Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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Dressing up. Up, Going Out Crownbearers make their way through the audience. Prom music was provided by a disc jockey Pictured are Senior Matt McDonald and his date and Junior Scott Nath and Senior Tracy Henner Another Thought I thought that prom this year went really well. The juniors did a great I job with working to move the prom to Crown Court in Bellevue and also with the decorations. Officers David Klanecky and Troy Ferdig worked especially hard and I think all the seniors appreciated it. I was really honored to be voted queen this year and it was nice to reign with Brad Brown. — Senior Dena Ostrander

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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

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Dena And Brad Reign As Queen And King When the announcement was made at the May 9 prom dance, there was a new king and queen and their names were Dena Os- trander and Brad Brown. These two were selected by stu- dent ballot from the list of candi- dates. Seniors on the ballot included Jerry Dasher, Brian Bresnahan, Brad Brown, Chris Winscot and Robie Church. Queen candidates were Dena, Tami McGowan, Dawn Henry, Amy Wehrbein and Bekkijo Barkus. Junior attendants were Chad Hart, David Klanecky, Troy Ferdig, Jamie Clark and Scott Nath. Junior female attendants were Roxi Bradway, Marcya Levering, April Beasley, Kirsten Kolhof and Kelly Ogle. Dena and Brad reigned over the crowd at the Quality Inn ballroom in Bellevue, This marked the first time that prom was held outside of the high school. But before the night ar- rived there was much work done. Class officers began early in the year exploring the idea of moving prom. Class sponsors Jeff Wiles and Ralph Tarnasky encouraged the class members to gather evidence as to whether the idea was feasible. Telephone surveys were con- ducted and also junior and senior class members were given a ballot questionnaire to complete. Also, class officers, David Klanecky, Troy Ferdig, April Beasley and Roxi Brad- way, checked into the cost of area restaurants and clubs. The surveys showed that a clear majority favored a move and the research showed that the cost would not be prohibitive. On February 9, students present- ed their findings to the school board and gained approval to move the prom. Queen Dena Ostrander and King Brad Brown after the coronation Roxi Bradway and Da- vid Klanecky were honored as junior atten- dants Prom Royalty 27