Houghton Lake High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Houghton Lake, MI)

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ARE. Vt Jax iNc; ruN YET; P From the first day in September, students look forward to one thing: the last day. Ah, summer! No homework, no schedule, no tests. But for a number of students, 180 days of learning isn’t enough. These students use summer months to travel to such places as Central Michigan for cheerleading camp, Michigan State for basketball camp or Michigan Tech for a summer youth seminar. Some even go to extremes for additional knowledge. Last summer sophomore Cindy Pacini and junior David Deamud both traveled to Europe for four weeks. They attended the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in Bavaria, a camp set up for choir and band students. “You try weird food, meet new people and the drinking age is only 16,” sophomore Cindy Pacini recalled. Back in the states, many students attended sports-oriented camps. The junior varsity and varsity football teams attended Camp Living Waters for four days in August. Besides sports camps, students chose to attend camps specializing in academic areas. Ball State Journalism Camp offered four students the chance to work with top rated yearbook instructors and take classes to improve their publications. I went because it was my first year of photography and I didn’t know a lot about it. It not only helped me, but it saved Carrie a lot of time OUR JAZZ BAND played everywhere from street corners to concert halls and we even played at Tivoli Gardens in Denmark, ' junior David Deamud said of his month-long concert tour of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark with the Blue Lakes International Concert Band. David, along with fellow band member Amy Jo Deckinga, performed a concert a day, on the average, leaving free time to visit Scandinavian museums, castles, and even sunken Viking ships. Photo by Glen Tuomaala. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING? HOW ABOUT CAMPING? Of the 250 students who re sponded, 107 attended some kind of summer camp. Thirty seven percent attended sports oriented camps. The other 63 percent attended everything from music to computer to church camps. Less than ten percent of those who attended admitted to homesickness. Those who got homesick combatted it by phoning home, keeping busy and counting down days. in explaining yearbook photography to me,” commented junior Karen Cronin. Camps ranged in -price from $115 to $300. This price went up when the cost of food, transportation and spending money was added on. Because of the rising cost of camps, and the obligation of summer jobs, 57 percent of the student body did not have the chance to go to a summer camp. Of the 43 percent who did attend, over a third went to sports related camps. Those who did attend showed their dedication to their area of study. I can’t believe I actually suffered through the hot summer with a cast on my leg just so I could go to Ball State. I could have had my cast off one month earlier but the doctor ordered the cast to stay on while I went to camp just so I wouldn’t damage my foot any more. The camp was terrific except for the fact that my room in the dorm was on the eighth floor and the elevator only went up to the sixth !” senior Janey Kronner said Now that’s devotion. Kristin Dery STUDENT LIFE

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 co ml tfuT aNp play Ahh, summer. A time for rest and relaxation. Or is it? “I work most of the time because I need the money, but I find some time to play,” sophomore Karin Akin said. Time to play was tough to come by for some, though. Since Houghton Lake is a resort town, many students were busy spending their summers catering to the tourists. It can be a real pain because my parents’ resort gets so busy in the summer. I don’t have that much time for myself,” sophomore Mark Williams complained. But all work and no play can make Jack a dull boy, according to the old adage. So in their extra hours students chose from a wide variety of activities ranging from horseback riding to WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING? HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR SUMMER? When school ends, where can you be found? Working 69% Laying in sun 23% Sleeping 9% Do you think tanning is harmful to your skin? Yes 24% No 76% What’s your favorite tanning product? Hawaiian Tropic waterskiing. I like to ski, work on my car or just hang around with friends at Funland,” sophomore George Cook said. When the days grew shorter and businesses finally slowed down, students found more time for themselves. But this only meant one thing: the beginning of fall and. unfortunately, the beginning of yet another school year. Vince Brown FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS offered students many opportunities for summer employment. Senior Jeff Stewart and Nancy Rutterbush prepare the special recipe chicken in the kitchen at Kentucky Fried Chicken in order to earn money during the summer months. Photo by Terry' Howell. WATER SPORTS rank number one in summer months because of the availability of lakes in the area. Senior Shawn Sensor skims across Houghton Lake on a ski jet. one of the newer forms of water sport, especially suited for Houghton Lake because it is so shallow. Photo by Gary Bourdow. Summer

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’THE HILL,’ a one and a half mile trail through the woods and swamps, challenged football players at Camp Living Waters. Each morning at 7:15 the players got up. did calisthenics, took on the hill and then went off to the playing field for drills. Photo by Ken Warner. BALL STATE'S SUMMER journalism camp can wear anyone out. but senior Jane Kronner carried the extra burden of a cast. Jane and fellow senior Jodi Miller, plus juniors Karen Cronin and Kristin Dery, attended the week- long camp at Muncie, Indiana in July. Homework often required the girls to stay up past the 1:00 A.M. curfew working in the closet to escape detection by counselors. Photo by Karen Cronin. You try weird food, meet new people and the drinking age is only 16 Camps and Workshops 11