Kankakee Valley High School - Kougar Pride Yearbook (Wheatfield, IN)

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Local people hit headlines While President Carter talked with the church hall (or wherever it was) and be Mid East, Mork ,, nano-ed” television seized by an assi stant in white. The viewers, and the residents of Jones- procedure then became rather unmen- town drank poisoned kool-aid, lots of tionable for those with queasy tum- not-so-publicized events happend very mies. near to home. Of the world renown celebrities who Mrs. Gragido, a corporation bus driver, graced the streets of DeMotte, Snoopy saw two buffalo along the road while on was everyone’s favorite. New celebri- her bus route one day. Buffalo, which ties were made of native citizens, espe- are any of the large Old World oxen dally one fellow who tried to pull his such as the Cape Buffalo, are rather boat with his automobile and found his uncommon in this area. Through the picture featured in the KVP. He also thick fog the buffalo resembled cows, came to the rather sudden conclusion but Mrs. Gragido’s discriminating eye that autos don’t make very good out- noticed the difference. board motors. Several times throughout the year, the The photos on these two pages were Red Cross bloodmobile played dracula made available through the Kankakee for a good cause. Victims 17 and older Valley Post News, would wander suspiciously into the 1. Disecting can be fun as Fair Oaks men chop- chop-away. 2. Honestly, it was a buffalo.” ex- claims Mrs. Gragido. 3 Berme Tysen greets a world-renown man-size Snoopy.

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If one had thought he had seen one of the Seven Dwarfs, Mickey Mouse, or Donald Duck running through the school, he may have. The halls of KV were filled with Disney characters of every kind during ‘Disney Day’ of Spirit Week. Other dress-up days included Clash Day, Backwards Day, and of course, Red ' n White Day. The senior girls once again showed their superior Powder Puff playing abili- ty by defeating the juniors 30 to 6. This marked the second time in KV’s history that one class had won two years in a row. During the pre-Homecoming pep ses- sion, all of the students screamed, hol- lered, stomped, cheered, and clapped in tremendous support of the KV foot- ball team. The entire gym shook with excitement. The enthusiasm was not wasted, for the Kougars made a fine showing against the 6 rated North Newton Spartans. The final game score was KV 18, NN 26. Half-time highlights includ- ed a royal parade complete with class floats and convertibles. The Seniors’ “Stomp ’Em Kougars’’ won the compe- tition. Last year’s Homecoming Queen, Can- dy Manns, crowned Jeanne Van Kep- pel, escorted by Devin McGuire, as Queen. Jeanne, Devin, the court, and all students present ‘jammed’ to the music of “What For?” at the annual Homecoming Dance.

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1 Mr. Christopher thinks he ' s Napoleon while donating blood. 2. Wheatfield Kindergarten kids go for a spin on the fire engine. 3. Presenting the new 1979 half-submarine model of the Ford LTD. complete with motorboat. 11