As I dash through the halls on my last day at Irving, I glance in to rooms that have grown so familiar, the irritations I have felt softening in to a yearning for more.
A love for teachers I have never known brews inside me, and I smile at all I pass.
But most of all I think of good times. Teachers, who cultivated and renewed my mind year after year, always keeping me positive and inspired, rush through my head like a bowling ball crashing through pins. Could high school ever be so great?
Hopping down the last flight of stairs, the waft of the year's last school lunch catches in my nose.
Wistfully, I glance down the hallway. Eighth grade girls giggle together, while guys make promises to call over the summer.
Suddenly, a huge pack of seventh graders race past me. They are glad to be rid of Irving for three months, and fail to appreciate ninth grade sentiment. Yet we all stick together, through thick and thin, no matter our age .
We are all workers striving to make a difference. If not us, who? We conquer procrastination, and act in the present. If not now, when?
Wiping away a tear, I slip out the front door, and disappear with my laughing friends.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?" is a misquote spoken by former president Ronald Regan in 1981. The original quote, spoken by Rabbi Hillel 20 centuries earlier than Regan, is: "If I am not for myself who is for me? And when I am for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?"
The Journey
Joseph Afuh Tammy Alt Jessica Anderson Adam Andrews AlinaApop e
Kristin Armstrong Christopher Arnold
Michelle Arnold
Jennifer Ashmore Briane Sac o
Erin Bahm . James Baldus Kris Barnhard
Chad Bartek
Aaron Bart e
finda Baskin Dustin Bauer Dustin Bayne John Beecham Brad Belk
Shameka Bluford Andrew Bossung
Angela Botsford Paul Boye
Sta nford Bradley Cory Branoen Benjamin Britten
Joshua Brokering
Mollie Bruhn
Tiff an ey Brunke
Melissa Bryant
Julie Buhlmann
Erin Burcham
Michael Burden
Jennifer Burianek Mandy Burt
Matthew Burt
Erika Buser EvaByo):t
Jon Carter, Jena Eberspacher and Amber Lueders in a group picture. To the right
Matt Domangue showing his great smile. Just aboue
Betsy Rogers playing the Chubby-Bunny Game. To the top right.
Dressing up for - Mac-Daddy Day. To the right.
Todd Campfield Corey Carbon Whitney Carper Mariah Carroll Jonathan Carter
Toni Casillas Erin Champion Theresa Child Zachary Childress Jamie Christensen
Bryan Christiancy Adrienne Church Ryan Coffey Ryan Coleman
Suzanne Coniglio
Melodee Covert-
Justin Connors Anthony Copple
Rebecca Coren Shandra Cossey Wagner ):{
Knight and Wilbur just hangin' out (right)
Buds (below)
FRIENDS WORKING TOGETHER
Faces of Friends
by Emily Rose
Look in this yearbook and you will see many faces that mean something to you and me.
A face is a friend.
Faces we trust, faces that smile.
Some we've known for a long time , and some for a while.
Faces that stood by you, and faces that let you down. -
Look at these faces you will see ...
Faces that laughed, faces that cried, and some faces that lied.
But even though there were hard times there were so many more that were good.
You will never forget the faces of friends that understood.
GREAT FRIENDS!
Patrick Cranford Emily Cronrath
Ashleigh Cvitak
Sarah Dance
John Davis
Bradley Dirksen
Ashley Dittmann Matthew Domangue
Abbie Dunn
Jena Eberspacher
Julia Eckles
Lynden Eddy
Brian Ehlers Adam l;lsberry Andy Engel
Rachel England
Abby Eule}:(
Steven Feess Lisa Ferdinand Danny Fernandez Jessica Fey Ann Fireston e
Sarah Gabelhouse Molly Gade John Gadeken Katherine Garcia Leslie Garre tt
)!(tian Gates Nathan Gelber
Kimberly Gewain Daniel Gibson
Johnathon Gilm o e
Shannon Gordon Jessica Grauf Noah Greenwald
Denise Hall Nathan Hall Beverly Hames
Elizabeth Hathaway Adam Hayes
Angela Hayter
Rebecca Hepburn Amanda _ Herrmann Tiarra Hess
Tyler Guenzel .
Daniel Hart
Nathan Heard
Jessica Hetcko
Jeff GuiducciKoontz
Chad Harwick
Christine Heinke
Thomas Hier
BALDIES
To Our Future
B y Devany Ray
As the injustices o f this world
Look us directly i n the eyes
We are strong enough
To not look away
As our lives begin to mold and take shape
Before we start. to realize it
We are independent enough
To take control and be who we want to be
For ·we are the future
And its all up to us
We have the power to set new rules
Break the stereotypes
Banish the prejudices
And teach the world
How to love one another
Someone must change things
If not us, who?
. If not now, when?
Katherine High Tiffani Hill
Christy Hinrichs Samuel Hoage Matthew Hog u
Mandi Hohenstein
Lauren Holm Tyson Holt Roya Hossaini
Denise Houde k
Dana Hrenchir Brandi Huntwork
Adren Jackson Clayton Jaeger
Joel Jensen
Julie Jensen Paul Johnson Lisa Jones
Sheila Jones Em i ly Kanive
Walter Kimbrough
Marcia Kapperman
Rachelle Keller
Beth Kenney
Jimmy Keovichi~h Jr. •
Willie Kloefkorn
Christian Knapp
Jacob Knapp
Carrie Knight
Echo Koehler Claire Kos
Alexis Kramer
Sasha Kreutz
Jason Krueger
Lynae Krutak Alison Kuhlman
Travis Kulwicki
Chris Lahmon
Cynthia Larsen Lauterbach Gregory Lawson
Chaaron Le Sage Christopher Lechner Louis Ledder
Courtney Lightner Michael Lindholm
Nicholas Loomis
Amber Lueders Tye Luther
Michael Lyon
Michael Lawson
Julian Lesoing
Kattia Loury
Jonathan Ma
Skyler Lawy E
Allison Lethe t ,
Johanna Ludwickson
Stephanie Ma in
Ryan Malone
Kara Maybee
Alex Mizerski
Susan Marion
Rawlin McNiff
GREAT PlUXS
Christian Meyer
Brianne Monroe
Jeffery Markey Douglas Martind.ale
Alan Massing
John McPherson
Josh Mehlin
Martina Mehta
Michelle Meyer
Joseph Micek
Dayna Miller
Kelley Moore Benjamin Morgan
William Moses
BUDDIES
jES HORA DE TENER FIESTA!
Steven Mulligan Joseph Mulnix
Amber Murphy
Katherine Murphy
Samuel Myers
Amanda Nelson Christopher Ne lson
Jennifer Nevaril
Larry Nguyen
Ryan Niemann
Louisa Olds
Michael Olmsted
Jamie Oltman
Marc Palensky Colby Palmer
Jennifer Pankoke
Jodi Payne
Rachel Pen)li(
Jennifer Pester Deborah Peters Sunni Peterson Mariah Pierce David Poland
Matthew Powers Christina Price Adam Proskeovec William Pugsley Christopher Pul e
David Putensen Kaitlin Quinn Rekha Rajagopal Devany Ray
Richard Rees e
Mua Reinwald Stephen Rennings Charlotte Ridge Nathan Rittgarn Adam Robert s
Strike a pose!
rving'
s Trends
by Emily Rose & Betsy Rogers
A group of ninth graders were surveyed about what kinds of pants, shirts , shoes, socks, hair, and jewelry were popular here at Irving. The favorite kinds of pants were jeans, with cords
kinds of socks were, of course, plain white socks. Wool socks came in next. The favorite kind of hair style was long hair, and dyed hair closely followed. The most popular kinds of jewelry were necklaces and rings.
• As you can tell by this survey, coming in a close second. The most popular kinds of shirts were regular t-shirts and flannels.
The students at Irving are very different and cannot be classified into one kind of ca t egory. the students at Irving are very different and cannot be classified into one kind
The majority of ninth graders preferred Nikes, but Doc Marten 's and Airwalks came in tie d for second. The favorite. of category. We are setting our own style according to what we think is cool, and don't let people's opinions stop us from expressing our true selves.
Here's What Irving Students Say About Trends
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&M I LE PQ ETTY (above right)
·JUST HANGING AROUND _ (right)
Timaree Roberts Elizabeth Rogers Brittany Rosado Emily Rose . Natalie Rouse
Jamaica Royal Christopher Aus Katherine Salst rand Timothy Samuelson Heath Sargent
Michael
Burt Schleiger Jesse Schrader Brian Schupbach Schwichtenberg Mark Sellmyer
Ashley Shackleton Jacob Shank
Justin Sheets
Jillian Sheridan Scott Shiel!)(
James Shoemaker Abby Shrader
Elizabeth Shubert Stephanie Shubert
Marcus Shum
Terra Simmons Jessica Skeen
Melissa Smith Jennifer Smoyer
Kristin Snelle r
Heather Snyder Brett Sonday
Christina Southwick Benjamin Spadt
Ronnie Spradle •
)(issa Stahly Jeffrey Starlin
Donald Stenberg Jr. Andrew Steppat
Todd Stohs
Matthew Stuart
Anndrea Stubblefield
Laura Suhr
Melissa Swihart
Sarah Swisher Elaina Tang
Lindsey Tavlin
Courtney Taylor Tara Taylor
Shana Teeters Casey Tellier Andrew Thelen
Jeremy Theil
Jonathan Thornton
Megan Timming Jacob Varvel
John Vigna Jessica Voges
JessicaWa~
Caleb Wagner James Wagner
Benjamin Waller
Todd Warburton Clayton Weddle
Brandon Werner Sarah Werner
David Whippy James Whippy Catrayl Whitcom i
Andrew Wiese Anna Wiig
Jaclyn Wilbur Nicole Wilkinson
Austin Williams
, )(han Williams John-Paul Wilson
Justin Wilson
Kate Wilson
Michael Wilson
Jesse Windle
The Drive
by Betsy Rogers
Almost 16
You imagine:
cruising down the road, listening to your favorite radio station,
and talking with your friends as you head towards the movie • theater. You think about when you had to rely on your parents or one of your older friends to take you where you wanted to go. ----
Not
anymore!
Right now many of us ninth graders are old enough to at least have our learner's permit and a few of us
lucky ones are 16 and actually driving.
Most of us think of the cars we will be getting. Some of the cars may not be much, but at least they have wheels and soon other people won't have to · drive us all over town.
We will be on our own, free to go where we please when we please, and no one can stop us. Being able to drive is a big responsibility, but hopefully we are able to grasp that responsibility in our hands and overcome our fears.
Casey Wittstruck in his car. (right)
Casey Wittstruck Joseph Woodward Charles Wright Shakira Yo)( '
The Future is NOW
Anderson, Travis
Andrews, Katie
Andringa, Kyle
Arps, Stephanie
Asboe, Eric
Asche, Raven
Babcock, Heather
Bahr,Adam
Baker, Devon
Baker, Mark
Barrow, Kate
Bartruff, Tyler
Becker, Angie
Belk, Jason
Benker, Andrew
Berg, Michael
Bertsche, Ryan
Bloebaum, Dana
Bower, Kristina
Bowling, Jordan
Brannen, Jennifer
Brekke, Rachel
Brenner, Cara
Brindel!, Aaron
Briscoe, Jessica
Bronson, Christy
Brown, Brandy
Bruggeman, Kyle
Buckley, Elizabeth
Buda, Thomas
Thinking about the Future
Buis, John Burns, Theodore Byleen, Austin Canter, Austin Carlson, Kat rina
Carper, Casey Chapin, Robert Cherry, B~th Anne Christensen, Elizabeth Christensen, Ian
Christie, Yohance Church·, Michael Clark, Brandy Clifton, Sarah Cobb, . Sean Cole,Aysia Cook, Meghan Crawford, Andrea Crider, Brittanie Crisp, Derek Crowley, Michelle Cunning, Crystal Daharsh, Adam Dalka, Beth Danekas, Miranda Dant, Sean Davis,Adam Davis, S. Matthew Davison, Jason Debus, Melissa 31
Building a tower for tomorrow.
Hanging around (above)
Aaron (right) 1s havmg a good time.
Keep smiling Eric (right)
Making a Difference
Delaney, Janell Delano, Jason Dodds, Lisa Doney, Nate Dowding, Jason
Dyer, Tessa Eckert, Sidnee Eckstein, Neil Edmonds,· Emily Effie, Brandon
Egan, Mik~ II
Elder,Aron
Ertl , Franzis Evans, Stephen Fabrikant, Benjamin
Fernandez, Kate Fitzgerald, Chad Flury, Nickolas Foote, Danny Ford, Molly
Fraka, Kate
Gale, Griffin
Gates, Kelly Geistlinger, Sarah Gewecke, Heath Gewecke, Nick Ghormley, Anne Gi.ft, Oliver Gilmore, Waylon Glasgow, Shane
Tomorrow's leaders
Goff, Nate
Gourlay, Joey
Grant, Tina
Grant,Tonya
Grauf, Jeremy
Green, Elizabeth
Green, Emily
Gulizia, Mathew
Hall, Shawn
Harnly, Patrick
Harre, Jason
Harris, Emily
Harris, Justin
Hartwig, Kristina
Heath, Jessica
Heckman, Andrew
Heckman, Jessica
Hefner, Slade
Hein, Amanda
Hemmer, Joanie
Hergert, Emily
Herrmann, Mitchel
Hohensee, Josh
Hoistad, Jillian
Holmes, Joseph
Houchen, Lacey
Hua,Leng
Hubka, Molly
Hunzeker, Shanna
H but, Kyle
Wondering about the new millenium
Jackson, Adren Jackson, Patrick Jackson, Tremanish Jam~s, John Jeune, Kari Johnson, Amy Johnson, Ashley Johnson, Jeremy Jones, Cory Jones , Knox Kadavy, Lexi Kalkwarf, Matthew Keefe, Molly Keller, Micheal Kelsey, Joseph
Kiggins, Stephanie Kildare, Miles King, Nathan Kirschbaum, Amanda Kitt, Gregory Klaus, Christopher Kortefay, Alison Kosier, Brian Kreps, Hannah Kubick, Justin Kubly, Lauren Kuester, James Kunz,Tanner Lafler, Crystal Lebow, Aaron
SEE NO EVIL
SAY NO EVIL
THINK NO EVIL
Working
LUNCH ROOM FUN!!
Friends
The Class of 2001
Lechner, Galen
Lechner, Joel
Lefferts, Robert
Leibee, Jenna
Leuty, Melissa
Lierz, Kerri
Lilleholm, Courtney
Little, David
Lofgren, Megan
Loury, BillyJoe
Lowrey, Tate
Lu, Becky
Lucks, Naptali
Lyons, Joe , Magwire, Brittni
Maitland, Chelsea
Mayfield, Mike
Mccarville, Brandon
McCoy, Phil
Mcginn, Emily
Mckay,Wesly
Mcleese, Adrienne
Meakin, Peter
Metcalf, Meredith
Metcalf,Shelly
Michon, Joshua
Miller, Gerald
Milligan, Megan
Milligan, Peter
• iken, Jordan
Eighth graders
Mitchell, Justin Moock, Dave Moore, Joseph Moore, Kristin Moorer, Jennifer
Moseman, Shebra
Muhleisen, Jacob Mulnix, Daniel Mumgaard, Jessica Nabegh, Parham
When we think of the future we often think of cars that fly, robots, rockets, space travel, and new and better thing . But is that what next year is going to be like? Probably not, that's why people need to think more into next year, not next century.
Our future lies in us, that's why we need to think more about how this year, as well a the rest of our academic life, will change us. The future is closer to us now than we have ever known. The new millennium will be our millennium. It will be our time to be in control. We will command our own destiny. We make the rules. We tell what is to be done and what is not to be done.
Maybe one of your classmates will be the first person to colonize Mars or maybe you will find the cure for AIDS. Nq matter .what we do in the future it all depends on what we do now. What we do with our time in school and what we do in our time with peopl,e makes us who we are. Who we are now tells us who we will be in the future.
Orbin, Kindra
Oritz, Joseph
Ortman, Sarah
Osberg, Emily
Otte, Sarah
Pagels, Jodi
Pavelka, Mary
Payne, Amanda
Perez, Joe
Peterson, Ryan
The future i in our hands.
Kevin Myles and his father.
Trends and Fads
Here to Stay or Gone Tomorrow?
By TJ Luther
Being in style is always important in school life and 8th graders know . hat the styles are. With 115 student voters the most popular eighth grade style is aggy clothes, receiving 26% of the votes. In a not so close second, l l % said hat listening to 70's music was the thing to do. Third place. with 10% of the otes, was dying your hair. In fourth place 70's clothes, tie-dyed shirts and olored nail received 9%. In an extremely close fifth, AirwalksNans got 6%, utting patches on your clothe received 5%, and shopping at the Salvation Army eceived 4%. The remainder of the tudents had their own unique fads including hane Glasgow who said, "I have my own fads."
Philipps, Robert Pilcher, Christina Pillard, Lindsay Pomeroy, Aaron Porter, Valerie
Posvar, Matthias Price, Joshua Quinn, Benjamin Raff, Rebecca Ramsey, Nicholas
Mr. VanHorn doesn't like to blow his own horn, but he is a great principal.
We are the future
Rankin, Jonathan
Rasmussen, Lyndsi
Reed, Jeremy
Reifschneider, Brett
Reynolds, Laura
Rhodes, Cameron
Riblett, Chris
Ricketts, Erin
Riggle, Emily
Rodriguez, Victor
Roux, Chase
Ruff, Chandra
Ruud, Barrett
Sabata, Brian
Salem, Christopher
Salem, Jeffrey
Salistean, Robbie
Salvati, Joseph
Schacht, Eric
Schaffer, Kellie
Schidler, Christopher
Schildt, Barbara
Schilf, Jessica
Schneider, Lacey
Schuette, Amanda
Schwichtenberg, Stev
Sebek, Jessica
Seuferer, Charles
Shade, Michelle
Shea, Katherine
The Future is upon us
Shikles, Sarah Shreve, Joseph Sindel, Stacy
Smart, Kirby Smith, Hillary
Sorensen, Charles Sorensen, Tyler Souders, Stacy Spale, Tarileaka Sprenger, Jacob
Staehr, Brooke Stitt, Katie Story, Ethan Straube, Sarah Straube, Stephanie
Streich, Derek
Stroh, Sara Stuart, Jeremy Stuart, Rob Stuckey, Margaret
Sweet , Mary Clare Swenson, Seth
Swift, Nate Szabat, Mark . Tegt, Dana
Thornton, Nicholas Thornton, T.J. Tomkins, Stefanie Trumble, Chase Turley, Aaron
Aardvarks for the futu· re
Uridil , Katie
Uridil, Michael
Van Slyke, Matthew
Vanier, Lindsay Vaughn, Emily
Vaverka, Andrea
Vaverka, Kimberly
Via, Jennifer
Voelker, Benjamin
Vorhies, Topher
Vuchetich, Robert
Wagner, Tyler
Wahlman, Scott
Waldo, Ross
Wallace, John
Wandzilak, Scott
Ward, Theresa
Watson, Megan
Watson, Tanisha
Weckman, Amanda
Welter, Thomas
Werts, Jodi
Wertz, Brett
Whitaker, Michael Whitney, Tera
Wilbourn, Dustin
Wilcox , Natalie Wiles,Jonathan
Williams, Danielle Winkle, James
Heading Tow ard s the Fu t u re
By Christina Southwick
It' another boring Saturday and once again it's time to clean your room. You head for your disastrous closet. Underneath a huge pile of wrinkled clothes~ lies some folders with a bunch of old chool papers from seventh grade. You start for the trash can when your folder gives way and all the paper fall to the ground. As you clean up the mess you come across an old note from a friend. It talks about that cute guy that sits by her in Health. You then realize how much you both have changed.
All the great people and memorie of Irving quickly come to mind. Where would I be if it hadn't been for those teacher and friends who guided me safely through Irving? Can you believe there are only four more years till graduation?
Then watch out world because here comes the minds of the class of 2001. Soon it will be our turn to take the lead and keep the world going trong. It is up to us to keep our dreams and ideas alive. The past was great but now it is time to head towards the future.
Studying our way to the top.
Winton, Cherie Wood, Blythe Worth, Julia Wright, Lindsey Wright, Wordie
Richard Jacobson
Robert Beverly
Brian Browning
Micheal Colla
Sophia Eckhardt
April Hardy
, • Bi11y Howell
Jeremy Laflin
Chri tie Lefebrve
Brian Muellner
Mica
Jes ica Barton
Just Kiclcin' it. Shooting for the Stars.
Just Hanging around
Shootin' the breeze.
Sports at Irving
By Brian Schupbach
Irving ha s a wide variety of sports you can do after school, such as in!ermural basketball, volleyball, wrestling, football, track and field and many more. There is also sports that you could do other than being on an interinural team, like you could go to Irving's 3 on 3 or 5 on 5 basketball tournaments, you might also be interested in the annual punt, pass and kick competition. What ever it is you choose you are sure to have fun as well as improve your athletic skills.
Bu~1:et Cuts
By Natalie Rouse
Sixty-five students were interviewed and asked, "If something(s) had to be cut from public schools, what would you cut?" They were asked to choose between cutting vocal and instrumental music, special education programs, extra ciricular and sports programs, P.E., art, computer, home ec. and teen living, industrial tech, and staff members (meaning larger class sizes). The truth is that many or all of these programs could be terminated starting in the 98-99 school year. Legislative bill LB 1114 has already been passed that says that Nebraska will lower it's property taxes, and cut back on educational funding. It has been estimated that the cut could take as much as $36 million. On November 5th initiatives 411 and 412 were voted on. If they would have been approveo, they would have amended the Nebraska constitution to "guarantee the continuance of the current quality of
education" meaning that public schools would get the same amount
"Education of the arts
of money in the 98-99 school year as they did in 97-98. Some is
just as important
as criticizers of the initives said that basic education the problem was, that no where in the initiatives did it say where the
(math, English)."
money insuring this education Melanie Newell will come from. Consequently the majority of Nebraskans voted against initives 411 and 412.
Many solutions have been proposed to solve this money shortage. One is the 9 period day-4 day week (meaning no Fridays). Others are cutting the programs listed above. What do you think? Whatever your feelings the 98-99 school year is going to hold drastic changes for Irving unless something is done before then.
Student solution to budget cut
Richard and Sean: Mask making
Class of 2002
Afuh, Chantal
Akiyama, Alicia
Alexander, Lizzie
Allen, Chelsea
Alloway, Eric
Anderson, Hannah
Apopei, Bogdan
Armstrong, Danielle
Bade, Nikki
Bauer, John
Bayne, Brian
Seltzer, Nicholas
Bernard, Christopher
Bernstein, Ellen
Bienka, Alicia
Blanton, April
Brethouwer, Emily
Brewer, Tasha
Brunke, Kathryn
Bryant, Zac
Buckley, Chris
Buckley, Elizabeth
Cahan, Lara
Carpenter, Treff
Champoux, Tera
Choma, Renae
Christensen, Connor
Colborn, Brandy
Coleman, Bradley
Corliss, Stacie
Class ·Of 2002
Cossey, Sharah Crane, John Cvitak, Sean Dalrymple, Ti mothy Dawson, Linda Debose, Jameson Debuse, Jim Degenhardt, Scott Dillow, Randal Domangue, Lindsey
Donahue, Mary Douglas, Sarai Douglass, Aaron Eberspacher, Kara Eckles, Daniel
Eckman, Shanna Ehlers, Zack Elseg, Kevin Epp, Kelly Farrell, Eileen
Fejzic, Maja Finley, Susan Fintel, Amand~ Fleetwood, Yolanda Floyd, Alicia Ford, Austin Franey, Jared Frank, Rachel Free,Alexa Fuenning, Anna
VIVE LA FRANCE!!
MACARENA MADNESS
,HEY MACARENA!
(right} THE THREE AMIGOS
El Arte de ldioma L' art du Langoge
The Art of Language
By Katie Wilson
The learning of another language takes time, energy and the will to learn about another culture. Irving is where the challe~ge --"--~-----------1 is beginning for many students. This year
177 seventh graders at Irving Middle School are involved with the learning of French or Spanish at the exploratory level. In addtion to learning vocabulary students are also expected to learn about culture, how to speak, spell the language, and how to write it. Spanish teachers include senora Otto, senora Wandzilak, and senora Molnar. French teachers include monsieur Baeta and madame Ruley.
"It's interesting to learn about another culture!'' -Sarah Wolf
If Not Us, Who?
Fullerton, Micha
Galusha, Billy
Gans, Nicholas
Garcia, Liz
Garrett, David
Geis, Jason
Gelber, Joey
Gibbens, Jacob
Gift, James
Grant, Angela
Green, Jake
Griffin, Gabe
Guilliatt, Michael
Gunther, Angela
Halpin, John
Hansel, Jon
Hansen, Justin
Hansen, Kylie
Harris, Alex
Harry, Lacey
Hass , Amber
Hayes , Caitlin
Heil, Jonathan
Hempel, Keely
Hermes, Kimberly
Hill, Patea
Hofeditz, Sara
Hoffman, Amber
Hohensee, Nicole
Holscher, Aaron
We are the Future
Hopkins, Jerroe
Houck, Carrine Houdek, Dennis
Hough, Courtney
Ihrig, Jake •
Jackson, Tarin Jaramillo, Stephanie Jaspersen·, Kelly
On October 11th the 7th graders at Irving enjoyed a Friday night dance in the auditorium. Everyone was charged 2 dollars at the door. The theme was 60's, 70's, and 80's. Some even wore clothes from the 50's. Prizes were awarded for the best costumes. Most people agreed that a pretty good variety of music was played. Among some of the favorite songs were "It's All Coming Back", "YMCA", "Macarena", and "C'mon Ride It (The Train)". Nate Wold liked all the music except for the country songs. Nick Beltzer and Teddy Slope liked the slow songs. Most of the 7th graders were generally happy with the dance, "It was slammin' ," commented Marcus VanNes , but Nie Matthews would have liked it if the music stayed with the theme. Liz Garcia thought it would have
been great if it had been air-conditioned. Bailey Taylor would have preferred it if it had been longer. The only thing Billy Galusho would have changed is to have them more often. "All the 7th graders should bring 2 dollar so we can have a dance every month," replied Brandon Rigoni. Everyone who was surveyed thought that the 7th _grader next year would enjoy a dance, and that they are looking forward to one in 8th grade. "It was 'da bomb'," announced Kyle Kriz and Patea Hill.
If Not Here, Where?
Nelson, Lacey
Nelson, Mark
Ness, Katie
Ness, Kelsie
Nettleton, Thomas
Nordstrom, Amanda
Novak, Rachel
Oberheu, Niki
Olberding, Mike
Olson, John
Opp, Rachel
Orsborn, Paul
Palmer, Kelsey
Parker, Lisa
Pasco, Audrey
Pekny, Ryan
Perez, Joe
Pester, Ashley
Peters, William
Phillips , Amanda
Phillips, Heather
Phipps, Derrick
Pickel, Justin
Powell, Christopher
Powers, Edward
Reichart, Adam
Reinwald, Rayna
Restau, Nicholas
Rigoni, Brandon
Roberts, Christopher
The Future is Here!
Rock, Rob
Rodriguez, Lee
Roper, Austin
Ross,Adam
Rouch, Nathan
Rouse, Jessica Roux, Lindsay
Sandusky, Casey
Sawyers, Nicholas
Schaffer, Sarah
Seacrest, Devon
Shamblin, Scott
Shaw,Annie
Shiffler, Katharine
Singleton, Danielle
Sloup, Theodore
Snyder, Kaley
Spring, Angela
Stanard, Brandin
Starace, Anne
Stephan, Charlie Stone, Michael
Streich, Francie
Svoboda, Alex
Taylor, Bailey
Taylor, Travis
T homas, Billy Thompson, Amy Thompson, Scott Toren, Willa
USIC AND LIFESTYLES
By John Vigna and Jennifer Burianek
Some might think the music one listens to and the stations that are always on their radio are no big deal. But actually they reflect one's lifestyle.
Lifestyle is a person's typical
by the seat of their pants. Surprisingly enough people's lifestyles and the music that they listen to, do coincide. If you're more laid back you might listen to a different station than if you were more outgoing or vigorapproach to living, including their moral attitudes,
" Both my life and my
preferred entertainment, fads, fashions, etc. No two
people have the same lifestyle. Lifestyles may vary from mellow to rancid , from ice to fire, or from Kenny G to KISS's vocalist • Gene Simmons But there are also some that aren't that radical. Like those who take things
crazy''
ous. Of most seventh graders, 40.3 perqent sai~ that KFRX
- Jared Franey was their favorite station. Coming in second was 101.9 The Edge with 31.9 percent of the vote. Others are 92.9 the Eagle, 106.3 the Blaze, 104.1 the Point, Sweet 98, and finally KGOR.
'"The Music I listen to is not old, niether am I.".
''Both my life and my ''I just listen to it (102.7) to music are crazy.'' relax me, and make me feel
"It (101.9) helps my friends and me cool off." MajaFejzic Jared Franey happy."
AliciaAkiyam~a
Adam Ross
Se venth Graders
Trehearn, Tami Tucker, Kandra
Ubben , Kristin Vakoc, Amara Van Horn, Eric
Vanderharr, Justin Vanness, Mark Varvel, David Vescio, Courtney Wagner, Michael
Wahlman, Brandy Walker, John Wallace, Derry Watson , Aletha Watson, David
Waybright , Cari Welch-Powell, Annette Werner, Brandon West, Bailey White, Alisha White ; Anna White, Sean Whitlock, Adam Wiese, Lisa Wiig, Jason
Wilcher, Zachary Wiles, Paul Wilken, Brandon Wilson, Matthew Wold, Nate
7th Grade Trends
What's "phat" and what's not
By Michelle Meyer
Everyone wants to fit in, but it's hard to know what people think is cool. In seventh grade the majority of the people agreed that corduroys, baggy jeans, and striped shirts are "da bomb". Kyle Kriz thinks it's "tight" to wear expensive clothing, while Anna Kubick likes to shop at Goodwill. Airwalks seem to be the most popular shoes, but Nikes, Filas, Adidas, Vans, Sambas, and Simples are "fresh" too. For hairstyles, Nie Matthews said most guys have bowl cuts. Patea Hill and Ashley Pester "dig" long hair on girls. It's especially "phat" to leave it down, straight and natural. Don't change the way you look because of what others say. Be yourself and dress like an individual!
Wolf, Sarah
Wood, Derric
Wood, Elliot
Young, Amber
Zachek, Phillip
FOOD FIGHT!!!
JUST SITTIN' AROUND
Anderson, Gail
Armagost , Marilyn
Artz, Joann
Aspegren, Pat
Baack, Paula
Without Them, What?
Baeta, Ray
Bennett, Lisa
Siegert, Jan
Biggerstaff, Linda
Brown, Carol
Buckner, Scott
Castro, Peggy
Cockle, Kelly
Cooper, Scott
Craiglow, Amy
Dant, Sharon
Davis, Jerry
Devall, Mike
Dougherty, Jane
Eckery, Deb
Evans, Barb
Finckhouse, Colleen
Fowler, DiAnn
Franks, Diane
Fredrickson, Mary Lou
Freudenburg, Pamela
Gabelhouse, Diane
Ge~rge, Clarence
Gillan, Kathy
Gutshall, Monique
Teaching the Future
Harpster, Dorianne Harr, Dick Harrington, Cathy Hirsch, Wendy Hirschfeld,Linda Hoham, Tanya Holloway, Lisa Hottovy, S'usan Hunt, Linda Hutchens, Donna
Jackson, Mary Janssen, Linda Jensen, Dennis Johnson, Vicki Krause, Cindy
Krull, Mary Lou Laessle, Linda LaFollette, Jackie Lenz, Pete Lounsbery, Chris
Lutz, Seth Mann, Sarah Mason, Kate Mazzarelli, Joan McCammon, Marlene
Taylor, Susette Telecky, Karen Thalman, Evy Toczek, J. J. Van Horn, Dave
Volf, Andrea Wandzilak, Gail Waters, Lori Watson, Susie Wilson, Ellie
Wittgren, Joe Wittgren, Leslie Wright, Jeanine
Mr. George is practicing his GQ pose. (Above)
Mr. Lenz and Mr. Lounsbery are tanding guard. (Left)
eacher vote '96
By Megan Nichol s and She ila Jone s
The people have spoken. Bill our American society. FurClinton won the 1996 presidential thermore, he has done a election with the simple majority. A good job of supporting a week before the national election, strong environmental policy." Irving had its own elcetion survey. Other teachers felt that The sample survey taken at Irving had Dole has shown a strong the same results. Out of twenty-one leadership record. Mr. Irving teachers 66% voted for Lounsbery supports Dole in Clinton, 19% voted for Dole, 9% saying,"He displays morals voted for Perot, and 4% of the and values which I feel are people would not vote for any of the needed by leaders of this candidates. country."
In the Na-
Some Irving tional elec- teachers who tion, Clinton "Bill Clinton has a positive voted for won 3 1 Perot felt his states, Dole attitide towards public edu- values out won 1 9 • H 1 • weighed the states, and cation. e a so proJects a values of the Perot won very inclusive view of our other candinone. dates.
American society." --Nelson
The reasons for favoring any candidate were considerably varied. Many of the Irving teachers voted for Bill Clinton because of his outlook on public education. According to Mrs. Nelson, "Bill Clinton has a positive attitude towards public education. He also projects a very 'inclusive' view of It is important for everyone to express their ideas and get involved in their government, whether it be national or local.
Surveyed Teacher's
Percentage of votes each canidate got from Irving 's teacher vote.
t Percentages represent 1 a sample s urtey.
Mr Schmoker
Mr Rutz
Mrs. Hunt
Mrs. Stark
voting for Bill Clinton because of his record on education issues. He suppots trengthening public education
