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

Text from Pages 1 - 224 of the 1988 volume:

r Student Life 6-| l Sports -54p p Academics 92—| p People -118—| pAds 156 p p Index 208 p HOUGHTON LAKE HIGH SCHOOL 4433 W. HOUGHTON LAKE DR. HOUGHTON LAKE, Ml 48629 (517) 366-5376 VOLUME 59 very year since 1978 Spanish teacher Mrs. Dolores Frever has continued the simple tradition of holding a ' 'Mexican Christmas Party for a class from Collins Elementary. Junior Eric Chorley cheers on his partner, second-grader Rodney Orvis of Mrs. Townsend's class, who is about to take his turn at the piniatta. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Plain Simple . OPENING 9 A SHRED OF TRUTH Like parents' limited view of life in the classroom, sometimes we only see a partial picture of school life. Go to school, do your homework, get a job, get involved in extracurricular activities and save a little time for fun. No pressures, no problems. It all seems so simple. Now take a closer look at each individual element behind these activities and see exactly what makes them work. It takes hours of studying to get good grades and maybe just as long to figure out a way to break the news to your parents when those grades aren't quite what they had hoped for. For any team, whether competing like football or not competing like the flag corps, days and days of hard practice are needed in order to reach any level of success. And when weekends come and it’s supposedly time for rest and relaxation, you have to get a job so you will have some spending money for Saturday night. Maybe everything isn’t so simple. 2 PLAIN SIMPLE P ■I lair lain old shredded newspaper is all fans were throwing during the varsity girls district basketball game against eventual district champ Tawas. Fans had to be careful not to get any paper on the playing floor or according to state rules the Bobcats would have been assessed a technical foul for delay of game. Despite the fans spirited effort, the Bobcats lost. 41-42. Photo by Trista Smith. A.______________________________ plain facial features, sophomore Amy Rzycki applies a dab of blush to his cheeks before the Powderpuff game. Jason was one of seven freshman and sophomore guys to take on the role of cheerleader during the annual Spirit Week role-reversing event. Photo by Evie Breedlove. C pectators at the j. v. football game against Coleman found that watching the game was more than a simple matter of driving to the field. For Mrs. Kay Ancel and Mrs. Donna Kopischka it included one trip to Coleman on a Thursday night in the rain only to have the game postponed because the officials went to the wrong field, then another trip to Coleman the following Saturday to see th Bobcats suffer their only defeat of the season in the rescheduled affair. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Plain Simple q OPENING O A_______________________ U.S.A., junior Eric Noonan, senior Brandon Warson, junior Calvin Caster and Harrison High School senior Roddy Henning had the simple duty of throwing people who weren 't wearing Tip-Up-Town badges into jail. They earned the distinction of being deputies after they performed a dance routine to 7 Heard It Through The Grapevine as the California Raisins. The routine helped the Viking Party win the election at the annual Tip-Up-Town Kick Off. Photo by Brian Colby. 4 PLAIN SIMPLE uring a performance of Juvie, junior Jon Cohee, who played the part of Pinky, lays it on the line and plainly states the way it is living in a boys' home to junior Kristie Ackley who portrayed Jane Doe, an emotionally withdrawn girl refusing to talk to anyone, even the authorities. Juvie, an ensemble production about a night in a juvenile detention center, was the first non- musical dramatic production by the drama class since Spoon River Anthology in 1981. Photo by Brian Colby. THE GRAPE COVER-UP When we address the real issues, we realize there is simply more to our scholastic life than meets the eye. Maybe everything isn’t so simple. But all that hard work paid off for the j.v. and varsity football team who both won Jackpine Championships and the j.v. boys basketball team who not only won the Jackpine but won every game. And when it came to grades, tougher restrictions were places on students. Juniors needed a 3.3 grade point average just to be considered for the National Honor Society. It was more work for messy students when the administration ruled that teachers hand back sloppy papers to be redone or the student received a zero. Homecoming Queen Sara Woodwyk needed more votes than anyone else to capture her crown. She went on to also win the title of Miss Houghton Lake. Finally the competition arrived. After months of anticipation, Burger King opened in July, giving students a choice for a change. Plain and simple? Nah! Plain Simple OPENING O OTTTimTT T im THE SIMPLE LIFE 01UM 1 MID The simple life. Go to school. Go to work. Go home. It’s all such a routine. It's plain as day. So we start our look at student life with a glimpse at all those plain as day parts of our life. But there's more to life than routine. Like going on dates and Summer didn’t guarantee all nice and easy days for senior Josh Martin and sophomore Kim Wlrlck who spent five days In near 100 degree temperatures at Ball State Journalism Workshop In Munde, Indiana. Josh and Kim, along with seven other staff members, spent $140 to attend the workshop the third week In July to take classes on various aspects of yearbook production. Photo by Evle Breedlove. taking vacations. Not so plain as day. More like nice and easy. So we take a look at things like summer and holidays next. Then there are those things that we consider more than nice and easy. Going to the prom and graduating, for example. They're not fancy, just fabulous. From there, what’s left but the part of our life that's simply outrageous? Like homecoming, spirit week, fads and the characteristics that make us individuals. So let’s get started. Turn the page and begin your look at the simple life. Maybe you’ll discover it's not so simple after all. 0 STUDENT LIFE DIVISION 6 What would the simple life be without homecoming? After being crowned homecoming queen, senior Sara Woodwyk receives a hug from former queen Carrie Mleske. ‘7 got so many hugs that night, and every time someone hugged me it felt like my dress was going to fall off, ” Sara said. Photo by Evle Breedlove. a different plane ..46 mini-mag is simply marvelous 7ie StMpi lfo ace for all those routine parts ur lives and easy..............16 t filled with what's leisurely lives )ly outrageous..34 so out of the ordinary, you’ll fancy, fabulous......... ces and banquets and juation, of course The Simple Life 7 ROUTflE RAISE Whether you know it or not, IT has got you in its grasp. Day after day, IT compels you to repeat 70ur own actions. Defined as a practice adhered to by force of habit, IT is a routine. Thirty-three percent of students surveyed didn’t have routines, or at least that’s what they thought. “I get up in the morning, brush my teeth, take a shower, and do everything the same way but I never realized I had a routine before,” sophomore Don Gillett said. I didn’t know that I had a routine either,” sophomore Tim Crystal said. I guess people don’t realize they have routines FOLLOWING HER lunchtime routine, social studies teacher Mrs. Elaine Jansen makes a salad. I eat salads because I like to eat light and I hate because they’ve done the things so many times that they don’t think about them anymore.” After discovering that they had a routine, many students found that there were some aspects they didn’t like about IT. “A lot of routines are boring, like going to school everyday,” sophomore Matt Walsh said. Though routines were disliked by some, they were invaluable aids in organizing the lives of many students. By doing the same routine most days, I don’t have to take time out to think about what to do next. Life’s a lot less confusing that way,” junior Kim Sapp said. So whether you view a routine as good or bad, you’d better get the feeling of being full,” she said. Her lunch never varies: a salad and a Coke Classic. Photo by Evie Breedlove. used to it because IT has you under its power and shows no sign of relenting. Chris Eno RAISING THE SCHOOL flag constitutes part of senior Jason Mandley’s morning routine. Jason, a former Eagle Scout, was bothered by the fact that the school didn’t fly the flag because no one put it up so he volunteered to raise and lower it each day. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. ALTHOUGH NOT a member of student senate, the group who took on the responsibility of the pop machines during March, freshman Julie Gandolfi helps fill one of the school’s three pop machines. Different school groups routinely spent about 20 minutes before or after school filling the machines in order to gain funds for their organizations. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. 8 THE SIMPLE LIFE AS PART OF HER before school routine, sophomore Jodi Majszak curls her hair in her bedroom. Jodi gets up at 7:00 every morning to allow herself time to curl her hair for 20 minutes and make preparations before catching a ride to school at about 8:15. Photo by Evie Breedlove. p ?ly ‘ To make life more fun, I do something really different once in a while to break my routine” Junior Kris Dann '7 like having a routine because then I don't have to think about what Tm doing. I know what's next. Senior Dawn Wierzbicki Plain as Day q ROUTINES Students find it difficult to balance their jobs with school BALfTICtlG PICT Everyone has heard the sayings, You're only young once, or High school is a once-in-a-lifetime deal. Adults seem to urge students into many activities because of these ideas. Sports is one of the many important activities in high school, along with dating, first cars and dances, that require money. In order to have money, you have to have a job. With all these activities, students must reach a decision of what’s most important: school, work or sports. I feel my school years are a lot more important than work so I make sure I get weekdays off for sports and I only work weekends, junior Sharee Ringwald said. Others seem to feel a job is more important since they face car payments that range from $30.00 to $300.00 a month along with insurance payments from $250.00 to $400.00 every six months. This can sometimes be more expensive than Mom and Dad can afford or just a weekend job can finance. That’s when students have to choose work over sports. I had to quit softball because of my job. It had too many interferences, junior Carolyn Cassell said. Like sports, jobs became very important during high school. Making the choice between the two of them can become difficult so some students elect to compromise. I only work weekends until sports are done, then I work all week long, junior Erihk Lawson said. Along with dating, dancing and first cars, jobs also become part of the teen life, competing with sports and school. Whether it means not playing sports, not having a job or working around both, jobs and sports become two main parts of the high school years. Chris Stead WHIPPING UP a Blizzard is no problem for freshman Linda Romanowski. Linda has worked at the local Dairy Queen since the summer of 1987. Photo by Jodi Majszak. WOOD HEAT remains a popular source for home heating in the north. Freshmen Joe Bakun and John Bakun cut wood for the woodstove which is used to heat their house. “We get paid for cutting the wood through our allowances, John said. Photo by Brian Colby. 10 THE SIMPLE LIFE “It's hard for me to manage school and a job. As long as I graduate, that's all I'm worried about ” Senior Amy Patterson '‘Since I have Kirtland, my three classes in the morning don't interfere with a job. Junior Caren Wilson WAITING FOR just the right moment, junior Amy Southwell prepares to balance things out over the air. Amy works weekends at WHGR WJGS and sometimes after school broadcasting the Detroit Tiger games. “I never know how long I’m going to be there. It all depends on how well the games go,” Amy said. Photo by Brian Colby. JUST DOING his job, junior Steve Cooper takes an order for a pizza at the Za Shop where he works 30 to 35 hours during the school week. He also works in the kitchen making pizzas and sometimes goes out on deliveries. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Plain as Day JOBS WHEN THE NATIONAL Honor Society sponsored a benefit dinner at Big Boy for the Roscommon County Hospice, Mrs. Linda Ackley attended with her son Keven and her daughter Kristie, a junior. “Dinners like these give me a better opportunity to spend time with my family,” Kristie said. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. “Half my family lives here and half lives down state so I don’t spend a lot of time with them. I'm glad I live up here, though, because I would rather spend more time with my dad. Junior Stephanie Rader ‘7 don't spend a lot of time with my family because of cheerleading and I'm always with my boyfriend. I don’t regret it though. Sitting home with my family is boring. Sophomore Amy Widdis 12 THE SIMPLE LIFE WORKING AT her parents’ restaurant, Ron's Coney Island, senior Cindy for her parents so she is able to Pacini helps her mother, Mrs. Ron spend more time with her family. Pacini, make hot dogs. Cindy works Photo by Jodi Majszak. AFFAIR In your childhood your life revolved around your family. They taught you right from wrong, you took family vacations together and Sunday dinner became a must. Now that you have grown older, other priorities have become more important. Because of this, family starts to take a back seat. Because sports play a major part in students’ lives, whether it's participating or just AT THE FATHER-Daughter Banquet and Dance held on April 15, junior Shelly Nichols and her father Ed Nichols get their picture taken. Fifty- four junior and senior girls and their fathers attended the second annual dance In the high school cafeteria. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. watching the game, students tend to spend more and more time at school. “I play football, basketball and baseball. Between the practices and games I’m hardly ever home,” sophomore Jim Meigs said. “I go to most of the football games. Because of this and work I only spend about seven hours per week with my family,” junior Brian Crystal said. To help pay for college or just to have a little extra spending money, part-time jobs proved popular with students. Having a job became yet another activity that took away from time spent at home. “I have to pay for everything I do, which includes college and car insurance, so I work a lot. Because of this and AT CHURCH with his father, Mr. Jerry Gruber, senior Brad Gruber sings Onward Christian Soldiers.” Because of his busy schedule Brad finds Sunday morning church services a good way to spend time with his family. Photo by Brian Colby. Students find new ways to fit families into their busy schedules social activities I only spend about four hours a week with my family,” senior Brett Hoover said. Although we still think of our family as important, sometimes it’s for the wrong reasons. “I think of my family as important when I need money or a ride somewhere, but other than that I could live without them,” sophomore Cathy Robinson said. As we grow up family vacations occur less often and Sunday dinners become occasional. After establishing your life and realizing the importance of your family, families begin to move back to the top of the list of priorities. But until then they remain in the back seat. Bobbi Ostrom Plain as Day q FAMIL Y TIME • O EVEN WITH practice time during their first hour class, band students often spend extra time practicing. Freshman Kristin Tacconelli, practicing with classmate Paulette St. Louis, sometimes practices in the barn with her horses since her mother requires an hour a day practice. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. IN HER TWICE WEEKLY jazzercise class, senior Karin Akin follows Instuctor Mary Durden. Karin is also involved In National Honor Society and works as a stocker cashier at Hub, which makes it hard for her to budget time. Photo by Evie Breedlove. fl QUICK FIX Working to lighten the load, students develop methods to budget time Til do my homework in a minute, Mom!” But we all know how often that minute turns into an hour. When students work on budgeting their time, they claim procrastination most often prevents them from fitting everything in. “Every day I put off doing my homework and end up getting bad grades,” freshman Leslie Aird said. Every minute becomes valuable when students have to go to practices, after-school meetings, clubs and jobs. Add homework to that list of obligations and students begin to really feel the crunch. I find time to do my homework by doing it in study hall and staying up late at night,” freshman Brian Anderson said. Once they’ve managed to squeeze in time for homework between games, work and other school activities, the problem of time management still isn’t solved. Now they must find time for a social life. “Some of the difficulties in budgeting time are that between work and school, I don’t find much time available to be with family and friends. Homework takes up all of any other free time I have,” junior Steve Cooper said. Solutions to budgeting time vary from maintaining a tight schedule to having none at all. “My solution to budgeting time is I try to plan out my day in the morning so I know basically what and how long I’ll be doing something,” senior Suzie Bowman said. “My solution to budgeting time is to go to bed late and get up early. That way I find time for everything,” senior Pete Hern said. Other students have given up on the whole process. “I don’t have a solution to budgeting time. I cram in all I can in one day and do whatever I didn’t finish the next day,” junior Rhonda Brown said. If only time would stand still. The clock wouldn’t tick every hour away. That would be a perfect solution to budgeting time. Dawn Banka DEVELOPING NEGATIVES for the yearbook, which takes about 25 minutes, senior Evie Breedlove and freshman Jennifer Szewczyk use class time seventh hour to meet their deadline. Because of their out-of- school assignments, photographers find It hard to meet deadlines and keep up with other school work. Photo by Brian Colby. Piam as Day 14 THE SIMPLE LIFE DOING FARM CHORES, sophomore Greg Gardner feeds the cattle on his family’s farm. Greg has been doing chores for as long as he can remember. He is also involved in track. “One difficulty I have in budgeting time is there aren’t enough hours In the day to do all the things I have to do,” Greg said. Photo by Evie Breedlove. P ?ly My solution to budgeting time is to do homework before anything else. Then I do whatever else needs to be done. ” Junior Beth Pina I don’t have a solution to budgeting time because I don’t like to be put on a schedule. ” Sophomore Lisa Kowalski Plain as Day . _ BUDGETING TIME I O Easier said than done ‘7 like to date different girls so I can compare them. Dating only one girl gets boring” Junior Tim Swope ‘7 don't have a lot of extra time for dating. I work 20 to 28 hours at Little Ceasar’s during the school week. Senior Heather Neorr WATCHING THE MEET together, senior Shanon Blankenship and junior Corey Hacker spend a little extra time together at the track meet held in Farwell. Because they are both on the track team, they share practice and meet times in addition to dating. Photo by Jennifer Porath. 16 THE SIMPLE LIFE DURING THEIR ONLY class together, senior Cory Czada and sophomore Cathy Robinson work together in fifth hour BASIC programming class. Cory and Cathy have been dating for eight months. Photo by Jodi Majszak. in hand Patiently waiting by the phone, dreaming, wishing, hoping. What seems like hours going by is only minutes. Finally it rings. Staring at the phone, she slowly picks up the receiver to hear, “Would you like to go out? Dating and relationships occupy a large part of the average teenager’s thoughts. For example, just what makes JUST THAT LITTLE extra time between classes makes a difference for couples dating. Although they'll see each other in 48 minutes, junior Greg Smith with sophomore Joanne Hutson and junior Jon Cohee with freshman Jill Patterson affectionately prepare to part for class. Photo by Brian Colby. you say yes or no? “One day a guy put a dozen roses in my car and locked them in along with my keys. But we never did go out,” senior Marci Low said. Flowers may do it for some but what other qualities attract people to the special guy or girl? “I get attracted to girls by the way they wear their hair,” junior Rick LaCombe said. “What attracted me to my girlfriend, Chris, was how kind and sweet she was, junior Calvin Caster said. What else wins your heart enough to make you take the chance to ask for a date or accept one? “At first I was 6 Easy attracted to my boyfriend because he was older but then I started to realize how good looking and nice he was too,” sophomore Tiffanie Howell said. Don’t forget that old standby: looks. “Good looks attract me to girls most, then I look at their personalities,” junior Jim Couch said. So while sitting by the phone, dreaming, wishing and hoping, think about why you’re going to say yes...or no. Chris Stead WINNING THE MOCK election title for class couple brought on a kiss for seniors Lisa Pawlica and Ron Forbes at the Junior-senior banquet May 5. Lisa and Ron have been dating for almost two years. Photo by Evie Breedlove. BEING IN TRACK together makes it easy to encourage each other to do good, junior Jason Mooney and senior Karla Dinsmoore agreed. Jason and Karla have been dating for one year. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Nice Easy a y DATING 1 ' Easier said than do™ ‘7 like living in Houghton Lake because it's small and it's easy to get to know everyone. Sophomore Nicole Aft on “The thing I hate most about living here is that there is never anything to do. Junior Mike Edwards FIGHTING FOR the puck, seniors Mike Bareither and George Cook enjoy a game of ice hockey. ‘‘Ice hockey is the best sport in the world,'’ George said. With about four months of frozen lake, students have plenty of time to play winter sports. Photo by Jodi Majszak. USING UP HIS weekend time, freshman Brian Anderson jigs for crappie in Houghton Lake for a day of Ice fishing. I go ice fishing a lot because there's not much else to do, Brian said. Photo by Brian Colby. 18 THE SIMPLE LIFE WORKING ON AN ice sculpture as part of his job at Big Boy, senior Dan Bischoff carves a football made out of snow. The Ellas Brothers sculpture of the football came in second place In the Tip-Up-Town sculpture contest. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Lying on a white, sandy beach with the sun beating against your back, the heat becomes overwhelming. Trying to escape the heat, you run toward the sparkling, blue water. You dive in, but just before submerging into the water you suddenly awaken to the harsh reality that you’re in Houghton Lake, Michigan, in the middle of January and it’s 18 degrees below zero with the wind chill factor. The freezing temperatures of Michigan winters creates special problems for the people of Northern Michigan. “I’m scared to death to drive in the snow because the first year I G E � y Livra, m iQuthe ..North. turns into drove in snow I got into an accident,’’ senior Renee Lewandowski said. Surviving the ice and snow isn’t the only inconvenience when residing in a Northern town. Due to the sparse population in the area, not as many businesses are built, so to meet some of our needs we must take time out of our schedules to travel out of town. The nearest indoor mall means a drive of nearly one and a half hours. “The biggest inconvenience about the closest mall being so far away is the time and money spent to get there,” senior Dale Bennett said. The businesses that do occupy Houghton Lake are spread out within the 32 miles surrounding the lake, creating large distances between them. “I wish I could drive because everything is so spread out up here and I always have to find a ride,’’ freshman Tom Vachon said. Although we don’t have as many businesses or people as a large city, we also don’t have the crime rate that larger cities have. And although it is cold in January, during the month of June it's warm and you can lie on a white, sandy beach with the sun beating against your back without awakening to a cold Michigan winter. Stacy Turner APPROACHING THE SAGINAW exit, Junior Joe Gonzalez and a group of friends head toward Fashion Square Mall, one of our nearest indoor malls. Joe and his friends left Houghton Lake at 11:00 a.m. and finally arrived in Saginaw at 12:30 p.m. after a drive of 90 miles. Photo by Brian Colby. Nice and Easy a q NORTHERN LIFESTYLES 1 It’s 3:14 on a Friday afternoon and you’re anxiously awaiting the bell. Just think! In one minute school will be out for two weeks straight. To most teenagers holdiays mean one thing: time off school. The time off school gives students a chance to do things ASKED BY HER SISTER for help to set up the Christmas display, freshman Paulette St. Louis decorated the Christmas tree in the school’s library window. My sister wanted to start a competition with the other kids to decorate the other showcases but nobody took the challenge, Paulette said. Photo by Evie Breedlove. they normally couldn’t do on a regular school day. “I like vacations because it gives me a chance to catch up on the soap operas that I miss while I’m at school,” freshman Ann Boguslaw said. The time off not only permits students to do things during the day, but also gives them more AT THE ANNUAL lasagne party held for the yearbook staff, sophomore Kim Wlrick reacts to her Christmas present. Kim received a Busy Boy tool box filled with plastic tools and a baby rattle from junior Trista Smith. I put the rattle in the box because Kim whines and complains a lot, Trista said. Photo by Evie Breedlove. AT THE VALENTINE’S Day Dance, freshman Linda Romanowski and her brother, 1983 graduate Paul Romanowski, dance the polka. Valentine's Day rated as the fourth favorite holiday chosen by the students polled. Photo by Brian Colby. time to do things at night. I like vacations because I get to stay out late then sleep late in the morning,” junior Amy Zantello said. The reason we have vacations isn’t just to get time off school, though. The real reason is because of holidays. “On New Year’s Eve, I usually go out with my friends and celebrate until four or five in the morning,” sophomore Sandra Kauffman said. But just remember when the two weeks is over, you have to get up and watch the clock. Class starts at 8:35. Stacy Turner JOINING IN ON a family activity, sophomore Jodi Majszak and her little brother John color Easter eggs. Jodi counted as just one of the many students who didn’t travel anywhere over the ten day Easter break which began on April 1, Good Friday. Photo by Jeff Majszak. DURING SPRING BREAK in April seniors Lisa Pawlica, Karin Davis and Rhonda Bradley catch some rays. The girls left at noon on March 29, the Tuesday before break began, and stayed at the Ivan Hoe Beach Lodge in Ormand Beach, Florida. Beginning with the 1989 spring break, students leaving early and traveling without their parents will receive unexcused absences and will not be able to make up work they missed. Photo by Kristy Davis. easier said C. than done-! 1 “There are some holidays like St. Urho's Day, that I didn't even know existed until they were brought up in school. Freshman Chris Rohlfs Nice Easy r a HOLIDAYS 1 CftO$SB G THE WAKE. trus man Kan Htxy a MtW axcrtaraant to his twmmar by Wnog. Owtmng a boat and w s ate � ac Kan to sAi anytiraa during trsa aumar and to tafca his friands sAiing as Ptkoto by Evta SUMiMiE R ME ANS morm tt an good bnsaa for aoo oanora Kan W'nci as sn ontoaras for Nar position ot adtor JWE SIMPLE LFr WHEN KARIN'S FATHER made fishing look fun, best friends sentors Erie Breedlove and Karin Dam decided to try the popular pastime. The two guris nara apant summer together since the sixth grade an addition to sharing activities during tha school yaar. Photo by Connie Dam. Two hundred seventy-eight days of studying wrth your nose in the books and only eighty-seven days to play. Such a little portion of the year to yourse’f after slaving 75 percent of the other part in school. So how do you cram one year of play into three months of summer? ‘The beach is enough to make my summer. I look forward to that all year long. junior Amy Zantello said. One of the best parts of When, tr o� the heat summer s the hours. “Without school. I get to stay out later on weekmghts.'' junior Kathe Mercer said “I'm looking forward to my boyfriend Mark coming back from Ferris and being able to spend time with him and relax wrth no school, junior Barbie Pawlica said. But not all students think fun and sun when June rolls around. Since my family is so spread out in other states and countries, summer grves us one or two months together.” junior Diana Anderson said. Beaches, boyfriends, work and no school. That’s a lot to fit in before September 6. Chris Stead THOUGH THE FAMILY own a 27 foot powor boat, this runabout provide just enough to get around for freshman Jennifer Szewczyk and sister DePbie as they cruise the harbor on Lake Charlevoix. With summers tree, the Szewcryks are able to spend their weekends on the boat in the Charlevoix and Mackinaw island area. They also take an annual week trip to the North Channel with Assistant Principal Mr. Brown and his famity. Photo by Ronald Szewcryk. Nice Easy q o SUMMER '7 liked the father daughter dances a lot. It was fun to go out with your father Senior Karin Akin BORROWING A STYLE from the sock hops of the ’50’s, junior Gabby Calkins dances with senior Jason Mandley at the Junior-senior prom May 6. “I wore socks because I can’t dance in high heeled shoes. I just don’t feel comfortable in them,” Gabby said. Photo by Evie Breedlove. THE SIMPLE LIFE LOADING UP serving trays, sophomore Brian Colby was one of seven Junior and senior boys working at the banquet. The waiters worked from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and as pay they got to eat as much prime rib as they could. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. and - me cixyco-i Uy You probably don’t remember when the Merengue, the Twist, and the Mambo were popular. That’s because these forms of dance were famous in the 60’s, before the Beatles came, before J.F.K. was shot, and way before your time. Your parents probably remember and could tell you that in the 60’s more body language was being added to dance, and uninhibited movements were finding their way out of the closets. It was a very controversial time in rock GETTING BACK Into th© 40’s, seniors Amy Patterson, Shellie Yennior, junior Sheri© Cole, seniors Dawn Wierzbicki, Laura Murray, Darla St. Louis, junior Cherie Merriam and senior Mark Boats dance the Hokey Pokey at the junior senior prom on May 6. Students have borrowed such dance styles from the past in addition to their more modern styles. Photo by Evie Breedlove. era. Today “Dirty Dancing’’ is the style, influenced by the popular movie. Dance has become a mixture of the moves and rhythm of the 60’s added to the more sensual movements and beat of the 80’s. Even though the ways of dancing have changed a bit throughout the years fathers didn’t seem to have too much of a problem on April 15 when they danced with their daughters at the Father-Daughter Dinner Dance. “The fathers danced to the old songs the way they did back then and they caught on to TWICE AS LUCKY, Mr. Virgil Wilson poses with his daughter Suprena Wilson and his host daughter Angela Slmloni from Switzerland. Two 5x7 pictures and five wallet-size pictures were included in the $15 ticket for the dinner. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk Fancy. Just Fabulous the newer styles of dancing pretty quick too, junior Trista Smith said. Prom was another example of revivals such as the Hokey Pokey, the Twist, and the Bird Dance. Hints of “Dirty Dancing” could also be seen when songs were played from the movie’s soundtrack. “Most of the movies now are using older songs and, since movies are very influential in the trends of music, I think that older rock will start making a comeback,” senior Heather Neorr said. So watch out! With all the new dance styles surfacing, you may need to ask your parents for a little lesson in the art of dancing. Shannon Swider and Karen Holmen SLOW DANCING, or waltzing as they used to call it back in the big dance band era, junior Kathe Mercer and her father Chuck Mercer share a spot on the floor with the rest of the junior and senior girls and their fathers. Kathe was one of 62 girls who attended the semi-formal dance held for the purpose of letting fathers spend some time with their daughters. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. Not Fancy, Just Fabulous THE ART OF DANCING Remember, Fido says woof, woof! Don’t drink and drive. But by moving prom to the Playhpuse wasn’t the administration inviting students to do just that? Last year students got rooms at the Holiday Inn where the prom took place. That meant after prom they went to their rooms to celebrate. Even though this year the prom had changed locations to the Playhouse, determined students managed to party wherever they could. Although it was less convenient for people to drink, I think they will drink no matter where the prom is held. At least at the Holiday Inn people got rooms so no one was drinking and driving,” senior Pam Robinson said. Because of last year's problem at the Holiday Inn with parties on prom night, Principal Mr. Ron Szewczyk moved the formal dance to the Playhouse. The banquet took place at the Holiday Inn as usual but on Thursday, May 5, instead of Friday. The prom remained on Friday. The Thursday night banquet was planned to discourage late-night parties afterwards. At the banquet the masters- of-ceremonies, Stephanie Sergeant and Josh Martin, read wills and gave awards for the mock elections. “By having the banquet the night before prom it gave us more time to get ready and this way we could take our dates out to dinner since only juniors and seniors go to the banquet, senior Brett Hoover said. One hundred sixty-six students attended the banquet and 200 attended the prom, decorated to the theme The Time of Our Lives. In spite of students leaving school early the day of prom so guys could get their tuxes and girls could get their hair done, the banquet and prom both proved to be a success. The students themselves made the banquet and prom a success. They were the best we had in a long time and everyone looked like they were having fun,” Mr. Szewczyk said. Bobbi Ostrom Farvcu. Just Fabulous TO GET THE LOOK just right, Fox Studios' Neil Parsons poses senior Laurie Laginess and her escort, junior Steve Cooper. Mr. Parsons worked steadily during the 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. prom night taking pictures of couples which they paid to order. Photo by Evie Breedlove CATERED BY THE Holiday Inn, the banquet offered a buffet table with beef, chicken and fish for junior Sheri Cole and Stacy Wierzbicki and 164 others. I had a lot of fun at the banquet. But I think I will have more fun next year when it's our turn to do mock elections and we can will people, Sheri said. Photo by Evie Breedlove 26 THE SIMPLE LIFE 4 p AFTER BEING WILLED a four-year-old little sister so she knows what it’s like to be tattled on, senior Tina Self stands In surprise. Seniors Stephanie Sergeant and Josh Martin announced 85 wills throughout the banquet. Photo by Evie Breedlove. TO ENCOURAGE MORE people to dance, D.J. Clint Moore from Saginaw played the Bird Dance and the Hokey Pokey. To end the last Bird Dance, junior Jason Mooney and senior Karla Dlnsmoore dance in the middle of the circle. Photo by Evie Breedlove. ‘7 liked prom better at the Holiday Inn because it was a lot more formal. I also think they should change it to Saturday so we have more time to get ready. ” Junior Barbie Pawlica RECOGNIZED AS “Class B.S.er,” senior Mark Boats graciously accepts the title. Mark also walked away with the Class Whiner award at the Thursday night banquet. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Not Fancy, Just Fabulous r -7 JR. SR. BANQUET PROM ' GETTING READY for the evening gown competition, senior Karin Akin receives help from fellow contestant Stephanie Sergeant. The evening gown competition was the last phase of the contest and counted for one quarter of the total points. Photo by Karen Cronin 11:00 a.m. Saturday, he February 27. Ten i senior girls awaken to the morning of the 1988 Snoball competition. “When I got up I knew the first thing I had to do was practice my talent. Since I had to do that I didn’t have time to be nervious, candidate Stephanie Sergeant said. 1:00 p.m. Contestants get to the high school and have their make-up and hair done. 2:45 p.m. Contestants eat lunch with the judges. “I was nervous eating with the judges because I didn’t know if they were going to stare right at me or if they would just eat and carry on a conversation,” candidate Lylenette Canfield said. FINISHING THE OPENING number of the Miss Houghton Lake Pageant, candidates Cindy Pacini and Lylenette Canfield dance to “She Used to be Somebody’s Baby.” The dance, following the Western theme of the competition, was choreographed by Laura Grimwade. Photo by Brian Colby. he same 3:30 p.m. Judges start interviews with contestants. “I think I was more nervous waiting for the interview. I think the judges were just as nervous as we were,” candidate Amy Patterson said. 5:15 p.m. Interviews are over and contestants have 15 minutes to freshen up before dinner. 5:30 p.m. Contestants and judges eat a chicken dinner in the home ec. room prepared by home ec. teacher Mrs. Sue Stone. 6:30 p.m. Contestants proceed to the dressing rooms to get ready for the opening number. One hour to show time. 7:30 p.m. The 1988 Miss Houghton Lake competition begins. The program, viewed by the public, included the talent and evening gown competition. “I was very nervous. I thought when I went out on stage for my talent I wouldn’t remember a thing,’’ candidate Cindy Pacini said. 9:50 p.m. Senior Sara Woodwyk received the honor of Miss Houghton Lake 1988. The other senior girls that competed for the Miss Houghton Lake title included Karin Akin, Loretta Baese, Lylenette Canfield, Marci Low, Cindi Pacini, Amy Patterson, Stephanie Sergeant, Suprena Wilson, and Shellie Yennior. 10:00 p.m. The competition has ended. After the competition, the queen’s reception was held in the cafeteria. Amy Rzycki 28 THE SIMPLE LIFE IN PREPARATION for the Miss Houghton Lake competition, seniors Loretta Baese and Marci Low get their hair done by hairstylists Tammy Winchel and Kristi Carrick. Kristi and Tammy, former contestants themselves, work at the Hairitage Shoppe. Photo by Karen Cronin “I got a lot out of the competition. It gave me experience in talking to people and it made me more outgoing Senior Suprena Wilson “I wasn’t really nervous during my talent. The only time I was nervous was at the interviews Senior Marci Low AFTER BEING NAMED Miss Houghton Lake 1988, senior Sara Woodwyk receives her crown from the 1987 Miss Houghton Lake, Carrie Mieske. This is the second year in a row that the homecoming queen has also received the honor of Miss Houghton Lake. Photo by Brian Colby. FOR THE TALENT contest senior Amy Patterson performs a monologue about growing up which she wrote herself. The talent competition counted for 10 of the 40 total points scored by the four out-of-town judges. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. Not Fancy, Just Fabulous MISS HOUGHTON LAKE COMPETITION 5,479 days. That’s 15 years. That’s how long it has been since every single senior in the senior class walked across the stage to collect a diploma. “I’m glad our class was the WHEN SENIORS CROSS the stage during graduation, they pick up a folder for their diplomas but not the real thing. Brothers Gerald Danes and Mike Danes receive their actual diplomas from senior adviser Mr. Jim Johnson in the office after the ceremonies. Photo by Carrie Mieske. DURING AN EMOTIONAL moment, senior Brandon Warson bows his head In response to valedictorian Vince Brown’s speech. Vince spoke to his classmates and their families of his class’ courage, including Brandon’s battle with leukemia. Photo by Carrie Mieske. real one to have everyone graduate. It proves that our class wasn’t like every other class. We were something special,” senior Brandon Warson said. But the fact that the entire class had graduated was not always a sure thing. It took until 3:00 p.m. on Friday, June 3, two days before graduation, before the decision of whether or not the last senior would graduate could be made. Exams had to be taken by three seniors before they knew if that last credit was theirs. Seniors only have to take exams if their grade is in jeopardy. But when those exams were graded, the decision was final. Everyone made it. “Every year there are always a few seniors that have to take final exams and usually at least one messes up. I'm glad everyone passed them this year. I had my doubts about this class, but they did it,” senior class counselor Mrs. Marjorie Benjamin said. So on Sunday, June 5, at 1:00 p.m. 119 people in caps and gowns met in the auditorium to share their last moments as a class and get ready for the commencement exercises. One hundred twelve senior from the high school, two from alternative education, two from night school and three exchange students all received their diplomas during the hour-long ceremony. Beth Benjamin WITH A HANDSHAKE and a smile, senior Renee Bradley receives her diploma cover from board of education member Mrs. Jan Mandley. The June 5 ceremony in the school gym lasted just under one hour. One hundred twelve seniors received diplomas, the first class who all graduated with no failures in over 15 years. Photo by Carrie Mieske. Not Fancy, Just Fabulous q GRADUATION In a school of just over 500 students, it seems like everyone always knows what everybody .is doing. But according to students, that doesn’t hold true when it comes to one of the most influential organizations in the school: the student senate. Students complained that often they don’t know what the senate does. “To make the student senate more recognized, they should mention that the student senate did the activity when they talk about the activities,” freshman Terra Matlock said. For example, before Christmas the student senate participated in a food drive, CHRISTMAS SPIRITS delivered their presents at the student senate and National Honor Society’s faculty breakfast on December 18. Assistant Principal Mr. Dick Brown watches Principal Mr. Ron Szewczyk open his gift from Mr. Matt Prisk, his Christmas spirit. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Fancy, Just Fabulous along with the National Honor Society. It was intended to spur competition between classes. But lack of general student involvement prompted individual classroom teachers, coaches and group advisers to ask their students to bring in canned goods. “I heard about the food drive, but I didn’t know the student senate was running it,” freshman Ann Boguslaw said. The student senate participated in other activities such as bloodmobiles, a faculty breakfast before Christmas and decorating for dances. In addition, they sponsored February’s “Pride Week.” “I’m not sure what the student senate does because the students do not get enough information on them,” freshman Jody Dowland said. But such complaints irritated senate members. “I think if students don’t know, it’s part our fault and part theirs. We don’t say, 'Hey, look what we did!’ But if they wanted to know, they could find out. Most of our meetings are open to students. None ever come,” junior senate vice-president Gabby Calkins said. Dawn Banka PREPARING FOR the homecoming dance, sophomore Joel Neorr hangs dark paper over the cafeteria windows. It took student senate and class officers approximately six hours to decorate for the Rock Around the Clock” theme. Photo by Evie Breedlove. 32 THE SIMPLE LIFE GIVING HIS PINT of blood, senior Scott Myers yawns as a nurse from the Wolverine Region Red Cross performs the operation. Student senate sponsored the October 1 bloodmobile where 54 pints were collected, 31 of those from first-time donors. Photo by Evie Breedlove. NAMED STUDENT of the month for December, senior Mary Anne Porath receives her certificate and “Number One” pin from student senate adviser Mrs. Lynne Gellerman. Each month teachers nominated students for the honor and senate members chose one student from each grade. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Not fancy, just fabulous STUDENT SENATE ' They’ll never learn. : As ,on9 as we Outran «M have Spirit Week, we’ll have students complaining about the way the cheerleaders run the annual event. Each year cheerleaders try different ideas and each year the ideas are met with complaints from those students who didn’t participate because they didn’t like those ideas. ’’Each year we try different things and each year it seems like more people are participating, but there are If the cheerleaders ever get tired of listening to the complaints, they could always send the Spirit Week tradition to Finland. At least there it would be appreciated, always those students that don’t appreciate what we are trying to do,” three-year cheerleader junior Nancy Rigling said. Beginning with “Boxer Shorts Day” on October 12 and followed by “Tacky Tourist Day,” Jersey Day,” “Fifties Day,” and concluding with the traditional “Green and White Day” Spirit Week didn’t have a prayer in some students’ minds. Spirit Week was bad this year. 'Tacky Tourist Day’ was good but everything else was boring,” sophomore Sheri Horn said. Even the lunchtime games organized by the cheerleaders, including a bubble gum blowing contest, a marshmallow eating contest, a make-the- cheerleader-laugh contest, a limbo contest and an M M guess could not past the test of the Spirit Week critics. Some of the lunchtime games weren’t as fun as I’d hoped. I definitely wouldn’t have chosen an M M guess for one of the games if it had been up to me. I would have chosen something fun and exciting,” freshman Kerri Rau said. Complaining about the problems with Spirit Week seemed easier and more popular than participating with only 723 students total dressing up for the whole week, an average of 26 percent of the student body per day. Even though there may have been some sour gapes when it came to Spirit Week, those who did take part in the activities didn’t think it was a total failure. It was fun, new and a nice experience! I’ll send pictures back to my family and friends and I’m sure they’ll laugh,” said Finnish exchange student junior Piia Kama. Vince Brown PLAYING TEACHER for the cheerleaders skit at the homecoming pep assembly, freshman Julie Gandolfi lectures her class of j.v. football cheerleaders. The cheerleaders performed the pantomime to Ring, Ring Goes the Bell as partof the half-hour assembly on Friday. Photo by Trista Smith. “There wasn't enough participation with upperclassmen. They should make winning the spirit award a bigger deal. ” Junior Brad Stuck STUFFED WITH 15 marshmallows, junior Chris Pappas eats his way to victory in the marshmallow-eating contest, one of the Spirit Week lunch games. Senior Becky Phelps reacts as she watches the competitors eat as fast as they can. Winners received prizes such as free tickets to the dance and coupons for local restaurants. Photo by Trista Smith. SEARCHING FOR a new route in Mrs. Strause's second hour, juniors Michele Minzghor and Brian Crystal sport the latest in apparel for the tacky tourist. Despite their show of support, the freshmen captured the spirit award. Students earned points for the award by dressing up and by winning lunchtime and pep assembly competitions. Photo by Evie Breedlove. ________________ 35 spirit W££K MAKING UP The roar of the crowd, the glory of Outf«S winning and a pizza- pizza rode on the ninth annual powderpuff football game which took place on October 13. A bet between sophomore- junior coach, Mr. Ron Szewczyk, and seniors from the freshman- senior team promised the winner of the game a free pizza-pizza paid for by the loser. The game opened with Missy Shipp, one of the seniors who had bet on the pizza, making an 80 yard run for the first touchdown for the freshman- senior team. “Missy’s touchdown made the team lose A WIG and some make-up applied by sophomore Kathy Bechill and Kim Seeley help classmate Brian Colby change roles for powderpuff activities. Brian participated as a cheerleader for the second year in a row. Photo by Evie Breedlove. hope, but we came back strong in the second half. If we had had one more timeout, we would have won,” Mr. Szewczyk said. Their second half comeback didn’t help the sophomore-junior team. They still failed in their attempt for a victory, losing 27- 19 to the freshman-senior team. But the girls weren’t the only show in town. For halftime entertainment eight senior guys dressed in wigs, makeup and dresses competed for the title of 1987 Homecoming Honey. “I did it for the fun of it,” senior Jeff Majszak said. It’s my last year of high school and I wanted to do something to DURING A TIMEOUT seniors Darla St. Louis (50), Becky Phelps (3), Lylenette Canfield (54) and Marci Low (50) discuss a play with their coach, Mr. Jim Bischoff. Their freshman-senior powderpuff team proved victorious over the sophomore-junior team for a second year in a row with a score of 27-19. Photo by Evie Breedlove. remember my senior year.” Other contestants included seniors Vince Brown, Mark Head, Peter Hern, Josh Martin, Dave Melloh, Brian Morgan and Mark Williams. The honey candidates had done their best to influence the student body vote earlier in the day. Dressed in their finest gowns, they visited all the classrooms in the high school, urging students with hugs and kisses to cast their votes for them. During halftime Vince Brown received the crown passed down from 1986 Homecoming Honey Jim O’Toole. ”1 didn’t become a honey to win. I did it for the fun of it. It felt good when I won, though,” Vince said. The seniors collected their pizza-pizza and Vince received his crown as a result of another year of powderpuff festivities. Amy Rzycki Outspoken “When our team lost I was a little bit upset, but it wasn't that bad because it's only a game for fun. Sophomore Kim Dworzynski ?dd3aMO, 96ejtno A duju ■ O FIRE UP the crowd, powderpuff Cheerleaders created a pyramid. With 'freshman Rick Petter out front, freshman Jason Brown and sophomores Tom Branam and Brian Colby form the base for freshman Jason Spears and sophomore Preston Daughtery to support freshman Brian Wyckoff. Photo by Evie Breedlove. PRIOR TO RECEIVING the 1987 Homecoming Honey crown, senior Vince Brown greets the audience during the traditional powderpuff halftime ceremonies on October 13. Vince received the crown from 1986 Homecoming Honey Jim O’Toole. Photo by Evie Breedlove. WAITING PATIENTLY for the announcement of homecoming queen junior representative Amy Southwell and her escort, senior Brady Bigford. stand before the spectators. Amy, oneof the three underclassmen representatives, wore a red satin formal with a red lace bodice. Photo by Evie Breedlove. AS THE QUEEN S COURT parades around the field on their float, senior candidates Shanon Blankenship, Sara Woodwyk, Renee Lewandowski, Shannon Swider and Karin Davis begin the homecoming ceremonies. Former queen Carrie Mieske crowned Sara during halftime on October 16. Photo by Trista Smith. NEWLY-CROWNED HOMECOMING queen Sara Woodwyk receives her cape from former queen Carrie Mieske. Sara, escorted by graduate Loren Petter, was chosen by popular vote of the student body. Photo by Evie Breedlove. (rtf Ballots positioned, 'T-tf pencils raised, and the voting begins. The purpose: to chose the best girl for the job. The problem: figuring out who to choose without knowing the characteristics or personalities of the candidates running for homecoming queen. On October 16, students participated in the voting for homecoming queen first hour. But not all the students felt they knew the candidates well enough to make a decision. “I think the candidates should give a speech and tell what it would mean to become the queen because most freshmen don’t know who the candidates are,” freshman Missy Grant said. So when students voted for homecoming queen, they looked for the individual who fulfilled their image of the perfect queen. Some students had a tough job deciding. “The perfect homecoming queen would be somebody extracurricular, wanting to be successful, having high hopes, and someone who is friendly,” freshman Ann Boguslaw said. When I voted for homecoming queen I looked for how the person treats others and I based my decision on personality,” junior Lisa Betz said. When WMKM’s Paul Romanowski, the announcer for the halftime ceremonies, announced the winner, students listened carefully, hoping the person they had chosen would win the title. Senior candidate Sara Woodwyk won the crown. Former queen Carrie Mieske crowned Sara during halftime as spectators watched. Students, players and even a few parents had a chance to have a little fun as the evening ended with the annual homecoming dance. The theme “Rock Around the Clock” attracted approximately 175 students and four parents. The number of parents participating declined from last year when 35 parents attended. Dianna Banka p.11 4 7 4 J it . - iC school's maintenance room. Shane and nine other students worked on the float under the supervision of the halftime organizer, librarian Mrs. Lisa Sutton. Photo by Trista Smith. HOMECOMING FLOAT COMMITTEE member freshman Shane White spends her after-school time helping decorate the queen's float in the high utspoken ‘7 don’t think the voting for homecoming is done fairly, because if people don't know who they are, the candidates don't have a chance.' Freshman Kristin Tacconelli SMILES GREET the audience as freshman representative Christina lanitelli and sophomore representative Kim Zarzyski ride in a corvette driven by Jim Ringwald past the filled stands at Bobcat field. Christina and Kim, chosen by fellow classmates, represented their classes at the halftime ceremonies October 16. Photo by Evie Breedlove. It’s August. You just went school Outrage-' shopping and spent most of your summer savings. But come October the clothes and accessories that seemed so perfect a couple months ago just sit in your room and take up space. This can only be described as the short-lived phenomenon known as a fad. Webster’s definition says it all: “something such as a fashion, behavior or speech that everyone is very much interested in for a short period of time.” Fashion fads for 1988 covered us from top to bottom, ranging from hairstyles to jeans to footwear. Jeans took on a new look as they entered stores after being acid or stonewashed, frosted or sandblasted. “4 like the look of faded jeans because they go with everything I have in my closet,” junior Corey Hacker said. “I pay more to get stonewashed jeans because they stand out in a crowd. They’re not as boring as plain blue jeans,’’ junior Kandi Markey said. Even though the price of these distressed jeans ranged anywhere from $30 to $50, some students purposely put holes and rips in them to create another fashion statement. Others rolled up their jeans to the ankle as the look of the 50’s and 60’s made a comeback. “To think my parents actually were fashionable back then is a weird thought,’’ junior Joe Gonzalez said. Students were willing to go as far as Saginaw, Traverse City or Detroit to shop for their clothes. “I shop in places other than Houghton Lake, because fashion and styles in larger cities are more current,” junior Kim Sapp explained. The bottom line? Fads are unpredictable, short-lived, expensive and popular. Sara Woodwyk WHAT’S MAKING HEADLINES? Students at the varsity boys basketball game against Meridian could till you as newspapers became a necessary part of spirit. Fans ripped papers into confetti to be used when Houghton Lake scored a basket or they held the papers up when the opponent was announced to show just where their loyalties lay. Photo by Evie Breedlove. COMPARING NOTES in Mr. Warner’s Algebra IA class, sophomores Jeff Baker and Maria Murray show that just plain denim as lost its color. The faded look of jeans as a result of acid washing became popular along with stonewashed, sandblasted and frosted jeans. Photo by Evie Breedlove. ‘7 usually set out what I want to wear during the week on the wee- kend so I can sleep in later in the morning.” Senior Lylenette Canfield tihe FOOTWEAR ALSO became fashionable with students. Senior Shanon Blankenship, freshman Brian Wyckoff and juniors Tony Mace and Stephanie Rader show off their fashionable feet. Styles ranged from boots to flats and loafers to Converse All-Star hightops and deck shoes. Photo by Jodi Majszak. FASHION WENT to our heads as junior Tony Mace and Dan Smith, senior Brandon Warson and junior Amy Southwell illustrate. Hairstyles became a mark of individuality as students shaved the sides, top or back of their hair. Some even shaved designs into their hair. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Outrageous awd FASHIONS FOR THEIR FINAL exam In drama, 1 juniors Gabby Calkins and Melissa 1 Draper perform the dialogue “My Sister’s Getting Married. Melissa, a self-proclaimed individualist, moved to Houghton Lake from Grand Rapids in October. Photo by Brian Colby. utspoken '7 think that because everyone has his own preferences, as long as you have a good personality others will accept you. ” Sophomore Eric Chorley An individual can be defined as someone with an original way of doing things which means being yourself, not giving in to the pressure to conform. To be an individual you just have to be yourself and do what you want. Among other things, it gets boring if you do things just because everyone does them,” junior Amy Southwell said. I consider myself an individual because I do not like to do what everybody is doing. I want to be just a little different, senior Stephanie Sergeant said. You may wonder what it is exactly that marks an individual. There are as many answers to that as there are individuals. However, some students just don’t have what it takes to break out on their own and they admit it. I care about what people think of me because I want to make a good impression but I admire someone who is able to express himself without letting other people run their life, junior Shari Eckstorm said. Still others compromise. I usually want to wear the clothes that are in style with what everyone is wearing but the way I act is my own self, not a copy of someone else, junior Stephanie Rader said. One thing is certain. Whether they stand out from the crowd or not, you'll probably find a little individuality in everyone if you look. Jennifer Porath I Qjp Take a look around and concentrate on Outraged what you see. If you go to an average school, you will probably see social cliques whose members strive to be carbon copies of each other. But standing out from the crowd are the individuals who like to do something just because it’s different from what everyone else does. You can spot them immediately because of their hair, their clothes, the way they act and their own personal style. WORKING ALONE in the library on his math, senior Jason Mandley aims for his position in the top ten. An individual especially in career choice Jason plans to attend Concordia College with a major in music in preparation for entering Concordia Lutheran Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Photo by Evie Breedlove. JAMMIN’ ON his Westone Dimension IV guitar, junior Dale Bennett feels his hair helps create his individual image. Influenced by his father who played in a band, Dale has been playing for nine years and has five copywritten songs. Besides Metallica, Dale also likes classical. “Mozart cranks,” he said. Photo by Evie Breedlove. CHEERLEADING PROVIDES the outlet for freshman Kristi Straight’s individualism. “Cheerleading gives me a chance to express myself and to let off some hyper excess energy,” Kristi said. Photo by Jodi Majszak. SOMEHOW MANY grocery stores had trouble keeping toilet paper in stock. Sophomore Colin Quiney, with the help of junior Sharee Ringwald. loads up in preparation for a busy night. Photo by Brian Colby. COACH BLANKENSHIP'S house was a popular meeting spot on Thursday, October 29. Senior Scott Myers, junior Brian Crystal and sophomore Don Gillett stop to admire their handiwork. Photo by Trista Smith. vTS a WfW The truck pulled over to the side of IOutraSSI he f0ad and stopped. The moment its movement ceased, 15 high schoolers jumped out and silently ran toward the unsuspecting household. The adolescents crossed into the yard and began tossing rolls of toilet paper into the trees, some time. Then once the house had become hidden behind a white wall of toilet paper, the students jumped back into the AFTER GETTING started on Head Football Coach Mr. John Blankenship's house, (front row) junior Cal Caster, seniors Dave Melloh, Dale Leatch, Rick Forman and junior Lance Fischer along with (back row) sophomore Don Gillett, junior Brian Crystal, senior Josh Martin, Mark Boats, Tom Blanchard, Scott Myers and junior Eric Tiepel stop to admire their paperwork. Mr. Blankenship's house was the last of a five-house toiletpapering tour that included the homes of Mr. Matt Prisk, Mr. Jack Kramer, Mr. Ron Szewczyk and Mr. Dick Brown. Photo by Trista Smith. truck and departed, screaming, into the night. Soon the owners would know--they’d been t.p.ed! Toilet papering, better known as t.p.ing, hit Houghton Lake High in a big way. Teachers and administration ranked as favorite targets. “The team draped toilet paper over the telephone wires in front of my house. It was like a white wall of toilet paper and you couldn’t even see the house from the road,” Coach Mr. John Blankenship said after being t.p.ed by his football team. Students rushed to stores to purchase enormous amounts of toilet paper with the objective of using it to redecorate neighborhood households. To justify the practice students listed such reasons as to right injustices done to them, to let someone know that they weren’t liked, or just for the heck of it. T.p.ing is a lot of fun because it is exciting and very suspenseful. You have to be sneaky and, even if you are caught, you don’t get in much trouble,” sophomore Corie Sieler said. On the other hand, if your house received the t.p. job, it was not as much fun. I laughed until I cried. My house was swamped with toilet paper and I had no idea who did it. After I found out that it was my friends, I made my plans for revenge,” sophomore Eric Chorley said after seeing the results of 50 rolls of toilet paper distributed on his yard and house. This eventually led to an all-out war between members of the sophomore class in which no one could clearly be defined as the winner. All in all, whether or not you were the t.p.er or your house was t.p.ed, it continued to be one of the rare activities in Houghton Lake which provided a lot of fun without causing a lot of destruction. Brian Co)by Outspoken ‘7 didn't like t.p.ing. I spent so much money on toilet paper that by the time I got my paycheck I was broke.' Sophomore Jim LaPrad AIMING FOR A LARGE tree at the Jeff Baker residence, sophomore Michael Ostrom prepares to leave his mark. Michael and junior Jennifer Porath, along with a crew of sophomores, t.p.ed seven houses on December 6. Photo by Brian Colby. Outrageous 45 d erS,0NS r m fA differeat o w GRAPEVINE Funniest moments in sports Shawn Sullivan went out for a pass in the endzone and ran into the goalposts and fell down. Junior Steve Mieske Mark Lenz pulled down a rebound for the freshman basketball team and instead of passing to the outlet, he turned around and scored two points for Beaverton. Senior Mark Williams The varsity basketball team was playing at Farwell and one of their play rs threw the ball at Dave Melloh and hit him in the head, so Dave handed the ball back to him and the kid threw it at him again. Senior Josh Martin Going low for a bump against Grayling, junior Jennifer Porath finds she moved too soon as the ball flies over her head. “I felt stupid because everyone was watching and the ball just went right past me, ” Jennifer said. Photo by Evie Breedlove. BLUNDER WONDERS Sports furnish spectators with entertainment at athlete's expense Along with the screams of victory and tears of defeat come some of sports' funniest moments. They can be totally unpredictable, utterly embarrassing and they can turn your face ten different shades of red. The cheerleading squad was going across the court to do our 'Helio' cheer and I tripped in my shoelace, fell flat on my face and my skirt went flying up! Everyone was laughing so hard we couldn’t do the cheer, junior Shari Eckstorm said. But let’s face it, it is always easier to laugh when everyone's eyes are on someone else instead of you. “I’ll never forget the time Brian ‘Woody’ Anderson ran for 99 yards and dropped the ball just before he got to the end zone, junior Brad Stuck said. Even though no one will remember the score in two weeks, they’ll always remember the moment you wished you could forget. WISHFUL THINKING Students voice opinion on what's lacking in sports program The diver walked to the edge of the diving board and peered over. The crowd hushed as she prepared to attempt a double flip with a half twist. She took a deep breath, jumped off, but just before she reached the water she woke up. It was all just a daydream. I wish we had a swim team. It would give people a chance to develop their swimming skills and tone their muscles, senor Cindy Pacini said. Without a pool, though, a swim team would be a bit impractical, which raises the question of economics. Before the school can start adding teams it has to be able to economically support the ones we already have, Athletic Director Mr. Dick Brown said. With the addition of two cross country teams to our sports program, the total number of athletic teams, varsity and junior varsity, excluding cheerleaders is 20. Which brings us to the next problem: athletes. A school can only have so many and since students can participate in only one sport per season, according to league rules, athletes are at a premium. If we had more teams, the quality would decrease. If we had a swim team, it would take away from the volleyball team and vice versa, junior Diana Anderson said. Until we get a few more athletes, a little more money and more room for practice and competition, the student’s dream of a diving team will have to remain just that, a dream. 46 THE SIMPLE LIFE ENTERTAINER OR IDIOT? Managers get mixed reviews They are the little guys behind the scenes. The ones loaded with medicine kits, headsets, video cameras and anything else the players or coaches want them to carry. Mr. Jack Kramer, head coach of j.v. football and varsity softball, believes they’re an essential part of a winning team. Of course, it could be none other than the team managers. The go-fers, the objects of abuse and sometimes entertainers. Managers are usually pretty fun if you get the right kind. They keep the team loose,” junior Gabby Calkins said. The vague job description of a manager made the position a little unappealing. Besides regular duties, they dealt the players, coaches and even officials’ complaints. ”1 wouldn’t want to be one. They get too much crap from the players. Most of them are idiots anyway,” junior Ron Wiggins said. Entertainer or idiot, they’re still an essential part of a winning team. FOUL PLAY Officials become scapegoats for players, coaches and spectators I didn’t do it! it wasn’t me! Nothing is ever our fault, not if we can blame ON A DIFFERENT PLANE 47 Designed and edited by Vince Brown someone else for our mistakes. At home it’s our brothers and sisters. At school it’s our friends. At athletic events someone has to take the blame and usually the officals end up taking the rap. Invariably, you hear someone shout, Bad call” in the referees’ direction. ”1 think it’s dumb when people yell things at the refs during games. It’s not going to change anything and it just gets them mad,” junior Michele Minzghor said. But no matter what, the refs are always against you. It seemed the only time refs got noticed is when they made the bad calls. It was our freshman year at Farwell, the last play of the game and the touchdown would have won the game for us. But the refs didn’t count it and we lost,” senior George Cook said. The recognition for officials comes at the end of the year when coaches vote for the best ones and those For j manager, quick equipment repairs ranging from shoelaces to shoulderpads are common jobs. Eighth grader Chad Pappas, a three-year varsity manager, helps junior Bud Meier with his helmet during the Beaverton game. Photo by Evie Breedlove. In the heat of the battle, senior Dave Melloh questions a call by referee Jim Moritias from National City. Officials became easy targets for upset athletes during athletic events. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. who receive the most votes officiate in the tournament games. At an average of about $100.00 per boys basketball game, $25.00 for varsity and $22.00 for junior varsity plus 15 cents per mile driven, officials become a pretty expensive excuse for a loss. Although Houghton Lake doesn’t have a ski team, the ski club which took trips to Caberfae in Cadillac gave skiers a chance to hit the slopes once a week at a cost of $4.00 for ski rental and a $5.00 lift ticket. Junior Colin Ouiney, a two- year ski club member, hits a jump on South Peak during one of the Thursday night trips. Photo by Jennifer Porath. oft ft £2ffereftt plofte JHROUGU GRAPEVINE “Being home alone at night scares me because of all the windows in my house. ” Junior Kris Dann “I’m scared of dying. I want to make sure I see everyone and do what I want in life before die. ” Junior Tricia Turner “Losing people, between death or just losing a friendship, scares me.” Junior Barb Pawlica “My biggest fear in life is not becoming successful.” Senior George Cook “I’m always worried about my grades. If I don’t keep them up my parents will ground me.” Sophomore Erik Schleede At work in biology class freshman Joe Bischoff finishes up on an assignment. “Being left-handed I have to sit on the far left of a table or far enough to the right so don't touch anyone when I’m writing because I will end up bumping their right arm, ” Joe said. Photo by Jodi Majszak. 48 THE SIMPLE LIFE CAN WE TALK? Ma Bell provides students with excuse to postpone homework You’ve shut yourself in your bedroom, determined to get your homework done. Then all of a sudden the phone rings and it’s for you. Homework doesn’t seem as important now. Students could expect from one to five calls a night from friends, boyfriends or girlfriends or relatives. I’m allowed two calls per night for half hour each because my parents get upset. One time I talked for two hours and my parents grounded me from the phone because it was long distance,” senior Heather Neorr said. Students without telephones had the advantage of being able to do their homework minus the distractions the phones brought. A phone bill with no long distance calls ran about $11.00 on the average, so if you talk on the phone instead of homework, you’ll have to pay at school and at home. WRITE RIGHT New rule makes neatness a must Have you ever turned in a paper and heard, “I can’t read this!” or, “This is too sloppy!” Now, with a new administrative rule, teachers must return sloppy papers to the students to rewrite or the student gets a zero on the paper. There were too many businesses complaining that they couldn’t read the applications that high school students are filling out for jobs,” Principal Mr. Ron Szewczyk explained. Administrators and teachers felt if students would take a little extra time, their writing would improve. To complicate penmanship, left-handed people had a disadvantage by living in a right-handed world. There are many complications they face that right-handed people never J A ' A y Taking a break from the books, freshman Jodi Paluck talks to a friend on the phone. Phone calls provided not only a needed break but also a way to get help on school work. Photo by Evie Breedlove. think about: notebook spirals get in the way of their left arm, they get ink smeared on their hands and paper as they drag their hand through their writing, if they’re writing on the chalkboard their hand smudges what they’ve already written and desks, especially the folding kind in the auditorium, are designed for the right-handed majority. Only about one in ten students write left-handed in our school. Left or right, students had to write right to receive credit. The number of pep assemblies was fewer but when they happened, teachers lost at least part of their seventh hour period. Preparing for the half-hour homecoming pep assembly, freshmen Rusty Showaiter, Doug Doaldson, Chad Surnick, sophomore Jason Spears and the rest of the choir got out of class 15 minutes early to practice their “Twist and Shout” routine. Photo by Evie Breedlove. TOP TEN MEDDLING MATTERS Regular class schedule broken up by pep assemblies and class meetings Class meetings and pep assemblies can be fun, exciting and they can break up the monotony of a day, but at the same time they disrupt the normal schedule. Seventh hour usually got cut into for pep assemblies while class meetings got scattered throughout the day in order to keep one class from getting taken away from more than others. “There are some times when they could just call everyone in at once for a meeting instead of breaking up the whole day to bring each class in one at a time,” junior Beth Benjamin said. First and second hour were also victims of another type of interruption: the delay. Instead of cancelling classes for a whole day because of weather conditions, students began school at 10:30 and reported to third hour, omitting the first two. “I think they should cut out different classes each time school is delayed so it all averages out with time spent in class,'’ sophomore Nicole Wilson said. Besides the regular interruptions that break into the class schedule, teachers and students must deal with those little inconveniences that intrude on the 48 minutes of class time. The p.a. system, one of the most consistent interrupters, can be counted on at the end of first hour, between classes and at some of the most inoppurtune times of the day. “If you’re in the locker room you can’t hear it very well or if a teacher is lecturing you have to try to listen to the teacher and the announcement at the same time,’’ freshman Ray Goodnow said. Whether it was a full class being cut out of the schedule or a few minutes at the end of first hour, students and teachers both had to learn to deal with class interruptions the best way they knew how. PUNY PUNISHMENT Students question punishment policies Can you imagine having a six day school week? That’s what happens when you’re assigned a Saturday excuses for skipping 1. I have the flu 2. The alarm didn’t go off 3. No transportation 4. Had to work 5. Went out of town 6. Had a doctor appoint- ment session. Saturday sessions constituted the punishment for various rule infractions from excessive tardies to smoking in the restrooms. Although the sessions were supposed to help correct these problems, some students felt they were not a very good disciplinary measure. “They should have after school detentions instead of Saturday sessions so it would affect the students more. They would miss out on all after school activities and practices instead of just cartoons,’’ junior Matt Stevens said. Administrators scheduled Saturday sessions from 9:00 Saturday sessions 7. Wedding to attend 8. Funeral to go to 9. Family reunion 10. Parents have been away and are coming home that Saturday According to Prinicipal Mr. Ron Szewczyk. a.m. until noon while a volunteer faculty member presided over the students. “Saturday sessions don’t really help any. You can sleep for a few hours and not have anything to do,” three-time Saturday session recipient junior Amy Southwell said. Even if students didn’t think the severity of a Saturday sessions helped deter rule infractions, they still prevented the punished students from watching “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” and “Galaxy High” on Saturday mornings. Instead of reading, sophomore Dan Schroeder uses his Saturday session to relax. Excessive tardies was the reason for Dan's Saturday punishment. Photo by Evie Breedlove. ON A DIFFERENT PLANE Designed and edited by Vince Brown 49 During the open house at the Houghton Lake Alternative High School on March 29, high school teacher Mr. Jim Rigling watches George Frazho demonstrate his computer skills learned in Alternative Ed. Between six and 15 students attended the program five days a week from 8:30 to 12:00. Photo by Brian Colby. GOING AGAINST THE GRADE Alternative education offers an opportunity for graduation to 15 students Where ya going?” 'To that brown building next to Hubies.” Why? Does your transmis- sion need fixing?” No, I’m going to school there.” Houghton Lake Transmission also houses the new alternative education program. The alternative education program is for students who have difficulty in traditional classrooms and are potential dropouts or have already dropped out. These students have been referred to alternative education by their counselor, parent, a teacher or an administrator. An advisory board, made up of Mr. Greg Waller, director of special education for the district, Mr. Dick Brown, assistant principal, Mrs. Sue Milner, alternative education teacher, Miss Mary Ann Yaske, school social worker, and Miss Mary Miller, school psychologist, reviews the applications filled out by the students. They screen and interview the applicants. Alternative education is currently funded for 15 students. We originally started out with six kids and gradually increased to 15. We then had one graduate and two dropped out, but it has a high success rate and a positive influence,” Mr. Dick Brown said. Once they start school, students participate in basic studies, independent projects and prepare for their General Education Diploma (GED) tests which will enable them to graduate. The first hour is spent on Quest for Living Skills. This allows the students to talk about their family, work on self-esteem, goal-setting, decision-making and problem-solving. So next time you drive by the transmission shop, take a second look. FIRSTHAND CAPITAL EXPERIENCE Christen Moore learns political process from national leaders The Presidential Classroom featured a familiar student this year as junior Christen Moore attended the week-long workshop in Washington D.C., January 11 through January 15. While at the workshop,% designed to give young adults insight on how the federal government works, Christen attended sessions of Congress, met both Senator Carl Levin and Representative Bill Schuette and attended a meeting at the Pentagon. But the workshop wasn’t all meetings and lectures. Participants also had a chance to visit Lincoln Center and the Smithsonian Institute. I learned a lot. People don’t realize how hard it is for Congress to take action on a measure. There is so much paper work and so many differ- ent factions with different ideas and opinions,” Christen said. Christen was one of ten Presidential Classroom participants from Michigan. 50 THE SIMPLE LIFE EDUCATIONAL MOTIVATION Teachers follow in the footsteps of admired educators What do you want to be when you grow Everyone has heard that question before, but how many of us know the answer? Well, teachers always know the answers, right? So what brought them to their profession? The fame and glory? The promise of riches beyond belief? No. Many teachers in the school felt that their own high school experience influenced them into deciding on teaching as their career. I admired the atmosphere and I liked the kids. I was a teacher’s assistant and that influenced me a lot,” home economics teacher Mrs. Sue Stone said. But it seems the thought of being like the teachers we have despised for twelve years would be enough to drive anyone from the profession. However, that hatred might just be a front, as an admiration for high school teachers has been the deciding factor in some teachers’ decisions to choose that unenviable way of life. Besides having three months in the summer off for vacation and excellent benefits, security and low-risk situations encouraged others into the teaching field. ”1 had always liked art and I wasn’t sure that by being an artist I would always have a career, so I decided to teach it instead,” art teacher and Faculty Member of the Year Mr. Tom Rachilla said. So while we complain about teachers and the way they act and we contemplate our own futures asking that eternal question, ’’What am I going to be when I grow up,” don’t start jumping to conclusions because someday that teacher might just be you. Being In front of a class everyday opens up a teacher for a lot of embarrassing situations. During spirit week senior Homecoming Honey candidate, “Marvelous Massive Mammaries Marguerita” Mark Head enjoys embarrassing government teacher Mr. Byron Townsend during first hour when the honeys went around to the classrooms. Mark proceeded to douse Mr. Townsend with Verve Body Scenting Mist. Photo by Evie Breedlove. GRAPEVINE Teachers admit the worst Mr. Bischoff just told me a really funny joke and I had to go teach a senior math class. When went to the class I was still laughing and I couldn 7 stop, so finally I just put my head down on the desk and the kids went on without me. ” Mrs. Barb Blaksy I had been lecturing all hour and the kids refused to settle down and quit giggling. Finally, I got mad and told them to tell me what was so funny. Boy, was I embarrassed to find out my zipper had been down all hour!” Mrs. Liz Thompson The first day I was in a study hall, there weren’t enough desks. Some kids kept talking, so finally I said to one of the girls, 'Quiet down, honey. ’ She ignored me. When I said something again, she turned around and then I found out that the girl was a guy. ” Mr. Rod Martin ON A DIFFERENT PLANE -j Designed and edited by Vince Brown m fA (iiJfererii plaee RAISING THE DEAD Christmas spirit continues into June for faculty Christmas is just around the corner and the ground is covered with snow. The days get colder and it takes forever for classes to end. The morale of the staff sinks lower and lower. In an attempt to boost spirits, the faculty combated the doldrums by introducing a variety of new activities. It began with an idea to boost Christmas spirits. Members of the faculty drew names from a hat and left a gift each day for a week before Christmas for the teacher whose name they drew. But the fun didn't end at Christmas. The faculty also received a special holiday breakfast from the student senate and another one from the administration on May 3, National Teachers' Day. I think it was really nice to be able to get together with fellow workers and do something not work related,” Mrs. Elaine Jansen said. If the extra activities didn’t raise the morale of the staff, then there is no hope for them,” Principal Mr. Ron Szewczyk said. Talking with local recruiter Sergeant Day from Cadillac, senior Dave Bowman discusses joining the army. Dave intended to join the army but has decided to work after graduation instead. Students electing to join the military after high school nearly doubled from 1987 to 1988. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. Students don't get away with as much as they think when substitutes replace teachers Just when students started to feel comfortable with teachers and began to get a feel for what they can get away with, the administration decided students were getting away with too much, especially with substitute teachers. A teachers meeting on May 16 stressed the fact: no unnecessary passes to students because too many White substitute teacher Mrs. Sue Williams takes over in Chemistry class, juniors Jason Ripke and Steve Mleske help each other with their assignments. During the school year students found it possible to get away with more when substitutes took charge. Photo by Evie Breedlove. students were abusing the practice. “They were addressing us in particular because we are not here everyday. I am aware of most everything that students are doing, though. I let them get away with things that aren’t important to getting through a class even though they think I don’t realize what they’re doing,” said Mrs. Sue Warner, a substitute teacher for ten years. But students, who often try to make it tough on “subs” by testing them, often understand what subs go through. “It would be hard for a teacher to come in and take control of a class of strangers. They don’t know what to expect. It would be scary,” junior Dana Fischer said. SERVICE WITH A SMILE Armed forces becomes a way of life for increasing number of students. The army, it’s not just a job, it’s an...it’s an alternative. The army, air force, marines and navy offer students an alternative to entering the work force or going to college following high school. The armed services gives practical training and experience while supplying valuable dollars to save towards a college education. For students who can’t afford college or for those who are not quite ready for another four years of school, the armed services provides an alternative. “I can’t afford college and 1t don’t think my grade point is high enough anyway. In the air force I’ll be getting paid a salary to put away for school. I’ll get great on-the-job experience and it’ll be fun traveling around,” said senior Shaun Goss, an air force recruit who will be leaving October 4 for basic training at Fort Lakland, San Antonio, Texas. Shawn will be working in the field of mechanics. The 9.7 percent of the graduating class of 1988 planning on entering the service, up from only 5.7 percent of the class of ’87, more and more people are making the alternative a way of life. 52 THE SIMPLE LIFE A NUMBER OF PROBLEMS WITH THE RECIPE______________ Too many cooks and not enough kitchens? It’s 8:00 a.m. and while most people are finishing breakfast, seven ladies begin preparing lunch for five schools. Each worker has a specific job. One works on pizza and sandwiches, one prepares the fruit and vegetables, another does the main entree and a fourth gets the salad bar around. Two ladies put out about 200 breakfasts for middle school and Collins students and when they’re finished, they work on getting the milk out and preparing all of the food that’s ala carte. And lastly, the local baker, Mrs. Millie Drogt, who will be retiring this year after 23 years in the Houghton Lake lunch program, goes to work on freshed baked goods. Seven ladies with two hours to make enough lunches to serve 1100 students. And that’s just half the trouble. They then have to transport food to the high school, Prudenville Elementary and Merritt Elementary precisely at 10:00 a.m. The logical reason all lunches are prepared at the middle school: it is the only school with kitchen facilities. It’s not so bad doing it this way, but it would help if we had a deep fryer at the high school so we could have fresh french fries and things like that,’’ Mrs. Sue Corner, a school lunch veteran of ten years, said. Still, the quality of food isn’t up to the standards the students set no matter what the lunch ladies say. Even if students were willing to pay, let’s say, $2.00 for lunch, the quality wouldn’t go up because lunches are mass produced and then divided among the schools. Quality would be much better if we had the facilities to produce right at the high school,’’ said Ms. Vonnie DeRuiter, Food Service Director for the past six years, who employs 14 workers. It might be possible to get better quality food if high school students were willing to pay more but then it would take longer because we would have to make their lunches separate and we already start at 8:00 in the morning. Seven ladies with two hours to produce 1100 lunches for five schools in one kitchen. Somewhere in all the numbers, the quality must get lost. After two hours of preparation, Mrs. Sue Corner and Mrs. Sally Binkley unload between 350 and 400 lunches from the back of the lunch truck. Seven ladies begin cooking lunches at 8:00 a.m. and then transport them to Merritt, Prudenville and the high school as well as preparing them for Collins and the middle school. Photo by Evle Breedlove. GRAPEVINE Speaking out on school lunches School lunches aren’t bad for the price. A bigger choice of a main course would be nice though. Junior Dan Smith We should have open campus, at least for juniors and seniors. At this point they should trust us with the responsibility of being out of school. ” Junior Scott Miles A lot of the food is too blah. It lacks quality. Sometimes the nacho chips are stale and the cheese is cold. Half the time they run out of the main entree before everyone gets through. Junior Diana Anderson They could be better but most of the stuff is too greasy. Expecially for those of us who get violently sick on too much vegetable oil. ” Junior Shannon Miles ON A DIFFERENT PLANE jr o Designed and edited by Vince Brown OKADTO BLACK WHITE m mu o lack and White. As different as night and day. That’s the way it is with sports. Plain and simple--one winner and one loser. With few exceptions in the 254 games played, it was plain and simple. There was almost always a winner and a loser. So turn the page and see how the varsity football team captured the Jackpine Conference. Read how the j.v. basketball team dominated and finished the season undefeated for the first time since 1958. See how the golf team qualified for state competition but came up empty- handed. Don't miss out on the boys varsity basketball team since they had their first winning season in eight years. See how conditioning and hard work paid off for two first-year cross country runners as they qualified for state competition. So flip through the next 36 pages and see just how plain and simple the year in sports really was. It all comes down to black and white. Blowing a bubble to pass the time junior DeeDeo Johnson waits for her chance to get into the game. '7 get very nervous when I play basketball so I like to chew gum. The only problem is when I get Into the game I normally swallow It, ” DeeDee said. Photo by Evie Breedlove. SPORTS DIVISION 1! That sums the season up for the varsity football team. Seniors Vince Brown (1), Scott Sullivan and Mark Williams exchange high five’s after their 27-10 victory over the Clare Pioneers assured them of the Jack pine Conference championship. The Bobcats finished the season undefeated in the conference and 7-2 overall. Photo by Jeff Raymond. Black 8? White Fall Sports...............56 Seven athletes compete at state finals held in Cass City for cross country and Byron for golf. Winter Sports.............80 Varsity basketball team has a winning season and j.v. basketball team finishes the season undefeated. Spring Sports.............80 Track teams begin the season with only nine returning seniors and varsity baseball is dominated by starting juniors. Black White 55 Tnn f.at Coach Blankenship leads varsity football team to fourth Jackpine Championship in five years Hands!” someone shout- VARSITY FOOTBALL HL 0 Lake City 19 15 Tawas 21 9 Roscommon 0 21 Farwell 0 40 Beaverton 0 39 Meridian 0 33 Harrison 0 27 Coleman 0 27 Clare 10 OVERALL RECORD: 7-2 CONFERENCE RECORD: 7-0 CONFERENCE STANDING: 1 ed. They were down and they knew it. They joined hands in the huddle as a last-ditch ef- fort to come together as a team and prevail over Lake City. It didn’t work. Their first game of the season ended in a 0-19 defeat for the varsity football team. A second loss, this time to Tawas, added to their problems. Prospects looked bleak for the hopes of a playoff berth, but the lure of the Jackpine championship helped the Bob- cats get on the winning track. Losing the first two games made us work harder because we knew if we didn’t start win- ning we wouldn’t have a chance at the playoffs, sen- ior Tom Blanchard said. With this in mind, they went on to win the game against arch-rival Roscommon, 9-0, as well as holding the next five teams scoreless. This helped them earn recognition as the number one defense in the area according to the Bay City Times. The ninth and final season game against Clare deter- mined the championship. Once again they found them- selves down. We were all falling apart because we hadn’t lost in the conference. We knew we had to get to- gether to win so we all locked hands in the huddle, senior all-state guard Mark Boals said. This time it worked as they came from behind to win the game, 27-10. The Jackpine Conference belonged to the Bobcats for the second year in a row. The hands pulled them through in the clinch. Chris Eno AFTER OFFICIALS called back a punt return touchdown due to a Bobcat penalty, senior Dave Melloh (33) consoles senior Jeff Majszak (80). Jeff ran a season total of eight punts back for touchdowns, each called back by officials. Photo by Evie Breedlove. VARSITY FOOTBALL: Front Row: Manager Kevin Ackley, Mike Lind- say, Brian Morgan, Jeff Majszak, Josh Martin, Mark Boals, Tom Blanchard, Vince Brown, Scott Myers, Manager Chad Pappas. Second Row: Pete O’Toole, Ja- son Mooney. Barry Phillips, Bud Meier. Calvin Caster, Ron Wiggins. Mark Williams, Scott Sullivan. Rick ck White Forman, David Bowman, Rick An- cel. Back Row: Assistant Coach Matt Prisk. Russell Sperry. Corey Hacker. Jason Ripke, Rick La- Combe. Shawn Sullivan. Greg Smith. Chris Pappas, Dan Smith. Jon Cohee, Scott Miles. Darin Lil- lie, Eric Tiepel. Matt Stevens. Tony Mace. Head Coach John Blanken- ship. “The atmosphere was much closer than it was in previous years so we worked well together as a team. ” Junior Chris Pappas 00 SPORTS AFTER THEIR VICTORY over Clare assured them the conference title, senior Mark Williams (54) and junior Corey Hacker (24) help the varsity football team carry Coach Mr. John Blankenship off the field. The Jack- pine Conference named Mr. Blan- kenship Coach of the Year. Photo by Evie Breedlove. BREAKING AWAY from Clare de- fender Todd Huber (51), senior Tom Blanchard (88) adds extra yardage in the drive to the go-ahead touch- down. Earlier in the year Tom re- ceived the Golden Helmet award from the Bay City Times . Photo by Jeff Raymond. UPENDED BY Clare defender senior Joe Crawford (64), senior end Josh Martin (82) converts a first down on the go-ahead touchdown for the Bobcats in the contest that gave Houghton Lake the conference title. Josh had four receptions for 30 yards and added a two point con- version for the game. Photo by Jeff Raymond. Black White _ VARSITY FOOTBALL 57 1 nst |n Referee mix-up causes j. v. their only loss of the season J. V FOOTBALL 28 Lake City 28 36 Tawas 12 10 Roscommon 0 36 Farweli 0 32 Beaverton 0 26 Meridian 0 41 Harrison 0 14 Coleman 22 30 Clare 6 OVERALL RECORD: 7-1-1 CONFERENCE RECORD: 6-1 CONFERENCE STANDING: 1 WITH TIME RUNNING out on the clock, junior varsity football Coach Mr.Jack Kramer calls a time out, in- structing his first-string offense team to run clutch offense as the next play. The Michigan Football Coaches Association named Coach Kramer as one of four Class C Assis- tant Coaches of the Year. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Like a fox stealing its prey, the junior varsity football team did most of their damage on the road to their third confer- ence title at night. They had blanked out five teams in a row. Then one day late in Oc- tober, by the light of day, the junior Bobcats lost their first game of the season. With the exception of a tie against Lake City, they won all their night games. The one loss they did suffer took place on a Saturday afternoon. “We were ready on Thursday, but we weren't mentally ready on Saturday. It didn't feel like a real game,” sophomore Colin Quiney said. Because of a league mix-up, no officials showed to referee the regular Thursday night game. The game took place on Saturday, October 24, in- stead. I think the game should have been played any- way, even if we had to find new referees. We went all the way to Coleman with our spirits high, ready to play and win, but we couldn’t without refer- ees,’’ freshman Tom Vachon said. Despite the loss to Cole- man, the Bobcats captured the conference title with a season-ending victory in the championship game against Clare. On their way to the championship, the Bobcat de- fense gave up only 68 points, while the offense scored 253 points. “We had a very suc- cessful season because of good teamwork and the cheer- leaders pumped us up every Thursday,’’ sophomore Mi- chael Ostrom said. While the game played un- der the sun created an awk- ward road for the j.v. team to follow, it didn’t prevent them from stealing the conference title right out from underneath the nose of the Clare Pio- neers. Beth Benjamin IN AN ATTEMPT to score, sopho- more tailback Bill Johnson (32) tries for a touchdown while Coleman’s Lee Harsh (44) holds him back. De- spite an injury to his shoulder, Bill rushed for 969 yards for the Bob- cats. Photo by Evie Breedlove. 58 SPORTS J.V. FOOTBALL: Front Row: Ke- vin Ackley. Tom Thorton, Mike Os- trom. Tyler Hasty. Jim Meigs. Jack Medbery, Tim VanWormer. Brian Christensen. Manager Matt Co- hee. Second Row: David Eddy, Greg Beauchamp. Scott Shepard, Steve Sherwood. Eric Chorley, Joel Neorr, Brian Colby. Mike Ko- pischka. Tom Branam. Colin ck White Quiney Back Row: Coach Jack Kramer. Tom Vachon. Paul Wil- liams, Brad Hoover. Jerryl Brown, Dave Havlick, Jason Brown, Quen- tin Scott. Joe Sypien. Jim Oster- man. Assistant Coach Ken Warner. Not Pictured: Doug Don- aldson. Bill Johnson, Brian Ander- son. Steve Eash, Jeff Baker. “When we started the season, we thought we weren't going to do good because we had a tough time with Lake City, but after we start- ed shutting out oppo- nents, knew we were going to have a great season. Sophomore Eric Chorley FOR ONLY the third time in his foot- ball career, sophomore quarter- back Jim Meigs experienced the ag- ony of defeat. Regardless of the 14- 22 loss to Coleman, the junior varsity still held onto the Jackpine Conference title. Photo by Evie Breedlove. RUNNING ON an inside reverse, sophomore wingback Brian Chris- tensen (20) dodges Coleman’s Chris Aultman (30) in the Bobcat’s only loss of the season. By the end of the season, Brian had four touch- downs for the Bobcats. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Black White J.V. FOOTBALL Sizing it Golfers tackle fifth consecutive state final GOLF HL 177 Fairview 159 184 Sacred Heart 177 186 Clare 183 167 Reed City 194 189 Standish 173 181 Roscommon 189 180 Kalkaska 178 180 Elk Rapids 183 233 Tawas 233 233 Standish 234 185 Clare 193 185 Tawas 243 185 West Branch 194 185 Roscommon 184 188 Reed City 198 180 Fairview 165 OSCODA INVITATIONAL: 6th REGIONALS: 3rd While the typical high school student laid on the beach, worked or just plain en- joyed the last few weeks of summer, the Houghton Lake golf team practiced at the White Deer Country Club. Official practice for the golfers started during the sec- ond week of August. But many golfers just couldn't make time for practice due to other obli- gations. Even though golf practice started in the sum- mer, I couldn’t start until after school started because prac- tice interfered with my job. A lot of golfers found time during their vacation for practice, but my job just wouldn’t allow it,’’ senior Dale Leatch said. The season lasted only four weeks and the team partici- pated in up to three matches per week. The season went by fast because it started ear- ly and all of the matches were so close together. We started the season off poorly. I’m sur- prised that we ended with a winning record, senior Joe Loiacano said. Houghton Lake’s record brought them to the state fin- als for their fifth consecutive year. However, the team fin- ished last out of twenty-one teams. I think if the players would have taken the practices more seriously we would have had a better season, freshman Bob Winiarski concluded. Mitzie Guldner AVOIDING THE RAIN, seniors Dan Forman and Dale Leatch stay dry under their umbrella. Rainy days hampered practice and gave some golfers the excuse not to go to prac- tice. Photo by Evie Breedlove. TEEING OFF, junior Randy Steven- son practices his shot. In his third year on the on the team Randy’s game improved by five strokes over last year. Photo by Jodi Majszak. 60 SPORTS PREPARED FOR the cold with his hat and mittens, junior Joe Gonza- lez checks the position of the ball. “It was hard because it was so cold I had to wear gloves during practice but I couldn’t during the games,” Joe said. Photo by Evie Breedlove. KEEPING HIS EYES on the ball, sen- ior Mike Burgis lines up a putt on the practice green. Mike took home hte regional medal which has been awarded to a Houghton Lake golfer for the past three years. Photo by Evie Breedlove. GOLF: Front Row: Randy Steven- Row: Dale Leatch, Brandon War- son. Cory Czada, Mike Burgis. Bri- son, Dan Peer, Bob Winiarski. an Wyckoff, Dan Forman. Back ck White “Practices at the end of summer were a good idea, but only about half of the players attended Senior Dan Forman Black White GOLF READY TO BEGIN the race, junior Tim Greene, senior Jason Brown and junior Deb Blodgett take their places at the starting line. The Bob- cats placed seventh out of 21 teams at the regional meet at Carson City on October 23. Photo by Evie Breedlove. CROSS COUNTRY: Front Row: Tim Greene, Jason Brown. Joe Ba- kun. John Bakun, Joe Elsholz. Back Row: Coach Byron Town- send. Debbie Blodgett. Jennifer Porath, Ken Werner. Bryan Hamp. Preston Daugherty. ck White Running cross country gives me a chance to be alone. Because we run such a long distance, it gives me time to work out my problems. ” Junior Jennifer Porath BEFORE THE RACE begins, junior Jennifer Porath stretches out to avoid injury. With her run at Carson City, Jennifer set the school record with a time of 24:09. Photo by Evie Breedlove. SPORTS First year cross country sends two members to state competition Front Cross country? As in skiing? No, not a leisurely stroll across the countryside with two skis and two poles and a whole lot of snow. Instead, a new sport added to Houghton Lake High School’s fall sched- ule--a running sport. After seven years of trying, Coach Mr. Byron Townsend finally succeeded in starting a cross country program. “We started a cross country pro- gram because most confer- ence schools already have the program and, with weather conditions as they are in the North, most all-state cross country teams come from this area, Coach Townsend said. Although this was the first season for cross country, the Bobcats ended the season third in the conference. “It was a good first season but with more experience and hard work our future teams may be even better,” sophomore Preston Daugherty said. Only two girls participated in cross country. Because of this, they could not place as a team in competition. “Be- cause we couldn’t place, our motto became, ‘Why do we do this to ourselves?’” junior Debbie Blodgett said. The season proved espe- cially successful for senior Ja- son Brown and junior Tim Greene who qualified for the state competition with times of 17:21 and 17:24 respec- tively. “Considering we are a first-year team, I didn’t expect for us to be good. I couldn’t believe we actually made it to state,” Tim said. With two members qualified for state competition, cross country proved it was not just a leisurely stroll. Bobbi Ostrom CROSS COUNTRY HL 30 Beaverton 34 30 Roscommon 99 27 Whittemore 34 29 Lake City 40 27 Roscommon 67 30 Meridian 73 42 Clare 16 42 Gladwin 40 29 Roscommon 51 21 Roscommon 34 OVERALL RECORD: 8-2 CONFERENCE RECORD: 6-1 CONFERENCE STANDING: 3 AFTER HIS RUN freshman John Ba- kun waits while Carson City score- keeper sophomore Kathy Mills writes down his ranking. The Bob- cats finished their first season with an 8-2 record, placing third in the conference. Photo by Evie Breed- love. BEFORE THE LAKE CITY-Roscom- mon meet begins, Coach Townsend talks to sophomore Scott Grove. Al- though this was Mr. Townsend's first season as cross country coach, he has coached the boys track team for ten years. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Black White CROSS COUNTRY VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL HL 28 Grayling 38 65 Harrison 41 41 Farwell 35 42 McBain 46 48 Roscommon 34 48 Coleman 38 59 Clare 35 33 Meridian 48 45 Beaverton 40 39 Harrison 33 47 Farwell 27 52 McBain 43 49 Roscommon 34 55 Coleman 29 61 Clare 28 44 Meridian 47 72 Grayling 48 55 Beaverton 51 OVERALL RECORD: 14-4 CONFERENCE RECORD: 13-2 CONFERENCE STANDING: 2 Money in the bank. They planned on winning the Jackpine championship, cruising through the districts and competing in regionals. But the girls varsity basketball team played in the toughest district in the state, according to the Bay City Times , and they fell short of their goals. “We were a good team and I think what made it so depress- ing was that we came so close to accomplishing our goal,” senior center Karla Dinsmoore said. The Bobcats started their season with three wins in a row before losing a non-con- ference game to McBain. But they recovered from the de- feat and beat their next three opponents. Aside from the approximate 80 hours spent at scheduled practices, the girls often used the gym on Sundays, not only to improve their shooting but also to get together outside of school hours. “I think we did so well be- cause we are all friends and that helped us to work togeth- er as a team,” junior center Stephanie Parrott said. That togetherness paid off throughout the season but es- pecially during the tournament game against Tawas. With only 47 seconds left on the clock, the Bobcats were down by seven points but they scored two three-pointers. Time expired, however, with the Bobcats trailing, 41-42. “I was disappointed that we were so close to having the district title but at least we got that far. We couldn’t really ask for more than that,” senior guard Shanon Blankenship said. Although they fell short of their goal to compete in re- gionals, the Bobcats did finish second place in their confer- ence and they were only one point away from capturing the district championship title. Jennifer Porath ck White Losing to Tawas was the most depressing moment in high school for me. I know if we would have beaten them we could have gone just as far as they did in regionals. Senior Becky Phelps VARSITY BASKETBALL: Front Row: Deanna Johnson, Karin Hol- men. Gabby Calkins. Shari Eck- storm, Stephanie Parrott, Kathe Mercer Back Row: Sara Wood- wyk, Piia Kama, Karla Dinsmoore, Becky Phelps, Cindy Pacini. Shanon Blankenship, Missy Shipp, Coach Chuck Mercer. 64 SPORTS LEAPING ABOVE Roscommon de- fenders, senior Missy Shipp (30) sinks this jump shot to add to her 20 point total in the game against Ros- common. Missy surpassed the 1,000 career point mark later in the season against Meridian. Photo by Trlsta Smith. AS JUNIOR Stephanie Parrott (44) fights for position underneath the basket, senior guard Shanon Blan- kenship (12) launches a jump shot, assisting the team to a 49-34 victo- ry against Roscommon. Both Shanon and Stephanie earned all- conference honorable mentions. Photo by Trista Smith. GOING OVER game plans during a time out, senior Karla Oinsmoore, juniors Kathe Mercer and Gabby Calkins and teammates listen to Coach Chuck Mercer's strategy. The Bobcats used their strategy to overtake Clare, 61-28. Photo by Evle Breedlove. BEFORE THE GAME against Merid- ian starts, senior Dave Melloh rips up newspaper to throw as confetti. During home games a popular way for students like senior Vince Brown to show their spirit was to read the newspapers as the oppos- ing team was announced. They then ripped the papers for confetti. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Black White VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL ON THE LINE shooting a freethrow for the Bobcats, freshman Tammy Meier attempts the three point play. The freshmen were defeated by the Pine River Bucks, 28-34. Tammy had seven points for the game. Photo by Evle Breedlove. WORKING ON a new game plan, J.V. Coach Mr. Jerry Lane diagrams it on a magnetic board for sophomore Kim Zarzyski. The magnetic board was used to eliminate the mess of a chalkboard and was also easier for the players to understand. Photo by Evle Breedlove 66 SPORTS Freshmen put in double time to fill out j.v. roster RaorofpH It’s your first game at the high school level. As a fresh- man, you’re worried about what the older players will think of you, and now you find you have to play on two teams in the same season. The girls on the freshman girls basketball team felt not only the pressure to perform but also the pressure to be in two places at the same time. It was difficult to play on both AFTER THE BOBCATS outscored their West Branch opponents 16-1 in the first half, freshman Amanda Pietchak takes a break in the teach- er's lounge while Freshman Coach Paul Romanow8ki goes over game strategies for the second half. Amanda was one of the seven players to platoon on the j.v. team as she participated in games at the J.v. level. Photo by Evie Breedlove. teams, because it seemed I never really had time to do much of anything outside of school, and soon both the freshman and junior varsity games blended together,” freshman Kari French said. Each freshman on the team had to give up an extra night a week, and sometimes two, to play and practice with the ju- nior varsity squad. Between the seven girls on the freshman team, they each played at least three games at the junior varsity level. The freshmen played their own eight-game season and then played the rest of the season on the j.v. squad. The junior varsity team, with two freshmen and only four sophomores, appreciated the J.V. AND FRESHMAN BASKET- BALL: Front Row: Tiffanie Howell, Jennifer Szewczyk, Chris Rohlfs. Tammy Meier. Amanda Pietchak. Kari French. Back Row: Tracy Miller, Christina lanitelli, Linda Ro- manowski, Coach Jerry Lane. DeAnn Bowman, Kara Markey. Kim Zarzyski. ck White '7 felt like I was running around in circles while I was out there, but the experience will help me.” Freshman Tracy Miller freshmen being there. I am glad that the players from the freshman squad played with us, because they helped us out and gave us extra insur- ance to fall back on, fresh- man Jamie Crawford said. As a whole, the junior varsi- ty squad gained extra players, and the freshman players ob- tained experience for the fol- lowing year. I will know what to do next year, and the first- game jitters won’t be as great,” freshman Tammy Meier said. Although you can never ac- tually be in two places at once, the girls on the freshman girls basketball team felt as if they had almost achieved the im- possible. Sara Woodwyk JOCKEYING FOR POSITION under the basket, sophomore DeAnn Bow- man breaks through the attempted box out of Beaverton sophomore Nlcki Bryant after a free throw. The Bobcats made 159 of 343 from the free throw line for a 46 percent as a team over the course of the season. Photo by Jodi Majszak. FRESHMAN GIRLS BASKETBALL HL 32 Standish 37 20 Standish 26 19 West Branch 11 28 Pine River 34 25 Tawas 20 23 Ogemaw Heights 29 18 Tawas 17 24 Pine River 29 J.V. GIRLS BASKETBALL HL 30 Grayling 29 26 Harrison 35 48 Farwell 27 39 McBain 31 52 Roscommon 42 40 Coleman 25 47 Clare 45 35 Meridian 22 38 Beaverton 34 45 Harrison 49 30 Farwell 28 25 McBain 32 45 Roscommon 21 46 Coleman 37 35 Clare 42 53 Meridian 38 41 Grayling 47 41 Beaverton 38 OVERALL RECORD: 13-5 CONFERENCE RECORD: 12-2 CONFERENCE STANDING: 2 Black White py FRESHMAN J. V. GIRLS BASKETBALL ' DURING A TIMEOUT in a basketball game against Farwell, varsity cheerleaders Juniors Cheri Pace, Nancy Rigllng, Michele Minzghor, Shari Eckstorm and Sue Jarvis try to get the fans riled up, while the Bob- cats were down by two points. Their efforts proved successful when the Bobcats won the game by one point In the final seconds. Photo by Brian Colby WHILE THE VARSITY basketball team shoots a free throw, varsity cheerleaders juniors Nancy Rigllng and Sharee Ringwald await the out- come. Cheerleaders also got time out then the band was playing, if a player was injured and during penal- ties. Photo by Evie Breedlove. ck .White “The decision was left up to us whether or not we were ready to go to regiona s and the whole squad decided against going because we just weren't ready. Junior Stephanie Parrott TIMEOUTS AND halftime cheers were a break from the required sideline cheers according to fresh- man cheerleader Angel Soderman. Cheerleaders had to make up their own cheers for their half time per- formances which added a little var- iety to their routines. Photo by Jodi Majszak 68 SPORTS Lack of time prevents cheerleaders from going to regionals nn f!nmintf __ SKhrt Time out. For the players in a game that means time to take a breather, get a drink and go over game strategies. For cheerleaders it means going into overtime. They have to go out in front of the crowd and spark up spirit and enthu- siasm. And their intentions to create this type of atmos- phere didn’t end there. They took time out of a school day to visit two rival schools, Ros- common and Harrison, to get a better feel for what other schools were like and to meet new people. The purpose of our visit was to better the relationships between the schools. We were each assigned a cheer- leader from that school, and we attended their classes for the day, sophomore Amy Widdis said. With this new concept of lessening rivalry plus practice sessions lasting two hours three days a week and games on the other two days, time just plain ran out when it came to regional competition. We were working really hard for competition and there just wasn’t enough time. We couldn’t fit in any more prac- tices, and we weren’t as ready to compete as we wanted to be, so instead we hosted it in our gym, Junior Sharee Ring- wald said. But the problems with time began much earlier than the February competition. Con- flicting work schedules during the summer lessened possibi- lities of attending summer camp resulting in a competi- tive disadvantage to the team. This year a requirement for cheerleading will be to go to a summer camp for a week to better prepare ourselves so we can attend regional com- petition next year, junior Cheri Pace said. With all the time put into cheerleading, cheerleaders are lucky to get a time out, ex- pecially during time outs. Shannon Swider TAKING ADVANTAGE of a little heater that was brought by the var- sity football coaches, juniors Chris- ten Moore, and Sue Jarvis, along with the rest of the varsity cheer- leaders, huddle up on one of the col- dest nights during the football sea- son. The heater was brought for the use of the football team but cheer- leaders took over when players weren't using it. Photo by Evie Breedlove PASSING THE TIME until the varsity game ends, freshman j.v. cheer- leaders Jill Patterson and Karl French get into a match of thumb wrestling. J.V. cheerleaders were required to cheer along with varsity cheerleaders during the first half of a game but were allowed their free time after that. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk Black White CHEERLEADERS First TTnncfs --- First Second year . v. team captures first place in conference VARSITY J.V. VOLLEYBALL VOLLEYBALL H.L. H.L. 15 Beaverton 3 9 Beaverton 15 15 12 11 15 10 Meridian 15 8 Meridian 15 14 16 15 3 13 Grayling 15 11 15 4 15 6 Grayling 15 0 15 15 5 13 Clare 15 15 9 8 15 10 Clare 15 7 Coleman 15 15 4 5 15 15 5 15 Roscommon 11 15 Coleman 12 15 4 13 15 16 Farwell 14 15 7 5 15 11 Roscommon 15 15 5 15 3 15 Beaverton 3 12 15 15 4 15 Farwell 3 6 Whlttemore 15 15 11 11 15 6 Beaverton 15 14 Meridian 16 15 12 8 15 15 7 12 Tawas 15 15 Meridian 12 5 15 15 12 5 Clare 15 14 Tawas 16 15 8 7 15 8 15 4 Clare 15 11 Coleman 15 15 3 12 15 8 15 6 Grayling 15 15 Coleman 8 15 9 15 6 8 15 15 Grayling 14 15 Roscommon 1 3 15 15 4 13 15 15 Farwell 8 15 Roscommon 12 18 16 13 15 3 Whlttemore 15 15 9 8 15 14 Farwell 16 10 15 OVERALL RECORD: 14-24 9 Whlttemore 15 CONFERENCE RECORD: 13-9 15 10 CONFERENCE STANDING: 4 8 15 15 Meridian 6 12 15 9 Chip Hills 15 10 15 11 Shepard 15 15 13 OVERALL RECORD: 23-25 CONFERENCE RECORD: 14- 12 CONFERENCE STANDING: 1 Experience. Does it really make a difference? Well, it did for the j.v. volleyball team. Ex- perience was the key factor needed for a winning season. We ended the season 23-25 overall and came in first in our conference. Even though most of our squad has only had one year’s experience, I think we did good for a second season team, and since most of us played together on last year’s team we were more comfort- able with each other which helped a lot on the court, sophomore Autumn Brown said. The j.v. team got off to a slow start in the conference by dropping their first two games MAKING A SAVE, freshman Linda Romanowski (9) bumps the ball to sophomore Maria Murray (27). “Learning how to bump the ball took a lot of work, but after I learned how, it was easy,” Linda said. Photo by Brian Colby. RETURNING THE BALL to Grayling opponent, senior Mary Anne Porath (26) sets the ball over the net as Junior Kathe Mercer (24) watches. Kathe made the Jackpine All-Con- ference first team and Mary, along with Junior Kandi Markey and senior Karen Elsenhardt, received honor- able mention. Photo by Brian Colby. to Beaverton but came back against their next five confer- ence opponents by winning nine out of 14 games to make them 9-7 in conference. The j.v. Bobcats finished the sea- son 14-12 giving them the con- ference title. The varsity volleyball team, with ten members returning from last year’s squads, had a 14-24 season. I think we had a good season and since a lot of us played last year, we knew what we were doing, ju- nior Kandi Markey said. The varsity ended 13-9 in conference play, with four girls receiving conference awards, leaving them with a fourth place standing. Josh Martin and Amy Rzycki DURING A TIMEOUT Coach Mrs. Jean Kramer gives instructions to the varsity volleyball team. Each team was allowed two timeouts which lasted only a minute during each game. Photo by Brian Colby. rr I 70 SPORTS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL: Front row: Greta Soderman. Laura Murray, Jen- nifer Porath. Stephanie Rader Sec- ond Row: Karla Dinsmoore. Melissa Draper, Karen Eisenhardt, Rose- mary Servas, Marci Low, Kathe Mer- cer, Manager Ann Kramer. Back Row: Michelle Dusseau, Kandi Mar- key, Shannon Swider, Mary Anne Porath, Dee Dee Johnson, Coach Jean Kramer. ck White '7 think the j.v. team had an excellent year. We came in first place and for a second season team, I think that’s great.” Sophomore Keda Bigford J.V. VOLLEYBALL: Front Row: Ann Ingleson. Manager Kristina Shead. Cathy Robinson. Second Row: Lin- da Romanowski, Autumn Brown. Kara Markey. Keda Bigford, Maria Murray. Back Row: Tammy Meier, Kathy Kahriman, Jammie Medbery, Rasheda Crawford. Shelly Moore. Coach Barb Shead. Black White . VARSITY J. V. VOLLEYBALL ( Above n l it Kpvonn Bobcats have first winning season in 11 years VARSITY BASKETBALL HL 38 Lake City 35 71 Standish 65 75 Meridian 54 75 Clare 64 70 Coleman 74 65 Roscommon 58 86 Farwell 84 74 Grayling 65 63 Beaverton 70 82 Lake City 64 60 Meridian 46 79 Harrison 51 80 Harrison 64 70 Clare 73 85 Standish 81 76 Coleman 78 69 Roscommon 87 75 Farwell 70 68 Grayling 76 52 Beaverton 45 OVERALL RECORD: 14-6 CONFERENCE RECORD: 9-5 CONFERENCE STANDING: 4 It’s finally here. After four weeks of long practices and hard work-outs, the first game of the basketball season. But the school held no pep assem- bly or had any wishes of good luck. The game not even men- tioned on the marque in front of the school. Just the expecta- tions of another losing season for the Houghton Lake Varsity Boys Basketball team. No one expected us to have a good season. It’s not surprising if you look at the past years, but a little enthu- siasm would have helped, ju- nior Ron Wiggins said. By winning their first four games, the team began to erase negative expectations of another losing season. I think when we won our first four games, people start- ed to come to the games and really cheer us on, junior Dan Smith said. After their initial winning streak the Bobcats went on to have a 14-6 season overall, ending the season with a loss in the Jack Pine Conference game to Rosecommon, who eventually became state run- ner-up. I think we went a lot farther than people expected. I think the Houghton Lake basketball program is finally coming around, junior Kurt Bisballe said. Finally! Kim Wirick for Jennifer Porath BREAKING THROUGH for two more, senior Dave Melloh attempts two of his 12 points in the contest with Roscommon. Houghton Lake de- feated the Bucks 65-58 in their first meeting of the season. Photo by Evle Breedlove BECAUSE OF THE importance of free throws, junior Garett Bell (53) concentrates on his shot. Although the Bobcats fell to Beaverton, 63- 70, Garett made two of his four at- tempts and scored a total of six points. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk AFTER THE JACKPINE Conference game, the Houghton Lake bench watches Roscommon receive tro- phies. Roscommon won the game to become Jackpine Conference champs and continue on to state finals where they became runners- up, losing to Dundee. Photo by Jen- nifer Szewczyk 72 SPORTS IN FRONT OF Roscommon defend- ers Scott Ament (44) and John Grif- fis (22), senior Jason Brown (30) aims for two. Jason’s 21 points not only made him high scorer in their 65-58 victory but he was also high scorer for the season with a total of 302 points. Photo by Evie Breed- love VARSITY BASKETBALL: Front Jason Brown. Dave Melloh. Vince Row: Dale Leatch. Kurt Bisballe, Brown. Dan Smith, Coach Ken Cory Czada, Tom Blanchard. Gar- Warner. Manager Kenny Warner, ett Bell. Ron Wiggins. Back Row: “Since it was my senior year, I would have liked to go all the way, but overall it was a pretty good season. Senior Cory Czada Black White yn VARSITY BASKETBALL ' O CROUCHED IN HIS defensive stance sophomore Mike Ostrom (13) waits for Meridian opponent Sophomore Lance Gelling (22) to make his move. Mike ended the game with 5 points as the Bobcat’s defeated Me- ridian 67-41. Photo by Brian Colby. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO block a action. Steve ended the game with pass from Meridian opponent Lance 7 points as the Bobcat's defeated Gelling (22) sophomore Steve Ingle- Meridian 70-60. Photo by Brian son (23) looks back to watch the Colby. Shnntincf for — —o ----- Thirty-one years of striving for an undefeated season pays off for . v. J.V. BOVS BASKETBALL H.L. 67 Lake City 63 53 Standish 48 70 Meridian 60 85 Harrison 44 67 Clare 48 62 Coleman 46 77 Roscommon 48 61 Farwell 55 81 Grayling 45 61 Beaverton 54 79 Lake City 66 67 Meridian 41 73 Harrison 44 80 Clare 47 68 Standish 52 60 Coleman 58 63 Roscommon 47 62 Farwell 50 86 Grayling 60 86 Beaverton 60 OVERALL RECORD: 20-0 CONFERENCE RECORD: 12-0 CONFERENCE STANDING: 1 The year was 1956. Coach Mr. Walter Drogt had just lead the j.v. basketball team to their first undefeated season in history. It was the only sea- son he coached the j.v. They went undefeated again in the 1956-57 season and for thirty years afterwards, the Bobcats strove for a repeat perfor- mance. Despite their efforts, each team was prevented from achieveing its ultimate goal of an undefeated season- ...until now. The year is 1988. The j.v. basketball team went unde- feated once more, thie time coached by Walter’s son, Eric Drogt. “Mr. Drogt really knew what he was doing and that made a lot of difference,” sophomore Joe Rhoton said, “but it doesn’t matter how great the coach is if the players don’t play their best.” This was a year where the coach and the players worked together well enough to pull off an undefeated season. “I thought it would take more to do so well. We didn’t overwork at practices or do anything special. Things just seemed to go right with us. There weren’t any games that were much of a challenge,” sophomore Matt Walsh said. The season went so smoothly for the team, in fact, they had very little to complain about. The single thing that kept them from feeling com- pletely satisfied seemed to be the lack of spectators. To play our best we had to try to ignore the fact that we didn’t have as many specta- tors as other teams,” sopho- more Steve Ignleson said. “Our season was a success but it could have been better. If more students came to the games to cheer for our team in the future, things will be per- fect.” Chris Eno 74 SPORTS J.V. BOYS BASKETBALL: Front Row: Brad Stuck. Pat Sluck, Tim Malcomson. Troy Cyborowski, Jim Maurer. Back Row: Coach Eric Drogt. Darin Lillie. Joe Rhoton. Matt Walsh. Steve Ingleson, Mike Ostrom. ck White “Players and coach got along great. We hardly ever argued so it was easier to play. Sophomore Jim Maurer SHOOTING THE SHORT jump shot for the Bobcat's sophomore Matt Walsh (33) attempts the easy two points while Beaverton defender sophomore Matt Neal (32) awaits the outcome. The Bobcats defeated Beaverton, 61-54, for their tenth straight win. Photo by Brian Colby. TAKING THE BALL up two-handed for a short jump shot junior Brad Stuck (15) tries to power his way in as Meridian defenders cut him off. Brad was one of two juniors that helped fill the roster on the j.v. team. Photo by Evie Breedlove Black White J.V. BASKETBALL O GOING UP for a lay-up, freshman Brad Hoover (51) tries for two dur- ing the Ogemaw game. Brad scored 29 points for the season and the Bobcats won this game, 46-44. Photo by Evie Breedlove DURING THE PINE RIVER game freshman Joe Sypien concentrates on the rim during one of the two free throws he had in the game. Joe made 24 free throws of his 63 at- tempts for the season. The Bobcats lost this contest 50-57. Photo by Evie Breedlove FRESHMAN BASKETBALL: Front Row: Pat Walsh. Manager Rick Petter. Manager Steve Howey. Manager Joe Bischoff, Brian Wyckoff. Second Row: Brad Hoo- ver, Paul Williams. Bryan Wil- ck White loughby, Brian Anderson, Tom Va- chon, Mark Lenz. Back Row: Coach Paul Romanowski. Nick Loiacano. Tim Van Wormer. Joe Sypien, Bob Winiarski. Josh Vaughn. Tom Thornton. “It was a good experience because we were able to compete against other schools. Freshman Pat Walsh 76 SPORTS Asked to decide between ploying time and winning, freshmen chose victory The old saying, “It's not whether you win or lose, it’s how you play the game,” was not always true for the fresh- man basketball team. “We weren’t satisfied with doing our best. We had to win. It was always a big disappointment if we lost,” freshman Tim Van- Wormer said. At the beginning of every game, Freshman Coach Mr. Paul Romanowski asked his team, Do you want to play to win or play so everyone plays an equal amount?” The team always answered to win.” I always gave my team a choice because it was their game and it was their decision to make. They always chose to win so some players saw WAITING ON THE BENCH, freshman Brian Wyckoff and team mates Josh Vaughn and Brad Hoover watch the action of the game in Grayling. The freshman went on to win against the Vikings, 43-17. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. more action than others, but we won as a team,” Coach Ro- manowski said. The players felt the ques- tion made them realize what they wanted. Playing wasn’t important anymore. “I think that having our coach confront us with that question really made us get pumped up and want to play. We wanted to prove to him how good we could play,” freshman Bryan Willoughby said. After losing the first game, the team came back to win the next two, then lost to Beaver- ton, followed by a five-game winning streak in which they beat archrival Roscommon twice. We showed how badly we wanted to win by losing only five times during the whole season. Winning 12 of the 17 games made us feel successful,” freshman Tom Thornton said. Beth Benjamin For the FRESHMAN BASKETBALL HL 47 Standish 59 68 Clare 47 46 Ogemaw 44 38 Beaverton 58 70 Roscommon 28 43 Grayling 25 53 Clare 43 72 Manton 54 56 Roscommon 49 43 Beaverton 66 62 Manton 33 65 Standish 63 25 Ogemaw 65 58 Pine River 44 43 Grayling 17 49 Cadillac 45 50 Pine River 57 OVERALL RECORD: 12-5 DURING A TIMEOUT with his players, Freshman Coach Mr. Paul Romanowski sets the game plan. Mr. Romanowski, a former gradu- ate, worked at WJGS during the day, arranging his schedule to ac- commodate after-school practices and games. Photo by Evie Breed- love. Black White __ FRESHMAN BASKETBALL • ' THOUGH SHE participates in two competitive sports at achool, senior Mary Anne Porath also enjoys the time she spends with her horse. “Al- though I don’t get the chance very often I like to ride my horse because It gives me a chance to relax.” Mary Anne said. Photo by Brian Colby Flinnintf Out No practice. Wouldn’t it be great to be able to participate in all the games but never have to show up for prac- tices? That’s one advantage to non-competitive sports. You spend the time you want; nothing is required of you. In a small town like Houghton Lake, students par- ticipated in non-competitive sports such as downhill ski- ing. waterskiing, fishing, hunting and swimming instead of going to a movie or the mall after school. Of course, much of this participation had to do with the fact that Houghton Lake is small and malls are an hour away. Because of the time in- volved in sports, work and dating, students chose sports that could be played during their leisure time. “I was in the ski club because I enjoy skiing and it was fun to go to bigger and different hills than last year. It was also fun to try to increase my skiing abilities, freshman Brian Wyckoff said. Some people also enjoyed non-competitive sports be- cause they could participate at their own pace. Non-com- petitive sports are fun be- cause you’re not competing against anybody and you can enjoy yourself more. That’s one reason why I waterski, senior Brett Hoover said. Others preferred non-com- petitive activities simply be- cause they don’t like to com- Students go crazy over non- competitive activities pete. I like non-competitive sports because it saves a lot of arguing, sophomore Gina Mater said. People participate in sports for different reasons. Non-competitive sports pro- vide the fun of being in sports without spending the time at practices. Rhonda Bradley and Karin Holmen SKATEBOARDING HAS caught on big with a group of five students who ride whenever they can. Fresh- man Brian Wyckoff performs a boneless” off the ramp as he and freshman Pat Walsh take advantage of a warm May afternoon. Photo by Brian Colby. 78 SPORTS ck White “I think tackling someone on the football field is a lot more exciting than catching a fish. Sure it takes a lot of hard work and effort, but in the end it’s really worth it. Sophomore Jeff Baker ATTRACTED TO POOL because it’s cheap, senior Paul Bet shoots a game of pool, a sport he feels he does well in. “I used to play quite a bit but now I am working so I don’t have that much time anymore,” Paul said. Photo by Evie Breedlove WITH 22,000 ACRES of water readi- ly accessible in Houghton Lake, boating and water sports rank high during warm weather months. Freshmen Brian Wyckoff, Tara Ank- lam and Marti Shaheen and senior Brandon Warson ride with freshman Ken Nebor in his Liberator. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Black White NON-COMPETITIVE SPORTS GETTING READY to pole vault in the meet against Meridian, senior Tony Muma waits for the signal to go. Tony’s highest height was 12’6”. This meet was won by Houghton Lake with a score of 105-32. Photo by Evie Breedlove. DURING THE 800 meter relay held In Clare, senior Chris Pappas hands off the baton to senior Tom Blan- chard. Houghton Lake placed sec- ond In the Jackpine Conference meet and the 800 meter relay team qualified for the state meet. Photo by Evie Breedlove. AT AN AFTER-SCHOOL practice, freshman Brad Hoover practices pole vaulting. Brad achieved the highest height of all the freshman with a height of five feet, four inches. Photo by Jennifer Szewc- zyk. 80 SPORTS Winnincr Harm Bobcats use teamwork to grab a second place conference finish j______________________________ Teamwork. It is usually thought of in high school sports like softball, baseball, volleyball and basketball. Track is usually thought of as more of an individual sport. But many track members thought teamwork was defini- tely needed in track. Track members have to work as a team to be successful in the end, junior Rick Ancel said. Doing their best included going to practices. These practices were held everyday except when there was a meet. Practice has helped our performance by building our legs and it helps to get the feel of the track,” freshman Spencer Jordan said. Coach Mr. Byron Townsend led the track team to an over- all record of 6-2. Individual successes along with practice helped bring the team record up. The 3200 meter relay team consisting of sophomores Tom Branam and Bryan Hamp, junior Tim Greene and senior Jason Brown broke the old school record with a time of 8:15.1. The other school record was broken in the 300 interme- diate hurdles by Tom Blan- chard. We have an outstanding group of runners who want to do their best at each meet,” Coach Townsent said. The teamwork paid off. Sev- en runners went to the state finals in the 110 and 300 hur- dles, 100 dash and the 400, 800 and 3200 meter relays. Dawn Banka BOYS TRACK HL 80 Pine River 57 108 Coleman 29 38 Clare 99 89 Roscommon 46 110 Farwell 27 105 Meridian 32 68 Beaverton 69 77 Harrison 59 OVERALL RECORD: 6-2 CONFERENCE RECORD: 5-2 CONFERENCE STANDING: 2 BOYS TRACK: Front Row: Ed Nettle, Jason Brown. George Cook. Brian Morgan. Chris Pap- pas. Tony Muma, Rick Forman. Second Row: Brian Anderson. Bobby Miller. Jamie Brankov, Greg Gardner, Bryan Hamp. Rick Ancel. Jason Mooney. Greg Citko, Tom Branam. Back Row: Scott Sulli- ck White van. Spencer Jordan. Joe Bakun. Tim Heine. Mark Wykoff, Bud Meier. Joe Elsholz, Garrett Bell. Paul Williams. Tom Blanchard. Greg Roberts. John Bakun. The dedication of the guys on the team made this track season successful. They were the ones that showed up and worked hard to do a good job. Sophomore Bryan Hamp Black White q BOYS TRACK O ■ Hpttintf _ the Jump GIRLS TRACK HL 79 Clare 49 84 Roscommon 44 30 Cadillac 84 45 Beaverton 83 103 Harrison 23 89 Coleman 39 95 Farwell 33 70 Meridian 58 45 Pine River 83 OVERALL RECORD: 6-3 CONFERENCE RECORD: 6-1 CONFERENCE STANDING: 3 It’s called a track “team” but without individual efforts, the word “team” would have to be left off the end of track. It was the individual accom- plishments that led the team to win six dual conference meets, losing only one to Bea- verton. The team finished third in the conference track meet and third in the final league standings. The secret of our success was that we had a team that cared and were dedicated; therefore, when it came down to competition, we performed better,” junior Nancy Rigling said. Senior Shanon Blankenship led the season, setting re- cords in the high jump, 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles. She received the outstanding ath- lete award in the Oscoda Invi- tational and placed in three events at the state finals. “Shanon built up a lot of points for the team but it took every member of the team to pull it together and make it a suc- Individual accomplishments bring team third place finish cess,” junior Dee Dee John- son said. The team’s success was showcased when they took 20 medals and a second place finish at the regional track meet in Evart. The 800, 400 and mile relay teams played a major roll in the meet, placing in each event and taking home 12 medals. The team came together with strong relay teams, shot put, discus and individual events, but most of all we were a strong team because no one wanted to let anyone else down so they did better than their best, sophomore Kara Markey said. Even though it’s called a track “team,” the word team takes on a new meaning. Shannon Swider A LEG AHEAD of her Harrison oppo- nent, sophomore Lea Holmes runs the 100 meter high hurdles, taking third place in the event. Lea had to end her season early due to a back injury. Photo by Evie Breedlove. HOUGH I ON YOUR MARK, get set, and fresh- man Shane White prepares to run her race. Senior Shanon Blanken- ship stands on the end of the start- ing block to ensure Shane gets a good start. Photo by Evie Breed- love. AT THE JACKPINE conference meet In Clare senior Cindy Pacini catches some Z’s. Since Cindy’s events were over, she had time for a nap before getting back on the bus for the hour’s ride home. Photo by Bri- an Colby. Q2 SPORTS ck White GIRLS TRACK: Front Row: Jamie Crawford. Melissa Grant, Debbie Blodgett. Lea Holmes. Kim Dwor- zynski. Kim Tyson. Second Row: Dee Dee Johnson, Tammy Meier. Jennifer Surnick, Shane White. Jenniver Van-Y. Teresa Gonaziez. Melisa Tift, Amanda Pietchak. Tara Anklam Back Row: Coach Jim Johnson. Karla Dinsmoore, Nancy Rigling, Shanon Blanken- ship. Cindy Pacini, Kathe Mercer, DeAnn Bowman. Nicole Afton. Kara Markey, Kandi Markey, Kris- tie Ackley. “The freshmen who ran this year were the best we've had since I've been in track. Junior Kristie Ackley Black White Qq GIRLS TRACK OO VARSITY SOFTBALL: Front Row: Christen Moore, Rosemary Ser- vas. Shaun Goss. Wendy Feole, Natalie Wedemeyer. Gabby Cal- ck White We had a lot of enthusiasm and it really made us play better because it kept us hyper. Junior Wendy Feole kins. Second Row: Sharee Ring- wald, Stephanie Parrott, Sara Woodwyk. Mary Anne Porath, Gre- ta Soderman, Melissa Shipp. FINISHING OFF A play, junior Rose- mary Servas receives the ball from the first baseman. Rosemary played third base and short stop for the season. Photo by Evie Breedlove. AFTER HITTING a home run, senior Mary Anne Porath rounds third base and Coach Jack Kramer signals her around. Mary Anne had a batting average of .524 for the season. Photo by Evie Breedlove. 84 SPORTS Go for it! Mind sets make 6-12 season feel like success Attitudes: do they really matter? It did for the varsity softball team as attitude was the key factor for the season. I thought the team had a real good attitude and it helped on the field because it kept us pumped up,” senior Shaun Goss said. Not only did good attitudes keep the team going but enth- usiasm played an important role also. I think our team had a lot of enthusiasm because we got out of school early and we just wanted to get out on the field and have fun,” sopho- more Keda Bigford said. Having a good attitude and keeping enthusiasm helped in their games, but it didn’t seem to show in their record. The Bobcats started the season by losing their first eight games. Their first win came against Roscommon by win- ning both games. The season ended with a 6-12 record. Junior Gabby Calkins was named first team all-confer- ence while seniors Missy Shipp and Mary Anne Porath were named second team all- conference and senior Shaun Goss received honorable mention. “Our attitudes meant a lot in our games. When we had a bad attitude we made a lot of errors and our spirits dropped. But when the crowd got excit- ed and showed their enthu- siasm our spirits rose and we won it in the end,” junior Greta Soderman said. Amy Rzycki GIVING THE TEAM a few last minute instructions, Varsity Coach Mr. Jack Kramer prepares the team for their game against Clare. The Bob- cats lost the game against Clare, 20-5. Photo by Evie Breedlove. VARSITY SOFTBALL HL 4 West Branch 19 4 West Branch 14 8 Lake City 12 5 Lake City 15 0 Meridian 12 0 Meridian 26 1 Harrison 6 6 Harrison 16 33 Roscommon 4 41 Roscommon 3 0 Coleman 10 1 Coleman 8 6 Farwell 5 7 Farwell 3 13 Beaverton 10 17 Beaverton 8 5 Clare 20 2 Clare 20 OVERALL RECORD: 6-12 CONFERENCE RECORD: 6-8 CONFERENCE STANDING: 5 WARMING UP the pitcher, senior catcher Shaun Goss reaches high to make the catch. Shaun switched to catcher early in the season. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Black White OC VARSITY SOFTBALL 00 Injuries and luck proved crucial to rookie coach and his team Mattel HL J.V. SOFTBALL 15 Lake City 16 16 Lake City 15 18 Cadillac 17 7 Cadillac 17 25 Meridian 5 14 Meridian 23 11 Harrison 8 8 Harrison 12 7 Coleman 23 17 Coleman 16 10 Farwell 11 7 Farwell 5 7 Beaverton 14 5 Beaverton 10 7 Clare 9 10 Clare 9 OVERALL RECORD: 6-14 CONFERENCE RECORD: 2-10 CONFERENCE STANDING: 7 ANTICIPATING THE next play, soph- omore Amy Rzycki watches the ac- tion on the sidelines of the game against Meridian. The Bobcats won the first game against the Mustangs but dropped the second in the dou- bleheader, 14-23. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. A run here and a run there added up for the j.v. softball team this season. Was it plain luck? “I think that it was luck and hard work that made us win the games we did,” freshman Angel Soderman said. During the season, the Bobcats, winning a total of seven games, won over half of them by a mere run. ”1 don’t think that it was just luck because we really did work hard during the games, ” sophomore Amy Rzycki said. Although many of the games were decided by one AT THE MERIDIAN game, sopho- more Jodi Maj8zak hits the ball to the outfield. The Bobcats split the games 25-5 and 14-23. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. run, the team still ended the season with a 6-14 record. “Despite their record, the girls didn’t do too bad, this being my first year coaching softball,” Coach Lane said. Although injuries and ineligible players caused problems for the team, the players kept their drive and ended the season seventh in the conference. Not just luck. Dianna Banka AFTER PULLING a muscle in her right leg, sophomore Lisa Kowalski receives attention from Coach Mr. Jerry Lane and teammates. Lisa, unable to play the remainder of the season, was on crutches for a week. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. SPORTS ck White '7 felt our team had a lot of enthusiasm and that’s what kept us going like we did throughout the season. Freshman Chris Roh fs J.V. SOFTBALL: Front Row: Coach Mr. Jerry Lane. Linda Ro manowski. Christina lanitelli, Chris Rohlfs. Jennifer Szewczyk, Angel Soderman. Back Row: Autumn Brown, Kathy Bechill, Tiffanie Howell. Amy Rzycki, Jodi Majszak. DROPPING TO the ground as the ball goes over her head, freshman Linda Romanowski avoids being hit by a Cadillac pitch. The Bobcats won their contest with Cadillac by one run, 18-17. Photo by Jennifer Szewczk. Black White py J. V. SOFTBALL ° ' SLIDING INTO second, junior Jon Cohee (10) hits the base just before his Roscommon opponent tags him. The Bobcats defeated the Bucks 2- 1 in the first game and 3-1 in the second. Photo by Evie Breedlove. V ; ASSISTING THE TEAM in another run, Junior Shawn Sullivan rounds third base and heads toward home. Shawn’s run helped the team defeat Coleman, 8-7. Photo by Evie Breed- love. SPORTS VARSITY BASEBALL: Front Row: Manager Nick Loiacano. Mark Wil- liams. Vince Brown, Mark Boats, Jon Cohee. Brady Bigford, Man- ager Matt Cohee Back Row: ck White Shawn Sullivan, Ron Wiggins, Steve Mieske, Coach Mike Blasky, Jason Ripke, Joe Loia- cano, Rick LaCombe. “If we wouldn’t have goofed around so much we could have had a better season.” Senior Brady Bigford AT AN AFTER-SCHOOL practice, ju- nior Rick LaCombe throws batting practice. Rick was one of four jun- iors on the team who had already earned a varsity letter as a sopho- more. Photo by Vince Brown. Varsity captures share of title for first time in 15 years. Over the Baseball: America’s national pastime. Just as it doesn’t sound right to sum up America’s favorite things by saying, Track, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet, it is also true that without baseball, the 1988 varsity team would not have had the chance to be the first team in over 15 years from Houghton Lake to take part in the conference crown. Houghton Lake not only tied with Coleman and Clare for first place but they also defeated both Mio and Whittemore-Prescott in the Whittemore-Prescott Invitational. I was surprised at how WINDING UP for a curve ball, senior Joe Loiacano prepares to throw a strike. Joe was named first-team all-conference and finished the sea- son with a record of 8-1. Photo by Evle Breedlove. good the team did but I wish that we would’ve gone further in the tournaments, junior Jason Ripke said. The varsity Bobcats, consisting of five seniors and six juniors, started their season out by winning their first five games and then not losing more than one game in a row. I think the team worked better as a whole because most of the starters were the same as last year which gave us the experience of working together, senior Joe Loiacano said. Although the experience of a previous season together helped win the conference title, being defeated in districts proved that experience helps but isn’t always enough. Jennifer Porath VARSITY BASEBALL HL 12 Lake City 3 17 Lake City 5 Meridian 3 3 Meridian 6 5 Harrison 3 10 Harrison 13 2 Roscommon 1 3 Roscommon 1 8 Coleman 7 3 Coleman 5 7 Farwell 3 4 Farwell 2 8 Beaverton 4 5 Beaverton 1 2 Clare 1 7 Clare 6 OVERALL RECORD: 16-3 CONFERENCE RECORD: 11-3 CONFERENCE STANDING: 1 Black White QQ VARSITY BASEBALL WAITING FOR THE PITCH, sopho- more Dave Eddy patiently crouches behind the plate from his catcher's position during a doubleheader with Beaverton. The Bobcats split with Beaverton, winning 9-7 in the open- er and dropping the final contest 6- 7. Photo by Brian Colby. WITH A DRIVE to left field, sopho- more Tyler Hasty swings for a triple. With the offense produced by Tyler and his teammates, the Bobcats scored 103 runs compared to 132 for their opponents. Photo by Brian Colby. Split Second J. V. players split decisions on positions and doubleheaders J.V. BASEBALL HL HL 5 West Branch 2 2 West Branch 15 21 Lake City 2 7 Lake City 12 4 Cadillac 2 8 Cadillac 9 7 Meridian 9 3 Meridian 14 0 Harrison 9 3 Roscommon 2 4 Roscommon 5 3 Coleman 2 4 Coleman 9 0 Farwell 3 7 Farwell 3 9 Beaverton 7 6 Beaverton 7 3 Clare 13 6 Clare 7 OVERALL RECORD: 8-12 CONFERENCE RECORD: 5-9 Move up or move out! Two selected j.v. players were given the choice of mov- ing up to varsity or quitting the team. “We needed the j.v. players because too many varsity players were sitting on the bench,” senior Brady Bigford said. The two selected j.v. players were sophomores Troy Cyborowski and Jim Meigs. “I decided to play on varsity because I like to play baseball. I don’t care who I play it with as long as I get to play, Troy said. When given the alternative, Jim decided to quit. “I didn’t move up to varsity because I didn’t want to sit on the bench. I’d rather play both games than just two innings of one game,” Jim said. Just like the boys’ deci- sions were split so were a ma- jority of the double headers that the j.v. team played. All but two of the doubleheaders played by the team were split by Houghton Lake and their opponents. The two doubleheaders that the team didn’t split they lost completely to their opponents Meridian and Clare. Meridian won the first game 9-7 and the second game 14-3. The last doubleheaders of the season Houghton Lake lost 3-13 and 6-7 against Clare. Stacy Turner PITCHING IN RELIEF, sophomore Mike McNeil finishes his delivery to sophomore catcher Dave Eddy. Mike pitched both as a starter and reliever for Coach Mr. Greg Waller's j.v. team. Photo by Brian Colby. 90 ™ DEFENSE CAN MAKE the difference between winning and losing a more Jo® Rhoton fields a grounder game, especially at the J.v. level. from his position on the infield. Second-year baseball player sopho- Photo by Brian Colby. J.V. BASEBALL: Front Row: Man- ager Mike Soderman, Bob Win- iarski. Pat Walsh. Joe Rhoton. Jim Osterman, Joe Klumpp. Brian Colby, Manager Eric Chorley. ck White Back Row: Tyler Hasty. David Eddy, Jim Meigs, Troy Cybor- owski. Joel Neorr, Mike Ko- pischka. “Even though I think that Mr. Blasky is a good coach, I think his decision was totally unfair. Troy and Jimmy should have been given the choice of staying on j.v. instead of having to quit” Sophomore David Eddy Black White q u J.V. BASEBALL « ■ + 2 = 4. Simple, huh? Just the way we like it. No need for explanation. It’s there. Like us—simple. We do things the easy way. We put things off until the last possible moment. Like the assignments we are given a week Newcomer to Houghton Lake's home economics department, Mrs. Sue Stone speaks with one of the 42 parents who came to see her during parent- teacher conferences on November 11. Mrs. Stone formerly taught home ec. and alternative education at Gladwin High School. Photo by Evie Breedlove. to do and we cram in to the night before. Sin 2x = 2 sin x cos x. Not quite as simple, but not hard, just different. Like the different classes offered. We take vocational classes, college prep, classes, electives like band, choir, drama and journalism. Different but still simple in their own way. But there’s more than just our classes-- there’s our grades. Wouldn’t we all love to know how to get straight A’s? Or even how to prepare our parents for the grades we do receive? The next 11 pages can tell you just that and more. Simple stuff for simple minds. ACADEMIC DIVISION Putting the blindfold on Collins Elementary first grader Jeremy Breese from Mrs. Townsend’s class, Spanish teacher Mrs. Dolores Frever prepares him to hit the pinata. For ten years the Spanish class has been giving a traditional Spanish Christmas party for Collins Elementary students. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Staple MWk Choice no choice ..94 Classes we have to take plus preparing parents for grades The same old thing .. 104 Average classes plus band, choir, drama and yearbook A+ secrets.................12 A look at National Honor Society and college prep classes Simple Minds 93 mu to You're finally a freshman, out of the middle school. all through your younger years in school. ynn hart to tnkp. gym Now iA So many different ideas to expand. New areas, lo_________ your chance to take classes that will influence the rest of. your life, junior explore. One thing students look forward to in high.sch.ool is being able Jon Cohee said. ___Other required classes for to choose their own classes. —And there’s- certainly a lot from freshmen included the three general academic erees: Fnglish, science— which to choose. Students found 75 dif ferent- classes- covering 42-- and math. __Sophomores had a higger choice different areas. But just when students think they’ve struck, the of electives with only English and either world history or.world----- academic goldmine, the reality of required classes hits------------ geography required. Juniors just chose between early or late_ “I don’t think it should all be up to us which classes to take but they— American history, along with their required English-------------- should be a little more lenient with the classes they require,.’! junior— With the glory of being a senior came only one requirement: stale-and Trista Smith said. —Six classes were already pre- local and U.S. government. Through tha fnnr vaara nf scheduled for freshmen with a study hall highly recommended, leaving one_ school, students faced ten required claasaa flaming ninfl anH nna half elective. This made an easy transition for eighth, graders----------------------- Career education was included with required classes for freshmen. ”1 liked the interviews we did because it chanca to sea what to do gave me a before I went for an interview with my raal joh,” junior Kandi Markey said. Physical education was also required for freshmen. “1 think it’s stupid to require gym class because before work. Phot by Evie Breedlove. high yea credits, but each year there was more room open for students to----------------- concentrate on their career interest. ------------------------Chris Stead IN THE RECOMMENDED study hall freshman Ed Nettle takes advantage of the time to work on homework. Because 6T hl6 J6B after 6dh6ol 41 Northern Accounting and Bookkeeping, study hall allows Ed time to get his homework dona WHILE FRESHMAN Ken Monday watches a movie, classmatc-Pan Peer takes notes in career education class. Mrs. Brenda Moore shows 11 movies during the required semester, each exploring the different job opportunities available to -sttrdenttHBTter graduation. Photo by Brian— Colby. ACADEMICS I think they should require classes to graduate because if they didn't, some students would go through high school not even knowing how to read or write. J Junior Steve Cooper WITH SOPHOMORES having a choice between world geography or world history, sophomuie Tom Branam chose world geography, “I took world geography because it tells more about the world. It seemed to be the more interesting history, Tom said. Photo by Brian Colby. ©PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNING ---provided relevant tuples for Mr Townsend’s required state and local government class. Senior Bill Eno watches as classmate Mary Anne Porath tapes an interview with Gary Hart, played by Brett Hoover. Photo by Evie Breedlove. £pegK?nj YF II '7 hate required classes because that is where all my bad grades come from. do better in the classes I want to take. Junior Barbie Pawlica Simple Minds Qc REQUIRED CLASSES £T nnniNft Qprrtun HOUR AHvanrnrl _ — vj Math IV Mrs. Barb Blasky explains iow to figure out the base percentages in • an exponential function. Math IV is the most advanced math elective available to —students. Phot by Cvie Breedlove. © ALTHOUGH COMPUTER LITERACY is not required, conselors highly recommend tt for college-bound students Freshmen Christina Near and Cheryl Lamb learn the use of each key as part of the semester course. Students can advance to programming and Pascal after taking computer literacy. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Su'vrol'j jpe Klrvj C( Some people take hard classes and do average and some people take easy ones and end up with a better grade point average. I think it's really unfair. i) Sophomore Eric Chorley find a newspaper clipping for this research paper in Mr. Martin's college prep, writing, the first step of the college-bound English program, each student must complete a 13 page research paper. Photo by Brian Colby. experiment on conservation of angular momentum, senior Mike Bareither tries the sit and spin. Designed for students with a background and interest in math and science, physics attracted mostly cortege- bound students. Photo by Evie Breedlove. [j Q?T N 1 Ni r un p MU. 1 1— Let’s give credit where 1 r fldil’ dim Shouldn’t classes because the students work harder in them,” freshman Sheila courses they do? Their reasons vary from not wantina anv homework to college preparatory C.lassfts receive more credit than Afton said. Curently all classes receive equa wanting to prepare for college. Some students even take classes iust to average classes? After all, they do it_ At least that's what 79 weight, which means students who avoid taking college preparatorv learn more. ”1 selected art as one of mv percent of the students felt. Thft r.nntrnwarRy r x nlx es around classes can be included in the top tan This angers some students. classes because 1 like to draw and 1 want to learn how to draw better.” the idea that certain classes, because of their difficulty, should 1 think it isn’t fair for students who sophomore Sandra Kauffman said, took easy classes to be in the too It mav be friends. It mav be the count more in determining grade point average. An ‘A’ in these classes ten. The students who take college oreoaratory courses had to work future. It may be no homework and an easv arade. It mav even be to would be worth five points instead of the usual iour on a four-point scale, harder, and even if they didn’t do as become better at something and learn well, there was still more work more. Whatever the reason, in March for example. —“1 think college prep classes involved,” junior Angela Plackowski said. students select their classes for another year. should receive more credit than other What makes students choose the Dawn Banka Simple Minds WEIGHTY MA TTERS 9 7 ©WAITING FOR CUSTOMERS, cosmetology students junior Holly Guest and seniors Renee Bradley, Kim Buchanan and Linda Chudzinski practice CUHing and setting each other’s hair. From one to five, five days a week, these students attended the Institute of Cosmetology._ Photo by Jodi Majszak. jpec)Kjn j tt I'll probably take a Kirtland class my junior or senior year. I want a job that relates to the wood shop class that I’m taking. Freshman Jamie Brankov M I took metal shop because I like working with metal and machinery. I plan to go to Kirtland in my junior year, taking automotive mechanics. WM Freshman Jeremy Hoeppner gg ACADEMICS career, FOK ME FUTURA The Headstart Program which prepares preschoolers for the Brass Lantern or applying their skills at the Houghton Lake Institute kindergarten is an idea that has been of Cosemtology. Some students in high school carried over into high school by students who want to give their future vocational classes such as retailing, accounting, drafting and metal shop career a boost. For juniors and seniors, Kirtland offered one kind of also got on-the-job experience. I took retailing because I want to get a headstart. I took Automotive Service I at Kirtland because I will probably go into this area as a junior Jesse Lytle said. fashion job in the retailing area and I thought that it would be neat to work in the bookstore, said. senior Ida Low Out of the 26 students involved in the COOR program, 19 participated in There were also those students who took vocational classes in order either Automotice Service, Nursing, Machine Shop or Welding and Cutting. to widen their perspective or just for pure enjoyment. I took wood shop The students attended Kirtland Community College every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:z0 to 6:20. The remainder of the students got on-the- job experience by preparing food at because I enjoy working with wood. I plan to use the skills that I learn although I don’t plan on going to Kirtland,” freshman John Bakun said. Dianna Banka CREATING A PROJECT out of a________DURING SEVENTH HOUR____________________ piece of wood, second-year wood accounting, junior Trista Smith shop student senior Alden Emmons works works on a class assignment. This on the Jigsaw, one of the ten machines In the vocational course for juniors and seniors seventh hour advanced course. Book work, calls for the willingness to pay attention in tests and projects make up the weekly wood class since assignments aren’t based on text shop schedule. Photo by Jodi Majszak. books. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Simple Minds VOCATIONAL CLASSES 99 91 kind of hint that a class is too hard or that I'm not doing very well. Then they won't be so mad about it. Freshman Tom Vachon ©CLEANING UP his act two weeks before report cards come out, sophomore Mike Ostrom does the laundry in an attempt to butter his parents up before_ they see his grades. Doing housework was only one of several ways students prepared their parents for bad grades. Photo by Brian Colby. Simply £pegK.inj £ usually act really nice the week before. stay home and lay my books out in front of my mom. I let her see me studying so that she thinks I'm trying. 9 Sophomore Angel Wood 100 ACADEMICS Panic! Report card time again! Last semester you promised to bring that C- and now you’re getting a D instead! dinner. “I just tell my mom I'm doing bad and promise tobring the grades up next marking period. If I tell her that then she usually r:fl I ms down and What will you tell your parents? Should you wait until they see the forgets about it,” senior D.J. Sharrard said______________ report card for themselves or should you prep” them now?_____________ Some students use more devious tactics instead of a hlunt confession. While two-thirds of students elected to break the news ahead of such as playing the role of a perfect child a week or two hftfnrg thg hip time, one-third figured they’d wait it out. “I don’t think preparing them— blow comes. grades are coming When I know bad I usually dfl the really works. No matter what you tell them, they’re still going to be mad,” dishes and other housework so that .my parents won’t be that upset when freshman Paul Williams said Of the 67 percent who they see my report card, decided to___Jaremy Hoeppner said. freshman tell them, the majority said they’d tell their parents straight out. The rest— But be warned: By the time you finally get around to telling your would butter them up by complimenting them, helping around parents-panic! They’ve already found out. jTN EXPERIMENTING WITH CSr TEMPERATURE change during third GOING OVER daughter freshman 2r Amanda Pietchak’s grades with fifth Tom Breedlove, Evle Breedlove's dad, and senior Karin Davis work to complete the nour fcngusn ieaener Mr. Hod Martin, Mrs. Carolyn Pietchak discusses Amanda’s progress for the first nine weeks of her assignment by the end of class. “My dad found it a lot harder than he remembers. 1 freshman year. “I'm glad my mom came to the conferences. She learned a lot more thlnklie sympathizes with me more now, Evle said. Photo by Jodi Majszak. about my teachers antf what we re doing In school, Amanda said. Photo by Evle Breedlove Simple Minds PREPARING PARENTS FOR GRADES 101 — - iMnr si 1 Mvl L VJ 1 y 1 0.068 to 0.098 mph. E- S That's thp avaraga grnund on what made average classes such AS basio Fnglish m fh jnH Sooner or later, even students with strataginally plannad schedules speed of the slowest moving land mammal, tha thraa-tooH social studies interesting. “It’s all because of the teaohor if I wara a usually end up in a class tedious enough to rival the slowest speeds of sloth. And that’s quick compared to the length of time a student waits for teacher, I’d change the routine more oftan,” frashman Angia Rosal said a sloth. When this happens, it’s often comfortina to realize that thinas can an average class to end. “Average classes are so horing,” junior Sean Teachers didn’t bear total rasponsihility for fh© amount Of be worse. The common garden snail, for instance, travels at the rate of only McPherson complained. “It seems like forever until the hall rings - excitement in a classroom, however. Often a lack of co-operation on the 0.03 mph. Chris Eno Sean’s opinion of average classes wasn’t a unique one The majority students’ part caused problems. “I’ve tried in the past to do different things the student body expressed similar but it didn’t matter to them (the atndanta) Now 1 just giva thorn tha AFTER A LATE NIGHT playing at an vJr away volleyball game, freshman none of your friends are in a class, then that’fl � t go so necessary skills and if they don't like it, that’s tough ” Mrs Doloras Fravar Tammy Meier can’t stay awake in biology. Tammy is one of 68 freshmen electing to slow,” freshman Cheryl Lamb said. Some students had different ideas— said of her Sophomore Survival English Class. take btotogy, one of the threw freshman science choices. Photo by Jennifer Szflwczyk. TEACHING THE ALTERNATIVE to algebra for the average student. Mr. John Blankenship explains graphs to his Geometry IA class. This class is set at a stower pace than the Geometry I class. ©AS HESITANT classmates wait for his reaction, freshman Brian Wyckoff samples layered Mexican dip. Instructor Mrs. Lynn Straueo modo the dip to give her freshman English class the chance to see something physical to help with their descriptive writing. Photo by Evie Breedlove. IN THIRD HOUR world geography sophomore Kara Markey listens To Mrs. Brenda Moore explain maps of North Amarica. World hi8lor _wa8 the alternative for the social studies requirement. Photo by Brian Colby. { C f's pretty bad when there are more people asleep in an average class than awake. %% Junior Brian w Smith I think that instead of putting all the freshmen into the same English class they should be divided according to their skill levels so that everyone can work at their own pace.]] Freshman wmr w Christine Bigford Simple Minds A VERAGE CLASSES 1 V WORKING WITH a logo program in £2 computer literacy, senior Dan Werner and brother sophomore Ken Werner command me tume 10 ao as mey wisn. i Although computers is not a required course, counselors recommend that students taka at 1 least the basic computer literacy course. Photo by Brian Colby. SiKhpLj speghjnj I choose the classes depending on how hard they are. try to avoid hard classes. 79 Freshman Scott Head f, take college prep classes to prepare for college. Because I want to go into of biology, I’m taking all the science I can. Junior Brad Stuck class senior Andy Colman learns the basics of sewing. Andy, who took the class beeeuae—ho—thought—rt—would—bo—easy. confessed, “I’d feel funny if I were the only guy In there, but I wanted to learn how to cook and sew. Photo by Evie Breedlove. 104 ACADEMICS so-Co Fact. Between 38 and 45 percent of Houghton Lake students attend college after graduation__________________ Fact. College preparatory classes account for exactly half nf thft____ courses offered at Houghton Lake -High School,__________________ With less than half of the student -body planning on attending college, few wanted to take the courses designed especially for college-bound student. Instead, they elected the so- _called average classes that may offer less of a challenge but still fulfill their needs. Classes such as home ec. art, sociology, psychology, typing and computers fit this category. While some of these classes were also -Considered college preparatory, the offered alternatives for the non- _CQllege bound student as well. never took any college prep classes -because I never planned on going to college. I have been in cosmetology -for a year and a half and I knew that that was what I wanted to do,” senior Jienee Bradley said._______________ Besides making plans for after -graduation in a vocational area. students also chose to join the service. These students felt no need for more advanced courses in high school._______________________ After graduation I am going into the marines so I knew I didn’t really need any college prep classes,” senior Scott Myers said._____________ Still others thought tha taking a mixture of specific college__________ preparatory classes and average classes offered the best preparation for life after high school. ___”1 took some college prep classes because even though after graduation 1 am going in the service for six years, I am planning on going to college after those six years and then returning to the service after college.” senior Shaun Goss said. Regardless of whether we plan to enter a career immediately after graduation or enter the service or elan on going to college, students must make their choices based on available classes. Some college preparatory classes make it into almost every schedule because the curriculum slants that way. Fact. ______________________Rhonda Bradley © IN ART III class senior Jeff Majszak -CBTVSt S Ball State cardinal. After---- graduation Jeff plans to study gemology so he concentrates on vocational rather than college preparatory classes. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. Simple Minds j nr A VERAGE CLASSES 1 What the band had in mind couldn’t be accomplished if there was no look good, we’re going to be more confident and play better,” sophomore Nicole Afton said. Looking good, feeling good and sounding good, the band went on to be one of the most active bands at Houghton Lake in recent years. Why'? Simply to be the best. money. A trip to Lansing, new uniforms and equipment, certificates and awards were some of the things purchased after a parental support group was formed, the Sand Boosters raised needed funds Dianna Banka through a magazine sale. The band was able to perfrom at PERFORMING FOR Tip-Up-Town VJf spectators, freshmen Kari Rau, Marti Shaheen and junior Dee Dee Johnson play thetr flutes aftermarching in the annuat- parade January 16. Marching band members lad ihe parade before performing on the Iqsl.. various activities such as the Firemans’ Memorial Parade, a Michigan State football game, a performance at the state capital, festival in Alpena, pep assemblies Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. Instruments in position music on hand, the ceremonies have begun. and the Tip-Up-Town ceremonies, since membership has increased to 52, an increase of 17. In order to The object: to perform at the peak of their musical ability. The problem: lack of funds for new instruments and uniforms. attend such activities, the band’s appearance had to be tops. “Our appearance affects how we see ourselves. Like if we feel that we AT THE FALL band and choir WARMING UP at the Elks Lodge, flag concert, freshman Paul Williams and 5J corp captains senior Cindy Pacini sophomore Tim Crystal, memberts of the and Junior Angela Ptackowski explain time concert band, play their instruments. The 52- signature to junior Rebecca Circle and member band received a division 2 rating at freshman Kari French, The girls led the 37th district festival in Alpena. Photo by Evie annual Tip-Up-Town parade in January. Breedlove. Photo by Jennifer Szewczuk. ©RECEIVING AN Outstanding Senior Band Member award at the annual band and cTioTr £5!TC rt, senior Brian Morgan accepts the award presented by band director Miss Sanrii Slaainaki. During the__ two and a half hour concert on May 15 the jazz band, marching band, concert band and several soloists performed. Photo by Evie Breedlove. 106 ACADEMICS GETTING READY to perform in the plaza at the capitol building in Landing, junTOr Kama Mercer TTX68 junior------- Kristie Ackley’s hair. The band applied and was chosen to perform at the invitation of the governor on May 18. Different high school bands perform daily around the capitol. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. fpCCjKjrvJ f e I think the Band Boosters is a good idea. They buy us things that we wouldn’t have otherwise. )9 Freshman Amy Osborne During performances, knowledge of the material and appearance of the band are both important. It Freshman Pat Raines Simple Minds BAND 107 ©DURING THE ANNUAL soring__________ concert on Sunday, May 15, beautyshop members freshman Melisa Tift, senior Karin Holmen and sophomore Kathy Bechill sing “For Women Only.” The beautyshop ensemble also sang “I Wanna- Dance With Somebody.” Photo by Evie Breedlove. Ati • BEFORE THE SPRING concert on inior Chris Stead tries to memorize her music. I was afraid I was going to forget my music because we were short 0fl practices ana we didn't- know our music that well,” Chris said. Photo by Evie Breedlove.---------------- SpecjKtrvj cc At first I was in Pops Chorale, but Mr. Lewis asked me if I'd join choir because he needed more tenor guys. J J Freshman Jon Bakun. M I like choir, but I'm not serious about a singing career. Singing is just a hobby to me. Sophomore Dawn Kuntz Dm it’s 1Q:3Q Saturday schools. senior Getchen Osterman morning, March 21. There's six to eight inches said. Despite the difficulties the choir of snow on the ground and it's still snowing. The choir festival in Alpena is scheduled for today, but because of the weather our choir is unable to had attending a festival, they still held their annual Fall. Christmas. Pre- Festival and Spring concerts. They also hosted Solo and Ensemble on attend festival for the first time. — in s way I'm glad that we didn't qo February 13. Freshman Linda Romanowski and junior Sharee to festival because it's usually boring. lt!s.fiin if everyone gets into it. but no one ever does, freshman Brandy Hendershot said.________________________ In addition to the festival in Alpena, the choir was also hoping to attend one of the choir festivals around Warren. Unfortunately, all the__________ Ringwald were the only choir members who attended Solo and Ensemble. 'Since it was mv first year at Solo and Ensemble I was really nervous, but Sharee helped me a lot bv iust telling me to relax, Linda said. _____If s the end of the school year and festivals were filled and the Houghton it's 80 degrees outside. The sun is Lake choir was not able to attend any shining through a clear, blue skv. The of those festivals either. We wanted to go to one of the choir is scheduled to go on a class trip today. Hopefully, the weather festivals around Warren just to see how we’d score against some bigger won’t stop them. Stacy Turner PERFORMING AT the Spring Concert vJr held with the band, freshman Pj BARBERSHOP ENSEMBLE members freshman Rusty Showalter and freshman Jamie Crawford and junior Jim Town” at the Spring Concert on Sunday, .Coilfih present their program, The choir May 1_5. The barbershop ensembiealso sang I Just Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Three sang There’s Nothing Like a Dame. Photo Madrigals,” ”1 Haven’t Got Time For The by Evie Breedlove. Pain, Even The Nighis Are Better, ’ and “Good Old Mountain Dew.” Photo by Evie - Breedlove. Simple Minds . r r CHOIR REHEARSING HIS LINES for the drama production of People' junior Steve Cooper receives help from sophomore Joel Neorr. Steve did a segment from the performance Bill Cosby Himself. Photo by Evie Breedlove ])MN ATrG m.FPf-R£U They spend hours at Drama also performed the practice, memorizing lines, going-through dress------ children’s play Hansel and Gretel on November 19 and 20 for younger--------- rehearsals and finally it all comes togethec-But there is one---- audiences. “Hansel and Gretel went over really good. We had a great— question left in their minds: how will the audience react to their--------- response from the little kids. At the end of the play kids were asking for performance? ___For the first time in six years the our autographs and we got letters from them -toor I -think they really drama class did a drama rather than their usual musical. On March 3-the- enjoyed it,” freshman Rick Petter said.------------------------- class performed Juvie a play about young people heing held-in.a juvenile- Another unusal production was People on May 43, the class’ final detention cell for various charges. Before the piay, the class visited the performance. People highlighted the performers as they did individuai- Rosecommon County jail to help perpare themselves for their_ monologues based on such performers as Bill Cosby and George performance. __“1 was worried at first-because it Burns. —At the end of each performance the seemed nothing would come together. But then at dress rehearsal everyone class got the answer to their question: The audience enjoyed their finally started to work together. I was surprised we had such a good___________ performances. ___“i think people were a lot more reaction from the audience. I didn’t think kids would really like it hecause serious about their parts this year. Wft Wftffi all in different grades hut we it was a drama, and I didn’t think we’d be able to keep, their .attention but_____ worked a lot better together this year, junior Tina Rawyor said__________________ they were great,” junior Nancy Rigling said.__________________________________ Rhonda Bradley 110 ACADEMICS Py IN THE FIRST dramatic performance in six years, junior Cheri Pace and Nancy Rlgling and sophomore Joel Neorr play roles In Juvie. After two and a half months of rehearsol tho play was performed for the high school and at a night performance. Photo by Evie Breedlove. ACTING THE PARTS of Jim and Tammy Fay Bakker, junior Kristie Ackley and senior Dan Werner whine for forgiveness from the Church Lady, a “Saturday Night Live” character. Each____ drama member had to perform in People, a series of monologues presented to the public May 13. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. K Drama was fun and exciting. Every play we did went over great. )9 Junior Amy Southwell ------------------------------- t We’re now more serious and more outgoing about the class. But I think one problem was we only had one major production. Senior Karin Simple Minds DRAMA 111 • graphics presentation, senior Vlnco Brown works while watching the volleyball game at P?11 ai ng with senior Shannon Swider. Vince took an editorial leadership class at the July workshop which helped him in his editor-in-chief position on the staff. Photo by Evie Breetftove. CUTTING OUT DESIGNS for his Strv specjKlrMj ct I would like to see all the people who criticize the yearbook in the class just once. Then they’d realize what journalism and deadlines are all about. Senior Missy Shipp u Journalism isn’t a blow-off class at all. Class doesn’t end when the bell rings. It takes a lot of extra work. IV Junior Chris Stead members made up the business staff which was a new addition to the yearbook staff. Photo by Brian Colby. 112 ACADEMICS Simple Minds _ YEARBOOK 113 1 iTANirhiC? AM You know those blow off classes. The ones where you do nothing. The ones we take to keep our grade point average up. Like journalism. Well, surprise, surprise! FOr 19 hew staff members the dreams of easy A's soon turned to nightmares of missed deadlines. “I thought journalism would be one of my easier classes. I didn't reattze what journalism and deadlines meant,” sophomore Amy Rzyckl said. For four returning staff members and 14 year veteran adviser Mrs. Lynn Strause, trying to meet deadlines be amengven more serious wittr them.----------------------------- “Last year when I was just a photographer, deadlines didii‘1 seem as important. But being photo editor and having to make sure everything gets done and on time has changed my attitude,” senior Evie Breedtove said. —“It even more serious wttttso- many inexperienced staffers under seems like we are having a successful year, but until it’s all in the mail, I Can’t say for sure. Gettiny and staying organized has been a big part of our success, 1 Mrs. Strause said.— The introduction of a business staff, an editor-in-chief and four------ section editors helped bring more organizations for the journalism journalism staff. In order to complete the yearbook, AS SHE waits for the perfect shot, for the past four yearestaff-members hav worked into the summer months. the potato sack races at Ball State Journalism Workshop. Jodi’s swollen jaw, Blow off...suref Kim Wirick the result of surgery the week before the workshop, didn’t prevent her from ASKING FOR HELP on her captions, freshman Dawn Banka receives participating In assignments that Sometimes lasted as late as 10:00 p.m. Photo by Evie Breedlove. ideas from Adviser Mrs. Lynn Strause. Dawn was one of five freshmen in journalism. Photo by Jodi Mojeaak. ft' t © AT A NOVEMBER appearance in QrayHng, Vice President George- Bush answers questions from high school atudants. National Honor Society Adviser, Rod Martin and ten National Honor Society members attended the meeting. Photo by Vince Brown. ©HARD AT WORK keeping the salad bar ingredient containers full, senior Kartn Pevls eame one of her 16 required------ service hours at the Big Boy family dinner. The NHS sponsored the dinner on April 26. rpising $500 which they donated to the Roscommon County Hospice. Members each worked Art hdUf At jdb'SAOfcTTAS Waiting tables, cooking, washing dishes and hnutlng Phntn hy Rrian r.nlhy_________________ hakes ffeEEpQ © All work and no play. This prestigious part of high school and I enjoy helping the community,” senior Lylenette Canfield said. common saying may come to the minds of students pressured by their parents to get all A’s and B’s. ”1 feel very pressured to Under the direction of Adviser Mr. Rod Martin, the 17 members get good grades. My parents keep on me and tell me I’ll end up as a gas introduced several new ways to earn service hours. Eight members met station attendant if I don’t keep my grades up,” senior Mike Burgis said. once a week on Sunday beginning in February to practice for two quiz bowl But this concept didn’t have to apply in order to get good grades, competitions. April’s eleven new inductees joined old members to according to many students. ”1 don’t try to get all A’s. I go out sponsor a dinner at Big Boy to raise funds for the Roscommon County with my friends. It’s not like I sit home and study constantly,” sophomore Hospice. This goes to show you that all work Marty Wilt said. One group that knew the secrets of and no play doesn’t apply to all students. good grades was the National Honor Society. To be inducted, students Dianna Banka had to have at least a 3.3 grade point average, up from 3.2. Once a © PREPARtNQ OR their first quiz bowl on April 22, National Honor Society seniors Bob Martinez and Cindy Pacini member, students had to give 15 hours of community service. participate in Sunday practices at a member’s home. The winner of the competition between Houghton Lake and Roscommon, the team's second match, received $250 from North Contra! Area— Activities like registering eighteen year olds to vote, tutoring elementary students or visiting King’s Nursing Home counted toward those hours. Credit Union. Houghton Lake took the $100 second prize. Photo by Jodi Majszak. ”1 joined N.H.S. because it is a 114 ACADEMICS © UNDER FRUSTRATING ctrcumgtances, freshman Rusty Showalter tries to figure out a worksheet given to students after watching an______ occupational movie on salespeople during seventh hour career ed. Doing daily worksheets was one of the requirements of the course and also helped students when studying for tests. Photo by Brian Colby.- SlmpL fpeciKlnj te like being a member of the N.H.S. because it's an important part of high school doing community Simple Minds SECRETES OF 'A' STUDENTS 115 — IN RETAILING CL thft IQ K2 students involved run a small keeping track of inventory, conducting ad business, The Bobcat Den, as part of their campaigns and placing orders. Students w class requirement. Senior Dan Forman and take turns working during lunch hours, the Mark Head and junior Corey Hacker work only time the store is open. Photo by Evie —tholr 4B ionoh hour selling store Hems phrs Br—dlov� . The perfect student. He__________The most obvious reason that hands in all of his students were willing to put forth the assignments correctly and extra effort that college prep classes on time. He can hardly wait required was to prepare for college. for more work and the highlight of his If you go to college vou can get a life is a long, challenging test. good job and earn enough money to ___The perfect student, of course is live comfortably.,, sophomore Biran only a teacher’s fantasy. If perfect Christensen said. students did exist, however, it would Some students, however, worked explain why many students were to fulfill more personal goals. I think willing to do the extra work that_______it’s boring when the material is too college prep classes, such as easy. I want to learn things so I don’t speech, Spanish, and college prep feel like I’m wasting my time.”____ writing, literature and grammar sophomore Keda Bigford said. required. Work like writing a ten-page In spite of the extra effort required research paper and an eight-page students found that college prep book report for Mr. Martin’s college classes make the most sense, even prep writing class. Or preparing an for imperfect students. hour-long debate in speech class.___________________________________Chris Eno 116 ACADEMICS S?Kh % f don't take college prep classes because they're harder and I know I can get a good job without them. ft Junior Jim Couch tt I take certain college prep classes because I like the teachers better. Senior Kristi Bates © DURING THE THREE-minute interval between constructive speeches and senior Karin Holmen and junior their notes in their rebuttals Jon Bailey reorganize debate on abortion. Karin and Jon took the affirmative position against abortion and won a unanimous decision from the judges in Mrs. Strause's first hour speech eJees. The auditorium, were the last required speech in May. Photo by Evie Breedlove. © WITH A LITTLE help from instructor Mf. Jim Johnson, junior Jim Schneider dissects his fetal pig in the fifth hour advanced biology class. The scores from dissecting were worth one half of the students' semester grade. Students also —correct Teaves awspecrmehs ?n me class, one of three advanced science classes —gfferad tn college-hound students. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Simple Minds COLLEGE PREP CLASSES 117 Plain Jane. Simple Simon. You’re out there and so are your friends. And we’re on to youl We figured out how easy it is for school to become monotonous and found out some of the crazy ideas you used to keep it from getting that way. When it seemed so simple to follow the crowd and do what everyone else was doing, you told us how you managed to handle the peer pressures and survive even being a freshman. And we found out that teachers don’t bite after all. Even though they may have some big expectations, when you get right down to it, they’re just plain folks, too. Because of all these facts, we finally came to the conclusion that you aren't so plain and simple after all! And it just doesn't end here. You have to turn the page to find out more about you. So go on. What are you waiting for? During the school year It’s hard for almost any teenager to spend time with his family considering the time spent on homework, after-school activities and working. For Brad Gruber family time is dinner time. After going to school and then working till 5:00, Brad still manages to eat dinner every night with his mom, dad and uncle. Photo by Brian Colby. 118 PEOPLE DIVISION Seniors..................120 In the final year school seems easy come, easy go Underclassmen........134 Easy does It on the way through school rU Jam. b Wwk Faculty....................152 Look closer. They’re just plain folks Inside jokes ranked at the top of the list when yearbook students exchanged gifts at Mrs. Strause's lasagne party, the staff’s reward for selling nearly $9,000 in ads. When freshman Jennifer Shea opened up her gift from sophomore Jodi Majszak, her mouth wasn ’t the only thing that needed to be covered. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Plain Jane, Simple Simon Friends 119 Coimc, La Y Oo Lovemq A A picture is worth a thousand words, according to an old Chinese proverb. But is it really worth all the money and effort that goes into sen- ior pictures? Cost was one of the major consid- erations when deciding on a senior picture photographer. Picture pack- ADJUSTING THE OVERHEAD light, Fox Studio photographer Neil Parsons pre- pares senior Scott Sullivan for his senior pictures. Scott had his pictures taken when Fox Studios came to the school for two weeks in August. Photo by Evie Breed- love. ages ranged from $40 to $500, de- pending on the photographer and the package chosen. “The price of my senior pictures was $220. I had to pay for half of the total price, but that was bad enough. I never would have been able to pay for the whole package by myself,” senior Suzie Bowman said. Add in travel expenses plus the cost of getting your hair done and new clothes, and expenses amount- ed to more than many students ex- pected. Despite all the money and time spent getting those pictures taken, it really was worth it. “Senior pic- tures are just a part of being a sen- ior. It’s a memory of your last year of high school and something you just have to do,” senior Tom Winchel said. Beth Benjamin 120 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS think pictures were that expensive. I went to Kenney’s and my mom paid. Senior Loretta Baese The cost of pictures today is outrageous. If you want good quality you have to pay a lot for it, but it’s worth it because you have that memory of your high school years forever. � Senior Heather Blanchard Karin Kristina Akin: Gymnastics 1.2; Cheerleading 1; Drama 2,3,4; Choir 1; National Honor Society 4; Homecoming Court 2; Secretary 2,3; Exchange Student to Australia 3 Loretta Baese Michael Scot Bareither Band 1.2.3.4 Kristi Bates Paul Betz: Baseball 1.2; Ski Club 1.2 Daniel J. Bischoff Football 1.2; Basketball 1; Drama 2; Ski Club 1.2.4 Heather Jean Blanchard Drama 2.3; Choir 4; Ski Club 1.2; Homecoming Court 1 Tom Blanchard: Football 1.2.3.4; All Conference 4; Basketball 1.2.3.4; Baseball 1; Track 2.3.4; MVP 3.4; Ski Club 1.2.3 Shanon Marie Blankenship Basketball 1.2,3,4; Track 1,2,3,4; Band 1; NHS 3.4; Spanish Club 1.2,3,4; Ski Club 1.2,3.4; Student Senate 2; Homecoming Court 4; Class Treasurer 1.2 David Bowman: Football 1.2.3.4; Track 3 Suzle B. Bowman Ski Club 1.2.4 Rhonda Bradley: Cheerleading 1.2.3.4; NHS 3.4; Ski Club 4; Yearbook Staff 4 Easy Come, Easy Go SENIORS AKIN-BRADLEY 121 Loyac, La Y 0 SIZING THINGS UP, junior Wendy Feole tries on a skirt at the Clothes Tree. The Clothes Tree, which is conveniently locat- ed across the street from the school, was among some of the local shops where stu- dents did their school shopping. Photo by Jodi Majszak MAKING THE MOST of her weekend time, sophomore Amy Rzycki checks out the price on a shirt at Fashion Square Mall. Summer jobs provided most of the stu- dents' income for school shopping. Photo by Brian Colby Shop till you drop!” Sound familiar? It should. It’s been the motto of shopping fanatics for years. But recently shopping has changed its role. I think shopping has changed a lot. It’s changed from shopping for fun to shopping as a competition. Everyone is trying to outdo one another,” sophomore Corie Seiler said. While some students tried to out- do one another, others shopped for a more obvious reason: to spend money. I like shopping because it’s fun to spend money and I like to try on clothes. It’s also a good way to spend time,” junior Tony Mace said. Not all students shared the enthu- siasm, however. Some just couldn’t find any thrill in spending a Saturday walking around the mall. “I don’t like shopping because it's a waste of time. If you want to buy a pair of jeans, don’t try on every pair in the mall. Just find what you want and leave,” sophomore Dani Bowman said. Whether you shop out of necessi- ty, for the fun of it or to spend mon- ey, the winner of the shop till you drop game will be the one standing at the end of the competition. Amy Rzycki CHECKING OUT the style, sophomore Cathy Robinson looks at a pair of Bobcat Jams with seniors Scott Sullivan and Dan Forman. The jams, sold in the Bobcat Den, cost $15.00 a pair. Photo by Evie Breed- love. 122 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS usually stick around town. Things are cheaper downstate but I don't get there often. Senior Dwight Burdine hate shopping! But when I have to, I go down to Flint or Detroit and shop there.� Senior Gerald Danes Evie L. Breedlove: Yearbook Staff 3.4; Photo Editor 4; Ski Club 2.4 Charles V. Brown Football 1,2,3.4; Baseball 1,2,3,4; Basketball 1.2.3,4; Yearbook Staff 2,3,4; Editor 4; Drama 2,3,4; NHS 4; NHS President 4; Ski Club 1; Class President 1,2,4; Boys State 3 Jason Brown: Golf 2,3; Basketball 2,3,4; Track 3,4; NHS 3.4; Cross Country 4; All- Conference 4 Kimberly H. Buchanan: Choir 1.2; Ski Club 2,3,4; Dwight Burdine: Ski Club 2 Michael E. Burgis: Football 1.2; Golf 3.4; Basketball 1,2; Ski Club 1.2,3,4 Lylenette Ellen Canfield: Basketball 1.2.3,4; Softball 4; Track 3; Band 1.2,3,4; NHS 3.4; Ski Club 4 Evert Chrispell Linda Kay Chudzinski: Softball 1; Ski Club 1.2,3.4; Student Senate 1 Dawn Marie Curns Cory Alan Czada: Golf 2.3.4; Basketball 2.3.4 Gerald Danes Michael Danes: Track 1.2.3.4; Spanish Club 1; Ski Club 2,3,4 Karin J. Davis: Cheerleading 1; NHS 3.4; Ski Club 4; Homecoming Court 4 Karla A. Dinsmoore Basketball 1,2,3,4; Track 1,2,3.4; Cheerleading 1; Band 1.2,3,4; Volleyball 4 Michele M. Dusseau Basketball 1,2,3; Softball 1,2,3; Ski Club 2,3,4; Volleyball 1,3,4 Karen Eisenhardt Softball 4; Volleyball 3.4 Easy Come, Easy Go . _ SENIORS BREEDLOVE-EISENHARDT ' 23 r Alden Emmons William Eno: Baseball 3; Spanish Club 1,2; Ski Club 1.2.3.4 Ron Forbes Football 1.2 Daniel S. FoYman: Football 1.2; Golf 3.4; Baseball 1,2,3; Ski Club 1.2.3.4 Rick Forman Football 1,2,4; Track 1,2,3,4; Ski Club 1,2.3.4 Christine V. Gawthrop: Gymnastics 2; Yearbook Staff 2; Spanish Club 1; Ski Club 1 Shaun M. Goss: Softball 4; Track 3; Spanish Club 1.2,3,4 Bradley Paul Gruber Football 2,3; Basketball 1; Track 1; Choir 1,2,3; Band 2.3; Ski Club 1.2,3.4 Mltzie M. Guldner: Gymnastics 1.2; Cheerleading 1.2.3.4; Drama 4; Spanish Club 2; Ski Club 4 Penny Hamilton Mark A. Head: Football 1; Baseball 1; Track 2,3,4; Ski Club 1.2,3.4 Tim Heine: Basketball 2; Baseball 4 don’t worry about my image. If by now people don’t like me the way I am then they never will? Senior Mitzie Guldner think the image you leave people with depends a lot on your personality.� Senior Dan Forman 124 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS One human hair can support the weight of 2.8 ounces. Maybe that’s how it upholds all of the mousse, gel and hairspray that is used every- day. That’s a pretty heavy load to maintain an image. For some, the amount of time spent on getting ready for school is AFTER SPENDING over an hour to get ready for school, junior Kelly Brigham ap- plies hairspray at school to assure that her look will hold. Many students used their extra time between classes to work on the looks they’ve created. Photo by Evie Breedlove. or ihe a mere 15 minutes but for others it can take up to two hours. After I broke my arm, I had to get up an hour earlier so I would have enough time to get ready, junior Kelly Brigham said. Although Kelly, along with many other students, felt that they were judged mainly by their looks, main- taining an image included much more. I think looks are important but if someone doesn’t like the way I dress or the way I do my hair then I feel better off without them, junior Frank Newmyer said. toYAC, La Y 60 ijej These feelings added emphasis to how personality and attitude tie in with a person’s image. I try to get along with everyone because I think the way people think about you de- pends a lot on the way you act, sophomore Tiffanie Howell said. Whether it’s the number of ounces you use to assure your hair looks good, the way you dress or the way you act that makes people remember you, you have an image to maintain. Jennifer Porath WORKING ON last minute homework, sophomore Dani Bowman skips lunch to catch up. “I've always gotten good grades and trying to maintain straight A's is part of my image, Dani said. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. LIFTING WEIGHTS to earn money for foot- ball camp and uniforms, senior Scott Myers maxed out at 350 pounds. Scott said he has been lifting weights for two years to maintain his “tough image. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. Easy Come, Easy Go SENIORS EMMONS-HEINE I 25 Peter C. Hern: Drama 3,4; Spanish Club 1,2,3.4 Karin Holmen: Swedish Exchange Student 4; Basketball 4; Yearbook Staff 4; Choir 4; Ski Club 4 Brett Hoover: Football 1; Track 1.2; NHS 3.4; Ski Club 1.2 Heather Hunt Plla Kama: Finnish Exchange Student 4; Drama 4; Spanish Club 4; Student Senate 4 Jennifer Kitchen Laurie Laginess Lewis L. Landon Dale M. Leatch: Golf 3,4; Basketball 1,2,3; Ski Club 1.2,3.4 Renee Michelle Lewandowski: Cheerleading 1.2.3.4; Homecoming Court 4 Joseph Anthony Loiacano: Golf 4; Basketball 1,2,3; Baseball 1.2.3.4; Ski Club 4 Ida Low We have a different schedule every day.� Swedish Exchange Student Karin Holmen To break the monotony of school, I go out to Kirtland for a vocational class. I couldn't handle going to school for a full day.� Senior Laurie Laginess 126 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS La y Ume., La y Oo Cool Throw 536 students into a school building with no direction or supervi- sion and what do you get? Chaos. To bring order to the chaos, au- thority figures implement sched- ules. Schedules produce routine. Routine creates monotony. With each class lasting an aver- age of 49.8 minutes, the daily rou- tine becomes monotonous and re- petitive. Classes should be shorter because my attention span only lasts about 20 minutes. After that everything seems to blend to- gether and repeat itself,’’ senior George Cook said. To break the classroom routine up a bit, students played various games or talked amongst friends. Joining extracurricular activities re- lieved some of the monotony also. Students also found ways to cele- brate special events like birthdays and holidays. Because school rules prohibited classroom parties, stu- dents held independent study days, smuggling cakes and treats into the classroom through windows or in gym bags. With the rule re- stricting parties during class hours, school can become so humdrum. We celebrate almost anything we can bring food in for. It gets us out of homework and class time,” junior Frank Newmyer said. Teachers dispensed with mono- tony by planning different kinds of activities from which students could learn. Mr. Townsend’s government classes staged presidential de- bates which were taped on video camera. Mrs. Thompson’s retailing class went on field trips to college book stores and Fashion Square Mall to study retailing first hand. Mr. Bischoff’s physics class looked for- ward to the ice cream lab. All these helped relieve the monotony of lec- tures and tests. In order to completely rid our- selves of monotony, we would also have to get rid of schedules and rou- tines. But without schedules and routines, chaos would result. There- fore monotony becomes a neces- sary part of our lives. Vince Brown for Sara Woodwyk IN THIRD HOUR PHYSICS senior George Cook prepares to eat the ice cream pro- duced In their lab. Students performed the lab to prove the freezing point of a sub- stance can be lowered by adding an impu- rity and as a result got a tasty snack. Photo by Evie Breedlove. TRYING TO PASS the time while his partner uses the computer, sophomore Ken Werner spins the wheel of fortune he made to fit on his pencil. I made it be- cause when I can't work on the keyboard, computers gets boring, Ken said. Photo by Brian Colby. Easy Come, Easy Go SENIORS HERN-LOW 27 La y imtt Oo CELEBRATING HIS 16th birthday, sopho- more Brian Colby cuts his birthday cake, a giant chocolate chip cookie. Before his family celebrated at home with cake, they went out for pizza at Buccilli’s. Photo by Jennifer Porath. WITH ONE BLOW, Chemistry teacher Mr. Jim Bischoff takes care of the candle on his birthday cake baked for him by senior Mary Anne Porath. The advanced chemis- try class also celebrated other holidays such as Vincology Day and Mole Day. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Party hardy! That’s what 53 per- cent of us do on our birthdays, a far cry from pin the tail on the donkey! So what is your idea of a birthday party? When you were six it prob- ably was having the neighborhood kids over, eating cake and ice cream and playing games. But now we’re older and most birthday par- ties consist of drinking, according to a survey of 325 students. I usually go out with my friends and party. On my birthday I like to be with my friends and have fun,” sen- ior Ida Low said. But not everyone parties on their birthday. Eighteen percent do noth- ing at all. ”1 don’t really do anything on my birthday. Sometimes I go out to dinner with my parents,” fresh- man Julie Gandolfi said. Others spend their birthdays with people who are important to them. f Eleven percent go out with friends and nine percent spend the day with their families. “We don’t really do anything special. My mom and dad give me presents and we eat cake,” sophomore Tyler Hasty said. Other birthday plans consisted of such diverse activities as working, fishing and shopping. Judging from the change in birthday activities now compared to when we were young, it’s obvious that birthdays lose their importance as we get older. “When I was young I looked for- ward to getting presents and every- one getting together to have cake and ice cream. Now that I’m older it’s not as important. I don’t look for- ward to presents, just getting to- gether with my family,” senior Lor- etta Baese said. Rhonda Bradley 128 PLAIN JANE’ S,MPLE SIMON friends «For my birthday, I had dinner with my family and opened presents.� Senior Jeff Majszak Normally birthdays to me are just another day but this year was different because all my relatives came over and we had a reunion.� Senior Bob Miller Marci Lynn Low: NHS 4; Ski Club 1,2; Student Senate 3,4; Class Vice-President 2; Volleyball 3.4 Jeff K. Majszak Football 1.2.3,4; Baseball 1; Track 2,4; Ski Club 1.2 Jason Louis Mandley: Band 1,2,3,4; NHS 3.4 Josh Martin Football 1.2,3.4; All Conference 4; Basketball 1,2.; Baseball 1; Track 2.3.; Yearbook Staff 4; Ski Club 1,2,3; Class Treasurer 3 Robert James Martinez: Track 4 Jason D. McKinley: Track 3 Robert L. Miller: Football 1.2; Basketball 1.2,3,4; Track 1.2.3.4; NHS 4 Brian H. Morgan: Football 1.2.3.4; Baseball 2; Track 4; Band 1.2,3.4; Ski Club 1.2.3.4 Tony Muma: Football 1,2,3; Track 1.2.3.4 Heather Julie Neorr: Choir 1.2.3.4 Bobbi Ostrom: Cheerleading 1.2,3.4; Yearbook Staff 4; NHS 3.4; Secretary 4 Cynthia Lee Pacini Basketball 1.2.3.4; Track 1.2,3,4; Band 1.2.3.4; NHS 3.4.; Spanish Club 1.2,3,4; Ski Club 1.2,3.4; Flag Corp 3.4; Captain 3.4 Easy Come, Easy Go h qq SENIORS LOW-PACINI ' Amy Katherine Patterson: Softball 1,2; Cheerleading 1.2,3; Choir 1.2; Ski Club 1; Student Senate 1,2,3; Senate Secretary 2,3 Lisa Pawlica: Cheerleading 2; Ski Club 1,2.4 Rebecca Ann Phelps: Basketball 1.2,3,4; Track 1; Spanish Club 1; Ski Club 3,4 Mary Anne Porath: Volleyball 3,4; Basketball 1; Softball 3,4; Track 1; NHS 3.4; Ski Club 1,2,3,4 Marc J. Pulclfer: Ski Club 2,3,4 Pamela S. Robinson: Cheerleading 1.2; Choir 1,2,3; Band 1,2 Trlcla Rohifs: Choir 1,2,3 couple of friends and I went to Daytona over spring break. It was the best time I ever had. Senior Lisa Pawlica Ted J. Savercool Tina Marie Self: Softball 4; Gymnastics 1,2; Ski Club 2,4 Stephanie S. Sergeant: Cross Country 3 D.J. Sharrard: Football 2; Ski Club 1.2,3,4 A Melissa L. Shipp: Basketball 1,2,3,4; Softball 1.2.3.4; Yearbook Staff 4; Band 1.2; NHS 3.4 Angela Slmioni: Swiss Exchange Student 4 Dave Sluck Darla Cathren St. Louis: Track 1,3; Choir 1,2,4 Tim S. Storey Scott C. Sullivan: Football 1.2,3.4; Basketball 1; Track 1.2,3.4; Ski Club 1,2,3,4 «All of my friends and I went camping over spring break. We couldnt afford to go to Florida so it seemed like the next best thing. We all had a great time. Senior Tina Self 130 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS Om’ 9o m E y Oo Christmas vacation ended January 3, and spring break didn’t begin until April 1. That’s 88 days of cold, snowy weather and a lot of homework. So when the first vacation in four months finally arrived, students became determined to make the most of it. Only three Houghton Lake students, compared to last year’s 29, found Daytona Beach the place to be this spring break. “A lot of people planned on going to Daytona but things happened and only Rhonda, Lisa and I ended up going. It didn’t matter, though, because we met a lot of people and had a lot of fun,” senior Karin Davis said. If only three people found fun in OFF MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica senior Evie Breedlove, her cousin Jamie Baughman and Instructor Patrick Barns go sailing. “The sail broke off the first sailboat we took out. The next one we took out was a two-man boat and it flipped over on top of me. I was scared to death, Evie said. Photo by Tom Breedlove the sun at Daytona where did other students spend their time? At home. I celebrated with some friends here during vacation. It’s my last spring break in high school so I wanted to go out in style,” senior Rob Goodnow said. After four months of school without a break I couldn’t wait for Easter vacation. I stayed in Houghton Lake and goofed around with my friends. It wasn’t as boring as I thought it would be,” sophomore Marty Wilt said. Because students waited so long for spring break when it finally arrived they did make the most of it, no matter where they spent it. Bobbi Ostrom IN WASHINGTON D.C. Prlnclapl Mr. Ronald Szewczyk, Vice Principal Mr. Dick Brown, his wife Marilyn and their daughter Kysa Connett sit on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. “I’ve seen pictures of the White House, Jefferson Memorial and Lincoln Memorial, but the pictures don’t do them justice, Mr. Szewczyk said. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. Easy Come, Easy Go jq j SENIORS PATTERSON-SULLIVAN ■ 'J • Umc, Oo . Puk e ”Wow, I really graduated!” Surrounding that special time of the year for seniors comes all kinds of celebra- tions. One new way to cele- brate for the class of ‘88 came in the form of the senior breakfast served to the sen- iors by the faculty. In a few years, the senior breakfast will become another gradua- tion tradition. Without new ways to celebrate for gradua- tion, every year would be the same. New ways to celebrate for graduation make the end of the year interesting and give the seniors something to re- member,” senior Michelle Dusseau said. Along with new ways to mark the special event came the traditions. These includ- ed the eighth annual Cedar Point trip on June 8, decor- ating cars and, of course, senior skip day. Cool tem- ONE TRADITION that seniors follow year after year is painting cars for the last day of school. Senior Amy Patterson applies the colors in preparation for her final day, June 2. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. peratures put the chill on seniors skipping in May, however, so most of them de- cided to come to school in- stead. “I think many seniors didn’t participate in skip day because they would get caught,” senior Duane Hoo- ver said. And after the June 5 grad- uation ceremony, the cele- brations continued. “I’m go- ing to the East Coast to re- cord a single. Then I’m going home to party with my friends,” senior Dale Ben- nett said. Who knows what may be established as traditions by future graduates? Future traditions will probably in- clude throwing caps into the air,” senior Shaun Goss pre- dicted. Dawn Banka IN PREPARATION for the graduation ceremonies on June 5, senior Peter Hern picks up his cap and gown. The dark green gowns worn by guys and the girls’ white ones were distributed in May by senior class adviser Mr. Jim Johnson. Photo by Evie Breedlove. 132 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS think graduation traditions are important. It's part of being a senior.� Seniori Dan Werner Shannon Marie Swider: Track 1; Yearbook Staff 4; Drama 4; Student Senate 4; Homecoming Court 3.4; Volleyball 3.4. Lori Ann Urbach: Track 1,2; Choir 1,2; Ski Club 4. Brandon Blue Warson: Golf 4; Ski Club 1,2,4; Class Secretary 3. Dan Werner: Football 1; Track 1; Drama 2,3,4; Choir 1,2; Band 3,4; NHS 3,4; Ski Club 4. Dawn M. Wierzbicki: Softball 4; Choir 1,2. Mark R. Williams: Football 1,2,3,4; All- Conference 3,4; Baseball 2,4; Yearbook Staff 1.2,3,4; Business Manager 4; NHS 2,3,4; Class Treasurer 4. Christa Ann Willoughby: Ski Club 2,4. Suprena Wilson: Track 1,2,4; Choir 1,2; Spanish Club 1.2,3,4. Thomas Winchel: Golf 2,3; Baseball 2; Ski Club 1,2,3,4. Sara Lynn Woodwyk: Basketball 1,2,3,4; Softball 1,2.3,4; Cheerleading 2; NHS 3,4; Spanish Club 1,2,3,4; Ski Club 1,2,3,4; Student Senate 1,2,3,4; Senate President 4; Class Vice-President 1,2,3,4; Homecoming Queen 4. Shellie Marie Yennoir: Drama 1,2,3; Choir 1,2,3,4. Easy Come, Easy Go SENIORS SWIDER-YENNOIR 133 Help! The dreaded first day of school has arrived and as you fumble in the door the words, Typical freshman echo in the hall. When I walked into the school on the first day I felt like I was still in the eighth grade, freshmen Sandy Dowler said. The transition from junior high to high school can cause such emotions as fear, confusion and frustration. These emotions experienced by freshmen can produce a variety of side effects. Ope-mq For the first two weeks of school I was so nervous that I couldn’t sleep at night, freshman Jodi Paluck said. But fortunately the side effects that accompany the emotions felt by freshmen eventually disappear. I was scared that I wasn’t going to be able to find my classes on the first day, but I did and by the end of the day my fear was gone, freshman Teresa Gonzalez said. As you progress through your high school years, you lose the title of freshman and gain the title of upperclassman. With the title of upperclassman also comes the privilege of being able to say Typical freshman when a freshman fumbles in the door. Stacy Turner AT THEIR 4A hangout, freshman Jill Patterson and junior Jon Cohee talk at Jill’s locker. Older boyfriends and upperclassman friends eased the transition for freshmen. Photo by Brian Colby. ON HER FIRST day of high school, freshman Jennifer Shea tries her locker combination. Freshman homeroom teachers took students to try their combinations for the first time after students received their schedules and locker assignments. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Kristie Ackley (11) Trina Adamczyk (11) Nicole Afton (10) Sheila Afton (9) Diana Anderson (11) Tara Anklam (9) Leslie Arid (9) Joe Bakun (9) Dianna Banka (9) Misty Bates (EMI) Charles Bavar (EMI) Kathy Bechill (10) Beth Benjamin (11) Lisa Betz (11) Edward Bigelow (EMI) Christine Bigford (9) Deborah Blodgett (11) James Bognar (9) Ann Boguslaw (9) Angie Bosel (9) Tom Branam (10) Kelly Brigham (11) Jason Brown (9) Jerryl Brown (9) 134 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS Easy Does It UNDERCLASSMEN ACKLEY-CASTER 135 AT A WEDNESDAY night practice for the drama class production of Juvie , freshman Rick Petter waits for his part. Rick, the only freshman in drama, admitted the teasing from upperclassmen made it hard at first but the class was worth it. Photo by Brian Colby. xx Going from the eighth grade where you're the oldest in the school to the ninth grade where you're the youngest seemed strange. It felt like I was starting all over again. � Freshman Melisa Tift Becky Bowman (9) Dani Bowman (10) DeAnn Bowman (10) Jamie Brankov (9) Jim Aliport (9) Catherine Amell (10) Rick Ancel (11) Brian Anderson (9) John Bakun (9) Tiffany Balcohm (9) Charity Bane (9) Dawn Banka (9) Greg Beauchamp (10) Dawn Beckwith (11) Garrett Bell (11) Warren Bell (10) Keda Bigford (10) Kurt Bisballe (11) Joe Bischoff (9) Doug Blaine (EMI) Richard Browning (11) Gabby Calkins (11) Jennifer Carrick (10) Calvin Caster (11) think it's easy to make friends in Houghton Lake because the people here are friendly and there arent as many people in Houghton Lake as there are in a large city.� Freshman Joe Sypien WAITING FOR the start of their game, Juniors Michele Minzghor and Christen Moore share a companion duing the j.v. game at Coleman. Michele and Christen found cheerleading a good way to spend time together. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. Tina Chanda (11) Brian Christensen (10) Rebecca Circle (11) Jon Cohee (11) Yvonne Coy (11) Daniel Crawford (EMI) Jamie Crawford (9) Rasheda Crawford (9) Mike Dankert (10) Jenny Dann (9) Kris Dann (11) Preston Daugherty (10) Kerri Deeley (10) Kris Deeley (10) Elgin Dehoff (11) Jody Dowland (9) Shari Eckstorm (11) David Eddy (10) Joe Elsholz (10) Chris Eno (9) 136 PLAIN JANE'SIMPLE SIMON friends fruJJy jydzM Compared to New York, the largest city in the United States with a population of approximately 7,000, 000, Houghton Lake’s population is like a bite in the apple. But for many, small towns have a special appeal. Making friends can be an easy task in a school with only 530 students. WITH ONLY FIVE minutes between classes, students don’t get much time to spend with friends during the school day so they look forward to their half hour lunch break. It’s easy to make friends here because it is such a small town and everyone knows everyone else,” freshman Rhonda Barnhart said. With a limited amount of places students to spend spare time, finding friends seemed easy enough. All you have to do to find someone is drive down M-55. There are so few places to go you can always find places to go, sophomore Kathy Bechill said. Poe li see on the highway when driving to school in the morning. If you move to New York, expect to be greeted by many unfamiliar faces. Dianna Banka THE ROCKHOUSE offers one of the few places in town where friends can meet on Saturday night. Sophomore Tiffanie Howell “Lunch is the only chance I get to see some of my friends. I wish it was longer,” sophomore Brian Christensen said. Photo by Brian Colby. Brian Colby (10) Sheri Cole (11) Steve Cooper (11) Jim Couch (11) Jill Chrispell (9) Brian Crystal (11) Tim Crystal (10) Troy Cyborowski (10) Steve Davis (9) Toni Davis (10) Alice Dawson (11) Kelli Deeley (10) Rachel Dowland (9) Sandy Dowler (9) James Downs (9) Kim Dworzynski (10) t Anita Ensing (9) Lois Ensing (11) Wendy Feole (11) Bernice Fischer (11) With only 9,000 residents in Houghton Lake, you’re likely to recognize every other person you and junior Shawn Sullivan keep the beat during the weekly danced held until 1:00 a.m. each Saturday night. Students paid $4.00 for admission. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Easy Does It , _ UNDERCLASSMEN CHANDA-FISCHER ' ' The people in the U.S, are much more concerned with how they dress and look than in Sweden. I didn’t find it hard to leave my family. My mom and dad were more nervous than I was, but it is hard being an exchange student because people are watching every move you make Exchange Student Karin Hoi men JOINING IN on a family activity, senior exchange student Piia Kama enjoys playing a game of cards with the Mercer family. Piia enjoyed traveling during her stay in Houghton Lake and went to Florida, California, New York City and Canada. Photo by Brian Colby PROVIDING SOME background for her first hour speech class, senior exchange student Angela Simioni gives an Introductory speech about herself. Angela said that talking about herself made it easier for her to talk to other students. Photo by Evie Breedlove Julie Gandolfi (9) Michelle Gilbert (EMI) Heather Gillett (11) Connie Girradin (9) Joseph Gonzalez (11) Teresa Gonzalez (9) Raymond Goodnow (9) Melissa Grant (9) Timothy Greene (11) Chris Greenier (9) Victor Griffith (EMI) Lisa Grove (9) Holly Guest (11) Ken Gust (9) Corey Hacker (11) Peter Hamilton (9) Bryan Hamp (10) Rebecca Harrison (11) Tyler Hasty (10) Scott Head (9) Dana Fischer (11) Edward Fisher (11) Shannon Francis (9) Jeremy Fredrick (11) Kari French (9) 138 PLAIN JANE'SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS Added Ne ahi Lt y %e li You’re walking down the hallway, not quite sure what lies around the corner. Your heart is racing, your palms feel sweaty and it feels as if the walls are closing in on you. No, you’re not coming down with a dreadful disease, just an acute case of The New Student Syndrome.” It may have come on the first day of kindergarten or when you moved to a different school, but at some point in our lives all of us have experienced it. If starting classes in a new school sounds scary, imagine starting classes in a new country! The syndrome was even more acute for our three foreign exchange students. Coming to a new school was hard at the beginning for Angela Simioni, an exchange student from Switzerland who lived with senior Suprena Wilson’s family. “I didn’t know anyone or what kind of behavior was acceptable and I didn’t know the language very well. School is very different here,” Angela said. For Karin Holmen, an exchange student from Sweden, the transition wasn’t quite so difficult. I enjoyed meeting new people and they were all so friendly,’’ Karin said. Karin be- came part of the Swanson family. The third exchange student, Piia Kama from Finland, found the cli- mate one of the hardest adjust- ments. It’s five times drier at home so the cold doesn’t get in you like here, she explained. Many of my fellow exchange students have been sick because of the climate.” What can be done to cure The New Student Syndrome ? Time is the best medicine. Shannon Swider for Amy Rzycki SINCE EIGHTH GRADE junior Lizabeth Pina has lifted weights to stay in shape. After transferring from North Dakota in January, Beth continued her training in seventh hour weight training class, making her transition to a new school a little easier. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Easy Does It UNDERCLASSMEN FISCHER-HEAD 139 Ann Ingleson (9) -Steve Ingleson (10) Sue Jarvis (11) Adam Javoroski (11) Kathy Kahriman (10) Sandra Kauffman (10) Sue Kern (11) Bryan Kilburn (10) Dawn Kuntz (10) Rick LaCombe (11) Ken LaMay (EMI) Mark LaMay (EMI) Brandy Hendershot (9) Barb Hoeppner (9) Jeremy Hoeppner (9) Lea Holmes (10) Sheri Horn (10) Kevin Howard (11) Kirk Howard (9) Chris Howie (9) Daniel Lauzon (10) Nick Loiacano (9) Darin Lillie (11) Gary Lippard (9) used to have teddy bears because I was afraid of the dark. I have never thrown them away because they have sentimental value? Senior Bill Eno SOME STUDEDNTS use stuffed animals for their security. Sophomore Nicole Afton sleeps with hers on the bus to Beaverton for a basketball game. Although friends rated first as security in a student poll, stuffed animals finished a close second. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. 140 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS Robert Hoke (11) Brad Hoover (9) Deb Hoover(10) Duane Hoover(10) Tiffanie Howell (10) Steve Howey (9) Joanne Hutson (10) Christina lanitelli (9) Billy Johnson (10) DeAnna Johnson (11) Rick Johnson (9) Spencer Jordan (9) Joe Klumpp (9) Mike Kopischka (10) Lisa Kowalski (10) Leslie Kozumplik (9) Cheryl Lamb (9) Jim LaPrad (10) William Lawrence (EMI) Erihk Lawson (11) David Littlejohn (9) Nick Loiacano (9) Charity Low (9) Angie Lynch (10) y IW li TO RECEIVE EXTRA credit points in advanced biology, senior Becky Phelps brought in her pet weasel and classmate Shaun Goss shakes its paw. “My animals are my security because they are always happy to see me and they never talk back,” Beckly said. Along with the weasle Becky also owns two hamsters, a racoon, a malamute, a chow chow, a tranchaula and a cat. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Garfield has Pookie, Linus has a blanket and Snoopy has Woodstock to help ward off everyday fears. This trend of cartoon characters and their securities has rubbed off on students, making their lives more secure. Having something to cling to such as a stuffed animal or blanket helped some students to overcome fears or just to relax. Ever since I was little I’ve had this stuffed dog that now sits on my bed. I’ve always feared being alone and since I grew up with it, it’s the DURING 4A LUNCH hour junior Ron Wiggns and sophomore Kim Wirick share a lunch. Receiving security from a boyfriend or girlfriend ranked in the top five on a survey taken concerning what students used for security. Photo by Brian Colby. one thing I count on to be there, junior Nancy Rigling said. Just as some students turned to inanimate objects for security, others turned to their friends. Unlike stuffed toys, friends can talk and help students work out their problems. Whenever I have a problem I go to my friends because they are going through the same things I am, so they understand. My friends always make me feel secure, freshman Kari French said. Whether it be Linus and his blanket or you and a friend, there will always be a need for securities as long as there are fears to overcome or problems to solve. Bobbi Ostrom Easy Does It UNDERCLASSMEN HENDERSHOT-LYNCH think people put peer pressure on each other to feel more comfortable Junior Kurt Bisballe Jesse Lytle (11) Mike Lytle (11) Tony Mace (11) Brad McKinnon (9) Terra Matlock (9) Angelia Matteson (EMI) James Maurer (10) Ken Maurer (9) Jack Medbery (9) Jammie Medbery (10) Bud Meier (9) Tammy Meier (9) Scott Miles (11) Shannon Miles (11) Ron Miller (EMI) Tracy Miller (9) Christen Moore (11) Dalana Moore (11) Shelly Moore (10) Bill Morrison (9) 142 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS No Im Everyone else is doing it, wearing it and putting up with it. But does that give you a reason to follow the crowd? I’m the kind of person who usually thinks of what other people think more than what I think myself,” senior Brian Morgan said. Peer pressure is one of the SOMETIMES PEER pressure can even find Its way into the sports scene, but for fresh- man Tom Thornton peer pressure never made its way onto the court. “I don’t care If my friends play the game. I just play be- cause I like basketball, Tom said. Friends like freshman Josh Vaughn made it more fun when sitting on the bench. Photo by Evle Breedlove. Jodi Majszak (10) Tim Malcolmson (10) Kandi Markey (11) Kara Markey (10) Jim McClellan (11) Dan McComb (9) Kellie McKenzie (9) Sean McPherson (11) Jim Meigs (9) Kathe Mercer (11) Michelle Meyers (11) Steve Mieske (11) Michele Minzghor (11) Ken Monday (9) Tammy Monday (9) Jason Mooney (11) Greg Muma (9) Maria Murray (10) Christina Near (9) Buddy Neeley (EMI) EWy tW I i qluvuj Matter biggest problems high school students have to face. ”1 think people give in to peer pressure to fit in,” junior Brian Crystal said. Some may feel that they must dress in a certain way or act in a particular manner in order to fit in with their peers. Or they may feel that they must do something that goes against their personal set of values, such as drinking, smoking or taking drugs. ”1 feel the most pressure in dressing because everybody judges everyone else on the way they look. If a person doesn’t have stylish clothes, they are talked about and considered to be in the 'low class’,” junior Diana Anderson said. For others the pressure to conform to their peers does not affect them. ”1 don't feel pressured by other people’s opinions because when it comes to what I do, how I dress or the way I look, my opinion is the only one that matters,” junior Melissa Draper said. Like it or not, many aspects of a student’s life are governed by peer pressure. It’s up to the individual how he or she handles it. Shannon Swider DURING 4A LUNCH freshmen Tonia Schleweck, Francis Edwards and Jason Spears and sophomore Marc Wykoff smoke outside the building at the designated smoking corner. Smoking was one way in which students felt the pressure to conform. Photo by Brian Colby. Easy Does It UNDERCLASSMEN LYTLE-NEELEY 143 EWy £W if WfeJ Oui | The First National Bank was robbed. During the night, three students were seen entering the bank while the getaway car sat idling outside the doors. The sound of the alarm from inside forced the students to flee to the getaway car with only a minimal amount of money. What possible reason could these students have for committing such a crime? They don’t get an allowance. While it seems like an exaggerated example, students sometimes get pretty desperate for funds. Instead of earning their money, students often depended on their parents for the money they needed. Students did dishes, housework or cleaned their rooms to get an allowance. But most considered this the old-fashioned way to earn their spending money. Eighty-one percent of our students did not receive a set allowance. It’s more like money when they needed it. My dad always gives me money whenever I need it so I don’t get a set allowance. If I got a set allowance, I would spend it as soon as I got it, junior Jason Ripke said. The amount of money given varied from week to week, usually depending on social plans. An allowance has to last until the next allowance but when you can get money whenever you need it, you never have to worry about running out of money, freshman Lisa Sensor said. Always having access to money resulted in a lot of spending. Thirty- two percent of the students who got an allowance spent it on their weekend plans. Buying clothes ranked second highest on the list with 17 percent spending their money on their wardrobe. Regardless of how they spent their money, students still got their money the old-fashioned way-from their parents. Beth Benjamin INSTEAD OF receiving an allowance junior Chris Pappas and senior Rick Forman earn their money the hard way-by working. Both Chris and Rick work at the Hub Supermarket doing various jobs. Chris has been employed at the Hub for two and a half years and Rick for four years. Photo by Brian Colby. 144 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS ALL WIPED OUT after doing the dishes, freshman Karl French takes a break. Not only does Karl have to wash dishes but she also helps her mom out and cleans her room in order to earn her allowance of $2.50 a week. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk HAVING A PARENT at the school has its advantages as junior Beth Benjamin realizes when she can walk down the hall and get cash from her mother, Mrs. Marge Benjamin, a high school counselor. Seven other students had the convenience of a parent at school. Photo by Evie Breedlove. don’t get an allowance because my parents make me earn my own money. They are trying to make me be responsible. I’ve been working for my own money for five years Junior Nancy Rigling Joel Neorr (10) Ed Nettle (9) Frank Newmyer (9) Jaemi Newmyer (9) Tracy Nichols (10) Eric Noonan (11) Amy Osborne (9) Jim Osterman (9) Mike Ostrom (10) Peter O’Toole (11) Cheri Pace (11) Jodi Paluck (9) Chris Pappas (11) Stephanie Parrott (11) Jill Patterson (9) Dan Peer (9) Rick Petter (9) Barry Phillips (11) Amanda Pietchak (9) Angela Plackowski (11) Traci Pooley (11) Jennifer Porath (11) Colin Qumey (10) Stephanie Rader (11) Pat Raines (9) Easy Does It . . _ UNDERCLASSMEN NEORR-RAINES IW It_____ ill Not again! Another choice of piz- za, nachos and burrittos! Wouldn’t a Big Mac or a Whopper and fries taste good right about now? But since we have a closed campus and the school lunch choices are usual- ly limited to four, brown bagging it or going to the Bobcat Den offered the only other alternatives for hungry students. The closed campus policy res- tricted students to the school grounds. Though students contin- ued to complain, hopes of an open campus remained dim, according to administrators. ”lt is our board of education poli- cy to have closed campus. We had open campus before and it only caused a lot of tardies and we got a lot of complaints from the busin- esses around town because of the students behavior,” Principal Ron Szewczyk explained. Still, students complained. I think it should be open campus for only seniors. That would show that seniors have a little more re- sponsibility,” senior Suzie Bowman said. Hopes of an open campus remain bleak so students are forced to choose between the lesser of two evils: brown bagging it or school lunches. Chris Stead OPEN DURING LUNCH hours, the Bobcat Den offers a variety of snacks for stu- dents. Freshman Dan Peer picks up some Laffy Taffy and Jolly Ranchers during 4A lunch. The 6tore orders between $300 and $500 worth of candy per week and takes in about $85 a day. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. Lonnie Ranshaw (9) Dennis Ratliff (11) Karri Rau (9) Ray Rhetta (9) Gregory Roberts (11) Lori Roberts (9) Cathy Robinson (10) Christina Rohlfs (9) Kimberly Sapp (11) Tina Sawyer (11) Jessica Schlund (9) Daniel Schroeder (10) Shawn Sellen (9) Lisa Sensor (9) Rosemary Servas (11) Marty Shaheen (9) Rusty Showalter (9) Tammy Singelyn (11) Patrick Sluck (10) Angela Smith (11) Sonya Smith (10) Tanya Smith (9) Trista Smith (11) Angel Soderman (9) .j PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS «, think we should be able to leave for lunch if our parents give us permission but as soon as we abuse the privilege with too many tardies, we should lose it. � Junior Jennifer Gibbs Jim Rice (9) Nancy Rigling (11) Sharee Ringwald (11) Jason Ripke (11) Linda Romanowski (9) Andrew Rose (9) Jeff Roza (11) Amy Rzycki (10) Quentin Scott (9) Kim Seeley (10) Corrine Seiler (10) Tammy Self (10) Jennifer Shea (9) Scott Shephard (10) Steve Sherwood (10) Rob Showalter (10) Brian Smith (11) Dan Smith (11) Greg Smith (11) Scott Smith (11) Greta Soderman (11) Amy Southwell (11) Jason Spears (9) Russell Sperry (i i) Easy Does It UNDERCLASSMEN RASHAW-SPERRY 147 K I hate homework because it takes up too much of my time and if I didn’t have it I could do something fun with my time. � Sophomore Kara Markey „ mm fifty:I • ««« • § i i •••••• • «,. i ,f « i • • • • ; � «lf Cj ••«. • • 1“ •••! fJJ, •� JJSf :::: w: iiiiiHuidfii im ,,, • •• • •• + � ..h � .« • 11« ....•... • • • • n • •«««. •••• • • ft, . • . .1«.« «. • • f • I ..HI . ltf � ••«•«• «If Mini ---- Ml IMI «i, I” • • • • •• ; •«� fiitjjj • • •%««• I I I . mm. im | . MU UM | I, . If t ■ • i I If ' , , ,i i « c e � %• • • M . 4 «•%• MM ; ««ft • M.. « • • c f « ? “ Christine Stead (11) Chrissy Stenzel (10) Matt Stevens (11) Randy Stevenson (11) Chad Surnick (9) Jennifer Surnick (9) Michelle Swanson (11) Dawn Swartz (9) Jennifer Szewczyk (9) Erika Szyska (10) Jay Szyska (9) Kristin Tacconelli (90) Eric Tiepel (11) Melissa Tift (9) Michelle Tilford (10) Kris Toms (9) Tom Vachon (9) Eric VanSickle (10) Tricia Vanden bos (10) Jennifer Van-Y (9) -j 4g PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS Voe li Running a marathon seems like a never-ending task in the beginning, but after you’re finished, you feel quite good about it. That’s how some students feel about school. I don’t think that school should be so long because when you get out of high school then there’s col- lege to put up with,” senior Brian Morgan said. But like it or not school and the length of it are here to stay. Among NOT WANTING TO wake up quite so early, sophomore Eric Chorley reaches over to shut off his alarm clock. I hate mornings because I stay up so late at night doing my homework and watching TV, I don’t get enough sleep,’’ Eric said. Photo by Brian Colby. some of the other things students hated about school, homework, get- ting up in the morning and exams topped the list. I hate exam week the most be- cause it’s so stressful trying to get good grades,” freshman Kari French said. Kari planned her study schedule two weeks in advance of January exams. School lunches, monotonous classes and closed campus added to the list. I hate school lunches because when we get there, there’s usually nothing left, and if there is it’s usually really bad,” senior Shanon Blankenship said. Although students had a long list of dislikes, they managed to find a few things they did like about school. The opportunity to partici- pate in sports, drama and pops cho- ral made some lists. However see- ing friends was the only thing enjoy- able about school for most students. “I like school because it gives me the opportunity to socialize with my friends and get away from my brother because I have to spend all my free time with him at home,” ju- nior Kristie Ackley said Like it or not, the race must be run. Just remember you’ll feel a lot better after it’s done. Rhonda Bradley and Karin Holmen Paulette St. Louis (9) Christy Straight (9) Brad Stuck (11) Shawn Sullivan (11) Tiffany Swartz (9) Robert Swizowski (9) Charlie Sylvester (9) Joe Sypien (9) v Melanie Teijka (9) Nicole Thompson (11) Stacy Thompson (10) Tom Thornton (9) I M Julie Toth (10) Stacy Turner (9) Tricia Turner (11) Kimberly Tyson (10) Josh Vaughn (9) Thomas VanWormer (11) Tim VanWormer (9) Matthew Walsh (10) AFTER BEING SENT to the office sopho- more Kathy Kahrlman discusses with Vice Principal Mr. Dick Brown the conse- quences of her five tardies . Students re- ceive a warning for four tardies and a dreaded Saturday session for five. Photo by Jodi Majszak. MAKING THE MOST of their morning time, Junior Greg Roberts and sophomores Keda Bigford and Maria Murray talk in front of their lockers. The thing that students like most about school Is seeing friends and the morning is a good time for socializing since lunch hour is only 30 minutes long. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Easy Does It UNDERCLASSMEN STEAD-WALSH 149 I started drawing when I was in third grade and often use it as an escape from all my problems. � Senior Russ Decker WHEN SHE PAINTS freshman Angel Soder- man feels the need to be alone. “I have been painting since I was eleven years old. I've painted 38 pictures of wildlife scenes with most of them given away as gifts, Angel said. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Pat Walsh (9) Sherry Warden (11) Robby Watkins (EMI) Natalie Wedemeyer (11) Ken Werner (9) Dawn Whaley (EMI) Shane White (9) Amy Widdis (10) Stacey Wierzbicki (11) Caren Wilson (11) Peggy Wilson (10) Martin Wilt (10) Bob Winiarski (9) Kimberly Wirick (10) Angel Wood (10) Brian Wyckoff (9) Jamey Yennior (11) Amy Zantello (11) Kimberly Zarzyski (10) Ron Wiggins (11) Paul Williams (9) Bryan Willoughby (9) 5q PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS Lmy Voe Ii PUTTING THE finishing touches on a meat tenderizer, junior Denny Ratliff files the edges to smooth them out as classmate Steve Eash watches. Denny received first place in the Region 12 metal contest held In Bay City for a milling attachment that he made for a lathe during class. Photo by Brian Colby. PERFORMING HER MUSICAL talent at the Miss Houghton Lake competition held Sat- urday, February 27, senior Loretta Baese plays “Brian’s Song on the piano. Loretta has taken piano lessons from Mrs. Akin since third grade and has performed in many piano recitals. Photo by Brian Colby. An athlete’s dream-to be recog- nized by everyone. To be a “hero.” It’s not only an athlete’s dream but a dream of everyone. Although sports are in the spotlight because of their popularity, there is life beyond sports for other students. While 33 athletes made their way on to the football field in pads, 65 students also were dressed in uni- forms, not in football pads but in marching band uniform. “It’s re- quired that I play in the marching band but I enjoy it because the mu- sic is more exciting than concert music,” senior Jason Mandley said. Jason plans to major in music at Concordia College. Although people who excel at something other than sports may only be recognized in their circle of interest, many of them devote as much or more time to their activity as spotlight heroes do. ‘‘Although I never get paid for what I do I feel I’m the best drummer in Houghton Lake. I have been playing since fifth grade and now play in a band with three other kids which practices once a week,” senior Brian Morgan said. This just goes to show that ath- letes don’t stand alone in the spot- light. Everyone has a talent and so- meday will be recognized. As Andy Warhol once said, “In the future ev- eryone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” Josh Martin Easy Does It UNDERCLASSMEN WALSH-ZARZYSK! 151 jurU R)llc- fruAiHS) You never told us that! My page was torn out of my book! I thought you said it was due next Wednes- day! The dog ate my paper! Excuses, excuses, excuses. Teachers hear them everyday. But there would be no need for excuses if teachers didn’t expect anything from students. “If teachers didn’t expect anything out of students most the the students wouldn’t do any work. There would be a lot of chaos, math teacher Mr. John Blankenship said. Do students have a reason to give excuses? Some teachers don’t think so since they claim they do not expect much out of students. “All I expect out of students is for them to do their best at all times, science teacher Mr. Jim Johnson said. RUNNING, JUMPING, standing on desks and pulling hair is not usually accepted by teachers but students expect to be able to do what they want. Mr. Jim Bischoff sets back and watches his sixth hour chemistry class do just what they want. “Really what I expect out of students is to do their ho- meowrk and have a reasonable amount of attention,” Mr. Bischoff said. Photo by Bri- an Colby. “I expect students to come to class with the willingness to learn, Computer Teacher Mr. Ralph Se- dore said. If teachers can have expecta- tions of students, students should be able to have expectations of teachers. Their expectations vary from a well-educated and smart teacher to a teacher who makes the class fun. “I expect teachers to teach well, have a good education and to have a good understanding of students, junior Don Biddle said. Some students prefer humor rath- er than book work. “I expect teach- ers to make the class fun. They should include games that teach students about the subject, fresh- man Shane Savercool said. Students expectations of teach- ers cannot always come true. Teachers tend to give excuses for not correcting papers right away, for being late to class and for not having anything planned. Excuses, excuses, excuses. Stu- dents hear them everyday. Dawn Banka Mrs. Cindy Bedell: Secretary Mrs. Marge Benjamin: Counselor Mr. Jim Bischoff: Chemistry I, Physics, Advanced Chemistry Mrs. Brenda Collins: Physical Education 9. Life Time Sports. General Business. Health Tina Oiffon: Resource Room Aide Mrs. Sue Euler: Resource Room Mr. Pete Javoroski: American Literature and Writing. Survey of Literature and Writing. Independent Reading Mr. James Johnson: Biology. Advanced Biology, Girls Track Coach, Senior Class Adviser Mr. Jack Jury: Counselor 152 PLAIN JANE. SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS GIVING MONEY to science teacher Mr. Chuck Mercer, sixth hour science stu- dents freshmen Ken Nebor and Linda Ro- manowski and junior Dan Davis bribe him for answers. Even though Mr. Mercer glad- ly accepts the money, he has no intention of keeping it. That doesn't keep students from expecting answers and A’s for a bribe. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk FULFILLING HIS EXPECTATIONS Of a quiet student, math teacher Mr. Ken Warner ties Junior Barbie Pawlica to her chair. It’s un- believable how far teachers go to fulfill their expectations, but even Mr. Warner doesn't go this far. Photo by Brian Colby KlCf expect very little from students because that’s usually what I get. And if 1 don’t expect a lot I won’t be disappointed. English Teacher Mr. Pete Javoroski KKThe main thing I expect out of students is for them to work to the best of their ability. � Geography Teacher Mrs. Brenda Moore Mr. John Blankenship: Algebra I. Introductory Geometry, Plane Geometry, Head Football Coach Mrs. Barb Blasky: General Math IA. Algebra II. Advanced Math IV Mr. Mike Blasky: Michigan History, Early American History, Basic Freshman English. Developmental Reading, Varsity Baseball Coach Mrs. Delores Frever: Spanish I.II. III, Survival English. Gerneral Junior English Mrs. Lynne Gellerman: Resource Room. Student Senate Advisor Mrs. Elaine Jansen: World History. Sociology. Current Affairs. Early American History Mrs. Claudia Kiffner: Secretary Mr. Jack Kramer: Late American History, Psychology, Varsity Softball Coach, J.V. Football Coach Mr. Rod Martin: Freshman English, Reading Improvement, Creative Writing. College Prep Writing. Drama. National Honor Society Adviser Just Plain Folks . _ _ FACULTY BEDELL-MARTIN I OO jurU Rules, rules and more rules. It seems like the administration has rules governing every aspect of school life. But what about the un- written rules dealing with students' relationships with their teachers? The fine line that students walk be- tween genuine respect and a rude mockery of nicknames is very thin. It’s disrespectful. To show prop- er respect, teachers should be ad- dressed with a Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms. in front of their name. Other- wise. it’s not their name, said for- mer Marine sergeant Mr. Wendell Pietchak, business teacher for 25 years. But nicknames like B,” B.T., “Rig,” “Strause,” and Wood do not necessarily mean disrespect. These teachers have gone beyond teaching and have made their relationships more per- sonal, as friends. It's not disrespectful if teachers don’t mind us using nicknames. It just shows they have a good rela- tionship with their students, junior Randy Harvey said. Relationships can also go over- board. If a teacher becomes too close to students, the teacher could become biased towards that indvi- dual, affecting grades and student- to-student relationships. I don’t like teachers' pets. They do favors for teachers and get things like coffee for them. In return, pets get good grades and if they miss an assignment or something, teachers always let them make it up, sophomore Jon Bailey said. Maybe there should be a rule stating teachers should be teach- ers, not friends. Maybe not. Vince Brown AT THE DUAL MEET with host Farwell and Meridian, Coach Mr. Byron Townsend helps senior Jason Brown and junior Tim Greene by giving suggestions on how to compensate for the wind. “It’s important to me to have a good relationship with my coach because he keeps me out of trouble and gives me confidence, Tim said. Photo by Evie Breedlove. AS A TRADITION of the annual lasagna par- ty, yearbook adviser Lynn Strause pro- vided games for the staff to play. Mrs. Strause and senior Mark Williams laugh as they wait for a mirror to be held in front of their cheeky-cheeky target, senior Missy Shipp. Photo by Evie Breedlove Mr. Chuck Mercer: General Math I, Consumer Math. General Science. Earth Science, Varsity Girls Basketball Coach Mrs. Brenda Moore: Career Education. World Geography. Varsity Girls Cheerleading Coach Mrs. Gail Pierson: Resource Room Mr. Tom Rachilla: Art I, Art II Mr. Jim Rigling: Metal I. Advanced Metal Mr. Ralph Sedore: Computer Literacy, BASIC Programming, PASCAL Programming Mr. Ronald Szewczyk: Principal Mrs. Liz Thompson: Accounting I II, Retailing, Shorthand I Mr. Byron Townsend: State Local Government, National Government, Honors Go- vernment. Varsity Boys Track Coach 154 PLAIN JANE, SIMPLE SIMON FRIENDS 4 think the basis of good relationships between teachers and their students starts with mutual respect.}? Computer Teacher Mr. Ralph Sedore get along with my students because Tm fair with them and I think that because of this, they try to do a little more for me and appreciate their freedoms rather than abuse them. � Art and Drafting Teacher Mr. Tom Rachilla Mr. Wendell Pletchak: Typing I II, Economics, Business Law I II, Personal Typing, General Business, Filing, Office Machines II Mrs. Kay Price: Secretary Mr. Matt Prisk: Physical Education 9 10, Weight Training Fitness, Life Time Sports Mrs. Sue Stone: Home Economics I II Mrs. Lynn Strause: College Prep. Literature. Freshman English, Col- lege Prep. Grammar, Speech, Yearbook Adviser Mrs. Lisa Sutton: Librarian Mr. Greg Waller: Resource Room Mr. Ron Walters: Wood Shop I, Advanced Wood Shop, Drafting Mr. Ken Warner: General Math I. Algebra IA HA. Varsity Boys Basketball Coach Simple Minds . _ _ FACULTY MERCER-WARNER ■ OO i no YOU'LL SIMPLY LOVE IT urn) Cycles. Everything has them. Seasons, sports and especially business. You spend your money at a store or restaurant, they in turn use it for inventory, salaries and advertising. Ads in newspapers, on television and in yearbooks. This helps Students don’t have to travel far to initiate the spending cycle. During their 4A lunch break sophomore Joel Neorr and freshman Teresa Gonzalez wait their turn at the Bobcat Den, the school store run by Mrs. Thompson’s retailing students during lunch hours. The store stocks school supplies, snacks, Bobcat sportswear and gift Items. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk. cut the cost you pay for your yearbooks, so you can spend your money at a store or restaurant, and on and on. It's plain to see that all the businesses found on the following pages are part of the cycle, whether they are international companies or local family-owned shops. Also look for articles on just how this cycle functions, from the places where you get a fast meal to how the seniors get their money flowing for graduation and college. Take a look at all we have in store. We guarantee, you’ll simply love it! 156 ADS DIVISION In an attempt to bring more business to the Houghton Lake area, the Knights of Columbus 654Q sponsored their fourth annual All- American Polka Festival held July 14 through 17. K of C member and high school science teacher Mr. Jim Bischoff sells tickets to Mrs. Nancy Schuneman. Mrs. Schuneman was one of over B,000 people to attend this event. Photo by Evie Breedlove. You’ll Simply Love It Simple sustenance .. 158 Places to get fast meals for those times when home cooking isn't available Styles...................164 Spots to get the latest fashions to look your best Weekend wants..........178 Find out where to go for all your leisure-time supplies Downtown ..............188 Businesses and activities that make Houghton Lake what it is A bit of everything...201 Bits and pieces of every aspect of the business world Adveriser’s index....207 You'll Simply Love It 157 -T FOOD ASwhoPBg dditio11 hojc® E3ur9er Kin9 The competition has finally arrived. Burger King has finally been added to the list of area fast food restaurants. The new Prudenville Burger King gave people a choice of quick dinners to go. I like Burger King best because it’s better food. It doesn't bother me that I pay more,” junior Alice Rollins said. Quick dinners gave busy students a chance to fit a meal into their schedule. I don’t have time to go home sometimes so I eat at one of the fast food restaurants,” senior Cindy Pacini said. Finally, a choice for a change. Melissa Shipp MCDONALD’S RANKED first among fast-food restaurants in a student poll. “Being only a half mile from school makes It convenient to get a meal before a game, ’’ freshman cheerleader Christina lanltelli said, as she and classmate. Mellsa Tift eat before a freshman boys basketball game. Photo by Brian Colby. It 9 J rv .T n 1 tk p 'zz —Acdhds-6(J)6 ’WE DELIVER” 366 9079 3574 W. Houghton Lake Dr. New Owners-New Hours” 7 AM - 7 PM (Closed Thursday) HOMEMADE Breads, Soups, Pies, Rolls DAILY LUNCH DINNER SPECIALS Phone 366-5666 4724 E. Houghton Lake Dr. (Zone 21) 158 ADS IT’S A GOOD TIME FOR THE GREAT TASTE McDonalds McDonald's of Houghton Lake 3571 West Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, Michigan Kentucky Fried Chicken PHONE 422-3112 M-SS a 1-75 EXIT U.S. 27 HOUGHTON LAKE. MI 48629 977 W. Houghton Lake Dr. • • • Prudenville from ELIAS BROTHERS BIG BOY HOUGHTON LAKE Division of EMRO Propane Company f=- 3101 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, MI 48629 Telphone 517 366-5371 You’ll Simply Love It! 159 Beit Wiibei Standing outside Ron's Restaurant, Higgins Lake, senior employees Paul Betz, Missy Shipp, Shanon Blankenship, Sara Woodwyk, Cindy Pacini and Dave Melloh take a break from their daily work routine. Ron's Restaurant and Ron’s Coney Island employed eight students from Houghton Lake High School this year. CLASS of ’88 from ROW’S RESTAURANT RON’S CONEY ISLAND 160 ADS Carter's IGfl Pinky's Plaza Also Serving You At Higgins Lake ie Jwmk's wm 4 womrs 4592 W. Houghton Lake Dr. HOUGHTON LAKE, MICHIGAN 48629 (517)366-9588 H ro) vw; r 109 LAKE PRUDENVILLE 366 7611 CONGRATULATES The Class of '88 Glen s congratulates Its graduating seniors: Dave Stuck, Bob Miller, Shellle Yennoir and Josh Martin. You'll Simply Love It! 161 BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 88 compliments of PA7Z S7CKS groceries - beer and wine THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS COUNCIL 6548 video rentals plus players ! -NORTH WAY lounge---------- ----and lanes 12 Lanes Video Room Large Lounge Snack Bar Pro Shop Ball Drilling Terry’s Pharmacy C (u yicMu Uiorui Setuvti. 422-5082 M-55 8 Old 27 PARTY STORB deli1 . , sandwiches beer wine Working part-time at Terry's Pharmacy, sophomore Joe Elsholz rings up a purchase at the front counter. Owners Terry and Caroline Elsholz are registered pharmacists who see to your prescription needs. Photo by Jodi Majszak 162 ADS Supermarket Performing one of his many duties as a Hub Market stockboy, sophomore Jim LaPrad faces the pasta section of Isle five. Over the year that Jim has been there he has worked in the bottle shed, priced items and carried out. Photo by Brian Colby. Working 18 hours a week is nothing compared to the summer hours of over 40, according to junior Natalie Wedemeyer. To keep work from becoming monotonous, Natalie is faced with events from stopping shoplifters to chasing runaway carts. Photo by Brian Colby Panning everything for the next shift keeps juniors Rosemary Servas and Nancy Pigling busy until the day is over. The bakery sells homemade breads, rolls, donuts and licorice seven days a week between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m. Photo by Brian Colby You’ll Simply Love ItI 163 '?sSoff'uG flow nd rrnin® nsp?l tation hab'ts “Wow, I love those pants! Where did you get them?” Ever heard that before? What we wear and where we get it have become number one priorities for many of us. However, a lot of factors other than personal choice decide this. How much money we have and whether or not we can meet our wardrobe necessities in Houghton Lake become major issues when considering what we buy. “I try to shop out of town, but if I can't I usually end up at the Clothes Tree, partly because my mom works there, freshman Angel Soderman said. Many students shop out of town for variety and style, others for different reasons. “I usually shop in Lansing when I'm down visiting my brother at Michigan State, just because it's convenient,” junior Gabby Calkins said. That only leaves one problem: where to get the money. Sixty-seven percent bought the majority of their own clothes, while 33 percent received money from parents for most of their clothes. “I work, so if I want any more clothes than what I can afford I ask for them for Christmas or my birthday, sophomore Krystal Lindsay said. Whether we shop in town or out, at the most expensive places or not, with our own money or our parents, there will always be the “where did you get them? conversations. Jennifer Shea LOOKING FOR a new pair of pants, junior Joe Gonzales glances through the merchandise at Hudson’s In Fashion Square Mall, Saginaw. Many students found that for good selection, fresh styles and more sales they had to shop out of town. Photo by Brian Colby. THE HOUGHTON LAKE BOBCAT BOOSTERS CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF 1988 Selling candy to fans at the Bobcats last home game of the season, Bobcat Booster Club members Mrs. Sue Williams and Mrs. Shelly Sullivan work to meet the demands of the crowd. The Boosters sold various snacks at all the j.v. and varsity home basketball games to benefit the scholarship fund. Photo by Evie Breedlove. 164 ADS cJx th L- XL For ALL Your Shopping Needs Working at her mom's store on a Saturday, junior Stephanie Parrot looks over some paperwork. Stephanie works an average of eight hours a week at The Clothes Tree during the school year. Photo by Jodi Majszak. ____M______ bride formal 1931 South M-33 West Branch 345-2639 —the----------- Spinning Wheel ofy AjM) ommq tyijts Ivy League St. Michel Organically Grown South Coca-Cola Camp Beverly Hills Congratulations Seniors FROM The Store With ‘U’ In Mind” PINKY’S PLAZA Open 7 Days A Week Little Red Shoe House Quality Footwear For The Entire Family Factory Outlet You’ll Simply Love It! 165 WILDS Zone 7 Houghton Lake, Ml 422-3215 1 Hour Custom Quality Color Process- ing 24 Hour Custom Quality Enlargements 1881 W. Houghton Lake Dr. 366-7831 GRAYLING FLOOR COVERING “Quality You Can Stand On” Commercial-Residential (517) 348-8934 Rt. 4, Box 4005 Grayling, Ml 49738 I Next to Dick's Power Equipment RANDALL LUMBER For All Your Building Needs 212 Main Street Roscommon, Ml 48653 (517) 275-5222 7409 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake Heights, Ml 48630 SNOWMOBILES MOTORCYCLES YAMAHA C HONDA Sale Si tBelvice Appliance World M-55 (Zone 11) ATV’S Houghton Lake, SCOOTERS 48629 2151 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Zone 13 M-55 Houghton Lake, Michigan (517) 366-9283 CONGRATULATIONS HOUGHTON LAKE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF ”88” from E V, Incorporated CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES 1960 W. HOUGHTON LAKE DR. HOUGHTON LAKE, MICHIGAN 48629 (517) 366-9099 It was again a pleasure to be of service to the Houghton Lake Community Schools. Best wishes for your final year at HOUGHTON LAKE! Good Luck In Tour Future F ii Ic avors! You'll Simply Love It! SCP PiitributoM Krentz’s 1970-W. Houghton Lake Dr. Prudenville, Ml 48651 366-8569 Pat's Cut Curl mmsa a 366-5250 With three beauticians at Pat’s Cut and Curl, about 25 high school stu- dents were able to get their hair cut and styled per week. Junior Kandi Markey, a regular at the salon, gets a trim from Karen Krentz. Karen, along with sister Debbie and mother Pat have had Pat’s Cut and Curl open for nine years. Photo by Jodi Majszak. MemJjeA, Q b9G FIEST of AMERICA 345-3689 We ie. GciHUMMtiLf, Qcuth$ Good Luck Seniors 168 She s Lodge pqgjo tooyaoLijti Corner of M-55 Old 27 OPEN 6 AM. TO 9 P.M. FUN AND RECREATION FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY PHONE: 1517) 366-5910 P.O. BOX 357 Prudenville. Mich. 48651 Your Hosts - Bob Laura Shea Daily Luncheon 1 Dinner Specials Family Meat Market ISAttf QR.V01 MAD.KZ1 tyl uj iA in SeoAon We Special Cut: Steaks, Chops, Prime Rib Gonupleie. J!.ine oj Qluitl VeXfeialxleA. %o+te 16 366-8192 0PC 1 w. East of Blinker Light Houghton Lake Dr., Zone 16 Mcuj, flooemMeA. PucJzle. Vp. 9t'i IjOKP low Beckmans Sporting Goods 4015 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Zone 11 Houghton Lake, Michigan 48629 Telephone 517-366-5587 You’ll Simply Love Itl 169 11 NO ONE KNOWS YOUR GM CAR BETTER...NO ONE! 99 Largest New Used Car Inventory in Roscommon County (uzeti CHEVROLET MOULTON I Hours Daily 8-6 Monday 8-8 Saturday 9-2 Sales Service Leasing 422-5126 CaAhaway plumbing, heating electrical 366-5422 areal lakes v V Cash aw ay, the only Great Lakes Spa dealer in the area, is also a complete plumbing store. Junior Shari Eckstorm has worked at Cashaway doing secretarial duties for the past two years. Photo by Jodi Majszak. Like a Good Neighbor INSURANCE Is There 366-5356 Gaylor Insurance Agency, Inc. 308 Lake Ave.. Box 735 Roscommon. Michigan 48653 2040 St. Helen Rd.. Box 181 St. Helen, Michigan 48656 170 ADS Lowest beer prices in town Low cigarette prices 422-4300 Not only Is Fred's Total a self-serve gas station, but it is also a full-time party store. Mr. Tim Lerlght operates the store that he took over In 1987. Photo by Greta Soderrran Besides changing Its physical appearance with a renovation, Fred’s proprietor. Fred’s is located on M-55 next to Lakeland Recreation. Total changed owners as Mr. Tim Lerlght became the station’s new Photo by Greta Soderman You'll Simply Love It I 171 (517) 422 5195 HOLIDAY ?he LAKE MOTEL RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE 100 CLEARVIEW • HOUGHTON LAKE, Ml 48629 CbNler RESTAURANT CATERING 9074 OLD U S 27 HOUGHTON LAKE. Ml 48629 (517) 422-5514 422 3812 JOHN MacKENZIE BARB BURNSIDE LAKE STREET EAST TAWAS Ml 48730 (517) 362 5851 DICK. LIZ RICK MacKENZIE FARM FRESH PRODUCE E D FARM MARKET Zone 12 — 1 4 Mile East of McDonald's HOUGHTON LAKE. MICHIGAN OPEN 7 DAYS DENNIS DIANE RAU (517) 366-9402 Phone (517) 366-9419 Satellite Antenna Systems 3753 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, Michigan 48629 LARRY MILLER BOATS SNOWMOBILES CHAINSAWS DOCKS iHarriamt f pnrt0 Cttenter 517-539-7026 117 FIRST ST. HARRISON, Ml t 0' Village Aee Hardware 808 Lake St. P.O. Box 476 Roscommon, Ml 48653 WE CLEAR LOTS BULLDOZING LOADER Dean Carrick Trucking Sand - gravel - Top Soil Tennis Courts (5 17) 422 4 I 98 HOUGHTON LAKE. Ml 48629 (517) 422-6006 RICK and JILLANE ABEL Owners ABEL MANUFACTURED HOUSING FAMILY HOME CENTER 8201 W HOUGHTON LAKE DR • P 0 BOX 126 • HOUGHTON LAKE Mi 48629 172 ADS VanDRie BERG-MARTIN INSURANCE Home Furnishings For This Area’s Largest Selection •TELEVISION •FURNITURE •BEDDING «APPLIANCES Life-Home-Car Business Insurance Charles Berg-Agent (517) 422-5182 FORD’S DO IT CENTER THE FRIENDL Y ONES 841 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Pruden ville, Ml 48651 (517) 366-7622 B T BAIT and SPORTING GOODS Your Archery, Hunting and Fishing Headquarters Doris and Tom Irvine-Propri- etors jjSji Compound Bows $8! Complete Accessories SS Cuns-Ammo S8 Trapping Supplies M Live Bait Tackle You'll Simply Love It! 173 SPICER’S BOAT CITY SERVICE AFTER THE SALE Phone: (517)-366-8400 M-55 Houghton Lake Rt. 79, Box 89 In addition to their usual selection of boats and summer and winter accessories, Spicer’s Boat City added a new showroom featuring a variety of Four Winns and Bay liner boats. College freshman Phil Spicer helps out in the store during the summertime. Photo by Carrie Mleske. OA%SJl£Ae We’re Only A Phone Call Away! SUPERIOR AUTO GLASS of Michigan Inc. Free Mobile Service Zone 13 2404 W. H.L. Dr. Houghton Lake % CALL TOLL FREE IN MICHIGAN 1-800-292- 9071 OUT OF STATE 1-80O-248-LAKE Heme’s I SHOES GPW, Inc. NEW BALANCE CONVERSE REEBOK NIKE 113 NORTH MITCHELL ST CADILLAC, Ml 49601 Your Two Floor Shoe Store HOUGHTON LAKE. MICHIGAN HOME OF TIP-UP-TOWN U.S.A WE'VE GOT IT ALL HOUGHTON LAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1625 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, Mi. 48651 174 ADS OPEN YEAR AROUNO NAVAJO TRADING POST We Welcome Just Looking • MOCCASINS • SOUVENIRS • NOVELTIES • GIFTS • BLACK OIAMONDS • TURQUOISE We Specialize In Hand Made Indian Jewelry GEORGE AND JOANNE ROBERTS 1 BLOCK E OF STATE POLICE POST OWNERS 864« W HOUGHTON LAKE OR (517) 4?? 30V) HOUGHTON LAKE. Ml 40629 Satellite Color TV Private Phones Air Conditioned WE STRIVE TO MEET YOUR NEEDS AAA APPROVED C-flClht cA {oi£.[ HOUGHTON LAKE. MICHIGAN M 55 ZONE 4 1 2 MILE EAST OF U S 27 ACROSS FROM THE STATE POLICE POST — VISA A.YD MC ACCEPTED — MIKE and LYNN McNEILL. your hosts (517) 422-5085 MANICURIST DIANE McCLAIN STYLIST SHARON THOMAS Che airitage J hoppe 9041 OLD US-27 HOUGHTON LAKE, Ml (517) 422-3694 KRIS CARRICK TERRI CARPENTER Ray F. Leutz Certified Public Accountant P.O. BOX 746 ROSCOMMON. Ml 4S653 2758831 Evenings 309-4617 TELPHONE (517) 422-5412 SOUTH SHORE ANIMAL HOSPITAL 4258 WEST HOUCHTON LAKE DRIVE HOUCHTON LAKE. MICHIGAN 48629 (517) 366-7404 David R. Hock. D.V.M. Mary Jane Hock, D.V.M. Doctors Hours Appointments Preferred TIMS Shoppe Tim (Minnow) Miner (517) 275-8907 Regular Cuts and Styling for the Entire Family 319 Lake St., Roscommon, Ml 48653 Tues.-Fri. 9 am - 5:30 pm Sat. 9 am - 1 pm (Uta'j florid Si Qijft. 6565 W. HOUGHTON LAKE DR. HOUGHTON LAKE, Ml Compliments of your friends at Cadillac Pri nti n Company You’ll Simply Love It! Mike Fields Debbie Carmany Owner Office Manager MARKEY AUTO SERVICE CHEVROLET Congratulations. Go for the Gold. Used Parts, Cars, Welding, Rust Proofing, Mechanical 4959 Markey Rd. 821-9711 Roscommon, Ml 821-5633 ADVANCED BUSINESS MACHINES, SHARP COPIERS 117 Michigan Ave. GOOD LUCK, SENIORS Grayling, Michigan 49738 1517) 348-8717 1-800-922-5184 n 176 ADS Larry Porter Cu urcP) MERCURY LINCOLN 117 Lake St. Roscommon, Mich. 48653 Phone: 275-8922 Jim Lamb Jeff Holly CARQUEST AUTO PARTS Complete Machine Shop (517)422-3833 6803 W. Houghton Lake Houghton Lake Dr. Mich. 48629 f PONTIAC U OtOSMDBIlE HtGHPOm Auto Truck Center Inc. (517) 275-5712 755 South 131 Cadillac, Michigan GMC TRUCKS [sKPGoodrich -P ou IRE OWN GOODYEAR Quality Tires Service At Affordable Prices USA Houghton Lake Michigan MS4 I 515 W Houghton Lk Drive '_____P 0 Box 38 - Prudenviile 48651 Mon Sat 8 AM - 6 PM (517)366-9568 RLETH Land Survey Co. 319 Lake Street Roscommon 275-5712 3100 W. HOUGHTON LAKE DR HOUGHTON LAKE. Ml 48629 Phone (517) 366-8146 jvulberr Women's Infants Apparel Kim Roberson MANAGER Gretta Joe Kitchen OWNERS You'll Simply Love It I 177 NORTHLANDS COMMUNICATIONS INC. Office: 366-5364 Request Line: 1-800-332-WJGS WJCi 98 FM AM 1290 WjIKM Riteway Plumbing and Heating 6560 M-55 Si Helen Ml 48656 Carl Jenkins-Licensed Phone (517) 389 4439 Office: 366-5196 Home: 366-5721 Hutson Insurance Agency, Inc. All Forms of Insurance Therese (Terri) Hutson, Agent William (Bill) Hutson, Agent 3538 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Route 79, Box 146 Houghton Lake, Michigan 48629 WE RENT MOVIES PLAYERS PRUDENVILLE M-55 1 2 Mile W of the Playhouse (517) 366-8728 HOUGHTON LAKE M 55 Across From Little Caesa s (517) 422-4576 ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE 6577 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, Michigan 178 ADS Focusing on the Minolta Master Video camera, freshman Christina lanitelll questions store manager Dana Marra Ph.D. Gearing to satisfy the Minolta customer Hunt’s now carries the Auto Focus Systems and over twenty-five auto focus lenses. Photo by Jennifer Szewczyk Providing customer satisfaction and quality merchandise, Hunt’s Rexall Drug Store has been In the area since 1948. Hunt's Is located on M-55 across from Collins Elementary. Photo by Jen- nifer Szewczyk You’ll Simply Love It! 179 for all your school needs We also have an extensive line of sportswear, posters, gifts and snacks Ante up to chow down. Freshman Pat Walsh draws lots on his purchase as retailing student Marci Low stands ready to trade money for candy. In addition to snacks, the Bobcat Den sells school supplies and Bobcat sportswear. Photo by Jodi Majszak. TRAVEL LAND R.V. CENTER WE HANDLE 6 NEW LINES BEAVER, ROCKWOOD, SUNSTREAM SPECTRA, HONEY FOXFIRE Travel Land R.V. Center Houghton Lake, MI 48629 (517) 366-5359 ™ ummosr Congratulations Class of ‘88 Finest Mexican Food on the Lake Subs and Sandwiches Squirting mustard on one of the Limberlost's famous hamburgers, senior Cory Czada works hard to uphold the high standards of food In the Limberlost kitchen. The Llmberlost is open daily for food, fun and drinks and has a live band until 2:00 a.m. on Saturdays. Photo by Jodi Majszak. 180 ADS Karin Davis Styling By Ruthanne PERMS CUTS FROSTS EAR PIERCING SETS TINTS BLEACH EYEBROW ARCH THE HAIBEM 5LAUTY SALON Karin, Congratulations, Hon. We’re very proud of you. Good luck in college, and we hope you have a very happy future. Love ya, Mom and Dad Brandon Warson Brandon, Congratulations! You have made us very proud with your strength and determination. Good luck in whatever you choose to do with your future. Love, Art, Mom, Laurie, Rob, and families J 85' . w Houghton Lake Of P'udenviiie. Mi 48651 Tricia Rohlfs (517) 366 5423 Zone 16 Houghton Lake Institute of Cosmotology 5921 W. Houghton Lake Dr. 422-4573 Tricia, Hard times never seem to end, but having someone like you somehow makes it all worthwhile. We always manage to see things through. Love, Mom, Dad, Donna, and Chris Tony Muma Tony, You’re the last of the six and we’re very proud of you. May God always bless you. Love ya, Mom Dad $ BARBER SHOP 710 HOUGHTON LK. DR. PRUDENVILLE, MICH. 517-366-5875 GEORGE PAPPAS, OWNER Ron Forbes Ron, Congratulations. We’re very proud of you. Love, Mom, Robin, Jerry, Donna, Cindy, Brad, Troy, and families You’ll Simply Love It I Houghton Beach Grocery 2969 W. Houghton Lk. Dr. Zone 12 366-7331 cc. MasterCard Visa Layaway-COD Sunday 11-4 Congratulations Graduate to Style Your Full Service Jeweler FEA TURING Artcarved Class Rings Black Hills Gold On M-55 near M-18 in Pruden ville Open Daily: 10:00 - 5:00 Qold 'Rush Jewelers A 8 seniors Melissa Shipp and Mark Williams admire a gold necklace, Don Ressa, owner of Gold Rush Jewelers, shows the difference in not only the quality but also the price of each necklace. Photo by Jodi Majszak Ph. 366-5074 camhbcM s Leanoe CONGRA TULA TIONS SENIORS (Enhmtal Martuuare RENT ONE-GET ONE FREE AT THE BRIDGE IN ROSCOMMON 3087 WEST HOUGHTON LAKE DRIVE HOUGHTON LAKE, MICHIGAN 48629 PHONE 366-5452 182 ADS GRADUATE GE 235 Michigan Ave. Grayling, Michigan (517) 348-5111 Seniors Brandon Warson and Evie Breedlove watch while Davis Jewelers Mr. Jim Shepler shows the finer points of this uniquely crafted ring. The ring had a carat diamond surrounded by little diamonds set in a gold jacket. Photo by Rhonda Bradley Besides a wide variety of watches and necklaces, Davis Jewelers carries rings ranging from wedding to class rings. Seniors Dale Leatch and Bobbi Ostrom try on one of the display rings while Mr. Shepler explains how It should fit. Photo by Evie Breedlove As Mr. Jim Shepler of Davis Jewelers observes, senior Josh Martin places a ring on senior Rhonda Bradley's finger to check size and fit. Davis Jewelers Is located in downtown Grayling. Photo by Evie Breedlove You’ll Simply Love It! -J Q0 Working In the office of her father’s business, GAL Hauling, senior Lylenette Canfield performs clerical duties such as filing and typing. GAL Hauling transports sand and gravel and does excavating. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Dr. R..WM. Bourdow, DDS Professional Corporation Tel. (517) 366-8643 90 Silver Drive Houghton Lake, Ml 48629 At Dr. William Bourdow's dentist office junior CherI Pace gets her six month check-up from dental hygienist Mrs. Helga Benz. Dr. Bourdow has been serving the Houghton Lake area since 1976. He formerly practiced In Bridgeport for fifteen years following graduation from the University of Michigan. Photo by Evle Breedlove. David L. Wakefield Construction Licensed Insured (517) 366-7151 366-7834 Post Office Box 784 Houghton Lake, Ml 48629 U-HAUL H L Equipment Sales - Rental and Small Engine Repair YARD MAN SALES SERVICE 6894 W HOUGHTON LAKE OR HOUGHTON LAKE. Ml 48629 (517) 422-5655 Landscaping Hydroseeding Porath Contracting GowyuUulxdio+U Ma'uf, A ute. 366-7314 Excavating Sewer Hookups DALE'S AUTO BODY REPAIR 6771 Houghton Lake Dr. 422-3721 M M INSULATION Your Home Energy Center0 ik Roofing - siding - Cfra? Blown In Fiberglass Insulation Storm Windows Doors StUmAUi 366-9683 Aluminum Vinyl Siding Awnings Enclosures Replacement Windows You'll Simply Love It! 185 EkESJ(Q)B± WSMQiTMZL Congratulations Mark And Class of ’88 BOATS-PONTOONS BEACH-ICE SHANTYS MOTORS-KITCHEN- ETTES 116 9th Street Prudenville c We CBS 243 Mich. Ave. Grayling Congratulations Seniors MAC’S DRUG STORE 348-2181 “We Cater to Cowards” • Allen R. Methven D.D.S. • • Joyce Dayma-Jilek D.D.S. 1 ••• By Appointment ••• 366-9621 Class of pic JHattnr 574 W. HOUGHTON LAKE DR. PRUDENVILLE, Ml 48651 (517) 366-7622 LOWELL BARBARA SOUDER VAL HALLA swimming pool AAA ofi iaoed 9869 US-27 422-5137 186 ADS PHONE (517) 366-5306 NO PETS — BOAT RENTAL Korbinski s Lakeview Motel Resort 364 West Houghton Lake Dr. Prudenville. Michigan 48651 Efficiency Overniters Ed A Linda Korbinski ON HOUGHTON LAKE Your Hosts: Lyman Debbie Lyman's on the Lake Open All Year Bait Shop Resort Brian Morgan Congratulations Brian! We are very proud of you. Love, Mom and Dad Dwight Burdine Dwight, We wish you happiness and success. Love, Mom, Dad, Becky, and Lisa Brad Gruber Motel Lakewood Motel 6698 W. Houghton Lk. Dr. Houghtn Lake, Ml 48629 STOP AND STAY AT THE ROSE O'DAY Brad! Raising you has been a treat. Now the world is at your feet. Wishing you the very best. Love A proud Mom and Dad Dawn M. Curns Dawn, I have waited for this special day. I'm proud of you, Dawn. knew you'd make it. You're very special. Love Ya, Mom Rode O' cuf, Mole! Hot Water Heat - Wall to Wall Car- pet Color TV - Complimentary Morning Coffee Direct Dial Phones - Ice - Cable TV P.O. BOX 791 HOUGHTON LAKE MICHIGAN 48629 Bobbi Ostrom Congratulations, Bobbi! We're all very proud of you. May all your dreams come true. Love, Mom 4 Dad You'll Simply Love It! 187 Enjoy a delicious Sunday Brunch!! In the Shanty Dining Room ALL YOU CAN EAT! f SPECIAL N BUFFET Every Saturday Come as you are! Casual Atmosphere j HAPPY HOCJR IN THE TIP-OP LOC1NGE Join Gs For Happy Hour f 11 FISH FRY is our Friday night Special in the Shanty Dining Room Live Entertainment Monday thru Saturday Good Service Friendly Staff Come in for a swim in our HOLIDOME AREA! EtJ HEATED POOL SAUNA WHIRL- POOL of Houghton Lake 9285 M-55 U.S.-27 Expressway Houghton Lake, Ml 48629 Phone (517)422-5175 Kid's Stay Free aiolidomc 1 000« fun ctNn« i 188 ADS S BODY SHOP V 104 3rd Street. Prudenville, Michigan 48651 Phone (517) 366-5213 We’re Proud... a . c«r¥i ci 4s5 YOU BELONG AT 41k DIG W WHEEL DISCOUNT DEPARTMENT STORE Theodore D. Freeland Orthodontist 5155 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, Ml 48629 366-5828 ,e u o Fes an ant® dise ase Motel Grand Color TV Salesman and Sportsman Welcome On M-55 Zone 7 2 Mi E. of U.S. 27 Houghton Lake, Ml 48629 The Spirit of Christmas left long ago. The weather is colder than ever. It’s the season of winter woes, the one disease that is sure to come every year. A treatment that helps: Tip-Up-Town. For the last two weekends in January the Houghton Lake Chamber of Commerce sponsors the carnival on ice, This helps the area businesses out by providing them with a tourist attraction during the slow months, Houghton Lake Chamber President Mike Ignat said. With attractions ranging from a beer and dance tent to demo, sleigh and carnival rides, activities for all age groups are covered. This helps the Skip’s Lounge Food Dancing Carry Out Ph. 422-5631 Skip Carole Sliwa WITH A SPORTS theme, the Tip-Up-Town parade centered on outdoor sporting activities. The Houghton Lake Merchants Association entered this float with freshman fishermen Tom Vachon and Brian Wyckoft which won first place in Best Float Overall. Photo by Brian Colby population grow from 9,000 to 50,000 for those two weekends. Not only does it help the businesses, but it also helps the students. Tip-Up- Town brings excitement to the lake, senior Darla St. Louis said. With the National Honor Society, band and student senate helping out, it gives the school a chance to become involved. Although Tip-Up-Town isn’t the cure for the winter disease, it does help ease the pain, senior Bob Miller concluded. You'll Simply Love It! 189 „ � ON ve CV FAMILY RESTAURANT Across from Lakeland Recreation Full Menu Smorgasbord Denny Cindy Charbonneau Mgrs. 422-4323 3257A W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, Ml 48629 POWELL’S FAMILY RESTAURANT 366-8721 A K HOME OF THE I POUND STEAK DINNERS STEAK CORRAL Family Dining Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 2919 W HOUCHJON LAKE DR HOUGHTON LAKE. Ml 48629 i 5 1 7 I 366 9298 DINING AND COCKTAILS 125 BEECH STREET HARRISON. MICHIGAN 48625 LAMONT and CAROL WYNNE MR. K I V COCKTAIL FOOD Open everyday 11:00 a.m. -Midnight Shrimp Bowl Saturday Nite SPECIALS Located 4 miles east of Lake City on M-SS Phone: (616) 839-7910 I 3548 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, Ml 366-9649 WP ACK8 Aecomnm ■f«r ST. HELEN PHARMACY 2100 North M-76 P.O BOX 38 St Helen. Michigan 48656 (517) 389-4965 190 Ji teuernoI Jjfuneral goitre CHRISTLER FUNERAL HOME 6651 W. HOUGHTON LAKE DR. HOUGHTON LAKE, MI 48629 'DXJwdMs STANLEY D. CHRISTLER (517) 422-5711 TTjjAjoM Scuute PcULid LBsMjs sales merchant AAfoc iaffa FOOD FAMILY CENTERS Fred Chidester Houghton Lake (517) 366-5351 168 First St. Harrison. Mich 48625 Phone: 539 2108 1600 Wright Avs Alma. Mich 48801 Phona: 463 6078 1190 North Stats St Gladwin. Mich. 48624 Phona: 426 9215 633 S Main St Standish. Mich 48658 Phona 846 9674 1471 W. Houghton Lake Drive Prudenville, Michigan 48651 ATTORNEY AT LAW Jm McCLINTIC McCLINTIC You'll Simply Love It! 191 VKlLKAkE INN M-55 366-5254 lace FOR THE FASHIONABLE TIMES IN YOUR LIFE Ladies Apparel Sizes 3 Pelite Ihru 52 P O Bo 338 Houghion Lake, Ml Ph (517) 366-8726 DOROTHY TROYER IE ANNE HESS LAKESIDE VISION Dr. Louis E. Boggs (517) 366-7525 830 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Prudenville, MI 48651 FLOWERS BY LORENC 4772 W. HOUGHTON LAKE DR HOUGHTON LAKE Ml 48629 Phone 517-366-9186 DOUG OR BARB LORENC rciEFtbptsr______________________ ROSCOMMON COUNTY HERALD NEWS Serving Our Friends Since 1875_ 2802 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, Michigan 48629 Phone 366-7019 1QP ADS No Matter Where You Go After Graduation You Can Keep in Touch With The Houghton Lake Resorter Houghton Lake P.O. Box 248 Zip 48629 Ph. 366-5341 Roscommon 603 Lake St. Zip 48653 The Houghton Lake cl esorter Roscommon County’s Most Widely-Read Newspaper SPECIAL STUDENT and MILITARY RATES You’ll Simply Love It I 193 ¥ Transamenca Title Insurance PHONE: (517)366-8981 THE ABSTRACT CO. P.O. BOX 275 5357 WEST HOUGHTON LAKE DRIVE HOUGHTON LAKE, MICHIGAN 48629 ABSTRACTS - TITLE INSURANCE TITLE SEARCHES - ESCROW SERVICE MARIE VELGOS. MANAGER JOHN E. ROSCZYK. ABSTRACTING AND TITLE ATTORNEY JD SPORT SHOP ATHLETIC OUTFITTERS Uniforms ■ Equipment Trophies • Sportswear JIM CRABTREE 301 N Mitchell Cadillac. Ml 49601 Phone (616) 775-8787 NORTHERN LINEN SERVICE Complete Commercial Linen Laundry Service (517)366-7854 P.O. Box 333 Prudenville. MI 48651 OFFSET■LETTERPRESS we doing Invitations Photo Copies Business Forms MEL BANKOV 3269 West M-55 (Zone 12) Houghton Lake. Michigan 40629 BANKOV PRINTING Home of the Superprintcr' Bus (517) 366 5606 Res (517) 366 7022 pvLL SHOfl£s Specialists in All Seasons Comfort — LlCENSEO AND INSURED — Boilers - Custom Ductwork • Furnaces Lennox dealer ROD LAFRAUGH (517) 422-3325 4014 M-55 (ZONE 1 1) HOUGHTON LAKE. Ml 48629 Full Service Salon 8:00 A M. TO 5:00 P M Closed monoays 128 Parkway Houghton lake Hgts . Ml Telephone (5171 422-5345 chrysur Plymouth Bonnev MOTOR SALES M-55 M-66 SOUTH Lake City. Ml 49651 Dodge Ooutje IruUn JERRY M BONNEY PRESIDENT Bus. PHONE 616-839-7231 616-775-1277 SAMPSON'S AUTO SALES 2950 W. HOUGHTON LAKE DR. HOUGHTON LAKE, Ml 48629 366-9606 194 ADS FORD MERCURY LINCOLN New Used Cars Trucks 517-348-5421 AL BENNETT FORD LINCOLN MERCURY, INC. f lomc (y. T c (J)ca ft . (fa 427 N GRAYLING RD GRAYLING MICH 49738 GET HOOKED EDGEV ATER iCYi MARINA M-55 (Zone 6) 422-4221 Gas, Power Mix, Propane Balt, Tackle, Munchles PONTOON LAUNCH-RCMOVAL Ice Shanty Rental Pontoon Rental Tom Duclos Insurance AUTO, HOMEOWNERS BUSINESS, HEALTH BOATS, RV’S, LIFE AGENTS Tom Duclos Jack Harden Tom Rose 8:30-5:00 Mon.-Fri. 366-6333 Come Ride With Us Roico Mini Bui System •Houghton Lake 366-5309 •Roscommon 275-4034 • • St. Helen 389-4791 You'll Simply Love It! 195 SURPLUS, INC. Discount Auto and Snowmobile Parts 777 W. Houghton Lake Drive Prudenville, Ml 48651 (517) 366-5135 Movie Guide Michigan Briefs TV Listings World Briefs Radio Highlights Stock Listings Style Calendar Contact Sports Horse Racing Classified Weather TV guide Latest Sports Coverage Park Place Office Com. 3000 W. H.L. DR. Trophies and Engraving Athletic Equipment 103 Fred Bear Dr Grayling. Ml 49378 Larry and Janet Raymond Ph. (517) 34d-9097 DIAMONDS-PRECIOUS STONE JEWELRY WATCHES-DISTINCTIVE GIFTS JEWELRY, WATCH CLOCK REPAIR R. WIEBER jewelers IN THE EMPORIUM 234 Michigan Ave. Grayling, Michigan 49738 (517) 348-9694 P COACHMEN Motorhomes RV’s Trucks I 1 WBurnside R.V. CENTER R.V. STORE-Service Center Houghton Lake- (517) 366-8988 Scheer Motors (j MU GM MARK OF EXCELLENCE TO $48-5790 196 ADS -DAVID G. RIEBSCHLEGER- ARCHITECT 5184 W HOUGHTON LAKE DR HOUGHTON LAKE. Ml 48629 (517) 366-7682 RONALD C. MEIRING ATTORNEY AT LAW T CLEPHONE (517) 366-7361 P.O. Box 676 3386 W Houghton Lake Dr PRUDENVILLE. MICHIGAN 40651 JEWELRY AND GIFTS INC. SINCE 1893 PULSAR WATCHES JOHNS CLASS RINGS 112 South Mitchell St. Cadillac, Ml 49601 (616) 775-3241 - R. NORTHEASTERN Buyer's Guide THE ACTION PEOPLE Prudenville, Michi- gan 517-366-8341 Becky Phelps Congratulations Becky. We wish you the best as your life goes on. Just be yourself. Love you, Mom and Dad Evie Breedlove You've always been a happy and bubbly child. May that happiness spread to those around you as it has to us. Love, Mom and Dad Scott Sullivan You light up our lives and help make our days brighter. Congratulations, we’re proud of you. Love ya, Mom, Dad, Shawn, Cory, Shane and Carrie Ann Shannon Swider Shannon, we ‘re very proud of you! May you have faith in God and yourself, hope in the future and love for all mankind. Love, Dad, Mom, Robert, Shevawn Sean David Sluck You have come a long way, from little boy to young adult. God has blessed us with you. We are proud! Love, Mom and Dad You'll Simply Love It! 197 Consider the advantages... 1. Low tuition rates 2. 30+ Certificate Associate in Applied Science Degree programs 3. Transfer programs Associate in Arts Associate in Science Degree programs 4. Small Classes 5. Evening Courses 6. Pleasant location 7. 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Box 458 Houghton Lake, Ml 48629 Slender You of Houghton Lake Coin Laundry 3051 W. Houghton Lk. Dr. Houghton Lake. Ml 48629 Law Offices of William L Carey Fay’s Plaza 2645 W. Houghton Lake Dr., Unit 3 Houghton Lake, Ml 48629 Please Call for Appointment (517) 348-5232 P.O. Drawer 665 (517) 348-9022 Grayling, Ml 49738-0665 Nelson A. Miles, Of-Counsel 517-366-9666 When quality counts Submersible drainage and sludge pumps. More than 30 versions with capacities from 150-3700 GPM and lifting heads up to 340 feet. Q3 REED INC 655 Brea Canyon Rd. • Walnut CA 91789 USA PHONE (714) 594-7000 TELEX 676331 FAX: 714-5957222 GRINDEX AB Box 538 S-136 25 HANINGE SWEDEN dUINDEx 200 ADS SOHN SUPPLY NORTHERN MICHIGAN'S LARGEST SUPPLY HOUSE 117 Beech Houghton Lake, Ml 48629 422-3515 800-322- 9203 _ XKVit i r I o f r His and Hers Hair Care Ph. (517) 366-8553 Judy Carol t w Mildred’s Fabrics Located in the Shoreline Cen- ter 366-8355 � SF You just woke up. It’s 8:00 in the lorning and it’s already 75 degrees utside. The sun is shining and a light reeze is blowing. Visions of water- ing, swimming and working on that in enter your head. They are stopped bruptly by cold reality: You have to ork all day! Summer jobs interfere with xcitement during our summer vacation r many of us. “I hate going to work on ally nice days when all my friends are Ding to the beach, but I guess it’s orth the money,” freshman Pat Walsh fetid. Although many of us obtain a summer b just for the money, others enjoy the )portunity to get out of the house. “I’d BUSY STOCKING shelves at Surplus Hardware Store, Junior Brian Crystal tags prices on Penzoll Motor OH. Summer jobs proved to be a necessity for many students with cars and other expenses. Photo by Brian Colby rather spend my time working, earning money than sitting around,” junior Tina Chanda said. So when the first day of school rolls around and the person next to you is golden brown, just think of which will last longer: his tan or the balance of your bank account. Jennifer Shea BAUCHAN LAW OFFICES, P.C. SERVICE SINCE 1971 IN ALL AREAS MICHAEL L. BAU- CHAN Juris Doctorate Electrical Engineer 4611 W. Houghton Lk. Dr. Houghton Lake, Ml 48629 (On M-55 Between Pines Theater School) (517) 366-5361 You'll Simply Love It! 201 Congratulations Seniors IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY, INC. A DELTA GROUP ASSOCIATE 3:15. The halls erupt with students leaving their last hour class. Many walk out to the ride home but 41 per- cent of our student body is headed to- ward the locker rooms, auditorium or the band room for practices and re- hearsals. It’s not so much the prac- tice, but afterwards I am so worn out that it is hard to even drag myself up to finish the mounds of homework waiting at home, junior Nancy Rigling said. Time is of the essence. Students must learn to manage their time for their family, their friends and time alone. I don’t have much time for my- self because of practices and work, but when I need to get away I spend it with my horse, junior Debbie Blodgett said. For these reasons, students long for the weekends and a chance to recoo- perate. I work Saturdays and go out at night. Even though it is hard to get up and around on Mondays I feel revived, senior David Sluck said. The average life span in the U.S. is 71.2 years, meaning we have around 2871 more Fridays to look forward to. Greta Soderman STRETCHING OUT for track practice Is a requirement to prevent pulled muscles. The track season began in March with dally practices until 5:00 p.m. and one to two meets each week until June, taking up a lot of extra time. Photo by Brian Colby ADS 202 ROSCOMMON BANK SUBSIDIARY OF NBD BANCORP, INC. • Roscommon • Houghton Lake • Houghton West • Mlo • Mlo North • Prudenville • St. Helen • Higgins Lake • Falrview You'll Simply Love It! 203 Jeff Majszak Congratulations Jeff! You've made us proud. Don't change a thing. We love you. Mom, Dad, Jodi and Jonathan Mary Ann Porath PORTRAIT STUDIOS, INC. Congratulations to a very special daughter. We are very proud of you. Dad and Mom Specializing in Senior Portraits Call 775-9944 Jason Brown For Appointments Jason, we are extremely proud of who you are and we continue to be proud of what you will become. You're very special. Love. Dad and Mom Josh Martin Josh, continue to strive to be better and success will continue to be with you. Love, Mom and Dad Charles V. Brown Congratulations Vince! We're very proud of you and wish you the greatest of success. Thanks for being you! Dad and Mom 201 South St. Cadillac, Ml. 49601 204 ADS MAIN OMiCf KMONf •� 72 5197 RESIDENCE PHONE 360 8310 realtor Videoland Home Theater LAKESHORE REALTY CO.. REALTORS 3 OFFICES TO SERVE YOU 2802 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, Mi. 48629 366-7152 HOUGHTON LAKE JEAN C DlDlER MICHIGAN BROKER OWNER Vinyl Replacement Aluminum Vinyl Replacement Windows Alside Siding - Vinyl Aluminum With Written Guarantee NORCO Windows Storm Doors Storm Windows Awnings Wood Replacement Glass Repair Hendersons Afeiam OJ d Co. 1861 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Concrete Company Phone Day or Evening 366-5462 2018 W. Houghton Lake Dr. Houghton Lake, Mi. 48629 366-5813 366-7401 0 Frank Selega DDS Congratulations Seniors 315 W. Higgins Lake Dr. Roscommon, Mi. 48653 821-9458 You'll Simply Love It! 205 Biology The class of which I learn the most is all about the world. The animals, and trees, and bugs, and leaves, and most of all ourselves. We talk so much but yet we learn and then we understand so as we go out into this world. all things we know of our land. Wendy Thornton — Wendy Thorton May 9,1970 June 14,1986 Wendy had many dreams and many fears just as we all do. She had dreams filled with romance, fear and frustration. Wendy wrote poems all the time. She was a big dreamer and all of her dreams and thoughts went on a single sheet of paper. She had said that her poems would one day be published and the whole world would hear her thoughts and dreams. I remember her last poem. It had the calm ocean and a beautiful sunset. We all miss her and wish she was here. Laura Murray Photo provided by Laurie Laginess, Heather Hunt and Wendy’s friends Mark Williams Congratulations Mark! You have made us so very proud and have brought us much joy. We wish you great success at MTU. Love, Dad, Mom, and Paul Melissa Shipp Melissa, We are very proud of what you have done in the past, and look forward to what you’ll do in the future. Goodbye Bobcat, Hello Pioneer! Love, Mom Dad Ida Lowe To our Half Pint, We knew you could do it. We have always been so proud of you. Keep that smile. Love, Mom, Dad, Michelle, Laurie Tom Jason Mandley Jason, We are very proud of you. Good Luck and God Bless you! Love, Mom Dad 206 ADS DVERTISERS I NDEX I ABEL MANUFACTURED HOUSING......................177 ABSTRACT COMPANY............................. 194 ADVANCED BUSINESS MACHINES.....................176 AIRPORT RESTAURANT.............................158 AK STEAK CORRAL................................190 AL BENNETT FORD................................195 ALL SHORES HEATING.............................194 ANCEL ASHPHALT.................................172 ANNIE B S......................................186 ARLETH LAND SURVEY.............................177 ASHCRAFT S FOOD 4 FAMILY CENTER................191 B T BAIT SPORTING GOODS....................173 BANKOV PRINTING................................194 BART S FRUIT MARKET............................169 BAUCHAN LAW OFFICES. P C.......................201 BECKMAN S SPORT SHOP...........................169 BIG WHEEL......................................189 BOBCAT BOOSTER CLUB ...........................164 BOBCAT DEN.....................................181 BONNEY MOTOR SALES ............................194 BOURDOW. DR R W DOS............................185 BRONZE STAR MOTEL .............................186 BUCCILLIS .....................................158 BURNSIDE TRUCK 4 R V. CENTER...................196 BUYER'S GUIDE..................................197 CADILLAC PRINTING COMPANY......................175 CAMPBELL S CANOE LIVERY........................182 CAREY. WM ATTORNEY.............................200 CARLSON S JEWLERY GIFTS......................197 CAROUEST AUTO PARTS............................177 CARTER S IGA ..................................161 CASHAWAY SUPPLY................................170 CHALET MOTEL ..................................175 CHARBONNEAU'S..................................190 CHEMICAL BANK..................................176 CHRISTLER FUNERAL HOME.........................191 CLARK S CLOTHING DEN...........................174 CLOTHES RACK...................................199 CLOTHES TREE...................................165 COLONIAL HARDWARE .............................182 COYLES.........................................172 D 4 D FARM MARKET..............................172 DALE'S AUTO BODY REPAIR CENTER 185 DAVIS JEWELERS.................................183 DEAMUD. JAMESATTORNEY..........................191 DEAN CARRICK TRUCKING..........................172 DETRAY REALITY.................................205 DETROIT NEWS...................................196 DIANE S RESTAURANT ............................190 DON NESTER CHEV-OLOS...........................176 DUCLOS INSURANCE...............................195 E 4 V INCORPORATED ............................167 EDGEWATER BEACH MARINA.........................195 ELIAS BROTHERS BIG BOY.........................159 FAMILY MEAT MARKET.............................169 FIRST OF AMERICA BANK .........................168 FISHER S COIN LAUNDRY..........................200 FLOOR STORE 4 PAT'S CUT 4 CURL.................168 FLOWERS BY LORENC..............................192 FORD'S DO IT CENTER............................173 FOX STUDIOS................................... 204 FRANKIE S MODERN RESORT........................199 FRED'S TOTAL...................................171 FREELAND. DR THOMAS DOS........................189 FUELGAS .......................................159 FUNTIME PARTY STORE...........................162 G 4 L HAULING ................................t84 GAS LITE MANOR................................166 GAYLOR INSURANCE AGENCY 170 GEORGE S BARBER SHOP..........................180 GLEN S MARKET .................................161 GOLD RUSH JEWELERS............................182 GRANOMA'S DOLLS............................... 199 GRAYLING FLOOR STORE..........................162 GRINDEX.......................................200 H 4 L EQUIPMENT............................... 185 HACKER S YAMAHA 4 HONOA .......................166 HAIREM BEAUTY SALON...........................180 HAIRITAGE SHOPPE..............................175 HAIRLOFT......................................201 HARRISON SPORT CENTER.........................172 HENDERSON ALUMINUM............................205 HENNE'S SHOES.................................174 HER PLACE.....................................192 HIGH POINT AUTO 4 TRUCK CENTER................177 HOLIDAY INN...................................188 HOLIDAY ON THE LAKE ...........................172 HOUGHTON BEACH................................182 HOUGHTON LAKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.............174 HOUGHTON LAKE INSTITUTE OF COSMOTOLOGY 180 HOUGHTON LAKE RESORTER........................193 HOUSE OF DOUGHNUTS............................161 HUB SUPERMARKET .163 HUNT'S DRUG STORE............................. 179 HUTSON INSURANCE AGENCY.......................178 IMPERIAL ONE STOP 202 J D SPORT SHOP................................194 JBJ BRIDE N' FORMAL...........................165 K OF C COUNCIL 6548...........................162 K'S HAIR KARE.................................194 KENNEY S STUDIO...............................199 KENTUCKY FRIEO CHICKEN........................159 KILKARE INN ...................................192 KIRTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE....................198 KORBINSKI'S LAKEVIEW MOTEL 187 KRONNER'S DRUG STORE.......................... 161 LAKESHORE CONSTRUCTION CO 205 LAKESIDE VISION ...............................192 LAKEWOOD MOTEL............................... 187 LARRY PORTER..................................177 LEATHER SHOP ..................................199 LEUTZ. RAY F CPA.............................. 175 LIMBERLOST ....................................181 LITTLE REO SHOE HOUSE.........................165 LYMAN'S ON THE LAKE ...........................187 M AND M INSULATION............................185 MARKEY AUTO SERVICE...........................176 MARTIN INSURANCE AGENCY.......................173 MCDONALDS..................................... 159 MEIRING. RONALD C.............................197 MEMORY LANE 1 HOUR PHOTO......................166 METHVEN. DR ALLEN DDS .........................186 MICHIGAN STATE POLICE POST....................169 MILDRED S FABRICS.............................201 MOTEL GRAND...................................189 MOVIE OUTFITTERS..............................192 MR JOHN'S RESTAURANT 190 MULBERRY BUSH.................................177 MCCLINTIC 4 MCCLINTIC P C.....................191 NAVAJO TRADING POST...........................175 NBD ROSCOMMON BANK ................. 203 NORTH CENTRAL SURVEY CO.......................200 NORTHERN LINEN SERVICE .......................194 NORTHLANDS COMMUNICATIONS.....................178 NORTHWAY LOUNGE 4 LANES .......... 16? O'CONNELL'S RESTAURANT .......................159 PARTY STOP .......... ,99 PLACK'S ACCOUNTING......................... 190 PORATH CONTRACTING............................185 POWELL S FAMILY RESTAURANT....................190 R 4 H SPORTS..................................196 R WIE8ER JEWELERS.............................196 RADAR CHEVROLET ..............................170 RANDALL LUMBER ........ ................. )66 RAY'S AUTO PARTS .............................173 REDMAN INSURANCE ..............178 RICWTON CLOCK 4 WATCH REPAIR............... 199 RIEBSCHLEGER. DAVIO ARCHITECT.................197 RITA'S FLOWER'S 4 GIFTS ......................175 RITEWAY PLUMBING ............ 178 ROCKIN CHAIR GIFT SHOP........................205 RON'S RESTAURANTS.............................16O ROSCO MINI BUS .............. 195 ROSCOMMON HERALD NEWS ........................192 ROSE O' DAY MOTEL.............................187 RUTHANNE S BEAUTY SHOP .......................180 SAMPSON S AUTO SALES ..............194 SATELLITE ANTENNA SYSTEMS ....................172 SCALAWAGS................. ...................i69 SCHEER MOTORS..... .................... 196 SCP DISTRIBUTORS .......................168 SEARS SALES MERCHANT .........................191 SELEGA. DR FRANK DOS .........................205 SHEA'S LODGE..................................i69 SHORELINE PRINTING ............. ,68 SHOWTIME VIOEO.................................. SKIP S LOUNGE .................................. SLENDER YOU OF HOUGHTON LAKE..................200 SOHN SUPPLY...................................... SOUTH SHORE ANIMAL HOSPITAL...................,75 SPICER S BOAT CITY............................,74 SPINNING WHEEL ...............................,65 ST HELEN PHARMACY.............................,90 STATE FARM INSURANCE .........................,70 STEURNOL FUNERAL HOME ........................ ,91 STOUFFER'S APPLIANCE WORLD....................,66 SUPERIOR AUTO GLASS OF Ml. INC................,74 SURPLUS INC..................... SURREY HOUSE.................... SWEATS N TEEZ .................. TERRY'S PHARMACY ... TIM'S BARBER STYLING SHOPPE..... TIP'S BOOY SHOP................. TIRE TOWN....................... TRAVERSE BAY WOOLEN CO.......... VAL HALLA ...................... VAL U DEPARTMENT STORE ...... VAN DRIES FURNITURE............. VIDEOLAND HOME THEATER.......... VILLAGE ACE HARDWARE WAKEFIELD CONSTRUCTION ......... WILD'S TRUE VALUE HARDWARE ..... WOODLAND SUPPLIES............... ZA SHOP................ 196 .190 .199 162 .175 189 .177 .182 .186 .165 .173 .192 .172 .185 .166 .177 .158 You'll Simply Love It! 207 POPS CHORALE: Front Row: Linda Romanowski, Melisa Tift. Julie Gandolfi. Tiffanie Howell. Sandy Dowler. Second Row: Kathy Bechill, Chris Stead. Sharee Ringwald, Heather Neorr. Back Row: Dan Werner. Rusty Showalter. Chad Surnick. Doug Donald- son, Ray Goodnow. BEAUTYSHOP: Melisa Tift. Karin Holmen. Kathy Be- chill. Chris Stead. Corie Seiler. Kim Zarzyski. Lisa Betz. BARBERSHOP: Pat Raines. Rusty Showalter, Dan Werner. Brady Bigford. Brad Gruber. DRAMA: Front Row: Mitzie Guldner, Cheri Pace. Rick Petter, Sharee Ringwald. Vince Brown. Jon Cohee. Back Row: Karin Akin. Shannon Swider. Steve Cooper. Dan Werner. Amy Southwell. Kristie Ackley. Tina Saw- yer, Joel Neorr. Piia Kama. ACADEMIC SECTION 92-117 Ackley. Kristie (11) 5.12.63.107. 111.134.149.206.209 AD SECTION 156-206 Adamczyk. Trina (II) 134 ADMINISTRATION 152-155 Alton. Nicole (10) 18.83.106.134. 140211.212 Aflon. Sheila (9) 97.134.211 Akin. Karin (12) 14.24.28.111.121, 208.209 Allport. Jim (9) 135 ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION 50 Amell, Catherine (10) 135.209 Ancel. Rick (11) 56.81.135 Anderaon. Brian (9) 14.18.76.81.135 Anderson. Diana (11) 23.53.46.134. 143.209 Anklam. Tara (9) 83.134 And. Leslie (9) 14.134 ARMED SERVICES 52 AVERAGE CLASSES 102 10?. Baese. Loretta (12) 29.121.128.151 Bailey. Jon (10) 117.154 Baker. Jeff (10) 40 Bakun. Joe (9) 10.62.81.134.211 Bakun. John (9) 10.62.63.81.99.109. 135.210.211 Balcom, Tiffany (9) 135 BAND 106 107.211 Bane. Charity (9) 135 Banka, Dawn (9) 113.135.213 Banka. Dianna (9) 134.210.213 BARBERSHOP 209 Bareither. Mike (12) 18.96.121.211 Barnhart. Rhonda (9) 137 BASEBALL 88 89 BASKETBALL 64 67.72-77 BASKETBALL. 80YS 72-77 BASKETBALL. FRESHMAN 66 67. 76-77 BASKETBALL. GIRLS 64-67 BASKETBALL. J.V 66 67.74 75 BASKETBALL. VARSITY 64 65.72- 73 Bates. Kristi (12) 117.121 Bates. Misty (EMI) 134 Beauchamp. Greg (10) 59.134 BEAUTYSHOP 209 Bechill. Kathy (10) 36.87.108.134. 137.209.210.211 Beckwith. Dawn (11) 135 Bedell. Mrs Cindy (secretary) 152 Bell. Garett (11) 72.81.135 Bell. Warren (10) 135 Benjamin. Beth (11) 49.135.144.213 Benjamin. Mrs Marge (counselor) 31.144.152 Bennett. Dale (12) 19.43.132 Betz. Lisa (tl) 38.134.208.210 Betz. Paul (12) 78.121.160 Biddle. Don (10) 152 Bigelow. Edward (EMI) 134 Bigford. Brady (12) 38.89.90.208 Bigford. Christine (9) 103.134 Bigford. Keda (10) 71.85.116.134. 149.211 Bisballe. Kurt (11) 72.135.142.209 Bischoff. Dan (12) 19.121 Bischolf. Mr Jim (teacher) 128.152. 157.214 Bischoff. Joe (9) 48.76.135 Blamo. Doug (9) 135 Blanchard. Heather (12) 121.210 Blanchard. Tom (12) 44.56.57.72. 80.81.121 Blankenship. Mr John (loacher) 44. 56.57.103.152.153 Blankenship. Shanon (12) 16.38.64. 65.82.83.121.149.160.209 Blasky, Mr Mike (teacher) 89.153 Blasky. Mrs. Barb (teacher) 51.96. 153 Blodgett. Debbie (11) 62.63.83.135. 202.211 Boals. Mark (12) 25.27.44.56.89 Bognar. James (9) 134 Boguslaw. Ann (9) 20.32.38.134 Bosel. Angie (9) 102.134 Bowman. Becky (9) 134 Bowman. Dani (10) 122.125.135.209 Bowman. David (12) 52.56.121 Bowman. DeAnn (10) 67.83.135.212 Bowman. Suzie (12) 14.120.121.146 BOYS BASKETBALL 72-77 BOYS TRACK 80 81 Bradley. Renee (12) 31.98.105 Bradley. Rhonda (12) 21.121.183. 209.213 Branam. Tom (10) 37.59.81.95.135. 211 Brankov. Jamie (9) 98.81.135 Breedlove. Evie (12) 14.23.101.113. 120.123.131.183.213 Brigham. Kelly (11) 125.134 Brown. Autumn (10) 70.71.87.212 Brown. Mr Dick (vice-principal) 32. 46.50.131.149 Brown. Jason (12) 62.72.73.81.123, 154.209 Brown. Jason (9) 3.37.59.134 Brown. Jerryl (9) 59.134 Brown. Rhonda (10) 14 Brown. Vince (12) 36.37.55.56.65. 72.89.112.123.208.209.213 Browning. Richard (11) 134 Buchanan. Kim (12) 98.123 BUDGETING TIME 14.15 Burdme. Dwight (12) 123 Burgis. Mike (12) 4,61.114.123 Burke. Monica (10) 211 Calkins. Gabby (11) 24.32.42.47.64. 65.84.135.164.209.211 Canfield. Lylenette (12) 28.36.40. 114.123.184.209.211 Carnahan. Charlie (10) 210 Carnck. Jennifer (10) 135.211 Cassell. Carolyn (11) 10 Caster. Calvin (11) 5.17.44.56.135 Chanda. Tina (11) 136.201 CHEERLEADERS 68 69.212 CHOIR 108-109.208.210 Chorley. Eric (10) 1.42.44.59.91.96. 149 Chnspell. Even (12) 123 Chnspell. Jim (9) 137 Christensen. Brian (10) 59.116.136. 137 Chudzmski. Linda 98 Chudzmski. Linda (12) 98.123 Circle. Rebecca (il) 106.136.210 Citko. Greg (11) 81 CLASS INTERRUPTIONS 49 CLOSING SECTION 214-216 Cohee. Jon (11) 5.17.56.88.89.94, 134.136.208 Colby. Brian (10) 24.36.37,59.91. 128.137.202.209.213 Cole. Sheri (11) 25.26.137.209 COLLEGE PREP CLASSES 116 117 Collins. Mrs Brenda (teacher) 152 Colman. Andy (12) 104 Cook. George (12) 18.47.48.81.127 Cooper. Sieve (11) 10.14,26.30. 110.95.137.208 Couch. Jim (11) 17.109.117.137 Coy. Yvonne (9) 136 Crawford. Daniel (EMI) 136 Crawford. Jamie (9) 67.83.109.136. 210 Crawford. Rasheda (9) 71.109.136. 210 CROSS COUNTRY 62 63 Crystal. Brian (11) 13.35.44.137. 143.201 Crystal. Tim (10) 8.106.137.211 Curns. Dawn (12) 123 Cyborowski. Troy (10) 75.90.91.137 Czada. Cory (12) 17.61.72.73.123. 180 DANCING 24-25 Danes. Gerald (12) 31.123 Danes. Michael (12) 31.123 Dankeri. Mike (10) 136 Dann. Jenny (9) 136.210 Dann. Kris (11) 9.48.136 DATING 16-17 Daugheny. Preston (10) 37.62.63. 138 Davis. Dan (i i) 153 208 PLAIN SIMPLE Davis. Karin (12) 21.23.38.101.1U. 123.131.209 Davis. Sieve (9) 137 Davis. Toni (10) 137 Dawson, Alice (11) 137.211 Decker. Russ (12) 150 Deeley. Kelli (10) 96.137 Deeley. Kern (10) 136 Deeley. Kris (11) 136 Deholf. Elgin (11) 136 Dickinson. Davo (9) 210 Diffon. Tina (aide) 152 Omsmoore. Karla (12) 17.27.64.65. 71.83.123.209.211 Donaldson. Doug (9) 49.208.210 Dowland. Jody (9) 32.136 Dowiand. Rachel (9) 137 Dowler. Sandy (9) 134.137.208.210. 212 Downs. James (9) 137 ORAMA 110-111.208 Draper. Melissa (11) 42.71.143 Drogl. Mr. Eric (coach) 75 Dusseau Michelle (12) 71.123.132 Dworjynski. Kim (10) 36.83.137 Eash. Sieve (10) 151 Eckstorm, Shari (11) 43.46.64.68. 136170.212 Eddy. David (10) 59.90.91.136 Edwards. Francis (9) 143 Edwards, Mike (11) 18 Eisenhardt. Karen (12) 71.123 Elsholz, Joe (10) 62.81,136.162 EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN SPORT 46 Emmons. Alden (12) 99.124 Eno. Bill (12) 95.124.140 Eno. Chris (10) 136.209.213 Ensmg. Anita (9) 137 Ensmg. Lois (11) 137 Euler. Mrs Sue (teacher) 152 FACULTY 152-155 FACULTY SPIRITS 52 FADS AND FASHIONS 40 41 FAMILY 12-13 FATHER DAUGHTER DANCE 24-25 Feole. Wendy (11) 84.122.137 Fischer. Bernice (11) 137 Fischer. Dana (11) 52.138.209 Fischer. Lanco (10) 44 Fisher. Edward (11) 138 FOOTBALL 56 59 Forbes. Ron (12) 17.124 Forman. Dan (12) 60.61.116.122. 124 Forman. Rick (12) 44.56.81.124.145 Francis. Shannon (9) 138 Frazho. George (11) 50 Fredrick. Jeremy (11) 138 French. Kan (9) 67.69.106.138.141. 145.149.211.212 FRESHMAN BOYS BASKETBALL 76-77 FRESHMAN GIRLS 8ASKETBALL 66 67 FRESHMEN 134-151 Frover. Mrs Dolores (teacher) 93. 102.163 Gilbert. Michelle (EMI) 138 Gilletl. Don (10) 8.44 Gillell. Heather (11) 138 GIRLS BASKETBALL 64 67 GIRLS TRACK 82 83 Girradin. Connie (9) 138 GOLF 60 61 Gonzalez. Joe (ii) 40.61.138.164 Gonzalez. Teresa (9) 83.134.138. 156.212 Goodnow. Ray (9) 49.138.208.210 Goodnow. Rob (12) 131.208 Goss. Shaun (12) 52.84.85.105.124. 132.141.209 GRADUATION 30-31 Grant. Missy (9) 38.83.138.202 Greene. Tim (11) 62.63.138.154 Greemer. Chris (9) 138 Griffith. Victor (EMI) 138 Grove. Lisa (9) 138.212 Grove. Scott (9) 63.210 Gruber. Brad (12) 13.118.124.208 Guest. Holly (11) 98.138 Guldner. Mitzie (12) 124.208 Gust. Ken (9) 138 Hacker. Corey (11) 16.40.56.57. 116.138 Hamilton. Penny (t2) 124 Hamilton. Peter (9) 138 Hamp. Bryan (10) 62.81.138.211 Harrison. Rebecca (11) 138 Harvey. Randy (11) 154 Hasty. Tyler (10) 59.90.91.128.138 Havlick. Dave (10) 59 Head. Mark (12) 51.116.124 Head. Scott (9) 104.138 Heme. Tim (i2) 81.124 Hendershot. Brandy (9) 109.140.210 Hendrix. Mindy (11) 209 Hern. Pete (12) 14.126.132.209 Hoeppner. Barb (9) 140 Hoeppner. Jeremy (9) 98.101.14 1 Hoke. Robert (It) 141 HOLIDAYS 20 21 Holmen. Karin (t2) 64.108.117.126. 138.139.208.213.216 Holmes. Lea (10) 82.83.141 HOMECOMING 38 39 HOMECOMING HONEYS 36-37 Hoover. Brad (9) 59.76.77.80.141. 214 Hoover. Brett (12) 13.26.79.126.209 Hoover. Deb (10) 140.147 Hoover. Duane (10) 132.140 Horn. Sheri (10) 34.140 Howard. Kevin (ll) 140 Howard. Kirk (9) 141 Howell. Tiftame (10) 17.67.87.125. 137.141.208.210 Howey. Steve (9) 76.141 Howie. Chris (9) 141 Hunt. Heather (12) 126 Hutson. Joanne (10) 17.140 lamtelli. Christina (9) 39.67.87.140. 158.211 INDIVIDUALISM 42-43 Ingleaon. Ann (9) 71.140 Ingleson. Steve (10) 74.75.140 Gandolfi. Julie (9) 8.34.128.138.208. 212 Gardner. Greg (10) 15.81 Gawthrop. Christine (12) 124 Gellerman. Mrs Lynne (teacher) 33. 153 Gibbs. Jennifer (11) 147.211 Jansen. Mrs Elaine (teacher) 9.52. 153 Jarvis. Sue (11) 68.69.140.209.212 Javoroski. Adam (11) 140 Javoroski, Mr. Pete (teacher) 152 JOBS 10-11 Johnson. Bill (10) 58.141 STUDENT SENATE: Front Row: Joel Noerr, Dani Bowman. Gabby Calkins. Jennifer Shea. Shannon Swider. Back Row: Rick Petter. Sara Woodwyk. Marci Low. Jill Patterson. Christen Moore. Michele Minzghor. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY: Front Row: Alice Rollins. Diana Anderson. Angela Plack- owski, Sherie Cole. Karin Akin. Christen Moore, Kurt Bisballe, Karla Dinsmoore. Bobbi Ostrom. Rhonda Bradley. Dan Smith. Vince Brown. Bob Miller. Back Row: Marci Low. Karin Davis. Shanon Blankenship. Cindy Pacini. Sara Woodwyk, Missy Shipp. Mark Williams. Lylenette Canfield. Jason Mandley, Dan Werner. Brett Hoover, Rob Goodnow. Jason Brown. SPANISH CLUB: Front Row: Sonya Smith. Peggy Wilson. Dana Fischer. Tracy Nichols. Stephanie Parrott. Angela Plackowski. Sara Woodwyk. Shaun Goss. Danette Bowman. Cathy Amell, Chris Eno. Pat Walsh. Matt Walsh. Brian Colby. Second Row: Tracy Pooley. Pete Hern. Jennifer Porath. Shanon Blankenship. Kristie Ackley. Sherie Cole. Sue Jarvis. Mindy Hendrix. Lisa Betz. Jennifer Van-Y, Tiffanie Howell. Cindy Pacini. Plain Simple INDEX Johnson. Dee Dee (11) 54.64.71.82. 83.106.141.211 Johnson. Mr. Jim (teacher) 83.116. 152 Johnson. Rick (9) 141 Jordan. Spencer (9) 81.141.211 JUNIOR VARSITY BASEBALL 90-91 JUNIOR VARSITY BOYS BASKET BALL 74-75 JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL 58-59 JUNIOR VARSITY GIRLS BASKET BALL 66 67 JUNIOR VARSITY SOFTBALL 86 87 JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET 26-27 JUNIOR SENIOR PROM 26 27 JUNIORS 134-151 Jury. Mr Jack (counselor) 152 Kahr.man, Kathy (10) 71.140.149 Kama. Pna (12) 34,64.126.138.139. 208.216 Kauffman. Sandra (10) 20.97,140. 212 Kern. Sue (11) 140 Kiffner. Mrs Claudia (secretary) 153 Kilburn. Bryan (11) 140 Kitchen. Jennifer (12) 126 Klumpp. Joe (9) 91.141 Kopischka. Mike (10) 59.91.141 Kowalski. Lisa (10) 15.86.141.210 Kozumplik, Leslie (9) 141 Kramer. Mr Jack (teacher) 58.59.85 Kramer. Mrs Jean (coach) 70.71 Kunt . Dawn (10) 108.140.210 LaCombe. Rick (11) 17.56.89.140 Lagmess. Laurie (12) 26.30.126 LaMay. Ken (EMI) 140 LaMay. Mark (EMI) 140 Lamb. Cheryl (9) 96.102.141 Landon. Lewis (12) 126 Lane. Mr. Jerry (coach) 66.67.86.87 LaPrad. Jim (10) 45.141.163 Lauzon. Daniel (10) 140 Lawrence. William (EMI) 141 Lawson. Enhk (ll) 10.141 Leatch. Dale (12) 44.60.61.72.126. 183 Lenz. Mark (9) 76 Lewandowski. Renee (12) 19.38. 120.126 Lillie. Darin (11) 56.75.140 Lindsay. Krystal (10) 164.210 Lmdsay. Mike (11) 56 Lippard. Gary (9) 140 Littlejohn. David (9) 141 Loiacano. Joe (12) 60.89.126 Loiacano. Nick (9) 76.89.140.141 Low. Charity (9) 141 Low. Ida (12) 99.126.128 Low. Marci (12) 17.29.36.71.115. 129.180.209 LUNCH PROGRAM 53 Lynch. Angie (10) 141 Lylle. Jesse (11) 99.142 Lytle. Mike (11) 142 Mace. Tony (11) 41.56.122.142 Majszak. Jeff (12) 4.36.56.105.129 Majszak. Jodi (10) 8.21.86.87.113. 143.213 Malcolmson. Tim (10) 75.143 MANAGERS 47 Mandley. Jason (12) 9.24.43.129. 151.209.211 Markey. Kandi (11) 40.70.71.83.94, 143.168 Markey. Kara (10) 67.71.82.83.103. 143.148.211 Marlin. Josh (12) 6.44.46.56.57.129. 161.183.213 Martin. Mr Rod (teacher) 51.101. 114.153 Martinez. Bob (12) 114.129 Mater. Gina (10) 79 Matlock. Terra (9) 32.142 Matteson. Angelia (EMI) 142 Maurer. Jim (10) 75.142 Maurer. Ken (9) 142 McClellan. Jim (11) 142 McComb. Dan (9) 143 McKenzie. Kellie (9) 143.210 McKinley. Jason (12) 129 McKinnon. Brad (9) 142 McNeil. Mike (10) 90 McPherson. Sean (11) 102.143 Medbery. Jack (9) 59.143 Medbery. Jammie (10) 71.142 Meier. Bud (11) 47.56.81.142 Meier. Tammy (9) 66.67.71.83.102. 142.211 Meigs. Jim (10) 13.59.90.91.142 Melloh. Dave (12) 44.47.56.65.72. 160 Mercer. Mr Chuck (teacher) 25.64. 65.153.154 Mercer. Kathe (11) 23.25.64.65.70. 71.83.107.143.211 Mernam. Cherie (11) 25 Meyers. Michelle (11) 143 Mieske. Steve (11) 46.52.89.143 Miles. Scott (11) 53.56.143 Miles. Shannon (11) 53.142 Miller. Bob (12) 81.129.161.189.209 Miller. Mary (11) 50 Miller. Ron (9) 142 Miller. Tracy (9) 67.142 Milner. Mrs Sue (teacher) 50 MINI MAGAZINE 46-53 Mmzghor. Michele (11) 33.35.47.68. 137.142.209.212 MISS HOUGHTON LAKE COMPETI- TION 28-29 Monday. Ken (9) 94.143 Monday. Tammy (9) 143 Mooney. Jason (11) 17.27.56.84. 143 Moore. Mrs Bronda (teacher) 51. 103.153.154 Moore. Christen (11) 50.69.84.137. 143.209.211.212 Moore. Daiana (11) 142.210 Moore. Shelly (10) 71.142.210 Morgan. Brian (12) 56.81.106.129. 143.149.151.211 Morrison. Bill (9) 142.211 Muma. Greg (9) 143 Muma. Tony (12) 80.81.129 Murray. Laura (12) 25.71 Murray. Maria (10) 40.70.71.143. 149 Myers. Scott (12) 33.44.56.105.125 NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY 114 115.208 Near, Christina (9) 98.143 Nebor. Ken (9) 22.153 Neeley. Buddy (EMI) 143 Neorr. Heather (12) 16.25.48.129. 208.210 Neorr. Joel (10) 32.59.91.110.111. 145.156.208.209 Nettle. Ed (9) 81.94.145.211 Newmyer. Frank (11) 125.127.145 Newmyer. Jaemi (9) 145 Nichols. Shelly (11) 13 Nichols. Tracy (10) 145.209 NON COMPETITIVE SPORTS 78-79 Noonan. Eric (11) 5.145 NORTHERN LIFESTYLES 18-19 O'Toole. Pete (11) 56.145 ON A DIFFERENT PLANE 46-53 OPENING SECTION 2-5 Osborne. Amy (9) 107.145 Osterman. Gretchen (12) 109.210 Osterman. Jim (9) 59.91.145 Ostrom. Bobbi (12) 129.183.209. 213 Ostrom. Mike (10) 45.58.59.74.75. 100.145 Pace. Cher. (11) 68.69.111.145.185. 208.212 Pacini. Cindy (12) 13.28.46.64.82. 83.106.114.129.158.160.209.211 Paluck. Jodi (9) 48.134.145 Pappas. Chris (11) 35.56.80.81.145 Parrott. Stephanie (11) 64.65.68.84. 145.165.209.212 Patterson. Amy (12) 11.25.28.29. 130.132 Patterson. Jill (9) 17.69.134.145. 209.212 Pawlica. Barb (11) 23.27.48.95.153 Pawtica. Lisa (12) 17.21.130 Peer. Dan (9) 61.94.145.146.211 PENMANSHIP RULE 48 PEOPLE SECTION 118-151 Petter. Rick (9) 37.76.110.135.145. 208.209 Phelps. Becky (12) 35.36.64.130. 141 Phillips. Barry (11) 56.145 PHONE HABITS 48 Pierson. Mrs Gail (teacher) 154 Pietchak. Amanda (9) 67.83.101. 145 Pietchak. Mr Wendell (teacher) 154. 155 Pina. Beth (11) 15.139 Plackowski, Angela (11) 97.106. 145.209 Pooley. Traci (tl) 145.209 POPS CHORALE 209 Porath. Jennifer (11) 45.46.62.71. 145.209.213 Porath. Mary Anne (12) 33.70.71.79. 84.95.128.130 POWDERPUFF FOOTBALL 36 37 PREPARING PARENTS FOR GRADES 100-101 PRESIDENTIAL CLASSROOM 50 Price. Mrs Kay (switchboard) 155 Pnsk. Mr Matt (teacher) 56.155 PROM 26-27 Pulcifer. Marc (12) 130 PUNISHMENTS 49 Qumey. Colin (10) 44.47.58.59.145 Rachilla. Mr Tom (teacher) 51.154. 155 Rader. Stephanie (11) 12.43.71.145 Raines. Pat (9) 33.107.145.208.211 Ratliff. Denny (11) 151 Rau. Kan (9) 34.106.211 REFEREES 47 REQUIRED CLASSES 94 95 Rhoton. Joe (10) 74.75.91 Rigling. Mr Jim (teacher) 50.154 Riglmg. Nancy (11) 34,68.82.83.110. 111.141.145.163.202.211.212 Ringwald. Sharee (11) 10.44,68.69. 84.208.209.210.212 Ripke. Jason (11) 52.56.89.144 Roberts. Greg (11) 81.149 Robinson. Cathy (10) 13.17.71,122 Robinson. Pamela (12) 26.130 Rohlts. Chris (9) 21.87.87 Rohlfs. Tncia (12) 130 Rollins. Alice (11) 158.209 Romanowski. Linda (9) 11.20.67.70. 71.87.109.153.208.210 Romanowski. Mr Paul (coach) 20. 87.76.77 ROUTINES 8 9 Rzycki. Amy (10) 3.86.87.113.122, 212.213 CONCERT CHOIR: Front Row: Jamie Crawford. Jenny Dann. Daiana Moore. Rasheda Crawford. Chad Surnick. Rusty Showalter. Scott Grove. Di- anna Banka. Amy Burns. Sandy Dowler, Stacy Thompson. Second Row: Dawn Swartz. Melisa Tift. Kellie McKenzie. Doug Donaldson. John Ba- kun, Heather Blanchard. Jennifer Surnick. Mi- chelle Swanson, Tiffanie Howell. Third Row: Lisa Kowalski, Kathy Bechill. Lisa Sensor. Sharee Ringwald. Charlie Carnahan. Dave Dick- inson. Tom Thornton. Shelly Moore. Rebecca Circle, Krystal Lindsay. Lisa Betz. Back Row: Brandy Hendershot, Kris Toms. Linda Roman- owski. Dawn Kuntz. Ray Goodnow. Eric DeClerk. Gretchen Osterman, Tiffany Schwartz. Heather Neorr. Darla St.Louis. 210 PLAIN SIMPLE Sapp. Kim (11) 8.40 SATURDAY SESSIONS 49 Savarcool. Shane (9) 152 Savorcool. Ted (12) 130 Sawyer. Tina (11) 110.208 Schieweck. Tonia (9) 143 Schleede. Erik (9) 48 Schneider. Jim (11) 116 Schroeder. Dan (10) 49 Schwartz. Tiffany (i 1) 210 Scoll. Quentin (9) 59 SECRETS OF A STUDENTS 114 115 Sedore. Mr Ralph (teacher) 152. 154.155 Sooley. Kim (10) 36 Seiler. Corey (10) 44.122.208.212 Self. Tina (12) 27.130 SENIORS 120 133 Senaor. Lisa (9) 14.210 Sergeant, Stephanie (12) 28.43.130 Serves. Rosemary (11) 71.84.163 Shaheen. Marti (9) 106.211 Sharrard. D J. (12) 101,130 Shea. Jennifer (9) 119.134.208.213 Shepard.Scott (9) 59 Sherwood. Steve (10) 59 Shipp. Missy (12) 64.65.84.112.130, 154.160.182.209 Showalter. Rusty (9) 49.109. 115208.210.211 Simiom. Angela (12) 25.130.138.139 Sleamakt. M ss Sandi (teacher) t06 Stuck. Dave (12) 130.161.202 Sluck. Pat (10) 75.96 Smith. Brian (11) 103 Smith. Dan (11) 22.41.53.56.72.209 Smith. Greg (11) 17.56 Smith. Sonya (10)209 Smith. Tnata (11) 20.25.94.99 Soderman. Angel (9) 68.86.87.150. 164.212 Soderman. Greta (11) 71.84.85.112. 213 SOFTBALL 04 85 SOPHOMORES 134 151 Southwell. Amy (11) 11.38.41.43.49. 111.208 SPANISH CLUB 209 Spears. Jason (9) 37.49.143 Sperry. Russell (11) 56 SPIRIT WEEK 34 35 SPORTS MANAGERS 47 SPORTS SECTION 54 91 SPORTS WE WISH WE HAD 46 St Louis. Darla (12) 25.36.130.189. 210 St Louis. Paulette (9) 14.20.211 Stead. Chris (11) 108.112.209 Stevens. Matt (11) 49.56 Stevenson. Randy (11) 60.61 Stone. Mrs Sue (teacher) 51.92.155 Storey. Tim (12) 130 Straight. Christy (10) 43.212 Strause. Mrs Lynn (teacher) 113, 154.155.213 Sluck. Brad (11) 34.46.75.104 STUDENT LIFE SECTION 6-53 STUDENT SENATE 32-33.208 SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS 52 Sullivan. Scott (12) 55.56.01.120. 122.130 Sullivan. Shawn (11) 56.88.89.137 SUMMER 22-23 Surnick. Chad (9) 49.208.210 Surmck. Jennifer (9) 03.210 Sutton. Mrs Lisa (librarian) 155 Swanson. Michelle (11) 210 Swarlz. Dawn (9) 210 Swider, Shannon (12) 38.71.112. 133.208.209.213 Swope. Tim (11) 16 Sypien. Joe (9) 59.76.136 Szewczyk. Jennifer (9) 14.23.67.87. 211.212.213 Szewczyk. Mr. Ron (principal) 32.36. 48.49.52.131.146.154 Tacconelli. Kristin (9) 14.39.211 TEACHERS EMBARRASSING MO- MENT 51 Thompson. Mrs Liz (teacher) 51.154 Thompson. Stacy (10) 210 Thornton. Tom (9) 59.76.77.143.210 Tiepel. Eric (11) 44.56 Tift. Melisa (9) 83.108.135.158.208. 210 TOlLETPAPERING 44 45 Toma. Kris (9) 210 Townsend. Mr Byron (teacher) 51. 62.63.81.154 TRACK 80 83 Turner. Stacy (9) 212.213 Turner. Tncia (11) 48 Tyson. Kim (tO) 83 UNDERCLASSMEN 134 -151 Urbach. Lori Ann (12) 133 Vachon. Tom (9) 19.58.59.76.100. 189 Van-Y. Jennifer (9) 83.202.209 VanWormer. Tim (11) 59.76.77.211 VARSITY BASEBALL 88 89 VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL 72-73 VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL 6465 VARSITY SOFTBALL 84 85 Vaughn. Josh (9) 76.77.143 VOCATIONAL CLASSES 98 99 Walkley. Mr John (superintendent) 214 Waller. Mr Greg (teacher) 50.155 Walsh. Matt (10) 8.74.75.209 Walsh. Pat (9) 76.91.180.201.209 Walters. Mr Ron (teacher) 155 Warner. Mr Ken (teacher) 59.72. 153.155.214 Warson. Brandon (12) 5.31.41.61. 133.183 Wedemeyer. Natalie (11) 84.163 WEIGHTED CLASSES 96 97 Werner. Dan (12) 104.109.111.133. 208.209.211 Werner. Ken (10) 62.104.127 White. Shane (9) 39.82.83 WHY TEACHERS CHOSE TEACHING 51 Widdis. Amy (10) 12.69.212 Wierzbicki. Dawn (12) 9.25.133 Wierzbicki. Stacy (11) 26 Wiggins. Ron (11) 47.56.72.89.141 Williams. Mark (12) 46.55.56.57.89. 133.154.182.209.213 Williams. Paul (9) 59.76.81.101.106. 211 Willoughby. Bryan (9) 76.77.78 Willoughby. Christa (12) 133 Wilson. Caren (11) 11 Wilson. Nicole (10) 49 Wilson. Peggy (10) 209 Wilson. Suprena (12) 25.29.133 Will. Marty (10) 114.131 Wmchel. Tom (t2) 120.133 Wmiaraki. Bob (9) 60.61.76.91.211 Winck. Kim (10) 6.20.22.141 Wood. Angel (10) 100 Woodwyk. Sara (12) 7.28.29.38.64, 84.133.160.209 Wyckoff. Brian (9) 37.61.76.77.78, 79.103.189 Wykolt. Marc (10) 81.143 YEARBOOK 112.213 Yenmor. Shellie (12) 25.133.161 Zantello. Amy (II) 20.23.211 Zarzyski. K.m (10) 39.66.67.209 ONCERT BAND: Front Row: Kathe Mercer. Deanna Johnson. Jennifer Gibbs, ancy Rigling, Nicole Afton. Kara Markey. Kristin Tacconelli, Amy Zantello, Kari ench, Tammy Meier. Second Row: Cindy Pacini. Karla Dmsmoore. Christen oore, Jennifer Szewczyk. Keda Btgford. Jennifer Carrick. Alice Dawson. Marti Taheen. Christina lanitelli, Kari Rau. Paula St.Louis. Third Row: Lylenette Canfield, Gabby Calkins, Paul Williams. Tim Crystal, Spencer Jordan, Mike Bareither. Dan Werner, Rick McGrath. Bobby Winiarski. Dan Peer. Rusty Showalter. Sheila Afton. Monica Burke, Bryan Hamp. John Bakun. Pat Raines. Jason Mandley. Joe Bakun, Bill Morrison, Gary LaPrad, Ed Nettle. Back Row: Brian Morgan, Tom Branam. Tim VanWormer. Deb Blodgett. Plain Simple Q 4 -t INDEX J.V. FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS: Front Row: Amy Widdis, Corie Seiler, Jill Patterson. Julie Gandolfi. Back Row: Autumn Brown. Kathy Bechill, Nicole Afton, Amy Rzycki. GIRLS BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS: Front: Stacy Turner. Second Row: Lisa Grove. Teresa Gonzalez. Third Row: Sandy Dowler, Sandra Kauffman, Christy Straight. Back: Angel Soderman. J.V. BOYS BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS: Front: Amy Widdis Second Row: Jill Patterson. Julie Gan- dolfi. Back Row: Nicole Afton, Jennifer Szewczyk, Kari French. Deanne Bowman. VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS: Front Row: Cheri Pace. Michele Minzghor, Nancy Ri- gling. Second Row: Shari Eckstorm, Christen Moore. Sharee Ringwald, Stephanie Parrott, Sue Jarvis. 212 PLAIN SIMPLE Cl Plain Simple, the 1988 Houghton Lake High School Yearbook, was printed by ICP-Herff Jones, 6015 Travis Lane, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, using offset lithography. Three hundred and fifty copies were sold at $18 and $20 per copy. All 208 pages were printed on 80 pound enamel. The cover was printed on litho cloth in PMS colors 281, 327 and 877, then laminated. PMS colors 281 and 327 were used on the front endsheet. All regular body copy was printed in 10 point Helvetica. Captions were set in 8 point Helvetica Medium. All type with the exception of headlines was prepared with the use of an IBM-pc computer and ICP-Herff Jones’ Megabryte program, then telecommunicated by phone modem to the printer and pasted up by the company. All other graphic paste up was done by students. Cover headline is Balmoral with 18 point Helvetica on spine, and Balmoral and Helvetica were used on the front endsheet and title page. The opening and closing headlines are Future Light with Univers Bold for subhead, 12 point Helvetica for body copy and 10 point Univers Medium Italic for captions. Dingbats are 48 point Folio Extrabold. Division page main headlines are Bordeaux Roman with reversed subheads in 18 point Helvetica Medium Italic. Division copy is 12 point Helvetica with captions in 10 point Helvetica Medium Italic. Student life used Bisque for headlines in the Plain as Day section with 18 point Spartan Light for subhead. The Nice Easy section used Eras Light for headlines. Not Fancy, Just Fabulous used Fenice Regular and Bickley Script for headlines. Simply Outrageous used LZH 1 for headlines. Copy dingbat boxes were prepared with Freestyle Script and Bisque. Quote box headlines were 18 and 30 point Helvetica and quotes were set in 12 point Times Roman Italic. Spot color for the Simply Outrageous section was HJ281, HJ320 and HJ970. The On a different plane mini-magazine main headlines are Traffic. Headlines for articles used Helvetica Extrabold Condensed with 12 point Times Roman Bold Italic for subheads, 10 point Helvetica for copy and 8 point Helvetica Medium Italic for captions. Sports used JRRail for headlines and 14 point Spartan Light Italic for subheads. The headline Black White was set in 30 point Helvetica and the quotes used 12 point Helvetica Italic. Academics used Good Kids for headlines. The quote box headline also used Good Kids and quotes were set in 12 point Helvetica Italic. People used Alligraph for headlines. Quotes were set in 12 point Times Roman Italic. The ad feature headlines were prepared with Univers, Freestyle Script and Helvetica Bold Italic with 18 point Helvetica Italic for subheads. The staff wishes to thank Judi Coolidge, Rod Kuhn, Terry Nelson and Casey Nichols for their help at Ball State. Thank you to Tom Vranich, our representative, who consistently pulled the necessary strings. Thank you to our patient parents, understanding employers and coaches and supportive administrators. Thank you to Jeff Raymond, Carrie Mieske and Karen Cronin for pictures and to Fox Studios for endless supplies. The Houghton Lake Yearbook is a member of the Michigan Interscholastic Press Association, the Great Lake Interscholastic Press Association, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association and the National Scholastic Press Association. (Wlag Front Row: Greta Soderman. Dianna Banka. Jennifer Szewczyk, Photo Edi- tor Evie Breedlove, Adviser Mrs. Lynn Strause. Editor-in-Chief Vince Brown, Sports Section Editor Josh Martin. Second Row: Stacy Turner, Jodi Majszak. Jennifer Shea. Beth Benja- min. Dawn Banka. Business Manager Mark Williams, Chris Eno, People Section Editor Shannon Swider. Bobbi Ostrom. Academics Section Editor Rhonda Bradley. Back Row: Amy Rzycki. Brian Colby. Jennifer Porath. Karin Holmen. Not Pictured. Student Life Editor Kim Wirick. Chris Stead. Missy Shipp. Plain Simple q q COLOPHON -''3 | n a simple gesture of appreciation, the administration hosted a breakfast for all the district teachers in the high school cafeteria on May 3, National Teachers Day. Superintendent Mr. John Walkley serves science teachers Mr. Ken Warner and Mr. Jim Bischoff a breakfast which included an egg casserole, fresh fruit and croissants. Photo by Evie Breedlove. 214 PLAIN SIMPLE UPROOTING TRADITIONS Like exposing the rock, when all is said and done, there's a lot more to a year than what's on the surface. Academically, weeks, days and hours of bookwork and homework all came down to an hour and 20 minute final exam. For Spanish students, ending their year was not so simple when their teacher, Mrs. Dolores Frever, missed the last eight days of school and their final with pneumo- nia. In sports, months of practice came down to a series of win or lose situations. The varsity baseball team shared a three-way championship title with Clare and Coleman. The girls captured 20 medals and second place at the regional track meet. Houghton Lake walked away with the All-Sports Trophy for the first time since 1973. A a cosf of $65, the seniors got their rock back. It had been buried in May 1987 and, after a couple seniors created a mess trying to dig it up, Mr. Szewczyk had them cover it up again. As a simple solution students contributed the money to hire Porath Contracting to dig out the two-ton boulder once again. Photo by Evie Breedlove. Finally, 13 years of school culminated in one 57-minute ceremony on June 5. For the first time in more than 15 years, every senior in the class walked across the stage with a diploma. After the tests, the practices, the games, the dances, the jobs, it all seemed so simple. Yeah. Plain and simple. Plain Simple CLOSING A._........... High School, Finnish Exchange Student F Kama and Swedish Exchange Student Ks Holmen pick up their diplomas from couns Mrs. Marge Benjamin in the office after t June 5 graduation ceremonies. Although Karin would be a junior based on credits, school board passed a policy allowing all exchange students to participate in the commencement exercises. Photo by Can Mieske. 2 -j g PLAIN SIMPLE