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

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Local News 8 Year In Review Jakus

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Two Cross Ocean M™ For decades now students have been crossing the world’s oceans to spend a year in other countries' high schools. Central was lucky to have two foreign exchange students. The first was Colleen Miller from Zimbabwe. Colleen, who was also here during the 1984-1985 school year, left after the first semester. The second was Lutz Lambrect from West Germany. Lutz was here for the full school term and even read a poem during the Baccalaureate ceremony. V Because of misunderstandings the senior class ended up with five senators instead of the usual four. In the beginning of the year the senators were Kelly Kraft, Kim Kusmierz, Lisa Marshall, and Alison Nixon. As the school year progressed though, Kim . Kusmierz and Lisa Marshall were relieved of their positions due to Seniors Regain low attendance and lack of participation. Kristy Busch and Francine Senator Dabrowski were their replacements, later, Lisa Marshall was rein- stated giving the seniors five instead of four senators. Pep assemblies have always been a long standing tradition. They are organized by the student council. One of the purposes of the assemblies is to recognize school athletes. The other is to get the students school spirit flowing. During every pep assembly the four different classes compete against each other to see who has the loudest battle cry. Freshmen go first and seniors are last. All stand up and yell V-l-C-T-O-R-Y that’s the “freshman” battle cry. Of course the judges have to hear it twice to decide who is the loudest. The loudest class wins the pep jug.

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% State News Insurance costs, because of large awards made by juries in liability trials, became prohibitive for schools, physicians, and festival sponsors, among others. Engel stadium with its new look was out-of-view except on foot-Premiums ball game days because of insurance costs. To use the stadium the school system had to settle for 24 hour insurance on game days. Some physicians refused to deliver babies because of soaring insurance costs. Favorite attractions at area festivals were dropped for the same reason. Citizens' petitions and the legislature were attempting to find a solution for the problem. Drunk drivers were the focus of attention as Gov. James Blanchard asked the legislature and the State Police to set up sobriety checklanes around the state to detect and deter those driving while intoxicated. With the American Civil Liberties Onion on one side of the contro-Sobriety Checklanes versy and groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving on the other, the first check lanes were set up on the Memorial Day Weekend. Two drivers were arrested for allegedly having excess alcohol levels. As the school year ended the controversy was headed for the Michigan Supreme Court. With nearly a year with the mandatory seat belt law in effect. compliance had dropped to below 50 percent from a high of slightly more than 50 percent in 1985. o . Some experts said that the law had reduced the number of traffic Oeai Dc IS injuries and fatalities. The fine, first set at 10 dollars, went up to 25 Save Lives dollars in 1986. News stories about accidents included the information on whether or not belts were worn. The percentage of drivers who wore belts was nearly the same as the percentage who disregarded the 55 mile speed limit, according to studies. Yeoi in Review Jakus 9