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

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Beat the winter blahs Winter festival helps to break the monotony. Taking a three-day break from the winter blahs is what the DHS students do during their annual winter festival. From funky sunglasses to the wild jams, the rowdy students show their spirit. This year the winter festival was held on Feb- ruary 25-27. One of the many activities that the students participated in were the choosing of the Prince and Princess of the senior class and the Sweetheart Court from HOW SWEET IT IS! Here are seniors Kelly Vogel and Dennis Philpot representing the prin- cess and prince of the senior class for the winter festival Sweetheart Court. Photo by Kelly Kcrbyson. SPRING FEVER SETS IN as these guys show it during the winter festival dance held dur- ing lunch time. Photo by Becks McCully. grades 9th-llth. This year’s Prince and Prin- cess were Dennis Philpot and Kelly Vogel. Repre- senting the Sweetheart Court were juniors Kevin Pozsgay and Penny Hammerle, sophomores Richard Barker and Tonya Klaus, and fresh- men Dan Brown and Dana Nutzmann. This annual festival also helps to spice up the boring everyday routine by allowing the students to dress in an unusual manner. As for the two dress up days, Wednes- day was punk and concert T-shirt day, and Thursday was beach bum day. On the lighter side of things, Friday was the day to go all out and dress in your best clothes. No one knew who would be on the Sweetheart Court, which would be announced that day at the pep assembly. Some of the other ac- tivities that took place during the pep assembly were a skit performed by the cheerleaders and the ever-so-popular tug of wars between the grades. The 8th grade dominated in the jr. high pull, and the seniors took the championship for the high school. Not only did the win- ter festival turn out to be a huge success, but it most of all helped to break the monotony of the winter doldrums. -Kelly Kerbyson

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COULD THIS BE TRUE? This simulates the scene of when sr. Jody Goller wrote to Santa in 3rd grade. She wrote a letter to find out if what sr. Kelly Broughton told her was true and that was whether Santa Claus was real. Photo by Candy Durham. HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL hopping down the bunny trail bringing eggs and candy to all of the children who have faith in him. How old were you when you lost faith in the Easter bunny? Photo by Karen Woodard. Believe it or not! When did you stop believing? T’was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Remember that Christ- mas Eve when you laid awake in bed all night waiting to hear those sleigh bells in the snow? You listened through the whole night but there was nothing. In the morning you ran out to the Christmas tree to find all your presents from Santa. You knew he didn’t land on your roof top last night so how could this be? That’s when most chil- dren start to suspect that something just didn’t fit. The one day that is never forgotten from your childhood is the time you were sitting on Santa’s lap when you hugged him, and his long white beard fell off to re- veal a short black one. You stared at this man in awe until you identified him as your next-door neighbor. That’s the day you found all your suspicions true. After that you won- dered about the tooth fairy, Easter bunny, and boogie man. Do you recall the time when the tooth fairy for- got to exchange your tooth for a quarter and your dad said, ’’Leave your tooth under your pillow again and I’m sure that I, I mean the tooth fairy, won’t forget it tonight.” How about the time when the Easter bunny stored the candy he was bringing for you in your parent’s closet, and you found it a week before Easter. Those three imaginary figures were fun to believe in when you were a little kid, but what about the boogie man? He’s the scary guy that hid in the closet or under the bed that your babysitter threatened you with. Can’t you just hear her saying now, ”If you get out of that bed, the boogie man will get you for sure!” So you didn’t dare get out of bed; instead you laid there very still with your eyes wide open. Finally, after a year of sleepless nights with the babysitter, you realized that there couldn’t possi- bly be anything in the closet or under the bed, because if there was, it would have gotten you by now. Now that you’re a teenager, isn’t it great to look back and remember how much fun you had believing in these imagi- nary figures? It almost makes you wish you were little again, doesn’t it? -Candy Durham When You Stop Believing - 19

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PULLING WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT are juniors Tom Thorold. Missy Mulletl. Jamie Walton, Brad Williamson, and Julie Rumble in the winter fes- tival tug-of-war battle. Photo by Kelly Kcrbyson. THERE’S ONE ON EVERY BASKETBALL TEAM” was the skit performed by the cheer- leaders during the pep assembly of the winter festival. Pictured are soph. Nicole Richmond, jr. Kristine Abend, soph. Lori Flanagan, soph. Tonya Klaus, and soph. Melinda Philpot. Photo by Kelly Kerbyson. Winter Festival - 21