Eastside High School - Easterner Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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Co for the Cold! Fort Wayne Komet hock- ey player Steve janaszak spoke to the stu- dent body to kick off Winterfest '81. Janas- zak was a goalie on the 1980 Olympic hockey team. Principal Mrs. Peggy Cowen chats with a member of the Harlem Clobe Travelers before their convocation on November 4. The Globe Travelers played a basketball game with the faculty team that evening. Mm Mm Good. Freshman Randy Miller, sophomore Randy Drake, and junior Ray- mond Miller compete in the ice cream eat- ing contest during field day. Highly favored Raymond Miller won the event. Convocations 21

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Breaking up school Time out of class is much sought after by hard working students. The nine convocations sponsored by the student council throughout the year provided much, but not enough, of that time. To kickoff the school year, Freedom Jam a group from Campus Life's Mouse Hole, gave a preview performance of their concerts at the county fair. Larry Turner and Milton Tatum, two professional dancers, gave a dem- onstration of disco and other forms of dance. U.S. Olympic hockey gold med- alist Steve Janaszak talked to the students about his experience as part of Winterfest '81 in February. When some students walked out at 3:25 before Janaszak was through, future convos were jeopardized. Dr. Sam Rhine, a geneticist, talked about birth defects and re- lated subjects in a program enti- tled, The most important nine Not so fast. Students leaving before Olym- pic gold medalist Steve janaszak was fin- ished speaking jeopardized future convo- cations. Later convos had no such problems. Crrrrrrrr . . . Teachers Mike Slentz and Rick Hudson pull for the faculty at the an- nual field day tug-o-war. The sophomores ultimately won the event. day blues months of your life. As one of the highlights of the open house in April, the Air Force Band from Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, presented a vari- ety of selections from Glenn Mill- er to Queen. Late in May came the much awaited field day. Shortened, and held in the gym because of the weather, field day was still a suc- cess. The Sophomores took most of the honors including victory over the Seniors in the tug-o-war. 20 Convocations

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Scary seniors on Halloween. Front row— Yvonne Miller, Sheila Haley, Jenny West, Tom Morr, Teresa Surface, Beth Burdick, Heather Watson, Doris Davis. Back row— Lynn Fry, Brian Carpenter, Laurie Culler, Rod Moore, Brian Moore, Kurt Berry, Jeff Edgar, Jeff Keller, Darlene Smith. One big celebration To be a senior is every stu- dent's dream. It seems as if seniors are on the top of the world. The entire senior year was one big celebration. For their last year in school every senior wanted to leave his mark, to go out in style. During Halloween, for example, most seniors dressed up in cos- tumes. Jeff Keller dressed as Yoda, from the movie The Empire Strikes Back. Darlene Smith was a pirate, Jenny Haines a vamp, and Brant Moore a surgeon. Seniors have certain traditions that go on year after year. The senior table in the cafeteria is one of these. It was at that table where many evil go- ings on were planned. Another ritual of seniorhood is the trip to Indianapolis with Mrs. Enjoying a thick milk shake at the senior table is Dusty Alloway. The senior table is a long standing tradition. Pullen. This year seniors gathered and boarded school busses for the long trip to Indy. The State House the Children's Museum, and the 500 mile speedway were high- lights of the tour. However, it is the other moments on the trip that will stick in our minds much longer than what Mrs. Pullen said to remember about the functions of state government. It only lasts a year and it's over. Graduation means the end of a way of life. The party's over for the class of '81. As the class motto says, “We may never pass this way again.