Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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King Tomasic, and Queen Witzke crowned Oct. 11 {( 1 didn ' t think I had a chance of winning. I thought that every- one except me could of won, I know everyone deserved it. I was shocked and surprised, but I also felt really honored that all my classmates picked me.j — senior Jerry Tomasic As the tune of Lionel Richie ' s song, Truly finished its last chords, the crowd became sud- denly quieter as the voice of the announcer read the winners of the 1985 Homecoming King and Queen candi- dates. Diana Witzke and Jer- ry Tomasic were the victo- rious seniors. The crowd burst into ap- plause while several of the reigning cou- ple ' s friends gathered around to con- gratualte them. The process of chossing the King and Queen candi- dates took place one week prior to Home- coming night. The seniors who were chosen were: Heather Bart- lett, Kelly Grede, Barb Maglish, Lisa Sainato, Diana Witzke, Troy Grady, Ken Konopasek, John Lynk, Dave Ruiz, and Jerry Toma- sic. Throughout the week, anticipa- tion mounted as to whom the King and Queen would be. No one knew who would win but all hoped for the ones they gave their votes to. On Thursday night during the activities, a King and Queen candi- date competition was held to see just how much coordination each couple had. There was a race where the girls had to put some old clothes on the guys, then the guys had to jump in a wagon and the girls had to push them until they passed the finish line. Their coordination proved to be normal but their driving abilities . . . Once Friday night arrived, the environment was filled with an- ticipation. The band filed onto the field to do their halftime routine. The last song, Truly , was played while each couple walked down the middle of the football field. Little did anyone know that it was necessary to wait for the final cou- ple to be in place for the awaiting announcement because the final couple, Diana and Jerry, were the long anticipated King and Queen. I was very nervous and sick to my stomach. I couldn ' t wait for them to announce the queen. In a way I felt really sad because practi- cally everyone in the court I ' ve gone to school with my whole life and we all are really good friends and have a blast together. To think that it would be our last Home- coming was really depressing, said Queen Diana Witzke. I was really nervous standing in front of all those people but all my nervousness seemed to vanish after my name was announced, said King Jerry Tomasic. Homecoming Court ' 85: Lisa Sain- ato, David Ruiz, Barb Maglish, ]ohn Lynk, Heather Bart- lett, Troy Crady, Diana Witzke, Jerry Tomasic, Kelly Grede, Ken Kono- pasek. 10— Homecoming

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I I Yes, the day would be better if it started later. At least the majority of Griffith High School students think it would. Julie Sanders, senior, said “If I can avoid it, I won ' t do anything in the morning besides sleep. I like to do everything, such as homework, watch TV and party at night. Ruth Obermeyer, senior, also considers herself to be a night per- son. She comme nts “I ' m really crabby when I wake up in the morning. For the first half hour after I get up, I hate talking to any- one. Junior Amy Gonzalez reflects a similar attitude. She says, “When I wake up I am really tired. After I take a shower, though, I feel fine. There are also people at Griffith who agree with Benjamin Franklin when he said, “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Mr. Bob Hastings, history teach- er, said, I always get up early and go to bed early. If I slept in until 8 a.m. that would be incredibly late. I can ' t even remember the last time I did that. “When I want to relax at night, I ' ll read a book. When I want to wake up in the morning, I put my sweats on and go jogging, Joan Meny, senior, said. She added, “I ' ve always been a morning per- son, ever since I was a little baby. Dave Coil, junior, responds, “The first thing I do when I get up is to take a shower. Then I usually do homework. I ' m pretty wide awake early in the morning. Diversity in our school is not un- common. There are morning people, there are night peo- ple and there is , Dick Kretz. He j said, “I can ' t sWI’ consider myself a morning per- son because I like to sleep in. I can ' t consider myself a night person because I like to go to bed early. I need my sleep. Although many feel they operate at peak performance during a specific part of the day, we all must learn to adjust. It may not be easy for a morning person to handle Advanced Biology last hour, and the night people may have trouble making it through Calculus first thing every day. Since the school schedule is set, without much hope for any vari- ation, students and teachers alike must adapt during the school year, and return to their natural biologi- cal clocks during the summer. “I can always sleep late in the summer, said senior Lisa Black- well. Senior James Ting- ley plans his future by looking at some college catalogues in the library. Many students browse in the library before class starts instead of wandering about. School is over. Sen- ior Sami Natzke waits patiently for someone to pick her up. Many stu- dents have to find a way home because of certain after school activities. A.M. P.M.— 9 |

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Yeah! Junior Anne Hoffman raises her arms because she feels sure that her team will bring home a victory, while her home- coming mum tick- les her chin. Don ' t squeeze the Charminl Senior Ken Konopasek is being wrapped in toilet paper by sen- ior Kelly Crede, who is trying to fin- ish the job at Activi- ties night. During the Home- coming parade, fans watched as senior Jill Massa ap- peared to be get- ting crushed by the huge paw on the senior float which later took first place. Don ' t spill it. Dur- ing activities night the seniors pass wa- ter down the line of students to see what class will have spilled the least wa- ter. The junior class won. Homecoming— 11