Harbor High School - Mariner Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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Letts have a fanfare! Drumroll, please. And the 1981 Homecoming Queen is-da da dil Ia da da-Lisa Johnson! And so it ended. The wonder- ing. Who will be queen? NWho will be queen? It was especially traumatic tor the members of the court. Will it be me? i can't stand it any longer! But they sur- vived. Finally, the night arrived. bring ino along with it some nasty weather. The royal carriages rumbled out onto the field, bear- ing nervous girls trying desperate ly to smile. They were escorted to their places, and a hush tell over the crowd. An authoritative voice broke the silence, and it was done. All of the questions answered. The waiting was over. Harbor had a new Homecoming Queen. The nine other candidates took it very well. All smiles and ap plause. They were: Rina Van Bruwaene, honorary member; Cheryl Bruno, Becky Capuano. Kelly Holbrook, Michelle Jackway, Heather Laslo, Patty Lee. Lisa Sayre, and Linda Slsson. For them the magic was over. but tor Lisa it had only just be gun. She was showered with a bouquet of roses and crowned with a silver tiara trom JaH Jewel- ry. The royal portrait was snapped. Ah. what a splendid affair! The members of the Homecoming Court stand waiting with their lathers in anticipation for the announcement ol the winner. Foreign Exchange Student Rina Van Bruwaene Is escorted by Jack Warren at the presentatlon assembly. She is an honorary member. Homecoming 13

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The 1981-82 Homecoming Queen. Liso Johnsont Is accompanied by her parents at the annual ceremonyt During the Homecoming procession be tore the Mariners attack Rivetside, Lisa Sayre is escorted onto the football field by her dad. t5 Poroding around the gymnasium. Doug Stronmcn shows oft Michelle Jockway to the audience as a member of the Home coming Court. Sitting in a shiny Corvette, candidate Ket Iy Holbrook tides around the football tield. presenting herselt to the excited crowd. 12 Student Life

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Plauged with strikes at home. .. 1981 was a year for strikes. First the baseball strike in June which held up the AlI-Stcrr game in Cleve land and got many baseball ploy- ers out of shape. Then came the Air Traffic Controllers Strike tPATCOi holding up hundreds of international flights; and leaving many travelers In toreign airports wondering if or when their flights would come. The Ashtobula Nurses Strike, starting in July 1980. made national news by becoming the longest strike of its kind in U.S. history. After turning down one proposal In January. the nurses tlnally accepted a similar one on February 8 ending the record strike. The space shuttle Columbia mode America worry when it lost its solar panels, but the worry changed to delight when the Co Iumbla made a 'tperfect landing at Edward's Air Force Base in Nevada. 1981 also played host to the op pointing of Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman Supreme Court Justice. Despite this victory to Wom en's Rights, people everywhere were troubled as the deadline for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment come and had to be extended to July 1982. Another news-worthy event of the last year was the decision of lo cal businesses, Including Rockwell Brake Division, to move elsewhere due to the depressed economy in the Ashtobula area. Early 1981 was a time for a new beginning tor the British 05 they prepolred tor the first royal wed ding in many years. Charles, Prince of Wales wed twenty-year-old Lady Diana Spencer at Saint Paul's Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981. Three months otter the wed dlng the world learned of the com ing 01 a royal baby in June 1982. The joy of the year was And up It goes! Stephanie Madar views the launching ot the space shuttle, Columbia as the cameras of Life magazine sow It. Please. anything but consolidation! in Hart bor's new cotiterio, members of the school board discuss solutions to iinanciol problems in the schools 14 Community