Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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Homecoming ’83 Theme, Spirit Add Up To Fun n contrast to last year ' s near disaster, this year’s Homecoming was a great success. Students enjoyed the parade, had a great time at the bonfire, and although the football team lost, the floats stayed together. Much of the enjoyment that resulted from Homecoming could be attributed to the hard work and constant effort put in by students who gave many spare hours to make Homecoming successful. “It was refreshing to see everyone having a good time. The image of the Medina youth was raised in the eyes of the community after last year’s disasterous events.” stated Homecoming chairman John Meier. Since the theme of Homecoming revolved around the 1950’s, many of the spirit week activities were geared towards that theme. A Chinese fire drill, hula- hoop contests, and a fifties dress-up day were only a few of the many events. Junior Susan Hoffman showed her appreciation of the week when she said, “Homecoming was excellent. I really enjoyed the theme. It was the best one in the last three years!” A new competition between classes was to see which class could donate the most money to the United Way. “I thought the United Way con¬ test was a good idea.” said Bill Mu- solf and most students agreed with him. Homecoming involved not only the juniors and and seniors, but the entire school. “All the classes, especially the underclasses, came away with really positive feelings which they normally don’t get. The emphasis was on spirit week and did not single out juniors and seniors.” stated Miss Jeanne Pritchard, student council adviser. Brian Phillips, president of the sophomore class which won spirit week, was pleased by the efforts of his classmates. “Everyone seemed to want to be involved. That’s what it took to make this Homecoming Week great!” he stated. The teachers, too, were impressed at the way the week was handled. “It was very well organized. Everyone did a heck of a job,” exclaimed Mr. Jim Houghtal- ing. Mr. Lindy McQuown summed up the week by saying, “It was the best Homecoming in the four years I have been here, because the whole school was united.” Sophomore Karyn Sands represents her class in the hula-hoop contest while sophomore Beth Van Hoosc twists behind. The sophomores came in second behind the seniors under the expert ability of Barb Seiplc who hooped for a total of 11 minutes. (E) “The image of the Medina youth was raised in the eyes of the community after last year’s disasterous events.” John Meier 14 Homecoming

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Sophomore Dean States diligently tries to eliminate one of the worries of the average high school student, passing a history test. (A) Clowning around at the mock convention, seniors Tracey Egan and Mike Swingle worried about the new presidential candidate. Jesse Jackson. (A) Newest staff member of the Medinian , Elena Lila forgets all her deadline worries as she passes the afternoon talking on the phone. (A) Members of Mr. Semenik’s history classes protested the threat of nuclear war at the mock convention. (A) The Day After showed a terrifying ac¬ count of what nuclear war would be like and it is something people hare to realize is someday going to happen. — John Notarianni I think it’s sad that countries can’t solve their problems peacefully, but instead hare to turn to nuclear war to solve them. — Leslie Kramer Student Life ‘3

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“Everyone seemed to want to be involved. That’s what it took to make this Homecoming Week great.” Brian Phillips Ken Wisniewski intently watches the Homecoming game in which the Bees suffered a heartbreaking 16-10 loss to Avon Lake. (F) President of the sophomore class, Brian Phillips proudly displays the first place spirit week trophy to his victorious class. (F) Juniors Dave Wagner ( 35 ) and Matt Obloy (16) offer their team encouragement from the sidelines. (G) Donna Johnson, Heidi Muha, Eva Smietana, and Julie Shaffer, all members of the girls’ cross country team, show their spirit along the parade route. This was the first year that all the fall sports teams got to ride in the parade. (E) Inset-Varsity Soccer members Eric Whitnable, Chad Miller, and Kevin Whalen don bandanas created from the forbidden substance, toilet paper. Although authorities tried to collect it all prior to the parade, it still showed up in abundance to decorate both the square and the participants. (G) Homecoming 15