1983

The South High Packers varsity
basketball team started the
season off great by winning eight
of their first nine games. They
placed second in the Metro Holi·
day tournament by defeating
Prep, Burke, Northwest, and
North High Schools. Through the
season they played well organized
basketball. The games which they
lost were all by close margins.
The team finished the season with
13 wins and 9 losses. T hey went
to state but were defeated by top
rated Westside by four points.

Front Ro w: Bob Rider. Toro Pettis. Preston Pope. Rich Marion. Lester Boswell. Kevin Bolter,
Cedric Hunter. Bac k Row : Jeff Potter. Tim George. Joe Grabowski. Danny Reese. Jim Nekola.
M ike J on es. Matthew Sax ton. J oseph Neuberger.

Coach Neuberger and Coach Po tter await vic tory in tournament.

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K ev in Bolter scores t wo with his outside j umpshot against
Northwest.

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Best Record Coach Could Remember

The Boys' Junior
Varsity Basketball
team record of 9
wins and 7 losses is
the best record that
either Coach
Neuburger or
Coach Potter could
remember a J.V.
team at South ever
having. The players
worked hard and
improved a great
deal. Their improve·
ment should help
them become varsi·
ty players next year
if they continue to
work over the
summer.

South 42 lose Gross 43
South 49 win Roncalli 47
South 40 win Millard North 28
South 54 win Burke
South 71 win Tech 42
South 60 win Central
South 44 lose Lincoln High 54
South 48 win Bellevue West 52
South 48 win Millard South 51
South 37 lose Ral st o n
South 54 win Abraham Lincoln 44
South 46 lose Northwest
South 50 lose Bryan 45
South 41 lose North
South Westside 45
39 lose
43 John " Luther" Jennings, one of the leading scorers on the J .V. team.
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43 J.V. Basketball Players were: Vince Bland, Dean Flyr, Joe Grabowski,
66 Mike Haughtaling, John Jennings, Mark Luger, Rich Marion, Danny

Reese, Don Smith, Mark Stoley.

46 Boys' J.V. Basketball

Pride Shows Through For Lady Packers

Millard North Mustangs had problems defending Patty Grabowsk i, w ho was a leader in scoring, rebounding and team spirit.

Lisa Bravo m oves in for a quick two. Mary S toley fights hard for the rebound.
Girls' Varsity Basketball 47

The Girls' Basketball team Front Row: M ary Bojanski, Connie Wh itney. Mar y Stoley , Pa tty Grabowski. Kisha Lowe. Back
showed sign s of improvem ent Row: Lisa Bravo, Melissa Black. Kathy Tewick i, Coach Kirk McLaughlin.
throughout the year but, accor·
ding to coach McLaughlin, did not
ha ve enough depth or experience
to come out on the top in the final
score.

South lost by 9 or less in I 0
games and won 1 against North
High in the Metro T ournament.
Coach Mc Laughlin, after check·
ing the stats, stated, " With a little
more concent ration at the
freethrow line we could of had a
good year as the team shot only
41 % from the charity line."

High lights inc luded Mary
Stoley listed in the top 15 in scor·
ing in the Metro and Patty
Grabowski in the top 15 in
rebou nd i ng .

South 18 lose Millard North 57
South 29 lose Ryan 32
31
Sout h 39 win North 51
South 23 lose Westside 42
South 34 lose Bryan 64
Sou t h 56 lose Roncalli 45
Sout h 38 lose Benson 50
Sou t h 32 lose Westside 41
Sout h 35 lose Gross 46
Sou t h 39 lose Bellev ue West 62
South 22 lose Millard South 55
South 39 lose Ralston 51
South 37 lose Burke 46
South 37 lose Northwest 48
South 44 lose Tech 50
Sou t h 28 lose Bellevue East 41
South 35 lose North 58
Sou t h 33 lose North 57
Sou t h 21 lose Lincoln High

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J.V. Girls' Basketball Team Wins Five

The Junior Varsity Basketball
team finished the season with a 5
win 1 I loss record. They lost
many of their games by close
margins. The team showed great
team spirit and team leadership.
With those fine qualities the girls
should make an excellent va'rsity
team next year.

Front Row: M elissa Black, Lisa Bravo, Coach Foster. T ammi Griger. Dee Van Vugt. Back Row: South 14 lose Millard North 54
Carrie Spra tford, Mary Bojanski. Diane Yablonski. Amy Koneck. Connie Whitney. Linda South 16 lose Ryan 30
Whitney. South 15 lose Lincoln High 39
South 13 lose Bryan 38
South 29 win Roncalli 27
South 37 lose Benson 57
Sou t h 14 lose Westside 34
South 17 lose Gross 33
South 28 win Bellevue West 27
Sou t h 20 lose Millard South 54
South 29 lose Ralston 37
35 win Burke 29
South 31 lose Northwest 45
South 39 win Tech 29
South 50 win Bellevue East 43
South 3 1 lose 'North 36
South

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A Look Back In The Year of Sports

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Museum And Galleries Welcom e Artists

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The Art Club Mem bers were: David Diaz. Kathy Pesek . Rhonda Sheibal.
Rashell Sheibal, Marcy Holderness, Jackie Johnson.

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T he A rt Club O fficers were: Rhonda Sheibal - President. Marcy
Holderness - Vice President, David Diaz - Secretary, Donna
Zeleny - T reasurer.

The _m ~in object iv~ of the Art Club was to develop
ap~rec1at1on of t he fine arts. Art cl ub raised funds by
selling studen ts art work. T he f unds help finance
fieldtrips suc h as, Dodge House in Council Bluffs
J oslyn A rt Museum, and University Art departments. '

54 Art Club

Chess Club Is On The Move For A Win

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Jenny Johnson concentrates on a m ove to defeat her opponent.

Kevin Hering displays a moment o f strategic think ing before making his move. Chess Club was organized by Mr.
Tiessen in order to develop chess exper-
tise and a knowledge of the gam e by
members.

By selling M&M candies, the club
rai sed funds to attend both state and
loal functions.

Chess Club Members were; Front
Row: Steve Farrington, Ken Wallace,
Lance Carmicheal, Robert Smits, Kath y
Sulliva n. Back Row: Dan Carm ichea l,
Bashir Niru, Jeff Porter, Larry Truba,
David Barker, Kevin Hering, James
Smiths, Nasir Mohammed, Jay Baier.

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Band Members Display Musical Talent

Front Row: Laura Pierce, Laurie Schmidt, Dawn Antoniak, Renee Puck ett, Tammy Lengyle, Tina Wilder, Bernadette Plaza, Julie Safarik , Laura
Barber , Gloria Falcon. Second Row: Anne Schmidt, Shari Jarosik , Scott Winbolt, Barry Placek, Rhonda Dahl, Carol Bu ller, Joann Lighthill.
Susan Thedens, John Pintore, Amy Cupak, Shirley Orsi, Allison Chunka, Sherri Otto. Third Row: Patricia Montelongo, Justene Ruckman, T om
Jensen, Gary Brandt, Randy Black, Mark Kiihne, Mike Tomasiewicz, Bob Mueller, Pete Mares, Kirk Swanda, Ken Wallace. Fourth Row : Mike
Lewis, Phil Lopez, Debi Murphy, Jim Johnson, Andy Guerra, M ik e Brown, Lisa Kirk, Lisa Brown, Mark Oliver, Rich Rosenthal, David Craig. Dan
Ledgerwood, Sheryl Rasmussen, Russ Rech. In Back: Mr. Mark Arnold. Not Pictured: Amy Hoover, Rachel Doerr, Maria Mendiola, John Stonys.
Kevin Keller.

Chris Pesek has been a majorette for the past three
years. This was the first year she performed alone.
She participated in numerous events: enertaining dur·
ing footba ll and ba sketball games, and led the mar·
chi ng band in various parades.

56 Band and Majorette

Stage Band Members were; Front Row:
Mark Marquez, Mike Tomasiewicz, Sheryl
Rasmussen, Shari Jarosik, Tom Jensen,
Scott Winboldt, Laurie Schmidt, Susan
Thedens, Pat Montelongo, Anne Schmidt.
Middle Row: Mike Brown, Debi Murphy,
Phil Lopez, Bob Mueller, Mike Lewis, Mark
Kiihne, Pete Mares, Tom Stark, Kirk Swan·
da. Back Row: John Stonys, Dan Ledger·
wood, Rich Rosenthal, Russ Rech.

Orchestra Members Pictured below;
Seated: Phillip Nabity, Bob Seefus, Patty
Nabity. Standing: Barb Petersen, Jennifer
Divoky, Art Korterba, Mike Tomasiewicz,
Mike Lewis.

Mr. Mark Arnold has directed South's
bands and orchestra for the past four
y ea rs.

Instrumental music at South
High gives the students several
opportunities to participate in
musical activities throughout the
year. Band is one of the most
visable organizations at South,
promoting school spirit
throughout Omaha at several
events such as football and
basketball games, parades and
concerts.

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Cheerleaders Raise Spirits At School

Red Squad was; Front Row: Jul ie Safarik, Terri Murphy, Stacy Vendet·
ti, Barb Petersen, Jill Vendetti. Back Row: Diane Goldsberry, Hope
K och, Sue Mertz, Judy Mertz, Kathy Randall.

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Along With Raising Money For Camp

White Squad was; F ront Row: M erri Kilgarin, Renee Geveshausen, Kathy Pesek, Bridgett Wiggins,
T rish Karel. Back Row: Kris Proseski, Kim Kelly, Dawn Miller, Chris Plaza.

This year c heerleaders sold football and basket·
ball pins, South High School t·shirts, and red and
while balloons at football games in order to raise
funds. The funds were used for a c heerleading ban·
quet, with remaining money being u sed for fund
raising projects the following year.

Cheerleaders also attended camp at Avila Col·
lege in K an sas City, Missouri. Each squ ad won
several ribbons and brought back the Spirit Stick
for South.

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Ambassadors Are Looking Forward To

First Choir; Row 1: Clarice Throener, Terri Homan, Carol Seefu s, Tari Hansen, Ruth Patrick , Daniel Grothe, Steven Vacek, Norman McConnell,
Todd Reagan, James Linkletter, Nanette Nordm eyer, Amy Cupak, Tina Davis, Carol Sam son. Ro w 2: Djuana Rodman, Mikki Heaton, Roxanne
Henley, Brenda Warsocki, A nnette Vick ers, Erin Larkin, Richard Kurtz, David Limones, Juan Lara, Karen F iarkoski, K ellie Dean, Trenda D avis,
Tanya Holmes. Row 3: Connie Prawl, Andrea Calabretto, Chery l Carter, Julie E vener, Michelle Brown, Laura L engyel, Mark M arquez, Kelly Ur·
ban, Jessie Galvan, Steven Swoboda, Ronda Butk as, Karen O lech oski, Janet Ethofer, Lori Ellefson. Row 4: K elly Urkevich , Julie Calabretto,
Rebecca Camichael, Kelly Prugger, Larry Moody, James Wright, Mark Dixon, Perry Jones, Frank San k o, Marsh elle Dymek , Marjorie Dare,
Heidi Parsons. Not Pictured: Lester Boswell, Sandra Galvan, Brian Cady, Danielle VanVugt.

Second Choir; Row 1: Tammi Newland, Michelle Parsons, Davi~ Patrick, David Newland, Clayton Sanders, Leroy Slaughter, Mich elle Sullivan.
Lisa Kirk, Robbie Whitfield. Row 2: Denise Preston, Lisa Johnston, Kim Lamb, Tony Clark, J ohn Jennings, Lisa W est , Wendi Hermsmeier. Row
3: Connie Simm on s, Kellie West, Carolyn Luken, Gary Franks, James Mactier, St acy Newsome, Matthew Sa xton, K elly Rensha w . No t Pictured•
Nina Daniels, Lupita Diaz, Chr istine Fredericksen.
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Their 20th Anniversary in September

The Ambassadors; Row I: Mr. Hinrichs, Lori Ellefson, Daniel
Grothe, Janet Ethofer, Norman McConnell. Row 2: Heidi Par·
sons, Kelly Urban, Kelly Prugger, Juan Lara. Row 3: Steven
Vacek, Roxanne Henley, Steven Swoboda, Carol Samson. Row
4: Frank Sanko, Connie Prawl, James Linkletter, Andrea
Calabretta.

This year the Ambassadors had thirty perfor·
mances around the Omaha area. They sangrat Ban·
croft Junior High and Marrs Elementary and Junior
High. They also performed for three Nebraska State
·meetings. The meetings included the Lutheran Men
of Nebraska, the State Parliamentarians, and Kap·
pa Iota Education Sorority. In September, the Am·
bassadors will celebrate their twentieth anniversary
of performing.

Advanced Bellringers: Micheal McGuire,
Steven Vacek, Michael Olson, David Rupp,
Mark Marquez, Felipe Pinales, Julie
Evener, Kellie Dean.

This was the second year that
the bellringers have performed
and already they have been on a
television show. The Advanced
Bellringing class taped the show
May 13 and it was shown May 14
on one of the cable stations. They
also performed for various Junior
Highs in the area and were in the
Christmas Vespers and Spring
Concerts.

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RINGING

Beginning Bellringing Class: Lary Travis,
Phillip Nettles. Susan Bowen, Carlotte
Konvalin, Rob Meloccaro, Gloria Combes,
Michael Trapp, Vicki Sanders, Debra
Topolski. Not Pictured: Scott Schmidt,
Reginald Taylor.

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Students Take On Machine Of Tomorrow

62 Computer Club

DECA Prepares A Plan For Success

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DECA Club M embers were: Sponsor Donna Peterson - seated. Front Row: Patty
Elson, Gina DiBia se, Mary Cast ro, Kim Kohler, Joann Bravo, Sharon Grosse, Dawn
Miller, Lisa Pedersen. Back Ro w : Audrey Jank evicius, Lau ra Pierce, A ngie
Villafuerte. Mark Hunt. Tim Davis, Stephanie Ostergaard. Russ Rech. Renee
Urzendowski.

DECA is sponsored by Mrs. Peter son. The
main objective of the club is to improve
leadership in Dis tributi ve Education and to
broaden career o utlook in m arketing.

To raise money DECA sold cand y. The
funds w ent to DECA conferences, state com-
peti tion, and nationa l competition.

Field trips attended by the club included
state competition in March and nat ional com -
petition in June.

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South Hosts Gold Debate Tournarnent

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Forensics Mem bers were: Fron t Ro w : J eff A ld rich. St eve Rukas. B ack Ro w : Juan Lara , Ber·
n adet te Plaza. J udi Mertz, Dalla s Hem en way - sp on so r .

Forensics Officers were: Juan Lara - Vice President, Berna de tte Plaza, Judi
Mertz - Sec reta ries, Steve Rukas - President, Jeff A ldrich - Treasurer.

(i)n November 12 . Sou t h hosted a
Debate Tournam ent with over fifty
earns competing . The ma fn purpose o f
debate is to improve persuasive and
democratiQ procedural communica tio n
sk ills.

This year's debate topic was: W hat
sho uld be the le vel o f United States
commi tments for national defe nse?

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French Club Takes Second In Parade

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F rench Club Members: T err y Zeleny. K at h y K em er y. Robert Smit s. Tersa Sh on k a.
Karen Grozebielski. Audrey Sullivan. Lisa Andrlik. Spon sor Wayne Bold t. Barb
Mach acek . Wendy Shives. Ca th y Cahoy. Rich Ruffcorn. M ik e M oore.

french Club O fficers: Cathy Ca hoy - Presiden t. Audrey Sullivan
- Secretary. K aren Grzebielski - Sgt. at Arms. Lisa Andrlik -
rreasurer.

Meetings were held in Mr. Boldt's room
in order to familiarize French Club
m embers with the customs. literature,
history and fine arts of France and other
Fren ch-speaking countries.

Funds were raised to finance such
fieldtrips as visiting a French restaurant,
Faust workshop, and an a rt museum . to
observe french ar t.

Frenc h Club 65

Club Creates Interest In Teaching

Miss Whiting displays work .

Fu ture T eachers Members were: Spon sors Miss W h it ing, Mrs. Deuc hler, Patric ia Luedtk e. K athy
Adams. Debbie Grimm, K ellie Hum iston. Tammy L engyel . Toni M artinez.

Miss W hiting o rganized
the Fu t u re T eachers Club
this year to create an in·
terest in teaching, teach
a b o u t o p po rtuni t i es,
cultivate qualities essential
in good teaching, and fu r-
t h e r d eve l o p s tud en t
leader ship .

Kathy Adam s served as
c lub President , wi th Tammy
Lengyl, T o ni Martiez, and
Kelly Humiston serving as
Vice President, Treasurer
and Secretary, respectively .

66 Future T eachers

German Club Flag Takes First Place

German Club Members were; Front Row: Chris Hrdy , A llison Chunka, Designed and ,,dnd sewn by Allison Chunka and
Sherri Otto, Kelly Witeck. Back Row: Mary Stoley, Connie Prawl, Ray Sherri Otto for the Nebra ska Federation of Students of
Detloff, David Sy ring, Mrs. Ditlev - Sponsor. German Convention held at Millard North. The banner
won first place in the banner competition. Now it is
the official South High German Club banner.

German Club Officers were: Cindy Hug - Secretary, Allison Chunka
- Vice President, Sherri O tto - President Bobbi Jo Preston -
Parliamentarian, Mary Stoley - Treasurer. '

The main objective of the German Club was to ac·
quaint students with German customs, food and
cu lture. German Club raised funds by selling German
candy. T he funds went to German conventions and
o utings. Norm Zinn was this year's guest speak er.
Club members participated in the following field trips:
Pic nic·Hayrack ride, Spook hike at Fo ntenelle Forest
on Halloween, German Christmas party , FL Fair,
NEFSSG at Millard North, Upstairs Dinner Theater.

German Club 67

Paramedics Explain Their Importance

Health Career Clu b Mem bers: F ron t Row : Mic helle Sulli van, Liz Cooley, M ary Cich . Back
Row: Jannette Vlasnik , M rs. E lea nor Vendetti - spon sor, Chris Pesek .

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Health Career Club O fficers: Ch ris Pesek - T reasurer, M ary Cich .,•, _,,
- Secreta ry, Jannette Vlasnik - President. ,ti"'
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Club Trips Include Amana Colonies

History Club M em bers were: Front Row: Dea ne Shukis. Lo ri Hilliar, Larry Trouba, Gloria Falcon,
Toni Mart inez. Lori K ellogg. Back Ro w : Mike Lewis. Mike T om aslewic z, J ohnny Wa llace. A nne
Schmidt. Scot t Lauten baugh . M ark Kiih ne, J ennifer Di vok y .

Miss Sally Fellows, History Club sponsor.

History Club O fficers: Larry Trouba - Vice President, Scott Lautenbaugh - Presi·
dent, Lori Kellogg - Treasurer . No t Pic tured : Anne Schmidt - Secretary.

History Club was sponsored by Miss
Fellows. The purpose of the club is to in·
troduce students to the history of Omaha.

To raise funds for the club, they sold
candy throughout the school year, and set
up a concessio n s tand at River City
Round·up. The funds helped to finance
field trips to De Soto Bend, Amana Col·
onies, Sarpy County Historical Museum,
Fort Atkinson, Arbor Lodge, and the
Dodge House.

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Cafeteria ladies admire handmade c rafts. Home Economics Members: Debbie Pecha, Tammy Baier, Danielle Sledge, Jo Hering, Mary
Roth, Diane Knapp, Mary Ann Brun, Carol Seefus, Paula Heinz, Sandy Olson, Lupe Garcia.

! Staff members take time t o look o ver students' h andwork.

Home Economics Officers: Paula Heinz - Treasurer, Tammy Baier -
President, Sponsors - Mrs. Crane, Mrs. Nicol, Sandy O lsen - Vice Presi·
dent, Carol Seefus - Secretary.

Home Economics Club was formed by Mrs. Nicol and
Mrs. Crane in order to acquaint students with homemaking
activities, and provide an opportunity to develop c raft skills
for profit.

To raise funds, a Favo rite Recipe Cookbook wa s sold at
the beginning of the year. On December 9th, a Country
Store was opened to sell student-made crafts and nutritional
snack foods. The club received ten percent of funds raised,
with the remaining ninety percent being divided among the
m embers.

70 Home Ee Club

New Sponsor In Charge Of Latin Club

Mrs. Laverman sponsored the Latin Club.

Latin Club Officers were: Jim Johnson - Vice President, Paul Koneck - Sergeant-at· J uan Lara lowers the "boom" on Larry Trouba.
arms, Larry Trouba - President , A lma Sarka - Treasurer, Scott Lautenbaugh -
Secretary.

Latin Club Members were: Becky M artinez, Paul Koneck, Scott Thi s year's Latin Club participated in the Certamen,
Lautenbaugh, Jim Johnson. Lisa Brown, Juan Lara, Debbie Lamb, and brought back the first place trophy in a city wide
Teri Barber. A lma Sa rka. Joe Sou sa. Renee Geveshausen, Ken competition . Club members sold current stationery pro·
Wa llace, Dia ne Knapp. ducts to help defray convent ion expenses.

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Math Olympiad Was Held In Missouri

Math Club Members were; Seated: Scott Lautenbaugh, Rachel Doerr, Lisa Andrlik . Front Ro w : Judy Mertz. Karrie Smithberg, Robin Broughton.
Christine Craig. Audrey Sullivan, Kathleen Sullivan. A llison Chunka. Kirk S wanda. Middle Row : Steve Rukas. Paul Grimmond, Kellie Humiston.
Antonia Martinez, Kathleen Adams. Sherrie Otto. Laurie Schmidt, James Smits. Ken Wallace. Back Row: Michael Lewis. Mark Kiihne. Robert
Smits. Chris Jeffares.

Math Club Officers: President - Rac hael Doerr, Vice President - Scott
Lautenbaug. Secretary/ Treasurer - Lisa Andrli k .

The Math Club sponsored a math contest,
with South scoring very we ll. A ll funds rai sed
are used for any expenses a nd tri ps the c lub
takes. The c lub traveled to Northwest Missouri
State College for the Math Olympiad and also
partic ipated in the Creighton F'-~ld Day.

72 Math Club

South's NHS Breakfast Held At Johnny's

Senior M embers were; First Row: Allison Chunka. Robin Broughton. Sherri Otto. Second
Row: Janet Ethofer. Sherri Jarosik. Chris Crouch. Kerri Smi thberg. Christine Craig. Third
Row: D olores Mejia. Patricia Grabowski . Patricia Coufa l. Annette Dysart. Chris Cordell.
Fourt h Row: Mary S toley. Anne Schmidt. Tammy Baier.

Junior Members were; Fron t Row: Doug Hem sley, Kim Bojan, Mike Moore. Executive Board Members and Officers were: Front Row:
Middle Row: Michele Meinke, Sharon Bilek, Judy M ertz, A u drey Su lli van, Audrey Sullivan, Scott Lauthenbaugh - President, Lori
Carolyn Miodowski. Back Row: Jim Johnson, Jim Foster, Paul Grimmond, Kellogg. Middle Row: Alma Sarka, Rachel Doerr - Treasurer.
Jim Helmberger , Cheryl Warchol, Rich Ruffcorn. Antonia Martinez. Back Row: Sherri Otto. Anne Schmidt.
Lawrence Trouba - Secretary. Not Pictured: Lisa Andrlik -

Vice President.

The National Honor Society Members Not Pic tured Are: Kathy
Adams. Vicki Adams. Kevin Bosi ljevac, Cathy Cahoy, Jolynn
Dasov ich. Russell Duff. Julie Evener. Shawn Foreman. K ellie
Humiston. Mark Hunt. Viengxay lnthachack. Robi n Knight. Pen·
ny Krimmel. Patty L uedke. Kathy Majorek. Mary McEvoy, Bob
Mueller. Tricia Nabi ty. Jan ine Peroutka, Lydia Santos. Bonnie
Siebrandt. Daniel Sigmund. Susan VanCleve. Diane Waszak.
Brenda Warsocki, Dawn Antoniak. Peggy Aufenkamp. Roxanne
Henley. Mark Kiihne. Mike Mascarello. Bob Smits. Kirk Swanda .

The National Honor Society, with the help of
Miss Fellows, was form ed to honor achievements
and provide services in this a rea.

The organizatio n held its recognitio n brea kfast at
Johnny's. Guest speaker was State Senator Karen
Kilgarin. The South Oma ha M erc hant's A ssoc ia tio n

and the O m aha Optimist's Club provided fu nds for
the breakfast. A teachers recognition breakfast was
among the clubs many activities.

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Outdoors Club Encounters Bad Weather

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Outdoors Club Members were; Front Row: Mary Cich, Chris Crouch, Linette Limones, Diane Knapp, Darlene Norman, Kathy Sullivan. Middle

Row: John Hoagland , Connie Simmons, Michaela Finnegan, Lupe Ga rcia, Chris Grassau , Caroly n Lukan, Kristina Sarka. Back Row: Chris Jef·
faries, David Spellman, Joe Demitruk, Larry Trouba, Chris Cordell, Sandy Olson, Andy Leonard, Ann Stubler.

Guys look o ver ski pamphlet s in hopes of future trip. .,

The Outdoors C lub wa s organiz· C ,,-. ,_
ed to provide o pportunities for (: ~
students to explo re and par·
ticipate in outdoor activ ities, and Outdoors Club O fficers: Chris Crouch - Vice President, A lme
to become more aware of their Sa rka - Presiden t, Diane Knapp - Secretary. Not Pic tured:
natural environm ent. Lisa Taylor - Treasu rer.

74 Outdoors Club

The Pep Club Cheers On The Packers

Pep Club Mem bers were: B ot tom Row: Mary Bojanski. A lma Sark a. Ch ris Cordell. Pam
House, Trenda Davis. M iddle Row: L y dia San to s. Ti na Davis. Kim Hilmer, K athy Kem ery.
Back Row : Ann St ublar, Susan VanCleve. Teresa Shonka . Trish M cDerm ont. Carolyn
Luken. Connie Sim m ons.

To the left . Pep Clu b Officers were: Ch ris Cordell - Vice Presiden t.
Teresa Shonka - Treasurer. Sponsors - Mrs. Peter sen, M iss
Sei fer t. L ydia Santo s - President. Kathy Kemery - Secretary.

Pep Club is spo nsored b y Miss Seifert and Mrs.
Pet er son . The main objective of the Pep Clu b is to
help su ppo rt athletic t ea m s a nd t o bring sp ir it to
South High . Pep Club m ember s sold c arnations at
Ho m ecoming to raise fund s to support their c lub.
T hey gave a break fast for all fa ll sports which w ent to
state and they also awarded corsages to the coaches.
Other f unds w ent to cheerleaders and p omperets.

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Future Photographers Join Club

A good photograp her takes p ictures from all angles. Photograph y Club Officers: Doug Wilder - President. Diane K napp - Treasurer,
Sandy O lson - Secretary. Not Pic t u red: La rry Nicho lson - Vice President.

76 Photography Club

Long Practices And Hard Work Pay Off

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This Year ·s Pomperettes inc luded; Front Row:
Karri Smithberg, Chris Craig. Sherri Otto, Julann
Pannell, Rachel Doerr, Lau rie Schmidt and Lisa
Andrlik. Back Row: Robin Broughton, Michelle
Mienk e, T reva Hunt, Amy Cupak, Elna Cardenas
and Diane Sh ukis. Not Pictured: Roletta Fine.
Squad Cap tains were: Karri Smithberg and Lisa
Andrlik.

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Club's Work Is Noticed Around School

Michael M cGuire dem onstrates his talents and skills on the printing machine.

Front Row: President - Daneen T opolski, Treasurer -
Ruth Storm, Vice President - Dana Topolski. 2nd Row:
A lan Bartunek, Rob Meloccaro, Pa t Bartunek , Theresa
McGuire, Mike McGuire, Monique Andrade, John Roden·
barger, Ray Cich. 3rd Row: Ken Morong, David Wysocki,
Debbie Topolski, James White, Paul Scofield, Dan
Foreman. Not Pictured: Kim McCormick, Joe Malfait ,
April Cunningham. Secretary - Mike Latka.

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Journalism Honors For 15 Students

Members; Front Row: Lydia Santos, Debbie Grimm, Coni Meloccaro, Todd Reagan. Back Row: Don Quill and Scroll is an
Freemyer, Steve Rukas, Treva Hunt, John Trawicke, John Guyott. organization designed to
recognize those students
who have performed
superior work in some form
of journalism or school
publications. There were 15
students, 12 seniors and 3
juniors, nominated for this
honor, this past year. Many
of the members were involv·
ed in selling concessions at
basketball games, to help
pay for the induction costs
into the orgnization.

Below are Officers: Coni Meloccaro
- Treasurer, Lydia Santos -
President, John Guyott - Vice
President, Debbie Grimm -
Secretary.

Members; Front Row: Rhonda Sheibal, Paula Heinz, Phil Lopez. B ack Row: Tony Cisar, Bonnie
Siebrandt, Jackie Johnson.

Clf!ur Ac/vis

Tht 1 "1111/,dnt<!', ,commended lor Quill
ond Scsoll h,mor, tlovo bC'!ln approved lor member-

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Training Tomorrow's Leaders Today

JROTC Major Harold Ho rnbeck runs a tight Sergeant J erry Watson k eep s his leaders in line during the afternoo n onl y.
squad.

Training tomorrow's leaders today is
the main objective o f the Junio r
Reserve Officers Training Corps.

The South High JROTC is involved in
many activities throughout the school
yea r, inc luding: courtesy patrol a nd col·
or guard at football and basketball
games, parades, honor guards for
Veterans and Memorial Days, and rifle
team matches to mention only a few.

T en c adet s from South joined 150
cadets from seven other Omaha high
schools and t raveled to Fort Riley, Kan·
sas for a three day orientation. While
there, they participated in running the
obstacle course. Also, in nearby
Abilene, Kansas, they visited the
muse um, the library, and th e
Eisenhower Center.

The highlight of the JROTC social
season is a military ball held each Spr-
ing for graduating JROTC seniors.

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LEADERS

JROTC Member s: Front Row: Steven Fa rrington, Paul Carpenter, Leroy Slaughter.
Colette Cleary, Cassaundra Banks, John Primes. James Goodman. Back Row:
Earnest Birt. Mark Helmberger. Mitchell Ames, Robert Mack , Kirby A rbaugh, Richard
Shepley, Robert Herrera, Ca lvert Brown.

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Science Club Heads For The Outdoors

Front Row: Annette Vickers, Wendy Shives, Cindy Colby, Laura Lengyl , Bernadette Plaza, J ohn Hoagland, J eff A ldrich, Lynn Rosemano, Phil
Lopez, Carolyn Lukin, Mary Castro, Patty Seefus, Julie Evener. Back Row: Sherri Otto, Angie Villafuerte, A llison Chunka, Bob Rider, T am my
Manzer, Paula Heinz, Shari Jarosik, Gary Brandt, Clayton Sanders, Duane Persinger, Norman McConnell - President. Not Shown: Lisa Andrlik
- Secretary, Jay Baier, Tammy Baier, Mike Barker - Vice President, Shawn Bell, Dave Benkis, Earnest Birt, Robert Cerveny, Patty Coufal ,
Ch ristine Craig, David Craig, Brian Crowley , Robin Craig, Karen Fonfara, Chris Grassau, Debbie Grimm, Paul Hoagland, Julie Coufal, Amy
Hoover, Cindy Hug, Kellie Humiston - Treasurer, Traci Nun, Jeff Kilborn, Dan Lewis, Jim Mactier, Mic helle Meinke, Phil Nabity, Shirley Orsi,
Heidi Parsons, Michelle Parsons, Janine Peroutka, Randy Poppino, Connie Praw l, Ren ee Puc k ett, Ca rie Rody , A lma Sarka, Carrie Schmitt,
Stephanie Sinski, Karri Smithberg, Bethyl Sopcic h, Ron Stevens, Mary Stoley, Ann Stublar. A udrey Sullivan, Kathy Sulliva n, David Thorson,
Connie Whitney, Tina Wilder, Kellie West, Terry Zeleny.

This past year, the Science Club went on a field trip
to the mountains of Colorado and the plains o f Wyom-
ing. The students left on June 15 and returned on
June 2 1, for a 7 day/6 night stay at the following
c ities: Laramie, Wyoming; A spen, Vail, and Steamboat
Spri ngs, Colo rado. In o rder for students to raise
money to pay for the trip, many worked at concessio n
stands at various sporting events, a raffle was held,
and a variety of goods were sold.

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S-Club Raised Funds Selling Candy

S·Club Members were; Front Row: Denise Cavlovic, Patty Coufal, Patty Grabowski, Lisa Bravo. Middle Row: Karen Fonfara, Mary Cich, Susan
VanCleve, Chris Cordell, Sha ri Jarosik, Chris Crouc h. Back Row: Pa t Montelongo, Chris Butera. Mary Stoley, Lydia Santos, A lma Sarka, Tam ·
my Baier. Carrie Spartford, Roxanne Nelson, Bunny Stickney, Mary Bojanski.

S-Club Officers were: Treasu ry - Denise Cav lovic, Secretary - Mary Cich, Sponsor - Patty Hopkins, Chris Cordell models new S·Club

President - Chris Cordell, Vice President - Lisa Bravo. Jacket.

The S·C lub is sponsored by Patty Hopkins. The main pl!rpose of thi s club is to help support the girls' sports at
South High School. To raise funds S·C lub sold ca ndy. These funds went to pay for the Girls' Track Record Board.

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Industrial Arts Are Building, Welding,

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Auto Body. • . Takes It To The Streets

Mr. Pistone always lends a helping hand when problems arise.

Five auto body students participated in rebuilding this
1930 Model A Coupe. It was refinished in black and tan
acrylic enamel paint and was then entered in the In·
dustrial Arts Fair at the Westroads. It was also driven in
the 1982-83 Homecoming parade, in which Mr. Christie
and Miss Fellows were passengers.
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National Spanish Honor Society Members:
Kathy Adams. Roger Austin. Mary Cich ,
Russell Duff. Annette Dysart. Amelia
Hilario, Kellie Humiston. Shari Jarosik, Let·
ty Lara, Juan Lara. Ofelia Lara. Tammy
Lengyel. Kellie Mace. Michele Meinke.
Dolores Mejia, Judy Mertz. Cristina Pelaez.
Christina Plaza. Barbara Record

National Honor Society students who have excelled in their studies of the Spanish language. Delores Mejia and Ofelia Lara take first
place in Nebraska on a National Spanish
Exam.

Spanish Club Members; Front Row: Amelia Hilario, Julie Morgan, Kathy Adams, Spanish Club Members; Front Row: Betty Hansen, Cheryl
Ofelia Lara, Cristina Pelaez, Annette Dysart. Back Row: Tammy Lengyel, Kellie Gushard, Traci Despines, Kim Prucha, Bernadette Plaza.
Humiston, Debbie Grimm, Barbara Record, Kellie Mace, Tari Hansen, Dolores Back Row: Letty Lara, Tammy Helms. Denise Wynn.
Chris Plaza , Gloria Falcon.
Mejia.

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Student Council Has Successful Year

Senior Council Members - Front Ro w: Gregg Cardenas, Karen Grzebieski, J eff Aldrich. Robin Knight, Scott L autenbaugh, Sponsor Robert
Christie. Back Row: Shawn Bell, Bobbi Jo Preston. Not Pic tured: B ob Ripley, Lydia Santos and J im Nekola.

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Council Officers: Gregg Cardenas - Sgt. at Arms, Karen Grzebieski -
Secretary, Jeff A ldrich - President, Robin Knight - Vice President, Bobbi
Jo Preston - Treasurer.

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Junior Council Members; Front Row: Joy Bewley , Michealla Finnigan, Lisa Taylor. '
Ann Kroupa, Lisa Bravo. Back Row: Steve Rukas, Joe Grabowski. Vince Zendjas.
Not Pic tured: John Branientos.

Sophomore Council Members: Steve Opplinger, Connie Simmons. Not Pictured: The major objective of Student Council
Su san Thedens. is to provide a link of communication bet·
ween school staff and students. There
were all new members except three this
year.

Throughout the year student council
members held dances and car washes.
They also participated in the Special
Olympics. They helped out with South's
Blood Mobile and The Eagles Blood
Mobile. Student Counci l also helped with a
food drive at Thankgiving and a Toy drive
at Christmas. They sponsored homecom·
ing and this years theme was " Precious

Moments."
Student Council attended the state con·

vention at Columbus, Nebraska. They con·
versed with other members of other coun·
cils and talked about issues throughout the
State.

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Tooter Staff Keeps Students - Faculty

Tooter Members; Front Row: Kelly Forem an, Robin Broughton, Debbie Grimm, Coni Meloccaro, L ydia Santos, Dana Topolsk i. Back Row: M rs.
Waterm an - Sponsor, T odd Reagan, Rodney Gomez, John Trawicke, T reva Hunt, Pat Mantell, John Gu yott. Not Shown: Don Freemyer, Jeff
Uryasz, Michele Dolincheck.

At the beginning of each m onth, the
newspaper staff makes ava ilable the
Tooter. This has been a South High
t radition since 1904. The T ooter has
c hanged in m any ways, esp ecially the
cost of pri nting and paper. The staff
mem bers were in volved in selling stuff-
ed anima ls, b umper stickers at Ri ver C i·
ty Round-u p, and concessions at bask et·
ball games, to pay for these costs.

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Aware Of Current School Information

Beginning Tooter Members; Front Row; Treasure Pierce. Lucy Medina. Middle Row; Terry Roa rk . Jesse Gal van. Ken Wallace. Kathryn Herold.
Da wn Heusinkveld. Back Ro w ; Mrs. Waterman. S teve Rukas. Larry Nicholson. Mike Jones. Dean Flyr. Scott Cunningham. T ammy Thompson.
Not Shown; Scott Cooley.

Dawn Heusink veld works on copy layout for the next tooter issue.

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Staff Illustrates ''The Good Tin1es''

Act ivit y Sec tion: Bobbi Jo Preston. Trish K arel. Paula Heinz a t work on layouts. Photographer: Dan Reilly printing pic tures.

Club and Organizations Sections Members: Janine Jamrozy , Ph il Lopez, M ary Roth. O pening/Closing Sec to ns Member s were:
Advisor: Mrs. Larson pushed yearbook students extra hard to publish the best yearbook .

Cover/ Div ision Pages: Rhonda Sheibal drawing divi sion pages.

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Faculty Section are: Marsh a W imer. Lori Penning, Liz Cooley working on layouts. Photographer: Phil Lopez enlarging pictures.

Robin Knight and Karen Grzebielski. Sports Sec tion : Mark McKenna, Tony Cisar, Kevin Andahl working on layouts.

Underc lass: Bon nie Siebrandt. Jill Vendetti. Jac kie Johnson. Senior Sec tion M embers are: Diane Waszak. Dana Sledge, Kris Froning.

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