Central High School - Centralia Yearbook (Bay City, MI)

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If ummer Celebration 77, ended mid- summer blues for over 10,000 rock concert fans with the first out door concert in Bay City. Central's Engel Stadium set the stage for the concert which featured groups such as Brownsville Station, Firefall and the ever popular REO Speedwagon. Central's Junior Boosters Club sponsored this outdoor extravaganza. Central High students had an extended summer vacation, as did all public school students, when the announcement of a teacher strike occurred. Two weeks later it was back to the books for everyone as teachers agreed to re- enter the classrooms. Three foreign exchange students, all seniors were hosted by Central this year. Manuel Situa Colas, from Barcelona, Spain, was known as the traveling exchange student. His stay here at Central was short lived, but his understanding of the English language improved greatlywhile socializing with many of the students. Leticia Letty Guerrero Perez, from the Villa Hermosa in the state of Tobasco, Mexico, made friends quickly and participated in many activities at Central. She played on the girlsbasketball team, bowled during the mixed bowling season, took piano lessons and sang with the A'Cappella choir. Marja Vandervorst came to us from Hilversum in the Netherlands. Marja adapted easily to the American way of life. She also bowled during the mixed bowling season, but particularly enjoyed the football season, being' athletically oriented herself. Juniors made up the largest class in Central with 596, as Central's total enrollment dropped from last year's 2,263 to this year's 2,2l4. The Freshman ranked next with a total of 548, 'Sophomores close behind with 544, and finally Seniors with a total of 532. Up With People, a non-profit group made up of students from countries world wide, came to Bay City to present two performances. One to the students of 'Central High, which generated great excitement, and another later that evening to the people of Bay City. ' ' English Honor Clubs, Ecclesia and CCC initiated males as well as females this year, due to the passage of Title IX, which states, No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity' receiving federal financial assistance . . . Often during classes the student services will call students to give them messages from Administra- tors, Rosie Askew smiles after hearing of her next year schedule foul up. The last few days for seniors were warm ones, John Castaneda pulls open the shade to let some of those bright sunny rays in on Randy Skibinski. Kurt Fogelsonger catches a few rays during his lunch hour in the student parking lot. 0 2-fy

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Did you ever wonder' how your Student Council President measures up? Brian's little brother Ricky Jaffe finds out he's too tall for him. But look! Brian's standing on his toes. Mr. Pat Brady, a neighborhood lawyer, walks with striking teachers Mr. White and Mr. Kanicki discussing the issues of the strike outside of Central. With the closing of Mercy Hospital came the opening of the new Bay Medical Center with ultra modern facilities for the community. Give me five, brother, shouts Kurt King to John Jones in the exciting hallways of Central High. Little Michigan, an amusement park project, is slowly becoming more than just a proposal. Bay City Commissioners granted S50,000 towards the project which will bring much growth to Bay County. The Michigan Department of State Highways and transportation has developed a computer traffic model which enables them to predict how many vehicles will be using major streets in years ahead. It is being used to study problems on replacement of the Third Street Bridge, widening of Trumbull and the possibility of a South End bridge. Sewer work on the West side, combined with construction on the widening of ' Wilder Road, made travel difficult this year and possibly will for another year. The S2 million project of widening Wilder Road will provide a good link between Independence Bridge and M-13 when completed. l n D A two month mlllage campaign with workers pushing a Let's Make it Happen theme were crushed when the results revealed a defeat of 13,000 NO, to 7,740 YES, as over 20,000 voters came to the polls to make their decision clear. The Bay City Times began expanding facilities by constructing an addition to house their new presses. The Bay City Police Force and the Bay-County Sheriffs Department merged together under one central dispatch center. They both now occupy the ultra modern Law Enforcement Center which was completed this Spring. A freak accident on Veterans Memorial Bridge left a man dead and a woman charged with his death. The vehicle driven by the woman hit the median, jumped over and struck the man as he walked across the bridge. Police on the scene found his one shoe in the grill of the car and the second on the bridge walk. -His body was found the following day after hours of dredging the Saginaw River.

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A Career Resource Center opened at Central this year as a supplement to the Student Services and the school library. Many types of information were made available in the center such as applications to several colleges, both vocational and academic career information and mini-movies describing jobs, qualifications needed and salaries earned. The Center provided much help and spread interest in job as well as careers. For the first time in 47 years Central did not celebrate Band Bounce, the student variety show cast in the Spring, due to the austerity program which limited teachers. The Band and Choirs did present a Spring Concert to supplement the former activity. Renovation of the third floor at Central began in December and is predicted to be completed in mid-August. Money for the project came from the Economic Development Authority, a federal agency. The third floor east hall will be gutted completely, and new corridors and classrooms will be constructed. A relocated corridor and new library will also be built. All the science rooms will be rebuilt and equipped with modem lab equipment. V Wally Meyer, a senior at Bay City Central captured the Michigan High School Championship in Chess this year. Wally won five out of five matches on his road to the Championship. He was the third Central High student to capture the title in the past three years. A new program Learning Lab, was set up at Central this year which was developed to help students with their problems. Class size was kept to a maximum of 16 students for more personal attention. . During Easter Vacation Student Council sponsored the Great Spring Clean-Up. The projects undergone by the students were hallway cleaning, locker and wall scrubbing and parking lot sweeping. Due to the Millage defeat in April, Central will be under many reductions next year. Staff size will be decreased with 73 teachers being pink-slipped and a few being recalled. Central will utilize its building space to the fullest as High- School students will occupy the building in the morning and Intermediate students during the late afternoon. No sports or extra-curricular activities will be available.