. Well, let's move on to fourth period in the library. Two girls pass notes back and forth, while piles of homework sit on the table in front of them. A library lady kicks out two guys for talking. At least now they will go to study and do their homework, right? Sure. Maybe they will even take advantage of language lab,( Oh, I forgot!)or math help. How dare this slump hit us! Our freshman have just adjusted to highschool, and our sophomores, juniors, and seniors have important years to prepare for.

Back to study hall. A student is staring intently at a schoolbook, working very diligently on his homework. Slump, who said slump? Maybe there's hope for us after all.

Letters to the editor or submissions to "The Other Side" for the next issue of Southwards should be turned in to room V-130 by Tues., Dec. 9. Submissions must be signed, but names may be withheld upon request.

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Sports

December 5,1986

Hawks take on Titans Looking ahead to the guys basketball season, Coach George Verber expressed his optimism by stating, "there's nowhere to go but up."

Competing for the starting guard positions are seniors Jim Walker, Jim Sellegren, and junior Keith O'Shea, with senior Gary Francis contending for both the forward and guard spots. Senior Jim Kallas will be an option for forward, as will senior Jim Swanson. Swanson may also fill the center position with junior Steve Vrbansic.

In addition,seniors Tom Jaeger and John Sheehan are key members of the team, with Jaeger as a guard and Sheehan moving between the forward and center positions.

Key JV players are Tim Dohr, Marc Sernel, Scott Desani, Dan Kilburg, Bob Sroka, Brian McMillan, Jim Pasala, and Brian Mongoven.

Already into their intense practice schedule, the Hawks are gearing up for some tough competition. The first challenge was the Thanksgiving Tourney, in which the Hawks faced Prospect and St. Joseph, among others.

Some of the top competition the Hawks will face include Elgin, Oak Park, Hersey, East Aurora, and Buffalo Grove. In conference action, the Hawks will have to deal with Maine East, and the always strong New Trier and Evanston teams. The Hawks face a very difficuh schedule this season, as the Hawks play 14 regular-season games against highly ranked teams.

As New Trier and Evanston are picked to win or tie for the conference championship, and the Hawks are not included in the championship hunt. Coach Verber feels that the only place the team has to go is up. Though they lack size,the Hawks are concentrating on their quickness and passing, in addition to building a strong defense. All are giving one hundred percent to their goal of improving game by game.

As season play begins, Coach Verber states, "I am very pleased with the way the team is working. They are practicing very hard; I have no gripes."

Schedule Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec.

5 6 12 13

BOYS BASKETBALL home 6:00 Glenbrook South away 6:00 Maine West away 6:00 Maine East home 6:00 Elk Grove

Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL away 6:00 Glenbrook South Highland Park home 4:30 Maine West home 6:00 Evanston away 2:00 home 6:00 Prospect

WRESTLING Dec. 5 home 6:00 Glenbrook South Dec. 12 away Niles West SWIMMING Dec. 13 away 1:00 Schaumburg Dec. 16 away 4:30 Morton GYMNASTICS Dec. 9 home 4:30 Highland Park EJec. 11 away 6:00 New Trier

Girls travel to take on Glenbrook South Titans The girls' Hawk basketball team began its tough schedule against Libertyville on Tues.

Nov. 25 at the Buffalo Grove Tournament.

Libertyville started off strong, dominating the first few minutes of play. Yet the Hawks gained momentum, coming within one point of Libertyville until the end. Libertyville, however, widened the gap to win.

Tournament play continued on Fri. Nov. 28 as the Hawks beat Buffalo Grove, and Sat. Nov. 29, with the Hawks winning against Lake Zurich.

Senior starter Lisa Hennesey was named as an all-tourney selection. Six-foot center Hennesey is the top returning scorer, averaging six

Pictured above are members of the 1986-87 Varsity Hawkette squad, directed by Miss Barbara Bobrich.

They are now in the midst of fourday-per-weel( practices, preparing for this year's drill team competition season. At their first competition, the Rich Central Drill Team Invlta-

points per game last season. Hennessey, along with juniors Maureen Crosson and Karen Biedron will work on the inside plays for the Hawks. Junior Tracy Minor will work on the outside shots, with senior Beth Carroll using her speed and shooting starting as point guard.

Other key players include junior Cathy Qprian, senior Kathy Christensen, sophomore Karen Walker, and senior Kathy Lekan, who will be calling the Hawks' plays.

The Hawks are not aiming tok be compared with last year's team, but instead to keep the optimism, energy, and talents of all the players alive throughout the challenging season.

Continuing regular-season play, the Hawks face Glenbrook South away tonight at 6:00

tlonai, on Sat., Nov. 22, they captured first place trophies for their Kicl(, Prop, and Dance routines, and also were given the Sweepstalces award for the highest overall point total. Next, the Hawkettes will compete in the Palatine Invitational on Feb. 14.

p.m. Next, they play Maine West at home and Evanston away late next week, on Dec. 12 and 13, respectively.

Lake third at State Meet at New Trier Kathy Lake, a key swimmer on this year's girls Varsity swim team, recently traveled to the state finals on Nov. 21-22.

Kathy was ranked ninth in the state for the 100 breastroke upon entering competition on Fri., Nov. 21. After Friday's race, Kathy was seeded fourth for the finals held on Saturday.

Entering the meet on Saturday with strength and courage, Kathy attained her best career time of 1:07.66, earning her the All-State and All-American titles.

Kathy also placed seventh in Individual Medley in Friday's heats. She returned Saturday to break the school's record, set in 1975 by Kathy Lindstrom, with a time of 2:09.15, a personal best as well.

Although Kathy was ranked seventh, her time compared to that of fourth in the state, and qualified her for consideration for an AUAmerican swimmer.

Kathy plans to swim on a scholarship next yeai in college. Coach Butler commented, considering Kathy's talents, "she'll have no trouble."

As Kathy concludes her outstanding season, the words of Coach Butler emphasize her accomplishments, "We're all very proud of her."