Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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Outdotlng ond outgrowing th« old. and bringing In the new Is nor only reloted ro New Years, but the new public library, too. Over a period of five years, the Library Improvement Reserve Fund raised money to accommodate for all facilities needed for the structure. The Porter County Courthouse, which houses both local and county governments, oirs a different appearance at night with Its flood lights enhancing Its traditional style of architecture. Recently an Iron butterfly was added to give contrast to the square. Popcorn celebrity. Orville Redenbocher. strolls through the heovlly congested areo during the first Popcorn Festival, greeting admirers. The main drag of the downtown oreo. Lincolnway. Is left empty and quite late at night under the neon lights. Opening — 7

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wal|)aniio A change of pace P ersonal spoce is referred ro by psychologisrs and onrhropologisrs os on oreo surrounding o person in which he carries our rhe mojoriry of his inrerocrions wirh orhers. Since rhe area moves wirh o person and chonge according ro vorying condirions, ir ' s nor o space wirh fixed poinrs. This space alrers direoion wirh rhe faaor of people, ploces, ond especiolly rime. Jusr as Adam and Eve had rhe Garden of Eden ro fill rheir personol spoce, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde hod rhe lobororory, and MocArrhur hod rhe barrie grounds, Valporoiso hod rhe corn field. AIrhough Volpo is srill nor considered o suburb of Chicogo, ir hos broken irs mold and morured from irs rural beginnings. Due ro rhe developmenr of local businesses and small indusrries, Valporoiso is for from being opproised os rhe Porawaromi rerrirory ir wos in rhe posr. Wirh erecrion of new subdivisions ond lond oddirions such os rhe rerrirory sourh of Highway X, rhe popularion of Volpo is ropidly growing os o resuir of irs developmenr of opporruniry. Accompanying rhe influx of people ore rhe increosed needs of rhe sophisricored Volpo dvilbn. Due ro exrension of local businesses and malls, Volporoiso hos emerged from rhe repurorion of o srricriy ogriculrurol area. Residenrs no longer hove ro rrovel several miles ro purchase rhe loresr srvles. In addirion ro rhis exponsion, when Volpo rook rhe hobiruol course of fasr food resrouranrs, rhe Volporoisian wenr one srep furrher and odopred ro rhe mosr recenr concepr — drive up windows. Induding rhe usuol Wendy ' s ond McDonolds ' drive-up, now Long John Silver ond Kenrucky Fried Chicken hove drive-ups ro convenience rhe person who wonrs o meal or jusr cokes In a hurry. Chonging from an ogriculrurol rown ro o business communiry rokes rime, porience, knowledge, ond rhe couroge ro resr new ideos. While God gronred man rhe sereniry ro occepr rhe rhings he connor chonge, ond rhe couroge ro change rhe rhings he con, rhe Volporosion found rhor couroge wasn ' r exocriy neccessory ro frocrure rhe srrucrure of rhe srondord weekend. For rhose people who enjoy eorly Sorurdoy morning or lozy Sundoy afrernoon exercise, rhe Klubhous which opened in Ocrober offered 10 courts of roquer boll ond hondboll. In order ro goin rhe knowledge neccessory for exponsion and success, mon builr lobororories in which experimenrs could be conducred, ond rhe mosr common ond rrodirionol fodliry In which mon could srudy in deprh — rhe librory. The 69-year old Porrer County Library wos reploced by o rwo-srory building which, wirh rhe newly consrruaed Porroge branch, cosr opproximorely $2.6 million. ■ The Klubhous, a new handball and raquetball club located In the I ropdlly developing northwest of town, provides another outlet for I recreation In Valporoiso. The club Is partially owned by Chicago Dears ' I Quarterback Mike Phipps. 6 — Opening

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updated recreation eases tension I n 1871, Charles Darwin originared rhe rheary of evolurion which advanced rhe ideo rhor men end apes descended from o common oncesror. Even though mony did nor accept this theory, man did occepr rhor oil men shore similor chorocrerisrics especially during o porriculor sroge in one ' s life. As generations passed, psychologists and counselors, found rhor odolescenrs hove in common rhe eogerness ro explore and experiment, rhe desire ro moke new decisions ond rhe dreom of whor might be. Although sophomores srill seorch for rhe meoning of life or VHS, ond seniors dreom of life ofrer VHS, whor hos chonged through rhe yeors ore nor only rhe students, bur rheir likes ond dislikes according ro whor rokes ploce in rhe world oround rhem. For example, due ro rhe reperirion of bonds ond rh e disco- desrrucrion orrirude sweeping rhe notion. rhe popularity of posrgome sockhops has declined os opposed ro rhe over-crowded norrh bolcony three yeors ogo. As o result, dubs ' profit margins dereriorored. Besides rhe students ' orrendonce or sockhops breoking rhe mold of enrerroinmenr procrices, rhe usual method of preparing for rhe three onnuol semi- formol dances ond Prom wos oirered also. This year rhe Junior Closs shorrered rhe rrodirionol orrirude rhor one connor contribute ro ony prepororions until rhe week before Prom, with orgonizorionol meetings held during rhe summer of ' 79. Due ro irs enthusiasm, rhe Junior Closs roised opproximorely $1500 before December. A similar rroir shored by olmosr oil students wos rhe desire ro breok rhe morxjrony of doily doss routine. Convocorbns provided vorious forms of educorionol enrerroinmenr ranging from rhe U.5. Morine Bond ro o Korore demonsrrorion. The Dockyard Tour, sponsored by the Medio Cen- ter, allowed teachers ond srudents to explore dif- ferent londmorks ond sights of Chicogo. Inset: The Chicogo skyline is visible from oil sections of town. 8 — Activities Division Page