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

Page 9 text:

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and plainly states the way it is living in a boys' home to junior Kristie Ackley who portrayed Jane Doe, an emotionally withdrawn girl refusing to talk to anyone, even the authorities.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

Page 8 text:

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

Page 10 text:

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