Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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PERFORMING a difficult stunt are senior vets Peggy Snyder and Brenda Frost. CONNIE Loomis, one of the many spirited cheer- leaders, shows confidence in her team (Top Left). DUE to the gym floor buckling, the school's first out- door pep assembly was held during football season (Bottom Left). Spirit-

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We holding the the crowd A buckled gym floor, while troublesome to basketball players, set the scene this September for VHS's first outdoor pep assembly. Student body members joined the cheer- leaders and band in the courtyard and did their best to boost player morale. Indoors for the rest of the year, pep assemblies provided sneak previews of new cheers, opportunities for students to prac- tice the words to the school song and a few minutes out of sixth hour classes. Skits kept interests high. Take it off featured the basketball cheerleaders in a mock strip tease. Football bench gave fans a poetic and humorous look at dilem- mas like losing jocks, needing to go to the bathroom, and having gas. Musically, many dance routines, taking hours of choreography and practice, kept fans rockin' in the bleachers. are key to ignite photos by Toby Archamboult -Ready

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We are tuning into TRS’s,cubes GH Hey! What were you into in '82? Was it cubes, computers, or soaps? These were some of the new fads that were popular at VHS. The most popular fad, which hit like a comet, was the Rubik's Cube. What is a Rubik's Cube? Well, according to the New Revised Neil-Brad Dictionary of Slang Words, a Rubik's Cube is a six-sided cubical intermolecular tri- ple axis segmented symetrically adjustable multicolored petroleum based plastic three dimensional geometrical object, with 42.3 quintrillion possible combinations. And did it hit big! Just about everybody was seen playing with it: in corners, behind desks, on the bus , in the john , despite the mind-boggling frustrations it caused. This was the first year that Vestaburg had computers. With four TRS-80's in Mr. Hodges' room it was easy to become addicted to them. There were several students who became com- puter addicts, spending many hours after school attached to the computers. Yet another popular pastime after school was soap operas. General Hospital was obviously the most popular, with some 14 million fans nationwide. With Tony Geary as Luke, viewers A six-sided cubical intermolecular plastic three dimensional object. -The New Revised Neil-Brad Dictionary of Slang Words flocked to television sets to finally sigh with relief as he tied the knot with Laura (Genie Francis). Newcomers to the show were Liz Taylor, in a guest appearance as the widow of a mad man who tried to freeze the earth, and heart throb and rock star Rick Springfield who moonlighted as Dr. Noah Drake on the show. -Ready