Portage High School - Legend Yearbook (Portage, IN)

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WHEELS: Teens dream up ideal cars, get around as best they can by Tari Glancy Imagine yourself driving down the road in a 1976 candy apple red Z-28 with a chrome engine, black rabbit -fur seats, ste- reo with four speakers and a cassette deck. Maybe you are not in a car but in a van a 1976 Chevy van with a waterbed in back, black and red shag carpet, refrigerator, Technic stereo and red velvet seats. These are not real cars but dream cars that Todd Crum, sophomore, and Jeff Bovenkerk, senior, would like to have. In reality, most students were not able to drive around in their dream cars, so they used other types of transportation. Many students did not have a license, so they walked or got around in some other way. Tammy Kenealy, senior, did not have her license, so she either walked or rode her bike. Tammy said she would like to have a moped or car, but a moped mostly.” Kevin Kokinda, junior, rode his moped or walked otherwise. Other students had licenses but no car of their own. They either borrowed their par- ents’ or another relative’s car. Lisa Mitckess, senior, said she usually uses her feet, but occasionally borrowed her parents’ car when they did not need it. There were problems with borrowing the car. Having a brother or sister who also wanted the car, putting gas in the vehicle, or being able to borrow the car only once or twice a week were a few such problems. It Lisa said, If I just want to bum around and have no real purpose for using it (the car), my parents hassle me about it.” Other students, such as juniors Eric Gambill and George Adams, had their own cars. There were advantages and disadvan- tages to owning a car. Eric said that some advantages were being able to leave when he wanted to (most of the time) and not having to ask his parents for the car. It is also easier to get a job because you can get to the job,” added Eric. George said his car is a gas hog and he did not have a job to get money to buy gas. Disadvantages to owning a car include paying for insurance, gas, loans on the car and repairs. Matysik FIXING THE CARBURETOR, junior Eric Gambill keeps trying to perfect his 1975 Vega. After four months he was still getting to know his car. 16 Student Life

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T T) A A • C rews cast overcome many technical difficulties jLV jlV 1V1 r • to produce successful fall piny Tobacco Road’ by Theresa Johnson There were many technical difficulties to overcome before Tobacco Road could go on as scheduled. The major problem oc- curred the day before the play was to be presented — none of the lights would work. A specialist, who cut his vacation in Texas short, was called in. He had the basic lighting fixed on the day of the play. The play went on as scheduled, without alter- ations. Due to the lighting problems, there was always someone on the catwalk in case the circuit broke or the lights went out. The set for the fall play did not cost a penny. All materials were used, borrowed or donated. Rather than building it in the workroom where it would later have to be transferred to the stage, the cabin was built on stage. Everything had to appear old be- cause the Lesters were poor, indigent peo- ple. The entire action of the play takes place at the Lester farm on Tobacco Road in Georgia, so only one set had to be made. Advanced technical directing students participated by working the lighting, sound and curtains. Junior Dave Capps, stage manager, said, My biggest worry was with the sound cues.” Some costumes were provided, but for the most part students prepared their own. The actors rehearsed approximately four to five weeks — two hours each day. Since the cast was so small, each member had many lines to learn. There were only two sets of tryout cuts for the play. From the first set of cuts only half returned. The final cast was then cho- sen. The hardest thing for the actors to iden- tify with was the Georgia cracker dialect. The play was presented on Nov. 12 and 13, 1982. Mr. Bill Bodnar, director, said the play was a success. SENIOR TERRY BRYAN, ' Grandma Lester, scut- tles away from her insensitive grandson Dude, who enjoyed intimidating her. FROM A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW in the cat walk during Act II, the Lester family is being visited by neighbor Sister Bessie . SHAWN McGUCKEN, junior, mixes the sound for a dress rehearsal of Tobacco Road. Layout by Theresa Johnson Fall Play 15

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TRYING OUT a dune buggy at Port City Auto Mart, senior Tim Fitzjarrald might be dreaming of owning a new one. Many students purchased used cars because newer cars were too expensive. Fritz WHOOPS, I took a wrong turn. Ray Gustafson, sophomore, surveys the scene and wonders what to do next. Transportation 17