Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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Kinda Slippery! Busdriver Pat {interline finds out And I promise to ... Campaigning for another the hard wav, she puts her bus in the ditch approxi- term of presidency, has President Reagan stopping mately 600 ft. from her destination, the school. all over the country. Four's a crowd! A crowded bus and a long ride doesn't stop the excitement the seniors feel just knowing they're going to see President Reagan. Cliff hangar Red hot tip turns into c-c-cold trip by Mary Dangler Date November 2, 1984. It was a bitter, frosty morning. The kind of chill that forces even the toughest above average Joe to zip the liner into his trenchcoat and don the gray wool scarf knitted by the little woman. All week long, hushed murmurs of something big could be heard through the keyhole of a certain Doug Palmer's gov- ernment economics room. A real big time operation was in the works, meetings with the suit and tie men, press passes, bustrans- portation, it all added up to something colos- sal, but what? Finally the beans were spilled and it was announced; VHS se- niors were planning a mission to Saginaw to see President Reagan. Complete with a photo crew and undercover reporters, they boarded the bus, and the adventure had begun. Enthusiasm visibly wore down as the cold bus ride rolled on. Upon arrival, spir- its were dampened further by the sight of the masses already waiting in the hangar for President Reagan. Illusions of standing 5 feet from our na- tion's leader were shattered. Only those with press passes or pushy elbows could wade their way through the crowds for a good view. Even though many of the students were quite far away, the excitement was conta- gious and no one could help but feel a surge of patriotism as the President emerged from the plane and addressed the crowd from his podium. Sifting through the dusty file cabinets in the deep of the night with nothing but flashlight for night vision and swiss army knife for locksmith tools, the big news items of the year could be found . .. For the first time, a woman, Geraldine Ferraro, was nominated for Vice-President. Presi- dent Reagan was re- elected by a landslide. The Tigers beat the Padres to win in a five game World Series. Baby Fae received a ba- boon's heart as a trans- plant. Concerning international interaction, the Beirut U.S. Embassy annex was bombed, U.S. Marines withdrew from Beirut and the Nicaraguan tension was crackling. Russian Premier Chernenko died and his nation was faced with the turmoil of appointing a new leader. Along a vein of human interest, the famine in Africa received aid in a new way. Musi- cians of both Britain and America recorded music to be sold for the benefit of a starv- ing nation. Mass involvement in aid to the needy took on newfound organization and strength as many diverse personalities pulled together to save the children. News keeps you up to date on world events. H Ginger Marshall Current Events 21

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Tigers '84! Although the Detroit Tigers lost the game, Balloons galore! Letting out hundreds of red Paula Lnterline, Lorrie McClellan and Matt Snyder balloons topped off the campaign speech Presi- attended, they made it to the World Series and won. dent Reagan presented. 20 Current Events

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Boogie-woogie. The every-other month dances helped compensate for not being allowed into high school dances, as far as these junior high students are concerned as they dance all over the lobby floor. Letting-their hair down. The many restrictions of jr. high make it almost impossible for Dave Free- man, Rory Regina, Lance Snyder and James Traynor to have fun, but Mrs. Garvey's going away party made it easy. Heave-ho! Grunts and groans mar out of the mouths of jr. high tug-o-war competitors Rachel Hernandez and Dennis Osterhout while bystand- ers like Shannon Kloeckner scream encourage- ment. Special Sp BCT $S Students brace for guinea pig years by Mary Dangler A new lead had surfaced and the clues could be overheard in the hallway that stretched from the art room to the library. Hurried chatter bubbled by a locker, be- hind the books in the library or in the restroom on lunch hours. Girl talk about clothes for the next junior high dance or a whispered invitation from a classroom sweetheart all hinted toward a new way of life for the newcomers at VHS. Despite the innu- endo that junior high students were from another species, it was soon clear that 7th and 8th graders weren't all that different. Taking part in the homecoming festivities, the ju- nior high made the queen's float and had a princess in the queen's court. At times stu- dents had their own separate activities such as activity nights, spelling bees, and Odyssey of the Mind competition. In attempting to delve into the life of a junior high student, one must discover the ins and outs of their everyday life. Lunch hour, according to Pat Wojtowicz was spent in much the same way as everyone else. Activity nights were generally well liked by the students as well as faculty. Activity nights have turned out well, said Mr. Koutz. They are well attended, and there are no problems with behavior. The transition from 6th grade to 7th has always proved to be a difficult one, how- ever, a sense of responsibility and maturity is gained. Through the course of the year, difficulties were encountered since the friction between age groups has always been unavoidable. The situation may at times be a tense one but the students learned social flexibil- ity and both junior and senior high pupils gained from the expe- rience ultimately. With spelling bees and Odyssey of the Mind, the kids got a chance to challenge themselves and have something to do after school besides going home. For the first time, they won the Lakeview Invitational Bee, defeating every other school in the league. The underlying tone for the junior high was easy to detect. As always they were faced with proving themselves. They had to demonstrate that they were capable of interacting with the senior high, yet could socialize on their own. The se- nior high, on the whole, found the junior high to be not quite so squirrely and intol- erable as they were rumoured to be, and so another year passed without any mass murders — only a few trash can stuffings. I feel like a tiny kid in high school. M Ryan Smith 22 Jr. High