Deckerville High School - Eagle Star Yearbook (Deckerville, MI)

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Working for tomorrow Deckerville FFA has kept quite busy this year. The chapter held its annual awards banquet in May 1985. The chapter was asked by the Deckerville Business Men’s Association to manage Pete’s Park in the center of town. Chapter members planted several thou- sand plants, flowers, and yearling trees in the spring. During the summer of ’85, members took part in several activities. They carried out Supervised Occupational Ex- perience Programs to gain practical ex- perience in the field of agriculture. Chapter officers Brad Klaus, David Twiss, Kristine Abend, Chuck Dumaw, Jeff Harter, David Varosi, and Dan Gibbs attended a two-day leadership training program in Sarnia to receive training for their new offices. The Sanilac County Fair was an excit- ing activity for the Deckerville Chapter. Members exhibited 28 animals in the market show and sale. Fall began with plans for the annual tractor field day which was held the sec- ond week in October. Other activities sponsored during the winter were fruit, garden seed, and seedling tree sales. The first week of February was spent taking part in their leadership contest. At the 1985-86 State FFA Conven- tion, the chapter received a gold out- standing chapter award. Chuck Dumaw, Brad Klaus, and David Twiss received State FFA Degrees. In April the chapter members held the state agriculture skills contest and planted 5,000 seedling trees. WHAT I DIDN'T DO was sung by junior Ron Zdrojewski at the State FFA Convention held in Kansas City. JR. FFA 1st Row: Mike Ridley, Marcell Daghuer, Robert Varosi. Brian Bezemek, Tom Medcoff, and Steve Lawler. 2nd Row: Advisor Mr. Robert Tanton, Mike Wendt, Duane Lamont, Doug Neumayer, Todd Janowiak. and Dan Thorning. SR. FFA 1st Row: Doug Neumayer, Kristine Abend, Dave Varosi, Chuck Dumaw, David Twiss, Jeff Harter, Dan Gibbs, and Advisor Mr. Robert Tanton. 2nd Row: Tim Patterson, Mary Spitale. Marcel! Daghuer, Brad Williamson, John Warczinski, Robert Varosi, Bill Lawler, Dennis Philpot, and David Ridley. 3rd Row: Rick Pfaff. Bob Koehler, Jerry Merriman, Roger Hooper, Rod Tanton, Richard Kunze, Larry Dutcher, Bryon Reid, and Rick Bittner. 20

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Playing around Two of the extracurricular activities which were offered to the students this year were a drama production and a ski trip. These activities proved to be fan- tastic ways for the students to learn new skills and also have fun. On November 15-16, 1986, the cur- tains were drawn to reveal the drama “Headin’ for a Weddin’.” The setting of this comical drama is in the hills of Vir- ginia. Homer Hollobone has been writing letters to Melissa Dugan, a wealthy young lady from Rhode Island. Melissa believes Homer to be handsome and rich so she sets out to find her knight in shining armor with matrimony on her mind. When she gets to Virginia, a terrible snowstorm i3 all about her, and the car runs out of gas. In her search for shelter Melissa comes across the Hollowbone cabin. Many funny events occur during the rest of the play, but as always everything works out for a happy end- ing. The play was directed by Betty Cochrane and the student director was Tammy Tarzwell. Many hard hours of work and practice were put into making the play a great success. The other activity was more fun than work, for most. On January 25, 1986, at 3:30 a.m. the ski club began their journey. Four hours later 38 tired peo- ple arrived at the snow-covered Crystal Mountain. Saturday and Sunday afternoon were spent skiing. Or as some of the beginners would say, ... “trying to ski.” Everyone had a great time, even junior Shellie McVittie who ran into a pole coming off the Gorge and junior Ruthann Varosi who injured her arm try- ing to avoid a little kid. The trip was a great experience for those who went. Many memories were made on the weekend. Hopefully, a few members of the club improved their ski- ing ability. SKIS UP IN THE AIR, Sr. Kelly O’Mara takes fall thanks to a little help from a few friends.

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COMPUTERS FOR FARMING have been introduced into the agriculture curriculum as dem- onstrated by senior Brad Klaus. THE SWEETEST THING was sung by sophomore Kristine Abend at the State FFA Convention, and she was also chosen as an alternate for talent for the National FFA Convention to be held in Kansas City. PERFECT SCORE in the Sanilac Tree Identifica- tion Contest was awarded to junior Robert Varosi. 21