Northwood High School - Logue Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

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SWAD Day: A Mystery to Many Parents A swarm of new students entered Nor- thWood on November 18. In the rush to find the right schedule, open the locker, find the classroom, and do this all before 8:10, many new students were left behind. Later to be discovered, these new students were identified as mothers, fathers, and friends of the present students at Nor- thWood. This year's response to SWAP Day tSwitch With A Parenti was excellent. An addition to SWAP Day was optional Parent-teacher conferences and lunch be- ing served for those who chose to join the NorthWood faculty. All in all 452 adults swapped with 464 students with the largest percentage swapping with Seniors. Top Left: Jeanette Hess checks to see what her next class is. Top Right: Sara Myers appreciates help from friendly Mr. Coffin. Above: Sharon Angel and Shirley Hartman try their hand at Word Processing with Mrs. Yoder. Right: Mr. Neff startles parents with a dissected frog in biology II. a Far Right: Julianne Crist learns the use of the com- puter with the help of Mr. Weaver. 8 r SWAP DAY

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Left: The suspense disappears as Deb Slabaugh is announced Homecoming Queen. Lower Left: Senior queen candidate Amy Hochstedler is escorted by Jeff Stillson. Below: 1983 Queen Deb Slabaugh is crowned by 1982 Queen Beth Hockert during a touching moment. i 6hwa. vi? W - J , db .9 05.,ng .A v n 4s m g. m H i f w aw Q, w . wistgi. . s .n... Kr. .- i HOMECOMING i 7

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WORLD HEADLINES Freedom for Grenada Grenada, a sleepy tourist island in the eCaribbean, became a hot spot in the fall of 1983. On Tuesday, October 25,1983, the U.S. Military forces invaded Grenada at 4 am. Elkhart time. The invasion began when about 400 U.S. Marines landed from helicopters at the Pearls Airport. Within two hours the Marine force had secured the airfield without much resistance. Little over a half an hour later approximately 700 Army Rangers parachuted from planes onto the unfinished Point Salines airfield, but were taced with a great deal of resistance. By nightfall of the first day the U.S. force was far from firmly in control of Grenada. But by late Thursday all major military strong points in the island were secured. By Friday 5,000 paratroopers, 500 Marines and 500 Rangers were stationed on Grenada. The decision to strike the tiny island had been made swiftly with the main purpose of protecting the lives of 1,000 Americans, many of which were medical students, who were trapped on the island after a bloody overthrow. Also, the Reagan Ad- ministration had evidence that Grenada was becoming a Soviet-Cuban base that would threaten the United States' strategic interests in the Caribbean. Six of Crenada's worried neighbors had requested the U.S. to restore peace and order to the troubled island. Many world wide protests were heard. Reagan felt the need and sent the troops answering the pleas. The Reagan Administration had ex- pected to find about 500 Cubans on the island working on the Point Salines airstrip. Instead, they were faced with more than 600 well-armed, professionally trained soldiers. Six warehouses north of the Point Salines airstrip had been found with Soviet and Cuban arms. The warehouses contained much more ammunition than Grenada would need for self-defense. Evidently the Cubans and Soviets had other plans for it! At 3 pm. Wednesday the medical students were lifted off of Grenada and returned safely home. As the fighting subsided and the people were allowed out of their houses they swarmed around the U.S. soldiers. It was a time of closeness as the women hugged the soldiers and the walls became covered with graffiti such as llGod Bless America. The 400 soldiers contributed by Grenada's neighboring contries took up routine police duties as the U.S. troops pulled out and returned home. The casual- ty to the U.S. .troops were 18 deaths and 89 wounded. But Reagan felt that the 80b- jectives had been achieved. them. Children like these dolls because they not only have something to do, but with the birth certificate and adoption papers, they feel like a real parent. The fad was so great that the FBI found counterfeit dolls on the market. Unlike the original dolls, the fake ones have only four fingers, no belly-button, and hair that is a fire hazard. The originals have four fingers and a thumb, a belly-button, and are fire resistant. Because of the high demand and the unavailability of these dolls, home sewers have taken classes to make their own Cab- bage Patch dolls for their personal use and for profits. Cabbage Patch Doll Craze The Cabbage Patch doll rage will make the Christmas shopping season of 1983 memorable. Cabbage Patch dolls are a soft-sculpture doll. These soft nylon dolls have become so popular with their puckered faces, dif- ferent hair styles, different names, birth certificates, and adoption papers that the stores could not keep them on the shelves. Selling for $30 to $300 with some of the originals selling at $5,000 these dolls caus- ed a craze that mobbed stores and had shoppers literally attacking each other just trying to buy one. The different sizes of the Cabbage Patch dolls include the 16-inch preemies, the 23- inch, and the 32-inch dolls, which stand alone. Parents enjoy these dolls because their children sit for hoursand play happily with The Tragedy in Beirut It was October 23, an early Sunday mor- ning that caught the American Marines off guard. A terrorist driving a Mercedes truck loaded with approximately 2,500 pounds of TNT smashed into the American com- pound and detonated his cargo in the headquarters building of the U.S. Marine base. Over 225 U.S. Marines and sailors were killed. This was the largest single-day death toll since the Vietnam War. At approximately the same time another driver crashed his truck, loaded with ex- plosives, into French Army headquarters. The United States and French intelligence officers .feel that a pro-lranian Shute Moslem group, Heyballoh, is responsible. This group was blamed for the blast that damaged the United States Embassy in Beirut on April 18, 1983. CURRENT EVENTS 2 9