Edina High School - Whigrean Yearbook (Edina, MN)

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ACROSS Bl L 0 n Si O 1) A shower of events celebrated her twenty-five year reign. 3) Kicked in the pants from his post in finance. 4) The fallen angel. 7) Rose from peanuts to power. 9) Time magazine’s Man of the Year.” 12) First brother and a new brand of beer. 13) Baseball's top hitter and a Twin too. 14) Psychopathic killer from New York City. 15) Bandleader who rang in his last New Year's Eve. DOWN 2) “He taught us all how to hope and how to live, how to win and how to lose. He taught us how to live and. finally, he taught us how to die. - Walter Mondale. 5) Orange juice queen who fought the fruits. 6) Sang his last “White Christmas. 8) A movie with wookies. droids and sky-rocketing profits. 10) Viking's hopes fractured with this quarterback's leg. 11) A cigar and moustache were his marx. 1) Elvl Presly sings in concert shortly before his death 2)Princets Lola sends a message for help with R2-D2. in a scene from Star Wars. 3)On a Washington D.C. Close-Up trip. Jeff Conner asks a question of Senator Hubert Humphrey , who died of cancer less than a year later. 4)Part of 1-94 lies underwater after a sudden seven inch rainfall. CURRENT EVENTS 27

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In The News rom the international level to here at home, issues in the news were as varied as the people who made them. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat made unprecedented efforts in his search for peace in the Mid-East. Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 25 years on the throne with a Silver Jubilee, President Carter, worked intently on such things as a National Energy Plan and ever rising inflation, psychopath David Berkowitz, alias Son of Sam. gunned down six New York youths. Bert Lance resigned his post as budget director after allegations of shaky banking ethics, and finally, long time Minnesota Senator Hubert H. Humphrey succumbed to cancer, leaving behind him an amazing political career. Problems weren't only national in scope. The weather showed its unpredictability in early September when seven inches of rain fell on the Twin Cities, flooding highways and basements alike. A struggle over the fate of a high voltage powerline raged in central Minnesota, while here in Edina school administrators and parents tried to cut costs and battle the 7 million dollar deficit which threatened to close many schools and greatly curtail extracurricular activities. These were a few of the people, events and problems that emerged in 1977 and early 1978. 26 CURRENT EVENTS

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Weekends Were Made For . . s the bell rang loudly at 2:50 on Friday afternoon, the weekend began. For most, the weekend was a time to take a breather from school’s studies, relax with friends and family, and pursue individual pastimes. Favorite activities were as varied as a potpouri of tastes. However, weekends weren't always free time and bliss. Aspiring athletes often had Saturday morning practices to look forward to. usually with some regret. Members of the part-time working crowd found it profitable, though sometimes tiring, to rack up weekend hours at jobs. One couldn't live in Edina for very long without noticing the beautiful parks and wooded areas that lay so close by. Strolling around Lake Harriet. ice skating at Cornelia, and playing touch football with friends were just a few ways to spend weekend leisure time. 1) Anita Wetherall discovers that tailing down is one of the breaks of playing touch football 2) Pitching m with autumn chores. Steve Domke spends a Saturday afternoon raking leaves. 1 o IN Tods In Recent Movies Rocky Star Wars Smokey and the Bandit The Spy Who Loved Me Oh God! The Last Minute The weekend rolled around quickly. In the back of our minds we knew that the Comp, term paper was due Monday, no exceptions. Saturday was spent at the Edina Library in a last minute flourish of rough drafts and o-rmgs. The six weeks alloted for this task meant nothing by the time Sunday was upon us. Ten o'clock soon arrived as we coached Mom. who had been so deviously conned into typing the whole works. Oh. but next weekend would be so free! 28 WEEKENDS