Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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When Mrs. Chris Meyers was hired for the secretarial position, she didn't think she'd be jumping rope. Twirlers are Audrey M Smith and 10 Mary Caverzagie.

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Football, Marching Band And School . . . I all! As the leaves start to fall and the weather gets a little chilly, there is still quite a lot of activity around school. The football games seem to bring everyone into the spirit of things. Some nights, hot chocolate and coffee are a necessity to keep warm while watching the game. Mrs. Janet Meisinger, library aide, noted, “I didn't like the rainy nights we had but the temperature didn’t stop me from going to any of the games.” Along with the football season, the annual King Korn Karnival is a time of excitement in Plattsmouth. It all starts with the coronation on September 12. That night a man and woman are hon- ored by being crowned the royalty for the week's festivities. Forty-eight seniors participated in the this year’s karnival by walking in the parade. Rain forced the coronation into the gym. Traditionally the parade is held on main street. Rain continued to fall on Friday afternoon when students were dis- missed early for the pep rally. As ev- eryone gathered downtown, the cheer- leaders conducted the pep rally in spite of the rain. It Must Be Many senior girls signed up for the sweetheart contest. Trish Lewan- dowski was crowned Sweetheart of 1985 on Friday afternoon with Chris Thompson receiving second and Sherri Baburek, third. To most people, it didn’t matter that the weekend of September 12-14 was rainy and cold. They still swarmed the carnival rides and game booths. The big parade on Saturday night was well attended. After the King Korn Karnival was over, it might seem a little hard to get back to ordinary activities. However, back at school it is time to start plan- ning homecoming and the clubs are gearing up for field trips and fun- draisers. One group that is busy from the mid- dle of the summer is the marching band. As the group entertains at coun- ty fairs and the karnival, one thought is uppermost in the minds of members and that is contest. The fall season is the time to learn new drills and polish new selections. No matter where a person’s interest lies, the fall is a time of preparation and activity. Junior Shandel Hull looks to see if she is in step during an early-morning band practice. Sophomore Susan Walters tries to get back into the studying groove after a long summer. 9

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Running Eating, Climbing Lead to Junior Win In evilmania Leading the way by nine points, the junior class won the annual Devilmania games with a score of 53. Not far be- hind was the faculty and taking third place with a score of 40 were the sen- iors. The sophomore class came next with 37 points and the freshmen fol- lowed with 28. The traditional games began at 1:00 on the day of Homecoming but the preparations started weeks before as a time schedule was worked out and classes began to organize teams for the different events. Some of the events used other years included battle cries, poster decorations, volleyball, softball, tug-of-war and rope jumping. Some new events were added this year and these included an egg toss, a monster walk and a lip-sync contest. Modeled after the popular television show, the singing contest asked teams to dress as their favorite music group and imitate them. The faculty team consisted of Princi- pal Steve Bernth and Instructors Cecil McKnight, Tom Schirmer and Frank Kokotajlo. The group impersonated “The Village People. The senior team consisted of Cari Schrieber, Chris Volwiler, Pam Jensen and Dan Huebner. Their group imper- sonated “Motley Crue.” The juniors impersonated “KISS.” The group consisted of Laura Williams, Missy McCormick, Dawn Plog and Bekkijo Barkus. The sophomores and freshmen didn’t compete in this com- petition. The pep rally went as planned with the football cheerleaders. The chant that really got everyone's attention was the traditional battle cry. The bat- tle cries ended in a tie between the juniors and seniors. Senior Kurt Johnson commented, “It was a good ortime! The results of Devilmania are as follows: Poster Decorations: freshmen; Lip Sync: seniors; Monster Walk; facul- ty; 3-Legged Race: faculty; Tricycle Race; sophomores; Obstacle Course: juniors; Banana-Split Relay: juniors; Egg Toss: sophomores; Pyramid Build- ing: juniors; Tug-of-War: seniors; Soft- ball: seniors; Volleyball: faculty; Jump Rope: sophomores. Chris Winscot, Steve Brink, Steve Felthousen and Spencer Pohlmeier were proud ot their vic- tory for the juniors in the banana-split eating contest. Lagoon shorts were popular accessories for the sophomore football players. Pictured are Da- vid Lesher, Troy Ferdig. Jim Herdlitchka and Chad Hart. 11