Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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Cashing in By Katie Brantley The jr. high years: your boyfrienc breaks up with you after a whole daj of romance, you receive the first big zit of your life, you spend an hour after school every week in detention room and you find yourself crawling out o: the wastepaper basket more often thar you wish. You thought you'd never make it, huh? But regardless of all o: these heartaches and pains, this year ji high students were involved ir enough good events that helped them survive through the year. A popular event that gave students something to do on Friday nights was the jr. high pizza parties. Sponsored bj the jr. high student council, there were a variety of activities to do at this event. Open gym, movies, playing computer games, listening to music or the jukebox, and chowing down or pizza kept the students busy from 7:30 to 10:00. I liked going to the pizza parties because you could be with all your friends and you could play games thal You make me feel like dancin'. At a jr. high danct that was the only one of the year held in the ele mentary gym because 6th graders and student from other schools were invited, Karry Otto jam down with Donna DeBose. Come on in. Spending the night at Linette Strat- ton's house frequently, provides a home away from home for Shawn Antes and time to spend with a good friend and get away from nagging parents. Hello, may I speak to ... Communication seemed to be the word for jr. high students. Unbeliev- ingly Shannon Kloeckner spends hours a night on the phone instead of watching T.V. or doing homework. Rolling in the dough. On his way to making Mrs Rau a million on popcorn sales, Chris Humphrey counts and stashes the 300 dollars he made the yearbook class during boys' basketball tourna- ments. 24 y JJi9h life

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So this is prom?! Experiencing their first prom, Arne Winther, Frank Allen and Steve Kolenda talked about how they arrived at the prom. Frank and Steve drove, but Arne's date, Kathy Keeler picked him up. Pass the French please, darling. After breaking the banquet tradition and having the meal at Max- fields, Steven Woodrow and date Leanne Ander- son anxiously await to see who will begin eating the salad first. How I admire you ... Enjoying the essence of the twilight at Midnight Rendezvous , Ken Gamwell and date Ann Musial from Montabella glisten as they look into each other's eyes. I'd like an 11X14 please! Waiting for the end of the evening to avoid wide eyed stares, Tammy Johnston and date Mark Beach from Central Mont- calm pay for their prom pictures taken by Dick's studio. was worth it because it was my senior prom and it's one of the best times of your life, said Karen King. After a few hours at the prom, cou- ples decided to go show off their glam- our elsewhere or sneak off somewhere quiet with that special someone. Ithaca dances, midnight movies, and out to eat were special places couples snuck off to. We left the prom to go to the mid- night movies with some other cou- ples, said Trudy Beach. I spent a lot of money on my tux and so I went to Ithaca dance to show it off, said Gary Keyes. At 11:30 the only two people left were our punch servers playing vol- leyball with the balloons, said teacher Mark Stevens. I was disappointed be- cause a lot of time and money was spent on the prom and people left ear- ly. Kinda like we threw this big party and no one stuck around. great time vlBRATo MTEUTfOT I VIVACE TORNADO 5HEITER (Mir fbno 2fit Student jCife 23

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on life’s little tragedies you wanted to play ' said 8th grader Shelly Johnson. I like the activity nights because you were with your friends and you could do almost anything you want- ed, said 7th grader Matthew Koutz. 1 especially liked playing in open gym. Another popular activity that was put on for only jr. high students was the dances. With the music of Cal Callison setting the tone, this is where most of the students fell in love with their future long-time girl boy- friends. Lastly, the most popular hang-out was the high school lobby and hall- ways during lunch time. This half hour was used wisely to gossip with friends, write letters to the person of their dreams, or see how much food they could sneak out of the cafeteria before getting caught. During lunch hour we always goof off and get in water fights, said 8th grader Melissa Beard. We must be pretty sneaky because we've never been caught yet. Even though jr. high years seemed to be spent mainly breaking and mak- ing new friends and finding your way out of trashcans, they will be years that twenty years from now you'll look back on and wish you could do again. Who gives a toot! With many of her classmates participating in spirit week, Senorita Holly Ro- tunno finds her hat shades the glare from the flu- orescent lights. Her class went on to win the pep jug- l to'» ' sVate Yv°ut co e ate ; 0 loo ° Student aCife 25