Wayne Valley High School - Embers Yearbook (Wayne, NJ)

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re’ll never have this chance again, we're seniors. Let's get dressed up for Halloween tomorrow,” suggested Laura on the phone that evening. 1 didn't seriously consider it until the next morning. I then ransack ed my house to find the nun outfit 1 wore in 7th grade — a white pillowcase with a black veil and a hideous black and white shirt and black skirt. It was in our attic. I also had a pair of pointy silver granny glasses and put on as many religious medals as I could find. 1 ended up being late for school, so I told the office I had been in church since 6 a. m. As I walked down the halls everyone stared. Comments ranged from Oh my God to Sister, bless me. What’s more. I had all three lunches and went to Burger King as a nun. Not planning to wear the outfit to school. I hadn't thought to enter the costume contest. But since my friends convinced me, I was judged during “A lunch and tried to give out booklets which said, “Join the Church, to the judges. 1 then took off for lunch. I was probably more surprised than anyone else when 1 came back to school and learned 1 had won third place. It was a gift certificate for $10 at Sam Goody's, compliments of Honor Society. I bought Springsteen's album. The River. According to You Linda Toth Student Life % • ratten and John Massood and nior Lauren Lombardo put a shine on every car that came into the Emphasis car wash. AIN’T WE GOT FUN: Juniors LisaMarfino, prepare to celebrate after watching their Donna Seughng Karen Bobowski. Valerie friends graduate in the June 1983 com-Glasspool. Manta Behr. and Chnssy Thies mencement exercise

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You might as well say goodbye to your Quarters “But we can’t leave now. 1 almost destroyed a whole fleet of Robozoids that time. Just one more quarter: Please. 1 promise — one more quarter and we’ll go.” According to cheerleader Tammy Core-min. Video games are awesome. They're a lot of fun and the graphics are great A poll conducted by the yearbook revealed that in our school one student in four admits to spending between one and ten hours a week in commercially operated game rooms. The rest spend less, and surprisingly. some 50% claimed they are not interested in video games. The poll also told us that right now the top ranked games in Wayne Valley are Q-Bert. Centipede, and Dragon's Lair, in that order. With the development of home computers, video games have found their way into our homes. Almost half the students surveyed said they had video games at home. Says Sophomore Bruce Solov. I use my Atari instead of going to the arcades so I don't have to spend any money. For those addicted to these machines, video games provide a world of fantasy where they can become galactic war heroes, daring knights, or professional race car drivers. Games create an obsession that compels the player to drop another quarter until he beats the high score J REFLECTIONS Sophomore Mike Gossmgvr tries to destroy the tempest FAT EM UP' Sophomore Korin till luck at Pac Man at Fun Palace WBr ZAPPING ZAXXON!: Junior Scott DeRuiter foes his Zoxxon fighter on a quest for the Zaxxon Robot