Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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ALTHOUGH MATINEES provided o discounted ticket price, the six General Cinema Theaters In the County Seot Moll attrocted students Fridoy ond Soturday nights. STUDENTS CONTINUED TO use the County Seot os o place to hong oround with the crowd, looking especially to Burger King, Doiry Queen, the Cinemo, ond Shokey’s to provide them with o ploce to meet. The Burger King sign typifies the oreo with Its colotful lights which drow In stu- dent-customers on weekend nights. AS NORTHWEST INDIANA ' S only ski resort, the Pines drows skiers from oil ocross the oreo. Newly purchosed snow rnochirres provided snow when the weother wos warm. By Pete Speckhord On ony given Monday morning, people oil over town con be heard, os they stumble toward their coffee cups, asking how long until the weekend? The annoying morning person then smugly replies, There ore exoct- ly 370,200 seconds from the beginning of school on Mondoy to . . . His sentence trails off after he has been clobbered by on alarm clock. The truth remoins, however, thot the weekend is a prime motivoting force in most people ' s lives. As I see it, school ' s only purpose is to provide a rest between the weekends, ju- nior Todd Puilaro said. Seriously though, the weekends are a major part of every student ' s life. Without any doys off, nobody would be able to do anything that wosn ' t school related because they wouldn ' t be oble to find the time, he odded. Weekends provide the time for me to do things that don ' t hove much to do with school, junior Potrick Feoster, who publishes a monthly comic magazine called Harry the Hedgehog, said. Popular hot spots for weekend activi- ties included Wright ' s Bornyard for miniature golfing, the Pines for skiing, the Dunes for just generolly hoving o good time, the university gym for basketball, and the County Seat for movies and honging oround acting obnox- ious. Everybody soys that Valpo is a boring place, but It reolly has just as much if not more than most other small towns, junior John Hrshka sold. Actually, the general trend was for stu- dents to do things ot home or at o friend ' s house on the weekends, playing games and listening to music or watching movies. If I don ' t have to do onything for band on the weekends, I usually go to a friend ' s house and play Castle Risk or else I go ploy basketboll at V.U., senior Dave Miller sold. There is olmost always some school ac- tivity to porticipate in over the weekend if you ' re bored, but I con usually find a thou- sand things to do even if I ' m just sitting ot home. The weekend is when I can do what I want to do, rather thon what has to get done. Then, of course, lote Sunday night it ' s back to reality and I hove to do oil the things that I cleverly avoided over the weekend, senior Susan Herseman said. 1% Weekend Feature

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BRIGHT COLORS ADD to the homecoming theme os Mrs. Ginger Sajdero tokes tickets from sophomore Todd Douer and Dorbl Isbell of Portage. DANCING TO MUSIC provided by the Musicmon, senior Brion Volk ond sophomore Louro Purlin enjoy the home- coming festivities. DURING THE VIKETTES ' holftime performonce, Mork Fi- scher escorts Mindy Helnold down the center of the field. Everyone on the court wos friends, so it was sort of o gome to see who would win. There were no bod feelings because everyone hod such o good time.” Kathleen Brody Homecoming

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IN AN ATTEMPT to get away from the fosl-food blohs, many people potronlzed Shokey ' s PIzzo in the middle of the County Seat, which offered sit-down dining ot reo- sonoble pikes. WEEKENDS ARE MOKE thon ploy for senior John Hilziey os he bogs groceries ot Costos Foods. Mony students gave up some of their free time to eotn extra cosh.