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

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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

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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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In the studio ol WMEE one ot those two guys ' n the morning, Charlie Butcher, converses with Ira West ol Ira ' s Update about recent television hows. West was best known tor her analysis ot [he television show Dynasty, Photo: McBride T H E FUN .flND FORMAL B»L«A»OK T hE B»L U»E J»E«A«N»S M r. Food, song scrambling, river monster and eggs: bizarre stunts lure listeners The alarm clock read 6:15 — Click! The Maumee River Monster had just been spotted. It looks like it ' s really angry. It ' s coming closer . . . Shaking off a chill of terror, students realized that it wasn ' t a nightmare that they were awakening from, but it was the voices of those two guys in the morning. I would set my alarm clock for 6:00 and then just lay in bed and listen to the radio for 15 more minutes until I was ready to get up. Sometimes I wouldn ' t get out of bed because I was having so much fun listening to the bizarre things Charlie and Tony would do, junior Kristin Bierlem said. The radio stations and their person- alities were known to pull some off- the-wall stunts. It was really funny when Charlie and Tony ran for the mayor ' s office. If I were of age, I would have voted for them, junior Neil Hudson said. I thought it was hilarious when the personalities of WAJI balanced eggs during the equinox, junior Katie Vogel said. Students often enjoyed listening to and participating in the mini game shows in the mornings. It was fun listening to song scram- bling on WZRQ. I could always guess one of the songs, but the other one I usually didn ' t know. I laughed at the people that called in to guess the songs, but didn ' t know them and sounded really stupid, junior John Martin said. I called in twice to guess what Mr. Food was and won both times. The first time I won cheese doodles and then I won Rice-a-Roni. freshman Krista Knepper said. — Kim Klausmeier Mini-Nag