Concordia Lutheran High School - Luminarian Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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Saluting the visiting team, junior Rhonda Stahl shows school pride. Homecoming court of 1984: Lance Hoff- man, Kolleen Macke, Jeff Sassmannshausen, Cami Piekarski, king Kyle Calloway, queen Dawn Doster, Craig Witte, Jill Jarvis, George Bruick, Laura Heilman. Seniors Lisa Koelinger, Beth Bultemeyer, Craig Witte, and sophomore Marlena Meyer create decorations for the Homecoming dance. The decorations took two weeks to complete. Assisting the cheerleaders, senior Damian Katt participates to We Feel Good, one of the cheers at the pep session. Calling out the plays to fellow team members, junior Lance Hoffman prepares to receive the ball at the Woodlan game. 1 4 Homecoming

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Portraying summertime Satah Owen and Polly Antibus check their maps for directions through the student lounge. Diving head first into a pan of jello, senior Michelle Buetow attempts to gain points for her team in the jello -eating contest at Anything Goes. Floats took time and hard work to design, not to mention the effort it took to actually make them. We spent long hours after school creating the best floats possible. Even though they were hard work, they were still fun to build and part of the enjoy- ment of Homecoming, ' ' said Donna Hern, class of ' 58. Homecoming Spirit Lingers A one-and-a-half story high bon- fire! Unbelievable! But believe it or not, it existed, along with many other exciting events of past Homecomings. The first Homecomings began in the early ' 40s and revolved more around the college alumni than the high school graduates. Even though this was the case, high school students were still very much a part of the Homecoming activities. The whole campus needed to be decorated and each of the six classes (four-year high school, two-year college) continually strived to make their assigned area impressive enough to win first place. Decorating the campus was a big part of Homecoming. Everything was adorned with something, and abso- lutely every class decorated, recalled Nancy Murphy, class of ' 54. The next task to tackle was build- ing the bonfire. The bonfire was a huge structure of railroad ties which gr ew to about a story-and-a-half high. After the ties had been piled up, trucks filled in the spaces with boxes and other materials, explained Ron Gersmehl, former coach. After the bonfire had been built, the challenge was to keep rival schools from setting fire to it ahead of time. I remember taking turns guarding the bonfire so no one could burn it as a joke. But sometimes it didn ' t help. Several times it had to be rebuilt be- cause it caught fire early, said Dick Reinking, class of ' 46. Then preparations were finished and the events began. Friday evening consisted of the crowning of the col- lege queen and her two high school princesses. The queen then lit the bonfire to signal the official start of Homecoming. Saturday included the Alumni Ban- quet and the awaited basketball game between the college and the alumni. Following the game was a square dance, the last event before Home- coming ended for another year. Although Homecoming changed from basketball to football and em- phasis switched to high school stu- dents after the college and high school separated, each year Home- coming still brought the same feel- ings. Concordia always had a spirit of unity and hopefully it always will. Homecoming just seems to bring it out more, said Gersmehl. — Laura Abdon A group of senior girls express their joy upon hearing the results of the Anything Goes com- petition. The seniors placed first overall, up- holding the ttadition in which the competition is won by the graduating class. Homecoming Week 1 3

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Golden Victory Tops v Week y pirit was the key. The 50th , year celebration of Home- mr coming brought more ex- citement and better student in- volvement than ever before. Ma- roon and white filled the halls to enthuse students for the pep ses- sion and game. The pep session ' s gags about football team members and cheers led by the cheerleaders played just a part on Homecoming day. Cheerleader Tami Carlo said, I thought the pep session crowd re- sponse was real good. Approximately 2500 people filled the football stands with more alumni than past Homecomings. Sarah Stalder stated, The good turn out made it more exciting. The crowning of king Kyle Calloway and queen Dawn Doster was the halftime highlight. The celebration of the 50th year brought added touches to the half- time: a carriage ride for court members Dawn Doster, Jill Jarvis, Cami Piekarski, Laura Heilman and Kolleen Macke. Crowd spirit helped push Con- cordia ' s football team to their first win of the season, 14 to 13 over Woodlan. Five hundred and eighty stu- dents attended the dance along with 300 alumni, one of the best attendance records for Homecom- ing. The dance at Goeglein ' s added a special touch to the evening and a change of pace from the past. The 50th year theme caused more excitement, but Homecom- ing is always exciting, stated John Feldkamp, co-chairman of Home- coming events along with Michelle Buetow. Junior Laura Heilman and senior Lisa Koehlinger, in charge of dance preparations said, It took all day long to decorate for the dance. The anniversary enhanced ev- eryone ' s spirit for an outstanding Homecoming day. — Karla Maraldo Homecoming queen of 83 Donna Kleinsch- midt stands with Dawn Doster after handing ovet the Homecoming crown. Homecoming 1 '