Anita High School - Spartan Yearbook (Anita, IA)

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On July 13. 1922. Concert Pork with the new Concert Bandshell was opened to the public It was said to be “the nicest band structure in southwestern Iowa. Three years later on June 11. 1925. the first open air band concert was held here A local broadcasting station sent the concert to all parts of the country. About a year ago some large cracks began appearing in the front arch of the Bandshell Preliminary inspections indicated the structure would need some major repairs or face demolition. A committee of interested citizens investigated the problem and formed a “Bandshell Restoration effort Volunteer labor and interest in saving the Bandshell. however, were two things underes- timated when the project began. As the stucco unveiled the frame, there was more damage and deter- ioration than originally expected However, there were other parts of the structure that were in better shape than predicted Every effort is being made to renovate the structure in a manner that preserves the original appear- ance This Is not the only renovation project that has been done on the Bandshell About twenty-five years ago the VFW volunteered labor and had significant funds to stabilize the foundation. More recently high school students recovered and weatherized the entire roof. A scroll or plaque with all the donors' names will be permanently displayed at the Anita City Hall for those who helped save a piece of Anita's heritage Attention. Parents A Lot Of Teenagers Have Died For A Drink IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION. Join AHOY (Adults Helping Our Youth) For more information, call 62 3801 Youth Center Reopens This year a group aimed at aiding the Anita youths was formed. AHOY (Adults Helping Our Youth) held meetings to discuss how their support could help One of their major projects was reopening the Youth Center It was decided that it would be under adult supervision at all times. The place was designed so that kids could go and just be themselves. AHOY felt the Youth Center wasn't a success in previous years because there was not enough adult support The majority of the meetings cen- tered on teenage alcoholism. Anita Ives, a patient counselor with the Alcohol and Drug Assistance Agency in Atlantic, presented a program and educational films. AHOY is another fine example of our community's growing concern for youths. Bank Failures Come Close Bank failures are said to be occur- ring at a post-Depression record rate Across the nation the financial squeeze is straining relations between the bankers and the farmers. Iowa has been hit particularly hard. As of this time. Iowa is number one in bank closings Among those closing are Odebolt. Woodbine. Cherokee. A ft on. Story City. Inwood, and Massena In 1983. a controversial report picked the nation's strongest and weakest banks. The Holt Investment Advisory found eight Iowa banks among the nation's five hundred weakest Among those were Mount Ayr which closed in 1984. and Cherokee which shut its doors this year The Steeie State Bank of Cherokee had been in existence for 110 years State officials said the state's de- pressed agricultural economy was the overriding factor in the bank's closing. Like others across Iowa, it was also in trouble with agricultural loans. Odeboldt qualified for Holt's one hundred strongest list in 1983. and today the doors ore closed. The Massena bank struck close to home. However, within a few weeks of its closing, it was reopened as the Union National Bank The times have proven to be unstable for both farmers and bankers. Farmers are struggling to make a living, and banks are striving to protect depositors and stockholders. 3

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Anita Says Goodbye After giving much of their time and effort, six long-time staff members have decided to leave their positions. Teachers Madeline Moore. Mane Mailander. and Helen Daume. along with bus drivers Ivan Joens and Irwin Beschorner (not pictured) and superintendent Don Bhchacek have all handed in their resignations. Pic 1. Sandl Landsness. Madeline Moore. Marie Mailander. Helen Daume. Don Brichocek. Phyllis Brichacek. and Barb Licklider attend a lunch in honor of the resigning staff, sponsored by Anita Citizens for Education Pic 2. Don Brichacek smiles in pleasure at the desk set he received at the luncheon Pic 3. Ivan Joens accepts a plaque from the NFL. represented by Troy Waddell, in appreciation of his time and concern Pic 4. Madeline Moore and Mane Mailander have taught in the Anita school system for twenty-seven and twenty-six years respectively Pic 5. Jackie Sanders presents Helen Daume with a commemorative plate for her years of service at the ACE luncheon Each of the resignees have shown enormous dedication to the Anita school system, and all will be missed. 2

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1984 was a year of pageantry optimism, nationalism, and of reconciliation. The Summer Olym- pics held at Los Angeles gave us a chance to show off our athletes and ability to put on a grand spectacle. The Olympics also allowed Americans to exper- ience an emotion that we hadn't thought ourselves capable of feeling nationalism. After Viet- nam. Watergate, high inflation and unemployment, the hostage crisis and the ever-increasing threat of nuclear war, defeatism was the prevailing attitude. Now, however. America is feeling good The economy, in general, is in a recovery. President Reagan has shown the nation how to put a smiling face on life, we “won in Grenada, and did well at the Summer Olympics The United States is experiencing a rebirth n pride Along with the patriotism, came optimism. Recent suc- cesses have given Americans something to feel good about and the promise of a good future to look to. Be all that you can be, urges the Army. Americans are aiming for that goal Perhaps the most important attitude to result from ‘84 was reconciliation with Vietnam and ourselves. Veterans are now receiving their long overdue thank you in the form of memor- ials, parades and simple hugs. By accepting those who were figures in the war we lost. Americans are finding themselves able to look at past mistakes yet keep an eye on the future, with hope. The 1984 Summer Olympics held at Los Angeles gave America two weeks of pogentry and spectacle From the opening ceremonies, through the weeks of fierce competition and to the tearful closing ceremony, the world was given a taste of how America does things — with style. Out of those two weeks came a new set of American heroes. Carl Lewis, Edwin Moses, Mary Lou Retton. Steve Lundquist and Joan Benoit, just to name a few became the represen- tatives of what many had once dreamed of but never achieved With all those who attended the Olympiad, we shared their victories and defeats and wished that it could have gone on forever First Woman Candidate After the pogentry of the Summer Olympics, followed the excitement of the Presidential elections. The can- didates were narrowed down to the two and their running mates In one comer was the Republican-backed team of incumbents Ronald Reagan and George Bush Opposing them were Walter Mondale and his con- troversial partner Geraldine Ferraro representing the Democratic Party Ferraro made history by being the first woman ever to be selected as a vice-presidential candidate Her cam- paign was filled with debate over issues such as abortion and her husband's finances, making the race for the Oval Office a difficult one Despite her and Mondale's loss to Reagan in a landslide election, how- ever. Geraldine Ferraro has managed to keep a bright face on things and show that she is one of the Pepsi Generation