1981

Inter

Miss Peters, the girls' junior varsity bas-

ketball coach, was pleased with this year's team
attitude and team effort. She felt the girls had a
good season. They improved their skills and
gained self-confidence because of their hard
work in practices and at the games.

Coach Peters said, " I feel we 've come a long
way, definitely!" She saw a lot of improvements
over the season, especially in self-confidence.
"The players improved a great deal in their shoot-
ing and becoming more aggressive," Miss Peters
replied.

When asked if she felt the girls did their best
athletically, she replied, " They can do better,
because they don't realize their potential, not
because they don't try."

Miss Peters believed that the girls' wo rst
moments came when they played and only
scored nine points against Roncalli and Lincoln
High . She said, "The shots weren't going in and
the girls were frustrated by the other team's
defense." Their best moments came against Dus-
chesne when everything went well for them. "Our
offense worked well and we were very effective
on defense." replied Peters.

Miss Peters said she always worries about the
competition, but to mentally prepare for the
games, the girls listened to her do a lot of talking!
"They can beat any team they want toll'' she last
commented.

them play as well as they did against Papillion and
Northwest. '·

To prepare mentally for a game, Oholendt
explained that they observed their opponents
offense and defense. They also repeated fundamen-
tals, watched films of their opponents, and films of
their past games to try to learn from their mistakes.
Oholendt declined to comment when asked whether
the team's lack of motivation or the coaching techni-
ques were responsible for the poor seasonal show-
ing .

Coach Jack Oholendt felt this year's football play-
ers with the best possibility of going on to play col-
lege football were Frank Dennell, Willie Kousgaard,
Dave Vincent, Sam Madison and John Hayes.

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Mario Vazquez is the captain of South High's io's advice to the gymnastic members is, "Just
keep on working. There's nothing you can't do.
Gymnastic team. A member of the Taurus inter- Have a positive attitude that you can do it, and
keep on pulling through ," said Mario.
viewed Mario to find out a little about the team ,
Mario would like to give thanks to his older
and Mario's success. brother Chucho Vazquez. Chucho is an All-Amer-
" I'm in All-Around, that's all the events; pom- ican in the Division II competition, and he's the
one that kept Mario going through it. "When h~
mel horse, high bar, rings, floor exercise, vaulting, came home he'd gi_ve me di.fferent and helpful
tips. He kept me going , and 1f I owe anything,
and parallel bars. My brother got me started. He owe it to him," said Mario.
told me either I was an all-arounder or I didn't go
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out for it. Most people think side horse is the hard-

est, but for me, I think rings is the hardest for me.
You can hurt your back fast on swinging and hurt

your hands. It's really hard to keep your balance

up there."
We asked Mario if drugs was a problem in gym-

nastics. "Why, I think in every sport there's
always a problem. There really isn't that much
problem in gymnastics. It's all right to go out and
(laugh), live it up once in awhile."

Mario was asked to tell us about the gymnastic
coach. "He's great!" said Mario. "Coach Beran
tries to help you out in any way he can. He knows
what you're going through right now because, he
went through the same thing when he was in high
school."

Gymnastics starts at the end of August, and it
ends in November. "We took first in both the
Metro and Papillion Invitational, and we did pretty
good in the Art Harrison Invitational meet," said
Mario.

Mario was asked if he was proud of how far he
made it. "Well, I figure, if I could have started at a
earlier age or just concentrated more on it, I could
be a little bit further. Right now I'm trying to get
my butt in gear, and maybe get a scholarship. I'd
like to go to a Division I School, but so far I'll prob-
ably end up going to the University of Northern
Iowa. ··

In college Mario would like to major in Biology
and Physical Education when he graduates. Mar-

John Hayes is South High's star football player I

among many others. John told us his feelings -
about the team, and his future plans. "I was an
offensive guard and a defense tackle. I asked the I "Y -
coach how did I get to play on the line? Well, he
rambled on with some story."

We asked John how his season went. " I figure
my season could have been better. "

The question was asked if drugs were a prob-
lem? "Well if there was, we never knew," said
John .

John was asked if practice was a problem with
his school work or social time. "Sometimes I won-
der. I don't know if it was all worth it. If you get

recognized for playing football and other sports
you'd think it was well worth it.''

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P.ula Kaspar is a South High spiker for the Vol- INTER<:.

leyball team. Paula is one of the captains of her -r,-,
team , and has enjoyed her volleyball season.
~
In volleyball there are only two positions: setter
and spiker. When asked if Paula could do better in ®
her position she said, "Yes, by practicing harder,
and not sluffing off as much."

Paula said that there was very little arguing
among the team members. When asked if durgs
might have interlerred with the team's perlorm-
ance Paula said, "If it interlerred with their playing
or with the team's life, I wouldn't think it was fair to
the team."

Paula was asked to comment on the volleyball
coach. "Coach O'Hara was out for fun , and he
wanted us to play as a team."

Before the games, the team does their regular
warmups: serve, setter, and spike. During the
game Paula thinks of her mistakes that she has
made, and what the other people are doing wrong
and tries to help them out. Paula tries to get their
morale up, and to get them playing like a team.

"The over-all season was twelve and three, and

we finished third in the Westside Invitational, and
we were like third out of twenty metro teams,"

said Paula.
Paula feels that volleyball kept all of the team

going. We asked Paula who she would like to
thank. "I would like to thank Coach O'Hara for
everything he's done for the whole team, and for
a successful season. For the future, players
should work as a whole team to win.''

···•we John was asked about the pressures of the coach.
"The only time you should worry in practice is when
I the coach ignores you. If a coach doesn't say any-

thing to you, then he/she isn't paying attention to 99
you. So when a coach bitches at you, you should
appreciate it to the fullest. I think Coach Oholendt is
great! I think the coach probably understands things
more in a situation with athletes because he went
through it all himself in high school," said John.

John received the Stockmen's 400 Club Line-
men's Award. The award was presented by
Nebraska University Coach Tom Osborne.

John advises the future football team: "It will take
a lot of hard work for a successful season. I also
would like to thank Coach Oholendt for helping me
out during the season. Coach, you're an all right
guy! "

John is looking forward to going to college. So far
Nebraska and Iowa State have offered a scholarship
to John Hayes.

Completing a good season , the girls' golf

team has finished with a record of six wins and three
losses.

Several individual and team records have been set
this year by the following: Karen Fonfara, only a
sophomore, had a record low score of 38 against
Gross. A record breaking low score of 173 was
recorded against Bellevue East at Spring Lake. At
Metro, the girls finished sixth out of 16 schools.

"I feel that the team played well all year. The spirit
of each individual contributed a lot to the success of
the team. The efforts and hard work really paid off, "
said Karen Fonfara .

Bottom left: Denise Cavlovic, Karen Fonfara, Mary Juarez,
Sally Shimerdla and Lena Rhoades. Not pictured is Senior
Sofia Kono. Bottom right: Denise Cavlovic is relaxing after
a hard practice.

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Boys' tennis team ended their season with one

win and seven losses. Their win was against Gross.
Several individuals have done well during the reg-

ular meets: Ernie Escobedo, Jeff Kurtz and Jeff
Hamblen were just a few.

At Metro they placed 16th and at state they scored
four points. In doubles Ken Curran and Jeff Kurtz
took second.

"Our season may not have been the greatest, but
the memories from participating on the team will
always be," said Ken Curran.

Top left: Jett Hamblen really reaches up to return the ball.
Bottom left, back row: Coach Phil Gradoville, Ken Curran,
Jeff Hamblen, Dave Doerr, Ernie Escobedo and John Stoy-
sich. Front row: Mike Piccolo, Nick Orsi, Jeff Kurtz and Jim
Pickett. Bottom right: Senior, Ernie Escobedo works on his
back-hand.

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Bae row, left to right: Coach Neuberger, Bobbie Lewis, Jim Gates, John Hayes, John
Macrander, Dave Brandt, and Scott Washington. Front row: Paul Aiza, Dennis Hopgood,
Donnell Lewis, Sedric Hunter and Mark Hayden.

Varsity basketball has had a really \,..... - -.... -

competitive year so far, with the excep- J
tion of two games. Prep High School was
the toughest team they had played , in the
coach's opinion.

The hardest strategy taught was just to
learn how to play as a team and be very
competitive. Two players that have
shown a lot of potential are John Hayes
and Paul Riza. There's on ly one sopho-
more on the team who is Sedric Hunter.
The coach sa id, " I have really been
impressed with him just as well."

One person that dropped out was Jim
Gates, who broke his arm during a game.
Basketball was good this year because of
the challenge, and as John Hayes put it,
"It was great! All we needed was some
more victories. "

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South High Girls' varsity bas-

ketball team felt this was the best year
they have ever had. Their record was
nine wins and eleven losses. They did
not go to state, but one of the high-
lights of the season was beating Mil-
lard twice during the season. The
team had a lot of spirit and the girls
worked together well. They improved
over last year which was one of their
main goals.

Coach Kirk McLaughlin com-
mented, "I'm proud of the team. They
won some of the games they were not
expecting to win. Monica Espejo, Tina
Mangler, Chris Boldt, Sandra Watson,
Lisa Persing and Judy Janousek did a
lot for the team. All the girls did well
for not having as much previous
experience as the other teams have
had."

Top row, left to right: Laima Sarka, Mary Stoley, Shawntae Jenkins. Jessie Ourada,
Judy Janousek, Lisa Persing and Tina Nacarelli. Middle row: Michelle Belcastro, San-
dra Watson, Monica Espejo and Sue Morrow. Bottom row: Lydia Santos, Tina Mengler
and Chris Boldt.

All-tournament Metro team designate
Judy Janousek was one of the top
Metro scorers.

Top row, left to right: Teri Johnson, Tina Nacarelli, Mary Stoley, Coach Susan A lot of improvement was made
Peters, Jessie Ourada, Shawn Bell and Patty Grabowski. Bottom row, left to right:
Alma Sarka, Lydia Santos, Zina Crowder and Mary Brun. throughout the season of the Girls' J.V.
Basketball Team, according to Coach
Peters. The team's record was wins and
losses. Although they did not win many of
their games, they still feel they had a
good season. Part of the reason for their
losses can be assessed to the team's
inexperience and because of the team's
youth. The girls enjoyed playing, and did
not get too upset when they lost, because
they knew they had done their best. Miss
Peters added, " All I could ask is they do
their best, and I think they did." Four of
the J.V. members played for the Varsity
team also. Michelle Belcastro and Lydia
Santos were the two top scorers from the
J.V. Team and Mary Stoley and Jessie
Ourada were the two top rebounders.

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Swim team's season was not as good as

expected this year due to the lack of participants.
Both the girls' and the boys' team practiced together
this year and the team consisted of mostly sopho-
mores. Having a lot of sophomores will help the team
in future years, but it was a real downfall for this
year"s team because of their inexperience. Mark
Willing and Paul Stark, both seniors, were the cap-
tains for boys and the girls' captains were Cheryl
Knapp and Carol Tracy. Dungan, the team's 50-yard
freestyler earned five first places during the season.
He also earned five first places in the 100-yard
breast stroke with a time of 1:10.35. Willing had a
successful season. His best time recorded in the
100-yard freestyle was clocked at the South-Prep
meet at 1:56.52. He earned six first places in the
100-yard freestyle this year. Mr. Wayne Boldt, the
boys' coach added, "The season should be better
next year if the members from this year return and
more students show an interest."

Top row, left to right: Mr. Wayne Boldt, Susan Van Cleave, Tammy Baier, Suzanne Anderson and Chris Hays. Middle row: Miss
Patricia Hopkins, Jeff Kurtz, Cheryl Knapp, Lisa Freemyer, Robin Knight, Trish Baji, Ron Kalchik, Mark Willing, Colleen Kreps
and Chris Cordell. Bottom row: Paul Stark, Amos Kudirka, Jane Stoysich and Joddy Dungan.

farly morning runs and tedious weight training have benefited four of

Coach Hazlip's wrestlers. Qualifying for state in their weight classes are:
Tony Bravo at 112, Jim Heinz at 126, Dennis Hardin at 167 and Bill Coore
at 185.

As well as being an individual sport, team effort is very important for
wrestlers. This year 's team brought home a second place trophy from the
Prep Invitational. The Russian tie-up is a wrestling move encouraged by
the new assistant coach , Fred Marse!.

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Varsity Wrestling team is shown on page 106 at top left, back row: Coach Haizlip, Doug Russell,
John Fox, John Mendenhall, Dennis Hardin, Rich Bravo, Dave Vieceli and Coach Marse!. Front
row: Tony Bravo, Tim Marchio, Jim Heinz, Scott Bonoacci, Dave Ernest and Stan Kretzer. Page
106, bottom: Jim Heinz stretches his way to add a win to his record. Junior Varsity team is shown
on page 107 at top right, back row: Emil Radik, Greg Cardenas, Joe Helmers. Joe Demitruk and
Coach Marse!. Front row: Bob Price, Dave Earnest, Todd Ratigan, Bob Duermeyer, Page 107,
bottom: Tony Bravo grapples with an opponent to secure a victory.

Scoreboard

VARSITY FOOTBALL JV FOOTBALL

SOUTH 12 LINCOLN N.E 19 SOuTH 0 CE TAAL 0
SOUTH 18 CENTRAL 27 SOUTH 20 PAPILLIOt,
SOUTH 34 PAPILLION 14 l~OATHWES,. 0
SOUTH 48 NORTHWEST 0 sour 0
SOUTH NORTH i2 16 NORTH 0
SOUTH 28 0 SOU1H '4 GROSS 12
SOUTH 3 GROSS 11 SOUTH MILLARD '4
SOUTH MILLARD 16 6 PRFP 40
SOUTH 12 PREP SOUTH 6
8 AL 29
21 6 SOLITH

CENTRAL PREP
f 'p A P I L L I O N
M~IAN B.01:.L UE EAST
P~ LLION MILLAR[)
BEt. EVUE E'AST GRO~
MILL.NH<..._,__
:EL~~
GROSS
A.L . NORTHWEST
BENSON ,eENTRAL

NORTHWEST

SOUTH 15-6, 14-16, 15-9 MILLARD
SOUTH
8-15. 1-15 MILLARD SOUTH 15-10, 11-15, 11 -15 WESTSIDE
10-15,13-15 SOUTH
15-5, 17-15 WESTS.QE SOU'(J-i 15-0, 15-13 BURKE
BURKE SOU1H
15-12,9-15, 10-15 SOUTH 15-4, 13-1 5. 1b-3 BFNSON
15-8. 15-11 BENSON SOUTH
6-15, 15-9, 15-8 AL ~ SOUTH 15-11 9 15, 1b-1 AL
14- 16 . 15-6 ,15-13 SOUTH
15-6, 15-2 CENTR~t: SOUTH 16-14 15,4 C NTRAL
10-15, 2-15 SOUTH
10-1 :;. 8-1 5 NOATHWe'ST SOUTH 15-2 11-1 ~- 15-5 NOR HWEST
15-8, 12-15, 9- 15 SOUTH
13-15, 15-8, 11-15 BELL WEST SOUTH 15-5 12-15, 15-9 PAPILI ION
9-15. 9-15
WESTSIDE 15 8, 15-6 MARIAN
PAPILLIQN
15-13 12 -1 5 9-15 Gf~OS
MARIAN
14-16 15-12 15-13 Bf LI EA T
BELL EAST
MARIAN 15-7 15-8 NORTH

15-9, 15-1 3 PArl ION

15-1? 15-12 BEN ON

8-15. 4 15 RON IL

108

GIRLS' GYMNASTICS BOYS' GYMNASTICS

CENTRAL 78 SOUTH 136 CENTRAL 128
PAPIO SOUTH 129
SOUTH 106 LINCOLNHGH 111 SOUTH 145 PAPIO 108
SOUTH 116 NO THv'.'ES"'" 109 SOUTH 139 7
SOUTH 122 MILLARD 104 SOUTH 139 9 LINCOLN HIGH 1136
SOUTH 113 Lll',CO~ "-l E:AST '25 1 SOUTH 140 6
SOUTH 121 1 ABAA!-i.Al.t' ~ I\;~ SOUTH l•l3 NORTHWEST 140.4
122 ~. 54 SOUTH 141
SOUTH MILL 112.2
SOUTH 96
LINCO ST 136 5

PREP 13 4

ABRAHAM L1tJCOLN 112

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BOYS' VARSITY BA::.1 ETBALt

SOUTH 75 RELl.i N'c.:C,
76 P ')NC,: •.LI
SOUTH Nt,i, 11-f .\EST
SOuTH 43
dO APILLIO
so JTl'l Mill D
68 BELL E ~T
so·~TH
SOUTH ·,.,
S0-.JTH 54
SO~TH 69
50
SOL, TH
SC1_;fH

SOUTH

SOUTH 15 R 'l'ON

SOUTH 36 BENSON

SOUT\"l 9 RONCALL~
PAPILLIO"!
sour~ 29
BU RKE
SOUTH 27

SOUTH 24 BELL. EAST

53 SOUTH 9 LINCOLN
SOUTH 37 DUSCHENE

SOUTH 20 NORTHWEST

SOUTH 37 RYAN

SOUTH 21 CENTRAL

SOUTH GROSS

VARSITY WRESTLING

SOUTH PAPll LION 52 SOUTH 11 PAPILLION
SOUTH Ct:NTAAL SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH PRl P 30 SOUTH 36 PREP
SOL Tl tJl)H HW£$1 SOUTH NORTHWEST!
SOUTH Mil L/1.HD 24 SOUTH 18
SOUTH 34 SOUTH MILLARD
SOUTH ROSS 35 SOUTH 22 GROSS
SOUTH AL SOUTH AL
SOUTH B[NSON 35 SOUTH 33
SOUTH BELL f- ST SOUTH BENSON
55 36 BEL AST
INC LN 18 LN OLN
18
36
40 8

41 23

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Eugene Chalane
Laura Chandler
Theresa Chandler
John Chmelka
Joan Clayton

Ruth Cobb
Dennis Conley
Judeanne Cortese
Renee Costello
Kathryn Couch

Leland Cunningham
Craig Curran
Carla Curtis
Mickle Curtis
Timothy Dean

Bob Decker
Cynthia DeGeorge
Michaelanne DeJoy
Jill DiBaise
Debbie DiBaise

Timmi Dixon
Laurie Dooley
Doug Dragoun
Karen Drummond
Sharon Drummond

James Dubas
Bob Duermeyer
Pat Duffy
Michael Eckersley
Mary Egan

Carol Eldge
Kathy Erks
Terri Erks
Juanita Flacon
Carole Farley

Judy Feser
Shawn Fleming
Debra Frederickson
John Freeman
Michael Freemeyer

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124

Syndia Joaquin
Bobbie Johnson
Frank Johnston
Mary Juarez
Ronald Kalchik

Evelyn Karasek
Paula Kaspar
Darryl Kawecki
Kenneth Keeling
Bernadette Kennedy

Sharan Kincy
Sharon King
Christopher Kisicki
Andrew Klusaw
Cheryl Knapp

John Kobie
Faith Koch
Victoria Kopiasz
Lori Koubsky
Timothy Kracher

Anthony Kreifels
Thomas Kreiser
Edward Kroupa
Amos Kudirka
Jeff Kurtz

Cynthia Lad
Gary Lamb
Laurie Lamb
Maria Lara
Loretta Larkin

Patricia Larkin

wayne Latner

Laura Lawson
Merle Lawton
Ed Leahy

James Lee
Frank Lercara
Steven Limley
Timothy Limley
Scott Lippold

Adam Liss
Diana Luick
Susan Mairs
Michael Majorek
Annette Malfait

Christine Marean
Tim Marchio

Karol Marlenee
Juanita Martinez
Mathew Martinez

Bob Martinez
Terri McCamish
Carey McGarvey

Javien Mejia
Rickey Meloccaro

Randall Mendenhall
Ron Mendenhall

Joseph Menichetti
Mark Merrich
Kim Miller

Sue Monte
Monti Montes
Shawn Montes
David Monzu
Phyllis Muellner

Thomas Muellner
Richard Muncey

Tamara Muschall
Loreta Naikelis

Marian Navarrette

Michael Nemec
Catherine Nemetz

Robert Newman
Leann Nieto

Joseph Nigrin

Barbette Nistl
Michael Noonen

Timothy Novak
Robert O'Brien
Shirley O'Fallon

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John O'Gorman
Anita Olmstead
Nicholas Orsi
Jessie Ourada
Joe Ourada

Scott Pablonis
Andrew Parys
Eldon Perrigo
Connie Pesek
Tina Peterson

James Pickett
Lori Plowman
Judith Rachwalik
Emil Radik
George Rapaich

James Rasmussen
Cinday Ratigan
Michael Redden
Lena Rhoades
Sherree Riddle

Dave Ringo
Kevin Roark
Roger Robinson
Tim Robinson
Cindy Rodriguez

Dolores Rodriguez
Lori Roehr
Susan Roehr
Tammy Rohmeyer
Richard Rokus

Sandra Rosenthal
Diane Rozell
Richelle Ruckman
Doug Russell
Margaret Ryan

Kelli Reagan
Benita Sandoval
Carol Sandoval
Lisa Sanko
Laima Sarka

127

Terry Schamp
Janice Schimonitz

Ronald Schmidt
Peter Schramm

Sandy Sedam

Brenda Sedlak
Gary Seefus
MarySeberz

Julie Sempeck
Mark Shanahan

Sally Shimerdla
Scott Shimerdla

Vicki Shonka
John Sidzyik
Kelly Sidzyik

Todd Simms
Soulichanh Sisavanh

Charles Smith
Christine Smith

Steven Smits

Melynda Sorenson
Stanley Sousa

Michael Stastny
Grace Stella
Ernest Storm

Ben Staley
Michelle Strickland

Robert Sullivan
Theodore Suput
Janine Swanson

Mark Sweeney
Michael Swinarski
Michael Swirzinski

Lori Tabor
Daniel Taute

Debra Taylor
Paula Tegeder
John Thompson
Tracy Thompson
Laura Throener

128

Roman Tkach
Dawn Topolski
Scott Townsend
Regina Tuveson
Jeff Uryasz

Lisa Valencia
Kevin Vance
Pao Choua Vang
Mario Vazquez
Maria Vera

Maria Viesca
Valerie Waiter
Dianne Wajda
Sedlecca Wall
James Warsocki

Rachel Weindorff
Mary Alice Whitney
Renae Wilcox
Thomas Williams
Mary Williamson

Sherella Winnicki
Johanna Wools
Mariane Worrell
Michelle Wrobleski
Chao Yang

Long Yang
Laura Young
Patricia Zaporowski
Connie Zendejas
Nicholas Zielinski

Patricia Zocco
John Zvezdich

Late Arrivals Close '82-'83 Section

Lori Bahner
Chris Crouch
Daniel Johnson
Bryant Mitchell
Barbara Rauber

James Bewley
David Carbonell
Theresa Dooley

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Handy Reference Guide for
Stupid Student Survival

LOSS OR BREAKAGE FINE SLIP Of\JAII A PUB LIC SCHOOLS
South Hlgh School
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will please pay at the treasurer's office of South High School, t 7:40 A.M.

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nselor This is what a student uses when he "has
to go to the munchie machine," " feels ill,"
he Parents/Guardians: " has to go to the library and study," or "has
The work of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ to get a drink."

Subject This is what a student uses when he "has
a doctor's appointment," "has a dentist's
* ************************************* appointment," "goes to a funeral,"
;on(s) for this report may be as follows: "becomes ill," or "his dog des again."

failure to do assigned work This is what a student uses when he Owes
too many absences from class (total_ _ __ $750.00 for credit in the cafeteria," or ·'ic;
too many tardies to class (total _ __ caught ripping out pages of books for
fail ing test average papers.· ·
does not follow directions
too careless with assigned work This is what a student uses when he ·'is
ATTENDANCE POLICY of the Omaha Public Schools caught sleeping in class," "won't keep
,ester or he/she may lose cred it. clothes on," or "doesn't blow his nose after
sneezing."
MMENTS:
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• Student's Signature Canary Copy - To counselor Teacher's Signature
e Co py - To student and parent
Pink Copy - To teacher

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This is what a student uses when he 0 3te
"misses his bus," "gets a flat tire," "over-
lure thus fa.r 3nd suggestion for
sleeps," "has car trouble." "his mom for-
gets to get him up," or "couldn't decide EARLY RELEASE
what to wear.· ' South High School

This is what a student uses when he "has ...... Year
to babysit," or "is needed at home."
Name Grade
This is what a student uses when he
··won't keep his mouth shut," " needs deo-
dorizing," or "is suspected of having lice."

This is what a student uses when he "has
his mom bring his books up." " has to put a

nickel in the meter."

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PUPILS PASS WITHIN BUILDING OFFICE CALL
OMAHA PUBLIC IDGH SCHOOLS
OMAHA PUB LI C SC HO O LS
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Reason _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ __

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Tim e Le f t Signe d G BOOKS
S ign e d
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Last Name First

Subject Failed Counselor's Name
. Dc1 te Signed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

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~ JUST FOR THE RECORD

MY NAME IS _____. THE CLASS I MOST
REMEMBER IS _____. MY FAVORITE FOOD
IS ____. I LOST ____ MONEY IN THE -
MUNCHIE MACHINE. MY FAVORITE CLASS WAS ·
- - - -. THE MOST EMBARRASSING
MOMENT WAS _____. THE PASTIME I -
~ MOST REMEMBER IS ________. MY# 1
C T. V. SHOW IS - - - - · I ENJOYED - - CON-
CERT THE MOST. MY FAVORITE WEEKEND SPOT
- WAS ____. THE BEST MOVIE I'VE EVER
.! BEEN TO WAS ____. THE MOST REMEM- ·
BERED EVENT OF THE YEAR WAS _____.
- MY MOST MEMORABLE DATE·WOULD HAVE BEEN .
WITH ___. MY MOST EXCITING DATE
"' WOULD HA VE BEEN WITH _ _ _ _ _. MY # 1
PET PEEVE IS ________. I WENT TO
HOMECOMING WITH _ _ _ _ _. I WENT TO
PROM WITH ______. I BELONGED TO
_CLUBS.MY FAVORITE DAYIS _____.

MOST MEMORABLE SUMMER WAS
" . MY LOCKER WAS ON ___ _
-FLOOR. MY COMBINATION WAS __. THE BEST-
FOOTBALL GAME WAS AGAINST ____. I
HAD ___ LUNCH PERIOD. MY TRANSPORTA-
TION TO SCHOOL THIS YEAR WAS ____. I
PARKED ___ EVERY DAY. I WAS EMPLOYED
AT _ _ _ _ _ _, DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
THE PLACE I WOULD MOST LIKE TO VISIT
WOULD BE _______. MY FAVORITE
SONG IS _____. I LISTEN TO _ _ RADIO
STATION. IN MY OPINION, ____ IS THE
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MY FAVORITE TEACHER WAS _ _ _. MY -.
SCHEDULE WAS - - - - - - - - - - -

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MY FAVORITE DRINK IS _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
~ THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN IS

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . MY PLANS FOR THE~
FUTURE ARE·- - - - - - - - - - - -



Exclusi e:

Bewley, Ro ers
Buck Scho I Traditio

8cight Ligh s Lure
Talented . ckers

rsgo for

C, Caddyshack,
al/as.

Singers Groups Albums

1. Kenny Rogers 1. AC/ DC 1. AC I DC " Back In Black"
2. Pat Benatar 2. Led Zeppelin
3. Billy Joel 3. REO Speedwagon 2 . REO Speedwagon ''A Decade of
4 . Robert Plant 4. Pink Floyd Rock-n-Ro ll"
5. Linda Ronstadt 5. Black Sabbath
6. Bob Seger 6. Queen 3. Black Sabbath "Heaven and Hell"
7. Barbara Streisand 7. Styx
8. Olivia-Newton John 8. Rolling Stones 4 . Van Halen "Women and Children
9. Neil Young 9. Cars First"
10. Ted Nugent 10. Commodores
5. Pink Floyd "The Wall"

6. Billy Joel " Glass Houses"
7. Rossington Collins "Any time Any

Where"

8 . Led Zeppelin " In Through the Out
Door"

9 . The Cars "Panorama"
10. Queen " The Game"

TOP TEN
SENIOR SURVEY.

Movies TV Shows Teachers

1. Caddyshack 1. Dallas 1. Mr. Tom O'Hara
2. Elephant Man 2. Soap 2. Mr. James Faiman
3. Empire Strikes Back 3. Mash
4. Private Benjamin 4. Benny Hill 3 . Mr. David Martin
5. Blue Lagoon 5. Fridays 4. Mrs. Marjorie Waterman
6. Airplane 6. Three's Company 5. Mr. Glen Tiessen
7. Cheech Amj Chang's Next Movie 7. Jeffersons 6. Mr. Lad Nemecek
8. My Bodyguard 8. Saturday Night Live 7. Mrs. Mellanee Kvasnicka
9. The Shining 9. Dukes o f Hazard
10. The Rose 10. Mork and Mindy 8 . Mr. Richard Beran
9 . Mr. Joe Neuberger
140 10. Mr. Robert Christie

Athletes Best Personality Most Likely to Succeed

1. John Hayes 1. Jo Klein 1. Sam Rabiola
2. Dennis Hopgood 2. Harry McCandless 2. Debbie Krula
3. Rich Bravo 3. Belinda Cotton 3. Jerry Priebe
4. Frank Dennell 4. Connie Fox 4. Georgia Suput
5. Russ Liekhus 5. Liz Mendiola 5. Mike Pallas
6. Judy Janousek 6. Sam Rabiola 6. Russ Liekhus
7. Don Mccutchen 7. Chris Stopak 7. Paul Stark
8. Paul Anderson 8. Jane Stoysich 8. Sawn Froning
9. Bill Core 9. Lori Golezia 9. Denise Gammel
10. Wendy Harless 10. Dee Zeleny 10. Don Whittington

Best Looking Best Looking Best Smile

1. Russ Liekhus 1. Lori Lukowski 1. Lori Lukowski
2. Harry McCandless 2. Sherry Brown 2. Doug Hebard
3. Doug Hebard 3. Laurie Bertch 3. Bill Core
4. Paul Riza 4. Jeannette Gray 4 . Chris Cisar
5. Bill Core 5. Chris Cisar 5. Connie Fox
6. Ron Nocita 6. Dee Zeleny 6. Sherry Brown
7. Jett Barkus 7. Georgia Suput 7. Dave Tittin
8. Dave Tittin 8. Connie Fox 8. Jett Barkus
9. Kirk Huxhold 9. Jane Stoysich 9. Ron Nocita.
10. Jim Powers, 10. Sherri Homan 10. Dee Zeleny

Frank Dennell

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otllors ••

In today's society life has changed from years her last year. Carrie admits, ''Sometimes it's hard
ago. Girls and boys are faced with hard decisions with homework and all , but, I always have time for
that effect their lifetime. Twenty years ago girls might Gina," she adds, "I also gained a lot of responsibil-
have been shamed when they became pregnant, or
early marriage forced them to leave before complet- it y . "
ing high school, but not anymore. I dug deep and found what a terrible ordeal she

Carrie Bewley, a 1981 South High senior, is not had gone through all alone. She kept her pregnancy
ashamed of her baby girl who is now over a year old. all to herself up until the sixth month of her preg-
She had a difficult decision to make in April 1980 as nancy and then she told a few friends and her family.
to whether to keep her child or to quit school She told the father of their expected baby, but he
entirely. chose not to accept his responsibilities. Carrie was
alone. She felt her world c rushing in and then Gina
With help from friends and family and the final Marie was born . Now she will never give her up and
decision she made herself, Carrie returned to finish is very proud of herself for the strength she endured.

142

Her plans for the future are to raise her little girl to to school makes it hard for Dolly and her husband
the best of her ability. After Carrie graduates she will but they are making the best of it. It seems very
work hard and remember her school days and diffi- important to both of them for Dolly to graduate.
cult times.
Dolly's advice to anyone who wants to get married
Dolly Rogers, another 1981 senior at South High, while they are still in school is just to be sure that it's
has been happily married for two years. She quit the real thing. "If you're sure you are going to be
school and then returned to claim her diploma. Dolly happy, then go for it." Dolly will graduate with her
met her husband at a party and then they began to class and is glad she came back to school. She has
date. They fell in love and decided to marry. Dolly no real plans for the future except to be happy in her
recalls, "My mom and dad didn't understand at first marriage.
but then they knew I'd be happy."
So now you know how much school has changed
She was married in June of 1979 and she never from years ago. Teenagers today have to be able to
returned to school in the fall. "I had to work along cope with hard decisions and other situations along
with my husband so we could have a nice place to the way. Along with the mothers and wives there are
live and we moved to Texas for six months." She others who choose to do their own thing. Some date
also remembers the hard times of no money and occasionally and some have serious relationships.
strict budgets. Whichever you choose, be strong and remember
you have friends and family who care for you and
It was Dolly's husband and friends that made her will listen.
start back to school. She found, without a diploma,
that it was hard to find a job. School is hard for Dolly -Lori Koch-
along with household chores and homework. Going

This is a typical scene at South High, two people walking down the hall hand in hand. Students like these two have probably never thought
of getting married or having a child. Nevertheless. students are having a good time.

143

TALENT

,,

One of the Ambassadors, Diane Yates, is shown Pictured above are Gary Hering and Shala Reimers, his
here pursuing her good talent to its fullest peak. three year partner in skating. Gary's a member of the
club at Skateland, and Shala, 17, attends Millard High
School.

Roller rinks and stages are common places for

Jeff Halbert, Diane Yates, Gary Hering and Jeff

Smejkal. These are just a few Packers who chose to

extend th eir interests outside the normal schoo l

channels. Rather than football , track, or running for

Homecoming and being recognized by other stu- ..

dents, they chose to do their talents elsewhere as skaters, pianists,

and singers.

Formal lessons were out of the question for Jeff Smejkal. His n_at-

ural talent of playing music by ear was discovered at the age of five

on a little inexpensive toy organ. Jett has advanced his own style

through his Baldwin Organ and Fender Rhodes.

Jeff progressed eno ugh to play in " Images." While he was a

member of this group, the band had won th e Boys' Club Talent

Show.

Jett plays in the Stage Band here at South High. In school he

practices fifth, sixth, and seventh hour and puts in an extra hour at

home. Jeff plans to attend Metro Tech to continue this study in

music. Even though Jeff has wri tten some melodies, he feels that,

"A person doesn't have to read music."

Why play the piano instead of the drums o r g uitar?

Jeff Halbert and his present partner Lisa Geis
are pictured here after they had won the
Nationals in figure skating.

144

South High Students open up their lives as
Skaters, Pianists, and Singers

Jeff admits to being a part of the small population of male pianists. He believes, " There are thousands of guitar players and

thousands of drummers, but very few keyboard artists." Some say a good singer sounds as pretty as a bird chirping on an early

spring morning. Diane Yates, a senior at South High must have some musical ability with all she's done. Diane started singing

early in grade school, where most of us start. Yet as she grew older her voice became more advanced. Now she sings with a

gospel group called 'The Rising Stars of Jesus Christ.' She's sang at Caniglia's restaurant and has won an award in the gospel

competition at Septemberfest in Omaha two years ago. Singing with the Ambassadors at South allows more practice and experi-

ence for her but she seems to be doing quite well. " Filled with Some Soul Searching," and "Black on Black" are a few of the

many T.V. performances she's made. "We hope to make it from recordings." The years of practice and Performances she hopes

will pay off as a good sound career for her either in a group or as a solo. College is in her future. However, music will only be her

minor. He plans seem set for her steps to reach her goal, while progressing she passed on a bit of advise to novice vocalists: "If

you're really into music, take it while you 're in school and go from there. If you have faith in God you can do it! " Jeff Halbert and

Gary Hering are two amateur skaters who attend South High. Both started out at different times for different reasons and have

different ideas of carrying out his talent. Jeff started when he was eleven years old. "My dad introduced me to it. He's still

involved. The w hole family is." It seems that skating is a family function for the Halberts. They do keep together. Jeff's had seven

P!3r1ners sine he's started skating. "I got better than _my partners: " is the general reason for so many. Yet his previous partner is

Linda Geis, 19. He feels it's better to keep their relat1onsh1p as friends because going together could cause fighting which could

interfere with their performance. Skating hasn't interfered with school. " It's like a job after classes. I'm just lazy regarding school. "

But with around 100 trophies and more than 50 medals and 25 plaques to his credit. The 1984 Olympics is one of his biggest

~oals. Three first place awards at Regionals in figure skatin_g , freestyle and d~nce category have helped him on his way to becom-

ing a professional. Another dream slowly becoming a reality. Spanish class1cals and synthesizer music are the types that appeal

most to Jeff. Dance steps are required in the senior age, so Jeff cho_oses his own music and performs with it. Two years didn't

seem to make much of a difference for Gery Hering, "':'~.'? st!3rted skating at 13 years old. Things were different t~ough. "I started
out taking gr~up lessions in order to skate backwards. _!his girls (Theresa Rose) snatch~d me out of the group and encouraged

me to take private lessons." Theresa needed a partner. Guys w ho are my age are rare In starting skating." " I passed her up in

talent, then she quit skating." Now Gary skates w1th_Shala Reimers, 17, who g_oes to Millard High . They've been partners for three

years now. They've accumulated aro1:1nd 25 trophies and medals from Regionals and state. For Gary " This is more or less a

hobby with me. I'm going into the ~arine~ fo~ the education and travel after school so there's no future in this right now." Both

Jeff and Gary like to sleep yet get htt!e of 11with practice. However Jeff wishes to cary o ut his talents to its fullest and go profes-

sional. Someday he wishes tq, own his own rink and teach classes. So the next time you spend an evening at a skating rink and
see someone who skates well, take a second look, 11 may be Jeff Halbert or Gary Herrng , two fellow Packers. 145

Far top lett is: Jim Powers serving the fin-
est wine ever. Middle lett are: Ron Nocita
wllo practices a lot and Sheri Brown who,
in reality, doesn't skate at all. Bottom left
is: Jeanette Gray who is in Alabama now.
And bottom middle is: Russ Liekhus just
laying back and taking it easy.

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