Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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Senior Janelle Pecha and Junior Kelly Ogle enjoy the mild weather. Another Thought My 1986-87 school year had its ups and downs. I was starting my senior year and was excited about being a senior. I was going to cheer on our varsity football team. As the year went on I was looking forward to cheering on the wrestlers and go- ing to state with them. As everyone knows we did terrific at state. Terry Dasher received fifth and Spencer third and, of course, Jerry Dasher was our State Champi- on. Now that the weather is getting nicer, everyone's wearing the Ha- waiian prints and enjoying the sun. Girls are talking about their prom dresses and tans. All the seniors are getting anxious about graduation. — Senior Sonja Green Senior Jim Brooks takes a break from work- ing on the computers newly purchased by the school. Gubernatorial candidate Kay Orr speaks to a packed house at the Omaha Civic Audi- torium. 24 Current Events

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Fate of Mascot Decided At Board Meeting Plattsmouth High School on TV? And in the newspapers too? Yes, that's right, PHS was big-time news for a few weeks in March be- cause of the Blue Devil mascot. It all started when School Board Member Dave Nielson began a Kick the Devil Out of Our School campaign in representation of the people who are against the em- blem. He even went as far as to personally pledge $1,000 to the ef- fort. From there the concern over the mascot seemed to snowball. Many “Letters to the Editor were printed in the Plattsmouth Journal in favor of both sides. People from other towns even got in on the action. Everyone began to wonder how the school got the Blue Devil mascot in the first place. Joe York, one of the three originators of the logo, gave the answer. According to Mr. York, in 1939 Jim Yelick drew a blue devil on their new basketball knee pads. Not much later, 98% of the students voted for the devil to be their emblem. At a regular school board meet- ing on March 9,1987, the fate of the Blue Devil was decided. Television cameras as well as newspaper re- porters showed up for the event. There were approximately 800 people who came to watch and 26 who voiced their opinions to the board, among them past and pre- sent PHS students. After everyone spoke and a mo- tion to have a committee study the issue for 30 days was voted down, the board finally came to a deci- sion. The vote was 7-1 in favor of keep- ing the Blue Devil as the Plattsmouth mascot. Many students look on as Student Council President Brian Bresnahan and Senior Class President Craig Martin speak Blue Devil 23

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Plattonians Relate To World Happenings Over the past year the nation and PHS students were rocked by the events happening around the world. This year movie goers flocked into the theaters to see one of the most highly-acclaimed Vietnam war films ever: Platoon , which brought home the Oscar Award for Best Film of the Year. Other box-office smashes were Crocodile Dundee and the mega-hit Top Gun starring teen idol Tom Cruise. The radio waves were dominated by a Jackson again. No, not Michael but younger sister Janet. Higher Love and Steve Winwood won the Grammy Award for Best Song, while the controversial album Grace- land by Paul Simon took the honors for Best Album. In sports the New Yorkers couldn't be any happier as the N.Y. Mets blew past the Boston Red Sox to win the baseball World Series and the N.Y. Giants won the Super Bowl over the Denver Broncos. Another NCAA basketball'cham- pion was crowned when the Indiana Hoosiers beat the Providence Fryers and, before we knew it, the heavily hyped Super Fight was here and the underdog, Sugar Ray Leonard, had dethroned the champion Mar- vin Hagler. In Nebraska we elected a new governor. Gov. Kay Orr took office in 1987 when she won over candi- date Helen Boosalis. This was the first election in history for the Guberna- torial race to have two female can- didates. While the election was going on the weather outside was more than pleasurable as temperatures rose to as high as 60 in January. When the temperature was warm the school was red hot as the Plattsmouth Blue Devils made the news. Members of Mr. Wiles’ government classes took time to attend the Republican rally where President Reagan spoke Current Events 25