1988

Junior Dana Murray shows off his ha ng time.

Sophomore Lee
Dvorak drives to-
ward the basket.

"We had a good team,
but we lacked team
leadership . . . "

-Lenier Slaughter

JV Boys Basketball team: back row, Greg
Brand, Kevin Ogg, Wendell Hill, Riley Davis,
Dana Murray, Tydell Anderson, Patrick
Money; front row. Lenier Slaughter, Paul
Stella , Cody Mays, Coach Jeff Potter.

4 5jv basketball /

SOPHOMORE BOYS BASKETBALL FRESHMAN BOYS BASKETBALL
Cooch: Keith Bigsby Coach : Mario Remijio

Bryon Opp . SHS Millard South Opp. SHS
Northwest Benson
Millard North 52 42 Lewis a nd C lark 58 35
Creighton Prep Benson 62 45
North 42 30 Bryan 62 46
Rolston Monn B 62 42
Benson 51 61 Norris 45 36
Central 44 43 Hale 49 (OT)
Bellevue East Mann C 53 42
Westside 46 44 Mann A
53 44 McMillan 67 46
44 68 75
65
57 67 51 49
39 65 58 40
52 31 82

Season Record: 4-6 Season Record: 1-10

Sophomore Boys Basketball team:
back row. Kosar Radoslaw, David Mitch-
ell, Andrew Straughn, Chris Lester. Dana

Anderson, Cooch Keith Bigsby; front
row. Sean Ross, Pat Anderson. Richard

Hudson. Rhonod Fletcher, Earl Minor.

Dana Anderson Is fouled in
the act of shooting.

Freshman Boys Basketball
team: back row. John Per-
a lta. Matt Cruz. Ed Koterba,
Jeff Oksman . Bill Zurek; front
row. Coach Mario Remijio,

Randy Armbrust, Chuck
Robinson, Robert Nosh, Jake

Zoucha.

Freshman girls end good season

ewcomers to South's basketball program The sophomore boys started out slow and lack-
discovered high school competition can ing players, but ended the season strong winning
be very different from junior high . For the their last few games.
freshman girls this mattered very little as
they lost only four games during the season . Their The freshman boys had a tough season in the
coach Miss Sara Donovan had much praise for this win-loss column but played hard in every game .
fine team .

4 6/ underclassmen basketball

Marlo Wuford shoots for two .

,_

FRESHMAN GIRLS BASKETBALL
Cooch: Soro Donovan

Norris Opp. SHS
McMillan
Hole 30 42
Monn C
Benson 32 28
Morion 15 28
Benson 23 19
Bryon
Millard South 16 19
Bryon 26
36
Season Record: 6-4 31
24
44
28 24
25 29
4

Chucky Robinson de-
bates about whether
to shoot the ball.

Deb Evans follows
through on her free
throw.

Freshman Glrls Basketball team: bock row. Jenny Kleidosty. Corio Morion. Marlo ''I felt the team was
Wuford. Cooch Saro Donovan; front row, Debbie Evans. Kora Johnson. Michelle better than our record
Santee. showed ... "

-Chucky Robinson

4 7underciassmen basketball /

Varsity Wrestling team: bac k row . Thad
Harlow. Gary Bobier. Todd Prince . Pat
Greer. LaVelle Whilner. Garrick Dalton :
front row. Jeff Marchio . Re ggie Beverly.
Rob DeGeorge. Steve Heinz. Scott Bobier.
Arthur Bravo .

Below left, Gary Bobier really knows how
to play it rough!

Garrick Dallon watches w istfully as he
stands on his crutches.

'~,, ""'8,11

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Steve Heinz is State championhis year, the South High wrestling team

T had another successful season. A lot of
time and effort went into preparing for Heinz was a State champion at 103 pounds. Heinz
was ·the 122nd State champion South has had.

The Junior Varsity squad showed that it will be

each meet and tournament . Practices sending some tough competitors to the Varsity
were held every day in the gym after school. next year as it had an even season record of three
Many of the members showed improvement wins and three losses.
throughout the season under the coaching of Mr.

Beau Haizlip.

For the State meet this year, South sent four

qualifiers: Gary Bobier. Scott Bobier, Rob De-

George and Steve Heinz. Scott Bobier took a t hird

place at State in the 112 pound category . Steve

48/ wrestling

Steve Heinz lakes a break .

JUNIOR VARSITY WRESTLING VARSITY WRESTLING
Cooch: Poul Novotny Cooch: Beau Hoizlip

Nort h Opp. SHS North Opp. SHS
Rolston 39 18 Rolst on 36 36
Milla rd North 24 36 Millard North 47 20
Central 12 48 Central 51 15
Abraham Lincoln 0 6 Abraham Lincoln 30 41
Lincoln High 52 16 Lincoln High 51 15
60 33 57 9

Season Record: 3-3 Season Record: 1-4-1

"We had a

pretty success-

ful season and

we met pur

goals."
-Scott Bobier

Watch out, Hulk Hogan!
Scott Bobier hos a few
good moves. too!

Kecia Christensen shows us how to properly pre-
pare for incoming aircraft, the volleyball in this
case.

50/clubs & activities

CLUBS

re your evenings bor-
ing? Is the extent of
your fun watching the
Cosby Show? Then you
need to join a club or take part in
an activity.
Outdoors Club, O Club, Home
Ee. Club all have something to of-
fer to students, and these are just
a few of the offerings to choose
from. Activities such as the drama
productions of the musical con-
certs give us the opportunity to do
something fun with our high school
years.
Whatever your fancy, for a
well-rounded high school experi-
ence, join a club.

51clubs & activities/

The squad patiently waits for the
basketball team.

Denise Dymek and Wendi Compos show how it's done.

Julie and Jacque prepare for the
game.

Varsity Cheerleaders: back row, Christina Hunter, Gena Jackson, Emily Schott,
Denise Dymek. Chris Shonka, Tami Higgs, Dawn Josoff, Tara MIiier: middle row,

52/varsity Heather Mato!, Ronnie Massow, Jacque Patterson, Jenny Rezac. Julie Popek. Kathy
Flores: front row, Wendi Campos, Mary Cardenas, Julie Sheibal
cheerleaders

Cheerleaders have Packer spiritl

T he 1987-1988 year start ed off in fabu-
lous form for the varsity cheerleaders.

Accompanied by their sponsor, Ms

Charnella Mims, the squad attended a

summer camp a t Lake Okoboji. There t he squad

received blue ribbons for every performance, a

Spirit Stick, and were selected to attend Regional

competition .

The cheerleaders sprang into action two

weeks before school started . They practiced early

every morning preparing for the different events

the year would bring . During the year, the squad

promoted spirit by having a pep rally and selling

balloons at football games, in addition to cheering

at scheduled sporting events.

Captains Mary Cardenas and Tami Higgs feel

that the squad has a lot of enthusiasm. They en-

joyed working with all the girls and Ronnie through-

out the year. The squad looks for t he opening kickoff.

"This is paradise!"

Christina Hunter jumps for t he Pac ker vic -
t ory .

Captain, Che' Ashby and Ann Minino
enjoy their early morning practices.

Pomperettes perform a fantastic
routine for the first pep rally of the

year.
Pomperettes: front row, Brenda

Bennett, Lori Kilborn, Kandi Srb;
middle row, Lori Johnson, Ann Mini-

no, Laura Brown, Janet Haas;top
row, JoAnn Schaeffer, Dawn Wit-
ecki, Tammy Pet ersen, Che' Ashby,
Helen Mosites, Tino Minino, Michelle

Hrubsky, Chris Pfeiffer

54 Ipomperettes

Pomperettes makin' it bigl
T
he 1987-88 Porn Pon Squad partici-
pated in many activities this year. Ev-

ery morning in t he month of June was

spent practicing for Summer Camp.

which was held at Lake Okoboji for three days.

Although they did not qualify for National Com-

petition, they had a great time and grew closer

together.

In August they participated with the band at

. • Concordia College in Seward, Nebraska. For

three days they braved near 100 degree tem-

peratures. All of their learning earned them great

performances during football season and the

greatest performance at State Competition at

U.N.O .

The band and Porn Pon squad also partici-

pated in numerous parades around the Midlands -----

and were highly recognized .

Dawn Wlteckl and Ann Minino run
ugh a routine

"Being with
the squad has
been a very

stimulating
experience.'·

The porn pon squad performs a splendid perform-
ance for the State Competition.

Freshmen give it their all

T hrough all the tough times, the fresh-
man cheerleaders are really show-

ing their pride. As time came around

to choose the freshman cheerlead-

ers of '87-'88, a total of seven girls were cho-

sen. After the football season was over, the de-

cision was made to choose a few more girls to

increase the volume and pride. The cheerlead-

ing squad now consists of ten girls who are giv-

ing it all they've got to lead their classmates to

victory.

The freshmen were co-sponsored this year

by Miss Beth Cuva and Miss Jana Crisler.

Alejandra Rangel, Kim Hotz and Angie Doom
show their pride at a girls' basketball game.

Freshman cheerleaders: back ro~, An-
gela Doom, Dawn Nowacyzk, Ma_nlyn
Simpson, Michelle Reyes, Stephanie .
Huftless: front row. Denise Mont.oya, En-
ka woods, Jennifer Kleidosty, Kim Hotz.
Not pictured: Alejandra Rangel

Alejandra Rangel, Kim Hotz a_n~ Angie
Doom show their pride at a girls bas-
ketball game.

Angle Doom leads a cheer for the girls playing basketball .

5 6/ freshman cheerleaders

Band is really on the move

T he South High marching band has really
been keeping their feet moving. On

August 3,4 and 5 they attended band

camp at Concordia College in Seward,

Nebraska . In addition, the band performed at all

home football and basketball games and has be-

come recognized throughout Omaha for their abili-

ty.

The band performed at the Omaha Marching

Invitational. Expedition Night, and State Marching

Competition where they put on a great show for

the crowd.

The band has been keeping busy with their

new band teacher, Michielle Benson and has made

sure she stays on her toes.

The band enjoys themselves and really shows

The band performs a splendid show for the State Competition. us their South High Pride.

"Bond hos
been enjoyable

this year.

Drum Major Louis Villafuerte leads the band at State
Marching Competition.

Mrs. Michielle Benson teaches class.

Band students hard at practice.

Dono Murray and Shane Villa-
fuerte wait patiently.

58 / instr~mental -.,
music

I\

Band has an exciting year

••T his has been a growing year for
the band kids." This is the opinion
of Ms Michielle Benson. instrumen-

tal music teacher in her first year .

She also stated, "It has been really exciting working

with them ."

Ms Benson previously taught at the University of

Nebraska in Lincoln .

There are many different areas of instrumental

music. There are marching band, pep band and jazz

band. The marching band has played at all home

football games and at one away game. They also

attended Nebraska State Band Camp, Omaha Mar-

ching Exposition Night and the Omaha Marching Invi-

tational.

Ms Benson commented that students this year

were really excited about band even though they

held practice at the field from 6:30 a.m. until 8:40

a.m . and after school until sometimes as late as 9
p .m.

Ms Benson feels the kids worked hard and built Marching Band performs at a football
game.
a lot of pride in themselves and South High .

''This has been
a growing year
for the kids.·'

Bond, at left: back row. Mark Curran. Nolan

Lasovich, Steve Spreitzer, John Wallace.

Chuck Young. Shane Wicken, Ron Hardin.
Scott Chapman. Gary Zurek , Mike Moreland.
Martin Exkersley, Lori Ault, Lori Aleksonis; third
row, Kevin Klug. Steve Daniels, Brian Bertch.
Dona Murray, Traci Brooner, Staci Arrington,
Renee Gault. Melissa Whitehurst. Joe Hood,
Rocky Frye, Geoff Geisler. Lisa Aleksonis.
Randy Childs; second row, Javier Marquez.
Jeff Yoder, Shane Villafuerte. Earl Shaeffer,
Pat Cox, Laurel Wilson. Scooter Elliot. Joe
Woszgis, Jeremy Baldwin, Robin Chapman ,
Jennifer Miller. Rita Stubler, JoAnn Schaffer;
front row, Scott Williams. Jeanne Knapp,
Dawn Herren, Bob Spreitzer, Tom Reyes, Art
Hester. Tina Mills. Val Chunka, Angie Pierce .
Mory Hester, Adam Milan; lying. drum majors
Louis Villafuerte and Sandy Antoniak.

Mixed Chorus: front row, Theresa Wilwerding, Sonja Remijio , Catherine Cox . Melissa Peterson. Leann Derry, Ka ra John-
son. Jessica Reyes. Barb Barraza. Stephanie Blessie. Susanna Lara. Nicole Soio. Marie Godfrey. Mary Hogan; second row.
Kristi Ruckman. Patrice Dunlap. Marie Pfeiffer. Candi Smith. Sid Smit h. Tom Greenlee . Robert Manning. John Liddell. Jeff
Marchio. Theresse Evans. Marlo Wofford, Carla Marion. Sheri Spellman. Charlotte Hardmon; third row. Po rn Rico. Yolando
Laro, Lisa Ritthaler. Chris Phillips, Kevin Elefritz. Shone Overton. Jennifer Derry. Down Fields. Denise Montoya, Cheri Jack-
son; b ack row. Showneto Moore. Rebecca Scott, Alicia Benesh. LoQuitto Colemon. Tosha Stump. Ed Doughty. Tony
Minino. Ismael Mejia, Lisa Walker, Bernadette Hultquist. Debbie Swindell. Miche lle Fruge . Ruth Trujillo. Not p ictured : Phil
Carpenter, Felix Choi. Margie Gonzoles. Shannon Locke. Carrie Lowery. Tonya Mossow. Irene McKeever. Jomes Williams,
Shannon Garcia

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60 Concert Choir:(front) Meghan Militi, Roni Nelson, Tracy Butt, Lisa Ritthaler, Julie Griger. Louro Torres, Christine Smith, Mel-
issa Peterson, Dolores Montoya, (second) Christina Smith, Pam Carpenter. Lisa Valasek , Pat Cox, Tom Covos. Mike
Franks. Eddie Ellison, Mary VanDorston, Dawn Blessie. Bobbie Jo Clayton. Maria Walinski (third) Kendra Nowiocz, Audra Al-

len. Jomes Janda. Don Kleidost y, Don Prugger. Bobby Rider. James Williams, Lanier Slaughter. Pot Money. Sherry Craig,
Emily Schott . Julie Popek , Melissa Schott, Dawn Foreman. Leneia Breneman (back) Ang e l Manjarre z, Lisa Lakin, Dawn Jo-
soff. Jason Crop. Darrel Watson, Pat Vendetti, Brian Kottich, Scott Allen, Bob Menecucci, Matt Wilting, Deanna Badberg,
Karen Kirkman. Anne Sargeant, Lupe Gonzales, and Rhonda Watson .

Choirs head for the topl

C hoir consists of about 100 to 150 people who
are from different grade levels. Concert choir

meets fifth hour every day while mixed choir

meets first hour every day.

Both choirs sing at many events. Some of their activi-

ties are Christmas Vespers, Spring Concert and the Annu-

al Pops Concert. Concert choir a lso participates in All-

City Concert, Choral Adjudication, and The District Music

Concert.

During November, 12 members of concert choir tried

out for the All-St ate competition . The five students se-

lected for this elite group were : Melissa Schott, Maria

Walinski, Pat Cox, Darrel Watson, and Tom Covos.

Choir members have been ra ising money throughout .

the year in order to purchase new robes for the members

of the choir. All Slaters Pot Cox, Darrel Watson, Melissa
Schot t, Maria Walinski and Tom Covos ... an
elite group!

"Being in music is
fun.''

Delores Montoya and Ms
Kim Grabenstein practice a
new p iece.

Handballs ...

Learning experience Advanced Handbells: Christy Ziskovsky. Jenny Koterba. Lisa Lakin. Da wn Foreman.
Sherry Grige r. Julie Griger. Ms.Mary Lou Jackson. Pa t Co x and Tom Cov os . No t p ic-
T hey give about 35 perfor- tured: Suriyant Joynoosa eng. Geri Righter
mances during the year.
Two sisters Julie Griger and She rry Gri-
Practice begins third hour g e r show their stuff.
every day and sometimes
before and after school. This year they
have performed a t Channel 7's Dickens
in the Market Christmas, Open House in

the fall and Open House in January.
Who are these busy people? ·

South's Handbell Ringers!
In 1987, they won a District One

Rating and hope to achieve it again
t his year. Over t he summer they will
consider performing at a wedding.

Handbells are t aught and sponsored
by Ms Mary Lou Jackson.

"Using hana·
. bells has giv•
enmealotof
experience
in music.' '

Pat Cox and To m Covos g et
re ady for the ir p erformance.

handbells

Ambassadors ...

seasoned perfarmers

mbassadors perform at
many different events
around the year. "We es-
pecially enjoy singing for
the elderly people because they are so
responsive," says Melissa Schott.
Throughout the year, under the di-
rection of Ms Mary Lou Jackson, the
Ambassadors performed at many old
folks homes and elementary and junior
high schools. The least favorite for the
Ambassadors tends to be performing
at shopping malls, according to the
group's members.
One of our experiences over the
year was to perform at a recent con-
cert choir member's wedding," Miss
Schott added.

Sherry Craig and Mike Franks show off their
vocal techniques.
Ambassadors: front.Dolores Montoya. Pot Cox.
Julie Griger; second row. Mory VanDorsten.
Tom Covos, Jomes Williams, Mike Franks, Dawn
Foreman; third row. Darrel Watson, Sherry
Craig. Mario Walinski, Melissa Sc hott. Anne Sar-
geant, lenier Slaughter. back row. Matt Wil-
ting. Dawn Josoff. Pat Vendetti.

/63

Mother Abbess (Sherry Craig) and Sister Berthe (Julie Gri-
ger) discuss. "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?"

JJ ~

The Baroness Elsa Schroeder (Mar- I ••
ia Walinski) wonders, " How Can
Love Survive?"

Maria (Dawn Josoff) and the chil-
dren sing " My Favorite Things."

64/ iic,'sound of

South's stage comes alivel

C ongratulations to the cast of The dents, while the younger ones were played
Sound of Music for a fall play by children not attending our school. Chil-
dren's roles were handled by Melanie Zadina,
which was a big success. A Alysia Clary, Adam Campbell, Meghan Mel-
itti, Emilia Campbell, Mike Franks and Mary
thank-you also goes to Mr. James Van Dorsten.

Eisenhardt who directed the play, Ms Mary The Sound of Music was originally staged
at South 22 years ago in 1967 . At that time,
Lou Jackson, who was the musical director, Mr. Eisenhardt, who was a student here, was
a cast member, and Mr. Wayne Boldt, cur-
and Mr. Doug Young, who was the stage rently a faculty member, was also in the play.

manager. Anyone involved with a production of
this magnitude realizes the many hours which
The play, set in Austria in 1933, centers go into preparing it. Mr. Eisenhardt can well
testify to that fact . After this play was over,
around the characters of Maria, played by he noted that while the play was in rehearsal,
"I would dream about nuns. One time I was
Dawn Josoff, and Georg Von Trapp, locked in the school with the nuns' chorus .
They were all chasing me - with guns! Other
played by Pat Vendetti. Maria and Baron than that, The Sound of Music was fantastic.
I'm very proud of all the kids involved."
Von Trapp become romantically involved

when she leaves a nearby abbey where

she is a nun and becomes governess to

Von Trapp's children .

All of the characters in the play are

then faced with a Nazi invasion and must

flee to Switzerland.

An unusual aspect of the play is that

it calls for so many child performers.The ol-

der children were played by South High stu-

"I would dream
about nuns
at night.''

The Captain (Pat Vendetti) and Maria
dance the Laendler.

Marla and the children sing " Do, Re, Mi. "

Maria Walinski shows her stuff in the winter play
as she plays the character Junie Moon.

Tom Covos plays the charac ter Ar1hur who is in a wheelchair.

Deanna Badberg who plays Miss Oxford tries t o console
Kristi Humiston who is a patient at the hospital.

Patricia Solberg who plays Marilyn sees her fioncee John
Goren played b y Mike Franks for the first time.

6 6 / junie moon

Love of a different color staged

••T ell me . . . tell me . .. that you lo .. .
love me, Junie Moon." The lights dim,
the audience stills but Junie does not

answer - she is asleep.

During the course of the play we see the develop-

ment of the characters Junie, Arthur, and Warren as

three people who seek to discover the truth about life

and lov~. Their problem? They'd lived their lives in deceit.

The story evolves into a tale of love though each charac-

ter has been marred by life . Because Junie Moon has a

scarred face, Warren is a paraplegic, and Arthur suffers

from a progressive neurological disease, it is certainly a

love story of a different color.

The play was directed by James W . Eisenhardt. and

the set was contructed by Douglas Young and his stage-

craft classes. The director's student assistant was Mi-

chelle Fruge . This "love story" touched the hearts and Arthur spends a calm moment
while Junie makes her next move .
minds of all who saw it.

''I'd have to say
that 'J!,mie Moon·
was the most inter.
esting play that
rve ever perform.
ed in."

Arthur and Junie react to 6 7junie moon /
Warren's announcement - he
wants to get a house!

Senior Closs Officers : back row, Jerry Kleidosty, Chris Swircek , Ted Stodolk a, Kristi Hoit, Mary
Kosiski, Lori Negrete, Ta mmy Evans; front row, Mike Nieto. Lisa Koraleski, Ta mmy Peterson .
Not pic tured: Susie Seiter and Se an G rant

Below right, Sean Grant
is this year's president o f

Senior Class :
Ted Stod olko take s a
stand at an import ant is-
sue in one of t he meet-

ing s.

Senior Class has new look in '88

enior Class officers began their year with a The Publicity Committee set up a Senior Class
new sponsor. Mr. James Faiman. This was his Bulletin Board in the main hall showing senior birthdays
first year for sponsoring the group, which and other information.
was headed by Mrs . Joyce Pribyl last year .
During the course of the year. senior c lass had Prom was held April 29 at the Carter Lake Ware-
a number of fund -raisers and sponsored several ac- house. Complete Music provided the entertainment
tivities. During the Christmas season, the group gave and the colors were peaches and cream . Prom was
out candy canes to all the seniors along with con- financed by the fundraising activities the members
gratulations for their completing half their senior year. held throughout the year. including the summer of '8 7
Candy canes were also given to TMR students. when they worked at Rosenblatt Stadium.
In February, senior class officers sold senior
sweatshirts. This helped to raise money to finance the
group's major activity, Spring Prom . The fundraising
committee also sold pennants and candy .
Another activity the club sponsored was a rec-
ognition luncheon for teachers during Teacher Rec -
ognition Week in March . Also the officers gave all the
teachers on the staff a balloon, a cookie and a card.

"I promise
I won't spend

Oil of your money. ''

Susie Seiter sells Lisa Bruber o South 6 9senior class officers/
High pennant.

President of Student Council Kristi Humiston has a laugh w ith Tina Rodman .

Chris Pfeif1er, Chris Shonka. Heather Mat ol
and Jodie Nary aren't ready.

Student Council: bock row. Don Kleidosty. Mory Kosiski, Heather Matol, DeeDee Craigmiles, Lori Negrete, Mary Jones, Christina Hunter, I

Pfelf ec.J751:~o::n:o:~::meMoTina Rodman, Jennifer Koterba, Dean Bratsveen. Jeff Urkevich. Chris Walter and sponsor, Mr. Jim Yelnek; front row. Thach Pham, Chris ~
Tyle, Becky Southmd. John Wallace. Si eve Spcelf,ec.
I

Student Council does the jobl

tudent Council had a nother very exciting,
busy year . With a sponsor lik e Mr. Jim Yelnek.
how can a group have anything less than a
t errific year?
Activities t his year included sponsoring Homecom-
ing, which saw a break from tradition . Instead of holding
the annual Homecoming dance at t he school. the fe s-
tivities were held a t the Livestock Exchange Building.
Other activities sponsored by Student Council
were a Valentine's Day dance. stocking stuffing and
helping with the Bloodmobile.
President o f this year 'sgroup was senior Kristi Humis-
ton . Secretary was Lori Kilborn and vice -president was
Thach Pham . Treasurer was C hris Walter and ninth
grade representative was Jim Bratsveen.

John Wallace tells Steve Spreitzer, "Look , here's my
name!"

"We sponsored
Homecoming,

which was very
successful, and

had a lot of fun at

our pizza and bowl-
ing party.'·

Mr. Jim Yelnek and Lisa Koraleski display a Bloo
Certificate .

The executive board sits down to
discuss coming events.

Thach Pham listens attentively to the
meeting's proceedings.

Miss Sally Fellows and Kristi Humiston
look for more pizza.

-.__· r. I

•• - j • •

·-. d!.,1

Notional Honor Society: back row.-
Herb Wolfe, Shailshkum Patel, Todd
Byrne, Ken Koop. David Reed, Jason
Colek. Steve Anderson, Lori Kilborn.
Kandi Srb. Laurel Wilson. Che Ashby,
Sharon Moton. Tom Stubbs. Louis Vil-

lafuerte, Erich Christiansen; middle
row, Scott Armbrust . Ron Hardin. Bob
Sekera. Helen Mosites. Lisa Aleksonis.

Shane Wicken, Mary Kosiski, Chris
Shonka, Lori Aleksonis. Kevin Johnson,
Thach Phom ; front row. Robin Chap-

mon. Rachel Carlentine. Gino Ritter,
Down Witecki. Tammy Peterson . Krist i

ton. Tino Rodman. Lisa Bowley,
Brenda Bennett, Tino Wojtowicz.

Connie Hellbusch

Society recognizes scholars

ne of the most important groups
around South High is the National
Honor Society. The g roup is made
up of the top five percent of the
sophomore and junior classes and the top ten

- percent of the senior class.
Under the guidance of sponsor Miss Sally
Fellows, the group works hard to maintain its
academic average.
This year the c lub was especially active .
They sponsored an induction ceremony for
juniors and their parents, went bowling to
raise money for scholarships, attended an
annual dance at J.P. Lord School, organized
a homework hotline. went Christmas caro-
ling, planned a dance for orphan children,
and for fun, had a swimming and p izza party . President Louis VIiiafuerte checks his figures with Miss Fellows.

''This year was ter-
rific! It was a

great year! We
had lots of fun!"

The group takes time off
for a game of volleyball
at their pizza party.

Breaking out ·88 with a great book
are yearbook staffers: front row . Sta-

cie Dorste, Melissa Schott, Lenier
Slaug hter; middle row, Dawn Wor-
thington, Lisa Koraleski, Lisa Bruber,
Ted Stodolka; back row, Dawn Bles-
sie, Susan Seiter, Mary Jo Tiffey, Tam-

my Evans, Angel Holland. Denise
Dymek . Not pict ured: Mary Cardenas

and Anita Drake

Over his head with pages to com-
plete, Lenier Slatighter works on his

layout.

Below, Dawn Worthington works af-
ter class to finish her pages,

Below right, Lisa Koraleskl asks about
the senior p ictures.

,I

Yearbook breaks out with color
T
he South High School 1988 yearbook staff To gather ideas for this year's book several staff
broke into the new school year with a live- members attended a workshop in September spon-
sored by Walsworth Publishing Company. The work-
ly and exciting theme. The staff feels that shop, held at the Holiday Inn, provided staff members
with good ideas for changing and updating the Tau-
this year's theme, "Breaking Out of '88,"
rus.
describes the energetic nature of this year's gradu-
In October, other staff members traveled to Lin-
ating class . coln for a Nebraska State High School Press Associa-
tion convention, where they were exposed to ideas
Working on this year's book, under the managing from around the state. They also had their opportuni-
ty to hear expert speakers in the areas of layout and
editor, senior Ted Stodolka, were 15 students, 11 of design, copy writing and photography.

whom were seniors . The staff hopes that their new ideas have creat-
ed a great book for '88!
The staff is supervised by Mrs. Marjorie Water-

man, who also teaches English . For the third year, the

staff has chosen a spring book which will be delivered

in time for the seniors to have their copies before they

leave. Spring books put a lot of pressure on the staff,

who must finish the book by the middle of February.

Later events will be included in a supplement.

''We did it! We
brought the book

into the ·ao·s."

Mary Car- I 75yearbook

denas gets

some last
minute ad-
vice from
instructor.
Mrs. Marjor-
ie Water-

man.

"I am working! I am working!" laughs Renae Denton.

Lovell Hampton and David Loftus discuss
the plans for the upcoming quarterly.

Senior photographer Susan Foster
clicks aways to fill the two-page
spread.

76/tooter Tooter staff: front row, Kenyatta McCray, Robert Mack, Susan Foster; second row, Sa-
mantt1a Scheiffer, Renae Denton, Tina Minino, Mike O'Malley, Kristi Humiston, Chris Briggs;
third row, Michelle Watts, Mike Engleman, Dawn Worthington, David Loftus, Lovell Hamp-
ton, Jim Konger; back row, Renee Wasinger, Jeff Johnson.

Tooter has new look for 1988
13 eginnings always bring change and this
year on the Tooter was no exception. with ing on two papers at one time.
a new instructor. a new room, new staff The staff moved to room 109 which was located
members and a weekly paper.
The 1988 Tooter staff consisted of 17 members, conveniently close to the darkroom. They used the
10 of whom were seniors . Editing the paper was se- MacIntosh computer to prepare both papers.
nior Kristi Humiston .
Although sometimes meeting deadlines was
The beginning of the year was hectic. The staff stressful, the staff enjoyed working together.
had a new advisor, Mr. James Eisenhardt, who also
was the drama instructor and the debate coach. In the fall several members of the newspaper
With the new instructor came new ideas, among class traveled to Lincoln for the Nebraska State High
Which was a Tooter update. The update was a School Press Association Convention. There they at-
Weekly one-sheet publication geared to keep news tended workshops. listened to speakers on a variety
reporting timely. The staff also published a quarterly of subjects and met students from all over the state
"magazine,'' so the students found themselves work- who work on publications.

"Newspaper class
is an opportunity
to express a so-
phisticated side
of a rebellious so-

ciety."

Michelle Walts and Tina . 'ote,/77
Minino think about story
ideas for the next Tooter
Update.

These serpent shoes are entries from Mrs.
McLaughlin-Schmitz' class in the Scholastic Art
Contest .

Marilyn Kudlacz enters " Courageous Knoss" in Scholastics.

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1

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Bobble Jo Clayton listens atten-
tively at an Art Club meeting.

Bobbie Jo Clayton and Marilyn
Kudlocz discuss the agenda.

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Club draws from art students

rt Club's president Marilyn Kudlacz feels These guys are off to the Scholastics
that this year's club has been "very contest.
meaningful and educational as well as
enjoyable." She feels it gives the mem-
bers the opportunity to visit places they wouldn't nor-
mally go.
There are 45 members in this year's club repre-
senting all grade levels. Vice-president of the group
is Bobbie Jo Clayton . Class representatives are senior,
Chris Shonka; junior, Gena Jackson; sophomore,
Manuel Garcia; freshman, Juanita Denton.
Most members have been very active, with 20
to 25 attending each field trip . This year the group
visited the Old Market, Joslyn Museum and the
Dodge House in Council Bluffs. They also attended
the exhibit of South High art at the First Tier bank , one
of South's Adopt-a-School partners.
Sponsoring the club are Mrs. Caroline Schmitz,
Mrs. Deb Larson and Miss Toni Turnquist .

"I hope I do well in
the art contest.''

Art Club: back row. Mrs. Deb Larson. Lori
Smithberg. Bobbie Jo Clayton. Sandy War-
chol, Jenny Vorp. Juanita Denton. Theresa
Wolfe, Gena Jackson. Tammi Ballenger.
Mrs. Caroline Schmitz; front row. Travis
Yarger. Marilyn Kudlacz. Rich Murcek. Ra-
chel Benton, Kathryn Kurtzuba, Michelle
Blessie. Dawn Hester, Patti McGrath.

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Lisa Bednarz, Renee Bojan, and Deb Franc is do some
outdoor posing for the camera .

Ted Stodolka thinks, "Gee . is this rea lly worth it?" Ted was one o f many
Outdoors Club members who a ttended the ski trip to Colorado.

Outdoors Club: back row, Troy Marco. Jason Calek, Steve
Anderson, Jenny Koterba, Sonja Smithberg, Rick Frawley,

Christy Eckart, Tony Minino. Lori Negrete, Lisa Bednarz, Terry
Aldrich, Tommy Higgs, Renee Denton, Jody Nary. Stoey Bor-
man, Chris Pfeiffer; front row. Russell DeGeorge, Patti McLau-

ghlin, Renee Bojan, Deb Francis. Shawn Miller, Jodi Mumm,
Jeff Niemiec. Rob DeGeorge, Cindy Sinsk i, Colette Marean.

Club sponsor Mrs. Carole DeBuse
patiently arranges papers for an
upcoming out door activity.

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Science, Outdoor Clubs active
T
he Outdoors Club put in another busy
year with over 150 students participat-

ing in several activities, among which

were horseback riding, ice skating and

a ski trip to Colorado over Spring Break . The club,

under president Ted Stodolka, sold posters to fi-

nance their activities.

Science Club also had a full calendar with trips

to the Ak-sar-ben Aquarium and Fish Hatchery,

Hyde Observatory at Morrill Hall in Lincoln . At Morrill,

the students also watched a laser light show set to

Led Zeppelin music . The major event of the year

was a trip to Denver during spring break .

Science Club: front row. Steve Barrett, Tom Stubbs. Stacy
Borman. Lisa Aleksonis, sponsor Mr. Gary Gonzales; back row .
Tony Matteo, Tracy Kantor. Colette Marean . Shaileshkum Pa-

tel, Erich Christi0nsen. Sponsors Mrs. Laurie Arn and Mrs. Sue
Gibson are not pictured.

"You've
done well for
a change."

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What is Mr. Keith Bigsby pointing t o on t he chalk-
board?

Sonja Smithberg enjoys herself
at DECA initiation.

DECA: front row, Rick Ryan, Ronnie Massow, Shane Wicken, Jim Glendening,

Garrick Dalton; second row. JoAnn Schaffer, Michelle Hrubsky, Ka t hy Belcastro,

Laura Brown. Janet Haas, Amy Fiarkoski, Kandi Srb, James Williams, Tracy

82/deca Tylkowski, Sean Grant, Tamm y Evans, Roy Wilson, Steve Guardiola; back row,
Julie Sheibal. Gena Jackson, Tara Mille r, Tina Minino, MinDee Mahler, Lisa Bruber,

Susie Seiter, Kellie Waiters, Mary Jones. Mary Kosiski .

DECA: Leaders of tomorrow

I ) ECA is a nationwide club which stands
for Distributive Education Clubs of
America. In order to take part in DECA,
students are required to take a mar-
keting class taught by Mr. Keith Bigsby or Mrs.
Joyce Pribyl. These students learn how to put a
product on the market, advertise it, and sell it.
They learn how to handle situations an employee
or manager may encounter in the everyday busi-
ness world .

Besides studying business, DECA members
raised money to fight Muscular Dystrophy. They
were involved in trips to Kearney and Chicago
and attended the State competition in Lincoln in
March .

Tami Higgs shows off the sign of the

hotel where DECA members stayed in
C hic a g o .

"The best part of
this year was go.
ing on the trips."

Ronnie rv1assow and Lonnie Freder-
icksen present a check for $1400 from
South High DECA to represent~tives of
the Muscular Dystrophy organization .

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Math Club: front row . Kristi Hoit. Tom Stubbs. Thach Pham. John Bartunek ; second row. Jo
Song, Garrick Dalton. Jim Glendening. Rhonda Martin. Dave Reed. John Wallace; third
row, Troy Taylor, Chris Swircek, Kathy Hoit. Scott Buresch . Mike Ortiz; back row. Kevin
Johnson. sponsor Mr. Richard Wohlfa rth. Shane W icken, Herbert Wolfe . Kyle Swanda .

Tom Stubbs and Mr. Wohlfarth are hard at
work thinking about equations.

Jim Glendening and Thach Pham, two
Math Club officers, look confident
about their next contest.

Computer Club: fro nt row, Troy Taylor, Louis Villafuerte, Garrick Dalton, !ohn Bartunek , Bill
Romans, Krist i Hoit and sponsor, Mrs. Charlotte Belitz; back row. Shane Villafuerte . Earnest
Simmons. Shane W icken, Brian Carroll. Tony Minino. Geoff Geisler, Herb Wolfe .

84/ computer, math clubs

Computers, math go hand in hand

T he Computer Club had a slow start this year, The club hosted two math contests, one for junior high
but as school progressed they became schools and one for senior high schools .

more active and found time to plan a spring Members of the club also participate in a variety
of competitions themselves . They attended UNL's Ac-
pizza party to cap off their year. tuarial Contest and Creighton's Math Field Day. At the
end of the year, the club had a picnic at sponsor Mr.
Under the sponsorship of Mrs. Charlotte Belitz, this Wohlfarth's house.

group hosted a computer contest . This group also President of Math Club was Thach Pham, vice-
president was Tom Stubbs, secretary was Bill Dropinski
boasts more funds than any other club at South. and treasurer was Jim Glendening.

Presider,t of the Computer Club is senior John Wal-

lace. Vice-president is senior Louis Villafuerte . Secre-

tary-treasurer is senior Garrick Dalton .

Computer Club offers the opportunity to students

interested in programming to share their interest with

others and apply that interest beyond the classroom .

Math Club has been busy this year sponsoring con-

tests and participating in activities outside of South .

"The Computer

Club has had a

slow start, but we fi.

nally picked up

some momen-

tum."

..

Officers of Computer Club are Garrick Dalt o n, John ·
Wallace and Louis Villafuerte .

German Club: back row, Connie Hellbusch. Tracy Kantor, Mary Nabity, Marie Pfeiffer, Rhonda Puckett , Colette Marcon, Geoff
Geisler. Tomi Boris; front row, Andrea Lamb, Dominique Dominguez, Heather Addison. Kecia Christenson. Roger Elliot. Laurel Wil-
son, MinDee Mohler.

French Club: back row, Molly Gazinski, Patty Solbe rg, Dan Kleidosty , Mary Kosiski, Ronnie Mossow, Christina Pierson, Sasha
Stump, Tone Gjovak. sponsor Mr. Wayne Boldt; front row. Stacy Borman, Marilyn Kudlacz, Jodi Mumm, Chris Shonka. Sharon Mo-
ton, Thach Pham, Renee Wasinger, Brad Tolliver, Sonja Remijio, Ron Brun.

86 / german, french clubs

German Club gains new sponsor

erman Club welcomed a new sponsor to Ronnie Massow looks forward to French class every
their group this year . Ms Ruta Ozol is day.
teaching German at South this year, re-
placing Mrs. Karen Ditlev. Ms Ozol and the
German Club members participated in Foreign Lan-
guage Week with the rest of the Foreign Language
Department. Bowling, banquets and fun went along
with the week 's activities.
French Club, under the sponsorship of Mr. Wayne
Bold, was also very active throughout the year. Be-
sides participating in Foreign Language Week , the
members sold candy in order to finance their ban-
quet at Chez Chong in the Old Market . When a stu-
dent takes French, he or she is allowed to select a
country and a pen pal.
President of French Club this year was Tom
Stubbs .

"It has been an
experience of
a lifetime."

Ask Sasha Stump how to say ch clubs/8 7
" French " fries.

National Spanish Honor Society: Maria Walinski. Adriana
Mejia. Jeff Fuqua. Tammy Peterson, Kandi Srb. Steve An-

dersen. Manuel Garcia.

Spanish Club: front row , Michelle Hrubsky, Kathy Belcastro.
sponsor Mr. Mario Remijio. Kandi Srb , Francine Edwards, Yo-

landa Lara, Stoey Downs; back row. Scott Oswald. Mario
Stafford, Bo Song, Jeff Fuqua , Pot Nieto, Robert Nessler.
Julie Wolters.

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First Year Latin: Emilie Oltman. Renee Novy, sponsor
Amanda Faircloth, Dennis Groce. Michelle Davies . Not p ic -

tured; Nancy Covitt and Kathryn Kurtzubo .

I

. ' t·'• ,~.~fI i..."I.' ~;..s.~ P·,. ---.~ Advanced Latin : Sponsor Amanda Faircloth , Robert Sekera . Tina
Wojt owicz, Richelle Murcek. Maria Walinski. Rl1onda Watson, Sue
•. ·: Foster. Not pictured: Deanna Badberg and Lusero Martinez .

ti""" -~ . . '

Clubs promote foreign language

§ panish and Latin Clubs have been very active
over the past year . Spanish Club is sponsored

by Mr. Mario Remijio. National Spanish Honor

Society by Mrs. Joanne Sokolsky and Latin

Club by Miss Amanda Faircloth, new to South this year .

Spanish members attended the annual Omaha

Ole celebration which was held in March . This is a gath-

ering fo,· Spanish students from the area to compete

and socialize.

Latin Club participated in the All-City and Certa-

men competitions, beside the JCL competitions .

Both groups also took part in Foreign Language

Week, which included bowling, food and fun.

Tammy Peterson has had some good times with Spanish
Club.

''Ha sido un gran
ano!"

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89spanish, latin clubs /

Mr. K and Jimmy Deon. Club delves into past

I i istory Club a ttracts t he interest of students who
are interest ed in the past and in politics. Spon-
sored by social studies teacher Mr. Gary Kast rick,
the group takes field trips to areas of interest in
Omaha and surrounding areas. The club is open to all grade
levels.

History Club: John Hadla nd . Rob Griffin. Greg Tegede r. sponsor Mr. G ory
Kostric k. Erich Christiansen. Sue Fost er. Steve Barrett. Dennis Groce .

CJ

Erich Christiansen appears to
know what he's talking about.

Sue Fosler says, " It's a n ancient
secret! "

~oI history club

Decathletes earn several medals

T he South High Decathlon
team beg.an preparing for

competition early in Octo-

ber and did not let up until

the State Competition February 20 at

U.N.O.

Under the guidance of Mrs. Mella-

nee Kvasnicka and Ms Toni Turnquist,

Decathlon sponsors, the team finished

second in the district competition held

at North High and won the right to rep-

resent Omaha Public Schools in the

State Meet.

The three captains of the team

were seniors Kristi Humiston, Sue Foster

and Erich Christiansen.

Academic Decathlon: back row. Rhonda Martin,
Ken Koop, Lori Aleksonis, David Reed, Susan Foster;
middle row, Tina Wojtowicz, Tom Stubbs, Bob Sek-
era. Erich Christiansen, Kristi Humiston; front row,

· a Ritter, Rhonda Watson .

;;~ev~8~ 'i~~~

! Academic De-
cathlon.''

L__

David Reed, Erich Christiansen, and Lori
Aleksonis gather to hear a talk about avi-
ation.

91academic deco hlon /

Chess Team logs winning season

s usual, South High came up
with another awesome chess
team for the 1987-'88 year. In
the tradition of teams before
it, this year's team was a strong contend-
er for a State championship.
The team is coached and guided by
Mr. Ed Radanovich, who is also Head of
the Computer Department. A lot of prac-
tice and preparation have gone into this
year's season.
An unusual aspect of this team is their
one female member. Sophomore Sandy
Antoniak was alone on the otherwise all-
male team and Sandy was a strong com-
petitor, winning several duals.

Chess Team (upper right): back, Roy Wilson .
Herb Wolfe, sponsor Mr. Ed Radanovich: front,
Sandy Antoniak, Thach Pham, Matt Matsui.
Upper middle, some future chess enthusiasts
battle Matt Matsui and Herb Wolfe .
Above, "What do I do now? wonders Matt Mat-
sui.
Mr. Radanovich seems stunned by Herb Wolfe's
last move .

92 / chess club

Members share home ec interest

ponsors of this year's Home Eco-
nomics Club were Mrs . Nancy
Nicol and Mrs. Dee Crane. The
c lub's major activity as in the
past was the organization of the Country
Store, a boutique of foods and crafts set
up in December. Goods sold at the store
incl\:Jde items made by home economics
students and t eachers, as well as things
donated by others.
The Home Economics Club was origi-
nated by Mrs. Crane and Mrs. Nicol in the
1979-'80 school year. The club met every
third Wednesday of each month and a
brunch was held for the members at the
end of April.

"Home Ee Club is a fun
and easy-going activi-
ty to be involved in."

Delores Montoya , secretary, and Gina Asta. treasurer,
check on some figures to see how much money the
c lub has .

Home Ee Club: sponsor Mrs. Dee Crane, Delores Montoya, Kathy Kurtzuba,
Jodi Mumm. Tammy Ballenger, Marge Hood, Susie Lewis, sponsor Mrs.
Nancy Nicol.

Mike Newcomer says, " I can lift more than this!"

David Reed prays for strength as Bob Sekera looks on.

Come on, Ryan Kelly, you can do it!

94/ barbell o' clubs