Northwood High School - Logue Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

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Of spiral staircases it could not boast. Not a single belfry was in the entire school. In its dark corners neither ghosts nor spirits lingered. Yet throughout the fall of 1983 an atmosphere of mystery and intrigue savored the air in the halls of NorthWood High School that was not unlike Poe's House of Usher. nWhat secrets does this year hold? we questioned. ls this the year for the NorthWood football team to go to State - and win? How about that guy's basketball sectional trophy, would our number finally be called? Could our girl's'basketball team go to semi-state as in 1980-81, but this trip be victorious? What do students do with new IBM computers? Could we even make it to May - and graduate? We struggled through our first week of school with temperatures soaring well over ninety degrees. This only added to the misery of returning to school and the beginning of another nine months of homework, tests, papers, and quizzes. Minutes in classes dragged to hours as teachers assigned what seemed like more after-school tlbusywork than ever before. On a more nationwide basis, the United State's Marines were sent to Grenada to keep the Cubans from taking over, and also to Lebanon to help the Israelis fight off the Syrians in Beirut. Americans tuned in to the voices of the six astronauts that went up with the Space Shuttle flights. The economy showed a great improvement and 1984's predictions looked even better with money being spent and many more jobs available. On the pop Charts Michael Jackson captured the hearts of many. He took over the charts and won eight American Music Awards and was nominated for twelve Grammy Awards. The 2 r OPENING MISSION: success could easily be seen as one out of every four Americans owned his famed THRILLER album from which his unique video for the title song uThriller stole many intriguing imaginations. Another group emergedeoy George and his Culture Club--- with songs such as xlThe Church of the Poison Mind and Karma Camellian. The University of Miami captured the number one spot in the nation's college football polls, upsetting previously unbeaten Nebraska University in the Orange Bowl. The Granddaddy of them all-the Rose Bowl evictors were the California native UCLA Bruins. And in Pro Football the Super Bowl winners were the Los Angeles Raiders. This was the first Super Bowl win for the Raiders since they moved to Los Angeles from Oakland. With these and many other issues in mind, we realized our por- trayal of 1984 would require deep investigation. Like blood hounds following a scent, we delved into the year's events with , persistent enthusiasm. Our mission: to unveil the moodSwthe ucrimes mof Nor- thWood and its people, and to present our evidence in the most exciting way we could. We hope we succeeded and we hope you enjoy examining INVESTIGATION '84. Note: The following stories are true and have not been altered. None of the names have been changed, because nobody was innocent.

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1984 ' LOCUE NORTHWOOD HIGH v. SCHOOL g NAPPANEE INDIANA VOLUME XV-

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NOMI'I-IWD INVESTIGATE . . . Scene of the Crime . ....... 4 Intelligence .......... x ..... 28 ? Our Defense System ....... 48 Suspects ................. 78 Gangs and Organizations.. 116 Files ................... 138 OPENING I 3