Bay High School - Bay Blue Yearbook (Bay Village, OH)

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ON TOP of the lauderback's home, the girls' cross country team finishes hanging their contri- bution to the yard sign contest. They won first prize in the size category. FOR THE FEATURE SKIT at the levy fall sports assembly, the varsi- ty cheerleaders perform If I were In a fall activity'' Each cheerleader was responsible for obtaining her own uniform for the skit. Laying it on the Line— AFTER ELECTION DAY. Amy Gerone takes down the sign she had post- ed on her house. Each of the signs entered in the contest had to say Keep Your Town a Winner. —J Unsey SETT 14 A CRINNER OUR TOv N AyiNNER —K Foster

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Behind th Lines IN FRONT OF DOVER WEST JUNCTION. Bill Toole. Jim Comparin and Laura Rekstis wait for the marching band to start the levy parade. They marched, along with repre- sentatives ot all school activi- ties, down Wolf Road to the Middle School. —T Morscten “The overwhelming support from everyone made all the campaign activities successful” —Bill Whitlock rom way back in July of 1981, students started work on what would be the single most unifying event in Bay High history, the cam- paign to pass the 5.5 mill levy. To succeed in their quest, everyone, es- pecially students, had to pitch in. That meant cooperation, determination and organization. That meant Laying it on the Line. On only the second day of school, Sept. 1, students were assembled and asked to help support the cause''. Encouragement included lighter home- work loads and prizes. The main ob- jective of the campaign was to show the community that students cared about their future at Bay High, which was beginning to look dim. Student committees worked side by side with the adult Blue Ribbon Committee to support the theme Keep Our Town a Winner . Activi- ties included a yardsign contest, a party in the park, which included a 5.5 mile run, and a door-to-door dis- tribution of levy support literature. To bring the message home, the marching band led representatives from all teams and clubs in a parade through the city, a final attempt to change some minds on the levy situa- tion. The fishing line was baited and set. What was the catch? They only had to wait. ’—Laying it on the Line AT THE PARTY IN THE PARK. Cheryl Soltis and (ellow Thespians raise money for their club by painting taces lor 50 cents each. The party also featured a band and contests (or all ages.

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A Fresh Stari “The care the students showed during the campaign really contributed to the passage of this levy.” —Julie Strimbu —Laying it on the Line BEHIND THE SWIMMING POOL in Cahoon Park. Assistant Super intendent Paul Spencer posts the giant blue ribbon for the party in the park. Approxi mately 500 adults contributed time and effort for the levy campaign. T M he suspense was great Monday, Sept. 14, as each precinct tallied the votes that meant the difference between success and failure. By 9:30pm, the word was out; the levy had passed 4 to 1. A sensation of vic- tory engulfed the school. We'd bought our- selves another year. It was a fresh start. The student body as a whole received many words of praise and appreciation. They had succeeded. Meaning what? It meant we paved our way through 1982. Gone were the threats to eliminate non-varsity sports and organi- zations. The school's activities and curricu- lum were safe. But it meant more than that. It meant that the students of Bay High could achieve their goals. It meant that a school could pull together and work towards a common goal. Many different types of people worked together to pass this levy. The feeling of unity which it created stayed with students after the memories of working on the levy faded. It was just the beginning of the line. IN STEP WITH THE LEVY SPIRIT, the department heads dis- play their creativity with handmade signs supporting the 5.5 mill increase. The dan- ger of cuts within the curricu- lum was removed when the levy passed.