Woodlan Senior High School - Arrow Yearbook (Woodburn, IN)

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It W f«rtr» ' Odyssey Of Enf8ttQini e We broke records, we saw records broken, we shored in rhe spirit of overr- ing Q disosrer; we endured. Amid ir all we kepr smiling; we l- epr our courage; we amused ourselves. A sagging economy, unemploymenr and inflorion drosricolly curroiled our abili- ty to depend upon being entertained Qt; we hod ro aeote our entertain- ment. Snow, winich arrived on De- cember 22 and continued with certain regularity until Spring vocation, howling winds and -67 degree wind chill factors and ice glistening in fairyland fashion bound us closer to home. A history breaking flood drew our our strength, will and determinotion ro save on al- ready soggy city from further destruc- tion. It was demanding year — de- manding guts, humor, perspective and faith. Amid this record breaking year, we turned ro a simpler life style of lei- sure. After the boote, tests, papers, we mode our own enrertoinment. Arising from this need to depend upon our- selves for leisure post times, many talents emerged. Music - the food of life played on. EXODUS (o Christion musical group) and DEADLINE ( a rock group) provided out- lets for students who procriced mony long hours — playing insrrumenrs, com- posing songs and singing of their work. Various styles of populor and rock grou ps, such as Nazareth, Ted Nugent, ,C?DC and Ozzy Qsborne, provided o ickground bea ' and with another uhique style evi nt, Dorbro Streisond fxjr another hir with her Memories al- bum R,adio was o constant companion. Two of rhe various srorions, WFVQ and WXKE entertained us as we went to ond from school. The 3 05 bell rong We ran fronticoly to the school porl mg lot, almost pulling our cor doors off their hinges as we hurredly jumped behind rhe wheel. We starred rhe cor and switched on the ro- .,t)io OS on overpowering voice come our ■ ' of rhe quod speokers relling everyone ridoy and yo gorto, gotta get Ir ' s happy go home rime, were rhe force behind the music An interview wirh rwo, Kris Koine he Dr., revealed some of their rhoughrs obour conremporory music ond radio, Kris Koine of WFWQ 95 arrnbured rhe choice of his career ro his sheer croziness and rhe closeness of his friends who were announcers in Cincinnoti, Since that time he has put in mony stren- uous hours of what he classified os very nerve racking wort ' ?. Although the sta- tion mode major improvements wirh rhe addition of o new studio. Koine sold he didn ' t classify it os being totally successful because o totally successful radio station is impossible. You can ' t please 100% of the people 100% of the time, Koine has been in rhe business for 17 years. Moving from WMEE when ir turned FM, he hos been or WFWQ, for- merly WPTH, for one ond o holf yeors. He stated that his favorite band if J, Geils, with the Stones placing o strong second. Koine sold that being a DJ tequired hard work, many hours and guts, and rhe only excuse for missing work is deorh, ond that requires o doctor ' s excuse, Nevertheless, Koine summed up his work with, I love it! At WXKE 104 Rick West, the doctot of rock, sold he became o DJ becouse he ' s o rock ond roller or heorr and will always be one. Ever since he sow The Doors, his fovorire band along wirh Pink Floyd, he knew he was going to devote his career ro rock. Afrer groduoring from Ohio Store, West began worl in Columbus where he firsr received the nickname of The Dr. He has been in Fort Wayne for rwo and o half years. West considers his work important as well as necessary to all rhe rock and roll type people who moke rhis rockin ' world go round Those people ore in focr you, the listener Yes- sooi Quieter amusements included gomes. Dungeons ond Dragons (ot ' t) 6 D) — o notional rage — continued to grow in popularity as rhe fonrosy lovers created mythical londs and chorooers pitted in rhe age old bottle of good vs. evil. P,u- bricl-a Cubes drove daring solvers to heights of sotisfocrion ond the foinr of heotr to heights of frustration. Cord gomes helped pass idle hours in fronr of TV in between the popcorn, hot choco- late and chocolore chip cookies. Televisions blared for endless hours, shouting forth ods for herbicides, cleons- ers, headache ond cold remedies in rhe middle of rhe gome shows, movies, 60.000 V - irt 32.000 tons « ' ;.£ 26 FeQtur j, 3, $21.8 million ' V Ci V soaps, sit coms and sports. We enjoyed a variety of programming. Coble brought o wider choice of public selections and three srorions free of ods. We hod a smorgosborg of visual stimuli! Cortoons and GENERAL HOSPITAL maintained a high toting, but specials such os THE WALL (coming in the midst of the strikes in Poland) and MIDDLETOWN (ollowing us to view ourselves) provided thought- ful viewing. However, the most popular TV show was THE WEATHER. We oil watched in wonder or the quixoticol changes in the mercury and the erratic poth of the Jet Stream os we spent weekend ofter weekend house- bound.; ' . ' , , For rhose of us wirh money and four wheel drives or row boors, movies (ON GOLDEN POND, REDS, PORKYS, and RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK), Glennbrook, ond video games drew us our inro the community. An eorly bird motinee cost us two dollars; o shopping spree cosr more, ond the addictive snore of the electronic wizordry of video gomes cosr much more. Still, we longed ro get our to escape cabin, lever, We also continued our concern with physical fitness, Sl-ii ttips grew in frequen- cy and rhe numbet of sl-siers increosed. Downhill ond cross country skiing pro- vided rprol body wori ours. Indoor tennis gave some the illusion of sumimer ond helped as rhey procriced rhe elusive per- fect serve. Many of us joined bdwiing leagues, pitting our good eye and our Qccurore swing ogainsr rhe ten pins 60 feet Qway. The sedentories slept, willing themselves in to physical fitness while hoping rhe winter was a bod dream For onother percentage of us, leisure meant work; many of us hod jobs which demanded many non-school hours Lei sure time was o fosf moment between school and work. As we shared o record breoking year, we worked hard; we ployed hard, and we cored — we cored abour eocN oth- er iQ rhe grips of o record breaking win- rer, and we cored abour o ory fighting ro sroy above a flood Amid a schizo- phrenic yeor of igloos and orl- s, we shored; we laughed, we enjoyed, Doote, rests and papers put aside — we mode out own enrettoinmenr. r ]( ..s. -v

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As fhey line up outside before entering the gym for rhe proces sionol, Andy Meodor gers in line behind Srocy Combs end r ,ick fXichhorr Bonnie Miller receives her long owolted diploma from Mr Tom Currz Comparing diplomas, Foy Yoder, Duffy Kees, Shon Schurg, ond Liso Szojno verify rhor rhey ore reoliy groduores The class of 1982 fill the gym stage during rhe morning procrice for rhe reol evenr lorer rhor evening GrQduQfion 25

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Amid Record Breaking Year One of the most popular assemblies which enrerram srudenrs or inrervols Through our rhe yeor is The Aces. The oudience cheers os Two men demonsrrore fonrosnc frisbe movemenrs which require ogiliry, mobiliry. end speed ro be winners These ployers leop ond rhrow rhe fnsbee in woys which ore incomprehensible ro rhe weekend worrior Depleting the ravages of the flood In March, a locol oreo is swomped wirh rhe results of o bulging Moumee River, Forr Woyne people roily ro sove rhe cry wirh o lorge port of rhe credir going ro rhe reenogers in rhe ciry ond surrounding counries Performing at school ond locol fuctions, Exodus enrerroins rhe oudience or rhe Sror Shine l eview in February Feorure members — Jon Gerordor, Steve Swing, Tomi VonGunren, Joy Zimmermon ond Jeff Zeilinger wrire ond sing rheir own music which emphasizes rhe hoppy themes of life. FeQture 27