Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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It's the law! Officer, I promise I will start wearing a seat belt. Sorry lady. I have to fine you an extra S20 for not buckling up. But officer, I promise you won't catch me without wearing a seat belt ever again. To bad lady. It's the law! On July 4, 1986, driving in Ohio became a different story. All drivers and front seat passengers must wear a seat belt. SAPP STUDENTS AGAINST DRIVING DRUNK What does M.A.D.D., S.A.D.D. and R.A.D. have in common? Give up? Against. Against what? Answer: M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), S.A.D.D. (Students Against Driving Drunk) and R.A.D. (Rock Against Drugs). All three organizations set a goal for the public to say no to drugs and alcohol. S.A.D.D., with the cooperation of Pepsi-Colaf created a contract for high school students and their parents to help solve the death rate among teenagers who die in car accidents caused by driving drunk. The contract authorized the teenager to agree to call his her parents for The controversial Buckle Up law affected many people. I don't think the safety belt law should be enforced because I think it doesn't always help save lives, said senior Tina Fordyce. On the other hand, sophomore Donald Ferguson thinks the safety belt law should be enforced because he claims wearing a seat belt saved his life when he had an accident in December 1986. Whether one thought this law controversial or not, it could not be broken. A first time offender received a warning. A second one broke the rule, he she had to pay a $25 fine. Passengers breaking the rule had to pay a $10 fine. Paying a fine was not the only cost. One also had to pay court costs. Court costs varied in the 88 counties. Watching a movie showing the hazards of not wearing a seat belt required attendance of the Buckle Up law offender. ✓ advice and or transportation at any hour, from any place, if he she had been drinking or with a friend or date who is driving and had been drinking. Parents must agree to come and get their child at any hour, any place with no questions asked and no argument at that time, or they will pay for transportation to bring he she home safely. Students introduced the contract a week before Prom, a prime time for possible student drinking. S.A.D.D. brought various opinions. Bonnie Thompson replied favorably, I think it is a good thing because it saves teenagers lives. Sopnomore Jenny Waugh disagreed, I think the contract means parents are permitting their kids to drink. Do you think this law should be enforced? Darren Hitchock “No, I don't think the safety belt law should be enforced because people don't wear them anyway. Mrs. Joyce Chattin No, I don't think the law should be enforced because they do not have statistics to compare them to and I know two deaths caused by wearing safety belts.” Tina Fordyce • No, I don't think the law should be enforced because it’s youf own decision. Tina Holsinger - No, I don't think it should be enforced. I know a lady who had internal injuries from an accident due to wearing a safety belt. Lori Tackett Yes, I think the safety belt law should be enforced because it can save your life.” Clark Goble - ''Yes, I think the safety belt law should be enforced because I don't want my head crashing through the windshield.” Ivena Teets • Yes, I believe it should be enforced because my Dad is a State trooper.” Teri Hampton • No, I don't think the safety belt law should be enforced because it is the driver’s decision. It's their life.” Tim Rigsby • “I think the only way the safety belt law should be enforced is by raising the speed to 65 mph. Lori Crabtree • “No, I don't think so because you never know, maybe you were in a car wreck and you needed to get out of the car immediately but you couldn't get out because you had your seat belt on. Besides, it's your own life. You should get to choose.” Michelle Kalb Yes, I think the safety belt law should be enforced because there are more people who live than die wearing seat belts.” Pat O'Connor • No, I don't think it should be enforced because it wrinkles my clothes.” Kim Graves Yes, I think the belt law should be enforced because it's proven to save many lives. Veronica Freed • Yes, I think of the seat belt law as having lots of advantages.” Jill Meyers - No. I don’t think it should be enforced because people should have their own opinion about wearing them. Steve Fyffe • Yes, I think the safety belt law should be enforced because you have better odds of living in an accident. If you have been picked up for not wearing a seat belt, what was your punishment? No one had been picked up or fined. Do you wear a safety belt? Respondents answered: 7 - no; 6 yes; 3 sometimes. Only two of the respondents have had small accidents since the law came into effect. Neither wore seat belts.

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'Best of Class' featured on TV A television commercial taped at the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, West Virginia, featured two seniors. Because of their high academic excellency, Marie Moraleja and Melissa Pendell, both 4.0 grade point average students, received an invitation from WSAZ-TV3 to appear on the Best of the Class of 1987. Principal David W. Surrey escorted Moraleja and Pendell to West Virginia. A student from Piketon also traveled with them. The commercial involved these students, plus others from the Tri-State (Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky). For the commercial, all participants formed the number eighty seven. While taping the commercial, Marie and I kept looking down when the camera was pointed at us, said Pendell. National Honor Society Adviser Richard Craumer poses with Marie Moraleja and Melissa Pendell after their selection for the television commercial. Copyfpage design by Jimmy Mustard What's important and what's not? If someone cares about something, that makes it important. In an attempt to cover little things, the staff initiated Mini-mag as a way to cover these important events, interests and cares so often overlooked on the master schedule. Looking back on the first effort to include minuscule items in the limited space allocated, proved inadequate, but a step in the direction of showing we care. The informative effort made with Mini-mag shows another phase of design and content implemented to meet the ever changing interests of NOVEL readers, and to continue the regular coverage in an appropriate look for 1987. Coverage should keep the taste and feel of the year a vivid reminder of yesteryear. Music for the uture: CDs Recovering from a football injury is sophomore J.D. Barley. After purchasing seven dollars worth of raffle tickets, Jennifer Carcutt wins the gold lame shirt donated by Carmens for the concert to help the needy at Christmas. Elementary days... the days we bought 8-tracks and LP albums. Junior high days...the days we bought cassettes. In high school... we buy compact discs. The newest high technology to hit the shelves in the music world is compact discs. Laser-scanned discs, CDs, give music superior sound quality. The price for CD's ranged from $15 to $19. With the increasing sales of CDs, cassettes seemed set on a path of obsolence. CDs could be played only on CD players. The CD player picked up the beams from the laser disc and in return gave a cleaner, superior sound. Prices ranged from $170 to $400. Even though the cost of CDs and CD players seemed too expensive for many students, several have already taken this step to the future. I wanted something with great sound because I'm a music fanatic ' senior Tami Lewis said. On the other hands, senior Greg Brown said, The reason why I got a compact disc player was because it's new and everybody has to get the new things. A night at the Oscars Hosted by Paul Hogan, Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn, the Academy Awards ceremony presented twenty five Oscars to the best of the movie makers; Best Picture.... Platoon Best Actress... Marlee Matlin Children of a Lesser God Actor........ Paul Newman The Color of Money Screenplay....Woody Allen Hannah and Her Sisters Film Editing.... Platoon Visual Effects.... Aliens 20 Mini-mag

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v fifth caster. He lived with one of his friends, Mark Diener, at Lake White. I'm not ready to go back to Japan yet because I never have spring here, he said in March. If he had a chance to come back to the United States, he said that he would come because he loves the U.S. T's infatuate teens, become a top rated fad ■mmmmsmmmmm T-shirts, the explicit rock garments representing concerts, festivals, FM radio stations or favorite brands of clothing, infatuated people of all ages, but especially teenagers. What began as a sailor's short sleeved undershirt in World War II, went civilian after the war. The t-shirt did not become a rock commodity until 1970. Loyal fans of certain bands, drinks or universities paid at least $10 for a t-shirt. They have survived gimmicks like glitter, scratch-n-sniff and hot stamped lettering. They have been tie-dyed, silk screened and artfully torn. The t-fad blossomed throughout the country, causing t-shirt wars. Mail order t-shirt sales increased due to the trend and metal-deprived areas. In Waverly the t-shirt craze inspired foreign exchange student Yoshi Tagawa to design his own t-shirt in graphic arts class. He experimented with a portrait of junior Ivena Teets. The result, a t-shirt with a sizzlin' hot pink portrait of Teets. His t-shirt caught the eye of some, causing a demand for more prints to be screened. When asked why he wanted a shirt, junior Joe Mitchell said, I liked Ivena as a friend. She’s an original!”