Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 152 of the 1983 volume:

Volume 30 1983 Wolverine Vestaburg Community Schools Avenue B Vestaburg, Ml 48891 FRESHMAN Bob Brauhcr plays Alien Intru der, a game demanding quick recall of num- ber facts, on the new Apple computer. Readers beware! You will find yourselves in this book! What is the first thing a stu- dent does with his her brand new yearbook? The more pop- ular student runs to the com- puter room to use sophisticated equipment to tally the hun- dreds of candid photos of him- self herself appearing in the 152page book. For you and me the total is always the same, one photo 1} x 2 located in the underclassmen section. The yearbook staff, in an attempt to become more con- scious of including everyone, set a goal for themselves which you, the reader, may enjoy following up on. The goal was to include one quote or photo of everyone in grades 9-12 in addition to their class mug shot. No way man, how can 252 students be pictured or quoted in this little book that many times a piece? You're right, they can't. Your job as a critical reader, looking out for 1, is to check up on our promise. If you bought a book and fail to find yourself, the staff will apolo- gize with a free dust cover. Our philosophy is, every person who went to this school in 1983 was important. Not just the star athlete, class president, homecoming queen or school Romeo. The ordinary student who rushed in at 8:16 and out at 2:52 is what this yearbook is all about. As you look in the mirror on the cover, reflect upon the person you are seeing. Did you reach your expectations this year, grow as a person and become a year wiser as well as a year older? The yearbook staff sincerely hopes when you look in that mirror as well as when you read this book you will be Everything you appear to be. Okay... Yeah, sure ... there lam... see? there on the extreme left.. MINUTES from lunch this eighth grade class becomes eager to answer questions and bring school work to a close. § a 3- j o ■ §• S x ng • QysS° Peor, Oncf n?s t photo by Joe Oostomsk' h 3 CHEERED on by fellow classmates, eighth graders Amy Frost and Troy Mortensen pass the Iifesaver in one of the Almost Anything Coes Competitions. v . 2- tip .A 6 a N C« v o •.° c, U• _« D' S . v'° ‘ vfOV -a‘A ■o-' ?$ ° VV „ . ? ' £ wryy c vcv®°; cP . o?A w . N - el ve e- e :_ AO ? .s Xvt1 x ' 41 © S P � '•W x e I enjoyed laying in the sun ... skiing . . . swimming having a great tan .. watching the guy next door. Paula Loomis T-SHIRTS, a popular form of expression, enabled the Skoal Sisters to reveal their group identity. ON HER way to shorthand senior Shana Johnston hesitates. Cot my books, got my pen. what am forgetting? she asks herself. FRESHMAN Mike Trayer and sophomore Kip Jcni- son use body language to liven up their conver- sation . EIGHTH grader Mary Cain is once again found sitting in the hall to write another 100 sentences for her band class. Bad news, good news Sorry seniors, no overnight trip, but, we did lock up the Jr. High. COUNSELOR Ms. Brokop demonstrates how she would pose as a homecoming queen. What! No senior trip? What do you mean we get a detention if we come into the building before 8 a.m.? Where do Mrs. Stratton and Mrs. Thompson hide half the day? How come we can't play pow- derpuff this year? No more junior high kids at our dances? Great! And you're locking them up at lunch time? Boy, maybe '83 is gonna be okay after all! 1983, like any other year, brought its share of changes. Even the most earth-shattering changes like the loss of the an- nual senior trip was replaced with a one day outing to Cedar Point. 1983 also brought with it a change of scene as detentions were issued to any wandering students in the building before 8 a.m. Mrs. Ellen Thompson, with a newborn at home, decided to teach half a day, leaving three hours unaccounted for. Mrs. Beverly Stratton was laid off but replaced Thompson half a day. The guys' football season was also a time that the junior and senior girls were thinking of powder-puff, but as plan- ning began, the question a- rose, when do we get to play? Unfortunately, a new state law would not permit the girls to play because of insurance rea- sons. As the middle of the year ap - proached, the junior high students were restricted to the cafeteria and gym second lunch hour due to excess noise in the halls. For the first year they were also not allowed to go to the senior high dances. Although it may seem like many disappearances occur every year, many basic things have not changed. Six classes a day, sports, hot lunch pro- grams , and report cards have endured in the year of cuts. Thanks to few disappearances we were everything we ap- peared to be. Dis-A Pf j ranees � VO 'e� e® « '0‘Ve At� '- „ 0 °°«® s ? xY-® etf£ Say.. .Before we ground him, why don't we let him l3® stumble around in the dark for awhile. i I'tb, V ° t rof e ° r° 10 Men at Work Journey Loverboy Hall Oates REO Speedwagon Sammy Hagar .38 Special Pat Benatar Bob Seger Chicago Stray Cats Aerosmith Z. 7e Cosh, I was sure I had a full tank... of Dating Don't eat onions and garlic before you go out -Kelly Kane Go somewhere with anice atmosphere. -Jeff Anna Smile at yourself in the mirror and make sure you don't have spinach between your teeth. Have your date stand beside your dog and if you have a hard time deciding who's better looking, stay home with your dog. Check and make sure he has a pulse. -Miss Brokop Don't date before you're 50; don't date after you're 50. -Mr. DeShano Stay away from wild women; do any- thing that's legal. -Randy Camp Do as much as possible, as long as it's legal, don't bore your date. -Tracy Keyes Try to be goofy. -Leo Hernandez Do be kind and place. -Dan Purcell H0W to get yourpicture yirthey rt00k .Hang aronnd etv sport Jlefs� P«f’'ganW t'°n «Belong I� “ outrage0 3 0° s°mtose ' X atcning Zvlss tun ? I.o°K '“Liing Be g°°®° ,,er around foUoVJ otograP f •oate ' e Ppograjn« pltotognaP take her to a Student Life The alarm clock sounds. Another school day. For a moment he holds back a choked sob. “Will this madness ever end!?” YOU took my picture! reacts seventh grade cheerleader Lisa Deyarmond after photographer Neil Moomcy triggers his flash. No, Larry did, smiles Larry McClellan, quick to catch the real photo. FACIAL expressions often say it all, as is evident by the look on sophomore Phil Frisbie's face, above, and teacher Bruce Torgcrson's face, far right. Who knows what interaction is taking place between Mr. DeShano and junior Lynn Krafft; and Rusty Sanders, as usual, looks like he knows something we don’t. St It We Moods by Brad Olrich A day in the life of... It is morning. The sun sends its gentle orange shaft through the curtains of a small dark bedroom. A strange gutteral sound emanates from beneath the covers of a bed in the corner. photo bv Larry McClellan Ohhh, cripe... he thinks ...night over already...? Grimacing, he rolls out of bed onto the floor. They go so blasted fast lately, he grum- bles . Another school day... LATER... It has not been a good day so far. His usual first hour nap had been rudely inter- rupted by a rather disturbed English teacher who insisted that One could not study Longfellow with one's eyes closed! , and furthermore, he had been given a pop quiz in algebra. Now only one and a half minutes stand between him and lunch. It seems an eter- nity. He feels a quivering of anticipation in his knees. The hands of the clock loom ever closer to the fateful time. His mind whirls with the thoughts of escaping the boredom which holds the class in its iron grip. He glances at the clock; fifteen seconds and closing. His eyes become glazed; he is sweating profusely. The bell rings! Y ay!!!!!! He springs from his seat with a scream of glee and finds himself running in a joyful dash to the cafeteria for lunch and eternal happiness. Ah, sixth hour has just ended. Opening his locker, he takes a quick look in a mirror hanging on the inside. Mmmm, whatta face, he smiles to himself. He turns and scans the masses milling about in the hall. Then ho sees her. She doesn't know it, but this is her lucky day. He had always suspected she was attracted to him; now he's going to give her a chance. Here she comes. Closer... CLOSER.. .He makes his move. Hi, my name's... And there she goes. He's in shock. She doesn't see him. She doesn't hear him. She never even stops talking. Hmph. He feels a blackness in his heart. Scowling at her form making its way down the hall, he slams the locker. With an indignant grunt of fury, he angrily storms outside where the setting sun greets him with gentle warmth to soothe his flaming rage. After school by Ric McClellan, Kate Brantley Cows, cash registers, CBS create new curriculums In addition to spending long endless hours learning new math equations, science experiments and history heroes how did students occupy their time outside the classroom? Many students found them- selves occupied in a variety of activities ranging from part time work at a near by hard- ware store to relaxing to tunes on the radio. Anywhere in be- tween, they did chores, read books, and practiced their musical instruments. Whether it was listening to the radio or perfecting their own instruments, students en- joyed music. Sarah Avery and Pam Palmer spent after school time playing the piano, Kelly Kane played the violin and John Lybeer exercised his tal- ents on guitar. I play mostly rock and roll, he stated. John practiced quite often but he did point out, I could be better. A few students were lucky enough to have part-time jobs. Becky Busman worked at the bowling alley at Marl View; The work, she said, is ok and it's a job anyway. Peter Moomey also put in hours at his dad's hardware store in River- dale. Many had plenty of work waiting for them at home be- fore or after school. Cleaning house, of course wasn't a job found pleasurable. As Michele Dailey could tell you, thei’e were other things besides housework to be done; she had to milk thirty head of cattle everyday. The remaining spare time was spent in many different ways. Jeff Anna stayed in school after regular hours working with computers. He also enjoyed tearing apart and putting together stereos and TV's. We all put in our classroom hours but afterwards we did our own thing. CHANCING spark plugs is just one of the PETER Moomey, who spends after school many jobs Jeff Cantrell busies himself with time working in his father's Riverdale after school at Erskin's. hardware store, takes a message for the boss. “Nobody sees me milk cows . . . nobody! I had a date come to my house. I ran into the barn and wouldn’t let him see me. ” -Michele Dailey photo by Lorry McClellan photo by Larry McClellan AFTER taking piano lessons for three years, senior Pam Palmer feels right at home with the keyboard. BOB Busman, whose father owns Marl View Lanes, puts in many hours satisfying bowlers1 needs. A PUNK rockers Karrie Holmes, Brad OIn'ch, MINUTES before the parade, the varsity Kate Brantley like, take a break, man, football team expresses no doubt as to who from grody classes. will prevail homecoming evening. Homecoming_____ by Mary Riggs “Commercials” a big hit with spirited student body A one-week long commercial break, totally dis- rupted classes, found usually normal people in un- usual attire and paved the way for a 14-9 football victory over arch-rivals Montabella. Homecoming '82, themed Commercials and brought to you by the Student Councils and Cheerleaders, made the week of October 11 truly a spotlight on spirit. A fun-filled week was plan- ned to get the football team ready to meet their opponents, the Montabella Mustangs. The week of advertisement started Monday with Sweat Suit Day. Okay America, show us your Underalls, was the slogan strategically placed on Nancy Hetherington's sweats. Tuesday, which was Twin Day, found Mrs. Wilson, Rau, Fox, and Stratton suited up as softball players. Another trio was Anita Sherman, Sue Pat- terson, and Amy Gates, who dressed as bums. A new wave called punk rock hit on Wednesday when spirited fans were found in mini-skirts, outrageously colored and styled hair, and black and blue make-up. Tracy Keyes, Karrie Holmes, and Katie Brantley captured everyone's attention in color- ful mini-skirts, goofy glasses, and atrocious make-up and hair styles. Thursday was Dress-up Day and also a very important day for the queen candidates and class representatives. The candidates had been selected in Vestaburg's first tap cere- mony two weeks prior to the crowning. The students gathered in the darkened high school gym and five football players wandered through the crowd, one at a time, and pre- sented a lighted candle to each of the five senior girls, who CHOSEN as homecoming Grand Marshals were Board member Art Stratton and his wife Virginia, who serves as elementary librarian. I didn’t know whether to stand where I was or to move. I finally walked to the center like I was supposed to. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry but crying of course came with no problem.” -Cheryl Freeman, homecoming queen photo by Cuy's S Doll FRONT row: Becky Busman. Cheryl Freeman, Connie Loomis. Middle row: Sarah Avery, Lisa Peasley. Back row: Amy Keeler. Michele Dailey. Kate Brantley. 1982 Homecoming Queen. Cheryl Freeman. ANY team who con nock up a homecorung win is number one as far as these excited cheerleaders ore concerned' Homecoming means you can be who you want, get to show your school spirit, and get away from the same boring routine. It is the most exciting week of the year. ” ■Brenda Hodges SHEER, brute strength is displayed by Dan King who transformed himself, for a LEADING the student body onto the foot- ball field for Friday's pep assembly arc majorettes Robin Woodard, Heather Elder, Karen Bigelow and members of the marching band. WITH hair ratted, ears full of feathers and sun glasses in place punk rocker Tracy Keyes is ready to roll. St MO MESTS before their 74-9 victory over Montebello, these fired up Wolverines be- gin celebrating. Homecoming by Mary Riggs Lively week of festivities spurs victory over Mustangs continued from page 14 then went down to stand in front of the crowd. The lights turned on, revealing our five queen can- didates . At Thursday's assembly the girls were escorted by male faculty members and gave a speech on the person they ad- mired the most. The candi- dates also performed a skit along with the representatives entitled Thursdays at Home, about a woman in her twenties who felt sorry for women in business. Friday was the day every- one had worked towards, and the spirited student body was dressed in red white. With growing anticipation, students decorated the halls for Deck the Hall Day. The seniors took first place in the Almost Anything Goes competition, which included: the Bubble Gum Blowing Contest, the Egg Toss, Sack Race, Volleyball Tournament, and the Life- saver Pass. The end of the school day was not the end of all the ex- citement. Students were led by the band to the football field for an outdoor pep assem- bly , which featured the yelling contest, which was won by the ninth graders. The parade took its regular route down Main Street led by the senior band with the queen's float bringing up the rear. At halftime, with a narrow VHS lead. Cheryl Freeman was announced homecoming queen, and the eighth grade was ac- knowledged pep jug winners. After the triumph over the Mustangs, Wolverine fans cele- brated at the dance with music by Cal. Fads and Fashions by Lorrie McClellan Like we get into fads, fer sure! Valley Girl talk hit hard at VHS. While language like totally awesome, fer sure, barf out, gag me with a spoon, to the max, and oh my god was used by the majority of the student body, a few loyal fans studied up on Valley Girls by listening to Moon Unit Zappa and her father Frank's rock song, uniquely called Valley Girl. They also studied a book call-- ed. The Totally Awesome Val Guide. This elite group added words to their vocabulary like, mondo, and mega, which mean extremely. Beastie, dudley, geek, and grisly, meaning a loser. Honker, and Melvin which are names for someone who's really weird, and Jel, meaning a Jell-O- Head. The in dress at Vestaburg consisted of pleated dress pants, sweaters, knickers, colored nylons, prairie tops, prairie skirts and leg warmers. A noticeable change occured in '83. In place of the faded jeans and sweat shirts, many students were dressed up. Prairie skirts and float dresses were often worn by the girls; while guys frequently wore dress pants and top-siders. Although long skirts and dresses were popular, de- signer jeans were on the top of every girl's list; regular and baggy. Among these were Chic, Lee, Levi's, Calvin Klein, Zena, Gloria Vander- built. Bon jour, Cheeno's, Dee Gee's, Hunt Club andJordache. Some daring students such as Heather Elder, Amy Gates, Tammy Carter and Alysia Gall- ihugh were found wearing duck boots. Duck boots are plastic and resemble galoshes except in color. Short hair also became fash- ionable. Penny Davidson was a good example of this; as was Connie Loomis who besides having short hair, had her hair frosted. Other girls who frosted their hair were Julie Hartman, Ginger Marshall and Paula Enterline. While video arcades were popular in '82, TV video games became quite common in '83; with games like Donkey Kong, Pittfall, Asteroids, Defender and Frogger. Another exten- sion for the TV was video disks. “Some of the clothes the Valley Girls wore have to go. I liked the way they talked, though. Their accent was neat. I’d be embarrassed by their hairdo’s if I had them” Paula Ford. KA TIE BRANTLEY, dressed in her Marilyn Monroe outfit, Lisa Peasley wearing her acetate, plastic and rayon jumpsuit, and Brad Olrich in his ivy league jacket, find pleasure sitting on the elementary jungle gym. lower left CRAIG CUMMINGS, Troy Morten sen and Joe Gostomski are the talk of the school every time they wear their khaki pants and their Top Siders . center POLKA dots and punk made their way into spring fashion as shown by freshmen Brenda Hodges and Lisa Fleming, left NANCY HETHERINGTON and Cheryl Free- man find a way to be comfortable as well as dressy in their float dresses, far left UNDER the old oak tree, we find Karla Neeper with her stylish green raincoat, and Heather (Valley girl) Elder in her pink mini-skirt, accompanied by preppie Fred Snyder. “The dances were alright. They wouldn’t have been so bad if there hadn't been some people there to spoil them . Ginger Marshall JR. AND SR. PROM goers find the music of the Plaids II to their liking. After a home football game, students go wild dancing to the music Cal willingly provides. 7th GRADERS Scott and Tom Throop boogie down at one of the several Jr. High dances. Dances by Connie Loomis Punkers over take dance floor Did you ever have one of those nights when you just couldn't sit . still. Maybe your feet just itched to be on the floor and started doing some strange little steps to a song on the radio. Well we had just the dance for you; whether it was Valentine's Day, the prom, homecoming, Sadie Hawkins, or after a Friday night game. Our hometown D.J. Cal Cal- ison, provided most of the students' dancing delight. He pleased everybody's taste from the fast beat of Loverboy to the slow rhythm of Air Supply. Whatever the request he played them all. For those who preferred to just sit back and watch, or who just needed a break from the music to rest their feet, there was plenty of room for everybody in the bleachers. From that vantage point, one could observe the many at- tempts students made to be different. Everything from punk glasses, gang t-shirts AS D.J. Cal Callison spins the records these Jr. High students turn the high school lobby into a disco tech. and unusual hats found its way to the dance floor. One thing that was disap- pointing to everybody was the decision to not have any more dances. The teachers stated that they would not chaperone any more dances because of fighting. For those who went there to dance and have fun it was a big let-down. Gangs were popular out on the floor. Whether they were dancing to a fast song or scattered all over dancing to a slower paced song they could be seen. Anyone that wanted to dance with the gangs was welcomed. THE SKOAL SISTERS gang adds Kevin Bush to their group—at leastuntil the end of the song. Current Events by Dan Manley “Tylenol”, “Tootsie”, weather make‘83 unusual In the news this past year were several important events ranging from MX missiles to the end of a celebrated TV show. The trial of Robert Lee Hag- gart, who was charged with the slaying of seven members of the George Post family of Farwell, prompted some disc- ussion of capital punishment in Mr. Palmer's classes. In January, Governor Blan- chard announced that he was going to delay $500 million in state aid to Michigan schools. Several schools in our district came close to having some pay- less paydays. Chicago took its place in the spotlight when Tylenol cap- sules laced with cyanide cla- imed several victims. Other products then became targets of copy-cat crimes until drug packaging was changed to pro- hibit tampering. Chicago was also the scene of a very interesting mayoral race between Bernard Epton and Harold Washington. The mud slinging in that race went on until the voting was over and Washington became the city's first black mayor. As the college football sea- son came to a close, so did the life of coaching legend Bear Bryant. On foreign shores, President Leonid tsre- zhnev of the Soviet Union died and was replaced by Uri An- dropov . We were faced with a new concept in medicine when doc- tors at the University of Utah Medical Center implanted an artificial heart into Barney Clark. Clark lived 112 days. West Germans were up in arms over arms. They wanted the US to pull its Pershing II missiles out of their country. While this was taking place over seas, Reagan was fighting to put the MX missile in a dense pack form in the southwest US. Fighting continued in the Middle East with a lot of turmoil building up in Lebanon. The Israelies went into a refugee camp in Lebanon and massacred everyone inside. The weather was very differ- ent. We had spring in Decem- ber and winter in April. The temperature on Christmas Day was in the 50's and on April 1 we had a blizzard. In sports, the NFL players went on strike, leaving football fans everywhere high and dry. Finally the Superbowl took place and the Redskins beat the Dolphins. The Cardinals won the World Series and sixteenth ranked North Carolina upset the Phi Slamma Jamma's of Houston, 54-52, for the NCAA title. The nation had a high of 10% unemployment, while Michigan experienced a rate of 17.5%. Another incident, directly effecting Michigan residents was the Dioxin accident. This most deadly chemical caused the evacuation of several families in Grand Ledge Township's Berlin and Ferro dump site. HOUSTON'S Fraternity Phi Slommo Jammo and Akeem the dream became popular words in the world of college basketball. DUSTIN HOFFMAN made over as Dorothy Michaels for his movie Tootsie , was nomin- ated for best actor. M A S H 4077th left Monday night tele- vision to go home in style during March with a two-hour finale. ET became a familiar face and beloved hero of many movie-goers. RACISM was a topic in the Chicago mayoral race which pitted Democrat Harold Washing- ton against Republican Bernard Epton. Washington won ond became Chicago's first black mayor. Prom and Banquet by Paula Enterline Seniors presented with Paradise All day Friday, April 29, the gym was off limits to curious seniors and underclassmen. As the juniors created Mt. Olym- pus, This Side of Paradise . Murals, depicting characters and scenery from Greek myth- ology were hung on the walls, pillars, the fire of Hades and Mt. Olympus were put into place. Then came the huge job of hanging the crepe paper ceiling. No prom committee works without some headaches as the juniors soon found out. It seems they were some 200 rolls short on crepe paper! Frantic phone calls and high speed runs to Alma and Mt. Pleasant netted the class with more than enough and by mid- night, all was ready for the big day, Saturday. Lisa Peasley's face grew red as she and many other listeners were reminded of Lyle Little and the family photos. Many more humorous senior memories were brought back to life during Kelly Kane's and Wendy Walker's reading of the class history. Miss Brokop provided several minutes of listening pleasure, playing and singing Endless Love. She also announced the 1983 honor students. At 9:00 p.m. the gymnasium began filling with couples. I love to see all the guys looking their best and acting great at least one night out of the year, remarked Michele Johnson. With glamorous gowns many of these people made truly remarkable appearances. The Plaids II began the first prom for many but the last and most memorable prom for the graduating class of nineteen hundred eighty-three. — The prom and my speech went a lot better than I thought they would” Todd Hetherington. GINA THORNTON, Kelly Jenison, and Emma Shattuck enjoy the delights the Jr. and Sr. smorgasbord banquet provided. lower center ' 'w 01 -4S THE MUSIC mellowed these dancers slowed down and cooled off with a few slow- er steps, for left JUNIOR Cindy Smith helps decorate the gym walls with the flames of Hades. top right JUNIOR sponsor Beverly Stratton and hus- band Brian make their way through the serving line.bottom right BEING junior class vice-president has Amy Cates already nervous about the prom. What makes it worse is trying not to stick Ed Kindlle as she pins on his boutonniere, center “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’’ Chinese proverb BEST of friends Lisa Peasley and Kathy Showers help each other get ready before the graduation ceremonies begin. WALTER WING and Wendy Walker take their last steps as seniors at VHS. AFTER Cindy King receives her diploma, Mrs. Thompson shakes her hand and gives her a silk flower. Class of 83 by Ric McClellan Talented class graduates May 22nd marked the date of a ceremony honoring a group of young men and women. This date brought to an end the class and th lives. At about 2:30 the seniors entered through an aisle of juniors holding lighted can- dles. They were led by ushers Amy Gates and Todd Hether- ington. Math teacher Larry Koutz gave the invocation followed by Sarah Avery's salutatory speech and Wendy Walker's valedictory speech. Guest speaker Mr. Stan Gus- afson, President and Director of Dana Corporation, told the class to sell yourself and sell yourself hard. There is a lot of competition, he added, and not many jobs. He also told of the three beginning of 62 individual kinds of people; the ones who make things happen, the ones that things happen to, and the ones that say what happened? Diplomas were presented by Board members Arthur Strat- ton and Michael Morey. Superintendant Keats Wood pronounced the seniors the graduated class of '83 where- upon sole senior Dave McCasey tossed his cap. Senior class sponsor Bruce Torgerson ended the ceremony with the benediction. Following the ceremony the graduates lined up in the hall to be congratulated by friends and relatives. SENIOR Lonnie Pendell is dubbed by Doug AS graduation comes to a close, this Schafer and Ed Kindlle as an official group of seniors show by their expres- alumnus. sions just how hard it is to leave. t =$?• VV v ex� ®� '? ' ° rtv e N-e ni e s � S ' so eQVe c®lC’ f 2 - aCce?Ao s H£M i JrT np itAUi thC VAfo fKl Mst C f MFU yj«i 9tt, ; rue- r pe .: V , ev’®%ee we’t® , o eS’dv eA ■ t -i :T i As.;. C V ,e ' r 1 M« OBF v -A.___.i. •■ -3 ; :.i__ L ' T «L. r .:. L T -t-0 0''f J H M.‘ . a _ JL.., I don't care if you are a senior, I still think it was a dumb practical joke. Of UP: Float Patrol DOWN: Cleaning the bird cages first hour in the science room Randy Camp UP: Graduation DOWN : The last day of school was Friday the thirteenth Sylvia Carll UP: Getting out DOWN: You have to learn to be responsible Jeff Anna UP: Beingclosertomy friends DOWN : Leaving it all behind Cindy King UP: Not having to come back DOWN: Having to answer these questions John Lybeer UP: Graduation DOWN: Leaving all my friends Sharon Swisher ■ „ me '982 year Moment - «e State „ ,erV one could good mood. atrn°od ,s.n your tea n teii when l e re at YoU‘ You can sit and good ftee Sr — uev Hernann«t- “° , ev r ° BV V lyrl� coK .. uialk. m (t grenda BY XU ’o nBy the look on Hodges sy igeS they «rite nphiii or Meyers downhhi People Junior High JUMP, shout, boogie are the words of J ® the evening for eighth graders Ike King, Eric Grover and Richard Wrisley, as they enjoy one of many junior high dances in the high school lobby. P I didn’t know where the rooms were... I kept on getting lost. ” MIKE HARRIS unior High years often scary by Ric McClellan Why is it anything bad that can happen to a kid strikes at the ages of 12-14? Those wonderful junior high years. Entering a new building with a change of scenery and a list of classes to find can be very difficult-even scary. Compli- cating the matter is being a midget in a land of giants. Looking up to these upper- classmen is not done by choice, it's a way of life. Other problems frequently encountered by this age group were such misfortunes as braces and acne. Students not only had to bear with these adversities but also with the teasing that was occasionally associated with them. Relationships with the op- posite sex were another new ex- perience for many of these stu- dents. Seventh graders who, for the most part, showed a lack of interest in the opposite sex became eighth graders and developed an awareness and sensitivity for the opposite sex. All these situations could cause depression, anxiety, and turn small situations to dramatic ones for the young students. Even a minor event such as an argument with a friend caused an ’’end of the world” feeling one minute with a top of the world feeling following seconds later--after things had been patched up. Those wonderful junior high years, once in the past, may cause numerous bad mem- ories but should be looked up- on as a learning experience. Those years usually involve a lot of change but they are changes experienced by every- one at that age and are all a part of growing up. ---- Archer, John-8 Armstrong, Buddy-8 Avery, Linda-7 Bailey. Jeff 8 Barr, Thad-8 Beach, Tim-8 Beach, Trudy-8 Bigelow, Jenny - 8 Bissell, Brooke-8 Bradley. Melissa 7 Brantley, Odie-7 Breidinger. Kristi-8 Brookens. Tina-7 Cain, Mary-8 Camp, Brian-8 Carter, Tammy-8 Chapman. Connie-8 Clark, Scott-8 Cogswell. Tim-8 Cojocar, Darrell-8 Cornell, Tess-7 Crosby, Kim-8 DeMoines, Vickie-8 DePue. Mary-7 DeYarmond . Lisa-7 Fisk, Kurt-7 Foor. Amy-7 Ford. Paula-8 Franks. Harold-8 Frost, Andy-7 Frost. Amy-8 Gallihugh, Alysia-8 Gibbons. Karin-7 Allen, Frank-8 Almodovar. Jeanette-7 Anderson. Leanno 7 Andrew. Brett-7 Gibbons. Krystal -7 Giles, Darrin-7 Graham. Lori-7 Graves, Kurt-7 Doubletalk is an art that takes years and years to mas - ter, unless you're Nettie or Angie Irwin. The two identical twins seemed to speak a similar language and were often amused by the very same incidents. They hurried from class to class and seemed to get into an innumerable amount of fights, most of which, both agreed, Angie started. The twins, whose parents dressed them differently, were bothered by the fact that most people, with the exception of Mary Ann DePue, Tina Brook- ens and Leanne Anderson, couldn't tell them apart. All the years we've been going to this school, said Angie, they should know us by now. Angie, the elder of the two by three minutes, had a fea- ture that people may be able to separate the two by, a scar underneath her chin. The twins were once in the same class in kindergarten but have since been separated be- cause they fought too much. Green hoc. Usa-7 Grover, Eric-8 Hansel, Karen-8 Harris, Mike-7 Hartman. Rick-8 Henry, Lyle-8 Hofstettcr, Tracy-8 Holiday, Tony 7 Humphrey. Jeff-8 Irwin. Angie-7 Irwin. Nettie-7 Janofski, Garilee-8 Jenison, Brett-7 Jenison, Carmen-7 Jenkins. Amy-7 Johnson. Kevin 8 Johnson, Marty-7 Johnston. Andy-7 Johnston. Chris-8 Johnston. Clinton 8 Johnston. Jerry 8 Johnston. Mark-7 Johnston. Tammy-8 Kahlo, Terri-7 Keeler, Kathy-8 Keyes, Gary 8 King. Bud-8 King, Ike-8 King, Marty-7 King. Matt-7 Knickerbocker, Darla-8 Kolenda, Steve-7 Kunkel, Tracey-8 Lootens, Anna-7 Martin, Rodney-7 Martin, Tammy-7 Martin, Tricia-8 “They’re keeping us prisoners in the cafeteria! . . . We should atleast be given another chance . . . At first DeShano said it was _ only for a little while; now it's the whole year . . . I think they oughta lock the shared-time people up, not us”. . . It’s not so bad; just the idea of it. Students stricken with drastic changes Facing an unusually large 7th grade class, the adminis- tration was forced to separate it into three sections instead of the usual two; this was just one of a number of changes exper- ienced by the 7th grade and the junior high as a whole. Students also faced altera- tions not associated with class size. Senior high dances be- came off-limits to 7th and th graders because the Board felt the more mature atmosphere was not good for the younger people. In order to curb unnecessary noise and roughhousing in the halls during lunch the two grades were confined to either the cafeteria or the gym by grades. This meant that after lunch was eaten, one grade would stay in the cafeteria while the other would be as- signed to the gym. The grades alternated locations each week and were under either principal or teacher supervision. Aside from changes.additions also hit the junior high,carry- ing a number of opportunities for the students. The need for a reading class, was fulfilled by the administration in hopes of improving the comprehension skills of the students. Activities outside the class- room were also formed. After the ban from .senior high dan- ces , junior high dances were set up and enjoyed by many students. Spelling bees invol- ing other area schools brought mind against mind competition for some of our junior high's brightest. Eighth graders were given a chance to attend a self- evaluation camp at Eagle Village in Hersey, MI. The purpose of the camp was to improve rela- tionships between students and their parents, teachers, and friends. CONFINED to the cafeteria, Kurt Craves and Scott Throop spend the rest of their lunch hour wrapped up in a game of two- handed Euchre. SORTING through clothes for The Creat Christmas Give Away arc Amy Jenkins and Mary Ann DePue, whose first hour seventh grade English class brought in the most items. C GOOF INC off in Mr. Uren's second hour science class earns David Rood a special spot in the hall. Tugan, Pam 7 VanAlstine, James-7 VanPlew, Kim 8 Vaughn, Michelle-8 Vitz. Kelly 8 photo by Lorry McClellan Vitz. Scott-8 Welch. Scott 8 Wilson, Brenda-7 Wing. Greg-7 Wit hey. Loncy-7 Withey. Richelle-8 Woodard, Kathy-7 Woodrow, Steven-8 Wrisley, Richard 8 Wrisley, Sam-7 Middleton. Robert-7 Meyers. Elaine-8 Molby, Angie-7 Monroe. Karen-8 Moomey. Chris-7 Moore. Dennis-8 Morey. Shelly-8 Mortenscn, Troy-8 Myers, Darian 7 Nathan. Dawn-7 Keeper. Karla-7 Norris. Heather-8 Otto. Keith-7 Palmer. Aron 8 Palmer. Ben-7 Powell. Kelli-8 Rood. David-7 Rotunno. Penni-7 Ryckman. Dan 7 Ryckman. Josh-7 Sanders. Chad-7 Sanders, Reid-7 Schaffer, Dennis-7 Scharaswak, Jody-7 Scott, David-7 Shattuck. Brian-7 Sheets. Deidre-8 Shenefield, Mike-7 Snyder. Andy-7 Stark. Sandy-8 Stearns, Jenny 7 Stratton. Michelle-7 Swisher. Bill-7 Throop. Scott-7 Throop, Tom-7 Traynor. Erik-8 ‘Its crappy in there. Plus, Mrs. Tubbs doesn’t let you go to the John.” Brett Andrew Time out. . . for 500 sentences. Being in solitary confine- ment at Alcatraz to some jr. high students couldn't be as bad as being sentenced to the Time-Out room. The claustrophobic's night- mare featured desks bolted to the floor, orange 8x4 walls, and a covered window. The room was originated by Mr. DeShano in 1978-79 and constructed by Clifford Pal- mer. Its sauna like atmosphere was like a steamy, sticky lock- er room after a game...some- times even worse! Students who were senten- WRITINC encyclopedia pages keeps Dan Ryckman busy in the time-out room. ced to copying five pages from an encyclopedia when they skipped a detention or were sent out of class by their tea- cher often found the room un- bearable. Oh ho, I hate that in there, and that poster about drives you nuts.too! exclaimed one student. It was like being penned- up,” recalled another. I felt alone, there was no noise, said an eighth grader. Although most students said they didn't learn much from spending time in the room, one student said he learned not to do bad things anymore. Appearing here. The real you by Ric McClellan and Cheryl Freeman Being caught in the middle of the junior high and senior class can sometimes be frus- trating. It's like sitting the bench during a Varsity game; you'd already passed the JV stage but had yet to see action in the big time. Underclassmen were limited somewhat as far as their ability to choose. Teamwise, they were usually left with second pickings in the uniform de- partment. Likewise, when it came to selecting their class schedules for the following year, they also got second pickings as the soon to be senior class got first choice and on down the line. Most times, being younger also meant less respect. Sel- dom, unless there was friend- ship involved, did seniors allow underclassmen to take the upper hand. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors also took the back seat when spring rolled around. All they could do is watch with envy as seniors finished school two weeks early, took a class trip, and finally graduated. However, their life wasn't all bad. They didn't have sen- ior worries like Where am I gonna find a job? , or Can I handle college? They could relax and concentrate on their grade point averages. An underclassman's only choice is to take it one year at a time and before he knows it he'll be on top and he'll have the first choice, the respect, and the seniority! Spotlight on Julie Palmer Many people thought of Julie Palmer as a shy and re- served person. If and when she talked, she did it in a soft and tender voice. But Julie didn’t think of herself that way. She considered herself a quiet person, not a shy one I talk more in front of my family,” she explained. Julie liked to play the piano in her free time, ”It makes me feel relaxed and it’s a way to express my feelings.” She also liked to spend time with her family at home. As her father custodian Clifford Palmer commented jokingly, ’’She is a lot of fun to be a- round, except when she hits me.” He also said she’s the quietest of his five kids. PUTTING the final touches on his wood- working project is sophomore Brad John- ston. Aldred. Jodi-11 Alexander, Mark-11 Almodovar. Carlos 10 Anna. Mark 9 Barr, Kerri-9 Beach, Kim 10 Beach. Onalec-11 Bigelow. Karen 10 Bisscll. Brent -9 Blanshan. Dan-11 Boye, Jette-11 Bradley. Becky -11 Brantley. Katie 9 Brauher,Bill-9 Brookens. Lori - 9 Buchanan. Pam-10 Busman. Becky-11 Camp. Jerry 10 Cantrell. Jeff 11 Cogswell. Connie 11 Cole. Lynda-10 Cooper. Heather-10 Dailey. Adam-10 Davidson. Penny 10 Davis. Robin 10 Demoines. Deanne-10 DeYarmond. Page-11 Elder. Heather-11 by Problems at school. . . It’s relative Lorrie McClellan Mary Riggs ■i What could have been worse than having a younger brother or sister who constantly got on your nerves at home? Try having one who got on your nerves at school! For many students the mis- ery started the minute they got up and tried to use the bathroom, find clothing to wear, milk for cereal, or trans- portation to school. Those who walked to school suffered through duffle bag fights, bloody noses, battles over who walked in the bus tracks and who walked in the snow, and endless questions like, Is my hair ok? , Do these jeans look good? , Are my pants too short? etc,etc. , etc. Once at school the chase was on--No one liked to be seen with a younger brother or sis- ter hanging around--so, they escaped as quickly as possible, especially when that special someone was also nearby. One kiss and the entire family knew. Teachers were reminders of brothers and sisters, too. At least once a year someone made the mistake of calling you Dave instead of Fred or Connie instead of Paula . Worst of all was the embarr- assing younger brother or sis- ter. You were walking down the hall when all of a sudden you turned the corner and saw your little brother or sister lying flat on the floor after tripping over his own feet. I’ve never seen that kid in my life! ’ you said as you escaped into the nearest classroom. Enterline. Paula 10 Erskin. Veda 11 Fleming. Dan 11 Fleming. Lisa-9 Fletcher. Millie-11 Freeman. Doug 10 Frisbie. Laurie-10 Frisbie, Phil-10 Frost. Barb 11 Funsch. Nora 9 I Gates. Amy -11 Gibbons. Gcnny 11 Gibbons. Mary-10 Gostomski, Joe 10 Grandy, Rod-11 Graves. Robb 10 Green hoe. Robert-9 Grover. Mike 9 Grover. Zane 11 Hacker. Bill 9 Hagerman. Gidget-9 Hanes. Joann ■ 11 Hartman. Julie-10 Hetherington, Todd-11 Hetherington. Nancy 9 Hernandez, Dan-9 Hernandez, John-11 Hill. Kim-11 Hitsman. Ed -11 Hodges. Brenda 9 Holmes. Eric-9 Holmes, Karric-9 Spotlight on Holmes Greenhoe by Kate Brantley Monsters, traps, treasures, heroes... V'hat? you ask, Right here in the school? Well, not exactly. It'sall part of a game--A game that takes up a big share of Robert Greenhoe and Eric Holmes' time. The game is Dungeons and Dragons and the object is to find a dungeon, get the treas- ure then escape from the dun- geon alive. To Robert and Eric the game is great for entertainment, keeping out of trouble and spending their parents' money. In case you've ever run for cover because you heard Rob- ert scream, Help! A monster is attacking me or Eric yell, I've just been robbed! don't run anymore just remember it's Robert and Eric searching for lost treasure once again. STUDENT Council's original version of The Twelve Days of Christmas“ finds Amy Keeler and Ginger Marshall as Maids a milking. “ WORKING the lunch line gives junior Flossie Rotunno some extra cash as well as some worthwhile experience. You look them straight in the eye with a straight face - and give them the biggest lie you can think of. Then you pray that it works. The way I do it is I try to believe it myself, cause if I don’t sound like I believe it, how is the teacher supposed to. M Don Manley Excuses, excuses. . . Give me a break No student should enter high school without the proper equipment. He needs the basic skills of reading, writing and arithmetic; pencil, paper and books, and a year's supply of sure-fire excuses to give teachers when homework is missing. For students near the end of their supply of excuses, the following is a list of the most frequent ones given to teachers this year: My little sister peed on it. I sold all the copies I had of it. A kid beat me up and stole it. We didn't have any pens at home. Left it in my aunt's car and she's gone back to Florida. Our dog wet on it. I didn't know it was due. Mom threw it away. Dad used it to start a fire. It fell on the bus floor and got all muddy. I was late for the bus and didn't know about it early enough. It's in my locker. It went through the wash machine. Holmes. Sandcc 11 Holmes. Traci 10 Holsworth. Dave 10 Horton. Lydia 11 Hull. Shelley 10 Humphrey. Troy 11 Hyde. Jerry 9 Jenison. Kelly-11 Jenison. Kip-10 Jenison. Marc-10 Jenison. Shawn 9 Johnson. Chris-10 Johnson. Kirk-9 Johnson. Kirk 11 Johnson . Michele 11 Johnson. Stacey-9 Johnston. Brad-10 Kane. Pat-11 Keeler, Amy-10 Keyes. Hope -11 Kindlle, Chris-10 King, Dan-10 King, Karen-9 Kolenda, Kris-9 Krafft, Kathy-9 Krafft. Lynn-11 Krapek. Tina-9 Latoski. Bill-9 Latoski, Debbie 11 Lewis. Sheila-11 Leisure. Lenny-11 Leisure. Lisa 11 Spotlight on Robbie Graves by Karen Bigelow Paula Enterline How would you like to make $3,500 for three month's work on beautiful Beaver Island? For Robbie Graves, the sum- mer job of working for his father as a lumberjack had its ups and downs. Although the money was good, working a ten hour shift didn't leave much free time for him to spend with his friends, especially those that were hundreds of miles away in Vestaburg. In the three years that Robbie worked for his father he learned many skills such as driving tractors, cutting wood and fixing tools. I've been lucky and haven't had any major accidents, said Robbie. Being the only young person there, you would think Robbie would get a few breaks, but working a ten hour shift, he had the same responsibilities as the other men. Loomis, Paula-11 Lootens. Karen-10 Lootens. Tina-11 Lybeer. Mark 10 .Modrow. John 11 Main. Jim-9 Main, Joe- 9 Marshall. Ginger-10 Martin. Cindy 10 McClellan, Larry -10 McClellan. Lorrie-10 McCormick, Todd-10 McQueen. Greg 11 Moomey. Peter-10 Moreland. Diane-10 Morey. Mark 10 Morrow, Bob-10 Mullin, Ann-9 Nathan, Becky-10 Norris, Bridget 9 Spotlight on Shelley Hull I like to sew! exclaimed Shelley Hull, It's cheaper and I really enjoy it. Shelley practiced her sewing ability along with many other ac- tivities, which included; Sr. band, computer math, the National Honor Society and working in the high school office. Shelley started sewing at the age of thirteen when her mother taught her some of the techniques of stitching such as; straight stitch, zig zag stitching, and hemming by hand. Many of the items in Shelley's wardrobe she had made herself, which included many different types of skirts, blouses, shorts, tank tops, quilted jac- kets, and pants. She also made things for friends, for instance; macrame around bot- tles, hanging planters, and wall hangings. After being asked if she would like to make a career of designing clothes, she replied , I like to sew a lot, but just for a hobby, not for a career. Crowd control keeps------------------------- class officers hopping by Katie Brantley Dave Holsworth What does it mean to be a class officer?. Running a class meeting, handling money, re- cording minutes...? It meant different things to different people but to most it meant many responsibilities. It gives you a feeling of be- longing, said freshman treas- urer Karen King, and it makes you feel like you're doing some- thing good for your class. One of the more important jobs for the class officers was the homecoming. At this time they had to organize a float committee, choose contestants for Almost Anything Goes com- petition and set up a ballot for their classes to elect a repre- sentative. To junior officers the most important job was the junior- senior prom. Junior secretary Jane Vaughn felt that the prom required organization, help from people and good de- cision making. It takes a lot of people to make the organiz- ation , you just can't go by one person, Jane added. CONTACTING a band and ordering invi- tations and decorations keeps iunior doss officer Amy Cates busy on the phone. One of the responsibilities sophomore treasurer Traci Holmes had was keeping them up to date on their figures. Freshman president Katie Brantley commented, I think my biggest responsibility was to try and keep my class quiet at class meeting and get them to pay their class dues. Aside from ungovernable classmates most officers seem- ed to enjoy their term. Who knows, they could be running the country some day. The 1982-83 class officers were: 9th Grade President- Kate Brantley V. President- Lisa West Treasurer- Karen King Secretary- Karrie Holmes 10th Grade President- Amy Keeler V. President- Karen Bigelow Treasurer- Chris Kindlle Secretary- Traci Holmes 11th Grade President- T. Hetherington V. President- Amy Gates Treasurer- Shelly Johnson Secretary- Jane Vaughn A FOOTBALL win over rival Mon tab el la ■ gives sophomore Bonnie Shat tuck plenty to cheer about. Norris, Melissa-10 Olrich, Brad 11 Ordiway. Ted 9 Otto, Kamie-9 Otto, Kim 10 Packer. Kelly-10 Palmer, Julie- 9 Parc her, Colleen-11 Patterson. Beth 9 Patterson, Sue-11 ROMANCE is alive and well for Beth Patt- erson and Dan Purcell as they meet briefly between classes. Yours today. . . ‘7 love to spend my time with him be- cause he's fun to be with vmr LAURIE SHATTUCK Torr His orrow by Kate Brantley and Jodi Trayer = The halls were hot and steamy as lips touched, bodies met and hands were held. Ah romance! It was wonderful, exciting, never to be for- gotten .. .if you were one of the lucky few.. .somebody who had somebody. Getting the person you wanted was not always that easy. For some it meant shed- ding 10-15 pounds because he she thought thin was in. Cologne, shoes, hairstyles, even the way one walked could all be changed instantly if it meant being noticed by that special someone. Grafitti which sent subtle messages like Dan loves Carol or Rich is a fox was another way of letting someone know you cared. Matchmaking friends could always help out in a pinch by delivering notes or suggesting that the two of you get to- gether. Once the prize was claimed it was the custom to wear some sort of I.D. as to whose prop- erty you were. Girls wore. class rings on their left hand and class keys around their necks. Guys were often seen wearing rings around their necks or on their left pinky. Hallways, gyms, cafeterias and corners weren't the most romantic places to meet, but they had to do during school. When not in classrooms they met in cars or behind buses. Another place to be together was at dances where you could slow dance, fast dance or just talk. There was always another person that had his eyes on the same one you did. Com- petition was tough but it was all part of falling in love. There were fights, arguments, and name-calling between the two competitors. Even though there were many good times there always had to be that one quarrel or bad day that split the two a- part. Breaking up did, however, have one advantage to it-- finding someone new. Going back to chasing, flirting and succeeding once again. Pearl. Nancy 9 Pendell. Tim 10 Powers, Mayna 9 Purcell. Dan -11 Riggs. Mary-10 Rines, Barbra 9 Rines. Tammy 11 Rotunno, Flossie-11 Russell, Lisa-9 Sanders. Derek-10 Sanders. Rusty 9 Schafer. Lonnie-9 REFILING books is one time-consuming job of assistant librarian Michele VanBuskirk. 4141 Sharp. Penny-10 Shattuck, Bonnie-10 Sherman. Anita-11 Smith, Cindy 11 Stack, Diane 9 Stack . Don -11 Stearns. Jody-10 Stratton. Cassic-9 photo by Lorry McClellan Spotlight on Connie Cogswell by Julie Hartman For Connie Cogswell .being a new girl, her junior year was quite alright. Connie, who transferred from Chippewa Hills, said mov- ing to a smaller school was a lot better. Everyone made her feel like she had been here all her life. In a big school you have friends but there are always a lot of people you don't know, said Cogswell. At Vestaburg there aren't very many people, and it seems you know every- one and everyone is your friend. Those who got to know Connie discovered her love of horses. She has been in many horse competitions and has many ribbons showing her accomplishments. SMILING sophomore Robin Woodard found her favorite place forschoolwork, the library. Moments we’d like to forget by Mary Riggs Lorrie McClellan I was walking in front of her down a flight of steps. She was pushing me from be- hind while I was pushing her back with my elbow. Her hand slipped off the railing-- the next thing I knew, she was lying on the floor. I had knocked out my future wife. One of Linda Monro's most pain- ful moments turned out to be her future husband, Ray De- Shano's most embarrasing mo- ment . These moments aren't strict- ly for the older generation . High School students are a good example of this, and here are a few of their unforgettable moments: I was at summer camp. There was a talent show and I got up on stage and started to tell a joke, and forgot the punchline.’’ Randy Camp When I wore fake nails to the prom and one fell off when I went to pin my date's corsage on him. Robin Woodard When I went to the Vesta- burg-Ashley district basket- ball game with my face painted red and white. An old lady from Ashley walked up to me and said, Oh I see they have clowns too! Dave McCasey I got slapped by Mrs. Sharp in 5th grade in front of the whole class. Eric Snyder I was standing in the locker room getting my cheerleading uniform on and Ike King walk- ed in. Alysia Gallihugh On my first date my grand- pa kept saying he wanted to meet him. When he finally came my grandpa kept telling him to keep his hands to himself. Penny Sharp After a basketball game at Saranac I was taking a shower, when someone opened the door to the locker room. Karen Bigelow and Chris Kindlle.who were walking by, saw me with- out my towel. Mark Morey Swisher. Susan-11 Talkowski. John-9 Throop, Scott-9 Thrush, Lisa 9 Trayer, Jodi 9 Trayer. Mike-9 Tugan. Sharon-9 VanBuskirk. Michele-10 Vandelier, Kim-10 Vaughn, Jayne-11 f PROBABLY thinking of a number of places he'd rather be, freshman IVes Wing patiently waits for math class to end. Vaughn, Scott 9 Vaughn. Shane 9 Vaughn. Todd-9 Walker. Dena 9 West. Lisa 9 Wiglitton. Tony 10 Wilson. James-11 Wing. Wes 9 Woodard. Robin-10 Wrisley. Ellie-11 Wrlsley. Linda 9 Zilch. Rob 10 How many 'of us have the ability to pursue a career in comic strip drawing? No doubt talented junior Brad Olrich has put some thought into post- graduate opportunities. -Brad puts a considerable amount of time into his sket- ches. He sometimes spends up to two hours a day drawing. Comic strips are his specialty; he is a big fan of adventure and science fiction and it shows in his drawings- He enjoys re- laying feelings through his drawings, By doing comics through facial expressions, it lete the reader see it the way you see it; they're kind of fun. Although receiving numer- ous compliments on his work in yearbook, art classes, and newsletter where he has re- ceived two state awards, Brad is still not certain whether or not his future will center around his talents. He still has time to decide what he wants to do, but if he follows his hobby we know he has a good chance and better than most. Teachers r ALLEN, PHIL Auto Shop Jr high science Advisor 7th BARNES, MIKE History Sponsor 9th BEEMER. DOUG Remedial Math BIGELOW. BETTY Cafeteria Manager BROKOP, CHRIS High school counselor CUMMINGS, WES Athletic director FCA DECKER.JACK Wood Jr high P.E. Advisor I Oth DESHANO. RAY Principal Advisor student council CHRISTENSEN. PAT English Spanish Advisor Spanish club FOX. CHERYL English Sponsor 10th GORSUCH, LYN Custodian HODGES. JIM Math Advisor NHS Advisor Computer club Spotlight on Pat Christensen The crowd was hushed, im- pressed by the new Ferris Church, and anxiously await- ing the brideTs walk down the aisle. Given her cue, singer Pat Christensen rose to per- form her song. All of a sudden there was a loud crash followed by a stifled moan as the organ- ist fumbled her way out from under--of all things--the music stand, which had unfor- tunately been knocked over by, none other that Mrs. C. This comical and embarr- assing moment had to be one of Mrs. C’s most disastrous sing- ing experience. Mrs. C has not only spent 21 years teach- ing Spanish and English, but has taken extra time to sing at graduations, banquets, and assemblies. She first began singing in high school where she was a member of the choir and glee club. The highlight of her high school years was a Christmas Concert attended by her parents, who were sur- prised by her singing ability. Since graduating she has done many weddings and sung with a few bands at family reunions and get togethers. AFTER working out all ycor in the weight room, Mr. Kidwell finally thinks he is strong enough to lift his little daughter Sarah. BUS DRIVERS: Front row; Dan Skirvin. Ann Lahman, Helen Miller, Pat Enterline, Mary Lou Throop. Back row; Bill Miller, Carolyn Cornell, Phyllis Marshall, David Erskin. HUGGINS, EMMA librarian Advisor 9th HUMPHREY.DAWN Cook KIDWELL, STEVE Jr high Math Resource room KOUTZ. LARRY Math JH Student council LESKY, GARY Art Jr high science Advisor 12th MILLER. MIKE Resource room Advisor 8th NARRAGON. NORMA Superintendent's Secretary PALMER. CLIFFORD Head Custodian PALMER. DOUG Social Studies Jr high science Advisor 11th SELLING pencils, writing passes and an- swering complaints keep Mrs. Tubbs running back and forth all day between her desk and the counter. HEAD bus mechanic Cal Callison has his yearly run-in with the police as he passes bus inspection. 1983 marked the 30th year of service for band director and driverTs education instructor Richard L. Uren. In the past 30 years, Uren’s senior bands have won four state awards and numerous other districts. Uren, who en- joys teaching band, remarked, ”1 wouldn’t trade it for any other class . One of his many tedious tasks was putting together a halftime show for the school’s football team. Some of the most memor- able halftimes were when mother nature didn’t cooperate. Uren remembered his bands marching in quite undesirable weather such as rain, snow, sleet and even when the thermometer read a chilling ”0”. Instructing 22 years of driving, Uren has seen his share of close calls and near misses, but has never really had an accident. One hair- raising experience happened when a student tried to pass while being passed and ended up running the car off the road. RAU, BETSY Jr high English Publications Sponsor 7th REED. TRACEY Cashier Bookkeeper SAYERS. MARY JO Business Jr high reading STEVENS. MARK Jr high math Jr high social studies P.E. STRATTON, BEV English Jr high reading Advisor 11th STRATTON,DONNA Cook THOMPSON. ELLEN Food Service Home Economics Sponsor 12th THROOP, JANET Cook TISSUE. KATHY Remedial reading Michigan history Advisor ?th TORGERSON. BRUCE Science Advisor 12th TUBBS. NAOMI High School Secretary UREN. RICHARD Band Jr high social studies Sponsor 11th WILSON. DIANNE P.E. Jr high social studies Sponsor 11th WOOD. KEATS Superintendent WOOD,NEOMA Superintendent's Secretary MR. TORGERSON, notorious for his snot award and embarassing potty pass, gets a taste of his own medicine. LATE in the evening at parent teacher conferences, after most parents had left, the teachers have the opportunity to talk to Mr. Pcasley about his delinquent daughter. PALMER and Brokop show their spirit on twin day, homecoming week. Moments make year specia by Jodi Trayer Julie Hartman Sometimes an incident that oc- curred in the class room work affected teachers' attitudes about the entire year. The following recollections rank as this years most memorable mo- ments for members of the high school staff: Making friends with lizards, tarantulas, and piranhas was my highlight. Mr. Torger- son Doing so well in the Junior High Spelling Bee. Mr.De- Shano Duringthe government trial-- with camera running telling the class that Mickey says its only 9:00--wheninfactit was 9:15. Mr. Palmer I lost 40 pounds and my stud- ents complimented me. Mrs. Christensen When English 11 finally ac- cepted the fact they had to work in order to pass. Mrs. Fox My highlight for the 1982-83 school year would have to be being asked by the senior class to give the invocation at the graduation exercises. I may not do a good job, but the fact that they asked me to share in this way means a lot to me. Mr. Koutz The terrific test scores a- chieved on the PS AT and ACT tests. Mr. Wood Accepting the award pre- sented to my class for pro- ducing the best 1982 yearbook in the state, was the highlight of the year if not in my life. The progress of the Update and jr. high spelling bee teams ran close seconds. Mrs. Rau Seniors It seems like only yesterday... The past six years have been, for the class of '83, a time to collect memories of our teenage years that will last a lifetime. We began our climb with a big leap into seventh grade. It was then we got our first taste of mobile classrooms and the occasional bad weather as we made our way from one mobile to the other. Teachers like Mr. Helms, who had students keep regular tabs on the temperature and Mr. Pearl whose desk, turtle pass and refrigerator were all coated bright red, are very memorable. Edgar Allen Poe's, The Bells , a poem read by Bob Busman, Dave Snyder, and Randy Camp in our poetry fes- tival still haunts the three. We also learned that in the ears of Mrs. Rau, ain't was a dirty word. Our new science teacher Pete Palmer put us to work on the nature trail. It was another chance to skip the books and get some fresh air and sunshine. Football, volleyball, track and softball were new; we chose our favorites and had a great time. Cheryl Freeman, Kathy Showers and Shellie Enterline all enjoyed playing fox’ their state runner-up soft- ball team. We gave current events in U.S. History class and it was fun trying to get credit for an untrue event. Those who tried usually did only with a student or substitute teacher because Mr. Barnes could tell whether or not we were for real. We put on an acceptable banquet, but the prom made up for it. The mansion crashed to the floor, the lobby mural fell and the fountain leaked; we readily accepted the fact that nobody was perfect. Bub Holmes, equipped with his boat , became chauffeur for practically all away games. We had some great times all packed in the car and full of spirit ready to be released on arrival at the game. Finally we began our last year and it was hard to be- lieve all the events that had come and gone. We did have one more chance though to en- joy the most memorable year of all--our senior year! During homecoming week we lived the true meaning of spirit in winning the Almost Any- thing Goes competition, the yelling contest and most of all a victory over Montabella. High school memories will always be remembered by everyone whether they were good or bad. Hopefully every- time this is read you will re- member. Jeff Anna Gerald Austin Sarah Avery Matt Beach Rick Brantley Bob Busman Randy Camp Sylvia Carll WALKING back to his seat after receiving a scholarship is senior John Lybeer. DURING 1st lunch hour Eric Snyder enter- tains a crowd with his handstand routine. SENIOR Shenan Davidson seems to think his face was meant to be in pictures. Spotlight on Sarah Avery Sarah Avery, one of those people who found the time to where she earned a multitude do everything--and do it well, of badges and awards, had very unique extra curric- As a senior, Sarah received ular interest which brought her arts volunteer service bar, her much personal, satisfac- an outdoor volunteer service tion. She was very involved bar, a career expectation in the girl scout program. badge, a leadership badge and Working closely with her a music badge, mother, who ran local girl scout Honored as class salutatarian and brownie troops, Sarah ad- and winner of many scholastic vanced to the position of assis- and musical awards, Sarah tant troop leader when only a still found time to give of her- junior. This culminated years self to a worthwhile organiz- of participation in the program , ation. Niklas Holmberg Larry Holmes Trudi Horton by Kathy Showers How could a class that had so much fun in four years have had so many scholars? With seventeen students graduating with a 3.0 or better grade average, this class left a lasting impression on the school. Counselor ChrisBrokop com- mented, I expect great things of the class of 1983. Some of this year's grads already know where they're heading, and they are so bright and highly motivated that I am very con- fident they will be successful. Obtaining a perfect 4.0 av- erage, Wendy Walker received the honor of valedictorian. Sarah Avery kept a grade GUARDING the mens bathroom senior David Krafft attempts to rescue people from falling in. point average of 3.91 to acquire the distinction of salutatorian. Following are the recipients of high honors: Jeff Anna Bob Busman Randy Camp Cheryl Freeman Niklas Holmberg Trudi Horton Shana Johnston Kelly Kane Tracy Keyes Doug King Dan Manley Ric McClellan Neil Moomey Pam Palmer Lisa Peasley Kathy Showers IT had to be a very special day for Ric McClellan, Lisa Peasley, Kathy Showers, and Bub Holmes, since all four dressed up at the some time. Seventeen Students achieve high grades Day at Cedar Point Tripprovidesfun A one day Cedar Point sen- ior trip was organized to leave Vestaburg May 17. To prepare for the trip, the class sold Tom Wat, flowers, t-shirts, pizza raffle tickets and also held a car wash. Renting an Indian Trails charter bus, the class left at 5:00 a.m. Everyone was ex- cited to leave and full of ambit- ion and high spirits. Playing Euchre, singing with the radio, or just talking and taking it easy made the trip worthwhile. Arriving at the park at 10:00 everyone was ready for a full day. After getting tickets, the seniors charged into the park for a day filled with fun. There were numerous things to do , such as riding the cork- screw, Gemini, Witches' Wheel, White Waterlanding and the new Demon's Drop. Six seniors enjoyed the train and giant ferris wheel so much they continually went back. Craig Cummings, Kathy Show- ers, Bub Holmes, Lisa Peasley and Sarah Avery will never forget when they were attacked by the Berenstain Bears. The Dodge 'em cars were a- nother favorite, especially when many of the seniors ganged up on Mr. Torgerson. The chap- erones , Ellen Thompson, Bruce Torgerson and Mr. and Mrs. Archambault made sure they had just as much fun as everyone else. Sore feet, legs and throats made the trip home feel good. As the group boarded the bus, exciting stories were told about the day's events. As the hours passed, the seniors fell asleep until Dirty Laundry came on the radio and the bus driver flashed the lights to the beat of the music. SENIOR photographer Neil Moomey gets o chance to experience the feelings of being on the other side of the camera. CHECKINCout the dolphins at Cedar Point ore seniors Shellie Enterline, Connie Loom- is, and Troy Crover. (3 “When the seniors got on the bus at 5 a.m., they acted like ladies and gentlemen. When they got off the bus at 1:10 a.m., they were still ladies and gentle- men. Bus driver, Senior trip tWBSVc KATHY SHOWERS, Lisa Peasley, Sarah AFTER the disappointment of not having THE CORKSCREW was a favorite ride by Avery, Craig Cummings, and Bub Holmes a week long trip the seniors made up for many of the seniors on their one day trip find that when you visit Cedar Point the it with an exciting trip to Cedar Point. to Ceder Point. Berenstain Bears are more than happy to be your friends. HA VINC some fun while washing cars at the senior car wash are Connie Loomis, and Shellic Enterline. Lorraine Johnston Shana Johnston Kelly Kang Spotlight on Steve Boye by Bob Busman Steve Boyer, a wild and crazy guy, displayed his na- tural talent of doing impres- sions by showing us a few during the year. His favorite impression was Roscoe , the mixed-up numb- scle on the Dukes of Hazzard . Steve watched Roscoe every Friday night. Kooch, kooch, kooch, I just hate them Duke boys! Steve exclaimed as he clenched his fist and pulled it close to his chest. Steve's nickname, Jungle- cat, was given to him by classmates at the MCC Skills Center. Steve also did Willie Nelson. As he played his nose, he sang, On the road again. He's easy, Steve ex- plained. My fellow Repub- licans , a vote for me is a vote for mankind, was Steve's rendition of Richard Nixon, which he did while shaking his face and giving the peace sign. In addition to Roscoe, Junglecat, Willie Nelson, and Richard Nixon, Steve imper- sonated John Wayne, fighting dogs (grr, grr), and an old man. Tracy Keyes Doug King Connie Loomis Pam Marshall Dave McCasey Tomato truck patrols Homecoming not only in- cluded working on floats, the Almost Anything Goes games, or the Queen's Assembly, it also brought us the infamous Float Patrol. What was the float patrol you ask? It was a group of 13-17 seniors who as the name says, patroled the floats to see if there was any competition. Not only did they ride around in the back of a truck checking floats, but they also found themselves having an all-out war with the juniors concerning the art of throwing tomatoes. Each night after finishing work on their float they would all load up in a truck and take off, fully armed and ready for whatever the juniors had in store. Driver Randy Camp had no pity for the poor souls in the back of his pick-up as he sped on to keep up with the juniors during a one night chase. Flying down Crystal road with his wipers going full speed, Camp was determined to catch the juniors, even with the seniors screaming for him to stop, all the while getting bombed with unidentified fly- ing tomatoes. John Lybeer had the job of washing rotten tomatoes from his hair, while Jeff Sanders, Walt Wing, and Ed Kindlle all had to invest in new hats after losing them in the chase. The Patrol, which lasted a total of three long nights, be- came known to everyone, everyone including township policeman Tim Irwin, who warned them and also made them clean up the tomatoes in the community. All in all it was an exper- ience that will never be for- gotten by anyone who was involved. Ric McClellan Words pacifically used SENIORS show enthusiam when it becomes their turn to yell at the yelling contest. SENIOR Craig Cummings shows his macho stance in front of the camera. Each class labels some of its members with nicknames that are either an adaptation of a part of their first or last name or a special label that fits the person to a tee. The class of '83 had many people with nicknames as well as many expressions and say- ings that immediately brought to mind a special place, class- mate or teacher. Following are some of the most memorable nicknames and expressions enjoyed by the class: AIRPLANE: Twirling someone on your shoulder until he can't stand up. BUB: Larry Holmes CHASE: Tracy Keyes COCOBUTT: Hitting heads together COOP: Jack Cooper CRAIGLES: Craig Cummings E: Eric Snyder FLOAT PATROL: A group of infamous seniors who spent their homecoming week eve- nings terrorizing underclass- men with tomatoes. JUNGLE CAT : Steve Boyer MEMORABLE EXPRESSIONS: Be for real No doubt Wigged out Mek-up work Pacifically Evertime Calcalator Garantee MUDHOLE: Party spot SPECIAL ED: Ed Kindlle SPOTBUDDIES: Those who spent a great amount of their time at the Spot. Marina Meyers Denise Hills by Kathy Showers Working as Athletic Director Wes Cummings' secretary, helped keep Denise Hills high school years enjoyable. Hills who worked with Cum- mings since her sophomore year acted as his right hand woman. With the responsibility of keeping the files straight, making calls to make sure um- pires remembered they were to be at a game, typing the Athletic News Letter and many other jobs, Cummings had found himself a hard worker. Spotlight on In the three years spent work- ing together a good friendship has been formed. I am treat- ed like one of the family, commented Denise, who was often seen with at least one of Mr. Cummings' three sons. After working for Mr. Cum- mings for so long, I'm really going to miss him, replied Denise I'11 cry because I really don't want to leave. Kevin Otto Jeffrey Revas GETTING the senior class fired-up for the homecoming game are seniors Larry (Bub) Holmes, Kathy Showers, and Ric McClellan. Snyder, Freeman named Sr Athletes «... � Jeff Sanders Bryan Schmidt Doug: Shaffer Emma Shattuck Two senior athletes are chosen each year by the coach- es and Athletic Director for their outstanding acheivement in sports and other personal qualities. Cheryl Freeman was honored as the girl athlete. Freeman participated in cheerleading one year; volleyball two years and was selected team's most valuable player and received honorable mention her senior year. She also spent four years playing basketball and acquired many awards including most valuable player her sophomore and senior year in addition to first team all con- ference. Her years as a athlete concluded with four years of softball. Her senior year she was awarded honorable mention all conference. The senior boy athlete was awarded to Dave Snyder. Snyder spent four years play- ing basketball and pocketed many awards for this sport in- cluding, most valuable player, team captain, first team all conference, first team all area Greenville and all area second team Gratiot county. Snyder also participated one year in football and played four years of baseball. Snyder also re- ceived honorable mention in this sport. SENIORS Cheryl Freeman and Dave Sny- der were honored by being named the best athletes of their class. Laurie Shattuck Kathy Showers Dave Snyder Eric Snyder Mlfffllts Brad Teegardin Wendy Walker Walter Wing- Spotlight on Nik Holmberg Steven Boyer Holmberg began correspond- ing with the Stracks immed- iately so the ice could be bro- ken before he came to live with his new American family. Nik took a great interest in sports as he earned a starting position on the basketball team and also played baseball. Be- tween practices, Holmberg also found time to study and obtain a 4.0 grade average during his year at VHS. After Nik returns home, he still has two years of school, and he will be serving one year in military service. by Kathy Showers Coming from Malmo, Sweden, a town the size of Grand Rap- ids, to Vestaburg, wasn't a great change for exchange stu- dent Niklas Holmberg. Even though thousands of miles from his family, Nik enjoyed living with Gary and Linda Strack and their two sons Brian and Mi- chael . It's just like home, here, commented Holmberg. In April of 1982, after months of filling out forms, writing essays and having numerous interviews, Nik was told he had been selected as an exchange student. IT'S AIRPLANE time as is demonstrated by seniors Eric Snyder and Lisa Peas ley. c y £ ■ V n .9 co ot ' cn ° ,. ? V °4V 6' 0t ° „! ■ , °'e , ...a Top Activities for 1983 Homecoming Jr.-Sr. Prom Banquet Sr. Car Wash NHS Bike-a-thon Doughnut Sales Ashcraft Tapes Cemetery Raking Game Concessions Popcorn Sales Tom Wat Sales AMY Cates' comment on funding for special interest day has the attention of everyone in the second hour student council meeting. ’,nated 0r eSt endQbk How to run an efficient meeting Keep the people's attention because once you lose it, you won't get their attention back. ♦Keep things organized. ♦For excellent crowd control, have three guys with shotguns pointed at the group. ♦Gag and tie up anyone who talks. ♦Have no more than five members pre- sent at any meeting. ♦Don't schedule any ♦If you do, schedule them for week- ends and holidays ♦Use parlimentary procedure--if you know what that is! effing- Acerni, The Bike-a-thon, a money making project for St. Judes, was tackled by NHS mem- bers. 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Back row: Ric McClellan, Lorrie Me Clellan, Tracy Keyes, Colleen Parc her, Michele Johnson, Trudi Horton, Cheryl Freeman, Mr. Hodges, Becky Bradley, Connie Cogswell, Shelley Hull, Robin Woodard. Shared Time WHILE at shared time, Mo one of the youngsters ir class get dressed. LIBRARY: Front row; Michele VanBuskirk, Lynda Cole, Pam Palmer. Back row; Doug King, Jeff Anno, Tracy Keyes, Michele Johnson, Mrs. Huggins. Future co-op student Cindy Smith, enjoys her three week work experience from shared-time, at the Vestaburg bank. Denise Hills, secretary to the athletic director, shows her personality by stick- ing out her tongue at the cameraman. DURING the awards assembly at MS U, Fred Snyder goes up to receive one of many awards the publications class brought home. YEARBOOK STAFF: Front row; Dave Holsworth. Second row; Katie Brantley, Shellie Enterline, Karen Bigelow, Jodi Trayer. Third row; Brad Olrich, NeilMoomey, Dan Manley, Heather Elder, Kathy Showers, Karen King, Julie Hartman, Lorrie McClellan. Fourth row; Paula Enterline, Dave Snyder, Cheryl Freeman, Ric McClellan. Back row; Fred Snyder, Bob Busman, Lisa Pcasley, Ed Kindlie. PHOTOGRAPHER Neil Moomey accepts the 1982 1st place yearbook award in photo- graphy. e' Heat he y Showers visiting wi ' °Pen on d mom- Brantley, ' ro : e°s ey Sh„n busman Ent'rUne 'inch, a r°w- U H°r tman B°ls� 0rth McClel on -cyl Free- Is this zoo, publications? Fer sure but adding new features to brighten it up. She received a second place in the state for her graphic changes of the paper. Assisted by Katie Brantley, Bob Busman, Ric McClellan, and a crew of underclassmen, Peasley covered high school and elementary school news, board meetings and athletics for each of the nine issues put out during the school year. Harried trips to Anderson's Printing in Edmore and Mor- bark in Winn kept Mrs. Rau on the edge of her seat, won- dering whether the typeset- ting and printing were done... and, moreover, whether or not the students sent speeding off in all directions would make it back alive. Yearbook editor Kathy Showers and co-editor Heather Elder had the pressure of a June 3rd deadline, the June 14 due date of Mrs. Rau's baby, and worst of all--trying to match the 1982 book in quality and potential awards. At the end of the school year, with 38 pages returned for repair by the company, 36 pages needing to be proofed, and 44 not even begun, the staff definitely had a challenge to meet. With an experienced class that consisted of ten seniors, four juniors, eight sopho- mores, and three freshmen, the yearbook and Update staff put Vestaburg on the map by capturing numerous awards for publications, including best Class C-D yearbook in the state for 1982. Oh, that's not so great, you might say, but working in a room of mass confusion and constant chaos, it was truly amazing that anything ever got done, much less was any good. The incredible pressure applied often sent students screaming into the halls or shivering into a corner, suf- fering from a mental break- down. Unlike most classes, the style of the publications class was open and free when the deadlines still seemed in the distant future, letting stu- dents come and go to gather information. The Editors--Attilla the Hun and Adolph Hitler never had it so good. Armed with pencil for a whip and seniority for a chair, they made sure dead- lines were met. Update editor Lisa Peasley kept writers on their toes by not only redesigning the paper Update Yearbook SR. BAND: Front row; Robin Woodard, Karen Bigelow, Tracy Keyes, Dave Holsworth, Cindy Martin, Chris Kindlle, Lisa West, Heather Elder. Row 2; Wendy Walker, Sarah Avery, Lisa Peas ley, Lisa Thrush, Joann Otto, Shelley Hull, Barb Rines. Row 3; Doug King, Dan Manley, Mary Riggs, Michele VanBuskirk, James Wojtowicz, Kelly Packer, Shana Johnston, Kris Kolenda, Nancy Hetherington, Lisa Russell. Row 4; Kip Jenison, Lynda Cole, Beth Patterson, Julie Palmer, Page DeYarmond, Karen King, Lynn Krafft. Back row; Jamie Wilson, Kerri Barr, Shellie Enter line, Becky Bradley, Kathy Showers, Peter Moomey, Pam Palmer, Derek Sanders, Jerry Hyde, Robert Green hoe. Brad Johnston, Paula Enter- line, Dan King, Penny Sharp. O'o0®' ce , as cS • cmc a . Uv . aU w V° r c c V V ? VO oW« vis e Y e V 5 ?e ''et% e deO� c®r� Ve •' ac GETTING the school ready for the home- coming game, the senior band marches around the high school. 8th GRADE BAND: Front row; Gory Keyes, Troy Mortensen. Second row; Kelly Powell, Sandra Stark, Michele Vaughn, Tricia Martin, Jenny Bigelow, Amy Frost, Aaron Palmer. Third row; Tammy Johnston, Garilee Janofski, Kathy Keeler, Richelle Wit hey, Mary Cain, Shelly Morey, Kristi Breidinger, Karen Han- sel. Back row; Elaine Meyers, Frank Allen, Trudy Beach, Jerry Johnston, Tracey Kunkel, Lyle Henry, Ike King, Richard Wrisley. 7th GRADE BAND: Front row; Keith Otto, Carmen Jenison, Angie Molby. Second row; Terri Kahlo, Tammy Martin, Lisa Greenhoe, Kathy Woodard, Mary Ann DePue, Steven Kolenda, Penni Rotunno, Brenda Wilson. Third row; Amy Jenkins, Ben Palmer, Matt King, Kurt Graves, Chad Sanders, Rodney Martin, Lori Graham, Andy Frost, Linda Avery. Back row; Amy Foor, Christine Moomey, Lisa Deyarmond, Stacey Wing, Melissa Brad- ley, Michele Stratton, Reid Sanders, Andy Johnston. WHILE Doug Freeman programs the com- puter, Bryan Schmidt looks on and gives some friendly advice. COMPUTER club advisor Jim Hodges views the obvious enjoyment of students who pay ten cents a game for after school fun. SPANISH CLUB: Front row; Shane Vaughn, Mary Riggs, Anita Sherman, Lisa Fleming, Dave Holsworth, Cindy Smith, Michele Van- Buskirk, Rob Zilch, Kamie Otto, Lori Brookens. Middle row; Jamie Wilson, Kevin Hills, Mark Morey, Brent Bissell, Jerry Camp, Derek Sanders, Lynda Cole, Laurie Frisbie, Cindy Martin, Michele Johnson, Brenda Hodges, Pat Christensen. Back row; Ric McClellan, Leo Hernandez, Robin Woodard, Sheila Lewis, Page Deyarmond, Marc Jenison, Jim Wojtowicz, Melissa Norris, Bonnie Shattuck, Traci Holmes, Ginger Marshall, Larry McClellan. Clubs tackle foreign languages Spc nisfj r y-c The Spanish Club, formed 21 years ago, and the Compu- ter Club, a newcomer, both required learning a new lan- guage; each very different from the other. Mr. Hodges, advisor of the Computer Club, kept track of the hundreds of Ashcraft tapes the group collected to raise money for updating a level I computer to Level 2. $232.67, was the total amount raised for the project, reflecting the collection of a whopping $23,267.00 worth of tapes. Jeff Anna, Doug King, Neil Moomey, Dan Fleming, Shana Johnston, Dan King, and Brad Johnston represented the club at the computer competition at Grand Valley State College. The participants placed 10th out of 28 schools. Another event was the pre- sentation of careers in com- puters given by MCC Professor Chris Christensen. He informed the club of the many fields where computers are used. The members took two trips to Spaceport, an arcade in Mt. Pleasant, where they were given free tokens for having A's on their report card. Officers of the club were President Jeff Anna, Vice- President Doug King, Secre- tary Shana Johnston, Treasur- er Randy Camp, and Reporter Dave Holsworth. The Spanish Club, advised by Mrs. Christensen planned and held a Spanish style Christmas party. They broke a pinata, ate tacos, and sang Christmas songs in Spanish. Six members of the club put on a Spanish dance, at the talent show, to a mixture of two song, La Raspa and La Cucaracha. Robin Woodard, Mary Riggs, Lori Brookens, Lisa Fleming, Michele Van- Buskirk, and Brenda Hodges all made skirts with brightly colored ruffles. Announcer Rob Zilch explained the pre- sentation in Spanish. Members also sold candy bars to finance a one day trip to Cedar Point. Officers of the club were President Ric McClellan, Vice- President Anita Sherman, and Secretary Treasurer Robin Woodard. ?OAfj n, 'n0 hront n on Jo, 'r‘ch 'm,e � i so?Ck °nao, f' 'sor° Sf ' _ rO‘v.- S°ro , f Ct C 0r)r) Q If n°9on i? £ % , fo o—f Onri Or o 0 CMO S °� s 9r0lr°° ncf Pore s £0 0, - Oy lot: 'n9uo, ’9o rrrrr I i A � i UP: DOWN UP; DOWN: DOWN UP; DOWN UP: DOWN °f bein _ an •blete Superstitions Coach John I had a lucky penny son I always put my jersey on last Niklas Holmberg ”I crack my knuckles before every game. Eric Snyder If the guys win a game I'll wear the same clothes and will do the same pre- game warm-up for the next game but if they lose I'll change everything. Coach Stevens A cockle burr stuck in my under pants for good luck. Coach Torger son Vestaburg Opponent 0 Portland St. Patrick 33 0 Fowler 36 8 Saginaw St. Mary's 6 19 Carson City Crystal 50 0 Central Montcalm 28 14 Montabella 9 0 Saranac 36 8 Ashley 48 0 Sacred Heart 45 Season Record: 2-7 V------------------------------------------ AFTER a successful goal line stand in the 8-6 victory over Saginaw St. Mary's, the Wolverine defense shows approval. THE triple threat of Troy Grover, Ric Me Clellan .and Roger Crosby, literally bring this Saginaw St. Mary's opponent down to earth. Varsity Football Homecoming victory highlights season Still leading 2-0 in the third quarter, senior Ric McClellan blocked a punt that was re- covered on the three yard line. Two plays later senior Dave Snyder scored on a one yard plunge. Some bright spots in the Wolverines season were Ric McClellan's 16 tackles against Portland St. Patrick and Troy Grover's 13 tackles against Saginaw St. Mary's. Another encouraging moment was John Hernandez rushing for 97 yards against Montabella. We didn't do as well as we first hoped, said assistant coach Bruce Torgerson, re- flecting back on the season, However, we were a very young club. Many young- players gained valuable ex- perience which will help us next year and the year after. HONORED at several pep assemblies were the thirty members of the varsity squad. VARSITY TEAM: Front row; Leo Hernandez, Matt Beach. Eric Snyder, Jack Cooper, Troy Grover. Ric McClellan. Larry Holmes. Dave McCasey. Roger Crosby, Middle row; Kirk Johnson. Dave Holsworth. Mark Lybeer. Doug Freeman, Kevin Hills. Chris Johnson Mark Anna. Jerry Hyde Back row; Dan Purcell. Coach Dick Davis. John Hernandez. Rusty Sanders. Dan Fleming. Brad Johnston. Dave Snyder. Larry McClellan. Joe Gostomski, Tony Wlglitton. Dan King. Scott Throop. Coach Bruce Torgerson. Dan Hernandez. A SUCCESSFUL catch nets all-area pick. Troy Grover, extra yardage. A full squad of 30 players, 11 returning lettermen and the largest squad in VHS history, led the Wolves optimistically into the 1982 season. Even though the lack of experience didn't help the 2-7 win-loss record, the increase of numbers was a big plus for us, commented first year head coach Dick Davis. The highlight of the season was the 14-9 homecoming vic- tory over arch-rival Monta- bella. The win was the high- est point of the season, stated sophomore Dave Holsworth, because of the great rivalry. In the victory the Wolves, behind 9-7 at halftime, came back in the third quarter scoring the winning touchdown on a one yard run by junior “Football was a lot of fun, and a good way to improve your agility and coordination. Kevin Otto John Hernandez. In the other victory the de- fense played a key role in the 8-6 triumph over Saginaw St. Mary's. With a scoreless tie in the first quarter, senior Kevin Otto came up with the big play sacking the quarterback in the endzone for a two point safety. Girls9 Varsity Basketball Playing one senior, t6cim t2.lli6S 5- I 5 TGCOrd Getting a young team ready for play, coach Dianne Wilson commented, at the end of the varsity season, Is always more of a challenge. They accepted their responsibility and there were no major prob- lems. With only three returning players, Karen Bigelow, Cheryl Freeman, and Barb Frost, the latter two which were all-conference players. “It was a very challeng- ing season. The team had to learn to work together. ” Lorrie McClellan the varsity girls compiled a 5-16 season record. Newcomers to the squad were juniors; Amy Gates and Heather Elder, and sophomores Chris Kindlle, Amy Keeler and Lorrie McClellan, and the teams only freshman Karen King. This was a very new and VARSITY TEAM: Front row; Barb Frost, Chris Kindlle, Amy Cates, Karen Bigelow, Kare:' King. Back row; mgr. Barb Rines, Heather Elder, Cheryl Freeman, Lorrie McClellan, Amy Keeler, Coach Dianne Wilson. Ilk IN district play against eventual champs, Ashley, center sophomore Lorrie McClellan gets physical. • k A A moving experience, stated King, By moving I mean at times upsetting and frustrat- ing, yet there were also very fun and happy times. The sea- son was disap - ointing because , , , of the loss ratio _ but I am looking forward to a better season next year. The squad started the sea- son with a 38-30 win over Far well. As the season progressed the losses mounted. However, the girls ended the season with wins over Sacred Heart and Port- land , and two victories over Montabella. In the contest against Portland, sophomore Lorrie McClellan made a last second shot to win the game 44-45. McClellan recalled, I remember seeing the ball going through the hoop and realizing we had come up with the win we wanted. WITH the only opposition being a Lakeview player's foot, sophomore Chris Kindlle att- empts two. Vestaburg 30 Far well 28 28 Portland St. Patrick 57 28 Beal City 54 24 Saranac 51 28 Central Montcalm 40 34 Lakeview 50 36 B elding 40 45 Sacred Heart 44 24 Carson City 75 27 Portland 44 30 Central Montcalm 59 45 Sacred Heart 56 41 Montabella 29 20 Ashley 71 30 Lakeview 58 33 B elding 58 30 Carson City 38 28 Ashley 46 Season Record: 5-15 CLOSE to halftime and within four points of the lead. Coach Wilson calls time-out for strategy. STARTING sophomore wing Karen digelow has an open shot at the basket in her team's 34-50 loss to Lakeview. Vestaburg Opponent 29 Montabella 17 16 Saranac 57 21 Portland 29 25 Ashley 17 24 Lakeview 41 18 Carson City 33 10 Portland St. Patricks 50 26 Montabella 18 18 Portland 50 11 Beal City 42 12 Saranac 23 17 Central Montcalm 34 29 Lakeview 46 30 Sacred Heart 37 21 Carson City 35 47 Portland 52 26 Central Montcalm 31 16 Sacred Heart 29 Season Record: 3-15 _______________________________________ 7th GRADE TEAM: Front row; Jenny Stearns, Lori Graham Tess Cornell, Lisa DeYarmond. Back row; Coach Mark Stevens, Tammy Martin, Brenda Wilson, Amy Foor, Car- men Jenison. 8th GRADE TEAM: Front row; Karen Monroe, Kathy Keeler, FRESHMAN Katie Brantley, injured for much Tammy Johnston, Karen Hansel, Amy Frost, Shelly Morey. Qf the season, puts up two points. Back row; Coach Betsy Rau, Michele Vaughn, Richelle Wit hey, Mary Cain, Jenny Bigelow, Mgr. Troy Morten sen. 7, 8 JV Girls Basketball Teams gain experience for future years JV TEAM: Front row; Heather Cooper, Laurie Frisbie. Middle row; Penny Sharp, Kathy Krafft, Karrie Holmes, Jodi Trayer, Nancy Pearl, Katie Brantley. Back row; Coach Dianne Wilson, Cindy Martin, Cassie Stratton, Paula Enterline, Lisa West, Nancy Hetherington, Dena Walker. other nine being freshmen. Sophomores Heather Cooper and Laurie Frisbie led the team in scoring and experience. Cooper was also the team's leading rebounder. Heather and Laurie led the team both on and off the court, commented Wilson. They had the experience to keep our predominately fresh- man team together. Two of the JV's wins came over league rival Montabella, “Tournaments had me kinda scared.” _______________Amy Frost 29-17 and 26-18. Ashley was defeated 25-17 for the team's third victory. The seventh grade team, under the guidance of Mark Stevens, finished the season with a 3-7 record and a lot of basic knowledge for future years. Led by Tammy Martin and Tess Cornell, the girls posted two wins over Central Mont- calm and one over Lakeview. The eighth grade team, headed by fifth year head coach Betsy Rau, dominated the entire athletic department by winning a total of nine games to three defeats. The girls won seven of their last eight games behind the hot shooting of Jenny Bigelow. Bigelow led the team in scoring, hitting for a total of 131 points with a 14.6 point per game av- erage. The biggest game of the sea- son was their 12-11 victory over Sacred Heart, a game which they won despite dress- ing only six players due to the suspension of five teammates. The JV team didn't fare so well, winning two conference games while posting a 3-15 overall record. The girls need to spend some time in the summer with a bas- ketball in their hands, said coach Dianne Wil- son. There were also several whc were moved up to var- sity due to a shortage of seniors on the squad. Only four members of theteam were veterans,the COVERED from both sides by Carson City defenders, sophomore Laurie Frisbie quickly sets her shot. Other Sports Field Stream i Hunters, fishermen bag ‘big game’ When most people think of sports, they think of organized school athletics. There are, however, many people who con- sider themselves sportsmen and do not partake in school sports. Hunting and fishing are just a few of the non-scholastic sports that the students of Vestaburg participate in. The majority of the young men that were of sufficient age and ability attempted to bag themselves Vestaburg's largest game, the white-tailed buck. Randy Camp was a three- year challenger of Vestaburg's big game. In his first two years, Randy learned several things. One, you must find a good place to hunt; then two, be extremely silent. If you don't heed these two rules set and confirmed by all good hun- ters, your efforts may be futile. This year Randy shot and hit two deer. Unfortunately for him the deer did not realize they had been shot and nonchalantly ran for the hills. Mike Morey, Jack Cooper and Brad Teegardin were some of our most celebrated coon hunters. Brad gave us the facts on how much a coon pelt was worth. This year they weren't going- worth a crap, the highest coon went for about $22. Last year they's about $45 for big ones. Brad claimed to have gotten 65 •joon this season with a yearly average of 70, while Mike bagged a total of 15 coon. Raggit hunting seemed to be the expression used by those who hunted rabbit. Troy Gro- ver and Eric Snyder both agreed that rabbits were their favorite game. I like to hunt everything, but rabbits are my favorite , stated Eric. Eric shot 15 rab- bits and six squirrels, which by AVID fishermen Eric Snyder and Rick WELL on his way to 100 gallons of smelt, Hartman check out the trout in the nearby Randy Comp finds this UP river very Pine river. populated. far outweighed most of our other hunters. Troy found nothing but frustration this year, only getting two rabbits, but noted that there are still a lot of rab- bits to hunt. Just as fall brought out the hunting enthusiasts, so spring brought out the fishermen. Dave and Eric Snyder enjoyed doing their fishing in nearby streams, mainly the Pine. Eric also enjoyed testing his pike fishing skills on the Betsie River, while Dave enjoyed cas- ting for trout on the Manistee River. x� i AJ ■ 4 VI Vrv - If- • v Mr f a :. ;. ar i -V j� X ;mv •. - : y '- '. •� '.- r .■ £ 1 � $ ' • -■ ;••-■ v: -., V-rA Mf • • % - ' - ■ , .f ■ • K A - ' t ‘ JL kt'-kl; r- i, V.jfc fi I � ’%. v ;S 7V .. ■ £- r , V.' -‘i ' ; , :. , % 3 V, •. fi •;t 'V., ''. ■ ;iv'■« • ..ji, . ASIDE from playing football, senior Ric McClellan enjoys the great outdoor sport of rabbit hunting. SHARP shooter Neil Moomey shows off his prize doe, taken with a bow and arrow in a nearby woods. ON his new 125 four-wheeler. sophomore Pete Moomey demonstrates his excellent driving skills. Guys Varsity Basketball Stevens’team rebounds to finish strong Although only 3-10 at mid- season, the varsity team re- bounded and ended the year 8-13, capturing fifth place in the TCAA with a 7-7 league record. The Wolverines, who had nine players frequently in ac- tion, were led by senior tri- captains Ed Kindlle, Eric Sny- der and Dave Snyder. Dave Snyder earned all-area and all- conference first team honors. Senior foreign exchange stud- ent , Niklas Holmberg also- earned all area and all-confer- ence honorable mention honors. The 1982-83 season was my most enjoyable one here at Vestaburg, commented head coach Mark Stevens, regard- less of his disappointment over the two losses to Lakeview. Leading scorers for the Wol- verines were senior Dave Sny- der who averaged 13 points per game and sophomore Larry McClellan with a 9.5 point per game average. Holmberg also did well in the also very consistent, shooting 53% from the floor. Junior Fred Snyder led the team with 44 steals and 68 as- sists while also averaging 9.3 points per game and grabbing 2.9 rebounds per contest. The team also excelled off the court, having five team members on the National Honor Society. These included Hol- mberg, Dave Snyder, McClel- lan, Dan Fleming and Jamie Wilson. The team drew state rated Ashley for the first game in districts, dropping the contest to them, 72-61. “When I played back home, the only specta- tors were parents. ” Nik Holmberg scoring department, averaging 8. 9 points per game and shoot- ing 54% from the floor and 73% from the line. EdKin- dlle, sen- ior for- ward was THE skies over Vestaburg belong to two- year starter Fred Snyder as he goes up for two of his ten points. SWEEPING past an opponent, all-conference performer Dave Snyder penetrates the Fow- ler defense. Vestaburg Opponent - 69 Sacred Heart 74 i 51 Carson City Crystal 45 J 47 Lakeview 70 ( 28 Portland 57 1 48 Fowler 64 1 57 Central Montcalm 48 V 46 Beal City 53 64 B elding 73 65 Saranac 72 52 Montabella 42 ' 33 Lakeview 64 48 Portland 61 50 Fowler 62 54 Carson City Crystal 53 65 Sacred Heart 53 56 Montabella 52 69 Ashley 73 57 Central Montcalm 70 57 B elding 43 59 Saranac 48 61 Ashley 72 VARSITY TEAM: Front row; Dave Snyder, Jamie Wilson, Mark SOPHOMORE Larry McClellan skies over a Alexander, Troy Crover, Fred Snyder, Eric Snyder. Back row; Fowler defender as he puts up one for two. 5on Fleming, Dan Blanshon, Niklas Holmberg, Larry McClellan, raig Cummings, Ed Kindlle, Coach Mark Stevens. 7,8, JV Guys Basketball Victory over Saranac highlights season. JV TEAM: Front row; Wes Wing, Mike Grover, Doug Free- man, Mark Morey, Shown Jenison. Middle row; Phil Frisbie, Mike Troyer, Jerry Camp, Brent Bissell, James Wojtowict. Bock row: Coach Jim Wilson, Roy Austin, Joe Costomski, Adam Dailey. The junior varsity season was one that was plagued by injuries and turmoil through- out the year for coach Jim Wil- son. Sophomore Joe Gostomski started out the year by break- ing his foot and missing seven games and Phil Frisbie missed a total of nine games while battling a year long bout with phnuemonia. But both came back from their hardships to score season highs of 23 and 21 points re- “It’s the only sport I like. I’ve ployed from my sixth grade year. ” Ray Austin spectively. These efforts combined with Raymond Aus- tin's 20 points against Sacred Heart all showed signs of op- timism for future seasons. The Wolverine's two victor- ies came late in the season when the team was showing improvement. Wes Wing's dra- matic 35 footer at the buzzer sealed up a Montabella victory 42-41. An altogether strong team-showing helped them close out the season on a pos- itive note, defeating Saranac, 58-54. The midway mark of the sea- son found the 8th grade with an unimpressive 0-5 record. The team, however ended the season in a more triumphant fashion winning two of their last four games over Central Montcalm, 39-30and Shepherd, 46-45. Second year coach Doug Beemer's team was led in scor- ing by Troy Mortensen and Ike King with averages of 10.7 and 7.7 points per game. Tim Beach led the team in rebound- ing, grabbing a total of 87. The seventh grade team, under the leadership of coach Gary Lesky, ended the season with an 0-9 record. Andy Frost scored 41 points to lead the team in scoring, and Sam Wrisley aggressively grabbed 58 rebounds to lead the team in that category. Guards Reid Sanders and Greg Wing improved their ball handling skills as the season progressed. DRIVING between two defenders, Fresh- man point guard Brent Bissell attempts a difficult layup under pressure. (q} ro} (o)co) Vestaburg Opponent 39 Sacred Heart 64 16 Carson City Crystal 68 28 Lakeview 67 23 Portland 72 22 Fowler 61 39 Central Montcalm 49 37 Beal City 64 39 B elding 78 33 Saranac 60 39 Montabella 46 26 Lakeview 58 37 Portland 68 33 Fowler 79 35 Carson City Crystal 67 37 Sacred Heart 56 42 Montabella 41 36 Ashley 53 40 Central Montcalm 46 38 B elding 68 58 Saranac 54 Season Record: 2-18 FRESHMAN Roy Austin shows his form against visiting area rival Sacred Heart. 8th GRADE TEAM: Front row; Harold Franks, Jeff Humphrey, Ike King, Darrell Cojocar, Eric Grover, oory Keyes. Back row; Coach Doug Beemr, Aron Palmer, Jerry Johnston, Rich Wris- ley, Tim Beach, Troy Mortensen, Jeff Bailey. ?th GRADE TEAM: Front row; Reid Sanders, Scott Throop, Greg Wing, Andy Frost, Tom Throop. Back row; Coach Gary Lesky, Ben Palmer, David Scott, Chad Sanders, Steve Kolenda, Sam Wris- ley. Cheerleading Varsity Camp improves cheerle eading The football and basketball cheerleaders did many things to benefit their teams as well as to help build school spirit. They practiced an average of ten hours a week, working on their routines and thinking up skits for upcoming pep assemblies. The football cheerleaders under new coach Cindy Wright attended a one day clinic at Belding to sharpen up their eheerleading skills. They also went to a similar clinic in Holt. For money making projects they earned money by sponsor- ing a car wash and dances and also by selling trash bags and caramel apples. Football cheerleaders con- sisted of senior Shellie Enter- line, juniors; Paula Loomis, Lynn Krafft, Anita Sherman, and freshmen, Brenda Hodges, and Barb Rhines. Being a secret cheerleader was something the basketball cheerleaders did during the districts. Each cheerleader would decorate a player's loc- ker and give him an assortment of cookies, candy bars, and cakes to try to pump him up for the upcoming game. The cheerleaders, who were also coached by Wright, at- tended a DCA cheerleading clinic at Central Michigan Uni- versity . The cheerleaders earned their money by selling dough- nuts, holding a 50 50 raffle, and also sponsoring dances. The junior high cheerleaders kept their teams spirits high. They were coached by first year coach Dawn Humphrey VARSITY BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS: Paula Loomis, Connie Loomis, Lisa Peasley, Amy Cates, Barb Frost, Trudi Horton. 7th GRADE CHEERLEADERS: Penny Rot- unno, Brooke Bissell, Tammy Martin, Amy Foor, Angie Molby, Lisa DeYarmond, Sta- cey Wing. 8th GRADE CHEERLEADERS: Tammy Car- ter, Mary Cain, Jenny Bigelow, Michele Vaughn. Kathy Keeler, Amy Frost. VARSITY FOOTBALL CHEERLEADERS: Front row: She!lie Enterline, Anita Sherman, Brenda Hodqes. Back row: Lynn Kraft, Connie Loomis, Paula Loomis. JV BASKETBALL CHEERLEADERS: Chris Kind lie, Robin Woodard, Lisa Fleming, Karen Bigelow, Barb Rines, Brenda Hodges, Kerri Barr. JV Varsity W Beal City L W Montabella W L Saranac L L Chippewa Hills L L Central Montcalm L Sacred Heart W L Portland W L Lakeview L W Beal City L L B elding L W Montabella W L Carson City L Sacred Heart W L Chippewa Hills L McBain Christian (Districts) W McBain High School L Varsity Season Record: 6-10 JV Season Record: 4-8 WHILE Page Deyarmond concentrates on a bump, senior Michele Dailey awaits the volley. JV VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Front Row; Lynda Cole, Sharon Tugan, Dena Walker, Paula Entcrlinc. Back Row; Coach Pat Enterline, Beth Patterson, Melissa Norris, Heather Cooper, Penny Davidson. SOPHOMORE spiker Penny Davidson goes up for one as freshman Beth Patterson looks on. JV and Varsity =1 Volleyball E Spikers tally best record ever, 6-10 Finishing the season with an overall record of 8-11, the var- sity volleyball team posted the best record in Vestaburg vol- leyball history. First year coach Sandy John- son was very pleased with the season's outcome. Although I was skeptical early in the seasonsaid John- son, the girls were really co- operative and helpful. Learning the ropes of coaching is no easy task. Although young, the girls had six returning letterwomen suited up for play whose exper- l£ V THE ience paid off. Junior Lynn Krafft received all-conference first team honors and senior newcomer to the team Cheryl Freeman received hon orable mention. Freeman was also voted the squad's most valuable player. Most improved player award went to junior Sue Patterson. The team took a pair of mat- ches from league rival Monta- bella and non-league foe Sac- red Heart Academy. They also defeated Portland and McBain Christian once each. After the regular season, the varsity com- peted in the TCAA League . - tournament. • • y They fini- shed fifth over all, defeating Lake view and Portland, but dropped two to Carson City and Central Mont- calm. In district action, the team faced two McBain teams. They defeated McBain Christian, 15- 5, 2-15, 15-1, and lost to Me Bain High School 8-15, 7-15. “In volleyball, I’ve done everything from tripping over my shoelaces to harassing the referees.” Michele Dailey The junior varsity team, coached by Pat Enterline, ended the season with a 4-8 record. Sophomord setter Penny Davidson and hitters Paula Enterline and Lynda Cole, pro- vided team leadership and ex- perience. VARSITY VOLLEYBALL TEAM: Front Row; Lynn Krafft, Jodi Aldred, Tammy Rines, Susan Patterson, Millie Fletcher. Back Row; Michele Dailey, Page DeYarmond, Tracy Keyes, Cheryl Freeman, Kelly Jen- ison. Coach Sandy Johnson. i A READY for the ball, Tracy Keyes doesn't quite make contact. Junior Tammy Rines; however, does. Varsity, IV Softball Invitational Highlights Season Behind the leadership of first year head coach Gary Lesky, the girls' softball team managed to edge out five wins while losing 14 games and posting a 3-11 TCAA league record. League honors were awarded to Kelly Jenison and Lorrie able mention. Freeman, a sen- ior, was also voted most valu- able player by her teammates and coach. The highlight of the sea- son for me was when we came from behind to beat Montabella and took second place in the invitational tournament, com- mented Lesky. batting average,hit three home runs during the season. The JV team, coached by Pat Enterline, was winless in four games played. Leading Central Montcalm in their third game, the girls were unable to pull out a vict- ory, losing 22-17. “Hopefully I’ll end my high school career the same way I did my freshman one-at the state finals. ” Kathy Showers Beal City again elimina- ted the girls, in districts, 10-0. The team was led by pitchers Kar- en Bigelow and Page DeYar- mond. McClellan who received second Lorrie Me team all conference and Cheryl Clellan, with Freeman, who earned honor- a sizzling .497 SENIOR Kathy Showers gives us a look of determination as she gets ready to hit the ball. SENIOR catcher Shellie Enterline gets SOPHOMORE starter Karen Bigelow makes ready to tag out a Portland St. Pat ploy- contact on on opposing pitcher's throw, er. Vestaburg Opponent 17 Tri County 21 39 St. MaryTs 2 12 Montabella 4 23 Montabella 12 20 B elding 33 11 B elding 21 10 Beal City 12 9 Lakeview 17 18 Lakeview 16 7 Carson City 14 6 Carson City 17 10 Montabella 7 8 Beal City 19 7 Central Montcalm 18 8 Central Montcalm 11 3 Saranac 8 5 Saranac 9 0 Portland 16 4 Portland 14 VARSITY SOFTBALL TEAM: Front row; Heather Cooper, Cindy Martin, Paula Enterline, Karen Bigelow, Chris Kindlle, Lynda Cole. Middle row; Lorrie McClellan, Paula Loomis, Page DeYar- mond, Kelly Jenison, Lynn Krafft, Heather Elder. Back row; Coach Penny Snyder, Shellie Enterline. Kathy Showers. Connie Loomis, Cheryl Freeman, Coach Cary Lesky. JV SOFTBALL TEAM: Front row; Dena Walker, Kathy Krafft, Katie Brantley, Nancy Pearl, Lisa Fleming. Middle row; Terri Kahlo mgr. , Karen King, Penny Davidson, Cassie Stratton, Tess Cornell mgr. Back row; Lisa West, Kerri Barr, Nancy Hetherington, Karrie Holmes, Jodi Trayer. Vestaburg Opponent 5 Tri-County 13 14 St Mary’s 10 3 Montabella 5 4 Montabella 7 3 B elding 17 1 B elding 11 7 Lakeview 8 6 Lakeview 5 8 Beal City 3 9 Carson City 18 8 Carson City 6 13 Montabella 3 5 Central Montcalm 7 8 Central Montcalm 0 2 St. Patrick’s 3 7 Saranac 6 6 Saranac 10 6 Portland 5 13 Portland 15 14 Ashley-district 16 ....TY BASEBALL TEAM: Front row; Patty Marshall mgr., Brent Bissell, Dave Holsworth, Brad Teegardin, Monica Tissue mgr. Second row; Jamie Wilson, Dan King, Dave Snyder, Ran- dy Comp, Roger Crosby. Third row; Niklas Holmberg, Craig Cummings, Troy Grover, Mike Morey. Back row; Coach Doug Beemer. Kevin Otto, Dan Purcell, Coach Wes Cummings. Hernandez, Doug Freeman, Phil Frisbie, Jim Main. Middle row; Rusty Sanders, Rob Craves, Mark Morey, Kip Jenison, Chris Johnson, Jim Wojtowicz, Back row; Shawn Jenison, Coach Ray DeShano, Kim Otto, Mike Trayer, Marc Jenison, Larry McClel- lan, Joe Gostomski. TRANSFER student Craig Cummings who hit six homeruns for the season goes for the Ion gball. Varsity, JV Baseball Sluggers Topple 12 School Records The varsity baseball team rounded out the regular sea- som with a 5-9 record in the TCAA--good enough for a 5th place finish, and an 8-12 rec- ord overall. Members of the squad also broke a total of 12 school records. Slugging 139 base hits and scoring 128 runs gave the team records in each of these cat- egories . The previous records were 100 runs and 99 hits, which had held for a period of seven years. Pitching was provided by junior Dan Purcell and senior Craig Cummings. Purcell, who tied a record with nine starts, tallied an overall record of 6-3. Cummings sported the team's best E.R.A., giving up 2.19 earned runs per game. Also catcher, Cummings led the Wolverines' hitting attack with a .483 average and six homeruns, two of which were grand slams. He headed a group of four .300 hitters, in- cluding sophomores Dave Hol- sworth (.364) and Dan King (.313)and Dave SnyderC. 300). Because of the best season in four years and the breaking of so many school records, fourth year head coach Wes Cummings stated, This year, by far, has been my most en- joyable sea- son at Vesta- burg. What made the season more pleasing was their second place finish in the Vestaburg Invi- tational and splitting double- headers with league powers, Lakeview and Portland. “The pitching is coming and we’re winning later into the season.” Craig Cummings District play saw the team lose a 16-14 heartbreaker to Ashley. Down 11-0 at the end of the first inning, the Wolver- ines almost staged a spec- tacular comeback, as they pul- led to within two runs in the seventh inning. OPHOMORE second baseman Dove Hols- vorth goes home on a passed ball in a -5 win over Portland High School. FOUR year player Dave Snyder attempts to bunt his way on. Allen. I � cadet teacher «anything you wash your trueK, y alt Wing- to brown teacher How your then all of a really super Kerri Barr Departments add Apple, aquarium What was big in the math department? COMPUTERS! It was the first time Vestaburg offered a computer II class. Computers are on the up and up, stated math teacher Mr. Hodges, who taught two business math classes, two computer I classes, and one semester of trigonometry and computer II. I think they're really in- teresting and they're in the future, said Rob Zilch, You're going to have to know about computers to get very far. A new computer called Apple HE was added to the computer collection of three level one, and one level two TRS-80's. Mr. Koutz instructed gen- eral math, geometry, two al- gebra classes, and two seventh grade math classes. The re- mainder of the junior high math classes were taught by second year eighth grade math teacher Mr. Kidwell. One seventh grade math class was instructed by Mr. Stevens. Mr. Torgerson was the one- man high school science department. He taught eighth grade science, general science, biology, and chemistry. When asked how he felt about the chemistry students' comprehension of chemistry, he said, Every year is a con- stant improvement. Junior Dan Fleming added, Chemistry is hard. You need a lot of math, but it's still quite confusing. There was little new equip- ment added to the science room due to heavy funding cuts, but Mr. Torgerson was able to come up with a new balance, an aquarium, and an aquarium stand. Mr. Palmer, Mr. Uren, and Mr. Allen took time out of their regular teaching schedules to assist Mr. Torgerson with junior high science. For Palmer and Uren, science was a repeat of last year's schedule. Not so for Allen , who had previously had a junior high social studies class in addition to his auto classes. All three took advantage of the fine science films available from the intermediate school district, and by sharing teaching tips among themselves as well as with Mr. Torgerson, they were able to have an eye- opening and enjoyable year. HflDGD FINDING it hard to work her business ROCKETS were a big excitement again this math problem, Laurie Shattuck pulls out year for Mr. Torgerson's 8th grade science the easy-step calculator to help. students. GEOMETRY student Lorrie McClellan re- ceives help from Mr. Koutz during first hour. WITH Charles', Bole's and Dalton's laws on the board behind him, Mr. Torgerson's law seems to be, Do it right or rip it up!! by Lorrie McClellan English Spanish Reading Juniors tackle required English What?! Do I have to take English 11 this year? Oh no! ' Many juniors found English 11 to be their most difficult sub- ject. It's a lot of hard work. You really have to study and what it teaches you is how the early 20th century authors thought, said junior Jodi Aldred. English 10 and 11 were re- quired for the first time to the dismay of most students. This decision was made by the English department and the school board. Replacing English classes like short story and vocational English were the required 10th and 11th grade English classes. However, 12th grade English was not a necessary require- ment unless a student had failed to obtain three English credits by his her senior year. The English faculty included Mrs. Fox, who instructed three freshman classes and two junior classes; Mrs. Stratton, who taught one 10th grade and one 7th grade English class; Mrs. Rau, who taught two 8th grade and two 7th grade English classes; and Mrs. Christensen who taught tv o 10th grade, one 11th grade, and one 12th grade English class. Mrs. Christensen also taught a Spanish I class, which was well-liked by the group of students who signed up for it. It made me feel good to think that I could speak a new language. Mrs. Christensen made the class seem more in- teresting because she used a lot of her own skills instead of working out of the book all the time, commented Spanish I student Laurie Frisbie. New this year to the junior high was reading class. Stu- dents who did not take band were put in reading, where an attempt was made to improve their comprehension and in- crease their critical reading skills. Mrs. Sayers taught one 7th grade and one 8th grade class; Mrs. Stratton taught a 7th grade class. Senior Kevin Otto looks for a second chance to correct errors on his American Literature study sheet. Finishing the eighth grade writing unit by making a collage describing himself is English student Brian Camp. Required English 9 class finds Barb Rines engrossed in a good book. TEAM efforts by these eighth grade boys UNCLE Milty, who provided hours of lis- put a smile on the face of Ricky Hartman tening pleasure for the seniors, has this and net all four the right history answers. group of students rolling in the aisles. X by History Government Jodi Trayer World events effect students’ lives If you lived in the 18th century you probably wouldn't have needed to take govern- ment . However, government is crucial for the 20th century student, stated history teach- er Doug Palmer. Palmer taught Economics and World Geography in addition to two government classes which focused on the various levels of government and how they affected us daily. The seniors also looked for- ward to Milton Friedman, af- fectionately known as Uncle Miltie , and his ten programs on economic theories. I hope the students enjoyed the class, said Palmer. They seemed to like the trial and stock project in Economics. I really looked forward to work- ing with the seniors. EVERY teacher's favorite past time, fig- uring six weeks' grades, keeps Mr. Mike Barnes busy sixth hour. CHECKING grades for an interested Mich- igan history student is Mrs. Tissue. Mr. Barnes instructed U.S. History, Michigan History, and 8th grade history. His teach- ings of U.S. history covered the geological history of Mich- igan, the French, Indian, and English periods. He also dealt with the logging and mining eras and present-day Mich- igan. Mrs. Tissue taught Michigan History and she felt that it was important for people to be informed of our state's history for the continued growth of Michigan. Her class studied Michigan's historical back- ground, and geography, pre- sent industries, ar.d places of interest. Mr. Stevens and Mrs. Wilson instructed 7th grade Social Studies classes with emphasis on learning the U.S. states, its rivers and capitals, and all about foreign countries. Mr. Lesky rounded out the staff of history teachers with an 8th grade history class. GOING over her power mechanics notes Kim Beach makes any additions or cor- rections. WITH a smile on his face power mechanics student Jamie Wilson thinks he under- stands the assignment. MA KJNG sure that the tire is not going USING his skills taught by Mr. Decker, to come off the axle of his '57 chevy is Jeff Cantrell makes sure his board is auto mechanics teacher Phil Allen. straight for his project in wood class. £ Auto Wood v by Jodi Trayer Julie Hartman Shop classes meet challenges The challenge of creating wood projects or making a car run was ably met by the wood and auto classes, who, unlike many other classes, got to have fun on the job. A few students in Jack Decker's wood class worked really hard building hope chests, china cabinets, and corner shelves. Two seniors, Lonnie Hagen and Lonnie Pen- dall, who both took 3 years of wood, were honored at class night for their outstanding work. Wood class was a learning experience, said Lonnie Hagen, and helped me pre- pare for a better future. Decker, who taught three classes of wood working, showed his students how to use all the machines and let them go to work, As a young man he built small projects with his father and wished he had taken a few classes while in college. The only wood class he had was in 8th grade. I've always enjoyed auto racing and working with cars, commented auto teacher Phil Allen. After taking auto mechanics courses at Ferris State College, Mr. Allen started working at VHS. Bringing his own cars in for his students to work on, or having them work on someone else's sometimes made him ner- vous but he always checked on them before starting a job. The students were taught en- gine rebuilding, tune-ups, and car care. Allen preferred teaching auto mechanics to his other classes. My students are fun to work with. I have some excel- lent mechanics this year, he said Melissa Norris, one of Allen's power mechanics stu- dents, said, I enjoy the class. I feel everyone should know a little about their car. Mr. Allen felt there are many job opportunities in the automotive field, from pumping gas to selling cars. You don't just have to service cars. Business Resource room Remedial reading by Mary Riggs Classes improve life skills Learning to budget money, learning math skills, improving reading weaknesses and keeping books, was what stu- dents were busy doing all year long in business classes with Mary Jo Sayers, reading classes with Kathy Tissue and Special Education classes with Steve Kidwell and Mike Miller. Shorthand, typing II and bookkeeping, were three skills classes taught by Mary Jo Sayers. Some students learned to take dictations and tran- scribe from their notes, while others learned to increase their typing speed. Using the Royal 5011 Elect- ronic Typewriter with built in memory and shorthand, was a new, exciting and entertaining experience for the pupils in Sayers' shorthand and typing II classes. I like it very much, ex- pressed Lisa Leisure. It made me look like I could type faster and better than I really could. It is a lot better than the typewriters Mrs. Sayers has now! The students had an ex- tremely positive attitude to- wards the classes, said Sayers. Also, we hope to purchase a Royal 5011 Elect- ronic Typewriter for next year. Having the chance to win a one pound bag of M M's in- spired the learners in Kathy Tissue's reading classes. The students received daily points for their work, and at the end of the six weeks, the pupil with the most points won the M M's. Winners were Leanne Anderson, Bobby Jo Frisbie and Jeanette Almodovar. Some students in the reading classes practiced their spelling and vocabulary development, while others were helped by Tissue to improve in their weak areas such as, getting work in on time and understanding what they read. Steve Kidwell and Mike Miller taught special education classes. Kidwell's students learned much about reading, English and life skills. Miller's classes included such things as, writing and balancing checks and how to add up wages. Students were helped out by the Apple II-E Com- puter. The computer was neat and I enjoyed it, com- mented Diana Wheeler. I learned a lot of things. Additional help is given to seventh grader Odie Brantley in science by Mr. Kidwell. Concentrating on a writing assignment is remedial reading student Stacy Johnson. DURING Mrs. Thompson's fifth hour basic LISA DeYarmond makes one last effort to home ec class. Penny Sharp, Lisa Wesf cross the finish line before the others in and Rouxanne Austin learn to cook Mrs. Wilson's seventh grade gym class, chncolate fondue. JERRY Hyde and Ray Austin get Brent Bissell into a pickle during Mr. Steven's second hour gym class. AFTER designing the picture. Zone Gro- ver uses water paints to give it some color. M(D Art P.E. Home ec Activities keep classes hopping Learning how to play wall- ball, how to run a sewing machine properly, and how to carve wood, was what P.E., home ec., and art were all about. Dianne Wilson's physical education classes dealt with learning how to play wallball and learning aerobic dances. The girls practiced aerobics through the aid of records, such as Aerobic Dancing with Jacki Sorensen , and Let's Keep Fit with Jacki Sorensen . Also included in Wilson's schedule were archery, first aid, fleet football, German bat ball, and volleyball-tennis. Garfield's Grub and The Wolverine's Den were the main attractions in Ellen Thompson's home economics classes. Gar- field's Grub offered such dishes as BLT's, submarine sandwiches, ham cheese sandwiches, sundaes, and apple pie. It was offered to second lunch hour students on Thursdays. The Wolverine's Den offered spaghetti, pizza burgers, salad, potato chips, cheesecake, cookies, and much more to first lunch hour stu- dents on Fridays. Along with learning about the restaurant business, students learned about nutrition, how to make their own clothes, and how to cook gourmet meals. Art classes, taught by Gary Lesky, involved wood car- vings, which had not been done in previous years. The students were handed a piece of wood and were allowed to carve whatever they desired. Students also discovered how to mix water colors, sketch people, draw two-point per- spectives , silk screen, and sketch still-life items. nnn You’ve come a long way V-burg Things have sure changed in the Vestaburg Community in the last thirty years. For instance, how would you like to ride in a red, white and blue school bus? That's what the students did in the 1950's before changing to the current color, yellow. Back in the 1950's there were approximately five-hun- dred students enrolled at Vestaburg School, where now there are around seven-hun- dred-ninety-four. In the fall, the students had what was called, potato vacation. They would get a week off of school, and go out and help the farmers pick potatoes by hand. The in-car was a '55 chevy, or a '57 chevy, not like Trans Am's and Camero's which are the in-cars of to- day. The prices have really gone up on clothing since the 50's. You used to be able to buy a pair of JCPenney jeans for $2.50, and a shirt for $2.98, recalled George Showers, ele, mentary principal. Now, JC Penney jeans average $14.00, and shirts average $14.00 to $16.00. The clothing of back then has changed, too. For in- stance, the students now, and even the grown-ups, wear de- signer jeans, tube socks and nice looking sweaters. Most boys wear high-top tennis shoes, and most girls wear boat shoes or high heels. Thirty years ago, girls wore skirts down to their ankles, white sweaters and white tennis shoes which had pointed toes, with bobby socks. The boys wore high-top white con- verse tennis shoes, along with their flat-top haircuts. Back in the good old days of the 50's, Vestaburg was occupied by five grocery stores, which were: Dehart's Grocery; Dyer's Store; D.G. Folkes Grocery; Nile Erskins Grocery; and Spot Shopping Center. The Citizens of Vestaburg had three choices of places to buy gasoline (which was only $.18 a gallon , and today, it averages $1.30 a gallon. Boy, times sure have changed), the three were Sonoco Station, owned by Bob Throop; Walker's Service Station; and Hilding-Erskin Station. Would you believe there was also a drug store and an Oliver Tractor Sales? Well, they were both here! The Oliver Tractor Sales owned by Albert Christensen Sr., and the drug store was called Hubbard's Drug Store. Vestaburg did not yet have a bank, but it did have a Post Office. There were two hardware stores that, were called: Oswalds Hard- ware and Peasley's Hardware. There was one Silo Office; one Elevator, called Michigan Bean Elevator; one Farmer's Co-op; one place Wadle's Restuarant; where everyone went to eat after a basketball, or football game. They even had a lum- ber yard, which was owned by Mr. Thorp. The high school shop was located down-town, as was the bus garage, with five buses. The Vestaburg Community only had one fire truck at that time, where now there are six. In the last 30 years the Vestaburg Community has seen many positive changes. Many businesses and people have come and gone, but the com- munity is still a friendly place to live. OKAY, OKAY! I'll buy an ad for your yearbook! of selling an Ad Don't lock your keys in your car. Don't try to tell a 6'2 guy that you'll pay him later. Brad Olrich If they don't buy an ad, don't cry till you leave. Julie Hartman When you sell an ad to a Buick deal- er, don't say it's Oldsmobile. Joe Gostomski Wow! 11 really is a spot. Spot Ithaca Dances Rock Lake B-Ball Court Malt Shop D.C. Action Space Port Marl View Mud Hole Pizza Sams Rainbow Gardens Top 10 Hang Outs of 1983 If you're not sure what the ad is by looking at it, always say the size big- ger so you never lose money, it works. Kathy Showers Advertising E 41 CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 83 Test Wells Irrigation Holes PILLSBURY Trayer Water Wells M-46 268-5237 Pumps - Water Systems E.J. GROCERIES Riverdale, MI MEDLER ELECTRIC Alma, Mi. RIVERDALE LAUNDRY Riverdale, MI 'Atm. Bud’s Tire Service CORNER OF 3rd St. AND CRYSTAL RD. 268-5504 GOOD YEAR. REMINGTON, AND DUNLAP TIRES. OWNER: Bud Van Horn Total Service Complete Car Repair - 268-5303 Batteries Accessories Tires Roger Fisk - Proprietor ACTION CORNER Alma, MI MILLER'S MEN SHOP Alma, MI MRS. G'S NEEDLE POINT 115 W. Superior, Alma, Mi. v° 11301 Crystal Rd. Vestaburg, MI Hillard’s Body Shop Late model wrecks bought sold Used cars and parts N ar View Lanes VESTABURG ON M-46 BOWLING PIZZA SANDWICHES CHICKEN, FISH 427“3443 AND FROG LEG DINNERS WALKER'S CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF '83 8840 3rd St. Vestaburg. MI 44891 Phone: 268-5506 UNCLE PAUL’S “Stop in and see our new bakery!” K L Country Cafe SPOT PARTY STORE STORE 9: 30a.m . - 12: OOp .m. GAS STATION 6:00a.m.-12:00p.m. mu fattf er itvtVve t)eV RUBBISH BAGS CUSTOM BAGS BLACK AND CLEAR LAWN AND LEAF HEAVY PLASTIC FREEZER BAGS Bland Company SINCE 1966” 6726 CARIS RD. MANUFACTURES OF... VESTABURG, MI HIGH QUALITY (517) 268-5730 PLASTIC BAGS! C£ C ’ S0?1 SNS® ' ROOFS-CHUTES-TEARDOWN AND REBUILD EXTENSIONS INSIDE COATING STATE WIDE SILO REPAIR VESTABURG, MI 48891 KEVIN STUBBS SID STUBBS PH. 833-7648 PH. 268-5155 HOME 268-5257 Co 0{CtV ta 9f� Bottom Row Betsy Feu, Sondro Johnson. Emma Huggins. Co.'clyn Zi.'ch, Susie Baumgardner. Shirley Heron. Cherv! Fox. Middle Raw: Doug Palmer. Chris Brokop. Debbie Jewel, Donelda Rood. Dorna Nisonger. Lynn VanSkklcr, Eller Thompson. Doug Beemer. Karen Hoffman, Mcggie Bigelow Kari JeKoning. Bruce Torgerson. Back Row: Mike Miller, Dick Davis, Mike Barnes. Steve Kidwell. Mark Stevens, Phil Allen, Cheryl Crucncberg and Jack Decker. D J REFUSE SERVICE MONTCALM ISABELLA MECOSTA GRATIOT 1301 CRYSTAL RD FRESH FRUITS VEGETABLES Open Apr. - Nov. Ph 235 6439 6282 E. M-46 VESTABURG, MI 48891 PH. 427-5331 £MITH L HONE: 268-5169 VESTABURG EDUCATION i ASSOCIATION T.L. SLOCUM FARM BUREAU INS. 115 E. Main Stanton, MI 48888 CHENOWETH AGENCY INC. 202 W. Main St. Stanton, MI 48888 ___I_____________________ d zdftin Producti. 268-5189 The Wishing Well S'Wr -- -rr- -TT-T-Xk Crooks Farm Power Edmore - 427-3898 I—1 CORNER OF M-46 M-66 MON-FR1 7:30-5:30 SAT. 7: 30-noon: LIONS CLUB Good Luck Seniors! We Serve Your Community! RAY’S BODY SHOP COMPLETE CAR CARE Phone: 268-5755 Chemical BANK Montcalm Edmore 400 E. Main St. Phone:427-5121 STAUFFER PHONE 268-5454 CONSTRUCTION CD 7471 VESTABURG RD. VESTABURG, MI 48891 Jlnderson Printing Qo. PHONE 517 427-5378 EDMORE. MICHIGAN 48829 ''photo offset letteopoess wePPmq invitations and acccssooics •Ocas • specui designs • layouts • aorwook Cddatt BIRD FERTILIZER GRAIN COMPANY 427-5471 Edmore Town Country m ciub M-46 Edmore 428 E. MAIN ST. EDMORE, MI 48829 PHONE 427-9726 n n 9601 Crystal Rd. Vestaburg, MI 48891 Congratulations to the class of 1983 M-A METALS Royal Erskin, Jr. o Vestaburg, MI Ers Refi FLOORING HARDWARE CONGOLEUM MACHINING FABRICATION BOX 216 7470 CRYSTAL RD. VESTABURG, MI 48891 CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF '83 Phone 268-5080 PONTIAC CHAIRS 268-5211 Life, Health, Home, Auto, Commercial Elmer Freeman 268-5029 Insurance Agent Lenco Machine Tool ier 268-5254 5773 CRYSTAL RD. Rock Lake Christian Assembly Congratulations Class of 83 Vestaburg, Ml Ph. 268-5377 Humphrey Auction Service Auctioneer: El Jay Humphrey VESTABURG, MI 48891 COMPLETE AUCTION PHONE 268-5546 SERVICE n GARR TOOL COMPANY 7800 North Alger Rd. P.O. Box 643 ALMA, MICHIGAN 48801 This That WE BUY SELL ANTIQUES CLIFF BETTY DENNIS 101 SMITH ST. CRYSTAL, MI 48891 Serving Big Rapids And A Five County Area For Over 35 Years MICHIGAN CIGAR CO. WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATRONAGE WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS TOBACCO-CIGARS-CIGARETTES-CANDY 70A MAPLE BIG RAPIDS 796-7221 hours 7am-5pm □ . L. CHURCH flecveleM, 'THE STORE THAT CONFIDENCE BUILT 113 EAST SUPERIOR STREET ALMA MICHIGAN ASSOI YOU ARE SURE WITH CHURCH DIAMONDS PHONE 463-5012 OR 463-4135 , 463-6041 207 W. Superior Central Travel of Alma Airline - Steamship Railroad Tickets Reservations Hotels - Tours - Resorts Rent-a-car Service No Service Charge Dennis Bicycle Shop Phone 463-5331 4725 W. Monroe Rd. Alma, MI 48801 New and used bicycles and parts nm PIZZA SAM Mon. - Thurs. 1 p.m. -1 a.m. Fri. - Sat. 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. Downtown Alma £5 k 111 EAST SUPERIOR ALMA, MICHIGAN SHERMAN TIPTON CONSTRUCTION Ph. 268-5260 SALES SERVICES SMITH-CORONA-SANYO ROY AL-VICTOR-3M-IBM 126 W. SUPERIOR ST. ALMA, MI 48801 463-3496 Howard’s Glass Shop 463-1200 ‘Since 1953’ 24hours 932 E. Superior St. Alma, Ml 48801 Auto - Residential - Commercial BAR-DON’S Glass-Screen-Furniture Repair Sheridan 291-5020 GREENING Buick Alma, Michigan n TP Chicken - Fish Shrimp - Frogleg Dinners Served 6681 Lumberjack 833-7042 Sun. 12:00 - 8:00 Fri. - Sat. 5:00 -11:00 Security Septic Riverdale, Ml 48877 833-7319 Hillside Block Co. All Masonry Products WOOD STOVES JACOBSEN LAWN MOWERS HOMELITE SAW SERVICE TRAILER SKIRTING FRED MORRIS Phone: 291-5175 Hours 8 to 5:30 Sheridan, Mich. Sat. 8 to 4:00 48884 H R BLOCK Edmore Accounting 512 E. Main Street Edmore MI PHONE 427-3715 MOOMEY'S HARDWARE Riverdale, MI Ph. 833-7997 I --- Ray’s Refrigeration Cooling Appliance Repair 833-7915 All Makes Domestic 10253 Jackson Rd. Commercial Riverdale. Ml. Auto Parts Comer's Radiator Shop 6644 Maple St. r-irlfarii- Riverdale, MI Charlies Service FOR ALL YOUR CAR CARE NEEDS 833-7838 ITS CHARLIE'S SERVICE AUTO REPAIRS Lumberjack Rd. Riverdale, Ml Phone (517) 833-7323 I 1037 E. Howard City - Edmore Rd. (M-46) Riverdale, Ml --Michael Olma - Mgr- Schnepp’s Funeral Home --Riverdale - Crystal - Carson City- ■Ml Dank of Alma Vestaburg 268-5445 Riverdale 833-7331 Each depositor insured to $40,000 FDIC HOfRAl DCPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION COME BANK WITH US. mu ADAMS )° Alma, Ml 3975 Monroe Rd 463-4918 Bank of Alma Bldg Alma, Michigan 48801 Telephone 463-1725 O W«LJ, OZi JO CENTRAL MICHIGAN NEWSPAPER Publishers of Morning Sun ALMA Reminder THE Advertiser HIGHLANDAUR LANES Bag Pipe Room 463-2020 Ashcraft’s Food Family Center Serving you in Harrison, Gladwin, Alma n ADAMS PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING IB 614 SUPERIOR STREET, ALMA, MI 463-5294 Total Petroleum, Alma, Mich. Inc. All airline tickets tours and packages East Superior Next to the Strand 463-6031 MnnAttens r Good Luck SOUND DEPOT 6 ' iS Cleaning Specialists! 217 E. Main! Edmore, Ml Phone: 427-3420 Crystal Flash V y Phenix Bar Restaurant Beef- Wine - Good Food The friendliest Big LHHe store in Edmore Your one stop for groceries.. Circle - S Sales Campers Trailers EDMORE, Ml. Prop. Vep Doug Sias Stebbins - McCullough Chapel, Inc. __________ Edmore, Ml 48829 ! ! 427-5261 hot r NATURES WAY FARM Vestaburg, MI JACK’S AUTOMOTIVE «Ouest PARTS VHK « Edmore Mich. Phone: 427-5111 3 4255 E. Howard City Edmore, MI 427-3790 427-3273 Cannon . Vibrator . Davison Darrel F. Clark,Inc. Ready-Mix Concrete Six Lakes, MI Phone 365-3010 ALL TYPES OF BRICK AND BUILDING STONES Cedar Lake Stone Sales WIDE SELECTION OF FABRICS AND NOTIONS We will serve You Better p. 0 s? BARNEY'S REFUSE SERVICE Phone 268-5102 Vestaburg, MI 48891 ____________________L_ STORE HOURS 8:00-5:30 MON-FRI SAT 8:00-3:00 Compliments Art Shy Dairy DISTRIBUTOR OF DEAN'S MILK AND BORDEN ICE CREAM Graduation or Wedding CLIFF DER EDMORE, MI 48829 PHONE 427-3291 OR 427-3290 VIRGIES GARDEN SHOP Six Lakes, Mi. POTATO SERVICE Edmore, Mi. MAC'S FAMILY SHOE STORE Six Lakes, Mi. DISCOUNT TIRE BATTERY 303 E. Main St. Edmore, Ml 427-3449 Stans Auto Sales 5261 HOWARD-CITY EDMORE RD Cedar Lake, MI 427-5407 n ■ LITTLE RED SHOE HOUSE DIAMOND IMPORTERS FOXS JEWELERS SINCE 1917 MT. PLEASANT SHOPPING CENTER OPEN MON-FRI 10-9; SAT 10-6 YOUR CLASS RING HEADQUARTERS 919 Industrial Ave. Mt. Pleasant, Ml 48858 1025 S. MISSION MT. PLEASANT, MI PHONE 773-7321 MON-FRI 9-9 SAT 9-5:30 Coca Cola Bottling Co of lit Pleasant ----Enjoy __ Coke Trade-mar ® 210 W. Pickard Mt. Pleasant, Ml Ph. 800 - 292-8846 or 773-6951 Alma Tire Service 1210 E, Superior St. Alma, MI 48801 [ 300 % Bowl Cjj I Jj §C Special Group Rates S Senior Citizen Rates M- Special Daily Rates --till 5p.m. 3000 W. Monroe Rd. Alma, MI 463-3000 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK REMEMBER: BOWLING IS MORE FUN WHEN THERE'S MORE THAN ONE! ! ! ! Tinks Sales Service Ph. 772-0066 3035 W. High Mt. Pleasant MARY ANKE Tour Specialist MARY LOU'S CAMPUS SALON 219 E. Bellows St. Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858 THE OFFICE CENTER 118 E. Superior St. Alma, MI 48801 Individual Group Tours BOCK'S TRUCK SERVICE 1045 E. Superior St. Alma, MI 48801 WORLDWIDE SERVICE CUSTOM TOURS PERSONALIZED SERVICE JERRY’S BARBER 219 W. Superior St. Alma, MI 48801 Adams Realty Six Lakes, Ml 48886 517-365-3637 BLA1 BLANCHARD, MI 49310 PHONE 561-2100 POLE BUILDING HOME IMPROVEMENT SPECIALISTS °)ieddvnyA tiPoifuu'fo S nt a ,Mc 577 - 224-7977 Fresh Meat Hardware Grocery Beer Wine P.O. Box 98 Dutch n’ Nancy Winn MI 48896 866-2480 LONNIES Crystal, Ml 48818 DRIVE 235-4234 PIZZA AND SUB IN Compliments Morbark Industries Winn Michigan The Leader in Wood Harvesting Processing Equipment Total Chips Company Environmental Timber Management Bobcats Sales Services PRESIDENT ; HARRY MOREY MR. CHIPS” S. Winn Rd. Shepherd, MI 48883 10� ? HT Cars and Mobile Homes 831-4241 BEARDSLEE OLDS A P OLDSMOBILE M Your Olds Dealer for 46 Years in Sheridan CHEMICAL BANK MONTCALM A Chemical Financial Corporation Bank Carson City Crystal Edmore Sheridan Stanton An equal rousing, equal opportunity lender IIO East Mam P.O. Box 277 Stanton. Ml A88S8 STANTON CLINIC Stanton, MI NAember F.D.I.C. Telephone [517] S31-52S1 BOOKWALTER MOTOR SALES, INC. JOHN BOOKWALTER PRESIDENT 335 Sheridan Rd. SE Bus. Ph. 831-4200 Stanton, MI 488§8 Res. Ph. 831-4825 Your Chevrolet Pontiac Dealer. Best Wishes Class of ‘83!. The T-Shirt Co. Screen Printing - Heat Transfer STANTON Shirts - Jackets - Bowling Shoes Jerseys - Caps - Aprons - Bags Trophies - Medals - Plaques n Sheridan, Ml 291-3232 Stanton 9H-4494 Friday Might Smorgasbord Diane Jacks MQJjABD Realty, Inc. 93! 4773-831 S7M ‘ in tm e frife w vo bu scyu wA ( i a s iiri crx e efflUcb. ” 224 dt. , Htun M- ■Wanion, vH-9 48888 i MILLER AUTO SALES Alma, MI KOLSTON HARDWARE 100 West Main St. Stanton, Mi. Ph. 831-5626 JUDGES PARTY STORE Phone 866-2400 TIMOTHY'S M-46 E. Edmore, Mi. GILES TIRE SERVICE 222-230 W. Superior St. Alma, Mi. 48801 KEN’S CULLIGAN Alma 517-463-1940 Millard’s furniture - appliance - carpeting STANTON 831-4294 VETERINARY CLINICS Dr. E.J. Drobish Ph. 831-5287 ED NATZEL Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. Mt. Pleasant, Mi. Ph. 772-2981 VESTABURG BAND BOOSTERS Backers of the Band V PHONE 427-5123 EDMORE, MI 48829 MIMH of THE AMERICA GROUP La Rose’s Pizzeria CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1983 FROM BOB AND MARY LA ROSE 430 E. MAIN STREET EDMORE, MI 427-5751 4� . 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Two-hundred-five copies of the 144 page book were run and the format was enlarged to 9x12 . The book contained eight pages of full color. The red cover with silver hotstamp and black and white silkscreen was designed by staff artist, Brad Olrich. Headlines were printed by Anderson's Printing in Edmore. Body copy was set in boldface and essay italic, by the staff, using an IBM Model 50 elec- tronic typewriter. Photography was done by staff photographers Neil Moo- mey, doe Gostomski and Larry McClellan, with the exception of senior pictures, which were done by Guy's and Doll's of Mt. Pleasant, Linda's of St. Johns and Ryan Peasley of Vestaburg. The book was sold to the student body for $13.00 per copy. It was advised by Bet- sy Pollard Rau and represented by ICP's Kris Kirby. Kathy Showers served as editor, with Heather Elder as co-editor. The 1982 book, In the Red was awarded best in the state class C-D by the Michigan Inte- rscholastic Press Association. It received a first award from Great Lakes Interscholastic Press Association and a second place from Columbia Scholastic Press Association. HAND in hand. Barb Frost and Mark Alex- ander are looking for the nearest exit after a day of classes. SOPHOMORE Joe Gostomski finds enjoy- ment in frightening people with the rub- ber snake usually kept in the darkroom; Ms. Brokop was just another victim. o f - 3r- DENISE Hills holds last minute conversation before the bus leaves to take her home. st 'As the school year wound up I found myself tracing the same old steps back to the beach to catch the rays. % 3jOre tfe o , rue� of%''y; er'ne I it appears Everything” is done! Looking at yourself as what you really appeared to be in the 1983 yearbook is what we really meant to accomplish. Trying to capture the appearance of every face and expression that would be remembered by classmates was a real chal- lenge. We hope that you as the reader will find satisfaction in what we have cap- tured. You have been caught in the classroom, on the field, in the halls, clubs, activities, sports, and moreover, the very best of times here at V. H. S. The publications class spent hours working after school to fulfill a yearbook with memories that will last a lifetime. Only you will remember the times as they were, but we hope that with our help the book has done its best to make those memories count. We have tried to preserve the year 1983 and all its ups and downs so that you the reader may open these pages at any time in the decades to come and $ee EVERY- THING YOU APPEARED TO BE in 1983.