Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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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.

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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.