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- South High Believes
''You're Beautiful As
You Feel''

Taurus 1973
South High School
Omaha, Nebraska









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Memories pressed be-

tween the pages of your mind . A high
school dance. (Click) A picture of you
sk ipping over to McDonalds' , (Snap)
Caught in the act! Laughter. Helpless-
ness during a crushing final. Your
teacher handing back that term paper.
B+ , Crap. ls that all? After all that
work? (Click) Running in the snow.
The water faucet shooting into your
nose. The smell of the restroom
toilet paper on fire. (Ring-ring) A
fire drill ... again ... again . .. and
again. Hands raised in class. (Snap)
Ice and Spring rain and crepe paper
and hamburgers and confetti ... foot-
ball players running here, then there.
Remember? Your mind may be an
ineffective memorizer. Tomorrow,
today's memory is a little weaker and
all of us ... a little older.

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Freedom rings at 3:1s -----

and sends us running to our homes or Iii
jobs. Freedom cries in smoky rest-
roo ms and hallwalkers without passes. l1
Free is me on weekends and you on
every third hour. School is not free, J
but binding labor, harrowing halls and
discipline detentions. Freedoms wing
outside classroo m windows and we
watch them and wonder ..... Free
to learn and explore and create. Sing
freely in choir class or move freely in
gym. Freedom is release like an accel-
erating car. Your face is my freedom.
When I touch you, I am imprisoned by
you . .. free ly. Freedom fina lly ... in
your arms.

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Growing Up is racing

pimples in your mirror. A disasterous
date or that phone call you've been
expecting. Leaving ch ildhood meant
being boyconscious or becoming self-
awa re. Experimenting. Dancing (or
trying to). Buying baggies or dressing
for a 50's party. Car rides. Toady's
A & W. Cruising South Omaha o n
weekends. Looking for action, fo r
someone or something. Collecting
pictures in your wallet or purse.
Decora ting your locker. Whispering in
the library. Dropping your books in
the hall. Growing up is being the butt
of jokes. Getting o lder is laughing at
o ther people. Maturing is knowing
what you need an d what you must
hide. Those who fee l the most, some-
one o nce said, hurt the most. Being
young means it will take longer fo r
hurts to heal. Wounds bleed, but
growing up just hurts.

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WO rds on paper or over the

phone. Letters in combination. Words
make fr iends and divide them. Words
scrawled on desktops and traced out
by the eyes moving across a page .
Communication. An exchange of
laughter. The guy behind you in the
lunch line is the one you've always
secretly liked. He speaks words to
others. Not you. The girl at her locker
yells to her friend . Words. Echoing ...
piling up in alphabetical heaps in your
memory. Cutting.words. Heali ng words.
words. Words in the back of your
yearbook. Signature. A me ssage to
remember them by. Where have they
gone? So many people. So many
words. Gone. Time is nature's eraser.

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.' ous. They bring energy into class-
rooms, youth into homes, emotions
into issues.They create things, destroy,
ignore , and ridicule. Halfchild adults
with nets to catch butterfly dreams.

The silent ones interest no one, for
they are shunted aside. The loud
mou th, the handsome, the quick-of-

wit cause eyes to pause and linger.
Diplomas are paper leases on the
world. Young people say "up the
orga nization!" We are overcoming.
We are moving. Each day brings the
butterfly closer to home. Fluttering
over so near, outside the classroom,
down the hall .... Teenagers. Drowsy
rebel. Grinding tires, shifting gears,
giggling afternoons make old men
tired. The strange part is .. . irrele-
vancy needs its place in the diet of
teenagers. Isn't the future going to be
rough enough?

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Reflections in morning

mirrors of young faces. In rear view
mjrrors, store windows and polished
tile, faces of everyone you know or
knew. Reflections of what was past is
kept forever in yearbook pages. Re-

flections of that book that laugh, that

moment of imperfect happiness ...
when you were younger, problems
were smaller and life a little less con-
fusing. Beautiful reflections of how
beautiful you felt. How beautiful you
WERE inside ... maybe not out.
Reflections of 1973 ... when you
were just a kid.

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Bee a use this world is so

very co mplicated, it makes me love
yo u all the more. With each day
grows more fru stration within. Now
you are not near me. I reach out to
touch the mystery within you. But
you are not there. It must be hard for
the likes of you to ge t by in a world
yo u just ca n' t see through, and seems
so cold. Living is easy wi th eyes
closed misunderstand ing all you see.
Once a fool had a role in a play if so ,
would I still be there today? Our Lives
are shaped by tho se who love us-by
those who refuse to love us. You've
moved on from where you were yes-
terday . And yesterday .i s but long
away. The future is a long way be-
yond. Is the fut ure black or are the
windows painted? Is it yo ur
conscience yo u're after? If yo u co uld
turn your focus off to the image in my
eyes, maybe yo u co uld understand.
Mercy, I'm a criminal. I'm the one
who cares. Because you're so very
complicated, it makes me love you all
the more.

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Beautiful is a feeling. '· ,.

It comes with heart, not age. Be gentle.
Talk happiness. Don't just look at peo-
ple, see them. Some people see beauty
in smouldering embers, some see beau-
ty in rainbows ... I see beauty in you.

How does it feel to be one of my
beautiful people?

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;foe outh mode g, few riends bu-t- Durin3 Hornecomin9 J"oe South

also 9oine.d some ,enemies, no.!'f'~\y co.rot?oisned ... but lost.
G-eor e, Henrietf-a s old bo fr, encl.

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he won~+ b.e. +'orgotten bee.ause ha
Q/\IVays o.c..te,d so cool.

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'72 Homecoming

.r After tran sferring from Rya n High , Jerry Opitz be- Candidates will agree that
came actively involved in both Varsity Basketbal l
:_I and Football. the week of campaigning was a hectic but
memorab le one. Working toget her was
As a successful athlete in many sports, With many responsibilities in other areas, Ron Va- something each candidate was encouraged
we find Joe Armetta in one of his more cek and Linda Hergenrader fo,d running for Home- to do. Lots of time and patience were
serious mo ods. coming quite an experience. put in to long rehearsals as wel I as in pre-
paring posters and ca rd s to advertise their
candidacy. Many South Omaha business-
es sponsored the individu al couples, and
helped them out financially for th e cam-
paign.

On the day of the parade, candidates
were seen driving down 24th Street in
convertibles, many of which belonged to
the faculty. Excitement and anxiety
remained up until the very last minute
for everyone. Candidate Cindy Denne ll
commented: "I really got to know and
become closer with a lot of people. We all
felt we should've won, everyone worked
so hard , but we can always chalk it up as
experience." Cindy won the Congeniality
award with Ron Vacek.

Steve Tangeman, an AU-S tate Varsity
foo tball player, was awarded a four-year

scholarship to UNL.

DECA State President, Jorge Nila spends so me of his spare Former Varsity Cheerleader, Kathy Stoll,
times as lead singer in the rock band, "Travis." was a proud candidate for the '72 Home-
coming election.
Cindy Dennell, Vice-President of Student
Council, works closely with the President
to aid in many goals for our school.

Varsity Cheerleader, Marilyn Kroeger, shows much spirit for
South High as a Homecoming ca ndidate.

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South's "72" HO meco ming Parade

was no exception to the rule that pa rades are exciting events.
Even before the bell rang, releasing stud ents to see the parade,
anticipat ion was building. Students peered out windows facing
" J" street watching participants in the parade line up. Although
ghosts are trad itionall y bad luck trus theory was disproved by
Student Co uncil , which wo n the best Ooat award with their
"Be llevue is Spooked" entry.

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Thi year's-Homecoming
Game held 011 Friday, Octoba

13, proved to be unlu cky as the mi ghty
Packers met face to face wit h first-
ranked BeUevue Chiefta ns. Bergui st Sta-
dium was the scene of so me 7 ,000 devoted
fans as they cheered o n the Packers o nly
to be defeated 21 to 6 .

South 's Marching Band , und er t he
direction of Mr. Al Travis, prov ided mu-
sic for Half time en tertain ment as the
Chee rleaders , Majorett es, an d Porn-Pon
girls di spla yed the ir var ie ty o f tal ents.

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\J : . 1912•s Homecoming Coronation

.•:· followed traditions se t up years before. A Master of Ceremonies,
brilliant colors, a theme song, a visit from Mr. Sam Greenberg,
and of course, the anno uncements. The chosen colors for the
festivity were a silver and blue combination, which accented the
stage with a touch of true royalty. The Ambassadors highlighted
the evening as they harmonized to one of " America's" recently
popular songs " I Need You." Soon aftenvard, the auditorium
fi lled with ant icipation as the Master of Ceremonies, Gary Her-
man an nounced the '72-'73 King J erry Opitz and Queen Maril yn
Kroege r. Mr. Greenberg presented them each with l.D. bracelets,
to commemora te the occasion. The ceremony was followed by
dancing in Gym 3 10, to the sound of "Trojan Horse ."

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U.N.0. freshmen Marty Martinez, a Fraternit y Pledge, and
Shirley Swirczek, a Die tetics major, proudly return to
crown the '72 rule rs.

O10sen by a vote among the candida tes themselves for Mr. Congenial
and Miss Co ngeniality were Ron Vacek and Cind y Dennell.

" I didn't expect to win, it surprised me a lot but I guess at .- '
South they go by personal feelings, not by what you
achieve," comments Je rry Opitz. while Ma rilyn Kroeger It
replies, "I couldn 't believe it. Every thing went by so fast.
It 's one o f the great est honors I've ever acl1;eved."

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Back row, left to right: Duke Spencer, Angelo Fili, Mike Huntley, Bob
Cameron, Stephanie Maloney, Gerald Relford , and Carol Riha.

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Miss Sa lly Fello ws, who is serving her ninth year as St ud ent
Co unci l advisor, was also no minated as " Teache r o f the Yca.r."

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On the far right Mr. John Smith, who is active in the O.E.A. Teachers Unio n,
listens attentively as assistant sponsor of Student Council.

Sitting, from left to right: Nancy A ndrilik, Pat Ostronic, Debbie Lautenbaugh, and
Chris Hollinger.

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Officers from top le ft are: Cin dy De nnell , Mike Vcnd itte, Pnula Narchese, Valerie Vunl-la aften, '72-'73's
Jorge Nil a a nd Ste lla Cervantes . o t Pi ctu red arc: Diane Conatclla, Linda Herge nrader, Ri ch
Hood , M.ikc Lucz ynsk i, Don Skrad is, Rick Van Moorleghem a nd Debbie Sav:itovic. Student Council

has once again helped achieve another
progressive year at South. Homecoming
plans began the year with five committees
tackling al l phases of t he festivities
(dance, ceremony and parade). The Coun-
cil meets every day second lunch with its
m eet ings open to all stud en ts . This year
the council painted classroom numbers
above all doors labeled t he audi torium
seats met every two weeks with Dr. Han-
son on school problems, decorated the
school for Christmas, held Teacher Ap-
preciation Week , and, under the guidance
of Miss Sally Fellows, helped promote
sch ool spirit and enriched understandi ng
of student government. Changes were
taken place during second semester as
two fre shmen held positions o n council.
Council was divided into Social , Welfare,
Publicity, Problems and Special sections
to handle any question or activity th at
might arise.

Elected office rs for the 1972-73 school
year were, Paula Marchese, president;
Cindy Dennell, vice-president; Valerie
VanHaaften, secretary; Stella Cervantes,
corresponding-secretary ; Mike Venditte,
treasurer; and Jorge Nila, parliamentarian.

Standing from top left are: Scott Swaney, Rick Spencer, Al Velesquez,
Steve Tangeman, Tip Spencer, and Debbie Dennell.

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Taurus staff members Linda Adams, Vicki Anderson, Janet Cleveland , Lydia Navarrette,

Linda Johnson, Jullie Andersen and Susie Brown relax for a moment during a hec tic visi t
to the Westroads.

fTaurus Sta/ -wild! Added to Kathy Paskac h, Kellie Fa hey, Fran Kremla,
Laurie Wa lling, and Cind y Mi lle r take a breath-
the usual problems of meeting deadlines and getting er, too.
pictures were a pregnant wall (HOW did it get that
way?), falling yearbooks (will they EVER stay up?) Renee Jones handles Taurus
and a mobile of self-portraits (lt doesn' t REALLY staffs finances.
look like me, does it?)

Putting out South's 216-page annual involves a
great deal of effort and imagination. First a mini ature
"floor plan" must be drawn up and approved by staff

advisor, Mr. James Faiman. Then it must be transfer-
red onto a full size layout. Meanwhile, appropriate
pictures must be taken and printed, and copy must
be written and approved (again, by Mr. Faiman).

It's hard while you're working on your pages but
when they come back from the printer, it's worth the
effort," stated junior Kellie Fahey.

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Baskin-Robbins ice cream appeals to Kathy Paskach, Charlene Piskao, Kellie Fahey, Rosemary ____ ...The week of September 25-29 was a busy one,
Beener, Jullie Ander sen, Linda Johnson and Janet Cleveland. as staff membe rs so ld yearbooks in the third

floor elevator ,room. 1 ,...,._

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Going back into seco nd childhood with the Toys by Ri zzi in the West roads 1973 is Mr. James Faiman's fifth year as Taurus
shopping center arc G loria Bryg, Debb ie Fricke, Cheryl Bud in :md Diane Staff adviso r. He enjoys tcacl1ing annual staff be-
Bates. cause it has room for creat ivity of t he individual.

Filing is o ne of the easiest and most es- Discussing yearbook prob lems and how to solve them are Raul (Dowie) Falcon, Al Martinez,

sential funct io ns of a staff memb er. Rocco Fili, Ange l He nsley and Joan Jaskula.

Rod Baker and Art Berscheid fu lfill child- '73 editors Kathy Paekach (above) and Vida
hood dreams of b eing firemen in the Junior Brazys (below).
Shoe World.
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Tooter Staff had Mr. Micheal Rice fee ls the staff did an outstand- Ri ta Micek feels being a n editor is a big re-
ing job fo r a staff with Little exper ience. s pon sibility, but ge ls a lot of help from the
three reasons for their fresh look this staff.
year. One, the advisor was new. Mr. Rice
took on the responsibility as staff advisor.
Another reason, all the members were
new to the staff. Last, a different style
was used in putting the paper together.

The main idea of the staff is to try to
get all the news in the school. They ac-
complish this by assigning each person a
"beat" or an area to cover. T here is an
editor for each page. They are responsible
for what goes on the pages. When it
comes to the editorial every one submi ts
a copy. The editor decides which one will
be printed.

Rita Micek, the head editor, thought
the biggest problem was getting the staff
started and deciding the duties of each
person.

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Vice-President Dave Pimpara and President Jim Riha, preside Jon Deuchler is Treasurer of the Senior class along with
over a meeting. Ji m stated , " I'm proud as punch to repr ese nt the Secretaries Karen Harahill and Shirl ey Schultz.

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Class Officers prob-
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as a roller skating party , selling
bumper stickers and Packer Power
pins were started .

Prom seemed to be a big res pon-
sibility . It was estimated that about
$1,500 was spent on Prom .

For graduation Jim Riha, the
president, would like to up-date
the ceremony. These officers were
thinking of having a more contem-
porary singing group rather than
the traditional choir.

These senior officers arranged to
have the prom at the Hilton Ball-
room on May 25. '"Travis" was the
group chosen to perform for the
night.

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Girls and boy s representatives, Front row : Ron Vacek, Jody Erk-
man, Nancy Aranza and Mary McGuire. Back row: John Oirrier,
Vince Reyes, Paula Sta nek an d Cha rlene Piskac.

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Mrs. Anderson , the spo nsor, states, " I feel
they are a number one squad, not on ly in
performance but also in suppor t of the
team."

Winning friends as well as awards, the South cheerleaders run to greet Tech's cheerleade rs.

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ourVarsity Cheerleaders

have many things to smile about. They have
kept up the tradition of a winning squad. They
took first place at the Crossroads compet ition
and second place at the Southroads.

The squad attended camp in St . P eter ,
Minnesota, where they won the s pirit stick, all

superior ribbons and the Coca-Cola Award.
Theresa McGuire feels that winning the

"Coke" Award was the proudest moment in
her life. She stated, " l felt all the work was
worth it."

Winning these awards didn't come easy.
They had to practice three times a week all
summer and are practicing every chance they
get.

These Varsity Cheerleaders are required to
attend all Varsity sports.

Karyl Boettcher, the captain, believes that
the squad is much closer this year. Since the
squad is smaller they are limited in .stunts, but
the size also enables them to work together
better.

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Junior Varsity

Cheerleaders Mrs. Beth Anderson , sponso r of th e Junio r Varsity and Varsity Cheerle ade rs sta tes,
"Being spon so r for both squ ads takes a gr ea t deal of my tim e but I e nj oy it beca use
met success this year when they attended to me each squad is very special and talen led."
summer camp in St. Peter, Minnesota. For
the first time the girls were honored with
bringing the spirit stick back plus several
ribbons. Mary Ann Lenczowski , captain of
the Junior Varsity Cheerleaders commented,
"After receiving the spirit stick I was so
proud and excited I made myself dizzy."

Practice and hard work was an everyday
routine for the twelve girls this summer.
They have shown their ability and enthusi-
asm by their performances at Pep Rallies,
Junior Varsity and Varsity sports and ac-
tivities.

Again the Junior Varsity along with the
Varsity Cheerleaders had money making
projects. South High T-Shirts were sold once
again and Touchdown Balloons were in-
vading the clouds during most home games.

Mrs. Beth Anderson was sponsor for not
only the Junior Varsity Cheerleaders but
also took the responsibility of the Varsity.
When questioned about the challenge of the
Junior Varsity Cheerleaders which consisted
of all new girls she quoted, "I feel it was a
challenge because the girls came from five
different schools and knew of five different
ways of cheering. It took time and effort,
but the girls became a successful squad."

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For thePoml!_erets the saying, "Practice makes Shown above is the captain o f th e Po mpcre ts,
Li nda Scott. T he girl with the highest nu mbe r
pertect" really tells it all. To become one of the eighteen on the or poin ts as a result or try-o uts is chose n as the
squad, a girl must meet the required number of point s as a member captain.
of Pep Club. Tryouts were held in April of 1972. Each girl was re-
quired to perform the pom-pon, kick, and march ing routines taught
to them by the outgoing seniors and were evaluated by a panel of

four judges.
Over the summer, eight girls attended the Missouri Valley

Porn-pon Clinic, learned routines, and competed against o ther girls
from throughout the Midwest, winning a total of 24 individual
ribbons plus three group ribbons. During the schoo l yea r, as well as
in the summer, practices were held three times a week.

When asked how she felt about being a pompcret, Susie Na th
had this to say, "I am very proud to be on the squad ; I think going
to camp helped me a lot."

Miss Judith Schneider, currently serving here second yea r as a
sponsor of the pomperets, is an invaluable source lo the girls serving
as both a critic and an inspirat ion.

Performing at half-time for home games, the pomperets
combined rh ythm and color with music to create red and white
pagentry.

One day this past year the girls took a day to tour the Old Marke t. The French

Cafe was the scene for (left to right) Kim Harder, Linda l3rand and Kellie Fahey.
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Five me mbers of the 1972-1 973 pom-po n squad arc, Left to right: Becky Rosales, Debbie Carlson, Laurie Fora1, Carol Barnes and Rut h Baez.

All of the forma tions the Pomperets use in their routines arc
though t up by the girls themselves; it takes many long hours
of practice to get a routine to work out exactly.

Looking down fro m t he balcony at Stephanie's Closet are, Left to right: Karen Kilgarin, Linda Randall, Milli
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Pictured above are two Majorettes, fr o m left to ri ght: Jul.ie Pesek and Captain Karen Dall.

Kathy Dall, Ami Curtis , and Dia ne Pesek discu ss up-coming
routines with an objective audience.

Captain Kathy Dall commented, "I
feel that this has been o ur best year.
We can work very good together. Our
squad has pride in the sc hool and it-
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South High's Majorettes show ent husiasm and spirit while enjoy ing o ne Majorettes this year consisted of five mem-
of the basketball ga mes.
bers from freshman to juniors. Mr. Albert Travis is their spon-
sor this year. They attended the Mary Evelyn Thurman's Ba-
ton Cl inic in Ottumwa, Iowa, where they wo n three first place
and a golden baton. Try-outs are held for Majorettes the last
part of April or ea rl y May. Routines are learned in ca.m p for
basketball games and each one of them are re quired to make
one up for football. Twirling takes time and effort to learn and
most or the gi rl s started at the age of ni ne or ten. When asked,
" what it means to be a Majorette," Kathy DaU replied, "When
I sta rted my freshman year the Majorettes had no pride. Now
we are proud to perform and proud to be associated with
Sou th High School. 0 f Course I will be a Majorette next year,
but it will be worth it." Practices were held ea rly every morn-
ing down by the band room and after school. Some of the
Majorettes duties are performing at all home half time games
and marching with the band, plus promoting spirit in the
school throughout the year.

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Pictured above are t hree Majorettes, from left to right: Diane Pesek, Kathy Dall and Ami Cu.rtis.

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This year's. Marching Band served the

school with a generous amount of spirit which boosted our
football team to success.

The Marching Band also di~played its talent by enter-
taining the fans at half-time. These half-time performances are
the product of much time and hard work by the students.
Early morning pract ices were the only time of preparatio n for
producing a show. Dave Swoboda directs the band at half-time
performances.

Mr. Albert Travis, conductor of the marching uni t,
directly attributes the success of the band to the en thusiasm
and cooperation by the kids.

Mark Holubar, a band member comments, "Marching
Band really provides a challenge to accept and I enjoy ac-
cepting it."

The Marching Band participates in many parades
throughout the year to add to its schedule. Mr. Travis says of
the band, "I like working with the kids because I enjoy it and
few people do what they enjoy."

Rally Band also creates its share of school spirit. Rally
Band, a smaller and less formal unit of the larger band, at-
tends all pep rallies and no n-home games.

All of the March Band performances are planned and
coordinated by Mr. Travis

Row one, left to right: Karen Dall, G loria Hollinger, Kathy Kilgarin , Joseph ine Smith and Beverly Rogers. Row two: Denise Bates, K ris
Hahn, Jorge Nila, Renee Niedbalski, Kathy Dall, Laura Zvezdich , Susan Grice and Jeannie Townsend. R ow three: Kathy Moore, Jane t
Greenwald, Valerie VanHaafton and Mildred Ed sall. Row fo ur: Shirley Noah , Linda Hergenrader, Chris Ho llinger, Linda Kirk and John
Young. Row five: Chris Marcum, Barb Bly the, Carol Seivers, Ami Curtis and Denise Divoky. Row six : Patti Barto n , Carol Farr, J anice
Cullison, Patti Linson and Mike Masilko. Row seven: Kevin Jo hnson, Bill Easton, Sue Beavers, Fran k Kirk, James Ba iley a nd Bob
Ursdevenicz. Row eight: Steve Minino, Albert Krska, J ames Elease, Mike Vlassakis and Bill Smith. R ow nine: David Downs, R uss Chri s-
topher, Bill Waszak, Rick Johnson and Terry Breci. Row ten : Ken Revenaugh, La rry Nicho lson, Charles Scott, Randy Bake r an d Mark
Holubar. Row eleven: Rudy Dvorak, Larry Dixon, Dave Swoboda, Guy Scrivner, Alan Ho llenbeck , Roland Nelson and Joe Tasich . No t
pictured: Doug Kapser, Roseetlen Campbell, Carlos Castillo, Sandy Harvey , Maria Richarte, Jerry Veleh rad sky and Darrell Wa lto n .