s we move on, we look back at another year of high school, recalling the many important times: The footba 11 game that seemed to last a lifetime and secured East~ place in state competition; The night we spent reliving the SO's watching girls SWOOn over Conrad Birdie; The week we spent -iJ out of school recuperating from "The BI izzard of 97"; The months we spent and extra 50 minutes in school everyday to make LI p for that week of "vacation." Oh, the places we've been!
Everything that at one point in time seemed so important seems dwarfed as we move on to our new positions in life - freshmen in college, "newbies" in the work-force, seniors in hig a notch to sophomore or junior. The time we've Spent at East has lead us to a new view a
into better people and we can look back on our year and say "I did that!'' or "We were a great team,,, We remember the moments we never wanted to end and are glad we had them . We recall the situations we were put in and are proud of how we handled them. We see the people we were with and are glad to have known them.
Years will go by and people will grow old and move away, but we will always have shared this year together. We .cheered for the sam e teams •
\\'\<:twas really on everyone's mind at 2:20 Friday afternoon? Was it the daily math lesson; the quadratic equation? Was it the discussion about the latest book read ; the question of whether or not Beloved really ex istS ?Was it that interesting fact we learned in history about the existance of a second Liberty Bell? Or was it the question of where to go that night-and who else was going; if you had to work that night and until when?
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Oh , the lives we've lead! Our weekdays were dedicated to school but our weekends were ours. From volunteering at a local ho spital or shelter to going out on the tOW n with a signific a nt other , some of the most memorable times were the Friday"and Saturday nights so carefully p Ian ned in the hal Is of East.
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if one would ask what East students did on the weekend they'd probably get many of the same answers: Movies, cruising "O", the mall It isn't uncommon to hear students complaining that there's not anything to do in Lincoln and there isn't anywhere for teens to go. However, there are some students who can be creative enough to have fun doing things that aren't so common as going to movies and cruising around.
"Lincoln's pretty boring. There's nothing to do here," said senior Sarah DelaBarre. Many students at East felt the same way. One improvement for some were teen nights at Guitars and Cadillacs and Temptations. Both clubs charge a cover, but also offer non-alcoholic drinks .
"When I went to Guitars I had a lot of fun, but I wish it wasn't just on Sunday , " said junior Steph Noble For the economical student there, just weren't a lot of choices for places to go. •
"I usually drive around with my friends until we find a party to go to or hang out at someone's house,"
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Adrienne James said junior Jon Pokorny. For many East students the tale of their Saturday nights involved a lot of driving. From searching for people of the opposite sex on "O" street to looking for other things.
"One time last summer my friends and I went looking for ghosts around Lincoln. We thought we found one once, but it ended up being a homeless person," said sophmore David King.
Other students liked to be scared by more earthly means.
"I left a party with some friends this summer and we decided to drive by "The Rake" statue. I got so scared that I got cold chills," said junior Stacy Lemon.
For many students the out-of-theordinary was the most fun Pokorny also found that out.
"One thing that I did with my friends was to go Go-Karting in Waverly. Jessie Fardella ran Amy Stutzman off the road and it was really funny," said Pokorny.
Though Lincoln may not offer many activities for teens , somehow the Spartans come up with their own form of fun.
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G ateway Ma l l has become a popular teen hang out p l ace since the construction was completed to expand it (photo by Cami Novak).
C offee houses are busy at nights thanks to the many high sc hool students that hang out in them (photo by Cami Novak).
"Last summer, was my third year at the zoo. I was giving a demo on a legless lizard, when a kid said, 'It's scales are falling apart!' I looked and I thought it was too, and was afraid of killing it. It turns out that it was going to the bathroom."
"I volunteered at Walton Co. and the class was called, Spinning Wheels. It was about ninety-eight degrees outside and the dass was supposed to go on a thirty-two mile bike ride on the MoPac Trail with a bunch of twelve year olds."
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"I got a bomb threat one time while I was volunteering at St. Elizabeth's hospital."
"Last year, Sara Fonferra and I were volunteering at Gateway Mall for the Salvation Army. Our job was to ring bells outside of the mall; to collect money from anonymous people. Then after a while, no one was donating any money. So we went inside to see if anybody else would donate. We went into L.A. Nails and started begging people for money.We looked stupid."
Jim Crew makes and serves lunch at the Matt Talbot Kitchen (photo courtesy of : Jim Crew)
Jim Dymachek helps a student with grief. Dymachek also volunteers at another grief support program called Mourning Hope (photo courtesy of : Anne Sorenson)
J eff McCabe volunteers for the American Water Ski Association In thi s photo, McCabe helps a boy to learn how-to waterski in a summ e r clinic (photo courtesy : Jeff McCabe).
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lcl9-ss is dismissed. Don't get too busy this weekend. Get plenty of sleep, so when you come back to school on Monday, everyone can put their brains back into first gear."
That's what many teachers tell their students on Fridays. But, the same advice holds true for teachers as well, especially those who volunteer. Many teachers, such as Jeff McCabe, put their brains into overdrive when it comes to volunteering. He helps judge and drive for the American Water-Ski Association. McCabe volunteered 16 hours a week during the summer season, and eight to 20 hours during the off-season. During his volunteering job, McCabe sometimes drives alongside the competitors to judge who will win. Whether judging or competing, he has seen regional records set and has also met some international top skiers. The main reason he volunteers, though, is to he l p teac h beginning water skiers to achieve their goals.
"As far as the volunteering part goes, great friendships have got to be the number one reason; to make new people feel welcomed;" he said. While McCabe enjoys watching competitors achieve their goals, East Counselor Jim Dymacek helps others try to reach their goals.
Dymacek volunteers at a recovery program called Mourning Hope. It is for family or friends of loved ones who have died. Dymacek helps counsel many people who keep their grief locked up inside themselves. He is there to help them l et their grief out. Dymacek became involved after the death of both of his parents. He, too, once used counseling to get over his own grief.
"I enjoy volunteering, Its given me good practice of skills over the years. I bring a different perspective of people's reaction to help others to lift their heads up again," h e said.
Helping others happens in all different forms and ways. For Math teacher Ji m Crew, volunteering at the Matt Talbot Kitchen is a way in which he enjoys helping ot h ers. He helps buy, prepare, and serve meals on Sundays.
"It's for the homeless, people with no money , ex-cons on parole, and generally people who are less fortunate," said Crew, when talking about who the kitchen serves. Crew has had good and bad experiences working there. He said it is good to see different perspectives and different walks of life. It reminds him how lucky he is. Sometimes , though, the reminder can be troubling.
"Once a guy was intoxicated and threatened to beat others up because he didn't have a pepper shaker next to him." But, he didn't let that get him down when reco mmending volunteering to oth~rs.
"There are lots of ways to volunteer and I encourage other peop l e to get involved," said Crew. •
Teachers have very busy lives, teaching, taking care of the home1 and having a social life, but many find time to help others. From water-skiing to counseli n g -to vo l unteering at a local kitchen, all of these jobs involve hard work, determination, satisfaction and of course fun!
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East students showed their own personal flair for fashioon in their choices of clothing, accesories, piercing, and tattooing. Others showed their style styles of the year ranged from tight-flared "Polly Pants" (seen here) to "cords" to with their cars. No matter what anyone says they are all trends and will fade soon but for now they jeans. Colors wou Id range to the basic black to the brightest are what's hot!
greens, oranges, and yellows.
Bookbags aren't just for carrying books anymore. One of the new fashion statements is the bookbag and how wierd it can be.
Colorfu I barrettes are another form of sty I istic expression. Their plastic heads took the form of stars, hearts and geometric shapes to make someones hair a bit more interesting.
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Tattoos are becoming another fad. Student's are either waiting for their 18th birthday or they are getting their parents to go down to the tattoo shop with them. Senior Heather Bristol's love of running helped her decide exactly what to get when she decided on a tattoo
Necklaces ranged from beads to metal, fro~ hemp to wire. Shown here are some of the beaded necklaces. Necklaces 9idn't have to match the outfit exactly. Color was added to outfits by just adding a different colored necklace.
Shoes ranged from high top boots to heelless sand les . One of the most common features was the larger soles and the elevator shoe feel. Most shoes would extend a persons hight a good inch or more.
K irsten Brinkmeyer is one of the few around East to have her tounge pierced. Most get up just enough nerver for a few more holes in the ears or an eyeb,ow ring. Tounges seemed to be one of the least popular places (photo by : Josh In gersoll).
Style s of cars ranged from the extreme, customized, to the avoided, accident pr~ne look. Sarah Barry has been in three accidents to get that paint-over-paint look. Ryan Knollenburg has the exact opposit. Customized an d buffed to a shine his car defi nately out does Sarah's (photo by : Mali Maynez).
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D eb Metzger takes a chance and walks under a ladder (p hoto by Josh Ingersoll ).
E ast girls softba ll team places all the gloves in an " E" for good luck at their games (photo courtesy Tonya Forbes).
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fI you remember when you wou Id seal a promise with "Cross my heart and hope to die," assuring your friend you wouldn't tell their secret. Do you ever hear your parents say something and then knock on wood?
Have you ever had a bad day because you got out of bed on the wrong side? Superstitions play a big part in some peoples lives ~ From playground promises to lucky charms, people still believe that objects and day to day rituals affect their future.
"Every game, the infielders (on the softbal I team) run out to center field, take a knee and pray for good luck," said senior softball player Megan Hawley. Members of the flag line also have good-luck superstitions.
"I wear a cross necklace for good luck. Before performance I pray that God will help me stay calm and perform well," said junior Kendra Downs.
Superstitions are a part of our
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history. Take the four leaf clover for example, today it is an Irish sign of good luck , but it is originated back to the beginning of time. The legend has it that Eve took it with her on her journeys from paradise. The rabbit foot is also lucky. The rabbit is a prolific animal, producing large numbers of offspring. For that reason, it was thought to possess a creative power superior to other animals and became associated with prosperity and success. Not all charms and superstitions bring good luck, though.
"When I put my underwear on wrong , I have a really bad day," said senior Dillen Phelps. He's not alone when it comes to bad signs.
"When I do my morning activities in the wrong order, my day goes bad," said senior Heather Walker. •
Good or bad, lucky or unlucky , superstitions continue to affect the way people live. Cross my heart.
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Couples aroun~ East are fe_eling _the sting of long
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magine having to talk to your "significant other" on the phone because he is miles and miles away from you. Seniors Cryastal Peterson and Mindee Lieske can relate very well to this.
Crystal Peterson who's boyfriend lived and went to school in Blaire, Nebraska said that it was hard trying to keep up with the relationship.
"In an long distance relationship, it took a lot of balancing, but some good things came out of it too. We appreciated the time we had together a lot more and it added new demensions," she said. "Also, I think that our long distance relationship made us stronger, but it was really hard only getting to see him two times a month," said Peterson.
Lieske typically sees her boyfriend a _ I ittle less than twice a month. He I ived a I ittle further than Blair, Nebraska, try Los Angeles, California!
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time a month during school and everyday during the summer," said Lieske. "A long distance relationship took more effort from each of us. We had to make a concious effort to include each of us in our everyday life, when he was actually just a voice over the phone," said Liskee.
Ben Mueller and his girlfriend, Michelle Rembolt met while in East's singers. Michelle lives in Ft. Collins, Colorado and went to school out there. They get to see eachother about every three weeks.
"Miclelle and I get to see eachother about every three weeks. It's really hard though, for us to leave eachother each time. Long distance relationships are hard, but they're not impossible. We definately have to work at it a lot harder than you would in any other relationship," said Mueller.
But distance wasn't an issue for most East students in a relationship. That doesn't mean that they didn't have to work at it though.
Ali sha Bulow and Eric Bauer are one of the many couples at East (photo by: Cami Novak).
Mindi e Liske and her boyfriend Scott Olsen get ready for prom (photo courtesy of : Mindee Liske)
Ben Mueller's girlfriend, Michelle Rembolt, lives in Ft. Collins, Colorado.
Crystal Peterson's boyfriend, Riley Tonkin, lives in Blair, Nebraka.
Mindee Liske's boyfriend, • Scott Olsen, lives in Los · Angeles, California.
C rystal Peterson and her boyfriend
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The Ztl of '97
An unexpected snowfall of 13" left the city buried in tree limbs and leaves for over a month.
''J was going back to school to get my books around 11 a. m. one morning after the storm, and I saw a car in the middle of a field. I used my car to help pull him out. He'd been there ' waitirig all night for the sun to come up so he could walk to a house for help."
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"I didn't think that we needed to be out of school that long. I think that it's stupid and a pain how we have to make it all up, because I have to change my work hours and am not making as much money. They should take our one snow day and then forget the rest because the storm was a natural disaster."
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For some, the snow would drift into mounds making clean-up everi harder (photo by: Jo sh Ingersoll)
The luck of a Northeast teacher seemed to run out when her trees were shattered and her power was out for a week (photQ by: Eileen Chalupa).
"I was at my friend's house watching the Nebraska football game that Saturday night. We fell asleep and when we woke up there was a tree in the driveway so I stayed at her house until Monday. My family and I had to go stay with my grandma for two days after that because we had no power for five days. Our yard was a mess from al I the trees that fel I. One big one landed on our roof and we had to go up and cut it down. In three weeks we should have everything cleaned up."
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''Jj'f/_y family was without power for two days. The storm made me think about how · much '!'le really depend on power. My room is in the basement so I had to use a lot of blankets to keep warm. I spent most of the time writing letters because it was too dangerous to go out. There were trees down, branches on the ground and our backyard was messy. In Switzerland, we hardly ever get that much snow."
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Willow trees were one of the hardest hit trees around Lincoln. Their natural bend and the heavy snow proved to be a fatal combination (p hoto by: Eileen Chalupa).
again in the spring (photo by: Eileen Chalupa).
Af ter shoveling snow piled up to amounts over 3 feet (photo by: Josh Ingersoll)
Cotner street was one of the luckier streets in Lincoln The roads were not blocked by trees and the snow melted right away (photo by : Eileen Chalupa).
hether it's the people we grew up with or the people who O In e us along the way, our school life has been filled with many people bringing us many iffere personalities. Oh, the faces we've seen! From our favorite teacher to our best friends to the complete strangers we were always Ump Ing into in the halls, East has a personality like no other school. We ~no each other better
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because we are the smallest school, which means the memoneS we capture will always have faces We will always know who our class officers were and who was oted Home/· coming Ing . We will always remember the person who sat next to us in pan ish . East is just a building. We make it a school. We made it Om seven hours a day, five days a week, 178 days a year.
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One of the first things you figure out talking o senior class officers is that they pride in East High and in their senior class.
"The great t~ is it gives me a ch ies and help come up w , , ' president Grant Croissant.
Class officers have a lot to organize during the year. They are involved with fundraising, spirit week, senior video and prom.
"~ have monthly meetings with all grades and me~ once a week with senior class officers. We make sure our class knows what's going on and when things are," said VicePresident LeahWolf.
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ior class officers are unique -pr f~ 111._i~ here wa an rant ,:o·
"It works welt having tw We get • more work done and complement eac other's personalities by repres~nting all of the senior classes views," Said Schwab. 0 ·cers gain practical experience from their ra
"1 have learned responsibil charge of finances and it's great to represent our class in a positive We:\ Treasurer Brent Smith.
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Getting a Head Start Second Semester
~the day they've been clas~es I couldn't find any I wanted ng for 12 years. The day to take," said Jaimee Summers. "I will exit the class rooms and had always been a year ahead in hallways of high school education. my classes, and didn't want to The day they will receive the free- waste my time filling periods. dom to continue on with a new Second semester I want to work so chapter in their lives. It is January that I can raise money for when I 15 and, for a few seniors, this was start Wesleyan in the fall." Chiara the day they left East High forever Eppert also wa s planning for the and began anew. They left behind future. many things, but when it came to
"Second emester I'll either early graduation, the positive aspects work or start college; take a few outweighed the negative ones. classes at SCC," said Eppert.
The seniors who chose to Graduating early allowed graduate early had their own reasons Mindee Lieske to leave Lincoln for making this decision. For one, it early. was just time for a change.
"I made my decision the "I just want to get out of beginning of July this year and I here," said Sasha Day. have applied for a spring semester
Two other early grads at the University of Sowthern Calithought the time they would have fornia. I really like East, but I can't spent at East in @nd s,e~lef ,,.·,,., .. ,,~,, .. _ stand Lincoln," she said. would h~ n time wasted.
Leaving friends behind was *tf-'ffl sick of schopl and have one of the haidest things for these met aU my required dasses. Last seniors. year wnen we were planning for "I know I'm going to miss
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my friends and that's the worsf part about it, but I cannot not go because of that," said Lieske.
For Eppert leaving at semester meant giving up something she has done every year hroughout high school.
"I can't swim this year because I won't be able to compete in second semester," she said
Many parents of the early grads were concerned their son or daughter would be giving up their precious high-school y,ears, too eager to jump into the real world. Often the father and m0ther would be in disagreement, but in the end, the parents were supposrtive of their son or daughter's choice.
"My mom supports me because she thinks its good that I want to get a job, but my dad inks I could maybe take more classes to prepare for college. He is okay with it though," said Summers.
Fortunately these parents were able to see their child graduate with the rest of their class. January 15 was not the last time these students took part in a school activity. On June 6, they walked across the stage with the other 306 students in their class and graduated in front of their friends and family.
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For Mc:Donald, Art Speaks Lo~der than Words
ost of us are proud when we finish a stick figure but this is not the case for senior Nate McDonald. Drawing to him is as easy as not drawing is to the rest of us.
Most artist remember the moment when they first knew that they wanted to create a piec~ of art. For McDonald, this moment came when he was in the third grade.
"In art class we designed these pictures ana the class chQse mine. It was put in a building downtown on display. That was the fi t time I knew I liked to draw," he said.
McDonald's good attitude j,as maqe him an asset both in and out of class. His teachers enjoy his enthusiasm and dedication to his work.
''He's quiet1 but has a very good sense of humor. He's very creative. It's easy for him to come
up with gre t ideas, and he's a great artist," said art teacher Lynn Hersney.
McDonald does not hide his work, but shares it with is friends.
"I made an eight foot in diameter mural for my friend. It's a Grateful Dead logo with a Grateful Dead bear face in the center," he said.
McDonald's work has also received an award in the community. His t-shirt design for the Community Blood Bank won first prize this year. The shirt was a geometric drawing, and will be given to donors after they have complete four donations.
One of McDonald's favorite projects was one he did in his junior year. His art class helped Laura Jacobsin's Spanish classes illustrate a children's book that her class was writing.
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Neemann and she was going to try and publish it," he said.
During his years at East, McDonald has taken four art classes. He hopes that these cliisses will prepare him for next year at college.
"My mom told me to get in as many art classes as ·1 wanted to this year to prepare me for college. In college I'll either study graphic design or commercial design. I'll probably go to the Kansas City Institute of Art or the Colorado Institute of Art," he said.
His self motivation will help him to succeed in college and in his profession.
"When Nate first too Begin .. ning Drawing, I knew that he had a special gift. He is sure of himself and is very self directed," said Hershey. "He always likes to make sure his work is the best i~ can be. This motivation will make him
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} enioritis. An affliction that transcends a senior's attitude so that he/she becomes frustrated with where he/she is, and he/she they really wants to be. Caught between two different worlds, sufferers tend to slip into a realm where classes are forgotten, applications are due, and anything sounds better than sitting through another class which doesn't' fill any requirements.
"It's our last year, you're ready to go off to college, you're doing your applications, and your senior year doesn't really count, so you la:cR all ambition to do well," said Jessica Jones.
For evidence of senioritis, just look at the average senior's schedule. Electives and study halls fill their schedules, along with those dreaded last requirements.
"Senioritis is knowing that the only requirement that you hav left is C. I.," said Cami Daigle.
This affliction does not only affect seniors, though. It also affects the senior's teachers and parents. Most teachers and parents understand
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that their student or child slowly but assuredly becomes a victim of senioritis.
"I think most of the teachers understand that seniors want to graduate but they still expect you to get your work do Qe," .said Sarah Ingersoll.
"I think my parents are getting use to not seeing me. They're getting use to hearing Fleming's voice on my answering machine,'' said Daigle.
Most seniors agreed that their senioritis wasn't because they disliked East, but because they were ready to s rt something new. Yes, their class had grown together and they had many shared experiences, but the time comes when you must leave who you are comfortable with and partake in a Rew journey.
"I'd rather be at college because I think that will be a lot of fun," said Jeff Darling. "1 think our class has mellowed out a lot Everyone was really cliquey but since then everyone has gotten use to each other and are more accepting."
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Do the Push Up Private
Imagine waking up at 3 :30 a.m. to a screaming drill sergeant who wants you to get dressed, shave, brush your teeth, get all your gear together and be in formation in five minutes. Sounds like a great summer, huh?
For some East stuaents, this was a reality 1bat they had to deal with for nine weeks during the summer. These students went to Basic Combat Training for the Army National Guatcl. Three stuoents trained at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri and one student trained down at Fort Benning, Georgia. •
"fort Benning was a very difficult training ecause it is an all-Infantry base which means we rain- more in combat situations. We also must be well organized and confident in ourselves," said Senior Matt Kunkee.
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knows the training got t em in shape for sports.
"The worst part of basic was all of the physical training we would do. Every morning before breakfast we would do two hours of physical training. This included flutter kicks, push ups and running for two miles. At least it got me into shape for football," said Bahm.
One student found teamwork to be very important.
"Basic training gave me confidence in my fellow soldiers by working through simple problems like making beds, to complicated problems like night infiltration. This takes good communication and teamwork to complete," said senior Hank Moler.
The best day for these students was graduation day when they knew they hac made iUftd coul d be called soldiers.
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• just another n~rmal day. You k~ow, go to math class, gym, or maybe Citizenship Issues. Then it's off to the zoo. While that sounds completely absurd to most students , for a few students it really is just another normal day.
Zoo School was a new district-wide program offered this year. The program was for juniors and seniors, and instead of going to regular high school al I day they had class at the zoo at 9:40 am, and stay until 3:00 P.M While it had a science focus , it wasn't just for science students.
"We were exposed to all of the disciplines, not just science, so we are getting exposed to things that wou Id apply to a variety of careers," said senior Rachel Spiry. She said the reason she decided to attend the zoo school wa s for more variety.
"There are a lot of opportunities that are offered that wouldn't be possible at East," she said.
Some of the new opportunities came with the territory Being at the zoo provided access to everything at the zoo. The students could work with the animals or anything else available.
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" Rather than having to read about things from a text or watch a video, we can go out and see it. There's more of an opportunity for hands on work," said Spiry.
Not only was the location a change from high school, but the schedule they follow was much more varied than high school. While most students go to the same class at the same time every day, the zoo school schedule changed every week, and rotated every day.
With the schedule changes and wide variety of classes , the students had to be much more self-motivated.
"A lot of the responsibility falls on you , and you have to have responsibility and take it upon yourself to get things done," said junior Maggie Hoppe. She loved the change from regular high school, and felt the individual motivation was a good challenge.
"It's a lot different, and you have to be really organized , but I like the free atmosphere , " she said.
For whatever reason some students at East decided to attend Zoo School, they all seem to be pleased with how they spend their day. At the very least, the birds and the bees has taken on a whole new meaning.
Juni or M J. John so n " hors es" around wi.th the wild animals in the zoo (photo by:
S enior Rachel Spiry converses with a teacher u sing her individual lab top computer (photo by: Jo sh Ingerso ll)
Juni or Jarred Southwick takes adva ntage of hi s surroundings by st udying the emu (p hoto by: Jo sh In gersoll).
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Juniors are at the point w ere they are finding where they fit in.
the seniors are almost out of here , the freshman just got here and the sophomores are the class of 2000. So , what does that make the junior class?
The junior class is unique by the fact that there is so many different types of people and personalities in there class
"The junior class has every kind of personality that you could imagine from your spots jock to your computer guy." said junior Michael Stitcher.
Other students agreed with Stitcher.
"That's whats so great about our junior class you can be yourself and you don't have to worry about being put down by anyone." said junior Scott Lee. ·
"Most juniors know what they are interested in
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and that helps shape there personality." said junior Marshall Chase. ·
When your a freshman your new to the school and you try your best to fit in. Sophomores are still trying to find there grove but by the time your a junior you have found your grove and discovered your personality.
"We have a large diversity in our class and people aren't afraid to be themselves." sa id Lee.
One things for sure there are a lot of different personality and unique people who have a lot to offer to this school.
Amanda Bogan
Derek Bookstrom
West Boots
Elli Bornemeier
Tracy Bornemeier
Marisa Boyce
David Brandon
Chad Brown
Daniel Brown
Erica Brown
Maggi Buchanan
Molli Buchanan
Scott Buchholz
Garet Buller
Roxanne Bullock
Alicia Bulow
Sherri Burr
Cameron Burt
Noel Bushing
Ann Butler • Carrie Butler
Sarah Butler
Daniel Cabacungan
Joy Caldwell
Jared Calver
Ann Caputo
Rachel Card
Elizabeth Carey
Melanie Carpenter
Lucas Carrol I
Staci Carsten
Jason Chapin
Gene Cherng
Tiffany Christatos
Joyce Christensen
Katherine Churchill
Micheal Cintani
Sarah Cloud
Jennifer Coleman
Joseph Connelly
Courtney Conner
Nicole Conrp.dt
Kanilehua Cook
Justin Coon
Karla Corona
Justin Cradduck
Karley Culwell -
Ben Cunningham
Emily Daharsh
David Danekas
Melissa Dean
Jenny Doster
Jill Dotson
Kendra Downs
Katherine Doyle
Zachary Dunbar
Aaron Duncan
Justin Eddins
Stacey Enderle Tina Epp
Megan Erwin
Jessi ca Fardella
Austin Fentiman
Holly Flanagan
Andrew Fleek
Tonya Forbes
Graydon Foreman
Karen Fosnaugh
Craig Frantz
Mandi Fraserk
Eric Freeman
Micheal Garrett
Ian Gartzke
Stephen Geiser
Brianna Germer
Jennifer Gilter
Shauna Goodsman
Cory Goosey
Kathy Gradner
Amy Gray
Derek Gregory ·
Penny Griggs
Kristin Grohs
Gretchen Grosscup
Benjamin Grossman
Alez Groves
Danielle Gruhl
Kamberly Gude
Tyson Haase
Allison Haley
Leah Hall
Mason Ham
Amy Hampton
Benjamin Hanika
Meredith Hanks
Sheila Hansen
Joshua Harrah •
Brian Hastert
Juniors find out about the time consuming activities of life.
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they are there to be a part of our school, they are there to develop more unity within the Junior class, they are there to help support our school. These important people are the Junior Class Officers.
The three Junior officers are Sunny Bordman; President, Kendra Hollman; Vice President; and Tanner Penrod; Treasurer. All of these positions are time consuming and have a lot of responsibilities that go with them, but officers say that they're willing to pay the price.
"Being President of the Junior class takes a lot of time and responsibility, but to me, it ' s worth it. We get to plan Prom and host the GAP dance, we also get to decide what kind of activities we do for the Junior class. It also gives me a chance to meet people that I otherwise wouldn't come in contact with," said Bordman.
Being a class officer can also effect the officer's other activities.
"Sometimes, it does interfere with my sports , we have meetings after school, so we have to plan the meetings around all of our other activities and practices," said Penrod.
~ut besides class officer meetings interfering with their other activities, there's also some other disadvantages about supporting your class.
"To me, one of the worst things about being a junior class officer are all of the responsibilities · and expectations that people have of you," said Hollman.
Amanda Hatten
Marcus Hellwege
Chad Hendry
Sarah Hesser
Kevin Hesser
Lindsey Heyen
John Higley
Andrew Hile
Jason Hill
Sara Hinkle
Shiloh Hobleman
Lindsey Hoeman
Arianna Holland
Kendra Hollman
Margaret Hoppe
Drew Hose
Chris Hoyt
Carmen H ranac
Mark Hustad
Benjamin Hynek
Eric ldhe
Stephanie Jacobs
Emily Jahde
Adrienne James
Corey Janda
Josh Jane •
Matthew Jasa
Kelly Jeffery
Kelli John .s on
Micheal Johnson
Jessica Jones
Julia Jones
Blaine Kahle
Kelly Kalmbrunn
Kyle Kramer
Teo Karlstedt
Dannielle Kawamoto
Matt Keller
Robert Kinder
Christina Kirchner
Adam Klingenberg
Joesph Koh Is
Adam Korab
Stephanie Kreifels
Brietta Krome
Scott Kubes
Anne Kurtzer
Marcel Kuttel
Jared Kvapil
Alicia Lauber
Scott Lee
Anna Lenz
Anne Leisveld
Seth Lindgren
Elizabeth Linke
Jefferey Lintel
This statement definitely doesn't define Brian "Fred" Hastert. His activities and all-around goofiness set him apart from his "class."
you probably would recognize Brian Hastert if you passed him in the hallway, but you probably wouldn't know him by his real name. Brian has been going by the name of "Fred" for a long time.
Why "Fred"?
"In a nutshell, Ryan Watson had been in all my classes since the beginning of time. I got sick of having a name that rhymed with Ryan, so I changed it to Fred, because I didn't know anyone whose name rhymed with Fred," said Hastert.
Nearly everyone at East knew who "Fred" was before he knew them. Hastert is involved in many activities, which exposes him to many people.
He is involved in tennis, drama, ITS, forensics, and Singers, and was on the now-defunct "Muse" and "Stasis" staffs. He also volunteered at St.
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Elizabeth's Hospital during the summer and worked at Breugger's Bagels on the weekends, and participated in the All-State Musical at the State Theater Convention.
This experience, along with playing Harvey Johnson in "Bye, Bye, Birdie," prepared Hastert for his career goals.
"I would like to be on Broadway and play Jesus in 'Jesus Christ Superstar,"' said Hastert.
Before making the move to New York City, Hastert will be taking a trip to Ireland, Scotland, and England, because he's "never left the country."
Hastert will leave the country as "Brian," though, since passports don't have a space for nicknames.
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Jenney Liou
Stephanie Long
Tonya Loos
Becky Loyd
Jacque Lyon
Andrew Maasdam
Anand Madhavan
Johanna Madsen
Jennifer Martin
Tami Matson
Abbey Maul
Darin Maxwell
Robert Mccown
Jennifer McNaught
Richard Meggitt
Jennifer Melcher
Megan Merrick
Joshua Middleton
Greg Miller
Jenna Miller
Kyra Miller
Megan Montag
Erin Montgomery
Jodi Montgomery
Tessa Moran
Christopher Morris
Michelle Mortensen
David Mutthersbough
Erik Nelson
Stephanie Noble
Cami Novak
Amy Odon
Amber Odvody
Christine Page
Krissa Palmer
CJ Pascoe
Matthew Peck
Tanner Penrod
Michelle Pepin
Alexander Perry
Josh Perry ·
Autmn Petersen
Bradley Peterson
David Peterson
Karen Petro
James Phil~on
Jennifer Pickerel
Jonathan Pokorny
Adam Pont
Sydney Potadle
Brandon Potter
Adam Prior
Collette Props
Jason Protiva
Justin Rabel
Dominic Rairigh
Anna Ramsey
Adam Rasmussen
Shawn Redhage
Lindsay Richardson
Becky Rinehart
Jamie Roach
Charles Roberts
Tyler Robison
Eli Rogers
Elizabeth Rogers
Sarah Rogge Jeffre Roi ler
Nicole Rose Amy Royal
Katherine Rudersdorf
Chri stopher Ruiz
Andrew Rutledge
Jason Sandblom
Kristie Sahford
Rachel Sc herbak
TJ Sc hmaltz
Micheal Sc hmidt
Andrew Schneider
Daniel Schneider
Kelly Schneider
Nicole Schroeder
Micheal Schwab
Jennifer Seacrest
John Sedlak
Matthew Semke
Marianne Shaw
Stephen Shutzer
Austin Skiles
Douglas Sm al I
Jesse Smith
Kyle Smith
Kelly Sneller
Renee Snoad
Lucas Solum
Annie Sorensen
Jarred Southwick
Jessica Spahn
Jeffre Ahl
Heather Armstrong
Matthew Bal I
Brent Besch
Justin Bloebaum
Josh ·Brokaw
Sarah Caldwel I
Andrea Cantarero
Marshall Chase
Benjamin Clark
Lesley Clowers
Shaun Fleming
Carly Fuss
Max Gorbun
CD Gretchen Hoke
Erica Hsu
Joshua Isley
Jonathan Jelinek
Andrew Johnson
James Kelsea
Thomas Kelsea
Nathan Kuhn
Stacey Lemon
Michelle Lorenz
Josh Lyons
Tanner McCoy
Timothy Mclaughlin
Christopher Oshlo
Jake Paap
Ryan Petersen
Sarah Petri
Jennifer Pierce
Nicole Richardson
Brandie Robbins
Ana Sanchez
Tony Sattler
Cory Sievers
Barry Smith
Erick Southworth
Andrew Spiehs
Michelle St. Germain
Joshua Topolski
Trenton Van Horn
Jerome Walker
Nina Anderson: "You get more attention and leeway from teachers."
Erik Nelson: "Conning money out of freshman."
Rachel Scherbak: "I won't have as many classes and I'll get more freedom."
Inga Swenson
Kristina Tatay
Andy Taylor
Zachary Thelen
Chad Tokinson
Tommy Tran
Ozgecan Uluscu
Mark Valenti
Matthew Van Den Berg
T~mothy Voss
Ian Wagner
Quentin Waltke
Ryan Watson
Eric Weber
Katie Weins
Scott Wenz
Jeff White
Whitney White
Katherine Whiting
Leslie Weiderspan
Candace Willingham
Sarah Willman
Lindsay Wolf
Nathan Wolf
Carmela Zink
Max Zmievski
Kelly Zohner
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pools," said Berger.
Just when Nebraska teens embraced the latest fashion trends they find out something else has taken it's place. Usually that news comes from California, but according to one German exchange student it seems California is even lagging behind.
One of the strangest sights German exchange student Nina Berger has seen since coming to Lincoln was a male student in shorts, long socks and Birks. She just assumed he was a geek unti I her American friend said he was cool.
"You would never see people wearing Birkenstocks, except at the
East students can learn a lot from the school's exchange students. While East students often complain of a lack of freedom, the exchange students are amazed at the number of choices they have here
"In Switzerland you are with the same students all day," said exchange student Marcel Kuttel. "And we can't choose the subjects we take."
Berger also found more freedom at East.
"School in Germany is a lot more strict," she said. "School here is a lot more fun."
Fun doesn't necessarily mean better, however. Berger said Ameri-
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can schools should fo c us more on the basics. It se ems a happy medium should b e found.
One fo reign exchange student found Lincoln to have a lot of the same activities that she enjoyed in Turkey .
Ozecan Ulu scn found that she could still practice ballet in Lincoln so she wouldn't lose a step. However there were some things that just wouldn't be the same.
"I really miss the food from back home. Everything here is always so rushed," she said
Al I three exchange student s are happy they participated in the foreign exchange program. They • have gained good friends, good memories , and good experiences
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K athy Gr ade ner is w e l co m ed by seniors
Chrissy Kontra s and Kati e Curtwright
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Scott Albers
Kimberly Alspaugh
Joseph Ashby
Jay Bahm
Jessica Bailey
Tyler Bakk
Kathryn Bale
Nicholas Ball
Bryce Ballew
Aaron Bals
Jessica Barnes
Patrick Barry
Alaina Bartunek
Kristopher Batty
Joshua Bauer
Sara Beery
Stefan Bena
Jeffrey Benash
Brianna Bergholz Alesha Bigler
•Brandon Black
Angela Slake
Benjamin Bleicher
Brandi Bock
Emily B6wers
Kristina Bratt
Aaron Bredenkamp
Courtney Brown
Jeremy Brown
John Bruce Ill
Jeffrey Buckner
Roger Bumgarner
Megan Burn s
Sara Burns
Madelyn Burtch
Branden Bush
Lance Butler
Crystal Bybee
Adam Cain
Carrie Calkins
Lindsey Carpenter
Maria Carper
Jonathan Carr
Sean Carter
Adam Catlett
Jamie Chadd
Ty l er Christenson
Christopher Churchil l,
Chanda Clyne-Govier
tDana Witherby's sophmore year brings her more than expected.
ophomore year brings many cha I lenges and a lot of fun. Parties, games, sports, clubs, and of course, homework fill a sophmore's days. With all there is to be involved in, a student can have a pretty hectic and stressful schedule. Especially if that someone is Dana Witherby.
Witherby is involved in more clubs and activities than a lot of high school students. After school, her schedule includes meetings for STOP and Ecology club, Cross Country and Track, volunteering, Young-Life, and weekly morning bible studies. With all that she's involved in, it's amazing that she has time for herself.
"I really enjoy painting, so I find old things and paint them up really funky," said Witherby. Painting isn't the only thing she's into.
"Dana's the most creative and artsy
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person that I know," said senior Amanda Lowry. "She comes up with such cool ideas at STUCO and she did the STUCO bulletin board in senior hallway too." She's not just known for her creativity. Witherby goes out of her way to do things for others like making the girls cross coun- • try team signs.
"I had an injury this season so I couldn't run cross country, but I went to most of the meets to cheer East on," said Witherby.
"It was awesome that Dana was so much a part of the team even though she couldn't run," said Lowry. Being involved in a variety of activities is something that Witherby really enjoys. She balances her life by remembering to step back occasionally.
"I just have to remember to take time to just sit and listen to music or do yoga to relax and keep my priorities straight," said Witherby.
Kelsey Cohagan
Moani Cook
Rachel Cox Russel Cox
Jesse Craiglow
Elizabeth Craw
Abby Crawford
Addie Croisant
Tyler Cruthers
Tangela Danhauer
Derrick Davis
Jeffery R. Davis
Jeffery S. Davis
Kevin Davis
Randi Deaton
Emily Decamp
Rick Dietze
Carrie Diffenderfer
Nathan Dilworth
Thane Dinsdale
Darin Docter
Micheal Duling
Jer:,n ifer Durst
Suzanne Dwornik
Adam Elgert
Andrew Engel
Rachel England
Elizabeth Eno
Sophmores get preped for the future.
l5 lloons bursting with loud "BANG!" Champagne corks popping into the air, the foamy liquid bubbling out of the lip of the bottle. Screams of wonder, cheering and laughter fill the air. It's Jan.1,2000.
For some, the world's going to end. But for others, they have a different opinion on how the millennium will start. Sophomores, who are the ones who will lead us into the year 2000, aren't worried about catastrophes.
"I don't believe that the world is going to end in the year 2000," said sophomore Jamie Nider
Another sophomore Tom Lindsay also believe that nothing bad is going to happen in the year 2000.
"That's bull," said Lindsay. "The bible states that we don't know the date or the time when it will happen."
Not only will a new millennium begin at the end of 2000 but for sophomores, so will high school. Many are apprehensive of what will be next for them.
"I'm worried about losing contact with my friends when I get to college," said sophomore Rachel Peters. "because friends are really important
to everybody."
Katherine Erickson
Katie Everett
James Fairbanks
Jamie Fault
Christopher Falter
Eric Faussnacht
Matthew Ferris
Ryan Finke
Sara Fonfara
Ashley Franks
Abigail Franson
Christopher Frey
Jessica Fritz
Jacob Froscheiser
Brian Fruhwirth
Matthew Gabel Chantel Gale
Deepali Gangahar
Carolyn Garrett
Paul Garvin
Bryan Gibb
Holli Gillette
Johnathon G i I more
Bethany Goddard
Scott Gogela
Brett Gondringer
Adam Grossenbacher
Jennifer Guido ~1i ,
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For N ider, she ' s afraid that she wi 11 lose when it comes to finding a job.
"I am not going to find a job," said Nider. "I'm scared about finding a good job, now that technology is improving every year."
Careers may be one thing to be nervous about in the future , but ever since sophomore Chris Frey has been working at Goodyear Fitness Center, he doesn't worry about employment.
"I clean fitness equipment, fold towels, mostly clean up the place," said Frey. "It's prett/. easy, in the future I'll hope to get moved up to the front desk."
Dreaming about the future is fine, but some students aren't convinced dreaming is enough.
"In my opinion, people can talk about their future all they want. Unless they act on it, nothing's going to happen," said Peters.
Most students just want to do their best.
"I'm not really nervous about the future," said Frey "I just hope I make most of my life."
Betsy Hall
Brandon Hammerling
Nick Harper
Joel Harral
Caroline Hartung
L J Harvey
Ryan Henry
Thomas Hersch
Laura Hoffart
Justin Hofpar
Bret Hollingsworth
Lindsay Howell
Christopher Hunt
Kate Hunzeker
Preston Hurrell
Erin Hussey
John ldt
Kendra Inness
Mohamad Ismail
Ann Janesch
Jessy Johannesen
Michaela Johanns
Amy Johnson
Benjamin Johnson
Curtiss Johnson
Kara Johnson
Alison Johnston
Aaron Jones
Jeff Jones
Elizabeth Judds
Matthew Judge
Shira Kaplan
Georgina Kayes
Margaret Kayes
Tora Kinder
Corrine Kliment
Sara Klotz
Megan Kometscher
Joseph Kantor
Samuel Korab
Ryan Kosola
Kimberley Krome
Amanda Kucera
Al~ssa Kuehn
David La Four
Sarah Lacey
Brian Leavitt
Byron Lefler
Jesse Lemons
David Lienemann
Joseph Lienemann
Nicole Lightner
Alicia Lillie
Gina Lintel
Jessica Livingston Emily Loos
Kent Lorenzen
Danica Loreth
Timothy Lowery
Adam Maasch
Grayson Magner
Kent Malone
Christian Mangrum
Travis Mar Amy Mart
Sergio Martinez
Daniel Mason-D'croz
Natalie Matczyszyn
Kip Matoush
Mali Maynez
Sara Mc A rdle
Andrew McBride
Jenny McBurney
Betsy McCailum
Amber Mcclung
Randy McCoy
Lisa McCune
B_rendan McDaniel
Benjamin McEntarffer
Cassie McFarland
Kristin McKeag
Brain McKee
Kyle Means
Jennifer Meierhenry
Meredith Melecki
Matthew Melichar
Brett Mendlik
Micheal Metzger
Stacey Miller
Andrew Misle
Molly Molsen
Chari ie Meyers
Katie Neddenriep
David Nelsen
Anders Nelson
Ryan Newman
Lindsey Newton
Jamie Nider
Class officers recieve much to do with being one.
being a class officer comes with a lot of duties ranging from it being attending an officers meeting to planning Spirit Week.
"Our duties include planning Spirit Week, having a class activity each semester and conducting a fund-raiser each semester," said Sophomore Vice President Brandon Hemmerling.
Planning Spirit Week and winning it is an important goal to a class officer. Another important factor is the students having a I ittle bit of fun.
"The most important thing to me is winning Spirit Week and putting it together," said sophomore Treasurer Winnie Ting.
11 As a class officer, the mo st important thing is doing things that the students find fun,
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instead of what the teachers feel we should do," said sophomore President Carrie Diffenderfer. •
Beyond the duties and goals of a class officer, what's the best thing about being one?
"Learning to work with others and learning how to get things organized," said Hemmerling.
"The best thing about being a class officer is getting to make final decisions. It makes me feel powerful and in control, I like that," said Diffenderfer.
11 To me, the best thing about my role as a class officer is getting involved with the school and helping out with school spirit," said Ting. •
Aaron Ogden
Daniel Olig
Russel Oneth
Kelly Oseka
Amanda Ott
Mackenzie Panasiuk
Eric Pankake
Mike Park
Jenn ,fer Parker
Jerod Patzner
Tyler Payzant
Kaesi Penrod
Adam Perry
Nicholas Perry
Rachel Peters
Tricia Plager
Kevin Pope
Kevin Prai
Matthew Price
Rebecca Price
David Purvis
Nicole Rabe
Jennifer Ra fat
• Paul Ralli
Eric Rasmussen
Matthew Rauscher
Pat Reichenbach
Jill Reynoldson
Abbie Rice
Tiffany Richardson
Rachel Ricker
Andrea Ritterbush
Jay Rose
Meghan Rutigliano
Joey sa mpson
Justin Sammiguel
Jese Scheele
Justin Schmidt
Ryan Schmidt
Tera Schulz
Dennis Scoggins
Teren Seidel
Hayli Selix
Jeremy Severson
Lacey Shafer
Amberi na Sharp
Jessica Shi monek
Josh Short
Jack Shultz
Nellie Smith
Jenny Sneddon
Lindsay Sneller
Maria Sonderegger
Emily Sorensen
Ryan Spellman
Travis Spomer
"The 2nd day that I got my I icense, the day after my birthday, I hit a pole. My dad said it was $1200 damage to the car." - Ryan White
"Learning to drive during the big snowstorm." -Ben Johnson
"Doing a 360 on an icy driveway." -Jeff Buckner
"I was pulling into Firethorn, I ran over some railroad ties, I got stuck on the ties and I had to call a tow-truck. I got $1000 worth of damage." -Brandon Bush
"At 3am I got stuck on the bike trail fencing over on Hillcrest. We had to get someone to saw down the fence to get my car off of it." -David Lienemann
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Sean Brennan
Matthew Card
Joseph Coenen
Sarah Ditta
David Dizney
Jay Epley
Jessica Goff
Ale xander Hahn
Sqrah Hamilton
Chri stopher Harvey
Dalla s Huston
Ca,rla Ivory
Kl ifton Keefer
_ Mkheal Keiser OJ.. David King
Jamie Kurtzer -f-+. • Matthew Kurtzer (!) Joanna Kuster ':ct
Stephanie Lambert
Andrew Lyman
Ca sey Mattson
Jason McCoy
Jason Meyer
Mathew Morgan
Chad Rich ardson
Ella Stabler
Jesse Tanderup
Justin Wheeler
Charles Stamps
Dawn Stansberry
Ryan Starr
Chris Steffens
Joseph Steinbach
Lyndsie Stephens
John Stockstill
Timothy Stohlman
Erin Stromberg
Alisha Sutter
Brittney Svoboda
Tara Swiggart
Joel Termaat
Ryan Thomas
Zachary Thomas
Winnie Ting
Ryan Tonkin
Ryan Trausch
Elisa Tworek
Mason Ullrich
Jodi Vaccaro
Christopher Vance
Reynold Vandewege
Katie Varvel
Michelle Villarreal
Kristin Wacker
Matthew Walker
Matther Wall
Shannon Walsh
Johna Wassung
Kimberly Welch
Lance Wessale
Theodore Wheeler
Ryan White
Natalie Wick
Clay Wiese
Travis Wi 11 iams
Brian Winter
Dana Witherby
Ryan Wolf
Jeff Wolfe
Chuu-lin Wong
Kimberly Zalewski
Shelby Zavadi!
Benjamin Zemke
Michelle Zorn
Mo st of Ea st 's
Fre shm an cl ass spent a y e ar here , then tran sfE: red to Lux for eighth grade. Whil e at Lux the clas s got a group picture taken (photo court es y of : Katie Brown)
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Renk e n , Adrienne Sullivan , Jenny Sibbel , Sarah Finke, Katie Brown , Gera Ol sen , Brady Walker, M c kenzie
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Dun c an and Brittany Stohl huddle in a hallway at Lux before going to clas s (photo courte sy o f Katie Brown)
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xcuse me, little sixth grader, don't ya know I'm the oldest one around here!?"
This i s how this year's freshmen felt going to Lux Middle School for their eighth- grade year. They felt like they had all the power, especially since they themselves where the youngest at East just a year before.
"One time something really awesome happened. My fri e nds and I were walking down the hall in a straight line, and a couple of sixth graders were walking towards us, they looked up at u s, and turned around and started to walk in a different direction. I g ues s they felt intimidated by us. But it was the most exhilirating thing ," said freshman Erin Jablonski.
But feeling like you have all the power isn't the only way that this year's freshmen felt when they went to Lux. They felt they were treated differently by teachers. Most of them said it felt like they were elementary students again.
"We were treated like we were back in elementary school again. We were treated as if we couldn't handle responsibility," said freshman Tom Dunbar "We couldn't be open and express ourselves. I didn't like that. I was in eighth grade, I can handle responsibi I ities."
The way they were treated wasn't the only complaint some had about going to Lux. Some felt like they benefited more from going to East than going to Lux.
"At East, it was a better learning environment. We were given more responsibility, there was more freedom, and more learning opportunities. Also, I feel like I can learn more from the older kids than I can from the immature younger kids,"said Katie Brown.
This year's freshmen spent a year at East and a year at Lux before coming to East this year again. It was also nice to have a c hange. Some liked all the changes.
"I think that I would of rather just gone to East, but it was nice to have a change," said Gera Olsen. Others are .still adjusting to the " new" East.
"When I came back to East, a lot of things were different. The construction of course, _ but the bell is a lot different and the lunch prices have gone way up," said freshm an Justin Siefkes. •
John Accord , Darin Hosem , Jake Hoppe , Jo seph Demma , Ryan
Brabec , Dwi ght William s, and Ford Earhart pose for a pi ct ur e at a Lux Middl
Sc hool Dan c e (photo c ourte sy of Katie Brown)
Freshmen give seniors some adivce for consideration .
by: Kari Neemann
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"Try to be a little nicer if they see us in the hall. We don't do anything to them so they shouldn't pick on us." Jaimie Enderle
"Most of the seniors are nice if you know them. To try hard in college and continue through with it." Elizabeth Leach
"To grow up. They're less mature than freshman." Amanda Levin
"For the seniors in marching band to not be so mean to the freshman. They can bring the food sometimes." Ashley Robinson
"Seniors don't really bother me. They should stick with it when they go to college, it is their future." Katie Knapp
"Take a lot of your personal stuff with you to college so you don't get homesick - like your . teddy bear." Hillary Miller
"To go through and finish college because their future's at stake." Aaron Clark
"Quit picking on freshman." Aaron Rinehart
Nathan Abel
John Achord
Kristin Ahrens
Brian Allen
Shalla Alnwick
Jon Andersen
Jeni Anthony
Tory Appling
Leah Ashley Jill Baker
Jared Bal lard
B.J. Barta
Lindsey Bartels
Miranda Barth
Alan Baugh
Tiffany Baum
Jill Beckman
Melissa Beelek
Jacqueline Bencken
Erin Benham
Cody Benson
Matt Beran
Casey Berg
Jacob Berst
Jennifer Bridsa 11
Leah Bloebaum
Joni Boettcher
Ryan Brabec
Danielle Breslow
Emily Brodersen
Sara Brostom
Katie Brown
Beth Bryant
Joshua Bulow
Stefanie Burt
Chad Busboom
Brian Butler
Jonathan Camp
Jared Carlson
John Carlson
Kelly Casady
Ryan Casey
Kjerstin Cederdahl
Al Chadwell
Amit Chakravorty
Samik Chattopadhyay
Nicholas Chesnut
Amy Christensen
Justin Christensen
Aaron Clark
Jon Clifton
Jim Cochrane
Ryan Cole
Carey Collingham
Joey Corbin
Brian Cratsenberg
Jason Criger
Derek Crisp
Matt Cyr
Rob Cummins
Ashley Cunningham
Andrew Danek
Emily Daniel
Alison Darling
Joe Demma
Megan Denker
Zachariah Dennis
Abhijit Dhillon
Kristen Dickey
Chisty Dittmer
Malena Doeling
Kendra Doolittle
Elizabeth Dow
Kristen Downs
Robin Doyle
Christine Driscoll
Tabi Dubas
Ryan Dudney
Thomas Dynbar
Erin Duncan
Andrea Dwornik
Scott Dykema
Ford Earhart
Caroline Ebers
Kellie Egr
Laurie Einspahy •
Elizabeth Elliott
Jamie Enderle
Lindsay
Sara
Danielle
Rebecca
Shawn
Model Abbey Karr doesn't believe that beauty is only skin deep
you've heard it a million times from a million different people, "beauty is only skin deep." This well - known phrase doesn't sit pretty with freshman Abbey Karr. Karr, who models wishes that people would correct this misconception.
Karr has been a model since she was nine or ten years old and has noticed that people often just assume that, because she is a model, she will be too good for them. As a result they don't bother to get to know her. Other people only want to get to know her as a model and don't actually get to know the person who i s so much more than just a pretty face.
11 I love people and I want to have as mariy friends as possible. I don't feel like I'm too good for anyone," said Karr.
Aside from modeling Karr is involved in several other activities including band, Shades of Blue, Broadway Juniors, and singing on the
by: Steph Kreifels
weekends at the Stageright Coffee House.
Karr is constantly trying to keep a positive attitude, which is a must in the modeling scene.
"If you are looking to be a model you · have to have a positive attitude and be able to not take things personally," said Karr. Karr has learned to deal with plenty of blunt critcism in her I ife so she is always eager to give an encouraging comment.
"I like making people feel good about them selves," said Karr. Her kindness is noted by other s
11 Abbey always has a smile and something nice to say everyday ," said junior Emily Jhade
Being a model has definitely not gone to the head of freshman Abbey Karr. Her beauty shines all the way thru!
t5nanJoe
William Johnson
Blake Johnston
Sarah Joseph
Hanna Jou
Jacob Juilfs
Abbey Karr
Brian Keedy
Darren Keen
Ashley Keith
Sana Khan
Joanne Kim
Megan Kinsey
Jeffrey Kirchner
Brian Kirkland
Adam Kittok
Hannah Klasek
Austin Klingenberg
Katie· Knapp
Jessica Knight
Ryan Knight
Ashot Kocharov .
Brandon Koehler
Micheal Kohel
Laura Koonce
Nathaniel Kreifels
Rachel Kuani
Anne Kuehl
Emily Kunkee
Kyle Lash
Elizabeth Leach
Melissa Lee
Amanda Levin
Whitney Livingston
Nichole Lucchino
Christina Luka s
Drew Lytle
Marta Madsen
Kelly Magnuson
Ahmed Makkawy
Kamron Malone
Bennett Martin
Felicia Martin
Katy Martin
Jeremy Massing
Chelsea McCoy
Megan McCu I lo ugh
Brett Mccurdy
Ninth grade class officers wanted to do something .
\.we know who they are and we might have even voted for them, but do we have any idea what they really do? Does their position only extend to getting elected, or do they actually have an agenda and a purpose?
The ninth grade class officers planned many activities throughout the year to get everyone in the class involved.
"We try to plan activities. The last day of finals in January we wanted to get the class together and play laser tag," said Treasurer Erin Jablonski.
The different activities which they coordinated took time and energy; energy the officers were happy to give.
"We meet with the entire group of class officers the first Monday of every month, and with Student Council the first Wednesday of every month. Besides that we also meet weekly by ourselves to discuss," sa id vice-president Jon Clifton.
The class officers were prepared and
• by: Kari Neemann
wanted the responsibilities that were given to them. They became candidates because they wanted and believed they cou Id offer something to their class.
"I wanted to be a class officer because I believe that I'm dedicated to helping the student body," said President Jake Hoppe.
For Clifton and Jablonski it was their desire to contribute to the class and community.
"I wanted to be part of the class. I wanted to do something important and help out," said Clifton.
"I'll try to help out our school and community around us, and get the kids involved. I want to put in my ideas and contribute to East High," said Jablonski.
Ninth grade class e>fficers became candidates because they wanted to dedicate their time and energy to organizing activities that brought the class together. They worked diligently to insure one thing, and that is that their class have a good year.
Brad Meier
Natalie Metclaf
Jaime Meyer
Kari Mikelson
Hillary Miller
Mary Montgomery
Sara Moore
Jamie Morrison
Brandon Muehlhausen
Mackenzie Mueller
Jennifer Murdock
Jennifer Myers
Sara Newlon
Haley Novak
Micheala Odbert
Christopher Olson
Gera Olson
Jon Olson
April Otto
Kevin Page
Amanda Parde
Pat Park
Anne Patterson
Lindy Patterson
Chantel Peckman
Karey Pedersen
Matthew Pierce
Kelly Peo
Alan Peterson
Laura Peterson
Caitlin Phelps
Diana Peirson
Mckenzie Pokorny
Lindsay Polson
Abby Poppe
Andrew Potratz
Ian Radke
Justin Raikes
Rachel Ramsey
Bradford Randazzo
Marie Rasmussen
.Kimberly Remmenga
Ashley Renken
Layne Reyda
Jefferey Richardson
Cassie Richoux
Aaron Rinehart
Melissa Robbins
Ashley Robison
Chris Rock
Kendra Root
Bryan Rosenberger
Jill Russell •
Cassandra Ruthsatz
Nick Salestrom
Diana Sanchez
N icci Sandblom
Erich Schafer
Tyler Scheer
Amy Schmidt
Eric Schmidt
Carly Schneider
Eric Schneider
Jessica Schoen
Coco Schrader
Aaron Schreiber
Ron Schrock
Erin Schuessler
Kyle Schuldt
Kyle Schumacher
Anthony Schwisow
William Sedlak
Nathan See
Jesse Shaw
Jessica Sheehan
Christine Shutzer
Jenny Sibbel
Justin Siefkes
Nick Skiles
Scott Smith
Jenny Snoad
Hilary Sorensen
Jessica Soukup
Jason Speicher
Anastasia Spivak
Micheal St. Germain
Amy Staack
Christopher Steinheider
Katy Stenberg
Candace Stenger
Amy Stewart
Zach Stivri ns
Brittany Stohl
Paetra Stoval I
Steven Strauss
Chad Stuber
Ky Stutzman
Adrienne Sullivan
Micah Sutton
Micah Sweeny
Dawn Swoboda
Angie Sydzyik
Keith Tanner
Kelly Tatay
Gerald Temple
Max Theis
Jon Thober
Cami Thoms
Jessica Tomasek
Justin Tomka
Bradley Trausch
Danny Tylka
Ashley Uffleman
Jayne Ullstrom
Benji Vanderbrock
Beth Varney
Amanda Veys
Byron Vierk
Christopher Vincent
Brice Volker
Olabode Alabi
Olamide Alabi
.Joanne Antoine
Erin Benham
Meg Beucke
Lindsay Bowman
Adriel Brown
Paul Bruns
Johna Chrisman
Korey Donahoo
Alexander Felton
Angela Fields
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Tara Flores
Keri Gallentine
• _ Tiernney Gurtsak
John Hahn
Nicholas Hoefs -t+-
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Ben Hong
Matthew Lyons
Mel McGill
E~ther Park
Kimberly Petri
Marie Rasmussen
Adrienne Selle
Scott Smith
Neil Walter
Cprissi Wendelin
Missy Wendelin
Chrystal Wise
Reasons Freshmen say they like East better than Lux
by: Adrienne James
10. Teachers aren't as strict
9. They aren't treated like grade-school kids
8. More time between classes (even though it's only 1 minute)
7. Bigger lockers
6. More school spirit
5. Vending machines
4. More comfortable environment
3. Can eat in class 2. Better cafeteria food 1 . More freedom
Audra Von Minden
Matthew Wagner
Brady Walker
Maxfield Walter
Carly Watson
Ja son Watson
Samatha Watson
Russell Watts
Annika Webb
Matthew Web ste r
Andrew Westby
Brent Wilderman
Daniel Florez
Callie Williams
Dwight Wi 11 iams
Janae Wolf
Adam Wolfe
Maggie Wood
Andrew Woudenberg
Sarah Wright
Zach Wright
Micheal Yesilcimen ·
Christopher Young
Shamar Young
Zachary Young
Jessica Zangari
Tyler Zink
StvcJ.e~tf {i~cJ. ovt-o{-the-ovcJ.i~avy jobf to t-1ake extva t-1o~ey
by: Steph Kreifels
Contrary to popular belief, being a high school student does not limit job choices to flipping a greasy burger over a hot grill or spending the day sacking other people's groceries.
While these jobs are fine for many, other students chose to explore different kinds of work experiences.
Juniors Abbey Maul and Nina Anderson and senior Mindee Lieske chose to work in various animal clinics.
"I didn't want to work with food and I love animals, which made it all the more fun," said Maul.
Lieske has been raising goats since she was very young, so working with animals came naturally to her. Anderson and Maul work at Forney Animal Center and Lieske works at Kennel Inn
Some students decided to help out in the family business. Senior Grant Harse spent the summer traveling around Nebraska with his step dad's company and surveying the sights of future bridges.
Senior Henry Jou also chose to help with the family business. Jou worked at his parents' restaurant, The Imperial Palace. Jou said his duties consisted of "a little bit of everything," He listed everything from busing tables to delivery.
Whether these students are working for their parents, friends, or complete strangers, all agreed that these jobs are not easy or boring tasks. Harse told of his hot summer days, walking long distances to a bridge sight. While Lieske talked of returning home from work, arms covered in animal scratches. Most brought home unique stories, too.
"There is always something interesting going on," said Maul who laughed at the memory of caring for a hedgehog and a duck. _
"So many strange things have happened," agreed Jou, who told his story of a man driving his car into the side of the restaurant.
Like all jobs, each of these had its own challenges, but all of these students were happy to know that they chose a job that said something about themselves.
Senior Melinda Way flashes a smile while working in the childrens department at JC Penney's (photo by: Mali Maynez)
Sophomore
serves a
Jessica Bailey
customer at Colby Ridge (photo by: Mali Maynez).
Alicia Lillie works the cash register at the Pantry (photo by : Mali Maynez).
Students
Students want to be given knowledge, rather then figuring it out. In the 70s the students were combative in the classroom and liked to challenge the teachers. In the 90s they just want the answer.
-Ed McPherren
James Amos, Science
•Vicki Anderson, Parapro/MH
Connie Arends, Science
Gary Baker, Custodian
Mike Baker, Soc ial Studies
Randy Bates, Custodian
Renee Beahm, Parapro/MH
Jerry Beckman, Math
Jan Beeson, Fam/Con Science
Eddie Blessing , Custodian
Rebecca Brobst , Clerical
Linda Brockman, Parapro/MH
Susan Brott, Spec Ed
Jane Buntmeyer, Parapro/MH
Mary Butler, Math
Doris Cerny, Office
Agnes Cox, Media
Jerome Cox , Bus Ed
James Crew, Math
Bonnie Daley , Office
William Dimon, English
Robin Douglas-Lundy, Parapro/MH
Karen Dress , World Lang
- James Dymacek, Couselor
Shirley Ebers, Office
Jim Elsner, Spec Ed
Dianne Epp , Science
David Eppert, P.E./ Health
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Deborah Essex, P. E.
Robert Eyth, Dr Ed/P.E.
Greg Fleming, Admin
Ken Flowerday , English
Anne Forch, Media Spec
Laurie Fraser, Spec Ed
Dennis Frederick, Math
Pamela Fuller , Parapro/MH
Terri Geisler-Brindell, Spec Ed
Brenda Geisler , Spec Ed
John Gingery , P.E.
Lee Gray , Business Ed
Linda Grimes, Parapro/MH
Rebecca Hall , Parapro/MH
Karla Halpine, World Lang
William Hammelmann , World Lang
Julie Harder, English
Ky Hascall, Music
Jonathan Heithold, Industrial Tech.
Sue Helzer , Comp. Tech
Wendy Henrichs, Eng/Ast AD
John Henry, Athletic Director
Mary Herrington , Science
Lynne Hershey, Art
Linda Hoff, English
Jeff Hoham, English
James Holechek , English
Jane Holt, English
Kevin Hubbell, Social Studies
Cliff Jackson, Campus Sup
Laura Jacobsen, World Lang
Tim Janssen, Math
Leo Jelinek, ·Math
Vicky Johnsen , Business
Janis Johnson , Spec Ed
Jenifer Johnson , English
Gail Johs, Spec Ed
Sally Jones, Coun/Case
Pat Kaltenberger, English
Robert Kasi, Custodian
Duane Keck, Custodian
Marjorie Keep, Fam/Cn Science
Lance Kingery, Social Studies
Ted Koehn, Science
Kathleen Kohel , Office
Daniel Larson, Associate Prin
Karl Lautenschlager , Science
Jeffrey Lean, Music
Ed Lyons, Science
Joan Marotz, Social Studies
Terri Marti, Spec Ed
Jerome Martin, Bus Ed
Jeff McCabe, Ind Tech
Martin Mccurdy, Social Studies
Ed McPherren , Science
Micheal McShea , English
Sherry Meyer, Parapro / MU
Charles Morgan, Social Studies
Marti Mueting, Social Studies
Jane Munsterman, Spec Ed
Carla Myer , Spec Ed Para
Dwain Myers, Social Studies
Neil Nannen, Assistant Pricipal
Dennis Nelson, Custodian
Colleen Ogden, Social Studies
Joni Osborn, Music
Sue Palmer , Spec Ed
Richard Paxson, Math
Michele Pella, Bus Ed
Leona Penner, Math
Susan Peters, World Lang
Jon Peterson, Music
Shauna Peterson , Math
Sarah Piper, English
Steve Pierce , World Lang
Jimmi-Anne Pratt, Parapro / MH
Susan Ptacek, World Lang Roark Pyle , Custodian
Don Rademacher, Math
Bob Reeder , Science
Ted ·Rethmeier , Councelor
Ron Robinson, Campus Sup
Fred Schelert, World Lang
Paul Schneider , Police
Mary Schwabauer, Parapro / MH
Carol Scott , English
Cathlin Shuster, English
Aldo Sicoli , Principal
Kirk Skiles, Ind Tech
Bonnie Smith , Office
Rozanne Snoberger, Counselor
Tim Spahn, Math
Maryann Spahni, Counselor
Cathy Spohn, Math
Grayson Spomer, M.A. Para
Rudy Stoehr, Dr Ed/P.E.
Diane Anderson
Ji 11 Anderson
Twila Berger
Janice Boardman
Ronald Bodfield
Gayle Butterfield
Jacquelyn Casti I lo
Kevin Cederberg
Nancy Clare
Anne Cognard
Janet Coleman
Craig Corder
Karla Cose
Loretta Dasher
Joyce Detweiler
Mary Dudek
Diane Dunning
Glenda Eggers
Larry Eisenmann
Charles Fichthorn
Margaret Fi ntel
Jodi Flynn
Donna Fredell
Vicki Gustafson
Robert Haeffner
Nancy Hartman
Beverly Herman
Betty Hofstad
Marcia Hollestelle
Ko IN
Stephanie Jacobsen
Laura Jaeger
Duane Keck
Linda Lannin
Vicki Lawrence
Pam Linke
Bridget Littrel I
Mike Marker
Micheal McCuistion
M rilyn McEntarffer
Nancy McProud
Richard Messing
Julia Miller
Warren Mitchell
Shelly Monroe
Tina Naylor
James Prescott
Anneliese Reinke
Julie Rogers
Lisa Ross
Angela Sheldon
Susan Stokes
Jo Stork
Lisa Thiessen
Mary Tiangco
Bev Vogel
Gary Wheeler
William Whitney
Jerry Williams
Vicki Woodburn
Jame s Tonniges, Social Studies
Peggy Trumble , Bus Ed
Janet Tucker, P.E. / Health
Mar c ia Wiebers , Music
Donna Swoboda, Parapro/MH
Julie Thom so n, Art
Pam Thorfinn.son, M.A Para
Keith W att, Science
Thelma Watts, Spec Ed
Kimberly Werner , Parapro / MH
Del Whitman , Mu sic
Brenda Wiemer , Office
Gary Williams , As Prin
Qonna Wil so n, Art
Mi ssy Wingard, Science
Sue Wi smer , Nurse
Laurie Witter s-C hurchill , Sp Ed
Lorraine Woodward , Office
Leroy Zentic, P:E.
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by: Jana Stangl
u're walking through the miles east of Fremont. good. The previous administration hallway during your free period. A
Wendy Henrichs, the new was helpful, and the studen~s were man in a suit and tie asks you what assistant athletic director, worked at accepting. you're doing in the hallway. You Grand Island High School for the
"I've been so impressed with don't recognize him and become a past 16 years. She taught English the students," said Williams. little queasy, not because you're and coached cross country, track, Larson was particularly doing something wrong, but because and girls basketball. impressed that the seniors at the you don't want to get into trouble.
When comparing their Senior Meeting applauded for the Who is this man? previous schools to East, everyone new administration.
It could be one of the new had the same opinion, at least about Williams and Sicoli were administrators. East started the year the students. impressed with the involvement of with a new principal, two new "I have the philosophy that the community in the school. That associate principals, a new campus kids are kids, wherever you go," was one reason Sicoli chose to move supervisor, and a new assistant said Henrichs. to Lincoln. He felt it would be a athletic director.
Many new opportunities good place to raise his kids.
Dr. Aldo Sicoli, the new opened up for the new administra-
Not only that, but he felt principal, came f~om S~bley High tion by accepting their positions. changes were needed. The new School in West St. Paul, Minnesota. New responsibilities, new chal- administration is eager to make He was the assistant principal and lenges, and, in some cases, an changes to improve East. These coached basketball at Sibley. entirely new position enticed them. changes included reinstalling the ISS
Cliff Jackson, the new Still, everyone felt badly about room and improving the ~evel of campus supervisor, : worked at leaving their old schools and knew respect in the building. Lincoln Northeast last year. His they would miss their colleagues
"My expectation , I had of East responsibilities are the same, since and students. coming in is that the building is he was in the same position.
"I'll miss them greatly. I'll hungry for change, that they're
Dan Larson, one of the new miss the students I was coaching," receptive to new leaders," Larson associate principals, also worked at said Sicoli. said. Northeast last year. He has been in
However, the opportunities nine positions in six school districts far outweighed the disadvantages. since he began his c areer. Williams was very selective ab'out
Gary Williams, the other applying to different schools. He associate principal, was working at wanted to be a part of a good Arlington Junior/Senior High School school. in Arlington, NE, which is eight
Everyone's first impression of
the faculty and students at East was
Sicoli expected East to be a successful, highly academic school with motivated students. Henrichs expected the students to be dedicated to academics and athletics. Both said East surpassed those expectations and will continue to do so.
Campus Supervisor
Cliff Jackson po ses with his "HUFFY" (photo by : Josh Ingersoll).
Assistant Athletic Director Wendy Henrichs takes a break by having some candy out of her candy jar (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
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keeping people happy is a tough job. Reducing opportunities and variety and sti 11 keeping people happy is much tougher. That was a problem facing the new administration when they had to eliminate classes for this year.
One of the new associate principals, Dan Larson, had the responsibility of meeting with department heads over the summer to choose the classes that would be dropped. He said the classes were cut based on the f ecommendation of department heads, student enrol Iment, and how current the course curriculum was. However, overall, Larson said the decisions were made "in the best interest of the total population of students at East High School." Of the classes that were cut, there were both advanced and lower level classes so that no group of stu·dents was affected more than another.
The decision of choosing one class over another was a difficult one for Dwain Myers, the social studies department head. He chose to cut AP Macro Economics over an Accelerate class for at-risk students. He knew it would be a controversial
decision, but thought it would be the best for students.
"Our challenge as a staff is to be positive about these things," Myers said. Although some students lost out, he tried to make sure everyone understood the reasons behind the decision.
"None of the cuts are the students' fault," he said , noting that the choices were made in an attempt to keep as many students happy as possible.
One student who was affected by the cuts was senior Ryan Schroeder. He had anxiously awaited the new Philosophies of Life class, but it was cut before it started.
"I was disappointed. I had taken all the other social sciences and I am interested in social sciences," he said. Although he is upset that he couldn't take the class, he realized why the administration made the cuts they did.
"I can't argue with ho~ the classes were cut, and I think they did a good job of cutting," he said.
The classes cut th is year caused problems with many students, but unfortunately there wi 11 be Students in Dutch Fichthorn' s Movie Lit. class try to make space for groupwork. Almost 20 classes were cut over the summer, pushing class sizes to over 30 in many cases (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
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by: Sara·h Barry
more cuts to come, thanks to current legislation. School Board member Shirley Doan couldn't say for sure what the actual amount to be cut was, but knew how the cuts would be made.
"Each board member is looking at the program to see what we can give up or what we can't cut, and we will cut everything that can be cut," she said. Property taxes, which help fund education, must be I imited to $1 .10 for every $100 of property value. In response, the current school-district budget of about $180 mi 11 ion may have to be reduced anywhere from $5 million to $15 million ~ However, Doan says the property-tax I id could be overridden by the public if they don't approve.
"The public should say no if they don't like it and then we could pay for the better education," she said.
With all the current and possible cuts, the loss of variety in class opportunities inevitably upset some students and faculty, but the carefully, keeping the overall good of students as the central goal.
Bonnie Daley helps a student check out a book. The library has lost 3 assistants in the last 18 months (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
M r. Martin suffered a loss in the cuts, his career class was cut from the new schedule (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
Senior Trent Southworth makes a counselor's appointment with secretary Jodi Flynn. Since Nancy Hartman became registrar, Flynn is the only secretary for the counselors (photo by: Josh Ingersoll)
Senior Lisa Olson draws a duplicate image of her Harley Davidson ad in commercial arts class (photo by: Cami Novak).
Senior t-~icole Carper works hard improving her tile project in Mrs. Thompson's pottery class (photo by: Mali Maynez).
Freshman
Katy " Cat in the Hat" Stenberg displays the art of Dr Seuss at " Night of the Notable s " The night is part of a biography unit in Pat Kaltenburger' s 9- lOC English cla ss (photo co urte sy of : Mr s. Stenberg)
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' , by: Nicole Rabe
magine this. You get a Spanish assignment to do a commercial with the dialogue completely in Spanish. Your head pounds and you scratch your pencil against your paper, trying to get an idea of what to do. Finally, an idea; a perfect idea.
Then come four long, exhausting days of videotaping different shots of Lincoln. Driving around in a friend's car, shooting video of East's parking lot, friends' houses, the State Capitol.
Junior Chad Brown worked with senior Laura Gapp and fellow juniors Michael Garrett and Graydon Foreman on their remake of the Surge commerc i a l s.
"It took forever for the snapshots," said Brown. The commercial focused on a race between Gapp and Foreman, with their starting place at the State Capital. They had to run from the State Capital to East's parking lot to reach the can of Surge. Foreman won (it was p l anned that way).
"The commercial only lasted 5 to 10 minutes even though it took four days to shoot," said Brown. Even though the proj ect seemed to last forever, Brown still points to that assignment as a memorable moment in school.
From East 's parking lot to another school, freshman Andrea Gutsche recalls another po sitive classroom experience that brought back memories.
"In Career Ed, I job-shadowed my old 8th grade Science teacher Mr. Bare at Lux Middle School," said Gutsche. "The shadowing itself was fun, but seeing all of the new 8th graders, and thinking about what it used to be like was scary!"
It can also be scary to realize that a class's content is starting to change your attitude about that class. Sophomore Josh Bauer learned a lot more in Psychology than he thought.
"At first we learned the 'greats' of psychology," said Bauer, "then we went into what psychology is, what a psychologist is, and what the stages of sl eep are," he sa id. "Psychology isn't boring We l earn new things everyday."
Learning new things may give the brain new wrinkles, but it's the goose-bumps that come from performing for others that make freshman Michael Kohel love his "Spartan Men" singing class .
;' I l ove singing to ot h er peop l e," said Kohel. "It just changes my attitude the whole day." Even when he's not performing there are bonuses to the class.
"And I l ike eating donuts during that class because it is a tradit i o n If i t is someone's birthday or someone comes to class late, they have to bring· donuts to class."
Memorable moments in classes can take the shape of hours of videotape or the sprinkles from a half- eaten donut What matters most, is that the moments count somehow.
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Oling! Ding! Ding! This is your Captain speaking: Please fasten your seat belts and put your chair in the upright position." Feel like your on a plane? This is how many of students explained the sound of the new bell.
"It makes me think of an airplane or an elevator," said junior Jenny Liou.
Other people described the be l I as a hospital sound or the sound a fish makes. The ideal bell for sen ior Mark Hill, would be related to sheep. "I think the "bahh" sound wil l excite students to get to their next class because they know not to mess with sheep," he replied. The changes at East, especially the sound of the bell, have supr ised many students.
"I don't know why they changed the bell, maybe to start a new beginning with a new principal," replied sophmore Johna Wassung. There have been a lot of
by: Heather Bristol
changes, not only with the new bell and administration, but on improving the facilities within our school. Construction, starting at the end of last year and on through the su mmer, left us with a new, larger teacher parking lot, weight room, wrestling room, and an almost completed gym.
"The wrestlers now have a place that they can identify with, " said wrestling coach Marty McCurdy. "Before there wasn't enough room to get people through their workouts, practices had to be made longer."
"The new construction has made many students want to get more involved in school activities," commented freshman Joel Erickson. Whatever the changes, students are excited to finally have the same training opportunities as the other surrounding schools.
"I think that we'll have a better chance of winning," said Hill.
The new faculty parking lot provides a more convienent way for parents dropping off students and teacher coming into work (photo by Josh Ingersoll).
A lonely hallway awaits students going into into the wrestling and weight rooms of the new wing (photo by Josh Ingersoll).
A new gym was one of the many improvemets made on our school (photo by Josh I ngerso l )
R yan Starr pumps some iron in the new weight room, which was furnished just this fa l l
(photo by Josh I ngersol l ).
m ost students Spent the year in prepa~ ration for endings. The end of our classes, the end of the school year, or the end of our high - school careers. For some of us, there was too much extra ti me . To fill the time, some played sports. Others worked paying jobs. But many of us spent that extra time at school preparing, planning , and putting on activities for the student body to enjoy.
Oh, the time we've spent! The money raised and the hours spent behind the scenes are usually a mystery to the rest of the student
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body. But, the fun and activities are part of the school day. The food drives, toy drives, blood drives, da nces, and nights of entertainment were advertised through the halls by banners everywhere. The morning announcements included personalized messages by CI U b and group members.
E• ' ast S groups contributed to make our school
"a better place, a place a little more fun to spend time, a place we could take pride 1n, a place where we coul~ be proud to be a
Lindsey Schultz and Lisa Webster , pose for a picture during the Norfolk game (photo by Josh Ingersoll).
Dou g Stroub stands in for Seth Boynton as the nominee for Home co ming Kin g during the Norfolk game (photo by Jo sh Ingersoll).
Senior Seth Boynton takes a break from the effects of the " heat wa ve" on the dance floor (photo by Cami Novak).
Senior Grant Croissant surfs into Seacrest Field as a nomine e for Homecoming King (p hoto by Jo sh Ing erso ll).
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partying, Eating, Dancing & Football.
it's Thursday night. You're one of the 2,346 fans at" Seacrest Field, watching East's Homecoming game against the Fremont Tigers. Seth Boynton has just made a 54 -yard touch-down run with 1 :51 remaining in the third quarter. The score is 29-9. You can feel the confidence in the crowd.
And then comes the fourth quarter.
Before you know it, the Tigers have driven inside the East 10 yard line twice in the final three and a half minutes of the game. Your pulse quickens. The score is 29-22. Can we hold them? Will they pull through?
The game is over. The Spartans have successfully held the Tigers for a win.
"I knew we were going to win. We had a good team this year, and I had a lot of faith in them," said sophomore Ann Janesch.
Many spectators were impressed by the game.
"I was proud of our guys who pulled through and were able to stay focused hll the end," said senior Katie Belka.
The players spent a lot of time before the game trying to get ready physically and mentally.
"I was confident that if we played to our abi I ity we cou Id beat them," said Varsity quarterback senior Bryce Jakub. The team also got a pep talk from senior quarterback Matt Daharsh.
"Daharsh gives the most incredible motivational speeches. He says things you wouldn't think of, but that fit together perfectly," said senior Sam Achord.
But the celebration didn't end at the game. The dance held that Saturday, gave the students one more chance to express their excitement over a successfu I week. Decorations for the theme, Four Seasons, took hours of dedication and planning.
by: Heather Bristol
"We met three times in June and then once a week or when ever it was needed, after school began," said Belka, a member of the Spirit Council.
The Spirit Counci I decorated each of the four rooms for the dance very carefully. Four thousand white lights were used in the Commons area, to give it a snowy effect, along with a disco ball. The three other rooms were also given unique touches to reflect each season.
Alissa Kuehn, a freshman, was impressed by the dance.
" I like the Multicultural room with the lights and I couldn't believe that they played "Whip it", the song I requested," she said.
The comfortable atmosphere of the dance made it easy for everyone to loosen up and get down. Even when the air conditioning shut off, leaving the lunch room unbelievably hot, students continued to dance and have a good time.
"I'm not much of a dancer, but I danced the whole time," said Jakub.
Around 11 p.m., the Homecoming royalty was announced.
"It was crazy, something I didn't expect. thought that I was ready and then it came and I wasn't," said Achord, Homecoming King.
"It's an honor in itself just to be nominated," said senior Lindsey Schulz, Homecoming Queen.
A night that for many started off with dinner, either in a group or as a couple, came to a close shortly after midnight. Many students didn't end the fun there, however, but went out to friend's houses or other local hangouts. No matter what students did before or after the dance; the week of Homecoming developed new memories for al I.
H omecomming Royalty of 1997-1998. Sam Acord, Seth Boynton, Grant Croissant, and Sean Nelson were the nominees for king. Laura Diffenderfer, Amanda Lowery, Lindsey Schultz,Lisa Webster , and Leah Wolfe were· the nominee s for queen (photo courtesy of: The Picture Man)
Pajama Jam became a chance for all to show off what they really are like
(photo by: Mali Maynez).
The cafeteria was not a place to eat but a place to dance among the flowers at Homecoming (photo courtesy of: Katie Everett).
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Nigh.ts
East students are groovin ' to the mov e.
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by: Heather Bristol
"i's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A, It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A-A " The familiar words to this long-standing disco favorite has never failed to draw East students to the dance floor.
"The need to move makes people want to dance," said sophomore Sara Beery "You hear certain rhythms or beats and you can't just sit there. You have to tap your feet. It releases tension."
Several dances were added to the usuaf lineup this year: besides Homecoming, Prom, and Bogus Ball, the STOP club sponsored a Halloween party to discourage people from drinking alcohol, and a Spirit Week dance was included in the normal spirit festiv i ties to help raise money for a marquee in front of our school. The second annual Freshman dance was also successful in bringing together the freshman, who came from a variety of middle schools.
"The Freshmen dance was a good way to meet people because it was only for our grade," said freshman Amanda Perde. It often takes a lot of courage to meet someone on the dance floor, though.
Asking a person to a dance is not always an easy thing. More and more, girls are taking the initiative and asking their beaus to accompany them in all the fun. •
"I th.ink that it's cool when girls ask you out because it takes -the pressure off the guys," said senior Jeremy Renfro.
Some students opt not to go with a date to a dance, but rather with a group of friends. It al lows them to feel more free and be able to act crazy, without the stress of impressing anyone.
"It's always the person or people that you're with that makes it fun," said junior Michael Stitcher.
Dances provide students with an outlet to have a good ti rue and to just be yourself, away from the usual school setting.
Senior s Sam Achord, Jo sh Lupher, Marc Schlegel and Dave Sneddon take a break between jigs at the Halloween dance (photo courtesy of : Josh Lupher).
Junior/ Senior lounge turned into Hawii for a night at the Homecoming dance (photo courtesy of: Katie Everett).
Sophomor e Mike Duling (Tigg e r) and hi s date (The Queen) party out at the Pajama Jam · (photo by: Mali
M ay nez)
New Beg11111111g'&
New clubs at East made a big impression this year.
Being involved in clubs is a major part of high school life for many Spartans. With more than 25 clubs and organizations to be involved in there's a variety of options, but even more new clubs are being formed. The Pep Club, Sci-Fi Club, and restarted German Club all have had to go through the process of becomming a club at East.
"We didn't have a hard time forming our club at all," said junior vice president of PepClub Carmi Zink,"We had a lot of support from faculty and students." The Pep club is a club formed to provide extra cheer and support at games.
"The purpose of our club is to provide school spirit through good sportsmanship," said senior president of Pep club Cami Daigle, "We thought there was a definite need for more attendance at games." German club also felt that there was a need for students to experience the German culture through a club.
"The German club got started years ago, but hasn't been active in the last few years ," said
by: Adrienne James
junior Nicole Schroeder,"So we didn't have to go through the whole process of starting it up again and going through administration and STUCO." German club does a lot of activities to get members exposed to the German culture.
"We've done a lot of fun stuff like Christmas caroling in German at nursing homes and seeing the Vienna Boys Choir," said sophmore Winnie Ting. Yet another club that has been started this year is the Sci-Fi club.
"I actually got the idea of my club from a movie. I thought it sounded like a cool idea," said sophmore president Dallas Huston. Sci-Fi club studies movies, radio shows, and books.
"We've been really successful! with membership for our first year because we started with seven people and now have seventeen," said Huston.
All the new clubs at East show that if students see a need for a 'new clL!b or organization, Spartans have the initiative to start them
Front Row : Sarah McArdle, Dallas Hou sto n, Micah Sutton, Drew Lytle. Second row : Jerry Temple , Joe Kantor, Samik Cha ttopadhyay, Clifton Kiefer.
First row: Darren Ke en , Nate See, Mitch Graham, Byron Vierk , Second row: Kelly Oseka, Emily Broder son, Tiff Baum, Third r< .; : Abby Maul , Kristi Pa ge, Karen Petro , Back row : Andrea Conta n o, Rebecca Harbi son, Susan Ashley , Ozge Ulescu.
First row : Winnie Ting , Kelly O seka , Betsy M c Callum , Katie Neddinriep Second row : Ni c ol e Sc hro ed e r , Sa ra Hinkle , Johann a Madsen , Marta Madsen. Back row : Matthew Price , Dr. Hammelmann , Emily Haith , Julie Dunbar
T he Science Fiction Club make work hard during t heir meeting (photo by Julie Davis)
A manda Lowery , Jenny Brabec, Carmie Zin c and Cami Daigle pump up the crowd for Pep Club (photo courtesy of Jamie Maser )
Student's ,, ,, about Fall Play
Poe's Mysterious death explored by talen _ ted actors.
"Mystery. In the end, there was only mystery." The last five days of Edgar Allan Poe's life remain a mystery although "Nevermore," a play by Julian Wiles, explores what may have happened. Some of East's most talented actors and actresses explored these last intriguing days of Poe's life on October 1, 2, 4, and 5. Although the audience only saw a two-hour production, many additional hours were put into the play. The actors and actresses gathered after school and in the evenings for a month to perfect their performances. The end product of all the hard work may have seemed flawless, but unnoticed accidents did happen.
"Every night, during the shipwreck scene , I hit my head in a different place," said junior Brian Hastert, who played Miguel, a sailor.
Also, during the Saturday night performance, the pendulum from the story "The Pit and the Pendulum" accidentally h~t senior Adam Carr, who played Edgar Al Ian Poe. This didn't help in relieving the typical tension that builds up during and before performances.
"I curled up in a little ball ten minutes before I went on," said junior Drew Johnson, who played the young Poe.
For Carr, nervousness actually helped improve his acting. When he got nervous, he thought about a member of the audience whom he wanted to impress.
Immediately before each show, preparation also helped the actors calm their nerves. Senior Emily Ashby, who played the older Annabel Lee, repeatedly recited her first monologue and to get into character.
By : Jana Stangl
Because it was such a large cast , younger students had the opportunity to work with more experienced actors.
"They made me feel welcomed," said sophomore Chanda Clyne-Govier, who played Hannah •
Working with such a large crew and cast made things crowded but not less enjoyable.
"It was sort of hard back stage, because there were so many people needing to be in the same place at the same time, but, overall, it was a· lot of fun because so many people got to participate," said • Ashby.
Several actors and audience members thought Julian Wiles' "Nevermore" was East's best play in years. However, no matter how successful the play was, it will always be a failure in one area, that is solving the mystery.
Senior Laura Gapp is shocked as junior M.J Johnson realizes that Edgar Allen Poe has brought the black death into the castle (photo courtesy of : Carol Scott).
Despite the seemingly small cast and crew, it took a lot people to put on the performance (photo courtesy of Carol Scott).
Drew Johnson (the young Po e) co mfort s Meghan Baumeister (t he young Annabel) as her father, Scott Bucholz , and aunt, Rachel Janssen , look on (photo co urtesy of Carol Scott).
Members of the scene "The Masque of the Red Death" celebrate escaping the Black Death (photo courtesy of: Carol Scott)
Juniors Brian Hastert and Mike Cintani look on as TJ Kaspar brings Adam Carr a glass of spirits to calm his nerves (photo courtesy of : Carol Scott).
B r i a n H astert
th i nks hard, while A m ber Uffelman looks into the sk y (p h oto courtesy of: Caroel Scott).
Lights, camera,
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One Act/ITS performers revel in tom-foolery.
Iby : Jana Stangl
"all ITS members , there will be a mandatory meeting today after school on the stage. If you plan on going to the State Theater Festival , Ms. Scott needs your money by Friday These are your announcements for today. Have a great day! "
Ever wonder what that announcement is about? You're not alone.
Students in ITS (International Thespian Society) do much more than meet on stage once a month. They plan activities for Drama Club , have parties , and attend a theater fe stival every Janu ar y
" We go t o th e Sta t e Theater Festival for two d ays, learn about theater and have fun, " said .senior Am b er Uffelman
Uffelman al so participated in the One Act play " Audience , " which placed second at District s. The play i s ab out everything that can go wrong at the theater
" One judge mi sunder stood and thought we were watching a movie , instead of a play," said Uffelman.
A judge ' s misunderstanding wasn't the only mishap during the performance.
" During the middle of t he performance , the chairs on the top of the platform didn ' t have stoppers , and they fell off the back of the platform. We didn ' t react at all , so the judges didn ' t take any points off , " said Uffelman. Covering is one of the tricks of the trade.
"I missed a line when the chairs fell, because the platform we were standing on was really weak, but Blaine Kahle covered for me , " said senior Rachel Janssen. The improvisational gifts of its actors helped "Audience" succeed at the district competition Seniors T.J. Kaspar and Andrea Peterson walked away with "Superior" ratings on their individual performances. Despite the problems with the set, the play also took a "Superior" rating home with them. 90 One Act Play & ITS
Confused cast members do their best to show their discontent (p hoto courtesy
The cast of the One Act Play does their best to show the audience their shock. Often times facial expressions on stage aren't seen by the audience so actors must over exagerate their expressions (p hoto courtesy of: Carol Scott).
of: Carol Scott).
Cast members show shock on their faces while one character is to see nothing wrong (photo courtesy ·of: Carol Scott).
C onrad Birdie , adored by teens everywhere , get ' s ready to start his song Honestly Sincere Senior Erik Bauer was chosen over many other candidates for the part (photo courtesy of: Erika Snoberger).
K im Macafee (Abbie Craw ) convinces her parents that it ' s " modern" for a daughter to address her parents by their first names. Mr. and Mrs. Macafee Uennifer Brennfoerder and Tom Nemec) have a hard time getting used to it (photo by: Josh Ingerso l l).
Al bert Peterson (Adam Carr) cheers up Lindsey Schultz and Laura Diffenderfer by tel l ing them they' l l still be , young enough to love Conrad Birdie when he · get ' s out of the Army. (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
A n Engl i sh teac h er was a ll she wanted, but Rose A l varez
(M ela n ie H a ll ) had to settle for a " mu si c
b u si n ess bum " (photo by : Josh In gerso ll ).
9 2 By e Bye
Birdi e
Song and
"Bye, Bye, Birdie" experienced a make-over to change the musical from previous productions.
by: Jana Stangl
the curtain opened, the lights went up, and this year's production of "Bye, Bye, Birdie" began. This was the third time "Bye, Bye, Birdie" had been performed at East.
This caused Singers and Mr. Peterson to find ways to make it different from previous productions. Senior Laura Qiffenderfer was the first student choreographer, which prompted a special dance sequence.
Choreographing the entire musical required a lot of time and thought about what dance steps to use. Diffenderfer's ideas came from many sources.
"Most of my ideas came from just listening to the music, because I think that the best choreography comes from doing what the music tells you," said Diffenderfer. She also watched musicals, including "Grease," "Music Man," and "Singin' In the Rain" to prompt ideas for what to use in "Bye, Bye, Birdie."
Singers had difficulty rehearsing because of the week off of school due to the snow storm. They had to rehearse for longer periods of time to make up for the lost week.
Another difference in this year's pr()duction was that senior Paul Beckwith was the first live guitarist. Beckwith also spent a lot of time practicing and transcribi ng the music.
"I had to go through the piano music and figure it out. One morning, I spent four hours on it and only got half a song done," Beckwith said.
Spending a lot of time on the musical turned out to be a good experier.ice for both Diffenderfer and Beckwith.
"The best part was sitting in the audience at the dress rehearsals seeing what I had done come to life with costumes, make-up, and lights," said Diffenderfer.
" I think Laura's done better on choreography than in any other musical at East I've seen," said Beckwith.
Everyone agreed that the musical was a great success. It was, in its own way, unique from the previous productions.
Th e chorus in Bye Bye Birdie spent many hours each night rehersing so scenes, such as the Telephone Hour pictured here , would be picture perfect (photo by: Josh Ingersoll)
R ose Alverez (Melanie Hall) tries to cover up
Conrad Birdie 's not -so -perfect past by lying to a reporter (Brad Bartholomei) about how she discovered him (photo by : Josh In gersoll).
Swing choir guys show their innerself during the winter concert (photo by: Josh Ingersoll)
Singers finish up their concert by asking their parents to come and join them in a song (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
Paul Beckwith , Katie Neuhaus, Strei Ci Carsten, and Courtney Young take one practice sing with the orchestra before performing the Hallelujah Chorus (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
Back row: Eric Bauer, Tom Nemec , Brandon Smith, Adam Carr, Brent Smith, Cameron Burt, David Sneddon. Middle row: Abigail Craw , Jennifer Pickerel, Meghan Rutz , Amy Stenberg , Kanilehua Cook Front row: Lindsey Schulz, Joanna Tworek
Singers & Swing Choir
Front row: Brandy Hocking, Lindsey Schulz , Mikaela Coleman, Laura Diffenderfer , Lisa Olson, Amy Stenberg , Joanna Tworek, Jennifer Polson, Meagan Coulter , Megan Hawley, Eileen Chalupa, Krissy Kirchner. Second row: Lisa Webster , Lindsay Bieck, Jennifer Sutton , Katie Neuhaus , Staci Carsten , Kanilehua Cook, Sarah Ebers, Meghan Rutz , Lydia Sherman , Abigail Craw, Dannielle Kawamoto, Kristin Grohs, Ginger Wachter, Emily Ashby , Chad Brown , Jeff Roller. Third row: Mark Hill , Marc Schlegel, David Sneddon , Sam Achord , Jill Dotson, Stacey Enderle , Mel Grell, Erika Snoberger, Jen Bren , Abbey Maul , Carmen Hranc , Amber Odvody , Jennifer Pickerel , Gretchen Grosscup, Carrie Butler , Lindsey Wolfe, Josh Lupher, Adam Prior, Erik ldhe, Stephan Geiser, Andy Taylor Fourt row: JR Childe , Brandon Smit h Tyson Haase, Josh Haney, Michael Stitcher, Jessica Barth , Emily Jade, Melanie Hall , Ben Meuller , Paul Beckwith , Cameron Burt , Scott Lee, Fifth row: Brian Hastert, Brent Smith , Erik Bauer , Scott Wenz, Seth Boyton, Tom Nemec, Adam Carr, Tait Berg.
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Extra singing opportunities give more experience to the group.
srde from the numerous school performances that always ~raw quite a crowd, Singers and Swing Choir spent their time trying out for other special choirs that require more auditions. These choirs help them expand their singing experiences, and also help the quality of their singing.
"The opportunities benefit Singers because when someone goes to a choir like that they learn so many things outside of Singers. When people come back they can add that know ledge to Singers," said senior Amy Stenberg. She has . participated in various honor choirs, and enjoys the experience.
"It's a really good opportunity to meet new people and learn new things. I would really encourage people to try out for them," Stenberg said.
With the numerous choirs that are available to Singers and Swing Choir, such as All State Choir, Hastings Honor Choir, All City Choir, and Wesleyan Honor -Choir, there are
by: Sarah Barry
also various audition requirements which require a lot of extra time from Singers.
"Sometimes you miss a Thursday and Friday of school to practice with the group, so you have to practice on your own," said senior Jason Warren.
There are many opportunities for Singers to join these select choirs, but there aren't as many spots as there are people auditioning. However, Warren emphasizes the encouragement from other Singers Swing Choir members and not the rivalry.
"I hope the best for myself and the people I know. It's not 'Who can I sing better than?'. It's 'How well can I sing?"', Warren said.
Overall, the Singers and Swing Choir members realize the great opportunities that these select choirs present and the good they can do for the whole group.
Singers & Swing Choir 95
Keep on s111g111g
Hardwork a nd perseverence pays off.
by: Nicole Rabe
I ghts hang from the top of the auditorium, and burn a bright beam across the risers. Students emerge from backstage, taking their places on the riser steps. Applause rises from the anxious crowd, encouraging these students ' to sing their hearts out.
Many of East's the most dedicated singers perform in ; Reflections, Spartan Men, and Chamber Choir. While the groups are quite different, they have one thing in common, members who love to sing.
Chamber Choir junior member Becky Rinehart and Reflections sophomore Crystal Bybee have both been singing at East since 7th grade. Years of singing, and time with a vocal -instructor, have paid off for Bybee.
"Voice lessons helped me project better in music, and make me look .into the music and not just the notes," she said.
Voice lessons are not easy. They take time and practice, just like getting used to a new group of singers. It helps to know the other students in your group. Spartan Men sophomore James Fairbanks did simple things to get to know everyone better.
"I got to know more people by singing with them. We got to talk and eat donuts all of the time," said Fairbanks, "And during Finals,
different students from our class would display uncommon talents."
Performing in front of friends and family, makes some singers a little edgy Reflections' junior Courtney Conner is one of those people who gets a little intense before performances.
"It's scary but then you realize that no one will laugh at you because you are at a higher place than that person," said Conner Spartan Men sophomore Bryan Gibb also gets nervous, especially since it is his fir st year in that group.
"I haven't sung a solo or duet but I get nervous that the performance is something that the crowd doesn't want to hear," said Gibb.
Performers also worry that audiences don't want to hear a strained singing voices though, singers do have remedies for when their voice go out. Reflections member Tara Swiggart has a simple solution when her ~ice goes out. "Fake singing." said Swiggart. "Last year I strained my vocal chords and couldn't sing, I just mouthed it."
Chamber Choir's junior Christa Allison also has solutions for a sore voice.
"Either a mint or water or a cough drop can clean up your airways," said Allison.
It must work, because the crowds just keep coming.
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Front row: McKenzie Panasuik, Kaesi Penrod , Natalie Stavas Karen Fosnaugh , Allison Haley, Jennifer Parker Second row : Tara Swiggart, Addie Croissant , Jamie Falt , Jessy Johannasen , Ashley Franks , Jennifer Bridsall, Mali Minez , Kellie Henderson Last row : Crystal Bybee , Stacy Beaver , Sarah Klotz, Nina Berger , Sara Rogge , Courtney Windlen, Dawn Stansberry , Angie Syzqik , Chantel Pekem , Amanda Vase, Angie Blake.
Front row: Justin Chri stensen Chad Stuber, Zach Young , John Carlson, Chris Vance , Bryan Gibb, BJ McDaniel, Jerod Patzner. Second row: Matt Peirce, Bryce Volker , Mason Ulrich, Mike Spurlock , James Fairbanks , Joe Ashby, Brandon Hartsock, Matt Melichar, Matt· Price Last row : Chris Hunt , Brian McKee , Mike Metsker , Mike Koehl , Nate Kellison , Eric Schmidt , Nate Dilworth, Eric Ihde.
Front row : Amanda Bogan , Shelia Hanson , Mandy Hatton , Christa Allison Second row: Lindsey Heyen , Johanna Madsen , Steph Jacobs , Cami Gude, Whitney White Third row: Kendra Downs, Inga Swenson , Autumn Peterson, Megan Baumeister , Becky Rinehart , Rachel Card , Nicole Schroeder
Reflections sings strong and puts their hardwork to show in the Winter Concert (photo by : Josh Ingersol ).
Spartan
choreography
the song " My Girl " at the Winter Concert (photo by: Josh Ingersol)
All for and one for all!
Singing groups form a sense of belonging among stu de nts.
no auditions, no rejections, the lines are broken and the cliques fade away. Everyone gets along in this happy and caring place. No, it's not a dream, this place really does exist. It's in the ninth and tenth grade singing classes.
Singing classes for younger students have been designed to include everyone. They give students the chance to do something they enjoy without the pressure of having tq be the best at it. Each class consists of a mixed group, and an all- girls group. There are also two other groups, one girls and one guys, that consist of a variety of students grades 9 - 12. The groups are decided randomly so that no group is better than any other. Many of the students agreed
by: St eph Kreifels
that they like being in the classes that consist of all one gender.
" I like singing with all girls. It makes it a lot less embaressing when you sing by yourself," said freshman Liz Leach.
Many of the students also talked of the friendships they had formed.
"I've gotten to know a lot of people through singing that I probably wouldn't have gotten the chance to really get to know in any other class," said sophmore Lindsey Sneller.
Ni nth and tenth grade singing classes give students the chance to get to know at least a few of their classmates on a more personal level, while doing something that they enjoy and feel good about. •
Fso gives out their hearts to Mike Duling and Tom Hersch at the winter concert (photo by: Josh Ingersoll)
Shades of Blue provides a big finish at the Winter Choral Con rt (p hoto by: Josh Ingersoll)
D rama· ca n be a part o f singin g as shown here by Image s (photo by Josh Ingersoll)
Front row (1- r): Elizab e th En o, Andr ea Ritterbu sh , Sara Bee ry , Ca r rie
Diffenderfer , Jenny M c Burn ey. Se co nd ro w : Ca ss i e M c Farland , Je ss i c a
Shimonek , Moani Cook , Michael a Joh a nn s, Jenny Sneddon , Tera Shultz, Shelby Zav adil , Elizab et~ Cr aw , Jenni fer Guid o, Corrine Kliment , Lind say Snell~r Third row : Rand, Deaton , Ale sha Bigler , Kristen McKeag , Amy Mart , Na t ~l,e ~atczyszyn , Shannon Wal sh , M eg han Ruti gli a no , Katherine Eri c kson , Jes sica Fritz
Front row (1-r): Rachel Cox , Holli Gillette , Hayli Selix , Reb ecca Price , Emil y Loo s Second row : Jill Reynoldson , Chanda Clyne•• Govier , Ti f fany Richard son , Kelly Oseka , Gina Lintel. Thi rd row: Betsy Mccallum , Jodi Va cc aro Fourth row : Thomas Her sch , Brandon Hammerling , Christian Mangrum , Travis Williams , Mi c hael Duling
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Front row (1- r): Bryan Ro senberger , Jaime Meyer , Anne Kuehl. Second row : Tabi Duba s, Abbey Karr, Brian Butler, Darren Keen , Benji Vanderbroek , Kara Ficke, Kelly Magnu son, Nicole Schrader
Third row : Rachel Kuanli , Marta Mad sen , Jeff Kirchner , Maggie Wood , Chris Young , Brad Randazzo Fron t row (1-r) : Me g Be u c ke , Mel M c Gill , Jes si lnde , Jenny Sibbel , Danielle Fanter , Sara Bro strom , Stephanie Burt , Jeni Anthony , Megan Has s Second row : Katy Stenberg , Je ssica Soukup, Sana Khan , Sara Fairbanks, Di ana Pier son , Adrienne Sullivan , Elizabeth Leach , Brady Walker , Nichole Lucchino, Katie Knapp. Third row : MacKenzie Mueller , Audra VonMinden , Emily Daniel, Kristen Di c key , Sarah Moore, Sarah Josephs , Sheena Gerlach , Joni Boett c her , Amanda Parde. Fourth row : Kelly Henderson , Mary Montgomery , Kim Remmenga , Kelli Egrt , Lindsay Bartels , Kristin Downs , Andrea Dwornik , Laupa Koonce , Jenny Myers
Kim Alspaugh , Nina Anderson , Adrienne A shley , Je ss ica Bailey , Lori Ball , B J Barta Miranda Barth , Jesse Barth , Brad Bartholomai , Josh Bauer , Tiff Baum , Je ff Baum , Megan Baumei ster , Paul BeckwiDth , Katie Belka , Erin Benham , Case y Berg , Nina Berger , Brianna Berg holz , Ja c ob Berst , Jennifer Birdsall Brandi Bo c k , Emily Bowers , Aaron Bredenkamp , Jeremy Brown , Pa ul Bruns , Beth Bryant , Jeff Bu c kner , Megan Burn s, Cry stal Bybee , Jared Carlson , John Carlson , Melanie Carpenter , Amy Christen sen , Joyce Christensen , Jennifer Coleman , Courtney Conner , Karla Corona , Russell Cox , Ashley Cunningham , Emily Daniel , Jeff Darling , Randi Deaton , Emily Decamp Kristen Dickey , Thane Dinsdale , Darin Docter , Kendra Doo l ittle , Cory Doolittle , Kendra Downs , Christine Driscoll , Zach Dunbar , Julie Dunbar , Justir, Dykema, Scott Dykema , Tina Epp, Courtney Eurek , Katie Everett , Travis Fentiman , Graydon Foreman , Karen Fosnaugh , Ashley Franks , Ashley Gaver , Stephen Geiser , Sheena Gerlach , Scott Gogela , Brett Gondringer , Adam Graham , Kri stin Groh s, Ryan Haase , Alison Hackbarth , Melanie Hall , Ben Hanika , Sheila Hansen , Amanda Harring , Andrew Harris , Grant Harse , Ky Hascall , Catherine Helton , Terra Herman , Emily Hiatt, Mark Hill , Jason Hill , Shiloh Hobelman , Brandy Hocking , Kendra Hollman , Carmen Hranac , Kate Hunzeker Jeff Hunzeker , Sarah Ingersoll , Emily Jahde , Ann Janesch , David Janovec , Kelly Jeffrey, Allison Johnston , Henry Jou, Blaine Kahle , Abbey Karr , Matt Keller , Megan Kinsey , Frannie Kinsey Mike Kohel, Jason Kosola , Ryan Kosola , Stephanie Kreifels , Brietta Krome , Anne Kurtzer , Jeff Lean , Brian Leavitt , Anna Lenz , Mindee Lieske , Nicole Lightner ( Krueger) , Alicia Lillie, Seth Lindgren , Tim Lowery , Charl i e Lu dwig , Johanna Madsen, Felicia Martin , D a niel Mason-D ' Croz Abbey Maul , Mali Maynez , Kessondra Mays , Robert McCown , Jennifer McHale , Brian McKee , Josh Middleton , Molly Molsen , Chris Morris , Michelle Mortensen , Zach Niemann , Stephanie Noble , Jon Olson , Christine Page , Mike Park , Pat Park , Rachel Peters, Jon Peterson , Brad Peterson , Dustin Peterson , Sarah Petri , Kim Petri , Karen Petro , Lindsay Polson , Adam Pont , Andrew Potratz , Brandon Potter , Nicol e Rabe , Jennifer Rafat , Eric Rasmussen , Pat Reichenbach , Aaron Rinehart , Ashley Robison , Elizabeth Roger s, Amy Royal , Chris Ruiz , Erich Schafer , Lacey Schafer , Rachel Scherbak, Eric Sc hmidt , Tera Schulz ; H ayli Se lix Matt Semke , Jes sica Shimonek , Austin Skiles, Mimi Sonderegger , Stephan i e Soucie , Trent Southworth , Michael St. Germain , Amy Staack , Katy Stenberg, Zach Stivrins , Inga Swenson Andy Taylor , Roger Th aden , Max Theis , Jon Tracy, Elisa Tworek , Amber Uffelman, Matt Van den Berg , Beth Varney , Katie Varvel , Brice Volker , Audra Von Minden, Melinda Way, Del Whitman , Leslie Wieder span , Leia Wilcox , Travis Williams , Maggie Wood , Jeff Yeak l ey , Chris Young , Cortney Young , Laura Youngman & Kelly Zahner
E ast band watches the game anxiou sly , awaiting their half time performance (photo by : Josh Ingersoll )
T he Marching Band practices before their performance at the LPS Band Competition (photo by:Ei l een Chalupa).
T he 19971998 L inco l n East High School Marching Band.
F eature Twirler , Kate Hunzeker , does her best at the LPS co m petition (photo by: Eileen Chalupa).
it up!
The marching ,band proves that there is power in numbers
by: Steph Kreifels
Tiffany Baum concentrates as she marches during the show at LPS (photo by: Eileen Chalupa).
During the fall sports festival the band show off what they can do, in time with Kristin Grohs (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
the players exchanged words of encouragement as they approached the freshly painted turf. The season was already off to a great start and the stadium lights gleamed down on the stands filled with fans. They took deep breaths to calm their nerves as they stepped up to the sidelines. The whistles blew and the 200-member team was off on another thrilling performance.
But don't look for any touchdowns because this 200 member team is the marching band The members of the band began work on their show in late July with ba•nd camp, which included three sessions a day for two weeks. Once school began, the band was on the field every morning by seven to get in an extra half hour of practice.
Even with such a large amount of members , the band was fi I led with motivation and everyone worked hard to get al I 200 members at every rehearsal. Many agreed that it was one of the best seasons in awhile.
"We had a higher talent level, better dedication, and a better instrument balance than in past years," said head director Jeff Lean.
The band was also excited by the support it received from the student body.
"Having the student body out there yelling and cheering for us really helped us get pumped about what we were doing," said junior bass-drum player Carmen Hranac.
The size of the band posed several challenges, though, especially when it came to fitting 200
people (with instruments) through one door into a room designed -for 100. They ran into other problems during band camp when they had to figure out how to work around the construction.
"We considered just working a bulldozer into our show," joked Lean.
Another obstacle faced by the band was the difficulty of the show music and the drill. The directors chose a Russian theme for the music. Even several judges mentioned that they admired the directors for picking such a challenging show. ·
"The music is great outdoors and people could rec9gnize the tunes without knowing them exactly," said Lean. Many members agreed that the music was good for band competition.
"I thought this year's music was more to the judges liking," said junior trumpet-player Adam Pont.
Lean attributed the bands success to assistant directors Del Whitman and Ky Hascal (who chose all the bands music). He also credited Alison Hackbarth, who choreographed all the flag routines, and new drumline coach Zack Niemann, who also put in many hours of work.
Even with all the students, the directors made a point to be sure no one was lost in the shuffle and that everyone was having fun with what they were doing. The band was rewarded for all their effort and dedication by pulling off a great look, sound, and an awesome season.
Con ~erts during the first lun c h period allowed st uden ts to eat and then enjoy the performance (photo
broth ers
Jazz band members have became as close as siblings.
tunes flow from the multitude of instruments. The pianist begins banging his head on the keyboard while the guitar players prance around the room, The conductor yells, "Bawooga!" and the music stops.
Sound like a zoo? It's not. It's just a typical rehearsal of the Blue Note Jazz Band
A smaller group consisting of 21 members, made it easy for the members to get to know one another more personally. Special bonds were formed among members who had participated in the jazz band throughout their high-school years.
Many of the senior members agreed that jazz band had been a life changing experience where through the shared love of the music they were able to meet Iife- long friends. They felt the freedom to be themselves and express their feelings.
"I like Jazz because it's not so straight forward. You do what you think and it allows you to express yourself in you( own way," said senior trombone player Cory Doolittle.
by : Stephanie KreifE s
All the members felt comfortable and formed great friendships not only with each other, but also with the di re ::: to 1 Jeff Lean.
"I've become really good friends with Mr. Lean throughout the years. I feel like I can talk to him about an )· thing," said senior guitar player Paul Beckwith.
The close friendships often brought laughter to the group.
"I like jazz band because you can joke around w i 1 anybody without being afraid of offending anyone," said sE 1io r alto sax player Laura Youngman.
The parting seniors felt that jazz band played a lar f e role in their high school years and were all in agreement t r 1t it would be one of the things they would miss most and rem E 11ber longest. Although they were "Blue" about leaving they were also eager to give a new generation of students the chance to experience the close knit looseness of the Blue Note jazz band.
by: Mali Mayn ez).
Th ane Dinsdale , Cory Doolittle , and Josh Middleton play their trombones in the commons area during first lunch (photo by: Mali Maynez ).
J unior Blaine Kahle plays his saxaphone , during one of the many jazz solos (photo by: Mali Maynez ) .
K im Alspaugh and Emily D ecamp watch Mr. Lean to keep on the right beat. Watching the conductor is especially important at the begining and end of the song because of the tempo changes and the cutoffs (photo by : Mali Maynez)
Students
Ochestra gives Hign-fives after a great performance at the East High Auditorium (photo by: Mali Maynez).
Emotion is seen in the faces of the orchestra as they play in their January concert (photo by: Mali maynez).
take position as Mr. Whitman raises his hands (photo by: Mali Maynez).
, Michael Betti s, Ale sha Bigler , Jennifer Brennfoerrler , Carrie Butler , Parama Chattapadhyay , Samik Chattapadhyay , Carey Collingham , Christopher Deaton , Tom Dunbar , Sarah Eber s, Caroline Ebers , Deepali Gangahar , Brianna Germer , Catherine Helton , ick Hoefs , Eric Janssen , Rachel Janssen , Gina Kayes , Margaret Kayes , Alissa Kuehn , Shannon Kuehn , Marcel Kuttel, Rachel Kvanli , Melissa Lee , Anne Liesveld , Jenny Liou , Marta Madsen , Amy McCaleb , Kari Neeman , Anne Patterson, Kaesi Penrod, James Philson , Ian Radke, Rachel Ricker, Andrew Rutledge, Marianne Shaw , Lydia Sherman , Rachel Spiry, Erin Stromberg, Zac Tomas, Winnie Ting , Joanna Tworek , Danny Tylka, Katie Varvel, Byron Vie r k , Lance Wessagle, Chuu - Lin Wong, Annie Woudenberg , and Coutney Young (photo by: Mali Maynex) •
Brotherly /Sisterly
Siblings share a love of music.
It's not very often that siblings get the chance to work together on anything beyond the usual family projects. United by the common love of music though, several of East's sisters and brothers are sharing at least one class- orchestra.
"There are certain pros and cons to having your sister in the same class," said senior violinist Shannon Kuehn. "It stinks to have her around all the time, but she's a good kid and is fun to hang out with. Sometimes."
Some of East's musicians were actually influenced by their siblings to play.
"I heard my sister play the violin and I thought it was pretty cool," said sophomore violinist Alissa Kuehn.
Other students had different experiences that led the to the instrument they now play.
"When I was in fourth grade they brought all the instruments to the classroom. I got to hold the violin and it felt so light and little," said senior
by: Heather Bristol
violinist Rachel Janssen whose brother, Eric, is also a member of the orchestra. For some, it was a parent who brought them to music.
"My dad signed me up for the French horn in fourth grade," said freshman Eric Janssen.
Shannon Kuehn had a unique experience that influenced her to playing the violin.
"I used to watch "Sesame Street" and there was this guy who always played the violin. I remember thinking how cool it was and that, yeah, I could do that. I begged my mom to start and so, when I was 5, I started lessons," she said.
No matter why they decided to play, the orchestra members can agree on one thing: it is hard work. Many have no plans to continue their music after graduation, but they will always it in their lives.
"It's something that I'll always have and be able to fall back on," said Shannon Kuehn.
Senior Lydia Sherman shows practice makes perfect (photo by: Mali Maynez).
Survey
Student Council surveys student body to gain opinions for the year.
"creative energy" is the phrase that student counci I vice- president Chrissy Kirchner used to describe the '97-'98 counci I. The counci I started out the year presenting the student body with a survey to get their opinions on the council, the school, and the new administration.
"We got a lot of positive input about most of the administration, but a lot of students commented on how they didn't feel included at East," said sophomore, Jay Rose.
In an effort to respond to the suggestions, the council made sure to advertise all East events They also placed a suggestion box in the classroom of the teacher of the week so that students wi 11 have a chance to present ideas that make them feel more involved.
"The survey gave us a lot to think about but I wish that people
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Steph Kreifels would have explained to us how they would like things to be different instead of just criticizing how things are," said Kirchner.
The energy of the group was reflected in their hard work.
"We are a lot more serious this year than last year, but it has helped us to get alot more done," said Rose
Every Friday the council would do community service. In December they participated in the Jingle Bell Run for the Arthritis Foundation. Throughout the year they sponsored several events for the student body including the Pajama Jam and Snatraps. The council attended the Student Council districts.
The council's efforts to give , the student body the chance to express their ideas was well received by the students and the '97-'98 council proved to be one of the most productive in years.
K atie Brown, Tami Mattson and Brian Butler brainstorm new ideas for Student Council
(p hoto by: Carilyn Garrett)
M att Rauscher , Brian Butler and Willy Johnson work on their service project (photo · by: Carilyn Garrett).
Lndsay Erwin, Kelly ?neller and Jennie Marin make Birthday signs for the month (photo by : Ca ri lyn Garrett ).
Front row : Travis Mar , Dan Olig , Jay Rose; Second row: Doug Small , Karen Fosnaugh , Tami Mattson , Krissy Kirchner ; Third row: Mrs. Johnson , Lindsey Erwin , Jennie Martin, Brian Butler , Mikaela Coleman , Jamie Maser, Stacy Carsten; Back row : Willy Johnson , Matt
Raushcer , Ben Johnson, Kelly Sneller , Katie Brown , Amanda Lowery , Libby Harris , Steph Carsten , Cryastal Peterson , Josh Lupher, and Sara Huff; Not pictured: Jill Dotson (photo by : Jo sh Ingersoll ).
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Spirit Council finds many ways to help increase school spirit.
by: Carrie Diffenderfer ' is year's Spirit Council is showing their Spartan spirit in many ways. The 0 members worked on many things in the past year including Homecoming, Spirit Week, Harvest of Books and the Lincoln Action Program. Their first activity was planning all the Homecoming activities, including the pep rally and the dance. Freshman members Erin Duncan and Carrie Frey both agreed that doing the decorations for homecoming was the most fun.
Duncan and Frey enjoy the club because they can play a part in East High School. ·
"It's hard when you are a freshman to be active in the school, but spirit council is a great opportunity to get involved", Frey said.
Another big event that Spirit Council sponsored was Spirit Week. The week is filled with many activities but the biggest activity this year was the newly-added Spirit Week dance. Money from the dance ws used towards buying the marquee that will be put outside the school. "Dr Sicoli wants the best so we 1 re giving it to him."said sponsor Anne Forch.
During the holiday season the members worked with the Lincoln Action Program and handed out presents to less-fortunate children.Another out-of-school project they took part in was Harvest of Books. The members travelled to elementary schools and gave books to first graders.
"My favorite activity was definately Harvest of books" said senior Kathie Leach.
Members got satisfaction they all got out of working with all the differant people. I became close to everyone in the club and I met a lot of new people", said freshman Abby Poppe.
Spirit Council members Kendra Hollman, Becky Loyd, Steph Kreifels, and Katie Belka relax after decorating for a successful homecoming dance (photo courtesy: Becky Loyd).
Spirit Council members have fun at Homes park during t h ne1 member orientation (photo courtesy of: Becky Jyd
Miranda Barth , Katie Belka , Jen Birdsal l , Angie Blake , Jenny Brabe c, Jacque Bencken , Jennie Brenfoerder , Chanda Clyne-Grovie , Emily Daniel , Kendra Downs , Erin D uncan, Katie Everett, Carrie Fry , Katie Hartman , Many H atten , Kendra Hollman , Adrienne James, Jessica Jensen , Ashley Keith , Emily Kinnan, Hannah Klasek , Steph Kreifels , Kathie Leach , Becky Loyd , Natalie Matczyszyn , Hillary Miller , Amanda Parde , Abby Poppe , Lindsay Richard son , Jarred Southwick , Ms For c h (sponsor)
K atie Be l ka helps decorate for the ho mcoming dance (photo by: Jos h Ingerso l l)
B oth old and new Spirit Council members pose for a picture (photo c ourtesy of : Be c ky Loyd )
M artin Spartan and the penguin from Billy Madison shake their heads as the junior skit is disqualified (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
Seniors Josh Lupher and Laura Diffenderfer get ready to perform the perfect cheer (photo by: Josh In gersoll).
Spartan
Scrooged out of Spirit Week?
by: Sara Fonfara
one hardly thinks of Scrooge or the Grinch when it comes to Spirit week. But sometimes preparations for Spirit week can turn one into the Grinch or Scrooge. Spirit week can take a lot out of a person and many problems can be encountered. •
"Some of our problems so far have been not many class members have shown up, until recently. Also organization has been a problem for us," said freshman Jake Hoppe.
Most of the problems for this years spirit week seemed to have been triggered by orginization . . Problems are also revolved around the skits themselves, which isn't really anything new. There have always been problems with the skits being disaproved in the past years.
"The problems that we have encountered so far mostly deal with things like put downs to other classes and sexual inuendos. I see the role of spirit week as being somethini to build school spirit and pride, it 's meant to be positive, not negative," said Principal Dr. Scioli
While problems with the skits may be one thing that's a similarity with past years, what were some of the differences from past years?
" I think us seniors are getting spirit week burn out or som~thing. Spirit weeks only something you can do so many times," said senior Josh Lupher. "But when spirit week rolls around again, we're all pumped up about it again," says Lupher.
Senior Ryan Dun ca n plays Yan
Cook during
nior
it (p hoto by: Josh Inger soll).
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Students around East had to deal with stereo-types associated with their clubs.
"computer nerd" and "hacker". These are just a few remarks that come to mind when some people hear about East's computer club called Microtech. Those comments sre coming from the club's members themselves.
"We take pride in being nerds. Whenever we do get called computer nerds, it's by someone within the club. We just joke about it with each other," said junior member Matt Peck.
Now that the computer nerd stereotype is in the clear, what about being called hackers?
"It used to be that a hacker was a person who broke into network systems and programs when they shouldn't be. Now, it's just someone who has a great deal of computer knowledge," said senior member Justin Dykema.
"I consider myself a hacker as opposed to a cracker.
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Most of my time is spent preventing hackers, so it's nice to ! one," said junior member Blaine Kahle.
For people in clubs such as DECA, stereotypes don get tossed their way. Something that they do get tossed, though, is a lot of fun and traveling.
"We work in the school store, have holiday parties, to Laser Quest and World's of Fun. We also have conferences," said Sophmore DECA member, Betsy Hall.
Some say that traveling and the conferences are the best part about DECA.
"The best part about being a DECA member is miss , school, and getting to travel to exquisite places for our con i ences," said junior DECA officer Eric Weber.
"It's just an all around fun club to engage in," said Weber.
Fun is key to both clubs success.
DECA
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D ECA member T.J. Kasper twinkles a smile while selling a tasty bagel (pict ure courtesy of: Mr. Martan).
members enjoy their day at P.O. Pears '(photo courtesy of: Mr. Martan).
First row: Stephanie Soucie, Adrienne Jam es, Jamie Carlson Second row: Candice Mahlberg, Alecia Anderson, Zachary Adams, Tracy Steinkruger, Christina Fe chner Third row: Mr. Martan (sponsor), Eric Weber, Tyler Steenson, Nathan Trauernicht , & T J. Kasper
Back row : Brad Peterson, Chris Ruiz, Chad Brown , Ben Grossman, James Philson , Zach Dunbar, Matt Semke, Matt Peck, Chad Hendry , Andy Rutledge, Andrew Westby, Tyler Robinson, Tyler Haase, Adam Korab , Brandon Potter, Blaine Kahle , Justin Dykema, Jeff Lintel , Graydon Foreman, Jeff Roller, Rachel Ricker Mrs Trumble (sponsor). Not Pictured: Scott Buchholz , Gene Cherng , Krishna Rao
DECA members Noel Bushing and Sarah Coldwell prepare to get Detonated at their trip to Worlds of Fun (photo courtesy of: Mr. Martan)
Ambassador
members sel I hot chocolate to keep East students warm after the cold walk from the lot (photo by: Cami Novak).
Peer Helpers get new students involved in a game of Chubby Bunny (photo by Marge Keep)
LESO members Sara Burns and Coco Schrader work together to gather cans for t f ca n food drive (photo by : Cami Novak)
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Service clubs show concern for the school and community.
by: Rachel Jablonski
Imagine this. You're new to East; you don't know your way around and you don't know anyone. You wander around the unfamiliar halls by yourself, but not for long. Soon you are greeted by one or two students who show you around and introduce you to other people.
Ambassadors Club, LESO, and Peer Helping are clubs that promote unity and go out of their way to make East and its surrounding community a better place.
"We had a Toy Drive and took toys to the Indian Center around Christmas. It was really appreciated," said junior Ambassadors member Carmen Hranac. "It makes me feel good to help others."
Along with the Toy Drive, Ambassadors Club sponsored a freshman dance, sold hot chocolate before school in the freezing winter months and daisies in the spring. They had a New-Student Orientation, along with a scavenger hunt, helping new student to become acquainted with the school.
"We help new students feel welcome at East because being new can be hard," said senior Ambassador member Katie Belka. "We try to make East a place students already here are welcome as well."
Peer Helpers also help students to feel at home at East. They hosted a student gathering where students took part in a game. Peer Helping also worked with specialeducation students in music class every Wednesday, put on AIDS/HIV awareness presentations, talked to trouble teens, and brought in speakers, such as a Lincoln Public Schools acting group. The major goal of the Peer Helping members was to learn to listen and be observant in order to better help others.
"It's important for us to become better listeners and better at observing things in people because many people feel that no one understands them and they need to know that someone, like us, cares," said senior Peer Helping member Marc Schlegel.
Another service club, LESO, showed Cq.re and concern for others by putting on a book drive for elementary students, a canned food drive, sponsoring Random Acts of Kindness week, made Valentines for nursing homes, and volunteered at other various organizations.
"We are a club that is involved at East yet we go out of East's boundaries and into the community," said senior LESO member Crystal Petersen. "We work with a variety of different people from elementary schools to nursing homes. It is a great experience."
LESO
row: Jennie Murdock , Coco Schrader , Amber Mcclung , Jill Reynoldson Second row: Matthew Peirce , Melissa Lee , Rachel Ricker , Deepali Gangahar, Winnie Ting , Paul Garvin , Joel Termaat ~ sponsor Joan Marotz.
Third row: Nicole Schroeder , Sara Hinkle , Kristi Bale , Jaime Roach , Sara Burns Not pictured : Ginger Wachter , Debi Metzger , Carolyn Hahn, Crystal Peterson , Kendra
Doolittle , Autumn Peterson , Leah Wolf , Tyler Robinson , Ginny Colwell , Kate Bale (photo by Cami Novak)
First row : Steph Kreifel s, Carmen Hranac , Abbey Maul Second row:
Kristen Dickey , Christy Page, Karen
Petro Third Row: Sunny Boardman , Emily Daniels , A manda Parde, Lori
Rinehart Fifth row : Natali e Stava s, Karen Fosnough Not pictured : Cheri
Barta, Adreinne Jame s, Jeff Hanson , Katie Belka , sponsor Marg e Keep
(photo by Cami Novak )
First
First row : Lindsay WolF , Buffy Linke , Nicki Johnston Second row: Carolyn Hahn , Keri Matoush, Amanda Lowery , Jenny Brabec, Leah Wolf Not pictured: Chari Smith , Cheri Barta , Renee Snoad, Marc Schlegel , Frannie Kinsey, sponser Marge Keep (photo by:Cami Novak).
Striving for i\cc «p anc«
GSA
and ·United Voices promote acceptance through activies and discussions.
"reaching out" is a goal for United Voices and GSA, two East clubs that hope to change the face and attitudes of East. United Voices and the GayStraight Al I iance (GSA) promote acceptance of al I people.
United Voices promotes multicultural awareness and involves students in multicultural activities. Group members participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Youth Rally, and saw different dance groups perform. It's all part of their self-education.
GSA worked on educating people about issues dealing with sexuality.
"We talk about different issues in school, like if somebody was harassed that day, ways to change it, and ways to educate a lot of people at once," said junior Julia Jones, one of the cofounders of GSA.
GSA members also participate in activities around Lincoln that concern homosexual issues.
"We attend All-City meetings and will help with Pride Prom for the first time this year,"
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said junior Brad Bartholomai, the other cofounder.
United Voices also takes part in city-wide activities.
"We prepare a program for the Foreign Language Festival at UN L," said junior Katherine Whiting.
The members of United Voices are planning a clr-ildren's book, "Look Deeper," with animal characters. They have also made it into a play, which they performed at elementary schools.
United Voices accepts people of all nationalities and is interested in learning about different cultures.
GSA welcomes anyone who wants to be a member, regardless of sexuality.
United Voices and GSA welcome anyone who is accepting of and willing to learn about different lifestyles. Both groups are working to make East an accepting and comfortable place for al I students.
by Mrs. Jacobs~m).
Kent Lorenzen preforms at McPhee Elementary School for the ki ndergartners (photo
Mr.Baker the sponser of GSA work prepares for the next meeting (photo by Josh Ingersol)
A.A.C.P.
Martin Luther King, ·Jr.
Carly Schneider, Callie Williams, Carly Watson, Whitney Livingston , Erin Foster, and Sarah Russel in the Youth Rally honoring Martin Luther King Jr. (photo by Mrs. Jacobson)
C allie Williams and other United Voices members performs " Look Deeper" at McPhee Elementary School (photo by Mrs. Jacobson).
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front row: Brian Fruwirth, Sara Russel , Mrs. Jacobson, Lance Wessel, Joe Stork, second row: Heather Armstrong, Travis Mar, Eric Janssen, Richard Jacobson, third row: Rachel Janssen, Nina Berger, Annette Kluck, Ozge Uluscu, Alison Johnston, Molly Molsen. fourth row: Katherine Whiting, Kathy Gradneur, Ted Karlstedt, Marcell Kuttel, Alex Alexander, fifth row: Callie Williams, Dr Sicoli, Erin Foster, Andrea Gutche, back row: Carly Schneider, Whitney Livingson, Jenny Pierce , Brad Bartholamew
S enior Stacy Beaver picks up trash with a smile (photo by: Laura Diffenderfer)
Ecology Clah
Front Row : Dana Witherby , Terra Townley , Laura Gapp , Katie Belka Second Row : Stephanie Carsten , Amanda Lowery , Jenny Brabe c, Sta c y Beaver Last Row : Amy Chapin , Li sa Web ster , Lindsay Schultz
Stop Clah
Front Row: Erin Montgomery, Carmie Zink. Second Row: Jennifer Heiserman , Kendra Hollman , Rachel Scherbak , Chrystal Peterson , Terra Townley Back Row: Jody Vacarro , Dana Witherby, Kelly Schneider , Adrienne James , Mrs. Tucker , Jenny Polson , Stacy Carsten , Alex Hahn , Ashley Uffleman
-Bettering the or
East clubs work ha _ rd to improve the community.
by: Kari Neeman
whc1.t causes a group of people to join together? For S.T.O.P. Club (Spartans Teaching Others Preven-~ tion) and Ecology Club members it was the desire to make a difference and have an impact.
"We want to educate others about a I ifestyle free of drugs and how much fun it can be. We want to be positive role models for other students," said senior S.T.O.P. Club member Leah Wolf. Edu cation is important to the Ecology Club, too.
"We hope to widen the perspective of our school on how everything we do has a direct impact on the earth and how we can improve the current conditions," said junior Ecology member Tyson Haase.
Both of the clubs set up several activities throughout ihe year to promote the purpose of their clubs. The S.T.O.P. Club, sponsored by Mrs. Tucker, was responsible for the Halloween Dance, the change wars for St. Monica's Alcohol Abuse Center for Women, and for bringing in speakers from M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). The Ecol-
ogy Club, sponsored by Mr. Flowerday, did several activities throughout the year that many students may not have realized. They posted ecological reminders around the school and in the student bulletin, and helped plant tress in Prairie Peace Park.
"We've started recycling bins in the student and teacher lounges. . We cal led Coke and Pepsi to see if we could recycle the plastic bottles. We even put facts in the 'Bathroom Business'," said senior Ecology member Terra Townley.
One member of the S.T.O.P. Club had the privilege of representing our school in Washington, D.C.
"I got the opportunity to go to Washington, D.C. this summer to attend the National S.A.D.D. _(Students Against Destructive Decisions) Conference. It was a great experience," said senior S.T.O.P. club officer Emily Kinnan.
No matter ho.w much ti me or effort these clubs required, the members were willing to give it so that they could make a difference.
Seniors Jenny Polson and Carolyn Hahn sell balloons at a football game to raise money for STOP club (p hoto by: Josh Ingersoll).
Game of '&
Members know all the right moves.
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by: Ryan Schroeder
i's a game of skill, strategy and patience. You watch your opponent's every move like an eagle watching her prey. You see an opportunity and you make your move. The tension is almost unbearable as you position your piece, giving your opponent a slow, steady smirk as the words role smoothly off your tongue."Check mate."
The game is chess and the slightest decisions can determine whether you win or lose the game.
" I try to psychologically break my opponent," said junior Ian Wagner.
The Chess club has around10 members and meets after school every Thursday so the club members can play each other and sharpen their skills.
" A lot of people think you have to be a chess master to be in the club but that's not true. We would be happy to teach new members how to play or get a chance to play against a _ new face," said Wagner.
The chess club is trying to organize a city - wide tournament or competition.
Learning chess is an on- going process. "Every time you play you pick up new ideas and you learn subconsciously what to do in a certain situation so that it becomes second nature," said junior Blaine Kahle.
The basic concept of chess is not difficult to learn but a player's strategies can only get better by playing against an challenging opponent.
"Chess is easy to learn but is hard to master," said Kahle.
N eil Walter challenges his opponent, Russel Cox , to make his move (p hoto by: Cami Novak ). Ms. Herrington works with Kristi Bale (photo by: Kelly Neemann ).
Senior Jennifer McHale works on an equation for her project.
Balancing equations is half the work of a Science Olympiad (Photo by : Kelly Neeman)
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It's the nations most interesting, fastest growing, and most entertaining science competition, it's called Science Olympiad. It's a team competition that covers anything from DNA to water rockets. Two students are assigned to each event and work for months towards the state competition. East had many returning students to the team, but a new advisor. This was the first year that Ms. Herrington was is in charge of the East team. In the previous years, it has been Mr. Koehn.
Jaime Roach has been competing in Science Olympiad since seventh grade and last year finished second in her event "Structural Engineering."
"My goal this year is to beat Southeast and finish first," said Roach. One thing is for sure though, there is a lot of reason to get involved.
For senior Jennifer McHale, Science Olympics gave her a chance to develop friendships and get good references for college.
"It's great that I get a chance to apply all of my science knowledge and learn on my own," said McHale. Science Olympiad is existing and it gives the students a chance to show what they have been learning and what they can accomplish.
1997-1998 Chess Club. Front Row: Drew Lytle , Micah Sutton, Sa~ik Chattapadhyay. Back Row: Tyler Robison, Blaine Kahle , Shawn Hellwege, James Philson , Russell Cox and Neil Walter Not pictured: Jeff Lintel, Matt Peck , Chris Ruiz , Matt Semke, Ian Wagner (photo by Cami Novak).
Front row(r-1}: James Philson } Matt Keller , Adam Pont , Andy Taylor, Rebecca Harbison, Jenny Lou Back row: Daniel Mason-D ' Croz , Kari Neeman, Rachel Jablonski , Jennifer McHale, Deb Zorn , Cheri Barta , Kristi Bale , Brietta Krome (photo by : Kelly Neeman)
Seniors Ginger Wachter and Deb Metzger gather cans for the Can Drive that was sponsored in December by the club(photo by Jane Holt).
Sam Achord, Emily Ashby, Kristina Bale, Sarah Barry, Cheri Barta, Paul Beckwith, Katie Belka , Justin Birkett, Darren Bounds, Jennifer Brabec , Jennifer Brennfoerder , Heather Bristol, Stephanie Carsten , Eileen Chalupa , Virgina Colwell , Megan Coulter, Grant Croissant, Kelli Crouch, Will Dabbert , Jeff Darling , Sasha Day , Phil Dayalu , Laura Diffenderfer , Cory Doolittle, Julie Dunbar , Eric Fowler, Laura Gapp, Adrianne Graham , Melanie Grell , Carolyn Hahn , Melanie Hall , Mark Hill , Sarah Ingersoll , Rachel Jablonski , Bryce Jakub, Rachel Janssen , Jeffrey Johnson , Jessica Jones, Henry Jou , Daniel Judge, Thea Kadavy, Thomas J. Kaspar, Emily Kinnan , Frances Kinsey , Annette Kluck, Katherine Leach , Mindee Lieske, Amanda Lowery , Jeffery Martin, Jamie Maser, Susan McCauley , Jennifer McHale, Jamie McProud , Debra Metzger , Sarah Montezon , Benjamjn Mueller , Brian Myers, Kari Neemann, Kelly Neemann , Sean Nelson , Katrina Neuhaus , Brian Newland , Joshua Nitz , Lisa Olson, Kimberly Osborn, Crystal Petersen, Andrea Peterson , Dustin Peterson , Alyssa Pilus, Krishna Rao , Jeremy Renfro , Brett Rhodes , Erin Riensche , Daniel Riskowski , Julia Sanchez-Masi, Marcus Schlegel, Heather Schwab, Lydia Sherman, David Sneddon, Erika Snoberger, Stephanie Soucie, Rachel Spiry, Jana Stangl, Lisa Stelmach, Benjamin Stronberg, Timothy Suhr, Jaimee Summers, Jennifer Sutton, Terra Townley , Joanna Tworek , Amber Uffelman , Ginger Wachter, Jason Warren , Melinda Way , Leah Wolf, Jeffrey Yeaklky, Cortney Young , Laura Youngman, Deborah Zorn
One of the most important activities sponsored by the club is the annual Blood Drive which took plac e in March Nearly a hundred of the signed up donors were able to give blood (photo by Jane. Holt).
Breaking th 0
National Honor Society works to achieve more.
by : Sarah Barry
pi::econceived notions can be tough to break. However, this was just the goal of this year's National Honor Society. Previous National Honor Society groups have been criticized for their lack of projects, but this year's group focused on breaking tha t mold.
" Under our new leadership we ' re focusing on getting out i n the community more and taking more of an active role, n ot in name only ," said senior member Emily Ashby. She wanted to be a part of National Honor Society because it's important to her to perform service to the community. Senior
President Ginger Wachter has a different reason for wanting to be in National Honor Society
" It ' s a great chance to interact with fellow scholars," Wachter said As president , she also made it her focus to expand the service projects that the group performs.
"National Honor Society has a reputation for not doing anything , so we wanted to do more projects to get more people involved. Our class is very eager and they want to help. I think that ' s why we've been able to make it a success," Wachter said.
In December the National Honor Society collected money for Operation Santa Claus and made $325 in one day for the cause. ~ side from the Operation Santa Claus project, in December the members worked for the Lincoln Action Program , and they planned a not her project in February before the annual blood drive in March
With all the new projects , this year's members of National Honor Society kept busy , helped break that idea of a " club for the smart kids ", and made a great contribution to the community at the same time
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H nor Society was lead by Secretary Deb Metzger , Presi
de n t Kris hn a Rao (photo by Jane Holt)
The debate team display s their first place trophy (1 - r) Coach Mike McShea , Dan Cabacungan , Jan Wagner , Aaron Duncan , Aaron Wheeler , Andrea Cantarero , Michelle St Germain , Sam Korab , Brietta Krome , Joe Termaant , John Camp , and Matt Moleson. Not pictured : M.J. Johnson and Rachel Spiry
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The speech and debate teamS c6mpete individually but remain united.
in most team situations, knowing about your teammates and their tendencies is vital to the success of the team. Any sports team would find it tough to be win if they weren't aware of how the,ir teammates played. In speech and debate though, the teams find ways to succeed even if t hey they're divided by walls and rooms.
The speech team members compete in a variety of events, each completely different from the next. The members, though, still support their teammates and stay a team.
"We support each other by going to watch their rounds and congratulating each other when we do well. Also, there are many events that are not individualized, so there can be a team effort," said junior Andy Rutledge. Rutledge competes in three events that are all quite different.
One tool that the team uses to promote unity and success is the Big Brother and Big Sister program. Each new member has a big brother or big sister who is experienced in the newcomer's event. The big brother or big sister can answer
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questions and help the younger member become part of the team.
"It helps give everyone a connection to t he rest of the team and gives the younger members someone to talk to if they have any question s," said senior captain G i nger Wachter
With the traveling and pra c tice time , the team also stays united by getting to know the other members.
"The amount of time we spend together and the nature of the members provides for a cohesiveness within the team , " Wachter said. Senior Krishna Rao also feels that togetherness is important.
"Our speech team is unique in one as• pect: our sense of unity arises not from our similarities but from the strength derived from our differences," Rao said.
Even though the speech and debate teams are separate in their competition, they find ways to create a team mentality, make new friends , and have some fun in the process.·
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Joanne Antoine, Brad Bartholomai, Meg Buecks, Chad Brown, Andrea Cantarero, Parama Chultopadhyah, Gene Cherng, Mike Cintani, Chanda Clyne-Govier, Ginny Colwell, Megan Coulter, Julie Dunbar, Aaron Duncan, Justin Dykema, Laura Gapp, Melanie Grel, Kendra Goodijoin, Erin Foster, Melanie Hall , Jessica Jones, T.J. Kasper, Frannie Kinsey, Brietta Krome, Alissa Kuehn, Shannan Kuehn Emily Kunkel, Samuel Korab, Jenni Liou, Whitney Livingston, Travis Mar,Lisa McCuen, Jen Parker, Nicole Rabi, Tiffany Rizhoradson, Rachel Ricker, Andy Rutledge, Michelle St. Germain, Jana Stangl, Alisha Sutter, Taia Swiggart, Mason Ullrich, Ginger Wachter, Katherine Whiting, Callie Williams, Carly Watson, Krishna Rao, Amanda Veys, Danielle Kalamoto, Jodi Vaccab, Brian McKee, Deng Xioping.
Forensics & Debate
Dan Cabacungan shows his pride in the debate teams, achievements (photo by: Cami Novak).
In the
Dollfins and SCUBA are both swimming towards success.
by : Heather Br istol
ng legs make their peak at the su rface o f t he wa t er ' s edge , g i ving a glimpse of a silver and blue suit. Music and lights accompany the movements, in and out of the water; all this drama and this is only one of the 12 acts in the two-hour East Dollfins Show.
The show takes place every Apri I and is sponsored byDeb Essex , who has been a part of the Dollfins for nearly 20 years. A lot of work and planning go into de sig n in g a show
"We work first semester build i ng enduran ce," said junior Johanna Madsen. " We practi c e three t i mes a week and spend two days a week in the weight room. "
Being a Dollfin require s many skills ; 60 percent of the routine is spent underwater , where touching the bottom is forbidden.
"You have to have good lung capacity , flexibil i ty , concentration, and determination ," said senior Sarah Delabarre.
The goal is to get as much of your body above the water as you can, which isn't an easy task. Dollfins isn ' t all work, though. The 20 members who make up the club have shared some fun times, too
"Two years ago we were using sunglasses as a prop for our show and one of the girls jumped into the pool without taking them off," said Madsen.
Dollfins isn't the only underwater club offered at East. Donna Wilson sponsors the SCUBA Club. The club , which started last year , meets every Tuesday to discuss u pcoming activities.
"We have taken field trips to the IMAX theater in Omaha and toured the aquarium there at the zoo , " said Wilson.
The club requires no special skills and members don't have to know how to swim in order to join. In order to become certified , each member needs to complete a three - hou r class, along with three hours in the pool. Training is concluded when each member attends a two-day session in Kearney, where they do an open-water dive.
" Our SCUBA patches were given to us underneath the water once we had completed our training, " said SCUBA Club president senior Michelle Frederickson. Interest for both clubs has increased as students have shared their water experier:1ces with others.
"By word of mouth and students going around , the interest for the SCUBA Club has improved, " said Wilson.
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Zalewski , Kelly Jeffrey , and Alicia Lillie practice in the aerobics room before getting in the water (photo by: Mali Maynez)
A perfect entrance into the water is something Dollfins members work hard to achieve (photo courtesy of Deb Essex).
J ohann~ Madsen and Nicole Schroeder raise money and inte , !SI ~ D ol l fins at the group's Blue White Night booth (photo courte ty o~ t
Scott Gogelcr, Ashley Uffelman , Natalie Matzcyszyn, and Michelle Fredrickson sit with their equipment (photo by: Donna Wilson).
ScusA members take a break from diving in the East pool (photo by: Donna Wilson)
Front row: Joanna Kuster , Katie Varvel, Alicia Lillie , Kelly Jeffrey , Kim Zalewski, Sarah DelaBarre Middle row: Deb Essex Emily Bowers , Jessica Bailey , Lacey Shafer, Ozgecan Uluscu, Melanie Hall , Tiffany Richardson , Back row: Michelle Villarreal , Nicole Schroeder, Marta Madsen, Ausan Ashby , JoHanna Madsen, Crystral Bybee , Kate Hunzeker Not Pictured Lisa Stelmach & Sara Hinkle
Front row: Scott Gogela, T.J. Kaspar, Mason Ullrich Back row: Ashley Uffelman , Amber Uffelman, Natalie Matzcyczyn, Michelle Fredrickson.
Quietly Making 21\t~
The Special Olympics participants achieve without the usual recognition.
by: Sarah Barry
, t students have always excel led in many areas, and their accomplishments are usually well known throughout the school. However, there are some students who are accomplishing many things but don't receive the usual recognition The participants in the Special Olympics don't usually make the morning announcements , but the experience is still an invaluable one for them.
Special O l ympics provides an opportunity for handicapped students to participate in a number of sports, including basketball, track & field , bowling, swimming , and power lifting, and to receive medals for participation.
"It provides a great opportunity for competition for these kids They enjoy the sports just like other athletes," said sponsor Sue Palmer. She talks to the coaches and makes sure the students earn their letters. A student can earn an East High
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letter through 3 years of pa rticipation in Special Olympic s.
"They have the oppo rtunity to earn a letter that other kid s can earn and it makes them feel good , " said Palmer
The students get a lot out of the Special Olympics besides the medals and letters It is also a grea t way to m a ke friends.
" At first I was scared and shy, but I started talking to them to make new friends ," said Special Olympian Amy Odom. Odom , who is a junior , enjoys the competition the Special Olympics provides.
" It is very good to go out and compete against the other team and practice with them before the games , " said Odom
The satisfaction and success that come from Special Olympics deserve the same recognition as East's other successes. These special athletes, all of them, are winners
Daniel Florez and Scott Wenhoff medal in Weight lifting at the State meet in Omaha (photo courtesy of: Cecila Reinhardt).
Amy Odom congratulates her soccer team the "Sharks" (photo courtesy of: Amy Odorri).
Scott Wenhoff, Daniel Florez and Christina Hydo pose with the UNL Women's Basketball team inside Devany (photo courtesy of: Ceclia Reinhardt).
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Front row: Brittney Svoboda , Amanda Levin ; Row two: Ashley Robinson , Marie Rasmussen; Row three: Zachary Thomas , Branden Bush
Front Row: Jane Holt , Trent Southworth, Rachel Ricker , Melissa Lee ; Row two: Erick Southworth, Erika Brown, Molli Buchanan , Megan Montag, Alisha Sutter, Alaina Bartunek , Beth Bryant; Back row: Anand Madhaven , Maggi Buchanan , Katy Doyle , Annie Sorensen, David Brandon, Anders Nelsen, Andy Misle , Aaron Bredenkamp
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Front row: Carilyn Garret, Sara Fonfara , Tyler Payzant ; Row two: Mali Mayne z, Nicole Rabe, Heather Bristol , Kelly Neemann , Debi Metzger, Eileen Chalupa ; Row three: Abby Crawford, Jane Holt, Jana Stangl, Sarah Barry, Rachel Jablonski , Cheri Barta , Julie Davis , Brandi Bock: Back row: Josh Ingersoll , Ryan Schroeder, Adrienne James , Stephanie Kriefels , Cami Novak , Kari Neemann.
J ane Holt , head of all • produ ct ions take s time from her work to answer a que stio n (p hoto by Josh Ingersoll ).
And y Misle fixes the errors in the layouts for Oracle. He help s to make sure that everything is per
for the deadline (photo by Josh Ingersoll )
Stop the
Late nights and laughter make publications.
by: Kelly Neemann
you've forgotten an assignment in your locker, so now you are back at school at six o'clock at night. As you head down the hall, you see students going in and out of the journalism room. Walking by you see students at computers. Who are these crazy people, don't they know that school ended hours ago? They are the students who belong to the journalism staffs. Deadlines often forced students to stay long hours after school getting assignments done.
This year the Journalism department consisted of the Newspaper, Web Page, and Yearbook. Due to budget cuts, East no longer has the magazine "Stasis." A journalism class is like no other. In these classes your homework is displayed for the whole student body to read. Journalism students have an obligation to report on what concerns students at East, from what they are involved in to how the world is affecting them. Students on staff must also sell advertisements to help fund their publications.
Being on staff is hard work, but it has it rewards,
"These classes are really fun and you should look into them if you like to write," said junior Erick Sowthworth. This year, Southworth
was on both the Newspaper and Web Page staffs. Friendship and communication are two important parts of Journalism.
"You have to be able to talk to others in the class to get things done," said senior Yearbook Co-editor Eileen Chalupa. Chalupa has been on staff since her sophomore year and was also on staff at Lefler Junior High. For her, Yearbook is just not another class, it is preparation for the future.
"I plan to major in Journalism and eventually go on to a large magazine somewhere," said Chalupa. Many students on staff are in their second or third year. Although they must cover the same things each year, they still enjoy doing it.
"I was in the web class at Burke," said sophomore Brittney Svododa, now a member of the East Web Page. Students who are in the Journalism classes are willing to work late to bring East its reading material. They work together form start to finish. They even do it for the fun.
"Th is is my favorite class of the day," said sophomore Brandi Bock, the honorary Production editor of the Yearbook.
Yea rbook co-editor Kelly Neemann temporarily loses focus while responding to one of the many pranks played in class {photo by Josh ln&ersoll ).
0 racle staff member , Andy Nelson, gets ideas from looking at other newspapers (photo by Josh Ingersoll).
S ince early childhood we have been practicing and participating , waiti~g for that day, the day that makes all the sweat . and pa In worth it. We have been waiting to defend ourselves as Spartans . We accomplished our goals. We went the distance. Young boys who used to play midget footbal I took the Varsity footbal I team to playoffs this year, a feat that has not been accomplished since 1983. The JV Football team also won the City Championship . We are growing stronger every year. Our Boys Gymnastics team won their second straig ,__....,..dl,_ •
we've broken
Ythis year. Once again our Varsity Volleyball team attended state surprising a nationally ranked team with two close matches . Many hours playing in the YMCA leagues as children and later intramurals in junior high helped these girls to succeed. Girls golf had their best season ever, wining HAC for the first time. No matter what the sport, we have all dedicated ourselves to playing our best. As we look back on where we have been, we see ourselves having fun and laughing together as children and now COmpeti ng together as young adults. We are proud of where we have been.
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Millard South 13-26
Lincoln High 27-6
Grand Island 9-20
Northeast 20-27
Norfolk 21-0
Southeast 14-7
The night the lights went out in Lincoln.
by: Heather Bristol
black sheet covers Seacrest Field. The darkness is so complete that you cannot see the person standing in front of you. The last thing that you remember is watching senior Ryan Knollenberg running down the field towards the end zone. Did he score? No one was quite sure, for the I ights had mysteriously gone out at Seacrest Field. One thing we do know; i( was a 34-10 win against Lincoln High.
"We had to cal I out everybody's name so that we could find our softball team , who were sitting tdgether at the time," said senior Kathie Leach. "We just grabbed onto the shirt of the person in front of us and went up the stairs, out of the stadium."
This was one of many games the mighty Spartans won that helped put them in the playoffs for the first time since 1983.
The Spartans started off strong, winning their first two games. It was the first time inl 4 years that they had won two games in a row. The wins kept coming, along with the publicity.
"All the publicity is wonderful. It's not only good for the program and school, but it's changed our image and how the public views us," said senior quarterback Matt Daharsh.
The future for East High football is bright,
with the J.V team win~ing the tity Championship and Varsity going to the playoffs.
"The football program is going to continue to turn around as the players develop confidence in their fellow teammates and the intensity picks up," said J.V Coach David Seizys. Varsity Coach John Gingery agrees.
"If the guys stay dedicated and set high goals for the next year, we won't lose the groundwork laid out this season and we'll continue to win some games," said Varsity Coach Gingery. Facing adversity, both from opponents and from injuries, brought the team together.
"The team has gotten real close. Due to more injuries, we had to pick it up more to replace what we lost in players," said junior Matt Beaudette.
"No matter what happened, one of my greatest memories wi 11 always be how the team was willing to give their all, every minute of every game. They did what ever it took to pull through," said Daharsh of the 5-4 Varsity team.
The mighty Spartans went out with flying colors as they entered the play-offs. It was a turnaround season for a team that found itself the night the I ights went out at Seacrest.
Seni or Adam Kuehl (#7 ) runs down the Grand Island Quarterback (photo by : Josh Ingersoll)
Seni or Seth Boyton shm,, the mental side of football, preparing for the game (p l ) to by Josh Ing erso ll ).
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Senior Will Dabbert (#84) attempts to make the catch against an Omaha Bryan defender (p hoto by: Josh Ingersoll).
Junior Kyle Kamler (#5) runs down as Josh Perry (# 10) looks for a block (p hoto by: Josh Ingersoll)
Senior Ben Mueller (#44) looks to bring down the runner (p hoto by: Josh Ingersoll).
pravReserve football team had a building season.
~ th a record of 2-5 this season the East Spartans Reserve team has a lot to improve on before next year.
"The biggest disappointment this year was that we did not win city," said sophomore Ryan White, "We did developed more as a team late in the season." This can be shown by the late season games that the team was able to win over two tough teams. It just took a I ittle time to get into the swing of things.
The freshmen also faced a dissapointment, which came at the tai I end of the season.
"We missed our last game bacause it got cancelled by a snowstorm," said freshman Justin Siefkus.
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Both the freshman and reserve football tams have al read set goals for the next season.
"We need to get stronger this summer and work twice as hard next season," said sophomore quarterback Jay Bahm.
Clearly the team was better than their record showed, they had great players with lots of talent.
"We beat ourselves with all of the turnovers and penalties we had," said reserve player Darin Docter.
• Both teams agreed that they came together better at the end of the season and are looking forward to next fal I.
Sophomore players watch their teammates hoping that the next play will lead to a touch down (photo by: Mali Maynez )
The Reserve football team raises its hemlets during the kick-off for good luck The team played well against Lincoln High (photo by: Mali Maynez).
The reserve football team gets ready to start the play (photo by: Mali Maynez).
The reserve team huddles before a game for good luck, a quick speech later ;1nd a team hurah and the game is ready to be played (photo by: Mali Maynez).
Th e Varsity tectm lin es up for introductions before the start of dist ri ct play (photo by: Jo sh In ge r so ll ).
The Junior Varsity and Varsity volleyball teams were diggin' up wins with their skills and team unity.
fhis year's Varsity and JV volleyball teams brought home a lot of wins for East. Even though one team had played together for years while the other was full of fresh new faces, both turned in good records.
"One advantage to having teammates that I hadn't played with before is that you became a more wel I-rounded player because you don't know how everyone plays in different situations on the court ," said sophomore JV player Holli Gillette. Because the JV team wasn't used to playing together, though, they didn't have some of the advantages Varsity did.
"We've all been playing together for three or four years. We know how each other reacts and plays the ball so we can expect certain plays," said senior Varsity player Lisa Webster. The players know that familiar faces can improve a game in other ways.
"Playing with the same people for a long time helps so that there's less confusion out there
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on the court," said Varsity player Krissa Palmer. Both teams had many season highlights.
"I've learned a lot from my teammates and it's really cool to see how well we've gotten to know each other because I hadn't ever played with most of them before," said freshman JV player Haley Novak. Others recall big tournaments
"We played a tournament in Iowa against a lot of Varsity teams and played really wel I! That was definitely the most fun we've had," said junior JV player Kelly Schneider. For many on the varsity team, their highlight was also a road trip.
"Our trip to Chicago for a tournament was the best part of the season for me," said Webster.
Back home, though, the Spartans made sure they were a force to be reckoned with.
"I think we've played really well this season and proved a lot of people wrong," said Webster.
L sa Webster spikes the ball over the Millard North blockers. Webster led the team in kills (p hoto by: Josh In gersoll).
Juni or Cami Novak passes the ball against Norfolk at the district championship ga m e (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
So phe more Holli Gillette sets Allison John sto n as Abbey Ri ce looks on (photo by: Ca mi Novak ). • •
Preshmmt
Northeast 15-0 15-3
Lincoln High 15-3 10-15 Southeast 11-15 9-15
College View 13-15 8-·15 -Northeast 15-2 7-15 15-11
12-15 14-16 Omaha Skutt 12-15 16-14 15-9 Lincoln High 11-15 15-8 15-11 Millard North 15-5 15-7 L. Christian 8-15 8-15
Christian 15-4 15-11
Gold 15-7 15-5
X 5-15 14-16
Reserves
Southeast 4-1 6-15
Northeast 15-17 15-9 6-15
Papi lion/La Vista 3-15 8-15
Grand Island 9-15 15-7 12-15 Southeast 8-15 8-15 Fremont 15-9 5-15 15-4 Kearney 15-6 16-18 15-8
Northeast 15-11 15-8
Lincoln High 15-5 15-13
Norfolk 11-15 10-15 Southeast 4-15 6-15
Lincoln High LPS
(photo by : Cami Novak )
Working to .gether helps us succeed.
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Sby: Nicole Rabe •
creams and cheers rise from the cro"wd. Adrenaline is pumping. Hearts pounding. Sneakers squeaking.
Yelling, raging athletes calling each others names, moving towards the ball in a synchronize move. Bump. Set. Spike. Hands moving. Knees falling to the floor. Volleyball is all about teamwork and communication. ~
Each level of high school volleyball is different, Just as High-school volleyball differs from middle-school intramural volleyball.
"It's a lot more competitive than in middle school," said freshman Courtney Eurek. "They treat you like you are on a different level."
Because it is more competitive, as the years progress, the level of volleyball will gets more difficult.
"It's harder from the lower levels to the higher levels," said sophomore Molly Molsen. "Your skills have to improve to make it to a higher level."
Freshman Kessondra Mays agrees that the different leve ls of play get tougher.
"I think it gets harder as you get older. There are more extremes in the game itself; the competition is' better," she said.
One thing that never changes, though, is the need for teamwork. Teamwork is what gets the game going.
"Volleyball is a team sport but it starts with skilled individuals. And you put individual skill together to work as a team. Without it, the team would be chaos," said sophomore Jennifer Meierhenry.
Teamwork also plays a part of in goal-setting.
"As a team, we wanted to be undefeated, and work our hardest," said freshman team member Eurek. "As individuals, we · always try our hardest, and to learn as much about volleyball as we can."
One of reserve Volleyball's goals was communication. -If there's no communication, then there is no determination to win.
"The first part of our season, our team had a little communication, but not enough," said Meierhenry. "At one of our practices, the coach got upset and made us play a scrimmage without communication, so we would be able to see how hard it is not to communicate. Then we got the picture."
Each team reached at least some of their goals. Even though Reserves didn't always win, Molsen had more than a great season because she learned about more than just winning.
"In the finals we played against Southeast. The first round we played, we beat them for the first time," said Molsen. "Then in the last two rounds they beat us. We still felt proud because we played really hard."
Th e Reserve girls volleyball team slaps high fives after making a good play (photo by :
C oach
Merril lee Wingard for the reserve volleyball team helps pep up the team (photo by: Cami Novak).
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Just when you think you can't run anymore • you get a boost of energy... runner's high
t first, when you think of the sport cross-country , you may think "How could somebody run for that long at such a fast pace?" Senior David Sneddon could easily answer this question. He could run and run because or what is called runner's high Now a lot of you are probably thinking ... "Runner's high? What exactly is runner's high?"
" Runner ' s high is when you get to a point in the race when your body is just totally tired and you don ' t think that you can possibly run anymore , then all of the sudden, you get a big boost of energy and feel like you could keep running forever," said Sneddon.
But aside from runner's high, cross country runners have the motivation to run and keep running.
"What makes me want to run
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by: Sara Fonfara
is to meet new people, to get in shape, and also the fact that it's something you can improve on and get better at," said freshman runner Diana Pierson.
The cross-country runners also seemed to like the competition, whether their biggest competition was themselves, the other teams, or even people on their same team.
"My biggest competition I would have to say, were the guys who were ahead of me on the top ten list," said Sneddon.
"I was my biggest competition. I set really high expectations for myself and I always try my best to meet them," said Pierson
For most of us, we don't have the motivation and determination to run for such -a long distance, but it's a trip to the park to go and watch!
J ett Baum legs out his opponents at a meet a t Poineers Park , Baum help lead the boys to a " great " season (photo by Josh Ingersoll )
Junior Naralie Stavas takes a break after her warm up apd and focuses on the race ahead. Stavas showed the girls menta toughness during the season (photo by Josh Ingersoll).
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J enny Pickerel tees off at an attempt for a hole-in-one (photo by Cami Novak).
B etsy Hall, Amber Uffleman, Michelle Zorn,Coach Vicky Johnsen , Whitney White , Deborah Zorn show off their prized possesion .for winning the Heartland Athletic Conference (photo by Tom Zorn)
M eredith Hanks putts for par (photo by Cami Novak).
Girls' golf members look forward to playing after high school
Jthough lugging a bag full of golf clubs may not be the ideal situation on a beautiful day, seniors Amber Uffelman and Deb Zorn don't mind Both seniors have been playing golf since childhood.
" It was just something my :family did, so I just picked it up. I've been playing since I could walk," said Zorn, who helped the team win the city tournament this year
"It was the first time ever for us to win City golf," said Uffelman.
Winning both the City and Conference tournaments was a great way to prepare for Districts and beyond. Both Uffelman and Zorn plan on playing golf next year at the college level.
"I want to play for a Division 1 school like the University of Iowa. If that doesn't work, a smaller school like Buena Vista or Doane," said Zorn.
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Whether or not a school had a golf program was important to both seniors.
"I want to make sure they have golf at their school, but the academics are more important," said Uffelman.
The seniors are looking for schools that offer a well-rounded environment. They're looking for a hole in one.
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Deb Zorn eyes the green while lines up her putt. Unlike other most other sports to win golf you must have the lowest score
(photo by Cami Novak).
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Is East tennis a dying dynasty?
The teams say "No way! " The teams decided to take a little different focus and work more on group and individual improvement then on winning. Every person made an effort to improve his game.
Coach Jeff Hoham said the players were a mixed bag of talent but all had one thing in common. A lot of hear(
The teams supported eachother in part by the older more experienced players helping and advising their many teammates who had Iittle to no experience at al I.
Despite a losing record, fun seemed to be the name of the game
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for this years' teams.
"We always had fun no matter how bad we lost" said senior, varsity player Sean Nelson. Part of that fun was in the form of teasing.
"There was always a lot of friendly taunting going on ," said junior, JV player , Brian Hastert.
The tennis team may not have taken state but they were proud to have set a high - school record of having the longest streak of top- ten finishes. East finished eighth at state.
Coach Hoham has great confidence in his upcoming players and is looking forward to winning sea'sons in the future.
S enior Brad Bauers , a varsity player , slams an overhead on his opponent (photo by Josh In gersoll )
Sophmor e , JV player Matt Rauscher hits a great backhand to fight for the match (photo by: Josh In gersoll).
unior Ry an Watson on JV hits a orehand in one of the meets (p hoto by: Josh In gersoll).
S ophmore Varsity player Aaron Ogden gets low to save the ball in a match (p hoto by: Josh Ingersoll ).
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The gymnasts are head-over-heals about the contributions of the seniors on the team
by: Sarah Barry
_. xperience is one of the best teachers. What people learn from their past actions can give them an edge over a competitor who is new to the experience. This kind of knowledge demonstrates the importance of experienced competitors in a team situation. For the boys and girls gymnastics teams, the way they utilized the experiences of past years made for a successfu I and fun season.
"The seniors on the team encouraged us a lot during meets. They were our role models," said sophomore Jessica Barnes. Because of their experience in meets, the seniors were the ones to come to with a concern.
"We really tried to help the younger team members and be there for them. If they had a problem they would come to us," said senior Andrea Timmons.
The boys team had more experience to go on for this season.
The returning competitors had won the state title last year, and were ready to repeat.
"Our exper.iences from the state meet last year were really helpful for this year. We knew what to expect," said senior Dustin Jakub. The boys used that knowledge to acheive another state title.
While senior leadership was important in competition, the gymnasts also took advantage of all the fun ideas the seniors provided
"We al I went out to movies and to dinner a lot. They really encouraged us to be a team, and we had a lot of fun," said Barnes.
The seniors on the gymnastics team this year provided much more than tough competition for other schools and their teammates. Their influence and experience helped the younger gymnasts learn to be good leaders when their own senior year arrives.
Girls' G~m11astics
Cami Thoms , Kelly Tatay, Krystyn Matczyszyn, Johna Wassung, and Jessie a Barnes take a break from their busy schedule to pose for a photo (photo courtesy of Andrea Timmons)
Johanna Wassung performs on the balance beam during one of gymnastics many competitions (photo courtesy of : Dave Eppert)
Kelly Tatay flies over the vault trying to achieve a perfect score (photo by Mali Maynez).
Senior Dustin Jackub does another perfect handstand on the paralelle bars He
Jeff Roller flips off the high bar as he finishes his routine (photo courtesy of : Dave Eppert).
Along with the new reserve team, the softball teams had an impressive year.
ehe pitcher's arm goes back and suddenly the ball flies through the air, you hear the sound of the ball splitting the air. Deep in your heart , you know what this sport is all about. It's more than just the motions of the game. It's a feeling of accomplishment, knowing your teammates are counting on you.
More players were able to experience this incredible feeling this year, thanks to the creation of a reserve softball team. Led by Coach Chuck "Mo" Morgan, the reserve team had a great first year, helping prepare some players for the more advanced teams, while introducing the sport to others.
"A lot of us were playing for the first time and we improved a lot over the season," said freshman reserve player Sarah Fairbanks.
Since the team was new they had fewer games against fewer schools. Despite the short season, the teammates had several good memories.
"I li'ked the bus rides. I got to know people better, and I could act wild and crazy and no one cared," said freshman Reserve/J.V. player Erin Jablonski.
One of the lasting memories for Fairbanks was when the team participated in its final tournament at Fremont.
"We rode up there and it was a lot of fun.
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We won one of our three games but we did really well," said Fairbanks.
Both teams agree that the reserve team will help East softball in the future.
"They (t he Reserves) all have improved. saw improvement their second week . They will all move up and move onto bigger and better things," said junior J.V. captain Stacy Lemon
Leading the J.V. girls for a second year was Coach Forsburg, and who not only helped the girls with their batting but with their off-thefield problems
"Forsburg was the best. I could talk to her about anything. She is pretty cool! " said Lemon.
Some of the Varsity players have been playing softball for one team or another for1 2 years. The Varsity team's strength came from having a long tradition of working together.
"A lot of us have played for so long that we know how each other work. We know how to play as a team ," said senior Dara Jones.
Despite a slow start, the Varsity ended its season with an impressive second-place finish at districts. Down by only two runs, the team gave the spectators a good game.
"East has an outstanding softball program, the coaching staff is very good, the players are extremely dedicated, and its been a privilege playing softball at East," said Jones.
Varisty softball players Anne Kurtzer, Kathie Leac h and Andrea Stover pose for the camera
(photo by : Jul ie Davis)
F1ag football players try to decide what exactly they should do (photo
lntramurals and bowling provide a ti m e for sports and work.
by: Ryan Schroder
ou have a good job and you want to play sports but you don't have alot of time to give. What should you do? lntramurals sports are a good option.
"lntramurals gives me a chance to play basketball and still have time for work" said senior basketball player Jeff Johnson.
Players enjoy the competition between teams and are happy to have a chance to play an organized game with fellow students. Students also pick the team name and are their own coaches.
"Everyone wants to win but it's more about having a good time than anything else," said senior basketball player Dustin Reiman.
Mr. Spahn is the organizer of intramurals for the second year in a row. Spahn spends three to four days a week organizing which teams play who what time they play and helps referee.
"I enjoy organizing and reffing because it gives me a chance to get to know the students and watch them compete and have a good time." said Mr. Spahn.
So next year remember if you don't have enough time to play high school sports you can have alot of fun with intramurals.
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One of East's bo~lers tries to pick up the split at the meet against Southeast (photo by: Brandi Bock ).
The girls bowling team gets hyped for the meet against Southeast (photo by: Brandi Bock)
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Senior Jeff Martin takes a look down the court to pass the ball (photo by : Josh Ingersoll ).
Senior Seth Boyton drives down the c ourt against Norfolk in the opening rounds of District play (photo by: Josh Ingersoll)
The team looks on as the Spartans roll at Districts (photo by : Josh Ingersoll). Jun ior Shawn Redhage goes up for a shot while senior Will Dabbert looks on (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
Juni or Scott Wentz looks for help as he tries to avoid an interc e~ (photo by: Josh Ingersoll).
City Games add a little spice to the basketball schedule.
hearts are pounding, the crowd is roaring, and something more important than a record is on the line, namely bragging rights. The competition between intra-city varsity and junior varsity boys basketball teams is a long-standing tradition.
"We usually know · people on the other city teams and have played against them for years, and we develop rivalries against those players," said senior Varsity player Sean Nelson.
Adding to the excitement of
rivalries are the atmosphere and emotions that come with those games.
"There are a lot more people there and the crowd gets more involved. That gets everyone fired up," said Jared Calver, a junior on the varsity squad. The same situation is true for the junior varsity squad.
"In the intra-city games, everyone is really focused on the game and play with a higher intensity on the court," said junior Scott Lee.
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With all the added emphasis on these games, the teams put forth extra effort to secure the win.
"In the intra-city games, the bench really steps up. Everybody has to be ready to play, to go in at any time and play their role," said Nelson.
While these long-standing rivalries put more pressure on the players, the advantages of a win are •more than enough to justify the extra effort, making the games more fun to play and watch.
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East goes for
2-pointer against Fremont (photo by:
Opponent Southeast tries to block East (photo by: Cami Novak).
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The
freshman and sophomore boys work hard to reach their goals.
iehe freshman / reserve boys basketball t eams worked their way to many victories. The reserve team was made up of al I sophomores and
one fresh man .
" The freshman , Dwight a.k.a. Dwidget raised our level of play in every game ." said sophomore Chris Churchill.
" On several occasions Dwight dunked the ball and elevated the le v el of play " said Churchill. Having the best boys' record at East wasn ' t easy "We worked hard and earned the best boys basketbal I record at East " said sophomore Matt Melichar. In the regular season the reserve
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boys lost only two games , both to Southeast. "I wish we just could have beaten Southeast ", said Chris Churchill. Both Melichar and Churchill agreed that overall their season went wel I " Sometimes we fought,but over all our season was a great improvement from last year" , said Melichar.
The freshmen made a great impression in their first year playing East basketbal I. " High school basketbal I is a big change from Spirit and YMCA basketball, but our team has done well" , said freshman Jason Watson . Despite losing to Southeast the freshmen and reserve boys had fun , and were proud of their records.
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S opho m o re Mike M etzger goes in for a shot ; keepi n g one step a h ead of Pi u s X (p h oto by Mali May n ez ).
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Building back up to success after a difficult start.
by : Kari Neemann
Standing in the lineup with your teammates, you hear your name come through the speakers and a shrver runs down your spine. It's game time and your friends and family are there to cheer you on. The Girls Junior Varsity and Varsity Basketbal I players were among the few students who got to experience the excitement of stepping out onto the court.
"When I walk out onto the court, I feel pumped. I think, 'Here's my chance to show what I can do', and I know that I need to put forward 11 0 percent to get the job done/' said junior J.V. player Ann Janesch.
The excitement and love for the game helped both teams to succeed despite injuries and illness.
"We give it our all at practices," said senior Varsity member Jamie McProud. "If people are injured we try to support them. If they're sick we let them rest. Marisa Boyce's hurt ACL really hurt us but we worked around it. II
Several games were close this year and might have been won if the Spartans had the height to match their opponent.
"We've played a lot of our games close but we are at a disadvantage because of our height. Our team never gives up though. We try hard to the finish," said senior Varsity player Andrea Stover.
Both teams were fortunate enough to beat one of their biggest rivals despite their setbacks. The J. V. team won against Southeast and the Varsity won against Pius.
" -We beat Southeast and that was exciting because we haven't beaten them in four years," said junior J. V. member Melissa Dean. "We all put our hearts into the game."
"Beating Pius was one of my favorite moments. Pius has always been one of our biggest rivals," said McProud. "It was one of our bigger wins."
It is through teamwork and support that a team can be successful and for these two teams there was little lacking.
"Last year I was on the Freshmen basketball team. This year there's more teamwork and friendships," said Janesch.
Coaches provided the support. The J.V. team was led by Brain Kabourek and the Varsity team by Leo Jelineck.
"It helps to know the stuff I've done right and the I ittle positive notes," said junior Varsity member Nicole Rose.
These players hope the school knows that they were better than what the records showed.
"We work really hard and would appreciate it if more people would come to our games. We barely ever have anyone at our games," said Dean. "If they come out and see us, they would see that we're pretty good."
An easy layup by Jenny Brabec gives the varsity an edge against Lincoln High
(photo by: Cami Novak)
Coach Brian Kabourek encourages his JV team to be agressive (photo by: Cami Novak).
Sio ux City North 32-44
Papi 11 i on-La Vista 3 6-44
Nort h Platte 5 4 - 47
No rt h east 45-48
Ha st in gs 40-34
CB A be Lincoln 59-52
Om ah a Skutt 55-37
No rfol k 39-47
Piu s X 25-53
Columb us 30-26
Gra nd Island 36-42
South east 45-43
Fre m ont 31-38
Om aha Burke 45 - 32
Lin co ln High 4 2-35
Omah a Central 63-28
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Varsit t, Girls Basketball
S enior Jenny Brabec shoots a jumpshot against Lincoln H igh (pho t o by: Cami Novak)
The Junior Varsity g irl s fight for a rebound (photo by : Cami Novak).
J amie McProud takes on the l i nks and scores a basket (photo by : Cami Novak)
The freshman and reserve girls basketball have learned to use teamwork to enhance their playing.
by: Jana Stangl
s the ball is dribbled down the court, shouts of encouragement are heard on the side1ines from fellow team members. The ball is passed to an open teammate who tries for the shot. Teamwork is the key when it comes to playing their best and winning.
Freshmen and Reserve Girls Basketball team members have done things inside and outside of practice to help promote teamwork.
"We have gone to Valentino's, watched "Hoosiers," and gone to Varsity games," said freshman Reserve player Erin Jablonski.
During practice, the Freshmen members condition together and do other activities to encourage teamwork.
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"We try to pass the bal I as much as possible, try not to hog the ball, and pass to open people," said freshman player Kel Ii Egr.
The Reserve team also does drills to promote teamwork and increase trust in teammates.
"We did this drill where we lay in a circle and one person stands up and jumps over us to promote trust," said sophomore Reserve player Katie Neddenriep.
Participating in these activities helps both teams' players work better together and feel unified.
"We have a lot of talent this year, and we're pretty unified," said Neddenriep.
The reserves meet with coach just before going back onto the court (photo courtesy of: Jessica Jensen)
The reserve girl's basketball team fight to win the game (photo courtesy of: Jessica Jensen).
Freshman & Reserve Girls Basketball
Matt Wheeler, state champion, gets ready to make the first move on the Grand Island opponent
(photo courtesy of: Marty McCurdy).
Marc Schlegel , 3rd place finisher in state, attempts a take down against Lincoln High
(photo courtesy of: Marty McCurdy). 168 Wrestling
Marcus Hellwege placed fifth in state after several great perfomances (photo courtesy of: Marty McCurdy).
East High Wrestlers pin for a successful sea
S''pladle." "Russian-Tie " " Cement job." These funky phrases can be heard floating around the new wrestling room. Moves like a "spadle" and "Russian-tie" are common among East's wrestlers. Though wrestling is often regarded as an individual sport, for Spartan wrestlers , their team unity makes the sport what it is.
"My team helps to push me at practices and give it my all when we practice," said senior varsity wrestler Marc Schlegel. Practicing and drilling certain moves and techniques over and over again makes the moves almost reflexive.
" For wrestling we have to be extremely good at certain moves , so we drill a million times on that technique until it becomes part of my nervous system and feels natural , " said Schlegel. Teamwork, team commitment , and team respect are essentials in wrestling. Teammates wrestle each other to build skills and if one teammate isn't giving it his all, the other doesn't gain as much skill.
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"Our team gets really close because with wrestling we spend hours working out together, dieting together, pushing each other, and having fun , " said senior varsity Matt Wheeler. Teammates also helped support and encourage each • other when they got injured during the season.
"With our team we do a lot of stuff outside of wrestling with each other and get to know each other really wel I and we do stuff with the underclassman hoping that they'll continue our traditions," said Wheeler.
"I'm pretty tight with all the wrestlers. We really got to know each other with it's camps, car washes, and especially taco feeds," said varsity junior Ryan Petersen. The team also has their fair share of horseplay.
"Sometimes watching Pete and Nelson was better than watching WWF Monday night raw!" said varsity junior Brian Srb. This year's wrest Ii ng shared a bond that made them as close as brothers.
Sam Achord , sta te qualifier , trie s to put his Millard North opponent into a po sition to pin (photo courtesy of: M a rty
M c Curdy ).
East's swimming teams are making a splash with their long standing tradition of.success.
"ou know that time of year when you look around school and certain people's hair starts to turn shades of yellow, blue, or green and then one day they have no hair at all. Rather then some strange epidemic it's just a sign of swim season. Hair dying and head shaving are just some of the many traditions of the teams.
Many of the traditions have existed for years. Before intra- city meets the swimmers dress up in the colors of the other school. The girls' team also has a group of cheers that they use before each meet to pump them up and, every year, Coach Greg Flemming's home "mysteriously" ends up teepeed.
New traditions are started every year. The boys' team made a new tradition of presenting each person who make s state-qualifying times with a stocking cap.
"When Matt Rauscher and Blake Fosdick
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made their cuts, all the guys sat in the bleachers and Matt and Blake stood out in front of them. Then Andy Ash approached each of them said something to them and presented them with the cap and all the guys clapped. I couldn't hear what he said but it was so cute cause it was like a big ceremony," said senior standout Heather Schwab.
The long-standing tradition of sucess still stands.
"We had a lot of younger and less-experienced swimmers this year but they did great and we had a really good year," said junior Lindsey Heyen The influx of younger swimmers offers other positive resu Its.
"It's so nice being able to share my knowledge with the younger swimmers and I take a personal pride in their improvement," said Schwab.
Senio r Darren Bounds, junior Drew Fleck , se nior Adam Prior, a~d junior Tanner Penrod show off their gold medals for the 200 Medly relays at State (p hoto co urtesy of: Steph Soucie)
Practice makes perfect as senior Scott Blaha performs a dive after school (p hoto by: Josh In gerso ll )
The Girl's Smimming team gets pumped for a big meet (photo courtesy of: Steph Soucie).
T he swimming and diving team after a meet getting a speech from Coach Flemming (photo courtesy of: Steph Soucie).
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Seniors Heather Bristol and Sarah Ingersoll fill the water cups for a JV footbal I game
(photo courtesy of: Josh Ingersoll).
Sarah "Iggy" Ingersoll comes down to the field to help before the homecoming game (photo by: Josh Ingersoll)
Assistant-trainers behind the athletic scenes lend a helping hand.
ith all of the con struction going on , it was sometimes hard to get around school. This year the construction centered • on East and athletic facilitie s. While athletes are the clean wi nners in this phase of construction , some behind - the-scenes peo p l e are benefiting , as wel I. Mac and the assistant athletic trainers are enjoying their new training room, as well as everything else that comes with being a trainers.
"The new room is definitely better than the old one ," sa id senior Heather Bri stol. " Everything ' s a lot more organized tha n before and it ' s cleaner. "
"The other room was actually a locker-room and now with t h e new room , Mac even has his own separate office with w in dows , " said senior Sarah Ingersoll. The assistant-trainers ' respon sibilities range from taping ankles to doing laundry to help i n g athletes stretch.
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" We can do a lot o f things , but if an athlete has a major injury we have t o let Mac take care of it, " said senior T.J. Kaspar. The new training room also provides more space for rehabilitation equipment for injured athletes. Injuries are what brought several trainers to this side of athletics.
"Most of the assistant trainers got into it because they got injured during tHeir season. I got injured during cross country," said senior Sarah Ingersoll. What keeps them there , though , are the people.
"I love getting to know a lot of other people ," said Bristol. Kaspar likes the exposure to a variety of sports.
"I think being an assistant trainer is a great experience. We volunteer about 2 to 3 hours a day of our time and can be involved in sports other than our own ," said Kaspar.
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Love, Mom, Dad, Jeremy, Beth, and Mandie
~chard Croissant
A man forever with Christ.
Amber Cunningham
Thanks for all the smiles y ou ' ve given us! Keep holding on to the things that matter most.
Love, Mom and Dad
Katie Curtright
Kate, You are our Princess: God Bless You
With love, Mom a n d Dad and brother, Travis, La nce, and Steve
William Dabbert
We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them. Congratulations Will, keep on building.
Love, Mom, Dad, and Megan
Cami Daigle
Cami, I have enjoyed every phase of your life, from the sweet and beautiful little girl to the independent and athletic young lady. I am confident that you will be a success and that I will always be proud to be your mom.
Jeff Darling
We' re very proud of you and your accomplishments, and we wish you happiness and success in the future . Keep on building!
All our love, Mom, Dad, andAli
Sasha Day
Thank you for being such a wonderful person. You deserve the best whatever you plan to do next. Congratulations.
Love, Dad, Mom, Sonia, Shawn, A.J., Pierre, and Hooch
Laura Diffenderfer
You bring us much joy through all that you are and your many accomplishments. However, lovely LaLa, we cherish you most for the true beauty of your soul.
Mom, Dad, and Carrie
Kristi Dirksen
Kristi, With pride and joy w e have watched you become a wonderful person! Your fai th in Christ and strength of character will allow you to d anything!
Love, Mom and Dad
Daniel Dolan
Danny-Know that any goal i with in reach-as long as yo u work hard, believe in yourself, and never, never, give up. But, most of all, trust i n God.
Love, Mom and Dad
Cory Doolittle
Appreciate each day for th e blessing you ' re given and fc the challenges you' re offere Blessings give hope and challenges strength. We w i always love you. Congratu ltions.
Dad and Mom
Julie Dunbar
You' re our brown eyed gir l I saw you just the other da: My, how you have grown. Always remember when w used to sing, "Sha-la-la-la- 1la,"
Love, Mom, Dad, and To m
Ryan Duncan
Ryan-May your future be filled with as much happiness as you've given us. We know you will find success in whatever you pursue. Psalm 37:4
Love, Dad, Mom, Erin, and Alison
Justin Dykema
Congratulations to a wonderful person. We are really proud of you. May your future be filled with love, happiness, and success, and may you always reach for the stars and follow your dreams. God bless you.
Love, Your Family
Sarah Ebers
Sarah, we are filled with gratitude and pride. As you set forth upon your personal journey, armed with faith, aspire to be a vibrant participant in the mystery of creation.
Mom and Dad
Meghan Engel
Pursue truth and love. Never one at the expense of the other.
Christina Fechner
Dear Christina, You have brought such special joy into the lives you have touched. May you continue to be our little queen the most precious child ever, Christina Kathleen!
Love always, Mom and Dad
Benjamin Ferris
Congratulations, Ben! We look forward to your bright future and wish you a life filled with much happiness. We are so proud of you!
We love you, Mom, Dad, Matt, Chris, and Stephanie
Megan Fitzke
Congratulations Megan. We are so proud of you!
Love, Dad, Mom, and Jeff
Michael Fosdick
We are very proud of you Blake. The last twelve years of school have gove so fast and you have been such a joy!
Love, All of Your Family
Eric Fowler
Eric-You have always had a fabulous smile and have kept us laughing. We love you and we are so proud of you!
Love, Mom, Dad, Nicole, Kibbles, and Lily
Jeremy Fuller
Congratulations! You have been a true joy in our lives. We wish you much success.
Love always, Mom and Dad
Laura Gapp
Thanks for the memories, for making us laugh, for being you. We'll miss you and we'll miss those roses! Always Believe In Yourself.
Love , Mom, Dad, Char, and Jon
Nathan Gemmell
You have filled our lives with energy, excitement, and enthusiasm since the day you were born. Continue to embrace the world and you will find happiness.
We love you, Dad, Mom, an~ Courtney
Nicholas Goddard
Nick, Congratulations! You've made it! Set your mind to it and you will hav e success and happiness. Remember, we'll always be there for you.
Love, Dad, Mom, Roe, Joe, and Bethany
Kendra Goodijohn
Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the blueprints of your ultimate achievement. All our love and support;
Mom, Dad, Jason, Abby, an c Michael
Adrianne Graham
Adrianne, We are so proud and excited for all great thi r ; to come! Well done.
Love, Dad, Mom, Mitch, Adam, Misha, and Jenny
Spencer Graham
Spencer, We would like to say how proud we are of you. You are a wonderful young man. Great job in football this year!
Good luck, Mom, Paul, Sa r , and Nike
Melanie Grell
We have been blessed by your smile, thoughtfulness, love and zest for life! God · bless and keep you ~s you continue to accomplish great things.
Love, Brian, Mom, Brett, Chad, and Kyle
Derek Gmber
Congratulations, Derek! We are very proud of you. Accept life as being full of challenges. Be committed to your goalsfamily, friends, faith-Look past obstacles with optimism and a sense of humor.
Love, Mom and Dad
Mark Grundman
Think only the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best.
Carolyn Hahn
"The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change." Congratulations, Carolyn!
All our love, Mom and Dad
Melanie Hall
You know who you are, so follow your star. Drive safely!
Love, Mom and Dad
Joshua Haney
To Josh, the one who has kept us young!
With love from Mom, Dad, Jamie and Johnny
Grant Harse
Hi Granters, We love your independent and strong personality. You are a sweetheart! We look forward to your first CD.
Love, Mom, David and Yum Yum
Timothy Haynes
Tim-We remember the sweetness that has always been in your heart and know how much you can accomplish when you set your mind toit!
Love, Dad and Mom
Lisa Heier
Congratulations Winner! Be all you can be and if you need us just call. Remember its the DREAM that will keep you going.
Love, Mom, Dad, and Amanda
Mark Hill
Congratulations Mark! We are very proud of you. We wish you happiness and success in life. Remember we'll always be here for you.
We love you, Mom, Dad, and Krista
Brandy Hocking
Congratulations, Brandy. You figured us out from the beginning. I hope we've learned enough to be on our own! We' re very proud of you!
Love, Mom and Dad
Jennifer Horejsi
"The Victor"
If you say you can, You can!
If you say you can't, You won't. You can, and you did!
Love ya, Mom, Dad, and Grant
Joshua Ingersoll
For twelve years, report ca rd s said "sometimes disrupts class." You've been a won de rful disruption of what may have been a boring life. Picture this-Your future-
Love, Dad and Mom
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Sarah Ingersoll
Congratulations, Sarah! Yo u re a great kid and we' re very proud of you. May your dreams come true and you r life be filled with happines s and success.
Love, Mom, Dad, and Tim
Rachel Jablonski
Congratulations, Rachel! V\ are proud of you! May yo u future be filled with happin t and success You're on yo u way.
Love, Dad , Mom, Erin, Danny, and Lawrence
Dustin Jakub
Your entire life has been daring and bold. I know y e 1 will face life's challenges w h that courage and confiden c You filled our lives with pr i< and joy.
Love , your family
Rachel Janssen
High school days are over and you have patiently listened, remember your training while traveling life's road "I'm all done, a-biddle-bfddle-boobitzen!"
Love, Dad, Mom, and Eric
Deidre Johnson
Creative and fun as a child steadfast character as a beautiful young women. You're one in a million and I am so proud to be your Mom. Love ya, honey
Heidi Johnson
Heidi-We are very proud of • you. You have always been a very responsible person. We wish you lots of luck in your journeys ahead.
Love, Mom, Dad, Curt, and Ben
Jeffrey Johnson
We've been blessed with a happy kid who has a great sense of humor. You give us a lot of joy, Jeff. We love you and hope your future holds much happiness and success.
Love, Mom, Dad, and Matt
Nicki Johnston
Your caring personality has touched many lives espe<;ially ours. May your future be filled with all the love and happiness you've given us. Follow your heart 'Enjoy!
Love, Mom, Dad , and Blake
Dara Jones
Congratulations Dara! We are all so proud of you and your accomplishments. We wish you much success and happiness in reaching your future goals. You are truly a sweetheart!
Love, All your family
Jessica Jones
Dear JJ: We are very proud of you and your accomplishments. We wish you happiness , success and the best of health. You are smart, Ii kable and show great leadership. We love you!
Mom, Dad, and Bryan
Daniel Judge
Our two year old "Superman" has grown into a remarkable individual. Daniel, you've learned to tackly life's obstacles with perserverance and fortitude. We're so very proud of you! Keep flying!
Love, Mom and Dad
Thea Kadavy
Vivacious, compassionate, positive energy, articulate, loyal friend, voice of ari anget strong faith ... this is our Thu. A full and successful life awaits you! You will always be our "Treasure from Heaven."
With love, your family
Thomas Kaspar
TJ- We are very proud of you and all you've accomplished. May your future be filled with happiness and success. Reach for the sky.
Love, Mom, Dad, and Liz
Sean Keller
Congratulations, Sean! You've always been our #1 son.
From Mom, Dad, Courtney, Chris, and Colin
Emily Kinnan
Congratulations, Emily, on your graduation. We are so proud of you and all of your accomplishments. May your future be filled with much happiness and may you find success as you pursue your life's dreams. ·
With love and support, Mom, Dennis, and Max
Nichole Kinnersley
Nicki, you have brought so much love and joy to my lif e . May all your hopes and dreams come true.
Love, Mom and Alysia
Frances Kinsey
Frannie: You're not so wet behind the ears now! Nex t college, then ?
Love, Mom, Dad, and Meg f
Annette Kluck
We are so proud of your accomplishments. We wis}, the very best for you in college and throughout y ot life. Have a successfut fu n and fulfilling life.
Mom, Dad, and Al
Christina Kontras
Your smile has touched om hearts since you were sma l You are the best daughter and sister in the family. Wf will love you always.
J.D., Pamela, and Jim
Jason Koso la
Jason, Always do your best, believe in yourself and you will be happy and successful. We a r e proud of you.
Love, Mom, Dad, and Ryan
Adam Kuehl
Congratulations Adam. We love you for the little boy you've been, the wonderful young man you've become and the great son and brother you will always be. Enjoy what is yet to come.
Love, Mom, Dad, and Anne
Shannon Kuehn
You have brought so much -joy to us through the years. Congratulations! We are all proud of you. Now the fun (and work) really begins!
Love, Dad, Mom, Alissa, and Katelyn
Matthew Kunkee
Matt-As life unfolds, remember-we love you and will always be there for you.
Mom and Dad
Mindee Lie5!<e
To our little girl: Never be · afraid to stand alone, for he who does is the strongest •person in the world , The stars are your dreams! Reach for them!
Love 1 Mom, Seth, and Dad
Amanda Lowery
Amanda we hope you are always blessed in life, as God has blessed us with you. We are proud of you, always follow your faith.
Love, Dad, Mom, and Chelsea
Joshua Lupher
Congratulations Josh. We're very proud of you and we know whatever you choose to do for your future-you will succeed. You're a great kid
Love, Mom and Dad
Garrett Magner
Future years can be as adventurous and wonderous as your years of make believe! Only your imagination can limit the possibilities! Chase opportunities with a vengence!
Love, Mom and Dad
Candice Mahlberg
Congratulations Dis! Believe in yourself and your hopes and dreams will come true. Thank you for the joy you have provided our family the last 18 years.
Love, Mom; Dad, and Cole
Jeffrey Martin
Jeff, We love you and are very proud of you. A whole new set of challenges are ahead of you, and as you pursue your dreams, remember we' re behind you all the way.
Love, Mom, Dad, and Scott
Jamie Maser
Congratulations Jamie! You have made us so very proud! We 10 ved you then, now, and always!
Love, Mom, Dad, and B.J.
John Massie
John, You are on your way! Your goals are msot admirable and were there from the start. We are and will always be so very proud of you.
Love, Mom and Steve
Krystyn Matczyszyn
We are so proud of you. You r determination will take yo u places. God has blessed us with you and we love you. Reach for the stars and kee p your head held high! Have fun, do whats right and ke ep smiling.
Love you lots, Mom, Dad, Autumn (John), Natalie, Lindsay, Julianne, Alex, an Thomas _,,)
Keri Matoush
Always believe in yourself, give it your "best" and yo u are sure to succeed. Follo w your dreams dear. We are proud of you.
Love Always, Mom, Dad, and Klan
Amy McCaleb _
Congratulations Amy! We ' so proud of you and love y J. very much. Keep that gre a caring spirit and contagem smile.
Love, Mom and Dad
Susan McCauley
Susie-we are so proud of y u. Keep your beautiful smile n d your great sense of hum or and your success will be bountiful.
Much Love, Mom, Mary, a d Jane
Jennifer McHale
Congratulations on your many achievements and recognitions. Your positiv~ attitude, good work ethic and caring personality will enable you to go far.
Love, Mom, Kristin, and David
Jamie McProud
Jamie, Give to the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you. We are so proud of all your accomplishments.
Love, Dad, Mom, and Jenny
Debra Metzger
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes
We love you, Dad, Mom, Jeni, Mike, Michelle, Jimmy, and Ally
Benjamin Mueller
We are proud of YOU!!! You have the tools! Use them to grow and make yourself, those around you and the world better! You always have our love!
Mom, Dad, and Mackenzie
BrianMy~rs
We are so proud of you for working hard and achievrng • your goals. You have given us much joy and happiness and • we know you will a,ccomplish more great things in your life.
All our love, Mom, Dad, and Jennifer Kari and Kelly Neeman
Congratulations Girls! We are so very proud of the both of you. Your accomplishments are many, may your lives be filled with happiness and success, the world is yours for the taking, wherever your future takes you remember to do your best and know how much you are loved.
Love, Mom and Dad
Sean Nelson
Congratulations! Thanks for all the joys and memories you have given us We are very proud of you and wish you the best always!
Love, Mom, Dad, and Eric
Tom Nemec
Thank you Tom for all the wonderful memories of Football, Track, Swing Choir, and Singers. You are a superior young man and will always be our Super Hero.
Jack and Nancy
Katrina Neuhaus
You've always had a song in your heart. How lucky the world is to have you. Keep singing, Katie Marie! We love you!
Dad, Mom, and Sarah
Brian Nielson
If you use your talents and ambition, you can do anything! Wishing you all the joy in you life that you have brought to ours!
Much love, Mom, Dad, Jon, Jill, Chad, Aaron, and Justin
Lisa Olson
Congratulations! We are very proud of you and your accomplishments. You have many talents. Use them to follow your dreams. We'll always be here to support and love you!
Mom, Dad, and Chris
Kimberly Osborn
Congratulations Kim. Our bundle of joy has grown up to a young lady we are so proud of. You will always be precious to us. May you have happiness and success in all you do.
Love, Dad, Mom, Allison and Christine
Justin Ott
Our "little monster" is graduating and we're so proud! We never had "doubts." Strive high! You 'll always have our love and support.
Love you! Mom, Dad, and Mo
Crystal Petersen
Courage Responsibility Yearning S incere
Thoughtful A Leader
Love
You are all of these and more!
With pride and.joy, Mom, Dad, Autumn, and Daniell e
Andrea Peterson
Congratulations! The best ) you always. Love you lot s
Dad, Mama, John, and Shadow
Alyssa Pilus
Alyssa, your name means "knowledge tempered by wisdom." Knowlegable already, you accept no pre c as truth, without proof. Become wise enough to be always changing. Please don't "keep your values"grow them.
We love you always, Dad, Mom, and Eric
Jennifer Polson
We are so proud of you Jenny! May all your hopes and dreams come true. Our love and God's blessings will follow you wherever you go.
Truly ruly, Mom and Dad
Krishna Rao
We are very proud of you, Krishna.
Love, Mom, Dad, Madhupinni, and Kalikaka
D ustin Reiman
Dust-You've always had a big smile easy going manner and great personality. Keep it up and someday you'll catch "the big one."
Love, Mom and D ad
Jeremy Renfro
Congratulations Jeremy! Much like a book, this chapter in your life is ending and a new chapter is beginning. We are very proud of your values, goals and accomplishments. May your future be full of happiness and great success!
We love you, Mom and Dad
Brett Rhodes
Congratulations "Good Kid" , on a job well done! We greatly admire your hardwork, sound judgment, sense of humor, and persistent pursuit of your dreams.
We love you, Mom, Dad, and Whitney
Jennifer Rich
May your future be filled with happiness and success and may all your dreams come true. Our love is with you always.
Mom and Dad
Erin Riensche
You've chosen to fill some big shoes. We know you'll reach your goals. We are so proud of your accomplishments
Love, Mom, Ken, Brent, Kayla, Andrea, Holly
Daniel Riskowski
Congratulations, son. We appreciate your strong and determined spirit. We love you and are so proud! God has wonderful plans for your life. Jeremiah 29:11
Love, Mom and Dad
Dan Ronnenberg
Looking straight into your eyes at age 5 months we had to hold you up. Now you're 18 and looking down at us. We're very proud of you Dan
Zachary Russell
We love you to pieces, Zac. Always have, always will.
Love, Mom and Sam
Meghan Rutz
Meghan: You have blessed our family's with your grace, beauty and open heart. On your journey, continue to learn and grow. Believe in your dreams and inner wisdom.
Love, Mom and Kelsey
Julia Sanchez-Masi
You are our brightest star!
We love you, Linda, Allison, Paul, and Michael
Marcus Schlegel
Spanky: The person you a re, your strong beliefs and ma ny accomplishments have ma d~ us very proud of you. We know God has great thing s in store for your life.
We love you, Dad, Mom, Becky, and Peter
Andrew Schmidt
Andy-We knew you could c ) it! Congratulations and go c luck in everything you do.
We love you, Mom, Daddi o Justin, Sarah, and Myrtle
Lisa Schommer
"Lisa is always right!" Ju s t one of many reasons you a special. We' re proud and lucky to have you for a d a 1. h~ ter and sister.
Love, Mom, Dad, Heathe r, '1 d Brett
Ryan Schroeder
Ryan, Congratulations on your accomplishments during this past year. Yo u family is very proud of y o
Love, Mom and Dad
Lindsey Schulz
Lindsey, We are so proud of you. Your faith, confidence and beautiful smile will take you far.
Love you always, Dad, Mom, Lauren, Kyle, Kelly
Heather Schwab
Congratulations Heather!
Live your dreams and favorite verse: "those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;"
Love, Dad, Mom, Jason, and Joel
Lydia Sherman
Life really has been a bowl of cherries with you around. You've made the world your stage with your many wonderful talents. We' re so proud of you.
D ad, Mom, and Sophie
Brandon and Brent Smi t h
Congratulations, Brandon an d Brent. We are so proud of both of you and your accomplishments. Always believe in yourself and your hopes and dreams will come true .
All our love, Mom, Dad, Colin, and Shawn
Chari Smith ,
You have been a good kid • always. It has not been easy for you, we have put you through a lot, but we always loved you. Illness is not easy to live with in a family.
Andy Sneller
Congratulations Andy! We' re so proud of you, you've worked hard for all of your accomplishments. Keep up the good work and have fun.
Love, Mom, Dad, and Lindsay
Trinity Southworth
Thanks for all the years of memories. Mom is real sorry about your ears, but someone had to take her rath, we just never felt like it.
Angela n' Stacey
Jana Stangl
You have matured into a confident young woman who knows what she wants and has developed a plan to achieve it. We are so very proud of you!
Love, Mom, Dad, and Jared
Adam Starr
Congratulations on your graduation! You've brought such joy to our lives! You have so much talent. Keep up the good work! We love you, Adam!
Mom, Dad, and Ryan
Tyler Steenson
Mommy's "Little Boy," Dad's "Big Guy." Go after your dreams-reach for the sky!
Love always, Mom, Dad, and Abbie
Lisa Stelmach
Dear Lisa, You will always be special to us.
With all our love, Mom, Dad, and Joe
Amy Stenberg
Cinderella, with your optimism, boundless energy, and incredible talent, your dreams are sure to come true Remember, impossible things are happening everyday.
We love you, Mom, Dad, and Katy
Stephanie Stewart
Congratulations, we' re very proud of you! May God's guiding light be strong. We wish you the best in life! Phi l 4:13
May God Bless You; Dad, Mom, Natalie, and Jay
Kimberly Stork
Kim, God has blessed you beauty, brains, sense o f humor, athleticism, and more. You'll go far. Thanks for the wonderful memories . "I'm not dead. I feel happy! "
Love, Mom, Dad, and Collin
Andrea Stover
A very caring young lady w l brings us joy and sunshine everyday. Your beautiful s m is worth millions! Shoot for the stars! Phil 4: 13.
Love, Mom, Dad, Adam, Aaron, Melanie
Benjamin Stromberg
You'll always be our Super man-Congratulations. We ' r proud of you.
Love, Mom, Dad, Erin, an d Paul
Stacy Stutzman
Stacy-With your personality and big heart your future is bright. Follow your dr:eams and you can't miss!
Love, Mom, Dad, and Matt
Timothy Suhr
Congratulations, Timmer! We are so proud of you & all your accomplishments. Thanks for all the joy and laughter you have given us. Keep believing in yourself and always remember how much we love you!
Dad, Mom & Laura
Jaimee Summers
Congratulations Jaimee! We are proud of you and have enjoyed watching you grow to be the person you are today. "Keep Smiling"
Love ya, Mom and Dad
Jennifer Sutton
Believe in yourself, follow your dreams and listen to your heart. The world is a stage and it's waiting for you! All our love.
Mom, Glen, Kris, Dad, Linda, Alexa
Andrea Timmons
\our spirit, your caring, your· smile are all part of the special person you are. You can succeed at what you see as your goals. We are very proud of you.
Love you, Mom and Dad
Kyle Tomka
Congratulations Kyle! Remember life is like a banquet taste all that is has to offer. Dad saids, "NTOT." You are loved very much.
Mom, Dad, and Justin
Terra Townley
We love you-We are so proud of you! We will support you in all your endeavors-You are God's Child!
All our family
Jonathon Tracy
Keep working towards your dreams. With your talent and your knowledge your dreams will come true. Your brother and I are very proud of you.
Mom and Jeff
Nathan Trauernicht
"A dream is a wish your heart makes." Make that dreams come true! We are very proud of you.
Dad, Mom and Molly, and Freckles and Kitty
Joanna Tworek
Joanna, you've given us much to smile about. Never satisfied until you give 110 % KEEP THAT SONG IN YOUR HEART. Your future looks bright.
Love, Dad, Mom, Kaela, Lisa
Ginger Wachter
Wherever you go Whatever you to
Don't ever forget We are so proud of you.
Love, Mom, Dad, and John
Heather Walker
Congratulations Heather. You have given us many special memories. We love you and support you in everthing you do. May your future be filled with happiness and success. We love you, Mom, Dad, Matt, and Brian
Jae Walker
Jake, Good Job!! The best advice we have for you is to just keep on being "Jake."
Love, Mom, Dad, and Brady
Jason Warren
Congratulations, Jason! We are so proud of you and all you have accomplished. We love you and wish you success and happiness. Proverbs 16:3
Love, Mom, Jayne, Jenn, an d Tim
Melinda Way
Your beautiful smile and happy disposition has brought joy into our lives. \ hope those characteristics w help you have a happy successful life.
Love, Mom and Dad
Seth Weatherfield
Dear Seth, We are so proud • f you - as a son, brother, and friend. Your unique sense 0 humor and optimistic outl o , < will reap rewards. Your conviction to reach that ne x level is your personal wea lt Enjoy life ... you deserve the best!!
Love, Dad, Mom and Emi h
Lisa Webster
To our little star in the sky-Goose, you are everything we hoped and prayed for and so much more. STAY as you are. Follow your dreams.
Dad, Mom, Lora
Leia Wilcox
Ever since your big brother Brent first named you, you've been our 'Princess' Leia. Congratulations and may The Force always be with you!
We love you, Mom and Dad
David Winter
-Wow! What a ride, 1st gear then 2nd, 3rd, and 4th_ Now it's time to throw it into 5th and enjoy the ride! Congratulations Tommy!
Love, Mom, Dad, and Bean
Andy Witherby
Andy-Congratulations! Thank you for the joy and laughter, the challenge of your 1 strong spirit, and your gentle heart! We love you and wish you all the happiness and success life has to offer!
Love, Mom, Dad, Scott, Andy, Dana, Kim, Spencer, and Sam
Jennifer Rowe
We loved you then. We love you even more now and are very proud of you and your achievements.
Mom and Dad
Leah Wolf
Leah, you've brought such joy and happiness to us. Thanks for 18 unforgettable years! Always remember how much we love you. Jeremiah 29:11
Love, Dad, Mom, Ryan, and Jake
Jeffrey Yeakley
Congratulations! Believe in yourself, work hard, maintain your integrity and individuality, and you will accomplish all your goals. We cherish the memories you have given us.
Love, Mom and Dad
Laura Youngman
Dear Laura-No matter which direction you decide to go, your individuality, creativit~ and independence will take you far. We love you!
Mom and Dad
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Amber Cunningham: YL69 ' 9 RNDWDDSTJO SBUDGNSALN \ I JRS DISCO BSTBDS I ACLBLWLSCK NGSSDDKM G C J. D EAST
Katie Curtright: CeilingTiles? G r 11 CMJBALMECFTSAHFF 311 Cst \ y NOMASRK Smr96 Miss y , /3Bridges Dazed & Confused girl t :, ,
Blake Fosdick: East High B-Boyz Rule any Pool, swimming and Diving # 1 thankx 4 the memories Fun times with B-twinks. Nice knowing you all.
Jeremy Fuller: BOELUS EBNDLEGACY BOWTODENYMITCHINDE GHSPT ABAS NTDSJLDJINKTJNMSSA NJ GOODTIMZ BDJiMZ GOODBYE
Laura Gapp : Want a popsicle? They're in the back. Station9/lam making lemonaid, Wantsome? GCEKMCAPGW JDSKTH4N6 Thanks Kids!
Nate Gemmell : Blazer-Champs Skitrip98',FabFive Pie latenight Lunch crowsnest camping
Will Dabbe r t: EHFBRULES 9788 GRYTM 1 SM SHNGBABY TF95-8G OTB M SRD DSTNSA JFJNMMBM THKS4 MEM S BOELUS!! CLLGFBBND
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Cam i Daigle: ROADTRIP! B-Ball, 9th & 10th City Champs! lnflta-babe! I Like Mike ! PINTO POWER! Tony the tiger! Diggit y 4Prez!
Brian Daniels : "I love East, Star Trek rules!!!"
Danny Dolan: BLAZERS ESTES97 WP98 KB'S WILLIE CAMPINTRPS 311WESTFAIR"WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN" SEE YA IN THE FUTURE PEACE, l ' M OUT
Ryan Duncan : COCUNUT4LIFE MEXIFRY SKINWITHB&BBTYCL BABY ETNUKD PN ESOB CO. NBL for CHIP. CHECK YA LATER Mexi Bandit!
Julie Dunbar : If I could do it over again- I wouldn't. "Sie fuehlten, dass sie fur dieses Augenblicks beide unsterbl ich waren."
Sarah Ebers: SingrsOrch SkiTrpALTITU DE Tennis9598 Chief RixChix GeepsThnxGramaluvyaBri GLCaroline
Juli e Da.vis: LesbYrbkBwlrocked! HeatherDJ / M scrotie rrstatue N. hampton Tiffany Rd CHl4LIFE BuckFlowerAnnie Thanx • Erica Eddins: Town, Belka, Barry and MomDadJeffJen Kats LUVUJosh Lunch pals THNX 4 Everything; Love Nickscanme ya forever. STOP following me.
Phil Dayalu : RSTNG IS KOO HRPS
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Sarah DelaBarre : I LOVE JOHN DIESSNER GRACE KIT LIZA SPS TOWERPOWE R DRAMASUCKS WOO-WOO BLACKISLIFE LOVE JE SUS SEMI-CHARi\ \ ED LIFE
Chris Deaton : 4xCCtrk Th egg Bonesrules Down Under Nothing Can Anything Never Mom Pengiun Briefstelb Tanx Ch
Grant Harse: Die Kitzlichen Esel and The Sky; Stuart (B-Dog), Sandy, Fuller, Mitch; LEB; Dee-Dee (cookie); Lean/ Cognard; Band; PJ /JL/BEATLES; LA LA; Zu Lieben
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Annette Kluck:
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Ryan Knollenberg: What a long strange trip it's been
Christina Kontras : LSLWLCSMLBAC
JSACSSKM DAGLIES BEAN SISTA MISS YA MBLW 98skiTrp 94-98 CHERS Crows NES SueBeeSs BUSN SPIDER LUVRCALZ FINFDABS
Jason Kosola: Nixon Now
Adam Kuehl: SORRY , I GOTTA GET OUTTA THIS TOWN U KNOW I DON'T CARE. JUST TAKIN' IT AS IT COMES OR EVEN WHEN IT DON'T. IT'S A GOOD THING I HAVE U HEATHER. U KNOW I DON ' T LUV IT. COME ON
Shannon Kuehn: 4N6U GUYSKICK!! ORCH-iLUVUALL!! MY.LUVBUG URTHE GRRREATEST!! MCARCBKR ECHBMHMU i WILL REMEMBER U , WILL U REMEMBER ME? iTS ALL FLOWN BY & i'VE LUVED IT ALL!
Laura Diffenderfer: Your p r plE dropplets color my fair ski r , a nc deepen my ever thirsting soul. - 1a nk you best and eternal friend , SM Methias, we danced in risk o f ad other One sweet day MB&LW
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Josh Lupher: thnk God 4chn g Htb RULZ lluvuLSD MB&LW w e , iSSL JESUS is LUV thnx4 evry thn g ine imoff 2fnd Myself
Candice Malhberg: ALJBK C JVL Edgfst311 KTPRTY DABOMB ! f ; staI GmasVCHR 3brgswlfs? C s ni Etrnlflame SURRLUCKY HUN ?
Jeff Martin : ThxMooDad E ' tba Baseball- AZKSJJ CorkyScoot N e DuncTA HurChp NYYanks ( r9c out of here •
Jamie Maser: Fremont+Ro ; fr ip ~ NAJKJ LoveCheers and StuC 1 i quE always wishyouwerehere Laur a -3 odE GNO&Squadnights
John Massie: Lets get out o 1ere Dingo Dingo Dingo for life. IT' rs a Fire Fire Fire
Jennife r McHale : IDLIKE2 MEANAS MUCH 2 U EAC HMINUTE OFTHEDAY ASUH AVE MEANT, OLDFRIENDS OMINE , 2ME ALONG THEWAY.
Jami e McManigal: WEOUTAHERE RMBR DA SU MR NONSTOPPRTY
T & T'sR OCl< D APRTYWITH U RD TRI PN LOST N KC BOWDOWN WAN KER BFF MH NK CYA!!
Jam ie Mc Prou d : THNX4MEMS: PO SS EKI A S SQ PMBTFKM VBBB SKR X4 10 34 13 SHOOTNSMFS SKROV TNG S GO ODEFRT 31 1 , TH BX20 MI SSUG LJYS
Deb i Metzger : WeWill Survive GNO FlyG rl G rnGa teau Trust Your Dreams! IL oveYou : Cr y s, JnyPny, Ging, Lyd, Abi Fr ance ' 98 The FUTURE is yet to come!! ! !
Ben Mueller: SPARTANS BELIEVE 98RULES PFB'SMYBRO SINGERS97' 98' EHSFTBALL 94-97 MISS YOU ALL
Brian M yers: WHAT THE DILLY YO SSTWP CROWSNEST MOONTOWER FB # 5 GOLF 5 - PEAT BLAZERS GOOD LUCK CLASS OF '98
Kari Neemann : 4XCC, State 4XTRK ORCH YRBK98 BPLM It is now time to get started with what I've wanted all my life
Kelly Neem ann: 4xCCTRK LUVUGYS CAMPNYRSEVE-KC9 7 SARAH &L ISAFREVR Snow flake!VALSYB9698RUCOLD ?MAYWEALFNDRDESTINIES
Sean Nelson : Thx MomDadEric Tnisbsbal bsktbalGT btyCL Nwyrs98 Rpr stGrant BRCHIPTP Dncnetc m chluv YLkpnFath FnlyDun
Tom Nemec: SINGERS SWINGCHOIR Goodm en #62 FBTRCK EHSRules WCWC - YA
Kati e Neuhaus: TNX4ITALL ASMRJB LUVUJEDTX SNGRS9798 GBB910 DAMYNKRS FNLNBGLJO TNXDMSN BLDN95 HNDA GOODLUCK CO98
Josh Nitz: Thanx Coach McCurdy Skiles Post Granby Syndrom No mo cutn wt BOELUS the Return
Nate Noble : Kiss -My Red Eye ski UTAH C.5. CO Summer 97 Girls / Action FFSS Frisbee Dr Pepper Pulp Fiz Os Trk 97 Money GQ CARPE DIEM
Lisa Olson : SINGRS9798 copa cabanna CndlaBIRD EXPRSNS skitrp lok2futur lrnfrmpst ByrDREAMS THANKS$ALL luvU! <)@[-
Kim Osborn : LNSUNOVA BMJ"2 11 4EVER WLLI MEPOOKY ECLPS< GRDAM CHEERS9798 NSl97 FRANCE 97 CNSBCZ AMMDNHS LUVYA OUTY
Justin Ott : MAKE YOUR LIFE A COUNTER-FRICTION TO STOP THE MACHINE. Love you mom.
Crystal Petersen : We will survive! SHABONGBONG Keep the Fire! GrnGateau Time?? L/M Spirits Flow More Than A Feeling THANX MDADA&R
Andrea Peterson : Those who I don't know, seem like nice people. I would never in tentionally hit your cars and run. The people I do know? Drive carefully.
Dustin Peterso n : PPYRULS ILUV KTTY FRVR MUUMUU IWNNA B LKBOND
Terra Townley : A Ship at harbor is safe but that is not what ships are built for. FLORIDA'9 7 KTB URKINDAAWK Put on your seat belt!!! God Bless
Jon Tracy : It' s incredibly hot in here today.
Nathan Trauernicht: TADJJFMPML KFASPRTY ON BRKFST CLB LVSTSPICEN THE BAS SMAS TERSMSBSUC DAWUOSU 98 ILL MISU ALL
Matt Vance: class of 98 rulz we out GB , BN , JS, DW , JS I mis s my homiez BMH forever TB , MS , DR , Thanks for themems much love to the BB.
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Katy Strizek : SALMON SWIM UP- _ AHOY MATIES! Thanks for all the STREAM TO DIE SO GOWITH l aug h s and the suppo rt. Remember THEFLOW! KORIN GO TO CLASS! to enjoy a littl e more and co mplain a JBKL MH LUVYA ! STAT GIRLS ROCK! littl e l ess and look c liff divers!
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Stacy Stutzman : FLRDA97 BBB S&V KCX311 YL6996 GOLF? GNSALN HIGHSQRL KMJS BFF THNXLCCKAC A *C&GA LS KPNTOUCH PEACEWE OUT
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Melinda Way: DON ' T WNAPLAY NO MORE KEE KEE WONDER BEAST ABOR T THE COTTAGE CHEESE LYLAS LUCIA , KIT , SAD, SMOOCH I ES
Seth Weatherfield : WhatTh eD illy ~ WP sk i?Trip LCGCDDBF NG JR C JKSM BMDRJWSWLW frmip cr wzn Blazers 96-97varFB Now what ?
Lisa Webster: LIV&ALR C RAZ SvesJRJoes MoonTwr Jl y4 NY 6AMUVL KC9 7 SkiTrpWPMJ T ha r LSLC CKSMLB LYABF TheGan g I Lu v
Sara West : PXJPNVR99 ! NO 38 2 2$S KYSKY MELUVU LNG TIV RKNTNKA LUVUMER RBN V RFG WDFLRS MYDOG LUMIS SU (' 12 99ALWZ23
Matt Wheeler: Thanx McC rd y ar tea m , gear head forever parro t ••e c go lucky have fun Where ever ye 1 there you are
Leia Wilcox: I love cows. Star 'a Ruiz. Why be normal? Realit y those who lack imagination N o ,a ter where you go, you're there
Tom Winter : PCBRAOEWRS E E SYT WP SORRY Mo Hurrican e h @ CANCUN SMG12/28 2 LLJ · ' F CLASS OF 98 BE ST OF LUCK
Andy Witherby: CROW 'S s· WEYER 'S HOUSE , THIRD BR C TUNNEL VISION , 4TH OF Jl " GOD BLESS AMERICA " Blf : F BURNIN KB 'S WILLIES! W H LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEr
Leah Wolf : WECOO CCTRK Ph : 1 brakinlaw wdgwdswim YL9 7 i l ALMEJBNJMC LWMBmi ssu t GAFL lvuMJS thynvrcmpd
Greg Worster : IT'S BEEN RE A • T BEEN FUN , BUT IT HA SN'T E REAL HAM THANKS TO A L 1/FRIENDS AT LSE
Laura Youngman: MI SS I N C R QUETMALET BUDDYDUD ES '. P. OKE JAC! LUVUJYBHMH H RJJBCB & TS.THNX! 1 LA ST I ( Grrrrrrr!
Front Row: Cheri Barta, Cami Novak , Rachel Jablonski , Lisa Webster , Sarah Barry , Kamberly Gude. Middle Row : Kr issa Pa lmer , Jennifer McHale , Debi Metzger , Holly Gilette, Elizabeth Lin k e , Jamie McProud , Brandi Hocking Back row: Student As si sta nt Coa c h Carrie Snyder , Coach Nancy Colson , Coach Myron Oehler k in g, Coac h Mi ssy Wingard, Team Manager Heidi John son
Varsitt, VaDet,f,aU
Front Row: Meredith Jacobs , Elizabe t h Dow , Amand a H atten , Holl i Gillette, Alision Hayli , Kelly Schnieder. Back Row : Ali so n Jo hn ston , Abbie Ri c e, Kelli Johnson, Becky Lloyd. ,.........
Front Row : Britt ney Svoboda , Elizabe t h Judd s, Courtney Brow n , Amy Schmidt , Kendra Inness , Brett Mccurdy. Bac k row: Carly Sch neider, Kristin Wa c ker, Lind say Erwin , Molly Mol se n , Joelle H arral , Jennife r Meierhenry , Coach Missy Wingard
Front Row: Tabi Dubas, Natalie Metcalf , Jenny Sibbel , Ja i me Enderle , Courtney Eurek , Cassandra Mayes. Ba c k Row: Coach Karen Vest , Gera Olson, Emily Brodersen , Nichole Lucch i no , Kim Remmenga , Sara Newlon, Mackenzie Mueller.
Varsitt, llat,'s 'l'mi111is
Front Row: Jeremy Renfro, Aaron Ogden, Jason Spieker, Jake Hoppe , Ben Stromberg. Back Row: Trent Van Horn , Brent Smith, Andrew Ash, Thomas Augustine, Bradley Bowers, Grant Croissant, Anand Madhavan, Sean Nelson, Coach Jeff Hoham.
Front Row: Amit Chakraborty, Jon Clifton, Mitchell Graham, Matt Rauscher, Gene Cherng, Brian Hastert. Back Row : Ryan Watson, ~ichael Garrett, Chad Hendry, Craig Frantz, Jason Alexander.
Reserve llat,'s 'l'mi111is
Front Row: Samik Chattopadahay, Chad Stuber, Tyler Scheer, Chiraag Gangahar. Back Row: Coach Greg Flemin g, Eric Rasmussen, Timothy Lowery, Brian Leavitt.
Front Row: Krystyn Matczyszyn, Andrea Timmon s Middle Row: Coach Melissa Schwaner, Johna Wassung, Corrine Kliment, Kelly Tatay, Coach Sarah Barber. Back Row: Nick Batliner , Jeff Roller, Jessica Barnes, Cami Thomas, Jennie Murdock, Kelsey Cohagan , Lindsey Newton , Jenny Snoad , Dustin Jakub, Coach Dave Eppert.
Vars.it~ Saffl»all
Front Row: Kathie Leach, Amy Stutzman, Sarah West, Becca Price , Shantel Gale, Amanda Bogan. Middle Row: Andrea Stover , Kim Stork, Marissa Boyce, Lisa Schommer, Jamie Koffe, Lindsey Schultz , Kendra Goodijohn, Dara Jones. Back Row: Coach Lance Kingery , Coach Michelle Foresberg, Melissa Dean, Tonya Forbes, Ann Kurtzer, Julie Davis, Katy Stresek, Megan Hawley, Coach Chuck Morgan.
llu11iar Vars.it~ Saffl»all
Front Row: Stacey Lemon , Nicole Kruger, Dannielle Fanter, Lindsey Sneller, Bethany Goddard. Back Row: Head Coach Michelle Forseberg, Cassie Rusatz, Kate Bale, Liz
Reserve Saiftilall
Leach , Megan Rutigliano, Erin Jablonski.
Front Row: Felicia Martin, Micah Swennie, Jaque Bencken, Erin Foster, Kara Ficke, Terra Herman. Back Row: Jen Birdsall, Sara Fairbanks, Adrienne Sullivan, Coach Chuck Morgan, Kelli Egr, Katie Hartman, Jill Beckman.
Va:rsitt, Gi:rls BaskeOall
Front Row: Karla Corona, Hann ah Klasek, Marisa Boyce, Andrea Stover, Nicole Rose. Back Row: Kelli Johnson , Jamie McProud, Jenny Brabec, Megan Erwin, Tonya Forbes, Katy Martin, Cami Daigle.
H e nderson , Kellie: 60, 97. Henderson , Kelly: 99. Hendry, Chad: 41, 3.
JU1tia:r Va:rsfft, Gi:rls BaskeOall
Front Row: Ann Janesch , Erin Montgomery, Renee Snoad. Back Row: Abbie Rice, Melissa Dean, Lindsay Erwin, Kelly Kalmbrunn, Steph Long. Volunt~er Coach Joe Schlegelmilch.
•Front Row: Rick Dietze, Brian Bradford , Seth Boynton , Jeff Martin, Sean Nelson , Kyle Kamler, Scott Wenz , Tyler Bakk. Back Row: Coach Jim Elsener , Coach Chris Arent, Eric Bauer , Adam Kuehl , Will Dabbert , Shawn~Redhage, Jared Calver, Drew Hose, Coach Jim Heithold, Coach Ed McPherren.
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Front Row: Ben Johnson, Jeff R. Davis, Jay Bahm, Joe Sampson, Craig Frantz, Scott Lee , Tony Sattler. Back Row: Coach Chris Arent, James Fairbanks , Matt Keller , Austin Fentiman , Andy Schneider, Rick Dietze, Lucas Carroll.
Ba~s Reserve Baskeitball
Front Row: Matt Ferris, Aaron Ogden, Kyle Means , Tyler Payzant, Matt Melichar,Justin Hofp ar, Joey Steinbach. Back Row : Mike Metzger, Jeff Davis , Ryan Wolf, Dwight Williams , Ryan Trausch, Chris Churchill Coach John Heithold11•11111
B a ~s F'rweshMeR BasketJ.all
Front Row: Zach Stivrins, Ky Stutzman, Ryan Cole, Matt Cyr. Middle
Joey Corbin, Jon Thober,
Row:
Justin Siefkes, Blake Johnston, Thad Huenemann, Aaron Schrieber. Back Row: Coach Brian Kirkland, Jason Watson, Darin Hose , Jesse Shaw, Steve Strauss, Bode Alabi.
Wrestliftg
Front Row: Josh Jane , Ju sti n Schmidt, Nick Skiles, Matt Beran , Nate Abel, Dan Olig, Chris Hoyt , Andrew Danek , Johri Achord. Second Row: Marc Schlegel, Joe Lienemann , Scott Dykema , Andy Schmidt, Sam Achord , Joel Erickson, Jake Froscheiser, Danny Tylka , Marcus Hellwege , Ryan Kosola. Third Row : Jesse Lemons, Spencer Graham, Kevin Prai, Jason Sandblom, Matt Wheeler, Josh Nitz , Brian Srb, Barry Smith, Shamar Young, Grayson Magner, Matt Lyons. Back Row : Coach Kirk Skiles, Adam Korab, David Nelsen , Garret Magner , Ryan Petersen, Jim Andersen, Jim Anderson, Erik Nelson, Darin Docter, Ryan Tonkin, Matt Purvis, Michael Stitcher , Travis Fentiman , Coach Marty Mccurdy
Front Row: Chuck Gangahar , Brian Butler, Tyler Scheer, Anthony Schwisow, Russell Watts , Brandon Hartsock, Ryan Starr , Matt Rauscher. Middle Row: Ben Hynek, Tanner Penrod, Adam Prior , Drew Fleek, Joseph Ashby , Adam Carr, Brandon Hemmerling, Jeff Baum, TJ Kaspar. Back Row : Coach Greg Flemming, Coach Dave Eppert, Blake Fosdick, Sandy Petersen, Darren Bounds, Jae Walker, Scott Blaha, Andy Ash , Grant Harse Not pictured: Bryce Ballew, BJ Barta, Bill Sedlak, Asst. Coach Suzanne Reimers
First Row: Jill Dotson, Marianne Shaw, Jennifer McNaught, Sunny Boardman , Amanda Lowery, Leah Wolf, Jenny Brabec, Dana Witherby, Natalie Stavas. Second Row: Kelly Neemann, Kari Neemann, Amy P'iampton, Sarah Heser, Steph Stewart, Kristi Dirksen , Randi Deaton, Brianne Bergholtz, Kari Mikelson. Third Row: Jamie Morrison, Hannah Klasek, Carrie Frey, Adrienne James , Kathy Gradener , Karen Petro, Rachel Sherbeck , Katie Neddenriep , Deepali Gangahar. Fourth Row: Coach Kevin Hubbell, Parama Chattopadhyay, Caroline Ebers, Jenny Sneddon, Jennie Martin, Tami Matson , Carrie Diffenderfer, Tiff Baum, Erica Hanks, Kelly Peo , Coach Brian Kabourek. Back Row: Jamie Nider, Karen Fosnaugh, Undsey Heyen , Karley Culwell , Erin Duncan , Brittany Stohl , Diana Pier son , Jamie Meyer, Coach Kirk Skiles.
Bat,s' Crass ~au11a-t,
Front Row: Cameron Burt, Ryan Wolf , Ian Ra d ke, Randy McCoy, Travis Williams, Jacob Julifs, Brian Keedy , Bryan Rosenberger Second Row: Nick Skiles, David Lienemann, John Bruce 111, Brandon Black, Tom Dunbar, Ashot Kocharov , Tim Ingersoll, Brian Lefler. Third Row: Coach Kevin Hubbell, Sam Korab, Aaron Jone s, David Sneddon, John Higley, Matt Purvis, Curt Meyer, Chirs Hunt, T.J. Kaspar, Coach Kirk Skiles. Back Row: Eric Fowler, Eric Pankoke, Ryan Duncan, Chris Deaton, Matt Keller, Jeff Baum, James Philson, Coach Brian Kabourek.
PreshMcnt Faatbail
Front Row: Dwight Williams, Mike Usussalman, Zach Wright, Brad Meier, Jacob Berst, Ron Schrock, Brandon Muehlhausen , Brandon Koheler , Danny Tylka, Chris Young, Ky Stutzman. Second Row: Adam Wolfe, Benji VanderBroek, Robert Cummins, BJ Barta, Justin Siefkes, Matt Cyr, John Achord, Jason Watson, Steve Strauss, Scott Smith, Travis Fen timan, Jon Thober. Third Row : Coach Chris Arnt, Joel Erick son, Ryan Hansen, Bode Alabi , Kevin Finn, Josh Bulow, Mike Kohel, Jared Carslon, Jeff Kirchner, Zach Dennis, Joey Corbm, Coach Tom Baker, Coach Steve Baker. Back Row: Andrew Danek, Erik Hustad, Aaron Schreiber , Ryan Brabec, Al Chadwell, Darin Hose, Chris Olson, Jesse Shaw, Luke Hansen, Bill Sedlak, Nick Sa l estrom, Justin Raikes.
Va.rsit9 PaaOall
Front Row : Dan Ri skowsk i , Matt Kunkee, Seth Boynton , Mike Brown , Andy Sne ll er, Ben Johnson. Second Row : Coach John Ging ery, Tim Suhr, Ben Carey, Matt Daharsh, Bryce Jakub , Tom Nemec, Sam Achord , Ryan Kn o ll enberg, Spencer Graham, Coach Jon Squier. Third Row: Coach David Seizys, Coach Bill Kechely , Andy Schmidt, John Klem , Nate Gemmell, Brian Myers, Andy Withe rby, Du stin Reiman , Josh Lupher, Eric Baum, Tim Haynes, Adam Starr, Jeff Johnson, Coach Ji m Tonniges Back Row: Derek Grub er, Andy Maa sda m , Eric Bauer , Ben Mueller, Will Dabbert, Adam Kuehl , Ty son Do cter, Seth Wetherfield , Blake Fosdic , James Rosenthal, Greg Worster, Jake Sette!.
Svoboda, Brittney : 55
Svododa, Brittney : 131.
Sweeny , Micah : 64.
Swenson, Inga : 45, 97.
Swiggart, Tara: 55 , 96 , 97, 125.
Swoboda, Dawn: 64. Swoboda, Donna : 7 1.
Sydzqik, Angie: 97
Sydzyik, An g ie : 64.
TTanderup , Je sse: 54.
Tanner , Keith : 64
Tatay , Ke lly : 64.
Tatay , Kristina: 45.
.Tauer , Kevin : 30, 158, 216.
Taylor , Andy : 45, 1 2 1
Temple , Gerald: 64
Termaat , Joe : 124
Termaat , Joel: 55, 115
Theis, Max : 64.
Thelen , Zach : 45, 2 16.
Thel ey , Za c h : 31.
Thie sse n , Lisa : 71.
Thober, Jon : 64.
Thomas , Ryan: 55.
Thoma s, Zachary: 55, 130
Thoms , Cami : 64.
Thom so n, Julie: 7 1.
Thorfinnson , Pam : 7 1
Tiangco, Mary : 71.
Timmon s, Andrea: 31, 148, 209, 216
Tin g, Winnie : 53, 55 , 105, • 115
Toma s, Zac: 105.
Tomasek, Je ss i c a : 64
To mk a, Ju st in: 64.
Tomka , Kyle : 31,209 , 216.
Tonkin , Ryan : 55.
Tonkinson , Chad: 45
Tonnige s, James: 7 1
Topol ski , Joshua: 45
llu11ia.r Va.rsff9 PeaOall
Front Row: Kyle Kamler , Alex Perry, Andy Masdaam, Scott Lee, Chris Hoyt, Darin Maxwell , Kevin Hesser, Josh Perry Middle Row: Coach David Seizys, Eric Freeman, Billy Adams, Mar sha ll Chas e, Lucas Carro ll , Richard Barnes, Mark Hu stad, Stephen Geiser , Eli Rogers , Jake Fro schieser, Coach Jon Squier. Back Row : Austin Feneman , Jesse Smith , Eri c Nelson, Nate Wolf , Drew Ho se, Jared Calver , Ryan Peterson , Matt Beaudette, Robbie Kinder, Ja so n Protiva.
Warr e n , Ja so n : 31, 33, 95, 115 ,122,2 10,216
Wassung , Johna : 55, 78 , 148.
Wat so n , Carly: 65 , 117 , 125
Watson, Jason : 65, 162
Watson, Ryan : 45, 147
Watson, Samatha: 65.
Watt , Keith: 7 1
Watts , Russell : 65.
Watt s, Thelma : 71.
Way, Melinda: 31, 66, 122 ,2 10 ,2 16
Weatherfield , Seth: 3 1 , • 210, 216.
Webb , Annika: 65
Weber, Eri c: 45, 2, 3.
Web ster , Lisa: 31 , 83, 139, 15 7,2 11,216
W ebs ter, Matthew : 65.
W ei derspan , Le slie : 45.
Weigand , Laura: 34.
W ein s, Katie : 45.
W elc h, Kimberly: 55.
Wendelin , Chrissi: 65.
Wendelin , Mis sy: 65.
Wenz , Scott: 45, 160
Werner , Kimberly : 7 1
We ssag le, Lan ce: 105
Wes sa le , Lance : 55 , 117.
We st, Sara: 3 1,216
W es tby , Andrew: 65, 3.
Wheeler , Aaron: 31, 124
Wheeler, Gary : 71.
Wheeler , Justin : 54
Wheeler , Matt : 2 , 3, 216.
Wheeler, Matthew: 31.
Wheeler, Theodore : 55
Wiemer , Brenda : 7 1.
Wiese , Clay: 55.
Front Row : Sergio Mar t inez , Thoma s Hersch , Curt Johnson, Ben McEnta rffer, Justin Schmidt, Dan Olig. Second Row: Ted Wheeler , Aaron Sai s, Matt Melichar , Ryan White, Charlie Myers , J.J Shultz, Ru st y On e th, Justin Hofpar , Tim Stohlman. Third Row: Coach Paul Schneider , Jake Froschei se r , Kent Malone , Jay Bahm , Jesse Lemons , Ryan Henry , Kevin Prai , Patrick Barry , Adam Catlett , Ryan Schmidt , Coach Joe Schlegelmilch. Back Row: Matt Walker, Kent Lorenzen, Drew McBride , Darin Docter , Josh Short , Brandon Hemmerling, Casey Mattson , James Fairbanks , Matt Morgan, Jason McCoy, Tyler Bakk.
Sarah Barry, Heather Bristol, Julie Davis, Carrie Diffenderfer* & Sara Fonfara , Adrienne James, Steph Kreifels , Kari Neemann , Nicole Rabe, Ryan Schroeder, Jana Stangl
Pliotograpli~r~
Julie Davis *, Laura Diffenderfer *, Mali Maynez, Cami Novak
*=one semester only
G\r goal for the 1998 Epic was to create a yearbook that was b~odern and playful in its design and cont ent. The theme . "Oh, the Places We ' ve Been" was chosen by editors Eileen Chalupa, Kelly Neemann and Rachel Jablonski during the Nebraska Journalism Summer Workshop. The theme was Jablonski's idea while the other editors helped carry it out in the design and content of the book.
Everything in the book, from the stories and layo,uts, to the photographs and advertising section, is the result of a concerted group effort. The 23 yearbook staff members put in long hours to produce a_high-quality product that fairly represented our school year.
Fourteen hundred copies of the Epic were printed by Walsworth Publishing Company in Marceline, Missouri. Pagemaker 5 .0 was used to complete the 31st edition of the Epic. Headline fonts used in this yearbook include: Litterbox , Party, Snap and Whimsy. Body copy fonts were Optane and Vagabond Rounded.
The yearbook staff thanks adviser Jane Holt for her organ ization and patience. We would also like to thank yearbook representative Mike Diffenderfer for his time and efforts to help us even when disaster(s) struck. We would also like to thank Walsworth plant representative Brenda Search for her quick responses and e~dless patience We also appr eciate East's adminstrative team for their support in the creation of this yearbook, as well as the many advertisers, parents and students who helped make this book shine.
Ph otographer Cami Novak deals with the " negative " side of her job (photo by:Josh Ingersoll ).
Editor Kelly Neemann fina lly gives in to the urge to choke Photo
Editor Jo sh Inger so ll (photo by: Josh Ingersoll)
Layout staff
Carilyn Garrett concentrates so hard that she doesn 't notice the flower growing on her cheek (p hoto by: Josh Ingersoll ).
Oh,
the C we'll go!
@h, the places we've been! Our teachers ilnd fellow students have he Iped to prepare us for our future, whether that future involves more high school, brings us to ou r first ye~r of co 11 ege or leads _ us into the WO rki ng world. The memories of the places we've been will always be with us as we move on.
Oh , the places we'll go! Our past may be known but the future is still a mystery. We can do anything. Whatever our future is, we will take what we have learned from the past and use it to shape our tOffiOrrO W.
