Falls City High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Falls City, NE)

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Chad DeBusk and Scott Hartman stock groceries at a local supermarket. Jobs help pay bills When students are away from home, they are usually going to school, goofing around, or working. Jobs are becoming more common for teenagers, and so is the responsibility of paying bills. Many familiar teenage faces can be seen in just about any store or restaurant uptown. We took a poll to find out how many students at F.C.H.S. work. This showed that 64% of the seniors work, 48% of the juniors have jobs, 42% of the sophomores work, and so do 38% of the freshmen. All in all, 47% of the student body currently have jobs. Many students are planning on having summer jobs, too. 87% of the students said they will try to find jobs, while 5% won’t have summer jobs, and 8% of them might. Some students work not only for the money, but also for something to do after school and on weekends. “It gives me something to do instead of being bored,” said Senior Amy Gentry. Brad Campbell checks the air pressure in a tire at the gas station where he works. 6 Student Life

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Bobby Ebel prefers a more casual type of dress as shown here. Students model Styles vary from student to student at Falls City High. Each person’s looks reflect the way they act and feel. Moods play a very important part in the way we all dress. One day we may feel like impressing someone and will wear a dress, or dress pants and a blouse if we’re a girl, or dress cords, a shirt, and maybe even a tie if we’re a boy, but the next day we may feel depressed, angry, or noncaring and we’ll just wear old jeans and a jersey or sweatshirt. Besides the dressy style or sloppy style of dressing, the “Punk” look was often seen. This consisted of slightly tattered or cropped jeans, a loosehanging, bright colored shirt, dark sunglasses, and maybe even streaked or spiky hair. Pants made out of parachute material with zippers and pockets galore were a favorite newcomer for the guys. Black, white, and gray were the popular colors seen. The “Preppy” look was not as popular but was still seen. It consisted of designer jeans such as Calvin Klein Bobby Campbell, Shawn Miller, Bobby Simmonds, and Ted Huber model their tennies. popular styles and Liz Claiborne, and oxford shirts or polo shirts. Izod was a popular brand name. Deck shoes were the most-seen “Preppy” shoe. The gals at F.C.H.S. recognized the emphasis for the year was on layering. It was popular to see a vested sweater hanging loosely over two or three shirts, or leg warmers over jeans. As far as hairstyles go, the “Punk” look was most popular. Both boys and girls have the top cut short with the hair around the ears either cut slanted or cut out all together. The back of the hair was usually around mid-shoulder length. Shoe styles varied the most. There were many “Punk” versions of tennis-shoes, with Vans being the most popular. There were colored high-tops, checkered laceless shoes, and camoflouged low or high-tops. A new style for wearing leather high-tops was to leave the shoes untied. This new style was modeled mostly by the jocks around school and was based on either comfort or laziness! Rosa Blevins and Kristi Adams show off their pretty dresses. Student Life 5

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Students tune in to Jackson Michael Jackson’s showing was the highest of a good, but not great year for the music industry, a rebound of sorts from 1981 and ‘82. Another giant winner of ‘83 was the Police, who had a triple platinum album. Led by Sting, the Police undertook a massive summer tour of the U.S. The group built the year’s biggest single, “Every Breath you Take”. Advertising this tour was a new cable station entitled Music Television, better known as MTV. Besides showing videos, MTV also presented concerts with many top groups, held contests, such as the MTV Lost Weekend with Van Halen, and had daily bulletins of music news. Another artist who attracted a significant amount of attention was David Bowie. He made a top slot with “Let’s Dance.” Later on, Prince came into sight with the album “1999” and the singles “Little Red Corvette” and “Delirious,” which both became top ten singles. As Prince’s corvette came to a stop, a major turnabout came about as a new sound was heard. Technopop or British style music, began to invade the industry. Culture Club, a British group, made a few top singles before their first album went platinum. The Eurythmics made a number one single with “Sweet Dreams (are made of this).” It wasn’t long, though, until American sounds came back with Def Leppard, whose album “Pyromania,” held high on the charts for most of the year. Another group in the music scene was Quiet Riot, whose single “Cum on Feel the Noise,” came in high near the last of ‘83. Student Life 7