Mount Vernon High School - Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IA)

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ACADEMIC TEAM r yyyy v . ACADEMIC TEAM: How lg Heidi Heck, Laura Peter5,l1im Houser Row 2: Dan 5chelIberg,Li5a Squires, TonyJu5t. ie Academic Decathlon Team par- :ipaed in competion at Washington gh School in Cedar Rapids on Jan- try 31. The competition was spon- gred by World Book-Child-Craft Inter- ltional Corp. lt is composed of six 'itten tests in areas of Economics, Math, Science, Fine Arts, Social Sci- ence!History and language and Litera- ture. In addition to written tests a 3 U2 to 4 minute speech is to be prepared on a topic selected by the state. Each team member was required to give an impromptu speech and to have an interview Mount Vernon's team placed a strong fourth in the competition. Laura Peters placed first in mathematics in the Hon- ors Division, Tony Just placed first in Fine Arts in the Scholastic Division, and Dan Schellberg took first overall in the Varsity Division.

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This years Student Council -was highly active and involved in a variety of is- sues. The officers attended a leader- ship convention in the fall, and the Council undertook the entire Homecoming week with the exception of the game itself. For the holiday season, the Council sponsored a week long food drive that brought in over S1000 worth of goods, and also sponsored a turkey hunt where the finders of two hidden paper turkeys won ten pound turkeys in time for Thanksgiving. Throughout the year, the Council spon- sored several dances including a Win- ter Formal, and held a widely publi- cized Twinkie Eating Contest. ln addi- tion, members sold pins for the Mus- cular Distrophy Association fund rais- er. Cthanks to John Skretta for copyj i i i Deb Vittetoe and Heidi Heck present their rap slsit during the Student Council nomination assembly STUDENT COUNCIL 5TUDf'iT COUHGL .Jason Happel, Paul Mori Marcy Flussell, Row lr Pres. John Skretta, Sec Heidi Heclw, Jordan, Tony Just, Jeff Meeker Dan Schellb Treas. Todd Pliehaus, Vi? Fred Skretta. How 2: Jen Clark. El 7 sa M 1 rr if fffx' 5 '53 4 ff ' i iQFiv my x Brandon Hurtz, Andy Coleman, and Tim Harger represent their classes during a twinl-sie eating contest sponsored by the Student Council. John Skretta tells his plans at the nomination assembly E l E

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Mt Edward Pitlils We dedicate this book to you for all the good times. Eddie Pitlik was a high school custo- dian for eight years. That's what it would say in the listing of school em- ployees. But we all know Eddie was more. Eddie was Eddie: the one who said hi to you and knew your name, the one who helped you fix your car, the one who sat in the commons with you and told jokes or listened to your wor ries and let you know he cared He was the one who grumbled God Damn kids as he cleaned up our messy tables but under the grumble we could hear I like you anyway I like kids He liked us He was comfortable with us and straight with us We could count on him to be here to be Eddie If we screwed up he told us loud lf we did all right he told us loud He watched us talk and goof around and study and play ball and perform in plays and make music He came to our Commencements because he was our friend and to many of us like a father Eddie Pitlik was part of this school part of our lives Memories of high school will include memories of Ed e l remember the lirst time I met Eddie lt was my hrst day of school here and while l was walking down the hall Eddie came up and asked me who I was He was a very special friend Him Wulf He helped people when he didnt have to He didnt do it meahly hejust did it and was glad he did it You could ask him for any kind of help and you got a smile comment a joke but never a yell or a lecture You can replace a custodian but you cant replace a friend Brant Hoffman l feel sorry for those people who come through this school without knowing Ed Because Ed gave you life when you neded it mostl im Harger Whenever you saw this kind man in the halls or sitting in the commons at a table he was surrounded by students He was more than a janitor he ,vas our friend Leslie Slife Miller you ve got too much goddamn shit in that locker Those are some of the words l heard Eddie Pitlik say the last day of his life Ed was always one to complain with a bit of cussirig along the side but deep down he would do about anything for each and any one of us in this school There was something about him that made you feel comfortable when he was around Dennis Jordan Eddie was a fatherly hgure to me During my four years of high school he never once made me feel out of place l feel that Eddie took lt upon himself to make sure he did what ever was possible to make us better people Scott Gross He added a brightness to school Everyone knew who Eddie was by the lirst week of their freshmen year He took jokes very well expe cially about being bald and such I always thought he d be around forever The thing l remember Eddie most for is his ability to communicate with us teenagers and ht right into some of the conversations like he was one as well E rich Jacobsen l think l have learned my most valuable les sons from Eddie Ho teachei could have taught me more or anything as important as he did He taught me to b friendly Dewane Hughes Even when he was in a bad mood we dia care because we knew that ln awhile he'd back to his normal laughing smiling,joklng, a whistling self lm sure l speak for every: when lsay We loved you and we re really gc to miss you Brent Durgin He enjoyed his work because he was arot young people He would always have a smile his face and that would make you smile wl you were down ln school he never had too much to do wh he couldn t chat for awhile He showed pec how to relate with each other he set an exe e We always joked about his hair or lack of it pat him on the head and say Looks like getting ripel He had a funny response ev time All l can think is God must have Ugure was ripe too People always say God has reasons for people dying when they do.' B think and think and think and l ca come up with why James Drahos May 13 1987 Goodbye, Edd Thanks C Thanks to Mrs Michaud and her writing cl for help with this dedicationj U I - li U ' ' ' YV A , . . - , . , l . y 'Q' . Y l ' di 2 - - - ' it - - - .H 1 V . Eddie was more than just an ordiharyjanitor A - I f - f p . , A .E , , . . . k U ' ' E 4 U 4 T. . . . H . . Y . I . it . V 4 - 'X ' I - I I - 1 1 1 i 1