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

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D A T E : B»(M JANUARY term. — Anglican envoy Terry Waite vanishes in Beirut. JULY — Snow White turns 50. FEBRUARY — Fred Astaire dies at age 88. — Beulah Mae Donald success- fully sues the Ku Klux Klan for $7 AUGUST million. — Four-year-old Cecilia Chichan is the sole survivor of Northwest APRIL Airlines crash that killed 158 pas- — U2 ' s The Joshua Tree is re- sengers in Detroit. leased. SEPTEMBER MAY — Players in the National Foot- —Tom Cruise and Mimi Rogers ball League strike. marry. — Pope John Paul II visits the — 37 American soldiers killed in U.S. the Iraqi missle attack on the USS Stark. OCTOBER — Stock market drops record JUNE 500 points. — Margaret Thatcher wins third E arth quakes as Fort Wayne shakes, baffles students Mice scampered about in hidden cor- ners, trucks rumbled down the high- way, |ets roared overhead, large hospi- tal carts rolled down the hallway, and tornadoes approached ... or did they 7 At 6:49 p.m. on June 10, 1987, students used these and other more typical occurrences to explain what was going on during a rather unique one. I was sitting in my living room watching television when I felt my chair shake, junior Diana Sheets said. I thought someone was just kicking it. All of the commotion they felt and heard was not actually due to any of these sources, but to an earthquake. Centered in Lawrenceville, Illinois, the earthquake was felt across sixteen states, from Missouri to South Caroli- na, and parts of Canada. This was the largest one that had occurred in this area in nearly twenty years, measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale. Because of the earthquake was such an out-of-theordinary event, many people remembered exactly where they were and what they were doing when it hit. I was in a bus in Chi-Chi ' s parking lot, sophomore Heather Jones said. When I felt the bus moving, I thought it was just someone outside shaking the bus until I realized that there was no one there. I was in my basement sitting on a couch, freshman Vivian Nitecki said. I was praying at the time, and when the earthquake hit I was so paranoid. I had no idea what it was and I didn ' t want to know. Although the earthquake was eerie for some, many also enjoyed the uniqueness of it. I thought the earth- quake w as cool, senior Chad Van- natta said. It was interesting because nothing like that usually happens in Fort Wayne. — Sara Hebel Ramps, elevator rise to accessibility When the new Concordia building was first constructed in 1963, some things were left out; and, as a result, the building was inaccessible to students in wheelchairs. Mr. James Sherbondy, In a demonstration of being handicapped. |umor Rob Lewis gets stuck at the stairs. Over the summer, an elevator will be added to alleviate this problem. Photo: McBnde the school ' s original architect, has been in the process of redesigning parts of the school in order to meet the need. Parts of all of the entrance steps will be converted into ramps, and an elevator will be put up in order to make all three floors accessible. Sherbondy said. Upon its completion before the 1988 school year. Concordia will be the only parochial high school that is accessible, and will join Wayne and Northrop in accessibility. Accessibility is an excellent idea. The elevator will be able to benefit other students as well, like those on crutches, or with other temporary dis- abilities. senior Darcy Robinson said. Although much of the school will need alterations, parts are already ac- cessible. According to Sherbondy. the auditorium, which is equipped with ramps both on the inside and on the outside, is one of those areas. — Michelle Dorothy Mini-Mag

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Joy and exuberance expressed as faculty members plunged into marriage, rejoiced with new arrivals brought by stork Wedding bells and baby cries were sounds heard in the ears of some of the teachers on the staff. On the four- teenth of June, Miss Lisa Schroer be- came Mrs. Lisa Wesley. New computer teacher, Mr. Dave Bahr, was married during the summer before the school year got started, and Mr. Tim LaCroix was also involved with wedding plans. He proposed to a woman he ' d dated for three years and gone to both high school and college with. We were good friends during that time, but nev- er dated until we were out of college, LaCroix said. Mark proposed to me on my twen- ty-sixth birthday, and at our wedding my father not only gave me away but also participated as the pastor. It took a while for students to get used to my name change, but then, I decided that if they wanted to call me Miss Schroer I ' d let it go, instead of correcting them every time they called me by the wrong name, Wesley said. Teachers brought their babies to school functions every now and then, so students and faculty could see them. Having Ryan added a lot of work and a lot more planning ahead. With having to get up and feed him through the night, I didn ' t get much sleep, Mrs. Judy Teague said. Having Kurt changed my life dras- tically. I had to plan everything around a baby, like making sure I had enough supplies everywhere we went. It wasn ' t as easy to just get up and go any- more, Mrs. Joan Grossman said. Mothers weren ' t the only people bragging about their children. Mr. Jeff Limmer, father-to-be, was busy not only spreading the news that he was going to be a daddy but preparing for all the fun times ahead. Teachers said changes were part of the fun in their lives. Seeing him change, and hearing him say his first words was really neat. He was always a good natured boy, Grossman said. It was nice to have someone to go home to and talk to about the ups and downs of the day, and know that they care and will always be there for me with my best interest at heart, Wes- ley said. — Tonja Zelt While relaxing from the Inn and games during! the faculty party at Mr. Fred Weiss ' home. Mrs! Joan Grossman spends time with her son Kurtl Grossman said that although changes did take place with having a new baby, the good times made it all worth it. Photo: Hebel Misfortune curses Democrats as Republicans continue to build platforms around beliefs Let the people decide, chanted the group of 300 supporters at the cam- paign party. Excitement rushed through the air. Some of the support- ers were still there, but not all of them. Many of Gary Hart ' s supporters were gone after he was accused of having an affair with Donna Rice. After dropping out because of the Donna Rice affair and then getting back in, I didn ' t think he had the wel- fare of the country in mind. It was his own welfare he was concerned about, senior Scott Reese said. It took some guts to get back in. He was really crazy to do it though. All it did was split the Democratic party up more so than it already had, Mrs. Diane Lewis said. Hart was not the only Democrat who got into trouble. Joe Biden dropped out of the race because his plagiarism was exposed. The remaining Democratic candi- dates were Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, Paul Simon, Richard Gephardt, Bruce Babbit, and Al Gore. Republican candi- dates were Robert Dole, George Bush, Pat Robertson, Alexander Haig, Pete Dupont, and Jack Kemp. The Democrats needed a candidate that hadn ' t been in trouble. Hart could have had a chance but he messed up. Of the Republicans, Bush was the best, sophomore Rob Westra said. The best two candidates were George Bush and Robert Dole. They had been in the longest and had the most experience. They also weren ' t a part of the Democratic party, which would probably help because of all the trouble some of the Democrats were having, Lewis said. — Julie Chickedantz In order to gain support, Sen. Robert Dole meets with women at a nursing home for a Republican meeting. Photo: Newsweek Mini-Mag

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Placing his Those Two Guys lor mayor sign in his locker, senior Ed DeWitt ad|usts the poster so it will tit- Charlie Butcher and Tony Richards campaigned tor the position and held a tomato throwing contest just for the tun ot it with some ol the candidates. Photo: Cook Choosing mayor and selling a team among Fort Wayne ' s politics The election of the mayor, confusion in the Sharon Lapp case, and other topics revolving around these issues caused the politics in Fort Wayne to involve many debates. I thought the Lapp case caused a lot of debates and was fuel for Helmke ' s fire. It gave Helmke some- thing to talk about and boosted his ego, sophomore Rob Westra said. First came the issue of the Sharon Lapp case. Evidence came to the sur- face that the procedures used In han- dling the case were unprofessional, and it was thought that the police involved had destroyed evidence to cover up acts performed previously by the police department. It was suspect- ed that Lapp had inside information on city officials, and members of the de- partment knew of her files. The circle of chaos caused by the Lapp case caused speculations about who was involved in the murder; this caused excitement and large debates In the city campaign for mayor. De- bates between the two candidates were held, and the Lapp issue was often brought up along with the fact that Mayor Moses ' younger brother was a suspect in a murder case. Campaigning was another major part of the mayoral elections. After being chosen as a late candidate, Paul Helmke started his visual campaigning by placing yard signs in properties. It had originally been stated that no visu- al campaigning could start until 60 days before official campaigning would begin. Declaring this unconstitutional, Helmke took it to court and won. Finally, in the November 3 elections Helmke defeated Moses by 7.7 percent of the votes. The final tally of the votes was Helmke with 26,194 and Moses with 24,179. On January 1, 1988, at noon, Helmke was sworn in. Shortly after entering his new position, Helmke ap- pointed Neil Moore as the new Police Chief. After the election, Helmke and Mo- ses continued to dispute, but this time it was on the issue of the city ' s fund- ing for certain city departments and organizations. In addition to the run with Fort Wayne politics, there was also the selling and buying of the Komet hockey team. Declaring bankrupt- cy, the team was either facing a new owner or no team at all. On August 1, 1987, David Welker bought the team for $300,000 from the previous owner, Bob Ritt. After the purchase, Welker decided to keep the present coach, Robbie Laird. Laird was named the Most Valuable Coach of all North American League coaches and coached the Komets to winning the International Championship. It ' s good that the team got a new owner because after the buy they recruited players and had a winning season, senior Craig Lm- nemeier said. — Allison Staak Long year of practice ends after players and teams clench post-season championships As sure as finding the Lakers and the Celtics in the NBA championship, sports fans across the nation could once again count on exciting culmina- tions of seasons from an array of sporting events. The New York Giants defeated the Denver Broncos 39-20 in Super Bowl XXI. I loved it when they won — it was great, junior Chris Hoeppner said. On New Years Day, the NCAA football championship title was claimed by Penn State when they de- feated Miami of Florida. At Wimbledon, Pat Cash overcame odds against him and beat the 1 seeded player, Ivan Lendl. After his victory he broke protocol and ran up through the stands to celebrate with his father. Martina Navratilova defeat- ed seventeen-year-old Steffi Graf, cap- turing the women ' s Wimbledon title. I.U. fans got a big treat when their team made it to the finals of the NCAA basketball championship. The winner was to be decided on March 30, when I.U. met their match, Syracuse. I.U. came up winners with a last second shot by junior guard Keith Smart, de- feating Syracuse 74-73. I only saw the last few seconds of the game. It was awesome — everyone around just started lumping and screaming, soph- omore Sarah Wade said. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics had it out for the NBA championship, with the Lakers defeat- ing the Celtics, the defending champi- ons. In a come-from-behind victory, the Minnesota Twins upset the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series four games to three. In boxing, thirty-one year old Sugar Ray Leonard came out of retirement to meet Marvelous Marvin Hagler in the only title he hadn ' t captured. Leonard was victorious and immediately re- turned to retirement. — Lori McMahan Alter capturing the only title he had never claimed. Sugar Ray Leonard celebrates with his tans and trainer. Leonard defeated Marvelous Marvin Hagler to win the last boxing match ol his career. Photo: Life Magazine A Mini-Nag