Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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FAR LEFT: Mike Rambour reacts to being crowned Homecoming King. LEFT: Brian Evert and Christie Cerny enjoy the dance at Elks Country Club. CENTER LEFT: Maureen Lannan weeps with joy after being crowned Homecoming Queen. ABOVE: Susan Justice and Marilea Hull point out the dents they made in the Car Bash. John Jeffrey. Linae Grassmeyer, Rick Jeffery and Tim Wallick look on. LEFT: Even Mr. Nyberg gets into the swing of things at the Car Bash. Homecoming 21

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Game highlights Homecoming The changing times were reflected this year at the CHS Homecoming festivities. Differing from previous years, the dance took place at the Elks Country Club. The theme also reflected the change in time; instead of a regular “Wizard of Oz” theme, the Booster Club chose a theme based on the more modern version of the story, “The Wiz.” To help portray the theme, decorations of the Scarecrow, Tinman, Lion, Toto, and Dorothy surrounded the crowded dance floor and a yellow brick road was provided so King and Queen could “Ease on down” to their thrones. Climaxing Spirit Week activities were the crownings of Mike Rambour and Maureen Lannan as Homecoming King and Queen for 1979-1980. Their crowning highlighted the halftime of a come-from-behind Columbus win over Norfolk, ending in a score of 10-7. The Homecoming Candidates were announced at a convocation in the Auditorium on October 12. Although Teachers’ Convention shortened Spirit Week, many activities were still held. Monday was the day when students wore odd colors. It was called, simply, “Clash Day.” Tuesday, designated “T-Shirt and Tennis Shoes Day,” honored what Homecoming Candidates included. BACK ROW: Lynn Gellerman, Bob Dohmen, Mike Rambour. Ken Arment; SECOND ROW: Jeff Moore. Maureen Lannan. Jan Barton. Mike Mancuso: FRONT ROW. Denise Micek. Traci Larson. Jamie McNair, and Susan Justice. BELOW: Footballers Mike Giannou, Leroy Krueger. Curt Peterson. Mark Stockman. Dean Franzen, Scott Swartz, and Art Wiese ride in the Homecoming parade. many people wore anyway. Wednesday saw a change in many faces as students and faculty wore glasses and hats to school. On Wednesday something was returned to Spirit Week’s schedule as VICA purchased a car for a car bash, and charged a quarter for each strike. Thursday brought the Homecoming Parade which included the Marching Band, Booster Club, and Candidates as well as the Football, Girls’ Swim, and Volleyball teams. Following the parade was the CHS Victory Bell. A Pep Rally in Frankfurt Square climaxed the parade. The game and dance Friday night ended this week’s activities. This year's band, Strider, from Lincoln, rocked student dancers until past midnight. Todd Thalken and date dance to one of the slow ones.” Slow dancing seemed to become more popular this year. 20 Student Life

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Fast food rules at CHS Sammy Senior: Wow, man, I’m so hungry I could eat a raw dog! Johnny Junior: Yeah! Dad let me have the car today, so I can drive us somewhere. Stevie Sophomore: Can I go too? Can I go too? Sammy: Well, uh, yeah, okay. Where will we go? Stevie: Let s go get some veggies! I love raw celery and cauliflower! Johnny: Gag me! Sammy: I’m sure! Let's go to McDonald's or Burger King. Stevie: I was just kidding. Let’s go! Soon: Stevie: You’re getting three burgers, two milkshakes, fries, one of each kind of pie, and cookies?!?!? Sammy: Hey, a man’s gotta eat. Stevie: I guess. Johnny: We had a big fight at our house about where to go for supper last night. I wanted to go to Godfather’s. Mom wanted to go to Pizza Hut, my sister wanted to go to Barnie’s, and my little brother wanted to go to Long John’s because they were giving away Superman glasses with pop. Just what I always wanted Sammy: So where did you finally go? Johnny: Well, Dad came home and wanted to go to Bonanza because he said it was a decent meal, but fast. So that settled it. We really eat out a lot. Mom says she doesn’t have time to cook, when nobody’s there to eat it anyway. Stevie: Hey, we better get back. It’s almost 12:20. That food really hit the spot, though! Such were the eating habits at CHS in 1979-80. Students made frequent “McDonald’s runs” or stopped for a bite to eat at one of the other fast food or pizza restaurants in town. Part of the reason for the fast food’s popularity was because it was just that — fast. Since students, like society as a whole, seemed always in a hurry, at times there was really no alternative. Fast food restaurants appear to have established themselves as a vital part of student life. ABOVE: Christy Lambrecht looks up from her lunch in the Cafeteria. BELOW: Chow time at CHS. as demonstrated by Jeff Becher 22 Student Life