Vestaburg High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Vestaburg, MI)

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David Scott Jenny Steams Michele Stratton Teresa Suarez Tom Throop Pam Tugan Brenda Wilson Greg Wing Stacey Wing Loney Withey Kathy Woodard Sam Wrisley People 17 ► Thank-you Sir! Retiree Art Stratton presents David Bowser with his diploma. Fifty two seniors graduated May 29. Let US pray.Asked by her class to give tne invocation, Penni Rotunno begins the ceremonies.

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ITmal A Glory Fifty-two seniors graduated May 29, in stifling, 92 degree weather. Suddenly it was the end, and as they met in the library to line up and get last minute pictures taken, several were visibly nervous. Then “Pomp and Circumstance” began, and they were on their way up the aisle.. .to spend their last minutes together in 1988 as a class. gits and pieces Post graduation plans 6.25 % Other Invocation: Classmate Penni Rotunno came to the microphone and began the ceremony with a prayer. Salutatory Address: Class President and salutatorian Chad Sanders, with an opening joke about how nice it was they had printed the program on the fans they had for the audience, began his speech. He spoke of the advantages of a small school and compared VHS to MASI I, because of its family atmosphere. Valedictory Address: Andy Frost, valedictorian, stressed the beginning—not the end, as he read a poem he had written. “We’ve reached the ninth inning,” he read. “Not the end—the begin- ning.” Commencement Address: 1963 graduate Mike Britten spoke to the class about the important things in today’s society, stressing ability, perserverance and honesty. He told the class to take ad- vantage of their youth and energy, because sooner or later it wears down. “Take time to smell the roses,” he said, “but choose your own roses.” Diplomas: Mr. Showers, Mr. Steinkraus, Mr. Neuen- feldt and Mr. Stratton assisted in this task, as seniors crossed the stage and faced what seemed like hundreds of flashing camera lights. Class sponsor Mrs. Rau and advisers, Mr. Kidwell and Mr. Allen presented each graduate with a rose. Recognition of Retirees: Mrs. Bigelow and Mr. and Mrs. Stratton were honored on their retirements with proclama- tions and praise from the board of education. Benediction: Linda Avery ended the ceremonies with a prayer. I Ier classmates then filed out of the gymnasium and spent several minutes in a receiving line where they greeted friends and relatives and then went on to open houses and celebrations. ► Did you hear the one about... Alter presenting Chad Sanders with the English award, the publications award and the Albatross award, Mrs. Rau gives him a thank-you kiss. 16 Graduation ► Final moments. Although smiling be- fore graduation, Teresa Suarez, Amy Foor and Amy Jenkins were tearful before the day was over.

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gits and pieces How often are you honest with your parents and friends? Have you ever done anything thinking there’s no way anyone would find out? Like when you have “Indian” underwear on and you try to discreetly pull them down when you realize a Tom Selleck look-alike has seen the whole thing or when you feel the incredible urge to flash the car behind you, not knowing it’s “the boys in blue.” We asked around and came up with some pretty unusual incidents. “Harold Franks and I were in the store looking at magazines and there was a lady standing next to him and he thought it was his mom. He turned to show her some- thing in the magazine and said “Isn’t he great?! ” to the woman who looked at h im REAL strange. We ran around the comer and just laughed Patti Marshall “ I tried to fix my bra strap and found my friend and some guy we didn’t know Standing there.” Nancy Palmer “I was in the living room dancing with my stuffed bear and my mom walked in. My sister was dancing with her bear, too. Jennifer Swope “My sister put chainsaw mix in the moped.” Dan VanPlew “I made a basket for the Shepherd team during our basketball game.” Erin Anderson “Don’t tell anybody, but I once went to the bathroom in K-Mart (I went poopy). Eric Vitz One time in high school, my parents let me take the car to a friend's house as long as I agreed not to cruise around town. We went out to Deerfield Apartments looking for guys, but the roads were under construction and I ended up going in the ditch and spend- ing $20.00 on a wrecker. The next day at work, one of the guys I work with said, 'If you don't want your Dad to know you went in the ditch, you'd better wash all that caked up mud out from under the car!' They never found Ollt. Mrs. Rau by Shannon Kloeckner Danny Allen 9 Lori Anna 11 Monte Antes 10 Shawn Antes 10 Lisa Beach 9 Melissa Beard 10 Leroy Benavidez 11 Odessa Benavidez 10 Jennifer Bennett 10 Scott Best 11 Jason Bigelow 9 Jennifer Bissell 10 1 5 If they only knew!