Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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Ms. Pacman was a popular video game derived from Pacman. Here Doug Meyers tries his luck on the machine. Some of the popular albums this year were ' Foreigner 4 , “For Those About To Rock by AC DC, Escape by Journey. Give The People What They Want by The Kinks. Wild-Eyed Southern Boys by .38 Special. HI Infidelity by REO Speedwagon. and Freeze Frame by the J. Geils Band. Getting ready for another strike is sophomore Steve Sleddens. Celebrating the finish of last year s annual at a pizza party is Bonnie Farrell. Cruising down 13th street in her Pinto is Sandy Martinsen. Entertainment 9

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Varied Activities Entertain Teens CHS students are constantly on the run. They like to be entertained all the time, always doing something different so they won't be bored. In a normal school day, students sometimes build up tensions. To relieve their tensions, they like to have an outlet. These outlets include getting french fries at McDonald s, going home and listening to the stereo blasting out their favorite tunes, or going to a video game arcade such as the Planet Caravan. To keep busy on the weekend, teens would go to a movie, on a date, to a party, or drive around to see their friends or meet someone new. Rock, as always, is still the most entertaining style of music. Students’ time and money were spent on today’s sounds. Kids could be seen driving around listening to their car stereos blaring out their favorite tunes. Popular albums were put out by groups such as the Rolling Stones, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, AC DC, the Cars, and the Police just to name a few. The rock station favored by most FM-radio fans was KEZO (Z-92). Not everyone was into rock. Country music was popular with quite a few students. Artists such as Alabama, the Oak Ridge Boys, Hank Williams Jr., Barbara Mandrell, and Kenny Rogers were some of the favorites. Many students attended concerts by their favorite artists. Groups like ELO, Foreigner, Journey, Blue Oyster Cult, Foghat, Ozzy Osborne, Pat Benatar, Van Halen, J. Geils Band, Barry Manilow, and Blackfoot performed concerts in the Omaha Civic Auditorium or Lincoln’s Pershing Auditorium. This year being thin was a craze, especially among the girls. To help reach this goal, many of them attended dancercise and calisthenics classes. To while away idle hours in the afternoons students kept themselves busy with a variety of sports, hobbies, and an endless amount of other odds and ends. Challenging the centipede machine at the Planet Caravan video arcade is Jerry Peterson. Talking on the phone is Lynn Hoff as she enjoys one of teen s favorite pastimes. Attending a movie has been a source of enjoyment for many people on 2.r.iencls' 0ne of the movies that kept students entertained this year was the horror fl.ck Halloween . 8 Student Life

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Knickers Mark New CHS Styles Throughout the century there have been noticeable styles of clothes and hairdos worn by high school students that have marked each decade. Now going into the eighties students most often are wearing the standard jeans, flannel shirts, T-shirts, and corduroy pants. Students at CHS, though, have started wearing what may well become the Look of the Eighties”, sweatpants and knickers. Although sweatpants in the past have been worn for sports and in leisure hours, a great number of students now wear them to class. With a high number of students wearing them, they have generally been accepted in school. Yet one senior, Sharon Jasper, feels that, “For school they look out of place, kind of sloppy” and she wouldn’t wear them to school. Also, parents tend to agree with this and don't like them. Junior at CHS Audrey Haferland, who owns two grey pairs of sweatpants, feels that they are comfortable and said, Yes, they definitely will be wearing them next year.” Knickers can be worn with sweaters or blouses, panty hoses or socks, ballet shoes, baby doll shoes or any preppy shoes, depending on the kind of knickers. So many different styles and colors are available that students can either be dressed up or more casual. Tracy Nosal sums up the feelings of many girls at CHS about knickers in three words, I love knickers!” Sophomore Jeff Heins wears a favorite, the flannel shirt, while studying in the library. Marcie Herrold, Bev Wichman, and Karen Ablard pose for the camera on their way to class. Kelly Lovci, Chris Lee, and Linda Gray model the latest fashions. 10 Student Life