Powers High School - Cruiser Yearbook (Powers, OR)

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Work and pleasure The Last Dance The 1985 Senior Ball was quoted by Kerry Quilhaugh to be one of the best in years . The senior class adopted a western theme and centered their cre- ative efforts around it. Bails of hay were sculpted to create an arch for the Grant March. A ceiling-high backdrop with a cowboy and horse silhouetted in the sun- set was erected to set off the surround- ings. Cowboy boots and hats, saddles, and bandanas adorned the hay-arch that set their western theme alive. Lights strung in the rafters created a starlight effect. Pony Express, a country-rock band, played until the close of the even- ing. The Grand March was unlike any oth- er Powers has seen. The seniors and their dates paraded proudly through their self- made arch with The Tennessee Waltz playing softly in the background. The couples were illuminated in a soft red glow by lamps placed in various loca- tions. Donna Wassman, accompanied by Pony Express, sang the opening song, The Tennessee Waltz , while the sen- iors put their newly learned waltz to use. The nights the seniors spent decorat- ing until two o'clock in the morning had paid off. Their final ball was a success. Page 16: top - Gretchen Stauffer, Jack Lowery, and Kelly Johnson; bottom - Gretchen Stauffer, Kelle Adamek, and Shelly Butler. Page 17: top left - Gretchen Stauffer and father, Wendell Stauffer; middle top - Tina Russell and stepfather, Jack Lehnherr; top right - Deb Mahan and father, Jim Mahan; middle right - Kelle Ada- mek and father, Noble Adamek; bottom right - Kelly Johnson escorting Niki Prindel; bottom left - group enjoying themselves at Senior Ball. 16 SENIORS

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This is it 1985 Is Here The Senior Class's last two weeks of school were chalked full of activities. The two most important being the Sen- ior Trip and, of course. Graduation. For their Senior Trip the class, Mr. Quilhaugh, and Patty Adamek motored to Bandon where they went to the beach and spent the afternoon playing in the waves and strolling along the beach. By five o'clock the group was terribly hungry, as usual, and moved on to the Boatworks where they ate, as their advi- sor Kerry Quilhaugh said, the best meal of their lives. From Bandon they drove to Coos Bay to see a movie. On May 31, 1985, a little before eight o'clock the seniors sat in the library ner- vously awaiting graduation. Then Mr. Rollofson came in and said, Let's go. The seniors, the girls in pink carrying pink roses and the boys in burgundy, hesitantly marched into the gym. The ceremony only lasted an hour, but it seemed like a lifetime. Salutatorian Gretchen Stauffer and Valedictorian Kelle Adamek gave their speeches, Wen- dy Click sang We've Only Just Begun , Curt Beckham delivered the Commence- ment Address, and finally Noble Ada- mek handed out the long-awaited diplo- mas. The graduated seniors then walked off the stage; and, before lining up to receive their congratulations, they all hugged each other in joy, because they had done it! Page 18 - Top: The Class of 1985, from left to right. Deb Mahan, Gretchen Stauffer, Tina Russell, Kelly Johnson, Kelle Adamek, Shelly Butler, Jack Lowery, and Jackie Morgan; Middle Left: Gretchen Stauffer; Middle Right: Shelly Butler and Jack Lowery; Bottom: Gretchen Stauffer, Shelly Butler, Deb Mahan, Jackie Morgan, Jack Lowery, and Kel- ly Johnson. Page 19 - Upper Left: Tina Russell; Upper Right; The Class of '85' graduates; Lower Left: Gretchen Stauffer; Middle: Gretchen Stauffer and Kelle Ada- mek; Middle Right: Jackie Morgan, Gretchen Stauffer, Shelly Butler, Kelly Johnson, and Kelle Adamek. 18 SENIORS