Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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Jusr goofing oround in rhe orr room ore Mory Olsulfko ond Renee Rombour. This Is rhe Nebrasko foorboll reom os seen by Cory Schwortz. Busily working In rhe office is Edno Srouber Soblno (Joon Korte) pleods with Mr. Anrrobus (Dono Blonklnshlp) os Refugees Bill Corr ond Jeff Heins srond by. 4 Opening

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Ir srorred on August 26, the first doy of school, os lost yeor's underclossmen stepped up o grode to become this yeor's juniors ond seniors, moking room for the new sophomores. Even then, through the odjusrmenrs of new students ond new closses, new friends ond new reochers, even then you could sense ir — something speciol rhot mokes you proud to be o port of the group you're in. Something colled Class. And ir didn't just end there. Ir continued in the foil when the Discoverer football ream, through ream unity, won the Dig Ten Conference ond the Trons Nebraska Conference ond qualified for the state playoffs. Also, on outstanding girls' golf ream earned the 1st place trophy or Districts ond won 3rd place of Store. Despite the early cold weather ond the big Thanksgiving blizzard, spirit lived on or CHS. Spirit week for homecoming included something unique — o kiss- rhe-pig contest. Homecoming's Hawaiian Paradise was o nice break from the anything bur tropical temperatures being experienced. Many students rook the opportunity to stop in ond soy, Hello, Dolly or the eloborore musical production. The beau- tiful singing, dancing, acting, ond general excitement showed nothing less than total Class. A bomb threat coused quire o stir first semester, forcing students to leave for o couple of hours. As winter wore on, parking begon to require neor-professionol driving tech- niques. But the snow, mud. slush and cold Opening 3

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didn't hold bock the CHS students. You could still heor the chorrer in the holls. ’’Where ore oil the parries this weekend? , ’’Are you going o the teen donee or Wishbones? ', ond ’You wonno go to the Y ond ploy some basketball? Nothing could slow them down. Many students hod jobs oround town although jobs were scarce. Using the rheme The Empire Strikes Dock , the wrestling ream recaptured the store chompionship offer qualifying 11 wrestlers to store, two of whom received first place in their weight dosses. The winter theatre production of Skin of our Teeth wos olso successful, with many CHS students involved In it. By the skin of rheir teeth is how the students seemed ro survive the long, cold winter. Because too many snow days were token, students hod to cur their spring break shorter than scheduled. When the worm weather did come, it come fast. It wos almost os if spring wos skipped ond o hot summer immediately followed the endless winter. It become common to see students wearing shorts ro Germon students do some studying. Concentrating on his tennis gome is David Dorr school. Prom ond the Post Prom party were big hits, os usual. Prom's rheme wos Tender is the Night . Other donees or school were olso populor os well os donees or Wishbones. Yes. the year wos o great one simply because everyone mode it one. No matter what the circumstances were, they mode the best of it. This con be explained by the simple fact that the sophomores, juniors, ond seniors of the 1963-84 school year hove Class. Color guard members. Kris Hoff. Becky Von Dyke, Cheryl Broiley. ond Joyme Mortys proctice their cone routine to the song. One Opening 5