Northeast High 1996 Yearbook

'° "" ~The Rocket

Lincoln Northeast High School, 2635 North 63rd St., Lincoln, Ne. 68507

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Brrrrrr! Northeast students wear blankets to keep warm at this Homecoming football game Northeast won , 31-7 (Photo by Angie Wurm )

Toy Soldiers? Not quite , it is just Northeast's marching band performing at the Homecoming halftime show.

Windy Enough? Seniors gather together to bond - well almost. They got together to take a senior class photo.

Are we in Omaha? Nope. Yes it is true Lincoln's Gateway Mall has finally got the store - Eddie Bauer.

Blow your horn. Andy Roberts plays his trombone with the rest of the pep band The pep band was raising the spirit at a home volleyball game. (P hot o by James Piippo)

(Photo by Angie Wurm)

(Photo by James Piippo)

(Photo by Susan Scherbak)

Hats. Hats! Hats? Even though there are many hats pictured here , Northeast students couldn't wear them because of a dress code enacted before the second semester of 1993-94 . (P hot o by James Piippo)

Music to our ears. The pep band plays at a Northeast volleyball game Sarah Vogel and Jen Erickson lead this group (Photo

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Red Galore! Stores throughout Lincoln displayed many items to show their HUSKER Spirit. JC Penny's was just one of many (Photo by James Piippo)

Are we in the 60's? Jamie Wood displays her school spirit. Dressing as a hippie was one of the Spirit Week events. (P hoto by James Piippo )

by James Piippo)

OOH-That's attractive!!

New Fad, or just plain crazy?

by Laura Scherbak

Ouch! Talk about pain. Through the ears, nipples, nose, eyebrows, navel and even through the tongue, body piercings can be found throughout the halls of Northeast.

Pain or no pain, body piercings are all about being yourself and expressing your ideas.Junior Lafaya Helmstadter, who has a total of seven earrings in her ears, says "I wanted to be different. I didn't want to be the same as everyone else."

Students wonder if they could stand the pain of a needle going through a specific part of their body. This inhibits many people who consider getting their body pierced That thought did not overshadow the decision for junior Jody

Oltman. "The pain was pretty intense, but only for a few minutes," said Oltman. Oltman has her navel pierced.

There can also be drawbacks to having your body pierced. "It sometimes gets caught in my towel when I'm drying my hair, " commented sophomore Robert Guenter, who pierced his own eyebrow.

As they say, 'No pain, no gain. ' If you want to look cool and be yourself, sometimes you have to be tough.

(Photo by James Piippo )

No Pain No Gain

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Michelangelo 's David? No.

Tattoos are a old trend that are still hot today. Northeast is definitely no exception when it comes to tattoos. A tattoo is something that is there for life. Why would you want something that will always be there?

Come What comes to mind when and Some you hear body art? Things Go, but Tattoos are There to Stay

To be rebellious, because everyone else has them, to show your pride, or just beca use tattoos are cool?

"My dad is friends with Ralph, so I spent a lot of time in his shop (Ralph's Hungry Eye Tatoos) and that's how I got interested," said senior Sarah Lawrence.

Lawrence has a tattoo of a dolphin on both her ankle and back.

"It is an accomplishment you can do on your own without asking your parents," said Tinicia Post.

Melissa Larson, who has two tattoos, just plainly says, "they are cool."

Many ponder the idea. Is the pain worth it? "The outline was pretty painful,

but the rest wasn't that bad," commented Josh Moore. But, the end result is definitely worth all the pain."

"It hurt pretty bad. It felt like getting stung by a bee," Lawrence said.

Whether it is Michelangelo's David or a red rose, tattoo is definitely a work of art.

Daisy! Meli ssa Larse n is blooming off 1er tatto. (Photo by James Piippo )

Talk about pain! Kelly Kr o use is having fun with the new pierced carti lage. (photo by James Pippo)

Belly up! Jody Oltman is showing off her new nave l ring She clam s the pain wasn't bad (photo by James Piippo )

While in between classes Lisa Perez and Wendy Rains find time to smile for the camera ( All photos b y Jame s P ii ppo )

Whoever said 'Three 's a crowd ', obviously didn't know Susan Scherbak , Kelli Carbaugh , and Janet Dolezal who have been friends since seventh grade.

Us , having fun? NO! , says Julie Sheldon , Jenny Group , Jamie Olsen , and Lucille Berry

6/Friends

"Can you believe that? , says Tami Thornton to Arica Lamb , Alisha Lamb , and Andrea DeWald.

hey Will Be There For You, Always and Forever

By Shannon Klingler

Friends are an important necessity in life. They never leave your side, whether you are at your highest, or at your lowest. They'll always be there when you need someone to talk to, someone to listen ·to you, someone to comfort you.

Comforting is an important part

Cassie and Josie Trine were never really close until they reached high school. Yet Cassie doesn't feel she was there for Josie as much as Josie feels she was. That seems to be the way it is with lots of friends. One feels the other has been totally there, while the other feels that they haven ' t been there enough. of this bond. It always helps to have a close friend there

when you are going through a time of

crisis. Senior Josie Trine knows exactly how this works. Recently, her niece passed away due to a rare disease. Her best friend, as well

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as her sister, junior Cassie Trine, helped her through this period of crisis.

"I really appreciate having Cassie as my sister because we're there for each other as friends as well as family. " Most people would rather have a friend there for them than to go through it alone. Especially if you and your friend are very close.

It can be really hard helping a friend. It hurts us to see them hurting. Cassie says Josie was very quiet about the wbole thing, and seemed really withdrawn. Cassie wasn't sure

how to deal with that, and at one point, ran away from it.

Without friends, life would be much harder. Whether it be a family member, or just an everyday friend, it helps a great deal. Knowing you will always have a shoulder to lean on lets you know you'll always have a true friend. Friends are special people who help us carry on everyday.

What Do You Value Most About Your Friends?

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"What s tand s out the most is that my friend s will listen to me when I have problems and will cheer me up when I'm depressed ."

Erin Rau sc h Freshman

"They are there for me when I need them most. "

Jeremy Stanley Sophomore

"When I tell them so mething, they keep it to themselves. Most of all , they are alwa ys there."

Charity Dilbeck Junior

listen to m y problems, and occasionally 'take me to parties'!"

Andy Smith Senior

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Homecomi.ng '95

By Shannon Klingler

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us to viethe tory, dance led us to a "Wonderful Tonight"

e couldn't have asked for

anything better. All in one weekend we got a

great victory which was night one of two memorable nights.

The varsity football players worked hard to get this victory. Releasing a few new plays and having a great defense, they got just what they deserved, a win over the East High Spartans.

Northeast defeated East 31-7. Many students attended the homecoming

dance the following night, ready to dance their victory dance.

The dance for Homecoming '95 was just as successful as the game. With the varsity cheerleaders working together for a month and a half, many students were able to enjoy a second memorable night. Several students were proud to do just that and some were dancing on the top of the bleachers!

Congratulations royalty, organizers and the varsity football players for providing two memorable nights.

Strike a pose. The Rocket fans show their enthusiasm at the Homecom i ng game. Northeast beat East 31 to 7 (Photo b y Angie Wurm)

Watch out East. Erwin Swiney gets in on the action while the other players scramble over the ball. (Photo b y Angie Wu r m )

Say cheese! Al Taurus Mason and Tai Thomas , the freshman royalty, smile for the camera Too bad the flash was a little bright ! (Ph o to b y Su sa n Sc h erb ak)

Congrats. B J Nannen is crowned the 1995-1996 Homecoming K i ng , wh i le Hillary Alberts is crowned Homecoming Queen (P hoto b y Su s an Scherbak )

Back again. The Northeast varsity cheerleaders parade an ex-Homecoming King onto the football field for the half time show (Ph oto b y Angie Wurm)

Let us see those pearly whites! The Homecoming royalty grin and bare yet another picture perfect pose. (Photo by S usa n Scherbak) East falls. Players on the sideline frame the action on the field during the triumph over the Spartans (Photo by Angie Wurm)

It's a group thing. Northeast students gather to share a Kodak moment. Julian Lamarche enjoys posing with the girls. (P hoto by Susan Scherbak)

Here we go. Rachel West and B J. Nannen , two senior candidates for the Homecoming royalty, anxiously await the announcement of the 1995-1996 King and Queen (P hoto b y Susan Scherbak)

Feelin' the earth 111ove under their feet, Students feel pressure fron1 construction

By Emily Waller

Believe it or not, Northeast is changing again. Not for the worse, of course, but for the better.

Construction of the new media center has started on the south side of Northeast. The project should be finished in November of 1996. It

The old media center will be come a teacher work room, storage room, darkroom, English and Journalism rooms, and three more classrooms but until the noisy construction is finished Northeast students must deal with a lot of disruption.

Senior Missy Day will add eight new classrooms and two new bathrooms on the first floor.

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understand what is going on over the construction noise. Junior Shaun Baete side of the media center there will be four rooms reserved just for conferences. There will be a skylight that will allow individuals the chance to see through to the second and the third floors. On the third floor, there will be seven new classrooms.

says he thinks it will be nice to have a variety of new books providing more resources.

Also, a new schedule is in place that allows students the chance to pick what time they want to arrive at school. The school day goes from 7:05 am to 3 pm.

What Do You Think About The Extended Schedule?

" It has been pretty crowded because of hallway closings."

-Linda A heard and

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ts good if you like to wake up that early"

Summer Thomason

Let's go shopping! Lin coln Sport s and Rec is the new sportsWhooppee! Nothing better th e n a new portable at ortheast. person paradise, located at Lincoln Crossings. (Phot o by Jam es

(Photo b)' Maria Sk udlare k ) Piippo )

Read y, Set, Go! Go-karting , a nd vi deo ga me s are part of th e Champions Fun Center , th e new hot spo t in Lincoln. ( Ph o to by Jam es Piippo )

BEW A R E! This is one of the many s ig ns warning stud en ts of the librar y cons truction ( Photo by Ma ria S kudlar ek )

Running into the Wall. Lin co ln Nort heas t now ha s a n o fficial Wall of Fame from the pa st and present Student Council. ( Photo by Ma ria S kudlare k )

Howd y Stranger! The construction workers have been a fami li ar s ight on the so uth side of Northea st. (Ph o t o by Jame s Piippo )

Allison Kelton , Nate Spath , Dan Maxwell , and Sarah Douthit pose for a picture at Homecoming. (Photo by Emily Waller)

Brandon Jones smiles pretty for the camera at Homecoming (Photo by Emily Waller)

Northeast varsity band struts its stuff at the homecoming football game (Photo by Angie Wurm)

A group of Rocket students try to learn a little while visiting the library from Mrs Mathias ' class. Are they getting the job done? (Photo by Angie Wurm)

B y Air or by Train, we'll get there .... .. .

Nor theast Students

hit the ro ad du ring the summer for some exciting and adventurous tr ips , around the wor ld and close to home .

I by Emily Waller

~e students at Northeast .1. ~id a variety of activities during the summer. Three students, senior Josie Trine, and juniors

Lindsay Ash and Joe Monroe took very exciting trips.

Trine was off to Spain, feelin ' like a kid again. She stayed from June 26August 17. It wasn't her first time with this family. She was also there in March of 1994 with the

Know Your Neighbor Study

Tour.

Trine said she enjoyed hanging out at the parks, seeing the different cultures and going to the disco.

Even though there are a lot of fun things to do, there were some things she didn't enjoy. She hated that she really couldn't express her feelings even after taking four years of Spanish.

Ash had a very exciting trip to San Antonio with a national church youth gathering from July 1 - July 7. She enjoyed going and

meeting new friends. Monroe went to Florida from August 5August 9 for a soccer tournament. He said he loved the beaches. "I wouldn't want to go back. There are too many people, but the malls were great!''

So whether theywere shopping in Florida, throwing beach balls in San Antonio, or visiting discoteques in Spain, Northeast students covered the globe this summer.

Bombs Away! Eric Ru sse ll take s a flyin g lea p off the s ide of a c li ff w h ile on vacation in Mi sso uri . ( Phot o by Beau Bartlett )

Stop. Do you students have your student I.D. ' s? Heather Allen and Danae Schwaderer walk along campus. (Photo by James

What's wrong with this picture? Jesse Snyder can 't take his eyes off his Stephen King novel , while two students read it from the wrong side up (Photo by James

Chillin.' Kristine Solko and Carina Olivetti are at their locker taking it easy All play, no work. (Photo by James Piippo)

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Just hangin' around. Andrew Walz , Anthony Falk , Mrs Stockman , and Jason Yager demonstrate terrific class participation during a Movie Literature class (Photo by James Piippo).

Time out. Seniors take a pause to smile at the camWhat strength. Mario Rojas works out on a leg building era. Heather Allen , Jeffrey Wilber, Wendy Rains , Danae machine , but is careful not to wear himself out. (Photo by Schwaderer, Allicia Perez , and Stacey Chudy get toEmalea Hiller) gether for a picture. (Photo by James Piippo)

What a stud! B J Nannen shows off what he can do in the school weight room (Photo by Emalea Hiller)

Hangin' out. Jodi Standley, Kelly Allen , and Carmella Garman gather at their locker in between classes Hall passings are often used as a social time (Photo by James Piippo)

Rico suave. Kristopher Montoya puts on a smile and shows us his best features (Photo by Emalea Hiller)

Don't look now. Heidi Goeschel is dazed by the photo flash while Joshua Moore sneaks up behind he r (Photo by James Piippo)

A happy camper. Amanda Thomas shows that even homework can't bring her down (Photo by James Piippo)

Relax! Dwayne Yaeger wears his serious look at school. All work , no play. What a motto! (Photo by James Piippo)

Hippy chick. Yvette Butler shows her Northeast Rocket spirit on spirit wee k.

(Photo by James Piippo)

Talk about current events! The senior$ from the Northeastern newspaper sta t' catch up on the news. (Photo by James Piippo J

Break a sweat. Velvet Langley pauses from a strenuous game of badminton gym class to be photogenic (Photo by Emalea Hiller)

Three 's not a crowd. Hillary Alberts , Janna Barton , and Jennifer Simpson gather at their locker in the senior hallway. (Photo by James Piippo)

Ellie Mae? No , th is is just a get-up Michelle Carr is demonstrating Rocket Spirit on Spirit Week. (Photo by James Piippo)

Senior Year. What more can you say?

FEasy ~las ~es, lots of :vorking, staying out 1ate, partying hard ... That is the senior year for some ofLNE students.

But after this awesome senior year what are they going to do?

<;ollege, work, bumming around, joining the Peace Corps, the military?

Are thes~ the choices -of today's gradu!:ltes?

Senior Ward Robinson is, planning on the 'college thing ' . After he (hopefully) finishes college he might go full time in the Army. (Robinson is currently a Private in the United States Army Reserve).

When asl<ed what he'll be doi,;ng in twenty years he stated, " I'll be retiring from ~the Army. " ·

Senior Kfli Crouse has other plans.

Her plans you ask - nothing. Crouse plans on playing around and maybe doing odd part-time jobs.

She hopes after fifteen years she will have completed some higher education.

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•••••• ABSOLUTELY NOT! " was her response to the question if she would be married or have kids oy then.

If she ever gets boredher plan is to join the Peace Corps. Well, take a pick. Wha.t are you going to do after this memorable 95-96 senior year?

So, whatever your Senior year brings you, be it joy and happiness, or heartache anq stress, good luck in your future plans.

And don 't forget to live the life you love.

Surprise ! Andy Smith is caught off guard by the yearbook camera , walking down the hallway to class (Photo b y Emalea Hiller)

9 :45 Rush Students hurry to their classes , trying to beat the crowd in the senior hallway Wouldn 't want to be late!

(Photo b y Ja me s Pi i ppo )

Saying good-bye

Senior memories range from zits to de-pantsings

If you could go back, what would you change?

The class of 1996 will always have memories to remind them of the years they attended Northeast. Whether it be their most embarrassing mishap, their most unforgettable moment, or their proudest accomplishment, it will stay with them forever.

Looking back on these memories, some may laugh, some may be proud, or some may even be a little bit embarassed. Howe ver, they are held on to dearly as experiences shared with friends and peers. They will most likely be reminesced for years to come.

Take, for example, the hallway incidents that have been witnessed by some of the seniors. "Once, one of my girlfriends grabbed a girl's butt whpe she was bent over the water fountain. The girl wasn't the only one that was mortified. So was my friend when she realized it wasn't who she thought!" commented Shayna Miller.

Trisha Kirkpatrick remembers what she found amusing. "One of my best friends was depantsed in our sopohmore gym class.''

Although we all laugh, we must admit that it happens to the best of us. Su-

san Scherbak tells us, "Once J.D. farted and attempted to blame it on me. I was so embarrassed!"

Sarah Thege says, "My sophomore year I was walking to the computer lab from Mrs. Siedel's class. I dropped my disk and bent over to pick it up at the same time a cute senior did. He looked up and just stared at me. It was then that I noticed the front of my dress was unbuttoned."

Carina Olivetti recalls her most memorable moment. "I got my first zit."

But this doesn't necessarily mean that the most memorable moments experienced at Rocket High were humiliating. There were some prideful experiences also. When Jeremy Gaver was asked what his proudest achievement was, he replied, "I'm graduating!" Raegan Miller had to agree.

Trisha Kirkpatrick tells us, "Going out for the bowling team was my biggest accomplishment." She made it, too!

Julie Sinner says, "What I am most proud of is that I made it to my senior year without failing a class. That is surprising to me, because I hardly ever showed up!"

Well, the class of 1996 didn't fail. Graduation is here and a sigh of relief is let out.

Nevertheless, Northeast will be missed. The crowded hallways, the rushed lunches, the gym classes, and the friends. But keep in mind, Seniors, this doesn't mean it's all over. The years may be gone, but not forgotten.

"I wouldn't have been so worried about what others thought of me."

-Angela Dierking

"I would've had more fun and enjoyed myself better."

-Jon Mehlmann

"I would've applied myself a little more."

-Shannon Sardeson

"I wouldv!e taken college entry courses.''

-Chad Epperson

SEx AND TEENS

By Pamela Storm, 1996 ROCKET Editor Opi n ion

As I sit here attem.pting to inform There are always a lot of talk anyone on sex, I begin to wonder, what shows about teen pregnancies, or do I know that hasn't been heard a mil- teens and peer preasure. lion times before. I know when I happen to catch Lets talk about sex. ....... one of these shows I just want to Birth Control, sexually transmitted la ugh, bediseases, HIV, AIDS, pregnancy. All r--....;._---------, cause none of of these are topics to think about con- ,iPersonally I haven't that stuff cerning the subject of sex. could ever h k . . had sex because I

As a teenager if you are t in mg happen to me about engaging in sexual activities haven't found the right or any of my you should think about conse- guy." friends Well quences first. that is what

Even though you may think that everyone everyone is having sex, they're not. -Annonymous wants to A lot of teens may be, but not all. In a think anysmall survey done in a Northeast way. During the course of our high High School classroom, 10 out of 17 school years we see that we are not teenagers have engaged in sexual ac- always immune to everything that tivities. we see on t.v.

For those students who haven't en- Being educated about what gaged in sexual activities it is because can happen when you engage in high they haven 't found the right person, risk activities is what can save your moral values, or they just aren 't inter- life, or prevent you _ from accidently ested yet. causing another. Does

Will you regret it in the future?

Is it what you want?

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Who Pays?

You're finishing your dinner and the waiter places the check on the table . You look at your date, your date looks at you. Who pays?

If you're like most high school students you are trying to conserve your small cash flow. Dating often takes a big chunk out of that flow. Traditionally, the guy pays for all of the date, but is it really fair to impede so much onbis finances? Some say yes, some say no.

"I'm a woman of the 90's. After all, it is 1996, there is no reason that I can't take a guy out to dinner,11 said senior Lisa Burnett. With the women's movement, many women find it only- fair and sometimes fun to treat.

Others feel that the traditional way is the way to go. "The guy just should pay for the date," saidfreshman Rachel Jahn.

Or, if you don't want to use all of one person's money you can split the bill or take turns paying the bill. Taking turns riayingthe bill is the way that senior Jamie Davidson likes to go. 'I don ' t think the guy or girl should pay all the time, they should take turns,"Davidson says.

Of course there are cheaper alternatives. Lincoln with its many beautiful parks and museums offers many no cost romantic d 9tes. Ma1<ing dinner and spending the evening in front of a roaring fire is also an inexpensive and romantic date. All are romantic dates that will keep your love life going without bankrupting your bank book.

By Allison Ebke

Smile Sweetie ! Sophomores Darren Gunter and Ali s on O'Toole s mile for the camera ( photo by Pam Storm)

How 's th e wea th e r up t h ere? Height d oes n ' t see m to be a problem fo r se n io rs Tracy Wee r s a nd Aaron Schwindt.< ph o to b y Pa m S to rm )

It doesn't hurt

Whoisthatmaskedman? Sophomore Nick Smith poses as Rocket Man at

that bad! Senior Heidi Bornemeier bravely faces the needle at the Student Council blood drive (photo by James Piippo)

the fall pep rally (photo by James Piippo)

Curfews, do you have one?

Are you in early or late?

By Pamela Storm and Lisa Burnett

Parents of teenagers are often overprotective of their childn~ One way of showing this protectiveness is to give teens c11 fews.

Parents have the ideology that if their teens are home by curft time, they won't get in any trouble. But as many of us know, if th( ·r~ I is trouble to be found, we can find it. I

Curfews come in a variety of ranges from early to late. A :1c unless you are one of those lucky teens that don't necessarily ha v a curfew, we know that coming home on time is a necessity. ThE rt' is nothing like the feeling of being at home grounded on a Frid l\ or Saturday night because of a missed curfew.

There are a few parents out there who are a little understandir g ' Like when special occasions come up and parents decide that J lC~ harm would be done if they let their teens stay out a few hours lab~ And if you promise to clean your room and do the dishes for f 1e next week, along with some begging, maybe even a few mo r generous hours would be added.

Personally my favorite way to get my parents to let me out )f the house is to tell them that if I leave then they can have somE time to themselves without an annoying teenager to bug them This idea usually appeals to them. But beware, parents are weird and can have some tricks ~p their sleeve.

choolwork! Susie Hague is in the merger 1b hard at work. Many students took dvantage of the many computer labs ,hoto by Pamela Storm)

Why so cheesey? What could Mrs Siedel be smiling about? (photo b y Pamela Storm)

Who is #1? Missy Schomaker, Ginger Venhaus, Chad Epperson, and Megan Davis are trying to tell us someone is #1 , but who could it be? (photo by James Piippo)

Dazed and Confused? Alicia Folsom looks a little confused as she is being photographed off guard (photo by Pamela Storm)

37/Snapshots

Three Down, One to Go!

In search of answers, a few Northeast juniors were asked questions about crucial issues.

"Everyone else is early and the clocks are wrong! " -Becky Kisling.

Q: If you could create

A: "Nap Time. Don't sleep, don't pass the class. " -Scott Meyers

"Diff Resource."Tra vis Solano

Q: What was your best excuse for telling a teacher why you were late?

What are you looking forward to most your senior year?

ing moment at Northeast?

Q: What has been your most embarrassa new class at Northeast, what would it be?

A: "I wore a skirt to school one day. I was walking outside to the portables. It was windy

"A closer parking spot!" Amanda Gardner out, my skirt flew up and flashed everyone behind me. " -Megan

A: "I put my underwear on backwards. " -Nat e Fleg el.

Rob er ts

"I was walking down the stairs and I slipped and fell. Holly Kroese was laughing so hard she fell with me." -Charity Dilbeck

Above: Here comes the next Calvin Klein model. Felix Rivas Sanchez poses for the camera. (ph oto by Em a lea Hiller )

Right : Lucky you! Vicki has the time of her life just chillin ' in the with the boys , Ryan Masek and Ryan Wiess. (ph oto by E ma lea Hill er )

Below: Wake up sleepy head! B en Shelton

Left: Show us a ll you got! R omeika Thompson poses pretty for the camera. You go gir l ! (photo by J a me s Piippo)

Below: Just kicking it! Karla Grove hanging in the h allway after sc ho ol. (phot o by E malea Hiller )

A bove: What are you looking at punk! Graham Svendsen looking at the camera as he was walking down th e hall. (p hoto by Ema lea Hiller ) 39/Junior Intro.

If you could be an animal, what would it be?

"A turtle, because I worship them."

-Ben Shelton

"The two-headed monster from Sesame Street."

-Danielle Koonce

"A cat, so I can sneak around."

-Lynette Prasnicki

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-James Steinman

-Kathy Weber

piranha; because they're feared, and I like to be feared. That's why all my girlfriends like me."

"A duck-billed platypus because everyone likes them."

Matt Kahler sneak s around the corner in the Science wing (photo by Ema lea Hiller)

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-Erwin Swine y

''David James Elliot from Jag 11

-Jessica Fujan

'Ross Perot 11

-Brooke Johnson

Timothy Gans

Amanda Gardner

Jamie Garner

Jeremi e Garrison

Shannon Gellatly Noella George

Matthew Goeken

Jami Goff

Luis Graterol

Erin Green

Elizabeth Greenlee

Leia Grubb

Nathanial H ame l

Jennifer Hammer

Faith Han se n

Tascha Hard y

Andrew H arr is

Jeramiah H arris

Jeff H asse

Joshua H aun

Tami Haydon

Lafaya Helmsta dter

Robert Hendri ckson

Ashlie Henke

If you could have a date with anybody, who would it be?

"Lisa Turtle"

-Roger Muir

"Jim Carey, because I would never be bored and he is the most interesting man I have seen in a long time."

-Jillian Morse

Say Cheese! Kelly Hum eniak flashes a bright smile while passing in the hallways. ( Photo by EmaleaHiller )

Find anything interesting? Becky Ki s lin

paper in the library. (Photo by Emalea Hiller )

Angelina Hern a nd ez

Hi cks Meg Hild e nbr a ndt

Hill er

Hiller Arie Ho ll and

Tiare H o rswill

Howe ll

Hum e ni ak -

Hur s t

Jacques Michael J enn in gs

Johnson Bethany Johnson

Joh n son

Joh n so n

Travi s Jones Trevo r Jones

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Kelton J en nife r Kimmons David Kinn ey

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a Ko hlman Danielle Koo nce

Kozak H o ll y Kroese Shawn Krog h

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Ludemann

Luff Nicole Mad se n

Mah affey

Roxanna McKibben

4 3/Juniors

cla ss, cutie s! Angie Waterbur y, Kelly Brinkman , Mindy Lemon , Megan Robert s and Laura Scherbak

picture before going to cla ss (Photo b y Emalea Hiller)

DOMINATING JUNIORS

Above: Charity Dilbert and Ryan Flanders stop for a quick picture.

Left: R aise yo ur hand s if you're s ure!

s show s u s her spirit.

Bottom: Lind say A s h and L aura

s stop fo r a friendly littl e pose

J e rome W y lie M atthe w Zeige r Jon Zepf Melissa Zephier

Carey Jacque

(Photo b y Jame s Piippo )

Evan

(Photo by Ema lea Hiller )

Jennifer Wo lf Joseph Wollen Sh a nn o n Wo ll e n

ames Woo dward Rya n Worley J ennifer Wr ig ht Vannessa Wright Mich e lle Wurm

J eff Zimmerman Michelle Z o llicoffer

48/Juniors

Look at her starry smile! Brooke Johnson performs at the Booster

B last-Off (photo by James Piippo)

Put on your thinking cap! Eugene Arguello stops for a moment of s ilence (photo by Emalea Hiller)

Come on, Todd, show us your smile! Todd Brauch cooperates for a picture in the hallways (photo by James Piippo)

on't smile or your face will crack! Jonathon Marriner sits undisturbed (photo by Emalea Hiller)

Tm open and ready for the pass' says Ben Pederson. (Photo b y James Piippo)

Celeste Lawson and Doug Miles are w , walk in to see who was chosen as Hom ( royalty. (P ho to by S u san Scherbak)

Jerrad Allen pauses from a hurried trip to class (Photo by Pam Storm)

Sophomores Kacy Standley, Amanda Kirkland , Matt Garnett get caught up in the traffic in the sophomore hallway (Pho to by Pam Storm)

/Jres Movin,~i,· YT!

.· from the class of :9§ :' w-ere excited to p~omores because tbey:ewere no longer at the bottom of the ladder. ./ ':

"It's not so 00 intimidating anymore," is how Michelle Peterfexplains being a sophomore.

Sophomore Justin Hertzel related his most memorable m6ment to sports.

"Itwas ·at feeling to go to state in football for the first ip ,twelve years," H~fi~eisaid.

"Playin first year of varsity basketball is what made ophomore year the most memorable," stated Mike Hahn. ,

On the other hand, Jackie Oliver relates it to academics. ·

e honor roll makes it,most ause many stfidents:don' t liver said. ;c•A ugh athletics, a~~d.e¥cs, or t, the sophomore class knows how

-By J~net Dolezal

All Teeth! Melissa Eisenberg sure can smile when she knows that her picture is about to be taken. (photo b Jao Piippo)

"I

uck, Goose!

Travis Hardesty

Michelle Hardy

Amberly Harrell

Seth Hanington

Shawna Harvey

Jill Hattan

Jennifer Haydon

Dana Heikes

Sam Heinicke

Amon Helm tadter

Stacie Helmstadter

Jay Hendrickson

Amber Heninger

Amber Henkenius

Mandy Hernandez

Justin Hertzel

Kristian Hespen

Lee Hicks

Jacob Highsmith

Benjamin Hike

Andrew Hill

Nicole Hladik

Shana Hoffman

Sara Hoffman

Matthew Holland

David Holmer

Molly Holton

Joshua Hopping

Melissa Horton

Frederick Howard

Amy Hromas

Denelle Huffman

Janet Hurst

Yalanda Hutchins

Rachelle Irwin

Elizabeth Jackson

Shane Jackson

Kristin Jacobson

Jennifer Jaeger

Dennis Johnson

Jeremy Just

Staci Justus

Kaylene Kempe

Arny Kielion

Teresa King

Sara Kinstler

Amanda Kirkland

Shannon Klingler

NicholasKJosterboer

James Koch

Kevin Koch

Evan Kuchera

Jason Kuhn

Reb ecca Kutschkau

Taryne Ladd

Jeremiah Lahm

Jason Lake

Luc Lamarche

Benj amin Langston

Lanta Latham

Melinda Latzel

Rachel Lawrence

Celestine Lawson

Christina Lewien

"Stripecl~horts with tights! worn by a guy! "

,

-Dan Brown

nRainbow

" - B.J . Brown

Kari ssa Stephen s

Donielle Stetso n

TJ Ste vens

Meli ssa Stickney

Dawnell Stoki

Megan St o ner

Jamie Stratton

Elizabeth Stripling

Christopher Stuchl

Christian Summers

Mitchell Tessendorf

Juli e Th a i

Brian Therri en

Nicholas Th omas

Summer Th omaso n

Ke v in Thurmond I

Amy Ti c h ota

I Aaron Trauernicht !

Ashley Truong

Christina Turner

Kath eri ne Turn e r

Jerry Tzen g

Davi d Vanwey

Lin sey Venhaus

Travis Vosler

Paul Vukich

Rebecca Walker

Dylan Walter

Andrea Walters

Andre W a tso n

Justin Web s te r

M a tthew W ege lin I I

Hea th er Weiler

Andrew W e n z l

Jenny We s tri c k

Sarah Whe e ler

John Wil so n

Joseph Win grove

J e nnifer With a m

Joshua W o lff

J ess ica W ood rum

Ke ll y Woods

T essa Yo nek ura

Nate Zabel

Tre nto n zessin

Kimberlie Bridges and Missy Allen live up to the statement- "Friends Forever! "

(Photo by Pamela Storm.)

Adam Dixon shows off hi s Nebraska spir as journeys down the hallway. (P hoto by Pamela orm

frisha Kirkpatrick and Charlene De Busk just ove each other to bits! (Photo b y James Piippo .)

"Hey u rn, ca n I get some se rvi ce around he~e? " asks Andy Smith as Su sa n Scherbak drinks up (P hoto by James Piippo)

Why a r en ' t you in class? Roslyn

Louis and Jazi Bradford take a break from their strenuous schedules.

(Photo by Pamela S torm )

Malika Rice t akes tim e out from her hard wo rk in the library. (Photo by James Piippo)

Jenny Safarik sh ows n o signs of fea r as she is about to give bl ood. (Photo b y James Piippo )

Amanda Thoma s s mil es w hil e ta kin g a break from w orkin g o n h e r pro jec t.

(Photo by James Piippo.)

Big change for Little People!

For many students the change from junior high to high school can be a tramatic one. Some students handle the change better than others. Alot of the freshmen said that they loved high school. They like meeting all kinds of new people and the variety of classes you can take. Others like all the different sports you can try out for. Many other students feel quite differently. Some students feel that this school is just too big, and that there is too many students. Others hate the fact that they get picked on just because they're freshmen and feel that the pressure to "fit in " high school is alot greater than it was in junior high.

-By: Amanda Meyers

Rackets up! Ton y John so n think s h e m ig ht m a k e th e Nor th eas t te nn is tea m , but m ay b e n o t. (photo b y Em a l e a H i ller)

Working hard? Jerom e Theire n is be in g lazy b y takin g a brea k durin g hi s ve ry ph ys i cal gy m class (photo b y Ma ria Sk udlare k )

Stay focused! Brooke Hei se tries to concentrate while pumping iron in gym class. (photo by Emalea Hiller )

Gab time Wasting time in class is a favorite passtime of Ashley Bau stert.( photo by Emalea Hiller )

Chloe Diegel

Erik Dies s ner Justin Dilley

Erika Dinsmore Gavin Donaldson

David Dondlinger

Adam Donner

Candice Dowd

Deena Doyle Samuel Durant

Amber Durflinger Kathryn Edwards

Nicholas Ehrisman Du st in Emanuel Dana Ems

James Engel

Aaron Engstrom

Maralee Enns

Tonisha Erving Michael Evans

Amber Fanders

Candace Fanders Jenny Panders

Amanda Fi sc us Tanya Fisher

Re becca Flegel

Phillip Fleming

Fletcher Brandon Flewelling

Lukas Fo ss berg

Tiffiney Fox

Michelle Franzen

Tammy Friese n Destiny Fritc hie

Elisha Fritchie

Derek Fry

Kyle Fuller

Bridget Furry

Robert Gallagher

Dana Garrett

Elizabeth Garrison

Matthew Gartzke

Nicole Gayed

Jeremy Gianchetta

Angela Goebel

Jason Goodwin

Hons Graewe

Amy Gray

Amanda Greening

Andrea Grell Alison Group Aaron Guenter Frank Guerra

Ruslan Gumenyuk

Adam Hall

Nicholas Halsted

Candy Halte

Jason Hansen

Megan Hansen

Scott Harde sty

Nathan Harr

67/Freshmen

Sabrina Kotschwar

Stacie Kotschwar

Sara Kozak

Nicole Kozisek

Jamie Kramer

Brandy Kroese

Scott Kruce

Ryan Krueger

Amanda Kucera

Tessa Kunkel

Stacie Lager

Ashley Lamb

Calvin Land

Britt Lander

Megan Lange

Amanda Larson

Matthew Larson

Elizabeth Lauritzen

Erika Lawrence

James Laws III

Diem Le

Luyen Le

Tien Mong Le

Joshua Leber

Philip Leick

Tracy Lenhoff

Simone Lenz

Terra Liebers

Brookley Lind Olsen

Benjamin Loos

Stacey Loos

Eddie Love

April Luedtke

Brian Luhr

Kristen Lundquist

Craig Lundy

Tammy Lyons

Melissa Mager

Tracy Mahlberg

Khoi Mai

Michelle Malcom

Antonio Marino

Nate Marker

Piper Marsh

David Martin

Jose Martinez

Megan Mashek

Tee Mason

Eugene Mason

Mike Maxson

Jason Mayr

Erin McCauley

Robert McCown

Shannen McCoy

Deveriou McCray

Dylan McKeever

Batrina McKinney

Dani McLaughlin

R.P. McMackin

Kayla McPike

Amy Mead

Angie Meints

Shannon Meister

Maria Menjivar

69/Freshmen

Jenn y Rodwe ll

Jenica Ro land

Eri c Rothe

Becky Rowe

Matthew Roy

Will Rud o lph

Marvin Rumery

Laura Safarik

Ca sey S am uel s

Jacob Samuelson

Roc hell e Sanford

Marina Santos

Amber Scherbak

Megan Scherer

David Schilke

Mic Schluckebier

Br ya n Sch midt

Jill Schmieding

Ann Schneider

Tammy Scholl

Stephanie Schwaninger

Matthew S chwe itzer

Shawn Scribner

John Shafer

Ju st in Shandera

Jedidiah Sheldon

Elizabeth Siebe

Kristen Simpson

Stefanie Sindel

Benjami n Simek

Be th Smith

Tra vis Smith

Dav id Snyder

Matthew S oderquist

Carissa S o dori s

Elisabeth Spataro

Mandi Spen cer

Dav id Spidel

Jake Squires

Brenda Staack

Amber Sta nard

Michael Sta nle y

Chad Stein

Anita Stelzer

Zeb Stepa nek

Jamie Ste ve ns

Ro bert Ste ve nso n

Jon Stinson

Megan St o rer

Christopher Sto rm

C o urtne y Stuke nholtz

Emily Stukenh o ltz

Anne Stutzman

Anne St ysk al

D av id Sutter

Jason S wa nd a

Travis Swearingian

Joni Tanner

Jamie Ta ylor

Beck y Teel e

Jim Tellier

Aaron Terry

Elly Te ss endorf

Jennifer Th o ma s

71/Freshmen

is

really want to have

alty! Tai Thompson and Tee Mason were the freshmen representaives for Homecoming 95-96. (photo by Susan Scherbak)

Where

he? Josh Roberts didn't

his picture taken, so he tried to hide behind the tennis racket. (photo by Emalea Hiller)

74/Snapshots

You want the photo when? That could be the question posed by ROCKET photographer Sharon Gr iggs.

Raegen Miller and Kelly Allen are busy delivering

ggs)

Frozen in time. Varsity volleyball players Jamie Volzke , Laura Evans and Jodi Standley get ready on the back row to receive the serve (photo by James P iippo)

Santa's helpers. James Piippo , Michelle Carr and Jenny Safarik wait in line to talk to Santa about their holiday gift list. (photo by James Piippo)

Time Changes It All

• • • • • • • • •

Teaching has changed a lot in the last 10 to 20 years and so has the equipment You don't see as much book teaching as there once was

Many teachers have been in college for 5 or 6 years as opposed to 3 or 4. Teachers today teach about the real world when 10 years ago they taught what was practical and went with the flow of all the other teachers. They now use different mediums like TV, VCR's instead of movie projectors and slide shows.

Along with this, teachers also have more job security, they are given seniority and tenure There is also a down side to the profession. They are underpaid and really have to work for their money. They have some unruly students and problems with old equipment, but they stay out of a love for their profession.

Passing through time. Mrs Davis looks into the future of LNE. (All photos by James Piippo)

Over the years, teaching has changed,but we are still getting the education we need.

Coming back for more. Mr. Wilks -returns for another hard days work

Hello, are you there? Mrs Schwaninger talks to a very important person.

- By Ben Hurt

Back we go! Mr Waters returns to his class after picking up materials.

They are here to help you and lead you down the correct path ...

They Just

Want to Help

''They are cool and they help learn a lot and they' r~ nqt afraid to put me in the yearbook."

Tor;r, Voss Freshman

"Some of them are cool and act like they know what they' re doing, then all the others just get on my nerves."

Hey all you Northeasterners! Did you know about all the great faculty members we have? They all tie into one category, helping us. Each faculty member has specific jobs to fulfill and accomplish, but these jobs are what help us move ontothenextgrade,oreven to college.

For those of you who eat lunch on campus, the lunch staff is there to serve, and they are happy to do their job.

Administration steps in when problems have gone beyondthecontrolofany~ one else, while campus supervisors try to keep problems such as fights , skipping class, etc., to a minimum.

These are just a few of the many things faculty do for us, so take time to stop and say thanks to all your favorite staff! They would love to hear from you!

''They are helpful, considerate,and sometimes they jazz the class up by different teacHing methods."

Angelina

"Their availa~ility to a,nswer questions no matter how much they want another cup of coffee."

Sari Wheeler Sophomore

Hernandez Junior

Bobby Gill Senior

-B y Sh a nnon Klingler

Just loungin' around. Bob Fensler and Kevin Lightner decide to sit back and take a break (Photo by Mark Gonnerman)

and every one of tliem liave 6een tlirougli

Terry Abrahams

Tina Adams

Kari Amen

Jean Bartels

Daryl Blue

Charles Bowling

Deb Brethouwer

Dan Bulling

John Burke

Elaine Caster

Sharon Cech

B ruce Chapman

Fran Colon

Rick Collura

Laurie Collingham

B rien Connealy

R andy Connot

Susan Comish

Ken Cornwell

R obert Curtright

James D anson

D onna D avis

P am D avis

D ebbie D oling

B ob Els

J udy Faubel

B ob Fensler

Sue Fensler

Andrea Fike

Alex Fischer

'Eacli

a{l liigliscliool coffege, and tlien 6acl(again ...

Margit Fischer

Beth Franzen

Bob Freese

Diane Gaines

Pat Gatzemeyer

Sandy Genrich

Vicki Guenter

Cristin Haake

Julie Haffey

Becky Halm

Paula Hanneman

Jeff Hansen

Nellie Harms

Sorel Haruf

Marci Hauck

Darl a Haugerud

Marge Hillhouse

Sharon Holliday

Cathy Honecker

Caroline Hug

D ave Hunter

Leland Jacobs

Cristina Jensen

Candy Johnson

Melinda Johnson

Susan Johnson

Ruby Johnson

Doug Kaltenberger

Ken Kaser

Lynn Kaufmann

6ut tliey came 6acK_}y tlieir own decision, not

Anne Kennedy

Kate Kennedy

Karen Killham

Jeff Klintberg

Marge Kneifl

Chuck Kreiekemeier

Janet Lafollette

Dan Larson

Tammy Lind

Jeremy Lloyd

Marsha Lynch

Don Mach

Jim Mann

Shelli Mann

Melanie Maraman

Sherry McCraine

Leta McGinnis

Rex Mercer

DeEtta Merritt

Pam Mitchell

Leslie Moore

Burke Morrow

Patty Mundorf

Mike Musil

Bobbie Myers

Deborah Myers

Annette Nash

Lynn Nickel

Karen Oliver

W allisann Peck

SO/Faculty

efse.

Bernie Peters

Karen Poore

Arda Pounds

La Jean Price

Judy Quiring

Donna Rall

Mindy Reed

Barb Romberg

Dana Rossow

Barb Sahling

Georgia Sarroub

Lynn Schoening

Liz Schulenberg

Jolene Schwaninger

Claudine Scott

Helen Sellentin

Marty Shields

Toni Siedel

David Smith

Nancy Smith

John Snoozy

Jill Snyder

Chris Soucy

Adell Stiles

Diane Stockman

Karen Stolzer

Janice Strange

Clayton Streich

Lynn Thorsheim

Skip Thomas

6ecau.se tliey were forced to 6y someone

Vicky Thompson

Mary Tompkin

Cindy Tyrell

Jason Varga

Sandy Vercellino

Janet Wellman

Sarah Wiederholt

Judy Wieser

Jerry Wilks

Paula Williams

Linda Wright

Bill Wrightsman

Nancy Wurm

Brenda Zabel

they are here to {ead us through liigli scliooL

Can you help me? Mr. Perry helps Sarah Vogel with a project. (photo by James Piippo)

Hey you, stop! Mrs. Toftul sees someone she wants to talk to down the hall. (photo by Emalea Hiller)

Here's looking at you! Mrs. Stockman takes the time to stop and smile (photo by James Piippo)

The world goes 'round. Mrs. Sellentin explains the location to her students (photo by James Piippo)

What'cha doin'? Mr. Larson is caught off guard strolling the halls (photo by Mark Gonnerman)

Who's in trouble? Mrs. Mathias , Craig Greenwood , and a sherriff 's deputy stop and smile for the camera.

by Jan:,es Piippo)

Let's get together. Mrs. Brown , senior Brandy Spale, and senior Autumn Jay work on something decorative.

(photo by James Piippo)

(photo

Although Lexi Wallen is up on the beam by herself, she has the support of her team as the net under her.

Ben Sintek (67), Tim Weller (51) and Scott Hardesty (20) work hard for the freshman team and the future of Northeast football.

Ben Haney and B.J. Klimm have to take a time out after a hard meet to catch their breath.

The varsity girls basketball team sits and listens to what Coach Clark has to say before returning to play Southeast.

7(HERE IS NO I IN 7rEAl\\1

For each year of schoo}, another year of sports start. Changes are made , on coaching .staffs and teams. Everyofle gives their all to make it the best~ "Because if someone is lazy, we as a team make sure they get their act together 'cause if you practice lazy then you will play during a game lazy," said Ryan Shuman, cross country, track, and basketball star.

"Practicing as a team gives everyone support and motivation for when you an~ swimming individu-· ally," said Laura Scherbak, swimmer.

· by LeAnn Becker

(photos by James Piippo· and Susan Scherbak)

Tariro Chinwadzimba said ; "You always have to take a break after working hard like me."

_, Practicing paid off for Tina Baxter'. The volleyball team went to state in her senior year.

IITiNG

by LeAnn Becker (all photos by Susan Scherbak)

ohn McVay needles, I'm not any to visit him during his started to feel more," said John. recovery. sick after the The news of McVay's Coach Mark King Southeast game. illness made the team didn't expect any less He could no from the team. One longer walk without "lseemore,(oathebench)than day during a bad prachis right hip hurting. theguysplgying (onthefield) .u tice King was frusHe was admitted to ·· Joe Poinde~ter trated and halfthe hospital where he mooned the entire stayed for a week. His team. It made the doctor told him that team laugh and they he had a staph infec- unsure of the season. lost the stress. tion. John then under Even though he was not Playing without went drainage of the there to play, the team stress was a key for the infected area and was wore his #30. Rockets as they imthen put on antibiotics The team also went proved to finish 4-6. which he had to inject h

in is arm three times a

day. "If I was afraid

The first game of the season was against Tony VanHorn, #74, is big, bad and ready.

Southeast. ltwascloseallthewaythrough If he 's not , Eric Russell , #44, can do the

of but SE won by one point. job.

Chris Turner heads up to the line to "crush some bones. "

Blocking for the quarterback is Dave Schwerdtfeger, #73 , who says,"There is nothing better than beating East."

In the Lincoln Journal Star, #2

Swiney was said to be leading

hea into the playoffs

Varsity Front

Whitten

Third

Lightner

Back

Quarterback B J. Nannen is happy after throwing a touchdown pass to Amon Helmstadter.

Northeast scored their first touchdown against Southeast and the score stayed close

One guy is down , but Nick Effie and Dwayne Yaeger are out for revenge

Row (L to R):Student Manager Nate Milker , David Mercer , Andy Longoria , Chad Cessna , Jason Nelson , Graham Svendsen , Dwayne Yager , Student Manager Randy Forman

Second Row : Coach Kevin Schrad , Willie Craft, Adam Mickle, Nate Flegel , Justin Hertzel, Dustin Fletcher, Amon Helmstadter , Matt Beetem , Eric Russell , Joe Poindexter , Jason Francke , Coach Gordon

Row : Coach Jim Danson , Erwin Swiney , Aaron Schwindt , John McVay, Nick Effie, Ryan Masek, Chris Turner, B J. Nannen , Cody Downey , Jake Stutzman , Ryan Wiess , Jeremy Bender , Coach Keven

Row : Coach Mark King , Graeme Dodworth, Jason Bruns , Chris Kubes , Jeff Zimmerman , Anthony Wilkason , Tony Van Horn , Bryan Gunter, Bobby Gill , Dave Schwerdtfeger , Danny Williams, Coach Clayton Heath.

l1IE A\M\?

••••••••••

"You don't usually see a 6'4", 165 lb. guy running the ball, but Jeremy Peterson did," laughed reserve running back and free safety Chris Summers. That wasn't the only weird thing that happened this season on the reserve team, however.

"Tony Tran meditates before every game. He's hilarious. He's kind of our motivator," stated Summers. Neither of the teams

did as well as they had hoped. JV middle linebacker and guard Adam Mickle felt their losses to Southeast and Lincoln High were difficult to accept. Summers agreed adding, "It's kind of embarrassing losing to a team (Waverly) 506."

-by Angie Wurm

••••••••••••••••••

Contrary to popular belief , these guys are not camels , but playing as hard as these JV players would tend to make a person thirsty.

Quarterback Bryson Davenport #20 waits for the snap as the offensive line gets ready to block.

Dan Brown #86 , makes a tremendous tackle while teammates Joel Cornwell #40 , and Tony Tran #55 look on.

(All photos by James Piippo)

Who has the ball? Not even the other team knows ! Maybe it 's Nate Flegel # 52 , or maybe it 's David Mercer# 8

In the reserve football game against Norris , Travis Vosler #68 , and Harold Standley #58 leave the scene of an awesome tackle.

Theron Ahlman , #22 ,walks over to talk to Coach Heath after a streestul play.

IEXCUSIE M\IE?

• •••••••••••••••••

"Even though we aren 't doing as well as we want ,there are things I will take with me from this season. I will never forget the guys I played with. We are one."

Adam Mickle sophomore

••••••••••••••••••

11 Football's not a life or death sport. Just remember: The sun will come up tomorrow!"

Chris Summers sophomore

••••••••••••••••••

Even it they are injured , the reserve players support each other as evidenced by Mike Chapman #83 on the sideline

Even though it may look like JV player Travis Selzer #38 is being tackled , it 's all part of his scheme to help the Rockets win

Junior Varsity

Front Row (L to R): Ronnie Rothe, David Mercer, Willie Craft , Jeff Poindexter, Andy Ficke, Theron Ahlman , Clifford Brye.

Second Row : Coach Clayton Heath, Brandon Jones, Nate Flegel, Adam Mickle, Erin Green, Bryan Selix, Travis Selzer, Greg Sell , Ryan Worley , Coach Jim Danson.

Back Row : Pat Schafer, Ryan Scharf, Chris Turner, Graeme Dodworth, Chris Kubes , Jeremy Stanley, Jason Bruns, Jamie Lind , Jeff Zimmerman, Matt Sell.

Reserve

Front Row (L to R) : Gabe Beltran, Chris Summers , Corey Savage, Brandon Gemmell, J.R. Koch , Jesse Nelson, Tony Tran , Travis Vosler.

Second Row : Coach Lynn Schoening , Nate Zabel, Alan Morehead, Andy Hill, Tony Dolezal, Gene Gillam , Tim Mika, Harold Standley, Jason O'Connor , Matt Curtis, Coach Joel Cornwell.

Back Row : Lyman Baete, Mike Chapman, Dan Brown, John Allen , Jeremy Peterson, Jon Rivera, Mike Dreezen , Bryson Davenport , Jeremy Just, Mike Ausdemore. 89/Reserve Football

The

AWAY TO STARIDOM

by Beau Bartlett

The Freshman football team had a memorable year in 1995. The black team registered wins against Millard North and Beatrice early in the season. Theyendedtheseason with a 3-4 record. "No matter what, the team always played hard," said Jed Sheldon.

photos by James Piippo

The white team beat Raymond Central and the Southeast Gold and had a 3-1 record before joining the black team.

"The coaches preached determination and intensity throughout the season," Michael Hibbing said.

90/Freshman Football

White team gears up for a big game ahead It looks like nerves have the best of Jim Tellier.

The defense looks ready to shut down the offense of Raymond Central as the Rockets roll to a 42-6 victory

Freshmen Black

Front Row (L to R) : Jesse Warboys, Marvin Rumery, Trinidad Ortiz, Ben Highsmith, Jason Hansen , Larry Nash , David Kanne.

Second Row : Coach Jason Cetak, Matt Cartwright , David Schilke, Derek Johnson , Craig Lundy, Mike Stanley, Erik Burback, Josh Michaud, Jason Swanda, Coach Dwain Borchers.

Back Row: Patrick Howard, Carlos Gill, Mark Rathe, Jeff Baker, Taylor Keefe, Ryan Hicks, Jed Sheldon, Corey Williams.

Freshmen White

Front Row (L to R): Ben Meyer, Kevin Potts , Justin Bloom , R.P. McMackin , Matt Schweitzer. Second Row : Coach Dereck Lambert , Michael Hibbing , Jim Tellier , Scott Kruce , Eric Delano , Calvin Land , Tim Weller , Scott Hardesty, Ben Sintek , Coach Chuck Kreikemeier

Back Row : Brian Katt, Scott Bender , Mike Brown , Trevor Johnson , David Sutter, Seth Tucker, Kyle Herek , William Rudolf , Tanner Johnson.

N

by Beau Bartlett

Thel 995 girls gymnastics team is "the best team we've had since I've been here," says junior Amy Kumpula. The team is very balanced and that's one of its major strengths. They placed 2nd in the Ralston Invite and grabbed 4th at the Grand Island Invitational. The team is working tremendously hard.

The boys team is led by Jeff Siebe, who says that, "newcomers Andy Yates and Nate Hamel are hard workers."

Jeff also says that there are many good teams within the state to compete against. "Our main goal this year is to have fun, We'd like to win, but have fun doing it," Siebe said.

Stef S indel prepares to mountthe balance beam during a dual against East.

Shannon McCoy performs on the balance beam for the Rockets

photos by Mark Gonnerman & Susan Scherbak

Front Row (L to R): Katie Rife, Shannen McCoy , Amy Kumpl!la.

Second Row : Amy Hromas , Amy Westrick. Back Row : Coach Malcolm Linderman , Jenny Jaeger , Nate Hamel, Lauren King , Jeff Siebe, Stef Sindel , Coach Danelle Catlett , Head Coach Kim Chmelka

Junior Amy Kumpula does her thing on the floor routine to help her team versus East.

Sara Vobor il gets low to make a big impact as her teammates follow the game

Kell i Carbaugh and Jam ie Volzke are both gett ing ready to bump. "Teamwork is the biggest factor ," said Kell i.

92/V arsity Volleyball

Tina Baxter rushes to get the ball if the block doesn 't work at state.

by LeAnn Becker (all photos by James Piippo)

Jodi Stanley 's so proud of her and wish fourth and last her all the luck. She is year was a the strongest person I memorable one. know."

state, but at least we made it. That was a big achievement."

Her teammate,

Brooke Donner, was 'Tm so proud of Brooke. She is unable to play. Jodi the strongest-person I know." and Brooke had

Jodi Stanley

The team rocked all the way to state. "Our record was 2 2-8," said Sara Voboril, "We may have lost both games at

to worry about having very much homework, since school got out."

At state they played Omaha Marian, which they had never played before. "It was so streesful," said Tina Baxter. "But at least we didn't have played together four senior years and clicked from the very start. "It was hard for me to have a great play and then see Brooke sitting on the bench," said Jodi, "I'm

Coach Sandi Genrich said, "I'm proud of my girls. They all worked really hard."

taura Evans ' habit of rolling up her sleeves vas good luck as she sp iked the ball right ver Omaha Marian at state.

Sara Voboril helped on the block to save the ball and she kept it in play.

Jodi Stanley and Missy Schomaker are hoping for a sideout , so they can shoot for game point.

Jumping high for the ball ,Jaime Volzke spikes the ball knowing her teammates are behind her all the way.

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11 Amber Henkenius shows great leadership for only having played for two years. She hasn 't been to any big camps she 's just naturally athletic. 11

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"Um Play hard Play together Have fun ... That's about it! 11

Reserve player Magg ie Snyder #1 1 watches w ith high hopes as a teammate sp ikes the ball.

Malika Rice sophomore

Junior Varsity

Michelle Peters sophomore

Front Row (L to R) : Mindy Lemon , Jackie Oliver , Amanda Bouc , Michelle Peters , Kelly Brinkman.

Back Row : Coach Brenda Zabel, Lanta Latham, Janelle Olson, Cassy Dafter, Lisa Wassenberg , Anne Stutzman, Student Manager Kori Tietz .

Reserve

Front Row (L to R) : Katie Curtright, Jill Hattan , Kristy Roesler , Malika Rice, Kristi Masten, Kelly Walter.

Back Row : Coach Kristin Eckman, Kristen Palmesano, Kelly Nekola, Cara Cutshall, Maggie Snyder , Megan Davis, Amber Henkenius, Student Manager Molly Holton.

JV player Mindy Lemon #12 , successfully digs to save a hit wh ile teammate Lisa Wassenberg # 10 watches

The reserves worked hard to pull things _ together this season , with their main focus on teamwork , and team unity

YOU BElnllER WORK!

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Whether they' re wearing Mickey Mouse underwear to every game, or two hairbows, these girls all agree that they play volleyball for the Rockets because it's so much fun.

Reserve volleyball player Malika Rice says there is a high team unity among the reserve team. "We do everything together. There are team parties and team spaghetti feeds," said Rice adding, "and we all take the

heat together."

JV setter Michelle Peters believed the JV team was improving. She didn't think the team was quite as close as they should be, but that they got closer as the season progressed. Both girls have been playing since they were really young. Peters was the first of her friends to start playing volleyball, as was Rice. Both girls chose to play, but not for any one reason, just the desire to play.

-by Angie Wurm

(all photos by James Piippo)

Lanta Latham #14, catches some wicked air reaching for a spike in warm-ups

Deja vu? I think so! Mindy Lemon #12 , goes down for another fabulous dig to save the lady Rockets once again.

Janelle Olson goes up for the spike , after Anne Stutzman 's set.

110% PUIRIE VO ILLEYBAILL

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Head coach Lynn Thorsheim says that the 1995 freshman volleyball team has not dissapointed her this season. They have worked hard and put forth 110% throughout the season. All that hard work has apparently paid off as the squad · registered wins against East early in the season.

Freshman Tracy Lenhoff says "the team has put in uncountable hours of hard work, dedication, and sweat.I'

Hard work and toughness seem to be the motto for this years team.

Throughout the season the major strength of the team is their ability to hit the ball. If the team had a weakness Tracy says that it would be the serving game.

The play of Shannon Meister highlighted the season. It helps when someone other than the coach can teach you about the game. It makes it that much easier to know what's going on, and what to do.

by Beau Bartlett

(all photos by James Piippo)

Denise Decker sets up the ball for teammate Melissa Cummings to give the Rockets a lift against Southeast.

Leah Day smashes the ball for a point as Tracy Lenhoff and Jen Ware watch

The team gives confidence to each other during a match The Rockets praised teamwork.

Shannon Meister spikes the ball over the net while Bridget Furry watches with anticipation.

PUlnlllNG AILONG

The golf team's strength this year is putting and chipping. Danielle Koonce showed this is true by making it to the state meet. The team's biggest rival is Lincoln High. Unfortu-

nately Lincoln High defeated the Rockets. Senior Autumn Jay gives advice to future Rocket golfers to "stick with it."

by Ryan Shuman

( all photos by James Piippo)

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Grand Island Inv. NE 13 out of 13-461 pts.

Southeast Inv. NE 13 out of 16455 pts NE 235

Northeastlnv. 4 out of7-45 l pts. LPS Champ. 4 out of 4

Spatan Inv. 12 out of 12-496 pts.

H eartland Conj 6outof6-480pts.

District 5 out of 8-477 pts.

Future Stars Meet Leisa Marquart

4th , Rachelle Irwin 10th.

State D anielle Koonce 108-97 /205

Autumn Jay , and Danelle Irwin look for Jay 's ball while Rachelle Irwin drives the cart.

Girls Golf

Front Row (L to R) : Autumn Jay, Rachelle Irwin, Danelle Irwin. Back Row : Danielle Koonce, Jenny Foster, Holly Kunkel, Coach Kathy Brusnahan.

Ninth Grade Volleyball

Front Row (L to R): Student Manager Amanda Greening, Niesje Nuttelmann, Stacie Kotschwar, Deena Doyle, Tracy Lenhoff, Sabrina Kotschwar, Shannon Meister.

Back Row: Coach Lynn Thorsheim, Jen Ware, Denise Decker, Leah Day, Melissa Cummings, Bridget Furry, Becky Flegel.

Jenny Foster practices at the driving range with a 150 yard swing.

Doug E icho rn j umps up to serve dur i ng his m atch aga in st Lin co ln Sou t heas t. (photo byJen Wright )

"Don't let the big crowds at meets bother you. Play your best. 11 Tim Bixenmann senior

Varsity

(L to R): Jed Winkelman , Evan Kuchera , Doug Eichorn , Jeremy Raridon , Tim Bixenmann , Brad Bowers , Jason Fasnacht , Coach Brien Connealy .

Junior Varsity

Front Row (L to R): Scott Raymond , Chris Meyers , Aaron Beckman , Erik Hjermstad , Chey Collura , Luke Derowitsch , Coach Steve Ward.

Jed W ink lema n serves agai nst his oppone nt to ga in t he advantage (photo by Jen Wr ight )

Reserves

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The varsity tennis team of mostly underclassmen improved every meet. Teamwork and determination were the strengths of the team. According to senior Tim Bixenmann, "The goal is to keep improving and to qualify for state." They did just that by finish-

ing 13th out of 25 teams. In addition, Tim is known for his green socks that he wears during the meets for good luck.

The JV and Reserve tenni~ teams g~ined the experience tfils season to help the varsity next season.

by Ryan Shuman

Front Row (L to R) : Todd Tompsett, Jason Kisling, Mark Dyer, Neil Franzen, Coach Ed Boehle.

Jed Winkleman gets mentally focused during his tennis meet , while chec ki ng his racket for holes. (photo by Mark Gonnerman)

photos by Mark Gonnerman and Jen Wright

Luke Derowitsch moves quickly to get in position to return the ball.

Eric Hjermstad gets ready to return the ball for a point at the beginning of a new set.

For the second year in a row the softball team won the Schuyler Invitational. In addition, the girls received third in their first two tournaments.

"Our biggest inner-city rival is Lincoln Southeast," Senior Kelly Danek stated. Unfortunately this year the Rockets lost to Southeast. One memorable moment for all you softball fans was when sophomore Elisa Neill hit a grand slam against Lincoln East.

Before every JV game the team had a pow wow and they would talk about

using their speed and fielding to win their next game.

"The team never gave up, and we always had our heads in the game," said sophomore Karissa Stephens. This team provided some exciting action for the fans.

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JV players Jamie Bauer , Nicole Tooker , and Christina O'Toole smile pretty for the camera when they should be preparing for the game.

First basewowan Janet Dolezal #12 , reaches for an incredible save to make the third out of the inning for the Rockets.

JV pitcher Michelle Hobbs takes her five warm-up pitches before the start of an inning , while the rest of the team takes practice grounders

Ryan Shuman all photos by James Piippo

Staci Wellman #15 , stretches to reach an outside pitchand receives a base hit in the game against Southeast.

Janet Dolezal , Kathy Weber , Sena Biggerstaff , and Jessica Welch watch with high hopes as the Rockets try to score some runs out at Doris Bair Softball Complex

varsity pitcher Heather Hobbs has a look of determination as she fires her drop ball. Hobbs has played for the Rockets since her freshman year and is now a senior

VARSITY DEFE ATS SC HUYLER

Elisa Neill 's sw ing is as quick as the speed of light when swinging at the p itch. Neill had a grandslam during the m iddle of the season

Elisa Neill #2 and Jess ica Welch #6 walk to their positions slowly to take a break before they start the inn ing

Front Row (L to R) : Coach Betty Beaman, Shannon Nelson, Lori Adams, Sena Biggerstaff , Lori Bratt, Elisa Neill, Jessica Welch.

Back Row: Student Manager Cindy Dean, Kelli Mitchell, Julie Garner, Kelly Danek, Gina Robinson, Janet Dolezal, Kathy Weber, Heather Hobbs, Coach Lisa Donahoe.

Junior Varsity

Front Row (L to R): Katie Keys, Michelle Nolting, Melissa Hemsath, Christina O'Toole, Amie Juranek, Michelle Hobbs, Stacie Wellman, Amber Fanders, Lisa Folsom, Melissa Mager.

Back Row: Coach Lisa Donahoe, Kendra Petersen, Karissa Stephens, Heather Trenkle, Nicole Tooker, Brandy Allen, Nicole Bouwens, Brooke Lind-Olson, Jessica Meyers, Jamie Bauer, Coach Betty Beaman.

Beau Bartlett and Harley Upton show what they are made of and all the hard work they have done at Pioneers Park

Ryan Shuman practiced hard this summer and placed first at the Fremont Inv.

Junior Ryly Shuman has a look of determination on her face at the end of a tough race.

BOYS NWU Inv. 2 out of 6-68 pts. Ryan Shuman 8th, B e n Schluckebeir 10th

Fremont Inv. Shuman 1st , Chad Epperson 5th , Beau B art lett 7th , Alex Snell I st.

McConnell Inv. B.J. Klimm 3 rd , R ya n Nelson• 4th , Ben H eney 10th.

Harold Scott Inv. 3 out of I 0-97 pts Snell 9th, Epperson I 0th

Creighton Prep Inv. 2 out of 13-61 pts. Shuman ,,

4th, Epperson 7th , Schluckebeir 9th , Snell 10th. t

Omaha Bryan Inv. Shuman 1st , Snell 1st, Schuckebier 3rd , Mike Penn 5th

LPS Champ. 2 out of 4-41 pts Snell 3rd ,

Shuman 5th , Ep_person 7th , P e nn 9th.

Heartland Conj. 2 out of 6-65 pt s. Epperson 7th, Schluckebier 8th, Snell 9th.

istrict 2 o ut of 6-48 pts. Sn e ll 5th , Epperso n 7th , Pe nn 9th.

State 4 o ut of 12-103 pt s. Schlu c kebier 8th.

GIRLS

NWU Inv. 3 out of 5-92 pts Hill~ry_Alberts 3rd FrontRoW{L:toA) : CoachNahcyStanley; Hillaiy'A'lbertS,GingerVenhaus,AnnieL,uhnng, F~emont Inv. Alberts 1st, Lon Simpson 3rd , Linsey Venhaus, Katie Erickson, Missy Day, Amy Dart, Riane Murphy, Head Coach

Lmsey Venhaus 4th Clayton Streich.

McConnell Inv. Riane Murph y 4th , Missy Da y Second Row: Coach John Snoozy, Ryly Shuman, Carrie Delano, Rebekah Shepard, Lori

~h , P1~n~ y ~grrts j Oth · f l 0 _161 Alb Simpson, Autumn Nickens, Penny E9barts, ~enny Kimmons, Nicki Ware, Coa~h Kate

4 t~~o co nv. out O pts erts Kennedy, Coacli Mike Carroll. , ·

Creighton Prep Inv. 2 out of 13- 95 pts Alberts Third Row: Scott Bright, James Nelson , Sean Kimmons, Mike Schluckebier, Ryan

4 th Shuman, Chad Epperson, Chad Erickson, Jeff lfland, Nick Tarlowski, Beau Bartlett, Phil

o,,:,aha Bryan Inv. Albert s I s t Simpson 3rd Obermeyer, Nick Klosterboer.

Annie Luhrin g 4th. ' ' Fourth Row: Kevin Louthan, Shane Jackson, Tyler Howe , Brad Peterson, Eric Rothe, Luc

LPS Champ. 4 o ut of 4-74 pt s Alberts 1st. Lamarche, Ben Schluckebier, B.J. Klim~, Be~ Haney, Mitch Tessendorf, Ryan Nelson.

Heartland Conf 4 out of 6-98 pt s. Alberts 3rd. Back Row: Jeremy Nelson, Tyson Regnier, Mike Penn, Tony Fa,lk, Jesse Snyder, Josh District 3 out of 6- 79 pt s. Albert s 3rd. Matousek, Jeff Nekola, Matt Sherman, Seth fShaw, Chris Ced,rberg, Josh Turek. State 7 out of 12-165 pts Albert s 15th.

Riane Murphy relaxes with some f Jit a hard day on the cross-country ( ou

re'AST J11 s~

RuN FOR GLORY

by Beau Bartlett (all phot~s by James Piippo)

The 1995 Cross-Country team's season started out about the way they had anticipated according to sophomore Alex Snell. "At the start of the season we were where we expected to be.

ior Ben Sehl ucke bier and sophomore Snell.

"This years team can surely live up to last years squad, which placed 4th at the state meet," said head boys and girls coach Clayton Streich.

"We battled our way through the season, but not enough at state. "

team is led by senior Hillary Alberts.

On the girls side, the We worked hard and peaked at the right time,"

-Alex Snell, sophomore

"Hillary has really turned it up this sea- Snell said. Apparently so. The Rocket boys placed 4th at the Nebraska State Cross-Country meet in Kearney, while the girls team grabbed 7th place. The boys were led by seniors Ryan Shuman and Chad Epperson, jun-

son, we(the coaching staff) are really very happy for her," Streich added, "The whole team has worked really hard and many of them have reached their personal goals. When goals are set and then achieved, success is right around the corner."

Ben Haney and Ryan Shuman celebrate after the McConnell Inv

Chris Cederberg heads through the crowd and tries to put a gap between himself and the competition on his way to a great finish

Sophomore Phil Oberrneyer gives it all he has to finish ahead of some good competition

ILIIIKIE A IFILOUNIDIER

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First-year coach Jeff Soucie must have made a good first impression on his boys and girls swimming teams. Both squads were very excited about this years teams.

The girls team was led by sister tandom Kristina and Laura Nevius, both of them qualified for the state meet early in the season. The older of the two, Kristina, a senior, has qulified for the state meet since she was a freshman. Laura, a freshman now, hopes to accomplish the same feat someday.

The girls strong tradition hasn't let down at all this season,

they've recorded wins against Beatrice, Lincoln High, and finished 6th in the Ram Relays in Ralston.

The boys have also had a successful season, with senior Jeff Wilber, and also junior Ben Sehl ucke bier leading the way, they are a complete team with lots of experience and talent. "The team is very solid and they are able to compete with anyone," said Coach Soucie.

All in all, both the boys and girls teams had an extemely good year. The girls finished 13th and the boys were 15th at state.

by Beau Bartlett

(photos by James Piippo)

Northeast swimmers and their opponents get off to a blazing start at the Northeast pool.

Jose Ca icedo has great form while swimming the 100 fly , Ca icedo was a major contributor on the boys team

Alex Snell catches his breath following the 500 freesytle at Northeast.

Kristen Eybel relaxes and concentrates on an upcoming race this year. Eybel is a new comer to the team

Mike Schluckebier peeks up out of the water to take a deep breath during the breaststroke, Mike qualified for state in diving.

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Boys

Front Row(L to R): Manager Julie Garner, Robert Gallager, Mike Schluckebier, Jeremy Gianchetta, Brandon Ulrich, Micheal Hibbing, Manager Kelli Nelson.

Second Row(L to R):Coach Lynn Thorsheim, James Elliot, Nathan Lundgren, Chey Collura, Jeremy Peterson, Seth Shaw, Matt Holland, Head Coach Jeff Soucie, Coach Cliff Waterbury. ·

Back Row(L to R) :Ben Walkinshaw, Matt Dregalla, Jose Caicedo, Shaun Seate, Luc Lamarche, Alex Snell, Scott Sorge, Jeff Wilber, Ben Schluckebier.

Girls

Front Row(L to R):Julie Garner, Amber Scherbak, Mellisa Cummings, Amanda Larson, Jodie Oltman, Robin Wathen, Teresa King.

Second Row(L to R):Caoch Cliff Waterbury, Erin McMauley, Laura Nevius, Kristen Simpson, Ashly Baustert, Katie Rife, Reanna Hurlburt, Melissa Cederberg, Coach Lynn Thorsheim, Head Coach Jeff Soucie.

Back Row(L to R):Sarah Vogel, Kelly Allen, Ellen Schroth, Kristina Nevius, Katie Curtwright, Kristen Eybel, Laura Scherbak, Jenny Haith, Bekah Shepard, Kelli Nelson.

Luara Scherbak shows the fun side of swimming with junior Katie Curtwright. ·

106Narsit Bo s Basketball

Junior Derek Englebart and a Southeast defender fight for a loose ball

Amon Helmstadter shoots a pretty jumper while the Rockets try to continue their winning streak.

Senior guard Ben Haney takes it strong to the hoop despite efforts by a Knight player to stop him

Front Row (L to R): Student Assistant Andy Ficke, Darin Rihanek, Amon Helmstadter, Alton Mason, David Mercer, Ben Haney, Ryan Shuman, B.J. Nannen, Student Assistant Luke Derowitsch.

Back Row : Student Assistant Aaron Torell, Derek Englebart, Shane Einsphar, Mike Hahn, Jeff Motz, Josh Malousek, Joe Fagler, Coach Dan Noble, Head Coach Rick Collura

Mike Hahn takes a break

while his teammate shoots

Coach Rick Collura and his varsity boys basketball team had some big shoes to fill since last

years team won the state championship. The Rockets tried

Sophomore Mike Hahn who was a big key to the Rockets success believed the Rockets could repeat their title.

"We played up and dowri but I think we will get it all togethe r when the t ime comes ."

to repeat their championship and it took hard work and determination-throughout the season.

Said Senior Ben Haney: "Some of this year's team strengths are having good shooters and great quickness."

"It will take a lot of hard work, strong defense, and teamwork

Ben Honey senior on offense but it can be done," Hahn said. Hahn was right.

Once again, the Rockets made it to the state tournament and they won a 10th state title. For more coverage, turn to pages 222-223.

by Ryan Shuman (photos

107/Varsity Boys Basketball

Alton Mason puts in a easy two against Lincoln Southeast.

B J Nannen concentrates and makes his freethrow against Lincoln High

Alton Mason shoots the ball over a Lincoln High defender.

by James Piippo)

Girls Varsity had not gone to state since 1983 , until now.

gets up slowly after fighting for a loose ball.

Amber Henkenius jumps to outrebound the Omaha Marian defenders.

Front Row (L to R) : Jamie Volzke, Ginger Venhaus, Amber Henkenius, Elisa Neill, Alicia Stuckenschmidt. Back Row : Coach John Clark, Amanda Bouc, Missy Schomaker, Sara Westling , Lindsay Ash, Laura Evans.

Elisa Neill

SHOOTIING IFOR SUCCIESS

The girl's basketball quickness." team took a big step in AsJ.V.playersfromlast the right direction. year step up to the varsity Coach John Clark must level they have contribfeel good about the next uted greatly. few years, without a se- The Rockets found nior on the team. The their way to state this year Rockets broke into the through unselfish play ratings for the first time and determination. This in over 10 years. Junior is a great experience for Lindsay Ash said, "The next years team. key to our success was by Ryan Shuman our rebounding and our (photos by James Piippo)

109Narsity Girls Basketball

Missy Schomaker tries to inbound the basketball during the first round of the state tournament.

Junior Laura Evans blocks out a Marian player while attempting to get a rebound.

Freshman Sara Westling gets the rebound and looks to pass the ball to a teammate.

Elisa Neill takes a charge early in the game.

Graham

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11 Before a game we just get in a huddle and say some pottymouth words, that's all."

John Bell junior

11 1can't play basketball so being a student manager is the only way I can help the team. 11

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Featuring a team filled with rising-star sophomores and freshmen , the young JV team has a lot of potential , and is looking forward to continued success as part of the Rocket basketball program. Season highlights included stopping Omaha Marian's 51-game winning streak , winning the city title and finishing with a 13-4 record

JV Girls

Svendsen #22 jumps over his opponent to get the rebound for the Rockets The JV squad finished 14-2 and won the city title

Niesje Nuttelmann freshman

Front Row (L to R) : Amanda Stark, Justine Schlegelmilch, Megan Danek, Michelle Peters, Jenny Ware, Lisa Folsom, Celestine Lawson.

Back Row : Student Manager Kelli Mitchell, Anne Stutzman, Megan Davis, Cassy Daffer, Janelle Olson, Cara Cutshall , Nikki Ware, Coach Jeff Pierce.

JV Boys

Front Row (L to R): Willie Craft, Clifford Brye, Graham Svendsen, Justin Hertzel , Jerrod Allen, Al Taurus Mason.

Back Row : Assistant Coach Chris Newton, Jake Stutzman, Chris Turner, John Bell, John Bathke, Jeff Zimmerman, Pat Schafer, Coach Doug Kaltenberger.

YouNGBILOOD

by Angie Wurm

With nicknames like "Cheeseburger" and "Taco" you'd think these JV players spend most of their

ter," said John Bell. Playing Southeast was a big worry for Michelle Peters. "We lost to them our first

time at fast "The team is a food restau- flock of geese." rants. Most of the nicknames just have to do

"The girls went from shooting 50% free throws to 100% at City and coach was happy," said student manager Niesje Nuttelmann.

game, but beat them at City. It made taking City Girls Coach better," said -Jeff Pierce Peters. with their names. For instance, "Taco" belongs to John Bell. "Taco Bell", and "Taco Johns" ... Ha Ha Ha. These nicknames are definitely a sign of team unity, ( or Coach .. Kaltenberger's insanity). "Things just keep getting better and bet-

"Away games were hard cause there aren't rules about swinging varsity players," said Peters. The girls did great, even with Jenny

Chris Turner #34 and Justin Hertzel #40 move under the hoop to return the ba ll to the Rocket offense

JV players Amanda Stark #23 , Cassy Dafter #42 , and Jenny Ware #34 try hard to keep up with the Marian offense.

( photos by James Piippo, Susan Scherbak and Emalea Hiller)

JeffZimmerman#51 trieshardforthedunk Ware getting hit in the while a Knight player plays tough defense. forehead with the ball.

Like a stone they were ...

IR_ocK IHIARID

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Members of the didn't have a lot of boys team were able to height on the team and read each other's mind I think that hurt us a about each play. Erik little, but the girls Burback explained, pulled it out." All the "We can't always be girls were super excited perfect yet, when the when they made runner team gets going we can up in City. It proved really roll like a rock." more then their record The boys reserve team their GREATNESS! played constant and

by LeAnn Becker ended the season with (photos by James a 10-3 record. Piippo)

The reserve girls record was 5-9. Coach

Kari Amen said, "The

girls did really well. We

Lawrence "Red" McIntosh runs down the court in front of everyone , attempting to

dunk the ball.

Shooting from behind enemy lines is Bryson Davenport.

Kristi Masten shoots and looks away as East watches the ball go in , and Linsey Venhaus blocks.

Jessica Fraas loves playing basketball to pass the time when she 's not doing school work.

Erik Burback makes the shot and Lincoln High just had to stand and watch

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11 We had a really good coach and I learned a lot from him. 11 Trevor Johnson freshman

11 We played hard against Southeast and won at City, and I wish we would've won against East. 11

Kristy Roesler sophomore

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113/Reserve Basketball

Kri sti Masten shoots a free throw against Papillion. Omaha Marian was the best team to beat , though.

Ji mmy Hayes (42) goes for the lay-up and tnps up with anothe r player.

Reserve Girls

Front Row (L to R): Malika Rice, Amy Hromas, Jill Hattan, Kristi Masten, Linsey Venhaus, Annie Luhring .-

Back Row : Coach Kari Amen, Jackie Oliver, Rebecca Kutschkau, Brooke Heise, Nicole Bouwens , Sena Biggerstaff , Kristy Roesler, Manager Erika Lawrence.

Reserve Boys

Front Row (L to R) : Erik Burback, Lawrence McIntosh, Mitch Tessendorf, Travis Ford, J.R. Koch, Jeromy Murrell.

Back Row : Coach Rex Mercer, Trevor Johnson , Brad Bowers, Shawn Scribner, Mike Chapman, Ben Pederson, Bryon Davenport, Jimmy Hayes, Assistant Coach John Ley.

Mark Rathe and Jesse Warboys wait for the rebound against East. The final score of the game was NE 38 - East 59

ASK M\IE AGAIINl

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11 1 think the cheerleaders look pretty good. 11

R.P. McMackin freshman

11 We are all equally talented, so I wish people would stop ignoring us. 11 Melissa Hemsath freshman

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Freshmen

Freshmen

114/Freshmen Basketball

Front Row (L to R) : Scott Hardesty, R.P. McMackin, David Kanne, Jesse Warboys, Calvin Land, Eddie Love.

Back Row: Coach Pat Gatzemeyer, Brian Luhr, Corey Williams, Zach Kaiser, Ty Thompson, Ben Dey, Scott Bender, Mark Rathe.

Front Row (L to R): Melissa Hemsath, Amber Jaeb, Staci Wellman, Courtney Fletcher, Megan Bartlett, Amy Dart, Shannon Meister, Jessica Miller. Back Row: Coach Brien Connealy, Shaun Thorfinnson, Kelly Nekola, Carrissa Scedoris, Brooke Lind-Olson, Amber Fanders, Chloe Diegel, Denise Decker, Manager Melissa Mager.

The girls dogpiled each other on the court right after taking city.

YOUNGIER BUT NOTWORSIE

SO YOU BIEln1IER WATCH OUT !!

"Coach is funny when he gets mad," said R.P. McMackin, "Which he does a lot!" The boys lost their first four games by small margins and won against Wahoo by 13 points. Jesse Warboys was just a little bit happy.

Said Warboys: "We are a small team and it took time to get it together." Calvin Land agreed, "As a team we are one and we need to work on boxing out and rebounding." Such as Corey Williams did, who improved at

blocking shots.

On the girls team, Shannon Meister practiced her gymnastics during a game. She was running down the court and slipped. Almost in the splits, she couldn't move. "She didn't travel though and made a complete pass," laughed Chloe Diegel.

"I want to beat East. We lost our first game with them by one point in overtime," said Melissa Hemsath. So the team felt great when they took City.

by LeAnn Becker

(all photos by James Piippo & Amy Dart)

HS/Freshmen Basketball

Melissa Hemsath (14) rotates back into the game during the city meet.

Ty Thompson 's free throws were good as he sinks this ball.

Players like Calvin Land (10) , Scott Hardesty (20) and Mark Rathe (22) listen to Coach Pat Gatzemeyer as he gives them some inspiration

Before the start of the city tournament , tension was high for Chloe Diegel (11) and Amy Dart (24) as they practice.

Dedication , Determination, and Desire. These three words may be seen all over school, but most importantly they express the feelings of the 95-96 Rocket Wrestling team.

When the season started in early December the team knew then what it was that they needed to do to be successful. "The meet at Millard North set the tone for the rest of the season," commented se-

nior Jason Simmons. "We had to work really hard to be competitive this year," added junior James Storer. The work that was put in worked for some as3 individuals qualified for the state meet. The lack of seniors( 6) may be a weakness now, but James Storer says, "Everybody watch in the future!"

by Beau Bartlett

Kevin Potts looks to be in trouble as he gets tossed to the floor while spectators watch

Chris Lytle battles on the mat , as he battles his way to a hard earned victory

One of the 4 seniors , Tariro Chinwadzimba prepares to shoot against a Hastings opponent.

(photos b y James Piippo , and Mark Gonnerman )

Jeremy Nelson resembles a pretzel as he is all tied up versus a Hastings opponent , Nelson was one of 3 qual ifiers for the state meet.

Jason Simmons visua li zes his match wh ile watching another

Front Row(L to R):Manager Janet Donahoe, Justin Webster, Adrian Gallardo, Jason Simmons, J.P. Freudenrech, Kevin Potts, Chris Lytle, James Nelson, James Engel, Tariro Chinwadzimba, J.D. Haase, Manager Lucy Bruns.

Second Row(L to R):Manager Jackie Schrage, Manager Lynette Prasnicki, Trinindad Ortiz, Zeb Stepanek, James Storer, Joe Poindexter, Mike Biehl, Jesse Nelson, Brad Peterson, Mario Quintana, Josh Leichleiter, David Draper, Manager Megan Storer.

Back Row (L to R):Coach Clint Elsasser, Manager Mandie Craige, Jeremy Nelson, Ken Love, Clyde Applegate, Gene Gillam, Craig Lundy, Rayn Hicks, Erin Green, David Schwerdtfeger, Dan Williams, Josh Hicks, Tim Schultz, Mike Mueller, Tyler Hornby, Patrick lnderlied, Seth Tucker, Head Coach Dwain Borchers, Coach Dirk Baker, Manager Krista Nelson

Brad Peterson dodges his opponent on his way to a tough but yet exciting victory

James Nelson Is in between a rock and a hard mat in this match at Northeast.

The youthfulness of the team may help in upcoming years , as freshman Kevin Potts battles with his opponent.

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"I like golf because there 's no physical contact."

uBen Haney senior

"Ya, I got a new hair cut just for tennis "

Jessica

is out on a journey, a long and windy road , to look for their golf balls

This f

Ryan Newton t hi nks he 's John Daly and we ll on his way to a 350 -yard drive.

Sazama senior

Carina Olivetti and Kathy Weber have lots of f un horsing around between serious times.

Varsity team members are : Lori Adams , Terra Bailey, Jenny Cole, Leia Grubb , Leisa Marquart, Michelle Nolting , Carina Olivetti, Jessica Sazama, Amanda Thomas, Nicole Tooker, Kathy Weber.

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Varsity team members are : Brian Neilson, Rusty Wellman, David Honnens, Ben Haney, Mike Honnens , Brian Rauner.

The JV team has strong players like Rebecca Kutschkau

SoMrnoov STOP ME

by Beau Bartlett and LeAnn Becker

(photos by James Piippo & LeAnn Becker)

The girls tennis team is in- sissies, so says every structed by member of the Rocket Srta. Fike. "Everybody boys golf squad. "Many likes her and "The learn is O people per- i:;! fl~k of,geese." as at~e~ can cuss you out in SpanGirls Coach laxing and -Jeff Pierce fun way to get a good pre-summer tan," says senior Ben Haney.

ish. She wouldn't do that," said Kathy Weber. The girls want to take state and look to seniors Carina Olivetti, Jessica Sazama, Amanda Thomas and Terra Bailey to get them on a roll.

Golf isn't just for

"The team is very solid and energetic. David Honnens, Rusty Wellman and Haney should be good leaders for the team," commented Coach Jim Danson. 119/Girls Tennis

Stretching is important to Carina Olivetti , because otherwise she says her muscles get sore.

Jill Hattan moves up close to get the best shot during practice with the JV team.

David Honnens displays his new swing.

The varsity team had to practice indoors at the beginn ing of the season but that didn't stop Matt Fraas from doing his thing.

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11 lt takes a player to make the team, but it takes a team to win a game. 11

Nick Lovett senior

11 Vou have to have the ball to score! 11

Justin Willey senior

Other varsity team members : Eric Engstrom, Matt Fraas, Ryan Hawkins, Josh Johnson, Zach Lane, Ben Langston, Nick Lovett, Ryan Nelson, Aren Papke, Ben Pederson, Josh Roberts, Ward Robinson, Seth Shaw, Zeb Stepanek, Mitch Tessendorf, Vijay Vasanji, Craig Walker, Justin Willey. 120/Boys

"N ow if only I could use this skill in a game," said Ward Robinson.

Soccer

Nick Lovett waits at the other end of the field at their first game against Lincoln High

0TH IE R TIEAM\ uS GOAILS

The 95-96 Boys Varsity Soccer team had a lot to look forward to at the beginning of the season.

The team, which consisted of mostly seniors, had a combination of skill and team-

work, to lead in a successful season. Senior, Ryan Nelson stated: "The team has a lot of expience with each other, and since everyone is pretty good friends we're able to work well together."

Switching to man to man coverage against Lincoln High , Zachary Lane watches the ball.

All this team wants to do is reach the

Matt Fraas charges while Nick "Bear " Lovett moves to get his cover.

Megan Roberts and Justine Schlegelmilch break for a snapshot as practice concludes.

Practice , Practice , Practice. Ball handling is important in soccer as Andrea Dewald • already knows

The Lady Rockets are ...

IKIICIKIINU UP A STORM\

Led by junior Lindsey Ash, the team has really high hopes for this year's season. "The potential and talent is there to improve on the best record in Rocket High history," says junior Megan Roberts.

"The begining of the season should tell us what we need to do to get better," adds Ash. The Rockets host the Northeast Invitational, the first big test.

The team is composed

mainly of girls from every class, with Andrea Dewald and Kelli Mitchell as leading seniors on the team, Ash and Roberts as juniors, and Malika Rice as a sophomore.

"This is a very balanced and experienced team," says Head Coach Jeff Pierce, "One of the things I love about coaching is when everything goes the way you want. Hopefully we will have experienced that feeling."

by Beau Bartlett

Watch out! Kelli Mitchell crushes a shot without warning

Lucy Bruns goes all out in order to keep the goal clear of any balls.

(photos by LeAnn Becker)

TH IEY SAIi iD IIT ...

Jessica Miller shows off her skills as an up and coming freshman

"If s going to be a very interesting year for us women soccer studs." Megan Roberts junior

"Soccer is the answer to one of life's many questions."

Kelli Mitchell senior

Megan Roberts , a junior, boots the ball a mile , according to her anyway.

The entire team squeezes into the goa l to form a wall to bl ock a s hot. Varsity team members: Lindsa y Ash, Lucy Bruns,Andrea Dewald, Janet Donohoe, Bridget Furry, Julia Garner, Gayel Ebert, Shannon Gellatly, Morgan Hawkins, Dana Heikes, Shana Hoffman, Amy Hromas, Jessica Miller, Kelli Mitchell, Malika Rice, Megan Roberts, Justine Schlegelmilch.

Andrea Dewald knows how to use her head in this rough and tough sport

7,HIIE !FANS CHIIEIER..... .

Go SPIEIEID IRACIERS

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One might think that 42 feet 11 inches is not a whole lot, but to senior shot-put and discus thrower Tina Baxter it's a record she's determined to beat. "The girl's school record is 42'1 l ", and I really think I could break it. It hasn't been done since 1986," Baxter stated.

The team had a great deal of strength and quickness this season, especially the sprinters. They had some of their best sprinters from last year returning to the team,

including Jason Nelson, Jeremy Bender, and Erwin Swiney for the boys, and Kelly Danek, and Jamie Volske for the girls.

But you think that track is all about long, hard dedication, and week after week of strenuous workouts. On the contrary, there is an event at the one relay race that meets every year. It is called the "weightman' s relay". This is where the heavier throwers on the team run a relay.

Wurm

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photos by James Piippo and LeAnn Becker)

Erwin Swiney, a sprinter, flies past on his way to victory.

Hillary Alberts and the rest of her distance runner friends smile after a good practice.

Senior Chad Epperson, shown with Assistant Co act John Hastings , said : "If you work hard, you are ca. pable of achieving goals That's our motto , and

all I've got to say about that. "

"This will be a good building year for the track program because we have a very young team ," said Kelly Danek

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11 When I first started, Darin Rihanek and the other throwers told me I had to do somersaults and other stupid stuff to improve my throws, and I believed them. I actually did the stuff they said, and they all laughed at me. Now, it 's a tradition for the freshmen. 11

Tina Baxter senior

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"Why run when you can throw?" asks Darin Rihanek.

Boy track: Jarwin Banks, Jeremy Bender, Brian Bradford, Scott Bright, Dan Brown, Jason Bruns, Clifford Brye, Eric Burback, Jesse Campbell, Tariro Chinwadzimba, Matt Curtis, Adam Donner, Eric Dwight, Chad Epperson, Chad Erickson, Tony Falk, Josh Ferguson, Andy Ficke, Robert Foster, Robert Gill, Gene Gillam, Nathan Hamel, Jimmy Hayes, Tyler Howe, Shane Jackson, Trevor Johnson, Jeremy Just, Adam Justin, Dan Justin, Ryan Katt, Sean Kimmons, Nick Klosterboer, Jason Kuhn, Calvin Land ; Luc Lamarche, Craig Lundy, Lawrence McIntosh, John McVay, Justin Miles, Alan Morehead, Jeff Motz, Jason Nelson, Phillip Obermeyer, Trinidad Ortiz, Eric Penn, Mike Penn, Brad Peterson, Scott Raymond, Tyson Regier, Colin Riggins, Darin Rihanek, Andy Roberts, Ronnie Rothe, Ben Schluckebler, Mike Schluckebler, Aaron Schwindt, Matt Sell, Chris Stuchl, David Sutter, Erwin Swiney, Nick Tarlowski, Josh Turek, Harley Upton, Travis Vosler, Craig Wagner, Andre Watson, Pete Watson, Shane Weddington, Matt Wegelin, Matt Wieser, Josh Wolff, Andy Yates.

Girls track: Hillary Alberts, Andrea Arbuck, Brandy Bartlett, Christina Baxter, Kelly Danek, Megan Davis, Melissa Day, Erika Dinsmore, Katie Erickson, Amber Heninger, Jessica Hydo, Kris Jacobson, Bethany Johnson, Rachel Jones, Jennifer Kimmons, Teresa King, Rebecca Kisling, Nicole Krull, Lisa Lile, Brooke Lind-Olson, Annie Luhring, Kristi Masten, Shannon Meister, Brittany Miller, Riane Murphy, Autumn Nickens, Jackie Oliver, Christina O'Toole, Christy Pesek, Amy Pierce, Andrea Prewett, Jennifer rodwll, Kristine Roelser, Sara Shambo, Ryly Shuman, Amanda Stark, Jamie Taylor, Ashley Truong, Ginger Venhaus, Linsey Venhaus, Sara Voboril, Jamie Volzke, Nikki Ware, Lisa Wassenberg, Sara Westling, Ray Wilkinson, Elinor Yost.

Going for the longest long jump is Melissa Day, senior

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11 Because it's fun and the cheerleaders don 1t show up to distract me. 11

11 Because ifs the sport that I'm best at, 11

Matt Portsche , the relief pitcher, warms up his arm to get ready for a strike out.

Bunting is important to Travis Solano , but he knows that practice makes perfect. Other varsity team players: Josh Borchers, Willie Craft, Cody Hasse, Justin Hertzel, Ryan Masek, Josh Morrow, Dana Pflughaupt, Matt Portsche, Travis Solano, Eric Russell, Andy Walz.

Cody Hasse takes a rest during a hard workout inside because of the weather

What does that mean?

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The varsity team is "Tryouts were all inmade of eight seniors, side. Coach Fagler was but they'll be a big part hard but he is always of the team. "Dana nice. Just don't get on "Flipper" Pflughaupt is his bad side or he'll a success on our team throw you across the and our ace pitcher," field," Eric Russell said. said Andy Walz. by LeAnn Becker

The season started (photos by JamesPiippo) with tryouts and cuts.

Patrick Quintana plays for the J V team but not for long with this awesome hit.

Justin Hertzel and Dana Pflughaupt run the batting maching du ri ng practice indoors because of the weather.

A JV player, Scott Eckman , talks to the varsity coach for a little advise.

Travis Ford concentrates before batting against the varsity pitcher.

Struttin' those Cheers!

Tiare Horswill, Sarah Douthit, and Nicole Madsen talk before the Shrine Bowl Parade. ( photo courtesy of Shayna Miller)

Say " Cheese" Yvette Butler and Jena Vurgess show their school spirit and friendship. (photo courtesy of SummerThomason)

Girls just wanna havf fun! The JV squad performs at the faUpe:p r@y.(photo by Mark Gonnerman)

Hey all you Rocket fans! Misty Johnson peps up the crowd while performing at the fall pep rally (photo by Mark Gonnerman)

Stars of Northeast

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A lot of hard work and time is what the Star Strutters have been willing to dedicate to their Drill Team show

From November until the performance the Star Strutters have been practicing every night from 3:15 until 4:30. Also two weeks before their performance they practiced every morning from 6:45 until 7:45.

They made up two routines in this time. They were to Cotton Eye Joe and Funky Town. Strutters were the first and last to perform.

The drill teams attending the LPS shows were: Star Dusters, Blue Angels, Appolonaires,

Pomalinks, Studders, Thunder Boltz, Shyrettes and our famous Star Strutters and Drum Line.

The Star Strutters had to meet requirements to performe in this show, they had to make all the critiques and show up for every practice. Brooke Johnson quoted "Its very hard work to be a Star Strutter but we all get along and enjoy it. "

by Emily Waller

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anyone?

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Keep Smiling! Alisa Wicks and Shayna Miller practice on the smiles they wear throughout their performances. (Photo donated by the Star Strutters)

Donations

Nicole Madsen and Angie Waterbury display their homemade signs at a Star Strutter car wash at Topper Popper. (Photo donated by the Star Strutters)

Strike a pose. The Star Strutters line up to perform at the Booster Blast-off to kick off the new year (Photo by James Piippo)

Back Row: Nicole Madsen Ashlie Henke , Brooke Johnson , Sarah Douthit , Christina Eigstii , Jasmin Mateer. Middle Row: Danell McCoy , Tiare Horswill , Julie Sinner , Lisa Tolen, Cassie Oswald , Holly Kroese. Front Row: Angie Waterbury, Alisa Wicks, Shayna Miller, Tracy Weers, Brittaine Purdy

Off to different lands to explore the teaching of an NCA cheerleading camp.

Cheering to Victory

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How would you feel if you had spent four days learning how to do building extensions in Okoboji, Iowa and come home to Lincoln being grounded: meaning you can't build or create human pyramids.

The Varsity Cheerleading squad went to camp in Okaboji, Iowa for four days during the summer for National Cheerleading Association (NCA). Out of the four days they spent there they were given three spirit

sticks, which only one squad a day got for the most spirit. They also won the overall NCA spirit award. Five excellent awards and one superior award. Twenty-five schools attended this event.

They learned a NCA dance mix for the week. They learned 10 new cheers while they were there, and learned how to build.

by Emily Waller

ara Tessendorf and Natalie Kuta really now how to get into the cheets! (All photos J lil\yJames Piippo)

Spirit Up! The varsity cheerleading squad is once again doing one of their many excellent cheers at the fall sports pep rally.

Get Down! The varsity cheerleaders dance to a routine at the winter sports pep rally.

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Ir was Tzme FOR a LonG ano uncomFORTah Le Rzoe ... cRammeo znTo a 15-passenGeR van. 1 ... 2 ...3 ... C2(.9LM!

By Shannon Klingler

WhatdoesTexashaveto do with Northeast High?

That's a really simple question, if you ask a J. V. Cheerleader. Mainly, it's because Texas is known as the cheerleading capitol, which made Texas a great place to go and perfect their cheerleading moves.

The J. V. Cheering squad went ot Texas to learn new

material and perfect old material.

The ride was a very long and crammed-packed one.

"It was definitely a bonding experience, crammed into a 15-passenger van for 10 hours straight!," said Kari Malousek.

Kari said it was definitely worth it, and a real blast.

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Front row: Jenny Westrick , Taryne Ladd , Kacy Standley Middle row: Amber Heninger , Kari Malousek , Michelle Nunemaker. Back row: Marie Moyer, Katie Mitchell.

Put your hands together. J.V. Cheerleaders doing a cheer at the game. (photo by James Piippo)

Endless talents! Katie Mitchell sticks her tongue out at the camera along with her sidekick Kacy Standley. (photo courtesy of Jenny Westrick)

Cheerleading

Pyramids, Pyramids, Pyramids! JV cheerleaders with their private instructor in Texas (photo courtesy of Jenny Westrick)

Where did everybody go?

The reserve cheerleaders had a few problems to deal with, but seemed to have pulled through okay.

Heather Sittler moved to Hebron, Nebraska in October, and Carney Bayne quit the squad because she was involved in too many other things, and she felt cheerleading was not a top priority.

Liz Jackson didn't have much of a problem with losing the two members. "It's kind of difficult because you have to be louder, but it's not much different," commented Liz.

-By Shannon Klingler

Take the steps! Liz Jackson , Summer Thomason, and Heather Sittler sitting pretty. (photo courtesy of Summer Thomason)

Front Row: Shannon Allen , Heather Sittler. Middle Row: Summer Thomason , Jenna Vurgess , Laurie Murphy Back Row: Carney Bayne, Liz Jackson. (photo courtesy of Summer Thomason)

Standing high. Liz Jackson poses for the camera in a messy room. (photo courtesy of Summer Thomason)

Spirit Squad

Spirit Club is no longer the name for the loud cheering that goes on from the stands. It is now called the Spirit Squad. The Spirit Squad can be found in the stands at every football and basketball game and even at pep rallies doing cheers.

Aside from cheering, the Spirit Squad also spends a lot of time giving the halls of Northeast a little more spirit by designing hall sports signs. Senior Captain Amy Rothe said, "Spirit Squad is a really fun thing to do for an extracurricular activity."

-By Laura Scherbak

Show us yo ur sc hool spirit! The Northe as t Spirit Squad po s es for their g roup s hot. (photo by Pamela Storm )

Tagging behind! The Spirit Squad c a ptain s follow behind their banner in the Star City Parade (photo co urt esy of Spirit Club )

Kicking back! The Spirit Squad takes a break from decor gym for the 1995 Homecomj ng dance .( photo courtesy of Spirit ,

Freshmen Cheer

The Freshmen Cheerleading Squad brings the crowd alive at freshmen football and basketball games.

Last summer the Freshmen Cheer Squad participated in a summer camp in Okoboji, Iowa where they learned cheers, jumps and dances

Freshman Rachael Jahn said, "We all learned a great deal at the camp."

In addition to all the cheering, they also perform routines and participate in parades .

-By Laura Scherbak

Freshmen Cheerleaders:

Front

A rest between pins! Erika Din s more , Kri ste n Simpson , a nd R ac hel a ;in g Jahn take a break during a Northea st wres tlin g match. (photo by Mark c ub J Gonnerman )

Ready to go. Erin Di echert, Ann Schneider, a nd Nicole Johnson wait patiently to cheer at a Northeast wres tlin g match. (photo b y Mark Gonnerman )

Cheer up girls. Erika Din s more , R ac he l Jahn, and Kri sten Simpson s h ow their enthusiasm at a No rth east wres tlin g m atc h (photo by Mark Gonnerman)

Row: Ann Schneider. Second Row (L to R): Erika Din s more, Brand y Kroe se, Kristen Simpson. Third Row (L to R): Erin Die c hert , Nandi Mutfwang, Nicole Johnson, R ac he l Jahn Fourth Row: Stacey Loos

Music, Music in the Halls

by Allison Ebke

What dd the Harvest of Harmony, The Rock Show, andthe Diversity Concert have in common? They are all places that you could have seen and heard the music department in action.

· Harvest of Harmony, All City, concerts, lialftime shows, and winning the superiors for Northeast at competitions kept the instrumental music 3epartment

busy this year.

The Rock Show, "Gu y s and Dolls," the musical p erformed by Concert Cho ~r, the Diversity Concert keJt members of the vocal m 1sic department busy.

Whether you perform m the groups or if you atte1id the functions, you have :o agree music is an importa at part of the tradition that is Northeast High School.

Cheer Up! Kelly Danek looks less than enthusiastic as she prepares to sing a song with Ryan Nelson (left) and Josh Morro:wv:

Getting ready. Charles Bowling l;ads the class in a war:mup before the rea( thing takes place. (All photo$ by James Piippo)

Blinded by the light. The 'Swing Choir men sh ield their faces from the bright lights of the stage as part of a routine: ., 137/Music Intro.

Doo Wop. Jen Erickson and Jeff Poindexter sing for the outstanding audience. (Photo by James Piippo)

Sing, sing, sing a song. Tim Boyte sings and snaps his fingers at the same time.

(Photo by James Piippo)

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Strike a pose. Julie Sinner, Bryan Gunter, Joe Po indexter and Sarah Tessendorf strike thei r poses for the show (Photo by James Piippo)

Born to Boogie. Jessica Mitchell boogies down to the music for the Swing Choir show. (Photo by James Piippo)

Swing Choir

-By Laura Scherbak

The 1995-96 Swing Choir has been busy performing in Jazz competitions and winning awards. The Swing Choir competed against 30 schools

_ at Wesleyan where they received a trophy.

This talented group also traveled all the way to Kansas State where they performed in a Jazz competition. After four days and three nights of fun they were happy to bring their awards.

"We worked hard we deserved it." said junior Bryan Selix.

Winning awards isn't the only thing this talented group is doing. It

also performed at the soup supper which was held on Febuary 2 where they performed a variety of popular songs along with the Jazz Band.

The Swing Choir also performed in a number of concerts, sang at nursing homes, banks, and traveled to other schools to show off their talent.

Along with the Jazz Band the Swing Choir also performed in the Rock Show where they were a huge success.

"The Rock Show was a real neat thing to perform in we really had the chance

to show people what were made of," Selix said.

Show us your talents. Julie Sinner performs during the Swing Choir presentation. (Photo by James Piippo)

"We worked really hard we deserved iL"

Junior Bryan Selix

La, La, La. Cassie Oswald , Bryan Selix, Jessica Mitchell and Joe Poindexter sing out loud during their performance at Northeast. (Photo by James Piippo)

Guys and Dolls

I b y Emil y Wall e r

The Northeast Concert Choir has

Tspent touring Worlds of Fun. At this year's Christmas concert, the group sang a melody of Christmas songs with all the other Concert Choirs in Lincoln.

he Lincoln Northeast Concert Choir received two superior ratings for the second year in a row. They put on a musical called "Guys and Dolls," on April 17-19. They also performed in Kansas City at Worlds of Fun. The audifun making new songs,

singing ence included people from all over the world. The performance lasted 10 minutes to their teacher. and the rest of the time was

and

Practice makes perfect? Concert Choir practices its singing abilities during class.

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Paying attention. Stacey Soderquist c Kelly Allen look very intersted during ::, cert choir. (all photos by James Piippo)

Chamber Singers Rock Northeast

Iby Emil y Wa ll e r

TeLincoln Northeast

.l.~~amber Singers enjoy keeping busy with many practice sessions after school, and performances throughout the community. This year they performed at the Veterans Administration (V.A.) Hospital in honor of Black History month. Following this perform-

ance, they also put on a concert at Pius High School. Other performances included Eastmont Towers and also the ·Governor's mansion.

They also enjoyed working on the rock show because they learned to combine their efforts with a variety of outside groups, including community involvement.

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The next Michael Bolton?Jason W:lrboys sings his heart out in Chamber Singers(photo by James Piippo)

What song is that?Franchesca Meton , Heather Goodwin , Christine Schwaninger and SJgah V practice harQJhoto by James Piippo)

I don't like this song.Sarah ~gel does not look too happy singing this song , but everyone else seems to lik(pHhto by James Piippo)

Combined effort for the LNE Chamber Singers brings success to the rock show.

"I enjoy it (Chamber Singers) because you can mix later day music with modern day music,"

junior Kathy Weber

Singers

Fa La La La

Meistersingers at Northeast are different from a lot of other groups. For instance, they make their own costumes and hold dinners where they sing Madrigal music.

You may be asking yourself, what is Madrigal music?

Well, its really just Renaissance music.

Among the things they did included going to a Renaissance Festival in Kansas where their most embarrasing moment occured. They were getting ready to sing and they had someone play the wrong note to tune themselves and they sang the song the whole way through in the wrong key .

By Ben Hurt

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Practice makes perfect. The LNE Meistersingers. (Photo by James Piippo)

Don't look so enthusiastic. Jillian Morse , Meistersingers is more exciting than that. (Photo by James Piippo)

Are you hitting the high note? John McVay and Chris Turner sing with their best voices. (Photo by James Piippo)

Charles Bowling, and Josh Morrow are ready for rehea i during their third period Meistersingers class. (Photo by J a Piippo)

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Concerts Keep Silhouettes busy

I by Allison Ebke

Imagine if you will a room full of young ladies. Nervous young ladies waiting in their dressing room before a performance. Nail biting, anticipating, stressed and excited young ladies. The picture you just imagined is a reality for Silhouettes before their performances.

Silhouettes is the only female singing group at Northeast. In fact, it's the only all one sex singing group at Northeast. Made up of sophomore through senior girls. Silhouettes had a busy year. Many

performances kept them hopping all year long. They sang in the Soup Supper sponsored by the Vocal Music Booster Club.

They were also members of the Diversity Choir that performed at the Diversity Concert following the Bridging the Gap celebration.

Silhouettes also performed at Kimball Hall at a special concert for female groups in collaberation with a week-long celebration of women at the University of Nebraska.

Between concerts, the ladies practiced hard to make it to all

of the events they participated in this year.

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Nicole Dewild demonstrates her singing abilities during her solo.

The Diversity Concert, soup supper, and other concerts kept the Silhouettes on their toes.

Get Down. The girls in Silhouettes get funky during the Christmas performance. (all photos by Mark Gonnerman)

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Follow the Leader! Director Jeff Klintberg leads the Jazz Band (photo by James Piippo)

Pump Up the Volume! Malibu Cummings p l ys th, saxophone during a Varsity Jazz Band perfo r 1ancE

(photo by James Piippo)

Jazz Band

The Northeast Jazz Band has been busy performing all through the school year. The Jazz Band is a very selected group of traditional jazz instruments.

The selected, talented group has been to Kansas University, Missouri State College, and Greeley, Colorado where they participated in jazz festivals.

talented group is doing. They also performed a number of concerts, played at other schools, and attracted a large crowd at the s oup supper which was held on Febuary 2 , 1996.

· One of the la s t times the Jazz Band performed wa s in the Rock Show where they performed a variety of popular songs.

senior Tim Boyte

"It was fun winning awards and traveling to other cities hearing other schools play," said senior Tim Boyte Traveling isn't the only thing this

_ By Laura Scherbak

Junior Theron Ahlman p lays the electric gu itar during one of the Jazz Band performances. (photo i,yJames Piippo)

Jazz It Up! Destiny Fonville , Tim Boyte , and Brooke Duple play their instruments during a performance in the North gym concourse. (photo by James Piippo)

"It was fun winning awards and traveling to other cities .. "

All Together Now! The Varsity Jazz Band performs in the North gym concourse. (photo by James Piippo) 145/ Jazz Band

cert an

Most classes last a semester or a full year. Not concert band , though. This is a three-semester class.

The class consists of mainly sophomores with a few juniors and seniors

During the the three semesters they had two concerts. They also sold magazines to raise money for a trip to Houston, Texas.

Singing through three semesters of a school year has enhanced student performances.

What an instrument. Chris Fargo practices his baritone. (photo by James Piippo)

Trombones up. Members of Cancer Band practice up on their trombones (photo by James Piippo)

Symphonic Band

ofilnikoff Symphony #1 in G minor is one of the many songs that the Northeast Symphonic Band plays.

The band attended the All-City Contest on April 16 at the Lied Center. The band has excellent musical ability and works to perfect their performance each period by working with Jeff Klintberg.

The Three Musketeers! Melissa Johnson , Jenny Bate , and Terra Nichelson practice their clarinets in Symphonic Band. (photo by Maria Skudlarek)

Practice Makes Perfect! Jody Sheldon tries her hardest during Symphonic Band. (photo by Maria Skudlarek)

Work, work, work. Members of the band practice during class. (photo by Maria Skudlarek)

"Symphonic band is better than Wind ensemble."

Eric Dwight senior

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Wind-ing their way

What do the Lied Center, a man walking through hell, and Wind Ensemble have in common? Belie ve it or not it had to do with a concert..

Wind Ensemble is a select group of people from all grades Their musical talent earns them a position in Wind Ensemble.

Wind Ensemble played the songs Inferno & Assention at the Bandma ster's Competition , held on April 16 at the Lied Center. Inferno & Assention are from "The Divine Comedy" , a musical on a man's walk through hell.

Singing for Spring. Matt Dregalla perfects the song Inferno for the spring concert.

Blow them away. Wind Ensemble members show all of your musical talents. (All photos by James Piippo)

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Sweet sounds. Blow them away, Julie Garner, with the sound of your saxaphone

All City is a place where the students can s·how

their skills

I by Allison Ebke

Violins, flutes, and clarinets where would you find all of these instruments? In Orchestra of course.

All City was an important event for Orrchestra. All City a chance for all the Orchestras in the Lincoln Public Schools High Schools to get together and listen to each other play.

" It is really nice to be able to listen to other schools perform and not have to worry about being better than them" commented senior Tria Lockard.

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Making noise. Veronica Montez shows violinist form as she practices her playing

Too big? Despite the size of this cello, Jamie Wood handles the instrument smoothly while playing (All photos by James Piippo)

Marching Band Blasts off to Great Awards

one first place. "I'm very proud of the band members, they have worked very hard," commented Band Director Jeff Klintberg. that those long, early mornings of band camp had paid off.

Booster Blast-off was a great start to the begining of a wonderful year for the Northeast Marching Band. Here they were able to show the student body

The band worked very hard getting ready for the three competitions that they attended. They also worked hard on the awards that they received. They marched

in Harvest of Harmony in Grand Island and the Star City Parade, among many others.

The Grand Island Harvest of Harmony invited 110 bands besides Northeast and the Rockets received three superior awards, plus

The Northeast band members are also in an Octagon group, or youth group, meaning they have dedicated some of their time to clean a designated area on a local highway. This is a three to four year project.

by Emily Waller

"First there is the band, then the drumline, then the snareline, and then there's me."

-Mark Gonnerman

A full load. Autumn Jay ha s her hands full wit h her tub a whi le marching in the Star City P arade. ( photo b y James Piippo )

Toy Soldiers. The Rocket Marchin g Band stands strong like toy so ldiers as they do a routine at the Boo s ter Blast-off. (photo by James Piippo )

Taking it easy? ot Benjamin Walkin shaw. He stand and poi ed whi le playing in the Star City Parade Jame s Piippo )

1995-96 Northeast

Marching Band

Sophomores

Amanda Adcox

Jeromie Austin

Heather Blackman

Chandra Blood

Mike Bolinger

Sarah Brown

Mike Chapman

Kristen Clark

Jenny Cole

Chey Collura

Summer Thoma so n

Beth Cornford

Mand ie Craigie

Kevin Thurmond

Erin Crapo

Amy Tichota

Leanne Detmer

Tony Dolezal

Seth Shaw

-Jeremy Shedlosky

Erin Shepard

Matt Sherman

Jeff Siebe

Janet Simonsen

Heather Sittler

Athena Skopp

Maggie Snyder

Jennifer Soldan

Pauli Springer

Kacy Standley

Clint Statham

Karissa Stephens

Nick Tarlowski

Summer Thoma son

Kev in Thurmond

Amy Tichota

Ash ley Truong

Christy Turner

Travis Vo sler

MattWegelin

Mike Will

Joe Wingrove

Gayel Ebert J e nn Witham

Meli ssa Ei senberg

Josh Wolff

Eric Eng strom Juniors

Ch ad Erickson

Chri s ty Erickson

Kath y Fa irchild

Chri sto pher Fargo

Sco tt Fe ldman

Jo sh Fergu son

Mark Fischer

Dest iny Fonville

Li z Fountai n

Jes icca Fraas

JP Freud enreich

Jere my Fuller

Je nn y Haith

Jill Hattan

Brent Arbuck

Erick Austin

Jeannie Barber

Sheri Barteck

Jennifer Bate

Michele Bean

Stephanie Beck

Elizabeth Bo gen

Christina Crane

Brian Di ckey

J a net Donohoe

MattDregalla

Katie Erickson

Stacee Finnell

Amber Henin ge r Andrew Folkerts

Mand y He rnandez

Matt Ho lland

Janet Hurst

Rachelle Irwin

Li z Ja ck so n

Daphanie Fountain

Jamie Garner

Shannon Gellatly

Matt Goeken

Erin Green

Shane Jack so n Lei a Grubb

Kris Jacobson

Jenny Jaeger

Staci Ju stus

Sara Kin stl e r

Amanda Kirkl a nd

Nick Klosterboer

Taryne Ladd

Luc L a marche

Ben La ngs ton

Li sa Lile

Chri st i Lundeville

Kari Malou se k

Katie Mitchell

Alan Morehead

Jeremy Nelson

Kelli Nelson

Michelle Nolting

Philip Obermeyer

Alisia Ortega

Luke Oswald

Sara Petersen

Jeremy Peterson

Julie Poore

Laticia Preble

Scott Raymond

Sarah Roberts

Angela Rolfsmeyer

Kri stina Ryan

Mikhaila Schneider

Andrew Shaw

Bob Hendri ckso n

Angie Hern an d ez

Joshua Hi cks

Meg Hildenbrandt

Annie Holme s

Mike Jennin gs

Kyle Jone s

Jennifer Kimmon s

Jeana Kohlman

Danielle Koonce

Dayna Mann

Dan Maxwell

Eric Mellen

Kalissa Meredith

Jill Miles

Bethany Millspaugh

Terra Nichelson

Autumn Nickens

Brian Nielson

Brad Peterson

Jeff Poindexter

Lynette Prasnicki

Stacey Randall

Brian Rauner

Tyson Regnier

Rob Rowan

Pat Sampson

Alli son Schaeffer

Ben Schluckebier

Travis Selzer

Ben Shelton

Ryan Skalak

Jennifer Stang

Mike Trawinski

Nikki Ware

Juston Way

Erin Westphalen

Melissa Whyman

Jed Winkelman

Jennie Wright

MichelleWum

Melissa Zephi e r

Seniors

Monica Birch

Tom Blinde

TimBoyte

Shalunda Brown

Jessic ca Cannon

Amy Carroll

Brandi Crap so n

Malibu Cummings

Sc ott De an

Frank Dol eza l

Jos h Donner

Dav id Draper

Brooke Dupl e

Eric Dw ight

Jeff Egge rlin g

Je n Eri c o n

Jason Fas nac ht

Je re my Fox

Matt Fraas

J ason Franc e

Julie Garner

Sean Gibso n

Mark Gonnerm a n

Sara Gould

Su sie Ha g ue

Ryan Hawkin s

Jeff H orstman

Jenn Ja sa

Autumn J ay

Diane Jennings

Chri s John so n

Melissa John so n

Caleb Kre c kl ow

Natalie Kuta

Jennifer Lile

Tri a Lockard

Nick L ovett

Ed Mills

Kelli Mitchell

Ryan Morehead

Jeff Nekola

Zaheer Pajnigar

Joe Poindexter

Carmen Riege

Andy Roberts

Tony Roberts

Jenny Safarik

Aaron Schwindt

Chad Scribner

Jason Simmons

Jenny Simpson

Jesse Snyder

Brandy Spale

Heather Spier

Mark Steenson

Josie Trine

Jason Turek

Sarah Vogel

Ben Walkinshaw

Music to my ears Lucinda Dean and Jeremy Shedlosky wet the i r reeds for the concert band (Photo by James Pllppo)

Play that funky Music. Scott Feldman play his trumpet during a Northeast basketball game. (Photo by James Pllppo)

Sassing Out Tom Armstrong plays his bass during orchestra class (Photo by James Pllppo)

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Clubs

Table vs. chair. Patricia Martinez perches on a table wh ile listen ing to club instructions at a OLAS meeting.

(Photo by James Piippo)

Hard labor. Zachary Lane demonstrates how much work it takes to be in a club (Photo by James Piippo)

Testing the taste buds. Kathy Webe r feeds on a brownie during a club meet ing (Photo by James Pilppo)

Creating crafts. The Peer Helpers gather to make Christmas ornaments to celebrate Christmas. (Photo by James Piippo)

It's not polite to point! Ed Mills and De

play

Etta Merritt

with the camera at a club meeting. (Photo by James Piipo)

Succeeding as a Group

The African American club at Northeast has been very successful. Among many of the activities that the club has taken part in are: making necklaces and bracelets, going to Omaha on field trips, and just spending time together as a group

"I really enjoy being involved in this club and everyone can get along," commented Andy Ficke.

by Emily Waller and Pamela Storm

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Come one, Come all! Kee Ke e McFee and h e r s on s ho w that y ou d on 't ha ve t o b e a cer t a in age to h av e fun in th e A fric a n Am e rican club

Paying attention. Lucill e Berry is concentrating v er y hard on w e av in g durin g the African Ame

can club da y meetin g (All ph o tos b y Jame s Pi ip po)

ESL Friends

Have you ever been in a strange place, with people you don't know or can't understand? Well if you haven 't you might go to an ESL Friends meet- · ing and see what it is like.

ESL Friends consists of 20-23 regular members who come from all types of cultural backgrounds.

During their meeting the group plays American card games, Vietnamese games, or they learn phrases in different languages.

The club meetings were ways of getting cultures intergrated outside the classroom.

-by Pamela Storm

VIP Board of Directors

Promoting "Students Having Academics Related to Enterprise," is the mission of VIP Student Board of Directors. This means that students wish to see the connection between what they are learning in their classes and the jobs they will one day have. The nine businesses formally affiliated with N.E. through the Ventures in Partnership Program support and promote this mission. Students can also relate classroom learnings to their own theoretical business called "Rocket High Pizza Pie", a business and name chosen by NE students.

(photo by James Piippo)

Russian Club

The Russian club meets only once a month but, when they do meet they have a lot of fun. They listen to Russian music, read Russian folk tales, learn about the Russian culture and eat Russian food.

The club traveled to Topeka, Kansas where they saw Treasures of the Czars Treasures of the Czars is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. It is a traveling exhibit of different artifacts of the Czars. "It was fun looking at all the exhibits and learning about the Russian culture," commented sophomore Shane Jackson.

by Laura Scherbak

What a sense of humor. Andre Watson busts a gut over the Russian outfit he is wearing. (Photo courtesy of the Russian Club)

Stand tall, stand proud. Shane Jackson models some clothes from Russia

Photo courtesy of R Club.

GLBSA

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Taking it easy. Brianna Baker and Rebekah Bast kick back while in their club , GLBSA. Photo by James Pippo

Three sitting ducks. Joe Luff , Anthony Roberts , and El izabeth Luff ponder while listening to their video Photo by James Pippo

Constructing the Rails

Choo, choo. Watch out, here comes the Model Railroad club. They keep busy all through the school year building railroad layouts. A railroad layout is scenery of the railroads built together.

"It takes a lot of time but when it's finished it's a real life scenery," said junior Pat Schafer.

Apart from building layouts this group shows off its hard work at train shows and at the State Fair. They also learn more about the railroads by taking field trips to Burlington.

Earth Smarts

The recycling frenzy is growing faster than ever. So, in order to keep up with the 'real world', Northeast has been expanding the activities of the Ecology Club.

The Ecology Club took part in Environmental Day on March 22nd at Southeast Community College. During this event they helped elementary students better understand the environment.

"Students need to be aware of what's happening in the environment around them," commented Stacy Murray.

Recycle Rockets. Next time you Rockets finish a pop or want to throw away papers , please recycle. Mother Earth will be proud (Photo by Pam Storm)

Way to go, recycle boy. Cody Downey recycled his pop can before going to class (Photo by Pam Storm)

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-by Laura Scherbak and Pamela Storm

Proceeds go to Ecology club. The Ecolog y places the recycle bins around for you to recyc l pop cans and paper. (Photo by Pam Storm) j

Fun Runners

•

by Emily Waller and Pamela Storm

As high school students should run and running we tend to feel a lot of pres- goals. The club also has sure. But the good news is speakers who discuss that there is a club that can what to eat and how to lift help relieve that stress, and weights appropriately also help you stay in shape Fun Runners also "Fun Runners has been attended a city-wide run a positive experience, " says called "Jingle Bell Run". Riane Murphy. The trick to this run was During club meetings that the runners were in members talk about how costumes. many miles a week they

Drop and give me twenty. John Snoozy was one of the sponsors of the Fun Runners club (All photos by James Piippo)

- Relax. Mike Schluckebier, Hillary Alberts and Ben Schluckebier take a time out during the Fun Runners club meeting Taking a break. Clayton Streich and Harley Upton show the true meaning of rest and relaxation

Art Club

How many times have you been making a raid on the vending machines before or after school or at lunch and felt pairs of eyes watching you? You turn around and there are people on the wall. Where did these people come from? They are the beginning of a multicultural mural being painted by the Art Club.

The children in the mural range from a German to an Eskimo to a Native American. They are painted in their native clothing.

"We are trying to leave our mark, and paint something that is representative of Northeast at the same time, " said president Kim Hespe.

The Art Club hopes to add a Russian, an Indian, and maybe a pygmy by ·the end of the year

by Allison Ebke

ABC Club

SEE-YOU-AT-THE-POLE was an important activity for the ABC club this year. The national activity sponsored by the ABC club was held Friday, September 15, 1995. Thirty-five members of the ABC club gathered at the flag pole at 7 a.m. to pray for their school. Over one million people around the nation participated in the event.

ABC members also get together to discuss issues involving religion, politics, and the everyday issues of teenage Christians.

" It is really nice to have a club where young people can get together and discuss issues that are important to them " commented sponsor Joel Cornwell.

by Allison Ebke

Snap out of it! The ABC club sponsor tries to attention of the members during a meeting. ( I James Piippo)

There's no time for small talk. •Joel Cornwe ll.

sor of the ABC Club , sits his members dow

, h discussion (Photo by James Piippo)

Future Teachers

Future Teachers

was a new club this year. By the title of the club you can tell that it was started in order to prepare students to become better teachers.

Patti Blair.

Some of the activities they did were role playing situations, and inviting guest speakers.

The speakers

talked about what to expect as a teacher and more importantly, what classes to take in high school and college.

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" It really prepares you for what will b . " e coming ..... , -freshman

by Pamela Storm

Attention Class! All eyes are on Heather Hobbs as she teaches her English class about her subject. (photo by James Piippo)

Hey Smarties! Zach Lane , Ed Mills , Daina Graybosch , and Terra Bailey are National Merit finalists. (photo by James Piippo)

FCA

Members of the Fellowship of Christian Atheletes (FCA) get together once a month to discuss problems among themselves, their family, and friends. By talking to each other they get support, advice, and sometimes solutions to their problems.

FCA uses members' religious beliefs to make sense of their daily lives. By incorporating their faith and beliefs, they understand and handle problems that otherwise would seem insignificant. FCA members believe in the sanctity of human life and just how miraculous they are as humans.

They get into groups of three to ten people, and just go around saying what is on their minds. Sometimes they play games or discuss current events or different ideas to help out the community, and help solve solutions positively. If a member is having academic problems, they attempt to offer positive advice.

FCA members' goals are to serve themselves and others in a positive manner. They use their beliefs to help others.

by Emily Waller

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Raise the level. Ryan Shuman and Beau Bartlett show that in FCA they can do almost anything.

We are family. The members of the Fellowship of Chris t i n A letes prove that everyone is family (all photos by James Piip 1 , )

So you have to have a 4.0 and take Calculus to be in Academic Decathlon , right? Wrong. Anyone , with any GPA can be in AcaDec.

After a really good season AcaDec was rewarded with a trip to the state Academic Decathlon competition February 16 and 17 at UNO.

The top nine contenders will go to state where they will compete in everything from math to speech.

"We have a really young team this year, but our chances at state are really great," said junior Yasuko Taoka.

by Allison Ebke

No, I'm right! Joseph Wingrove and Yasuko Taoka argue over the correct way to solve a problem given at a club meeting. (All Photo by James Piippo)

shows

FBLA'S ROAD TO STATE

I by Allison Ebke

BLA is not just a club for students who plan to major in business or for , . people who take a lot of Its not the Inter- business classes at LNE. state or the Super It is, for e~eryone. In ~act, FBLA s mam purpose 1s to Information High- promote involvement in the business world. This is way. The bumps accomplished by particiat NFLC SLC pating in coml?e!itions.

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' FBLA participated m

NFLC, SLC and Crete Competition. NFLC was held in

Omaha this year.

FAt NFLC, members listened to motivational speakers. While in Omaha FBLA members also had a dance and went to the Henry Doorly Zoo.

Then members attended the Crete Competition where they began to prepare for SLC, the State Leadership Competition. SLC is held in April at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Omaha.

and Crete Compe-

titian have kept

the members busy.

Must be interesting. Members of FBLA carefully watch and listen to the speaker at their meeting (Photo by James Piippo)

Wake up! FBLA members seem to be in a slight daze during a meet ing (Photo by James Piippo)

Dre ss for success. Members of FBLA take fashion tips on how to dress in a business situation. (Photo by James Piippo)

Luv Pops a quarter each! Fn Amy Mead gets the hang of se I Pops as an FBLA fund-raiser ; James Piippo)

Animals & Flowers

"Balloons are today's tomorrow," ys Detrick Frye, head of the Balon Sculpturing club. This is a club of students wanting to learn how to inflate balloons of different forms into animals and flowers and many more unique ob. cts. Members are taught how to ist balloons so they will work the ay that they would want.

Members will also expand their ay of learning by looking at maga. es or books and trying different lptures.

"We enjoy doing something that e like to teach others who want to o it," says Detrick Frye

by Emily Waller

Surprise! James Piippo 's new friend shows him the art of mak ing balloon sculptures .( Photo by Emily Hiller)

All eyes up front? Not quite! Katie Piontek gets distracted at a club meeting.

(Photo by James Piippo)

International Club

International Club has great ears and they use their ears all the time. That ' s because they have a lot of speakers.

Helping Hands came to speak to International Club. Helping Hands is an organization that imports goods from other countries. Then they sell the goods at a price that is fair to the workers. Their goal is to stop the exploitation of the working class in other countries.

by Allison Ebke Hackey

Sackers

Among the many new clubs at Northeast was the Hackey Sack Club. And just as the name suggests, club members learned and perfected the game of hackey sack.

There was a large turnout at most of the club meetings. One could also catch the hackey sack fever during lunch period, when many of the student body would spend some time playing.

Contests were among the agenda of this club. Unfortunately, they didn 't have the opportunity to have any.

by Jodi Linkugel and Pamela Storm

Concentrate, Jeff. Jeff Northup enjoys quality time in Hackey Sack club (photo by James Piippo)

Let's Party! These students celebrate Mardi Gras by having a party. (photo by James Piippo)

Ha, Ha guess what I just did. Reagan M iller takes t ime out of her Student Mediator club to give the camera a pretty smi le. (Photo by James Piippo)

Peace dude. Brooke Johnson says make love , not war while sitting in Peer Helping during Mentor (Photo by James Piippo)

Boy that chicken looks good. Beau Bartlett looks at some LNE students eat ing chicken and wishing he was one of them. (Photo by James Piippo)

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Math Club

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What does this mean, nothing unless you're in math club . Math club attends various tournements and take the AT-PACs. Zach Lane somes up the club by saying " We do math stuff " They attended the math bowl along with the Chreighton Math Field Day in which Lane and Daina Graybosch finished first .During clubtime they" Goof off all the time" but we know better than that.

The biggest tourney of the year is UNL Math Day at which 28,00 dollars are given away. This year unforunatly no one won any scholorships Over all the club was a success for all.

by Ben Hurt

Stuggling to Survive

Many new clubs have been started over the years at Northeast, and many clubs no longer exist at Northeast. One of these new clubs is the Native American Caucus. The future of this club is being debated though.

The purpose that NAC was started was to increase cultural awareness between people and have panel discussions with other caucuses.

The club was sponsered by Jody Garrison and Ken Cornwell, and the hope is that in the future the club will succeed .

by Christine Hedges and Pamela Storm

I don't get this problem? Terra Bailey and Daina Graybosch work hard in Math club. (Photo by James Piippo)

Need any help? Math club members Andy Ringsmuth Brown and Hoai Nam Tran would be good people to a3 help , with math that is. (Photo by James Piippo)

Differe nee Makers

by Allison Ebke

t first day of ool stuff

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and Las Vegas. Sue and Sacramento .

What on earth do these ha ve to do with Difference Makers? They used games like these to get to know each other at the start of the year.

After geting to know each other they volunteered to help young people at an Earth Day Celebration held at UNL. They also helped each other out by talking and giving advice.

Ohhhh.... Lindsey Pr ice displays her enthusiasm about being a Difference Maker while Cale Thompson does all the work (Photo by James Piippo)

·Senior Michelle Carr

Nothing to do? Brianna Baker sits with fellow Difference Maker Kori Tietz ( Photo by James Piippo)

Is everyone looki ng at the birdie? The Difference Makers gather in a group to get a picture taken ( Photo by James Piippo )

From Left

Young Democrats.Hmmm. What do members of a political party do if they are not able to vote yet?

The Young Democrat Club encourages students to become aware and to get involved with the politics at Northeast and the community. Being an election year, encouraging students to register to vote was a large adventure of the Young Democrats.

"We want to encourage other students to get into the wonderful world of politics and to express our values as young Democrats," commented senior Joe Poindexter.

So how did the Young Democrat Club accomplish this incredible feat you ask?

Young Democrats decided to start by getting students informed about the world of politics. The Young Democrats put up posters in the hallways telling of the importance of registering and voting.

The Young Democrats also hope to raise funds by selling candy and holding volleyball competitions

by Allison Ebke

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Running a little late? Joe Poindexter hurrys to find a seat in the bleachers for the beginning of the Young Democrats meeting (Photo by James Piippo)

Attendance is a plus. Members of the Young Democrats Club wouldn't miss a club meeting for their life.

(Photo by James Piippo)

Lovett raises his hand to

discussion. (Photo by James Piippo)

To Right

by Pamela Storm

In an election ye a r, politics become very important. It is a battle to see which political party can beat the other for the seat of President.

In the 1996 primary elections the Republicans had to prove their abilities and knowledge of politics. Each one of them was hoping that they could be the one to compete against the Democractic President, Bill Clinton, in the final election.

But what does this have to do with Lincoln Northeast?

Well, Northeast has its

own Teenage Republican Club. With 15 loyal members, they talk about Republican ideals, morals, and beliefs.

"No we don't sit around and bash democrats at our meeting, " was Nick Tarlowski's response when asked what they do at their meetings.

The club also held fundraisers in which they sold suckers. At the begining of the year they didn't have any guest speakers but were hoping to get some.

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Show Us Your Card! Nick Tarlowski holds up his membership card at a Teenage Republicans meeting. (photo by James Piippo)

Proud To Be An American! Simon Ringsmuth d isplays the flag during a Teenage Republican meeting (photo by James Piippo)

Asian Club

How would you like to join a club that gets together and plays games when they meet? Sound like fun to you? Then Asian Student Club might just be the very club that you're looking for.

Asian Student Club had a party to celebrate New Year 's Day. They got together in room 405 after school and partied, then ate Vietnamese food. After eating, they played games and hung out together just talking.

" It's nice to have a club to belong to where you just play games. No pressure just fun," commented sophmore Linda A.

by Allison Ebke

Hello Boys! Thoai Le and Hoang Nguyen hang out in Asian Students club (photo by James Piippo) ·

Look At Me! Hoang Nguyen and friends show off for the camera in Asian Students club. (photo by James Piippo)

Peace Man! Thao Nguyen flashes a peace sign for the camera (photo by James Piippo)

OLAS

The major event put on by OLAS as alatin music ance, sponsored by MASA, Mexian American Stuent Association.

by Emily Waller and

Being a first year club at Northeast OLAS has been very successful.

During the change in the meeting time of clubs, this particular club also took a change. The sponsor was John Burke during first semester, but due to the schedule change, Jason Jokers from UNL donated his time to be the sponsor of this club.

The club has 10 regular members, with Jorge Contreras as president.

What do you think? Patrica and Olga Martinez speak their minds while in oLAS club. (photo by James Piippo)

Pamela Storm

What so funny Bogart? Bogart Vargas and UNL student Jason Jokers enjoy them selves in OLAS club. (photo by James Piippo)

Drama Improv

The purpose of the Drama Improvisation club is learn everything there is to know about acting and improve on student 's improvisational skills.

With the help of sponsor Bruce Chapman, this talented group has fun improving their skills with a game of freeze. Freeze is a game where everyone sits in a circle on the floor and two volunteers get up and start to improvise. When someone else wants to join they yell 'freeze'. The improvisors stop what they are doing and the third person taps the improvisor they want to exchange with. As soon as they are in position the game resumes.

"We have fun building acting skills and acting concentrations, " Chapman said .

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You think we 're going to act that out for you? Scott Bender, Letteer Anderson , and Kar i Malousek sif in Drama lmprov. dur ing mentor

(Photo by Pamela Storm)

Vea, right. Josh Roberts looks over some lines that he will act out.

(Photo by Pamela Storm)

Hey look at that up there. Doug Miles and Todd Tom p ett p on an act for the picture. (Photo by Pamela Strom)

Friends Forever! Nisha Hayden and Lauren King pose for a picture after Young Democrats club {Photo by James Piippo)

Everybody Dance Now! A hacky sack club member plays in the North gym (photo by James Piippo)

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What's 42-down? Andrea Danhauer and Leann Becker work on a crossword puzzle in American Literature. (Photo by James Pi ippo)

Don't bother them. Northeast students are hard at work while taking the

Brain Cramp! Charlene Rezac concentrates hard while working on an article for the Northeastern {Photo by James Piippo)

AHSMA test. {Photo by James Piippo)

National Honor Society

by Allison Ebke and Angela Wurm

owmanytimeshaveyou come to your locker after class and found a sign on your locker that congratulates you on making Honor roll, or Top 3 % of the volved in National National Honor Society? Did you ever wonder just how that sign got there? That is definitely the work of the National Honor Society. This group of juniors and seniors is responsible for putting the signs that

Hduring their high school careers.

The students in-

Honor Society know that hard work has its rewards. honor those students who have excelled academically

National Honor Society also holds very special end uca tion ceremonies in the fall and in the spring for all of the new inductees.

Sergeant-at-Arms officer Angela Dierking said, "Officers read four creeds concerning leadership, scholarship, service, and character. Inductees are then required to read the Ind uction Pledge of New Members."

Front Row: Alisha Lamb, Tria Lockard, Arica Lamb, Julia Garner , Allison Ebke, Kelli Mitchell, Heather Hobbs, Jenny Safarik, Michelle Carr, Josie Trine, Melissa Kramer Second Row: Kimberly Hespe, Malibu Cummings, Terra Bailey, Sarah Tessendorf, Penny Egbarts, Kelly Allen, Jessica Sazama, Mary Hoffmann, Ellen Scroth, Jodi Standley

Third Row: Joseph Poindexter, Matthaw Fraas, Sarah Hitt, Stephanie Hertzel, Jennifer Ericson, Kelli Carbaugh , Amanda Thomas, Carmen Riege , Christine Schwaninger, Kristina Nevius Back Row: Joshua Malousek, Michael

Biggs, Edward Mills , Christopher Cederberg , Zachary Lane , Nathan Bereuter , Benjamin Nannen , Jason Simmens.

180/National Honor Society

Benjamin Aden, Zainab Al-Sayagh , Leann Becker , Julie B e '. enn

Heidi Bornemeier, Dyana Brym , Joshua Cather, Scott Dea r Am i Detweiler, Andrea Dewald, Angela Dieking , Joshua Don m , Da 1

Draper, Jeffrey Eggerling , Jason Fasnacht, Heather Good w i , Dai Graybosch, Sharon Griggs , Summer Hayes, Todd Hiest a ' i, Bi

Huynh, Holly Jacobs , Eric Johnson , Caleb Kreckl ,, T

McCormick, John Mc Vay , Theodore Milker , Joshua ' iorrc

Amanda Moser , Jeffrey Nekola , Diev Nguyen, Huon g gu y, Thinh Nguyen, Zaheer Pajnigar, Hao Pham, Lindsey Pric , Da·

Proett, Darin Rihanek, Andrew Roberts , Anthony Robe1 ,, Ct

Scribner, Corey Simmens, Ann Sorenson , Pamela Sto rr , Lai

Straatmeyer, Cale Thompson , Tamara Thornton, Ngu y, 1 Tr; Dung Truong, Eric Usher, Kathleen Wade , Rachel We s ' Dan Williams, Brian Y eggy

It's a she-thing. Sarah Hitt gi"

smile while putting up locke

National Honor Society induct,

by James Piippo)

Not Pictured

Are you kidding me? Jessica

and

can't believe they have so many signs to hang up for all of the students in National Honor Society.

S~pli.anie Jlertzt

Up Close and Personal. Stephanie Hertzel gets up close to have a picture taken (All Photos by James Piippo)

Taping it up. Jennifer Ericson , Carman Riege , and Julie Bogenreif working hard for NHS.

Help me . Julia Garner helps out Jenny Simpson with hanging up

Hanging. Angela Dierking hangs up locker signs for NHS.

Sazama

Tria Lockard

Rocket Man Comes Home

ocket , knight, bulldog. What do all of these have in common? They are all popular Lincoln high school mascots.

The Rocket has been the mascot of Northeast since the school opened in 1941. However, we haven't had a Rocket costume in those 55 years. Until now.

Student Council made it their goal for the year to get a costume for Rocket Man , the mascot of Northeast.

Student Council asked the student body to submit ideas for the costume of Rocket Man. Senior Missy Da y's entry won the competition.

Next came the hard part, making the student body aware of their goals and raising the $3,000 needed to pay for the costume. So began the fundraising.

Signs and donation boxes were set up around the school for students to donate their extra change. Student Council members sold suckers and balloons. A car wash was held and they even cleaned the Bob Devaney Sports Center

Student Council also held a

blood drive to help support the Lincoln Communtity Blood Bank As has been the case in the past, the drive was extremely successful.

by Allison Ebke

"The idea for a

costume has been around since I was a sophmore "

Senior Julie Bogenreif

Close up and personal. Jennie Bogenreif ge t s too close to the camera. (Photo by Angie Wurm)

How sweet. Julie Bogenreif and Letteer An di. ;on toys for needy children at Christmas time. ( f to Wurm)

One word. This picture can be described with just one word : Ouch! A brave sole gives blood at the always successful Student Council Blood Drive (Photo by James Piippo)

Let's get serious. Angie Dierking and Julie Bogenreif work on some serious STUCO business (Photo by James

Piippo)

Nationally-known. Speaker Mark Sharenbroich takes a minute off to get his photo taken with Lucy Bruns. Sharenbroich , from Minnesota , was at Northeast to speak to the Student Council. (Photo by James Piippo) 183/Student Council

Speaking Loud. Tam i Rust , Josh Brown , Joseph Wingrove , Jill Morgan , Destiny Fonville , Carrie Clare , and Er in Shepard are the great speakers of LNE

Don't debate with us. Nathan Milker, Andy Ringsmut h Lu Sabalka , Camelia Wills , and Derek Law debate for the P :) Cke (All photos by James Piippo)

Hard work and dedication have taken this team far.

Speak Your Mind

I am right, you are not. No, I am right and you're not.

Well, this isn't quite the style of the Northeast Speech and Debate team. There is a lot more involved than just standing in front of people and saying what is on your mind.

With all the preparations done, the Speech and Debate team set out to compete at Millard North, Raymond Central, Crete, Hastings College, East, Norfolk, and even a t Northeast on Febuary 3.

Lisa Swisher also competed in VFW and placed first, receiving a plaque and a $100 savings bond.

The team received many ribbons and awards. They placed 3rd in Entertainment at Crete, and 5th in Poetry at Millard North.

Speech and Debate has improved many members' speaking abilities, along with learning teamwork, responsibility, and discipline.

by Miranda Ryan and Pamela Storm

speak to us. Carrie Clare uses her great speaking voice to give it her speech.

Rocket Gets Facelift [ill

crashes, and shutdowns were all plights of the staff this year. Disk submit also meant an earlier deadline which made things tight been a lot of changes this ..-------------.

year.

reunttahbeorue t hthaevReocket? Well the staff of the 1996 Rocket can tell

ave you noticed anything difHy fe 0

The major change of the 1996 Rocket is that the staff decided to go with disk submit this year. The Rocket being previously a paste up book was designed entirely on three Power Macs. This allowed the staff greater versa-

tility, not to mention neater graphics.

However, as with all things it was hard to change over to technology. Memory,

for spring sports." Sometimes I think I'm going to pull my hair out at deadline time," commented senior editor Pam Storm.

In addition, the staff sold suckers at the begining of the year to help pay for the extra 16 pages of color that the staff decided to put in the book.

by

I.

" If the computer

crashes one more time, I'm going to crash it"

Junior Emalea Hiller

186/Rocket

Allison Ebke

Photo by James Piippo )

Deadlines!! Bea u Bartlett is hard at work trying to fini sh yearbook layouts on time. (Photo by Mark Gonnerman )

Picture perfect. Or are they ? Janet Dolezal and Jame s Piipp o t ry to strike a pose , yet the camera s till caught them by upri se (P hoto by Susan Scherbak)

Panic- stricken. Pamela Storm , ed it or of the 1996 ROCK ET, worrie s over the layout s she need s to review.(Photo by Mark Go nn erman )

Making it Write

Iby Jame s Piippo a nd R ac h e l We s t

he Northeastern is a The Catalyst, the month_ly newspaper _that ou might often see circu-

1 ating the hallways of OCUS, sports, co - Rocket High. Many of the

liyoung journalists strive to reach each individual student by writing about issues they can relate to.

"We try to cover current events and how they affect the student body," says senior Angela Dierking.

The class consists of a range of different personalities which results in a wide spread variety of stories

and columns.

With the new Power Macs crashing or the Laser printer jamming, the Northeastern faces a lot of obstacles to deliver the finished product to the printers. Various delays t caused many of the staff£ members to stay hours on end after school to make sure the Northeastern would reach the readers.

Chief Photographer James Piippo commented, l

on a staff IL like this."

Enjoying free time. Entertainm e nt Ed itor Angela Dierking lounges arou nd after she finishes her article (Photo b , James Piippo)

F

umns, computer crashes, hard work and late hours were the norm.

1 2 3 Kelli Carbaugh measures and counts the picas on a newspaper layout.

(Photo by James Piippo)

Feeling proud. Joe Luff looks over the final paper Everything is in tip-top shape!

(Photo by James Piippo)

Rush for the deadline. Northeastern Editor Josie Trine is cutting and pasting the newspaper together (Photo by James Piippo)

A journalist's work is never finished. Kevin Louthan and Todd Brauch type away the day together, trying to finish their Stories (Photo by James Piippo)

"It takes alot of dedication J and patience to be

C)~-1\~~

She's caught! The camera catches Jos ie Trine laying down on the job , and in it , too ! (PhOtO by James Piippo)

Concentration. Jon Mehlmann thinks hard as he types up his sports story (Photo by James Piippo)

Caught in action. Daryl Blue , the Northeastern adv isor, works away at his desk throughout the year (Photo by James Piippo) 189/Northeastern

Lights, Camera, Action!

Video Yearbook

Northeast has a T.V. show?

The video yearbook staff added a monthly show (The Pulse) that students are able to watch in classrooms. The show was edited and produced at Behlen Video, one of Northeast's VIP sponsors.

The main project for the year, however, was the Video Yerbook. This marked the third year of a three-year contract to produce a 30minute video summarizing the school year.

"It's not easy. You just have to sit down and do it," says staff member Lisa Burnett.

Arranging interviews and finding time and space to edit the tape were just two hurdles that had to be cleared. Behlen's facilities, used for The Pulse and the Video Yearbook helped ease the space crunch at school.

Video Yearbook Editor Carrie Clare gave assignments out that hopefully captured a variety of activities. Everything from sports to the prom were once again included in the $27 video.

The Pulse Editor Jeff Motz worked with other staffers trying to get their interviews and stories done on time. The Pulse was a monthly production.

Motz and staffers combed the school looking for feature, news and sports ideas and learning the ins and outs of TV journalism.

Attention Everybody! Lisa Burnett , James Piippo , Kevin Louthan, Jeff Motz , and Ken Love are working hard in class.

(photo courtesy of TV journalism)

Gotcha! Tim Gans is busy videotaping for Video Yearbo n by James Piippo )

the Facts, Man! Tim Gans stops to ch at with one of Lincoln 's finest. (all

' Closer In! Staffers Jennifer Mitchell and Trisha Kirkpatrick work on VideoYearbook Video Yearbook/191

Students Helping Students

Peer Helping gives students another resource for help

Peer Helping is no joke at Northeast.

Peer Helpers are very helpful in as-

got a

"Taking part in peer helping gives me a chance to be more

got a

senior Andy Longoria

spend time with young children, ass is t new students and give tours.

Solving problems isn't the only thing Peer Helpers do. They also give a variety of presentations, sisting students in solving problems and giving them helpful information on how to resolve conflicts in and out of school.

They also help students solve problems at school.

you've got a problem, we've got a problem," Longoria said. involved with students and the school," senior Andy Longoria said.

"If you've

problem, we've

problem."

"If

Relax and have fun! Gina Robinson and Joshua Moore , two Northeast Peer Helpers , take time from their busy schedules to visit Persh ing Elementary School. (Photo by Mark Gonnerman)

Mi-mi-mi... Ed Mills plays a little melody on the piano while his Pershing Pal sings (Photo by Mark Gonnerman)

-By Laura Scherbak

Puzzled? Josh Turek spends quality

from Pershing while piecing together

(Photo Mark Gonnerman)

1a1 Arst come, first serve. Students push past Josh Turek to help themselves to donuts and ju ice prov ided by the Peer Helpers (Photo by

Co-op-er-ate!

Peer Helping/193

James Piippo)

Cheese! Melissa Larson , Kelly Danek , Amanda Thomas , and Gina Rob i nson jump at the chance to be photographed at the Donut Dazzle (Photo by James Piippo)

Uno! Ryan Best and his Pershing Pal play with a deck of Uno cards (Photo by Mark Gonnerman)

Sarah Vogel , Brandy Spa le , Pamela Storm , and Joshua Moore all w ork togethe r on distributing dr inks at the Donut Dazzle. (Photo by James Piippo)

No work, all play. Brooke Johnson plays a game with a student from Pershing while Brandy Bartlett teaches her pal how to color. (Photo by Mark Gonnerman)

Sophomore

Cast List

Andrew Shaw

Eric Dwight

Tim Schultz

Mike Biggs

David Proctor

Dyana Brym

Ellen Schroth

Tim Boyte

Jeremy Nelson

Meg Hildenbrandt

Terra Bailey

Kurt Boyte

Velvet Langley

Zack Lane

B.J. Brown

Daina Graybosch

Carrie Clare

Yasuko Taoko

Jeff Motz

Krista Nelson

Jenni Bogenreif

Joe Poindexter

Josh Brown

Ellen Schroth

Chris Eckery

"I think casting went very well. I never havetoo many complain ts with Mr. Chapman's casting."

Andrew Shaw

Erick

Howard does Terra Bailys make up before the big show. (photo by James Piippo )

Cheer up Tim. Tim Boyte does not look very happy while waiting to perform. (photo by James Piippo)

Joe Poindexter gets very emotional while acting out a scene with David Procter (photo by James Piippo )}

Need a little help Meg? Mike Biggs gives Meg Hildenbrandt a hand in putting on her make up (photo by James Piipo)

Lets Dance! Dyana Brym and David Proctor share a waltz in the fall play (photo by James Piippo )

vl.0 clOse at I

love is in the ;:ur

been able to understand it. Soon, someone tries

By Shannon Klingler

hat can 25 Northeast

-

I/Jtf,QV/ Qr IAQ/;[ w students all_in the ~ame r l , ':) room do with a mght?

, , ,

They can produce a [I/ m/55 ft CJt play, and that's just what · they chose to do. On Noill pass right

0and you on'teven

r;t/ize it.

vember 8, 9, and 10, "The Moon is a Gong", a parade with shouting took place at 7:30 p.m.

A lot went on those nights in the Northeast

Drama Center. It was only a two part play, but if you weren't paying close attention, you wouldn't have

"The Moon is a Gong" is to take the woman about a man and woman away, but the man bangs who are newlyweds. The his fists on the moon, (a woman's mother dies, and metaphor) the woman is a family crisis arises. The not taken, and the couple is couple get into an argument left to live happily ever afand the woman ends up ter. leaving the man at the train Altogether, there were station. 9 characters in the play, Suddenly, it is 20 years ut it was performed with later, and they meet one an- only half as many students. other again. Two men ask "We had to make two the woman to marry them, characters as different as one of which is her possible, as eccentric as we husband.The woman could," commented sophochooses to go back to her more Andrew Shaw. husband.

195/The Moon is a Gong

Don't sneeze! David Proctor tr ies to stay still while getting his make up done (photo by James Piippo)

Settle down Joe! Dyana Brym , David Proctor and Joe Poindexter rea lly geta into their parts (photo by James P ii ppo)

Resolving Conflicts ?

Student Mediators Offer Alternative to Disciplinary Policy for Students

Do you have a conflict with another student? If so student mediators can help. "Student mediators help you resolve your conflict from people who are trained, neutral and very confidential," says sponsor Mrs. Marilyn Veomett. Mediators are good listeners, they are respectful toward each other, and work together.

The student mediators , help to avoid hurt feelings, and loss of friends, prevent verbal or physical violence . They avoid school disciplinary action They help you take responsibilit y for solving your own problems.

But, in order for all of this to take place, both students have to agree to do it, or the student mediation won't happen.

What happens in student mediation? It's a simple process. You need to make a referral. This can be done by students, staff, or administration. Two students in a conflict meet with a pair of mediators and the mediators follow these steps: Introduction and ground rules, they gather information, determine common interests, create options , e v aluate options, and choo s e a solution, then write an agreement.

by Emily Waller

A pair of mediators. Jen Erickson and Julie Bogenreif enjoy a lighter morl')ent.

A serious mediation? Matt Fraas and Jodi Standley understand that not all mediations are of the serious nature , especially one set up for the cameras with Susan Scherbak and Mark Gonnerman

A trio of friends. Jen Erickson (left) , Julie Bogenreif and Matt Fraas enjoy t •ng mediators and good friends (all photos by James Piippo)

A Kodak moment. Julie Bogenre if and Tim Boyte llOSe for a picture between mediations

200/Marching Band

Anderson Studio

Photography by Roger Elrod 2951 No. 70th

202/Anderson Studio-Photography by Roger Elrod

Anderson Studio

Photography by Roger Elrod

"My people, we should love everyone not only

words or talk but by our actions and true caring." -I John 3:18

206/the Photo Shoppe

Best wishes

TODAY,

Thank you for all the joyful high school memories, son. We wish you success and ' happiness in the dreams you choose to follow. You are a terrific son. We are very proud of you.

Love, Mom & Dad

JODI

Your life ha s been filled with up s and downs , With bar s, mats and v-balls and Shrine circus clowns.

With clas srooms , teachers , new friends and old, you've reached into the world and been rewarded with gold.

The medals and awards tell but part of the story, the friendship s and trust built is where you'll find glory

Love, Mom, Dad, Kacy, Amy, Pete, and Max

Amanda

May the good lord be with you JI/', every road you roam ....,_,... May sunshine and happiness ~ re

;,-.,; you when you 're far from hom e

J May you grow to be proud , di g ie and true May your good fortune be wit h '.) U may your guiding light be st ro r

And when you finally fly away, b hoping that I served you well For all the wisdon of a life tim E 10

l But whatever road you choos E 'm right behind you win or lose And in my heart you'll alway s 3. y forever young -Rod Ste t rt Mandy, you have always ma c m1 proud , I can't wait to see w t ti future will bring. I love yo u- :a

"Through the good, the bad, m l t. ugly, we've alwa ys stuck to ge t er.

"No matter where we end up, we will always be together."

Congratulations Ben!

Your hard work and dedication has paid offin the classroom , in athletics, and in life.

We are so proud of the fine young man you have become. Thanks for the memori es. Love,

Dad and Mom

S'US~

It has taken a while to grow and change those tin y slippers to full sized. You ha ve traced those tiny feet on a big path that lay ahead of you. You have paved a successful way and a bright future. Continue your journey in life and alwa ys remember the truth sustains. We are proud of you, and we love you

Mom&Dad KELLI

Believe in yourself and follow your dreams .

Congratulations

Matt!

From kinderg art en to graduation is a great learning experience. Thanks for all you've taught us.

Good luck!

WE LOVE YOU, Mom, Dad, and Jessi

Ylng da 'l(fira

You have grown into a lovely, young woman. We are very proud of everything you have accomplished.

Love you, Mom& Dad

Wlien I Cook,6acf(_J'{[

tliink_ of you,

.9Lnd everytliing tliat we 've 6een tlirougli.

:You mean tlie worM to me, .9Lnd made me fee[ [ifq, part of your f ami[y.

Wlietlier to [augli and Cove, or care and sliare, 'Ifie otlier was a[ways tliere. rJ'ogetlier forever in our liearts, 'Because friends are friends forever.

for a[[ of tlie wonder-

!

We are so proud of you! Love , Dad, Mom, Katie, &Kyle

Dear B-----,

In our eyes your are a super star in the game of life.

May all your goals always be achievable.

Love, Mom, Dad, Sheila, & Kim

S liayna, 2{ficfiel and Ju{ie

Our first year of high schoo[ was the first year w e met.

Since then we 've shared times that we '[[ never j Jrget.

%rough the ups and down, we've managed t <gether.

When we needed someone we had each othe 1 .52l.s graduation grows near and the years come t , an encl

We are very honored to be one another's best fri nd. ----------------- -

From a man of the mo m ain s of Montana and a worn , of the plain s of Dakota , From the farm to the ci t From Hot Wheel s to a s Jrt s car, From kindergarten to Sf ior graduation , From the present to th e Jture Nothing is impos sible GO FOR IT!!

Con1:ratulati 1ns Eric!

Good Luck and much st .:: ess ! With Love , Mom, Dad, Kori, 1 is, Marty, Janice, Bar r anc Jamie

JENNI

From our little girl.. ... to our young lady.

You've always had high goals, keep them and you will succeed in whatever you do.

We are very proud of you. Our love, Mom and Dad

Brandi,

With an angel on your shoulder the danger seems so small, Have faith in yourselfone day you'll have it all.

All My Love

Always, Mom :S liortcakf

Wacker & Justin Willey

Thanks for the would many memones you guys have given us. accomplish great things. Best Wishes for your futures.

Love, With love, Mom

Your Parents Congratulations

Jason

You have always been our "All Star"

We are proud of the young man you've become.

You are a blessing to us.

Love, Mom & Dad, Janelle & Jared

To my

of '96

Craig

I knew you

friends present and pastThank you for the memories, I wish you all success.

Suzie Peery Burnsville H.S. Burnsville, MN Class

Misty Congratulations!!

May G od bless you in the future as you press on toward the goal to win the prize.

We love you, Mom, Amy & Garth (Tasha & P.K.)

I I

On Children:

You may give them your love , but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.

Kahlil Gibran

Dearest Allison, Congratulations!

We always kn ew thi s day wo uld come at la s t We just ne ve r thou g ht it would come so fast. We gave y ou root s to g row.

Now we owe you w in gs to fly.

R emem ber.

B e proud, wa lk tall

B e a jo y to y our L o rd

A gift to y our co untry And a credit to you r family.

Use yo ur gifts wisely

Gi ve yo ur love we ll S oa r with yo ur s tre ng ths & Let y our h ea rt show yo u the wa y.

You have alwa ys b een our jo y and we are proud of y ou.

Love, Dad, Mom & Ryan

C ongra t ulations, Ann!

You made it! Thank you for all the jo y y ou have brought us. We love you very much. You trul y are a gift and blessing from God.

We look forward to you meeting y our future as you have met the challenges of the past. With success.

God bless you!

Love, Mom and Dad

214/Senior Ads

Congratulatio":s

Tracy and Wendy

Time h as g on e b y so f ast it's ha rd to b e li eve t h a t you are already gra du a tin g fr om hi g h s chool.

We a re so v e ry pro ud of a ll th e acco mplishm e nts both of y ou h av e made , and look fo rwa rd to s eein g w h a t th e f ut ure holds.

All our love, Birnie, Pat, Darrel & Nancy

Pame{a

Your first step was your biggest so far, But the next step is even bigger.

Good luck and have fun.

Mom, 'Doug, Ch ris, 'Dael and .f2lndy

Th e fo und a ti o n you've c h osen to bu i ld yo u r li fe on;

Th e goals th at you ' ve set and achie ed;

You 're kindness , true friendship, hard work a nd compassion, Are who you are Jess , because you 've belie ved.

Tru st yourself and the One who you follow each day,

As you mee t each success and each s trife , Show your good character, enj oy great adventures, As you embrace each new challenge in life

WE LOVE Y OU!

Mom , Dad, J osh , & Joel

Steph-

From Pre -School to Post-School, From Ro se mont to the "U", If

Turtles are still the be st , " And darn it , so are you!

Love, Your Friend

Jen

Congratufations on your many accomp{i.sliments. May your future be fi{{ed witli as mucli happiness as you 've given us & may a[[ of your dreams come true.

Love, Mom, Dad, & Ryly

Congratu{ations Senior Star Strutters

You 're one of a kincl just {ilq, a sta1i Made and designed to be just wlio you are!!

'We 're very proud of tlie Senior Star Strutters and wisli you aff tlie best of [ucl(in tlie future!

%e Star Strutter'Boosters

You've come a long way, baby Jada-bug , Congratulations and the world awaits

you!

Thuy

We're Y.fil:i_ proud of D ue to circ umsta nces you and love your b eyon d our co ntrol, we lots! were un able t o incl ud e y o ur senior ph oto with Congratulations the seni or section We hope this senior ad will Jason Yager!! help make your 19 96

Mom, D ave, RO CKET complete.

B est of luck in y our and Bros. future plans.

Mic helle-

We are so pro ud o f u Jennifer! and your accomplishmen t :

I A s y ou o pen new is a milestone doo rs, reach for th e

H ig h School Grad w tOil

You have set your c als s t ars! and are working tO\ trd them - You will succee ·

We l o ve y ou & are

We lo v e you very rr: ch ! s o proud o f y ou! Keep u p the good ~ rk!

Mom, Dad, Lori, Congratulatiom & Kristen With Love , MomandD a ,

Congratulations on a ll

that you have achieved. The high standards you

We are so p ro ud of set for yourself have you made you the special

M ay all your d r e a m s

person that you are.

We are very proud of

you. Good luck i n all co me true. your future goals

-Heather-

So many people 's lives have been enriched by knowing you. We are all so proud! You are kind, loving , considerate , and not afraid to stand up for what's right. May god continue to bless you as you walk in His light.

Congratulations We love you, Mom&Dad

Matt 5: 16 Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works , and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Robert,

Ever since you were two, We knew football would be the game for you.

Good luck as you tackle life. We know you'll come out a winner!

Love,

Caleb

We love you!

Mom and Dad

(And hey, once you get this hair thing under control, life's bound to get easier.)

Mom, Rhea, & Carlos

Remember!

As you drive down the next road in your life, you will always have us along for the rideno matter where the road goes!

You are so young and beautiful and all ready you , , have accomplished a lot, » 1 Been more places than most. You are truly a blessing to me. As you start out on your new adventure. It will include sorrow and joy, and require a great deal of faith, love, tolerance, and understanding. I believe in you and I love you.

Mom

Nathan Davis Garcia

January 17, 1978-July 28, 1995

As he approached the stairs into heaven he looked back with a glance the tears dripping off his chin were a whisper of goodbye and he climbed the final stair right into the sky his sudden death had not yet been accepted by his family or friends but the thought of this grateful friend will never end even though he's gone today his heart and soul still remain

Thinking of you, your creation of diet pepsi and cherry coke, the reds, sitting around with the "Card Tards" all night long, cruising in what you thought was the "Love Machine". You will always be remembered in our hearts as Mofrair with that Red Hair.

Love Always and Forever, Zach, Andrea, Allison, Lori, Heather, and Mario

Ylmy

For I know the plans I have for you, "declares the Lord," plans to prosper you and not to harm you , plans to give you hope and a future.

Jeremiah 29: 11 Love

:Bret and Lori j?jcl(ard

Janna

You've grown from a cute little girl in pigtails to a beautiful young woman.

We're very proud of you. We know that you'll achieve all you set out to do.

We Love You, Mom, Dad, and Jeff

Congratulations Natalie!

We are proud of the accomplishments so far in your life.

May you excel to greater height in your future.

Mom and Dad

Congratulations Heather!

May all your dreams come true! Play Hard Keep Smiling

Love, Mom, Dad, & Michelle

"You're always #1 in our hearts," Love, Your parents and guardians

Photo by Roger Elrod Tuxedos courtesy of Holway

"/

It's hard to put into words how proud we are of your accomplishments. You've been such a great role model.

Afom, 'lJacl & Jennifer

'We 've stuck_ togetfier tfirougfi tfie good times & Gae£. 'Even t fi l g fi we are a{{going our separate ways1 we wi{{ a{ways fiave tfie memories to ~ep our friendsfiips strong.

"Friends Forever"

Lori, Allison, Andrea, and Heather

CONGRATULATIONS JEN

Little did we know that the little girl marching with her favorite pickle whistle, would become our favorite Drum Major

We Love You!!

Mom, Dad, and Christy

''CHARLENE''

Watching you grow, from our little princess to our que e , You've brought us love, joy, and happiness Charlene. V. 1 your winning smile and sparkling bright eyes of blue, A ,wing your humorous spirit to always shine through. Yo ur iany talents, dreams, and goals will bring you success , And 11 )ting in the Lord, you'll achieve , and he will bless.

Having a daughter like you , make s being a parent rewarding , For you are at a wonderful time in your life ,

A time of dream s and new beginning s,

And the promise of your future unfolding , Is an exciting thing to watch.

And as you celebrate your graduation , and come into your own ,

As you learn and grow and try new thing s, ju s t remember: You'll always have the love and s upport of famil y behind you

For you are the kind of daughter any parent would be glad to have , The kind of young woman who is there to help a nd s upport others And when happine ss is gained , by a willin g ne s s to wor~ hard , And a warm , caring attitude,

Philippians 4: 13

Then the world hold s endless po ss ibilities , for someone like you! We 're proud of y ou!

can do a ll things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

(jina, Janet, 'l(fl[y, Afe[issa, Susan, and 'l(f,[[i

Our very Cast cfay is cfrawing nea0 %e fina[ cfay of our senior year.

YI_ time to Caugfi ancf a time to CTJJJ

~ut never a time to say goocf-6ye.

Our friends were a[ways tfiere to get us tfirougfi tfie cfay1

YI_ncf somefiow tfiey a[ways !(new tfie rig/it tfiings to say.

'J{pw tfie cfay fias come1

%e cfay is fina[[y fiere.

'We a[ways tfiougfit we cou[c{n 't wait1

~ut now we 're a[[ in tears.

'We 're not comp[ete[y sure of wfiat to cfo or say1 ~ut if we fiac{ one wisfi1 we 'cf wisfi for anotfier cfay.

Congratulations Senior Staffers:

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Ryan Shuman

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Charlene Rezac

Lisa Burnett

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Tim Boyte

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Congratulations Anita

Due to circu'mstances beyond our control, we were unable to include your senior photo with the senior section. We hope this senior ad will help make you r 1996 ROCKET comp lete. Best of luck in your future plans.

John Mc Vay

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Back-2-Back

••••••••••

It had been a season filled with joy and heartache, disappointments and accomplishments.

But on the second Saturday of March , at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, all of the worried frowns turned to smiles.

Northeast, behind the play of 66 sophomore Mike Hahn, pulled away from Columbus in the second half en route to a Class A state title win , 67-55. It was the second in a row for Coach Rick Collura's Rockets and the school's 10th

The three-day march to the top of Nebraska high school basketball started with a 57-48 win over Grand Island in the first round

A 69-59 triumph over city rival

Lincoln High in the semifinal round set up Saturday's showdown against No. 1 Columbus. The Di scoverers had felt the sting of Northeast 's power earlier in the season when the Rockets handled them at Ed Johnson Gym , 68-57. It was much the same in the state title game.

Hahn scored 18 of Northeast's first 20 points of the second half Alton Mason, a first-team All State pick for the second straight year, added 16 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists. BJ. Nannen made his first four 3-pointers and finished with 15 points

In the end , as the nets were clipped and gold medals handed out, it was another case of tradition taking one final ride. This one was a dandy.

In a roller-coaster season, Northeast made the final ride one to remember.

Coach Collura , and a few Northeast students , wore the same pink sweater every day of the state tournament.

After a steal , Alton Mason dunked the ball in Grand Island's face.

This 95-96 basketball team won Northeast's first back-to back championship since 1967-68.

Celebrating after the win over Columbus, David Mercer whooped it up.

The new Northeast mascot made its first appearance at state. According to Angela Dierking : "It was great getting the crowd pumped up. "

223/Back-2-Back ..... Another Look at the Class A Champions

B J Nannen 's cannon exploded during the final game w ith four 3-poin ters

Sophomore Amon Helmstadter sinks a free-throw against Grand Island

Cutting down the net , Josh Malousek thanked the fans for their support. ·

AA, Linda 52, 10; Abraham, Doug 40;

Adams, Amanda 52;

Adams, Jamie 52;

Adams, Lori 101,52;

Adams, Michaele 66;

Adams, Rachelle 66;

Adams, Samuel 52;

Adams, Tara 16;

Adcox, Amanda 52 ;

Aden, Benjamin 16;

Agena, Christina 16;

Aguilar, Terra 52;

Ahlemeyer, Adam 52;

Ahlman, Theron 89 ,40;

Albers, Paul 16;

Alberts, Hillary 102 , 103,29, 16;

Aldridge , Aaron 52;

Alexander, Casey 52;

Allen, Brandy 101,40 ;

Allen , Heather 14, 15,16;

Allen, Jerrad 110 ,51,52 ;

Allen , John 52,89;

Allen, Kelly 105 ,74 , 16;

Allen, Missy 60 ,66;

Allen, Shannon 133,52; Amen, Kari 112;

Amos, Joshua 66;

Amos, Keaton 40;

Anderson , Amy 40 ;

Anderson, Kirsten 40; Anderson , Letteer 66 ;

Anderson , Quiairmia 52;

Anderson , Ryan 40;

Anderson , Tyler 66;

Anno, Chris 40;

Applegate , Clyde 117;

Arbuck , Andrea 66;

Arbuck, Brent 40 ;

Archer, Rachelle 66;

Arguello , Eugene 48,40;

Armstrong , Tom 16;

Arnold, Staci 16 ;

Ash, Lindsay 40, 13;

Ausdemore , Mike 89; 224/Inde x

Austin, Erick 40; Austin , Jeromie 52 ; Austin, Nicole 66 ; B

Back , Randall 66; Bacon, Erin 40; Baenziger, Peter 52; Baete, Lyman 52,89 ; Baete , Shaun 40, 1O; Bailey, Terra 194 , 16; Baker, Jefferey 90,66; Baker, Randi 52; Bank s , Jarwin 52; Barber, Jeannie 40 ; Barlow, Autumn 66; Bartek, Sheri 40; Bartels , Sarah 52; Bartlett, Beau 102, 116, 187,90,91 ,96,16; Bartlett, Brandy 193 ,40 ; Bartlett, Megan 2,66; Bartlett, Richard 40; Barton , Janna 16 ; Bashore , Joesph 5 2 ; Bast, Rebekah 40; Bate , Jennifer 40; Bathke, Jonathan 110,40; Batt, Kendra 40; Bauer, Jami 101 , 100, 66; Baumfalk, Benjamin 52; Baustert , Ashley 105 ,65 ,6 6 ; Baxter, Christina 92,85 , 16; Bayne , Camey 128 , 133,52; Bean , Michele 40; Beate , Shaun 105; Bechtolt, Brandy 40; Beck, Stephanie 41; Beck , Travis 41; Becker, LeAnn 112,3,121,85,86,16; Beckman , Aaron 41; Beckman, Veronica 66; Beckner, Emily 52; Beetem , Matthew 87, 16; Bell , John 110,111; Belt , Lucas 66; Beltran, Gabe 89 ; Bender, Jeremy 87,41; Bender, Scott 2,66,90; Bereuter, Nathan 16; Bemadt, Jeremy 41; Berry, Lucille 6,16;

Best, James 66 ; Best, Ryan 193,41; Bettenhausen , Matt 66 ; Beuning, Beth 41;

Bickford, Robert 66 ; Biehl, Michael 52,117 ;

Biggerstaff, Sena 101 , 113,52 ;

Biggs , Michael 16,194;

Bigham , Eric 66;

Bilka , Johnathan 16 ;

Birch , Monica 16 ;

Bishop, Andi 66 ;

Bixenmann , Timothy 16 ;

Blackman , Heather 52;

Blair, Casey 52 ;

Blair, Patti 66;

Blanton, Craig 52;

Blanton, Kyle 41;

Blinde , Mark 66 ;

Blood, Chandra 52 ;

Bloom , Ju stin 66 ,90 ; Bluford, Aquasha 41; Boemgen , Charles 52; Bogen , Elizabeth 41 ;

Bogenreif, Jennifer 194 ,66; Bogenreif, Julie 16 ;

Bohaty, Cheseney 66;

Boid , Eric 52 ;

Boldt, Mark 41;

Bonge , Rachel 16 ;

Bool, Terry 52;

Borchers, Joshua 16;

Bomemeier, Heidi 35,16; Bouc , Amanda 94,41;

Bouwens, Nicole 101 , 113 ,52;

Bowers , Amy 52;

Bowers, Bradley 52 , 113; Bowers , Melissa 41 ;

Boyte , Kurt 194 ,52 ; Boyte , Timothy 194 , 16; Bradford,Jazi62; Brady, Jennifer 52; Braford , Clifford 53; Brant, Richard 66 ; Bratt, Lora 41,101; Brauch , Todd 49,41 ; Brewer, Angie 66; Bridges , Kimberlie 60; Bright, Scott 102;

Brindley, Stephan 53; Brink , Kelly 41; Brinkman , Casey 53;

Brinkman , Kelly 94,41,44; Brook s, Danyel 53 ; Brown , B.J. 194 ,56 ,53; Brown, Dan 53 ,56 ,88 ,89; Brown , Joshua 194,41; Brown, Mike 66,90; Brown , Sarah 53 ; Brown, Shalunda 41 ; Brown , Tina 66; Bruns , Jason 87,89,41; Brun s, Lucy 117 ,53 ,58; Bruyette , Phillip 66; Brye , Clifford 110,89; Brym , Dyana 194 , 195 , 16 ; Bucknell , Ryan 53; Buhrman , Zach 41; Bui , Thang 66; Burback , Erik 112 , 113 ,66,9 0; Burge ss, Jenna 53;

Burnett, Lisa 34,36, 16 ; Burton , Du stin 53; Burton , Jessica 66; Bush , Mindy 53; Butler, Opal 41; Butler, Yvette 129 ,28, 16 ;

Caicedo , Jose 104 , 105 ; Caldwell , Shane 16; Calkins , Nicholas 41; Campbell , Je sse 66; Cannon, Jessicca 17 ;

Carbaugh , Kelli 92,6, 17; Cardwell , Jamie 41; Cardwell , Laura 66; Carlile , Richard 41; Carlson , Anne 17; Camey , Colin 41; Camey , Jonathan 66; Carr, Angella 53 ; Carr, Michelle 29,17; Carroll , Amy 17 ; Cartwright , Matt 90; Cartwright, Phil 41; Cather, Amanda 53; Cather, Joshua 17 ; Cave , Jessica 66; Cederberg, Chris 17 , 102 , 103 ; Cederberg, Melissa 105,66; Cessna , Chad 87, 17; Chalk, Byron 41 ;

Chamber s, Jason 66;

Chambers , Seth 53;

Chapman , Mike 53 , 113,89;

Chaput, Jill 53 ;

Chinwadzimba, Tariro 116,117,85;

Christenson , Alicia 41;

Chri ste n so n , April 53 ;

Chri ste n son, Rebecca 66 ;

Christman , Traci 41;

Chudy, Stacey 15 , 17 ;

Church , Shane 17 ;

Clare, Carri e 194 ,2 7, 10, 17 ;

Clare , Do yle 66 ;

Clark , Jenn y 41;

Clark , Kri s ten 53 ;

Clark, Yetta 53;

Cl eary, Kallen 17 ;

Cleaver, Aaron 53 ;

Clift, Aaron 53;

Cole , Jenny 53;

Cole , Renee 66 ;

Coleman , Jennifer 66 ;

Collier s, Amber 53 ;

Collin s, Clint 17 ;

Collin s, Jessica 66 ;

Collura , Chey 105 ,53;

Contrera s, Joseph Jr 41 ;

Contrera s, Raleigh 53;

Coolidge , R ebecca 53 ;

Cornell , D arcy 17;

Cornford , Elizabeth 53;

Cornwell , Joel 88;

Coulter, Matthew 17 ;

Coulter, Nathan 53;

Craft , Willie 110 ,87,89;

Craige , Mandie 11 7 ;

Craigie , Amanda 53;

Crane, Chri s tina 41;

Crapo, Erin 53;

Crapson, Brandi 17 ;

Crary, Melanie 41 ;

Crawford, Quinn 53;

Crisler, Jill 66;

Cronin, Kelly 53;

Crook , Brandy 41 ;

Crook , Michael 17 ;

Crouse , Kelli 17,30;

Cruse , Sarah 53 ;

Culver, Sonja 66 ;

Cummings , Malibu 17;

Cummings, Melissa 105,66 ,96 ,97 ;

Curtis, Andrea 53 ;

Curtis , Matthew 89 ,53;

Curtright, Kathryn 94 , 105 ,53;

Cut s hall , Cara 110 ,53 ,94;

Daarud , Gw e n 17 ;

D affer, Ca ssy

53 , 110 , 111,92,94;

Dal e, Sarah 53;

D amian, Bri a n 53 ;

Danek , Kell y 100 , 101 , 193 , 17;

Danek , Me ga n 110 ,66 ,92 ;

Danhauer, Andrea 17;

D a niel so n , John 17 ;

Dao , Phoung 53;

Dog Pile! The Northeast Star Strutters all get together for a quick picture. (all photos by James Piippo)

We're #1 ! Jeff Zimmerman shows what he thinks of the Rockets.

Dart, Amy 102 ,2 ,3 ,66 ; Delano, Carrie 102,41 ; 53;

Davenport , Bryson Delano , Eric 66 ,90 ; Ditton, Krystal 53; Duple, Brooke 18 ; 113 , 112 ,88 ,89 ; Delp, Kelly 66;

Dixon , Adam 53 ,60; Durant , Samuel 67 ; Delp , Timothy 17 ;

Dixon , Amiee 18 ; Durflinger, Amber 67 ;

Davidson , Brian 53 ; Derowitsch, Luke 53; Dodworth , Graeme Duryea, Eric 41 ;

Davidson , Jamie 34 , 17 ; Deryke , Joey 66 ; 87 ,89,41; Dwight , Eric 194 , 18 ;

Davis , Lance 66; Detmer, LeAnne 53; Dolezal , Anthony 53; Dyer, Mark 5 3;

Davis , Megan Detweiler, Amber 17 ; Dolezal , Frank 18; E 110 ,37 ,53 ,94 ; Devlin, Melis sa 66 ; Dolezal , Janet

Davis , Robert 41; Dewald , Andrea 6 , 18; 100 , 101, 187,52, 18,6 ; Ebert, Gayel 53 ; I

Day, Benjamin 66 ; Dewild , Nichole 53;

Day , Leah 66,96 ,97; Dey, Ben 2;

Day, Melissa 17 , 102 , l O; Dickey, Brian 41;

Dean , Cindy 101 ; Diechert , Erin 135;

Dean , Lucinda 53 ; Diegel, Chloe 2 ,3,67 ;

Dean, Scott 17; Dierking , Angela 18 ,31 ;

Deaver, Paul 53; Diessner, Erik 67;

Deboer, Richard 17; Dilbeck , Charity 38 ,41,7;

Debrie, Amanda 53 ; Dilley, Justin 67 ;

Dolezal, Tony 89;

Ebke , Allison

Donahoe, Janet 11 7 ; 128, 186 ,34 , 18 ;

Donaldson, Gavin 67; Eckery, Chris 194;

Dondlinger, David 67 ; Eckery, Timothy 18 ;

Donner, Adam 67; Eckman , Scott 41 ;

Donner, Brooke 92 , 18 ,27 ; Edwards , Joel 41 ;

Donner, Joshua 18; Edwards , Kathryn 67 ;

Donohoe, Janet 41 ; Effie , Nickolas 18 ,87;

Douthit, Sarah 12, 41, 128 , Egbarts , Penny 102 , 18;

Debrie , Megan 66 ; Dinsmore, Erika 135,67; 130 ; Eggerling, Jeff 18 ;

Debusk , Charlene 17 ,61 ;

Debusk, Kimberly 66;

Decker, Denise 2,66 ,96 ,97;

Degarmo , Jeremiah 53 ;

Deichert , Erin 66 ;

Delaney, Jeffery 66;

Dowd, Candice 67 ;

Downey, Cody 87,41;

Doyle, Deena 67,97 ;

Drapal , Ryan 18 ;

Draper, David 117,18;

Dreeszen , Michael 89,53 ;

Dregalla , Matthew 105,41 ;

Drewes, Justin 53 ;

Drewes, Sara 41;

I· Viol ins up! These girls really look like they know what Druckenmiller, Rhiannon

they are doing. (all p hotos Ja mes Piippo )

226/Index

All

Ehrisman, Nicholas 67 : Eigsti, Christina 41 , 130; Eigstii , Christina 130 ; Ein spahr, Shane 41; Eisenbarth, Richard 18; Eisenberg, Melissa 52 ,53 ; Elliot , James 105; Emanuel, Cambria 41; Emanuel , Dustin 67 ; Ems , Dana 67 ; Engel , James .117,67 ; Engelhart , Derek 41 ; Engstrom , Aaron 67; Engstrom , Eric 120 ,53; Enns, Maralee 67; Epperson, Chad 102 , 103 ,37, 18 ,31 ; Erickson, Chad 102 ,53; Erickson, Christina 53 ; Erickson, Kathryn 41 ; Erickson, Katie I 02 ; Ericson , Jennifer 18 ,3; Erving, Tonisha 67 ; Evans, Laura 92,93,41; Evans, Michael 67 ; Eveland , Michael 53 ; Ewald , Christine 18 ; Eybel , Kristen 41, I 04 , 105 ;

Fag Ier, Joel 41; Fairchild , Kathleen 54 ; Falk, Tony 102 , 18 ; Fanders , Amber 101,2 ,67 ; Fanders , Candace 67 ; Fanders , Jenny 67 ; Fanders , Sarah 41: Fargo , Chritopher 54 ; Farr, Kasey 41; Fasnacht, Jason I 8; Feldman , Scott 54; Fenstemaker, Jamie 41; Ferbezar, Justin 67 ; "' Ferguson , Joshua 54 ; Ferguson , Melissa 41; Ficke , Andrew 41,89 ;

Ficke ,

;

Finch , Adam 18 ; Finnell , Stacee 4 I ;

Fischer, Mark 54 ;

Fiscu s, Amanda 67 ;

Fisher, Tany a 67;

Flanders, Ericka 18; Flanders , Ryan 41;

Flegal, Becky 97;

Flegel, Nate

38,87 , 88 ,8941;

Flegel , Rebecca 67;

Fleming , Phillip 67; Fletcher, Courtney 2,67;

Fletcher, Dustin 87,18;

Flewelling , Brandon 67;

Flink, Stasha 18 ;

Flores, Mike 67;

Folkert s, Andrew 41;

Folsom, Alicia 37,54;

Folsom , Li sa 101 , 110 ,67 ;

Forcier, Je ss ica 18;

Ford , Travi s 113 ,54;

Forman , Randy 54 ,8 7 ;

Fossberg , Emily I 8 ;

Foss berg , Luka s 67;

Foster, Jenn ife r 54 ;

Foster, Jenny 97 ;

Fo ster, Robert 54;

Fountain , Daphanie 41 ;

Fountain , Elizabeth 54 ;

Fox , Brian I 8 ;

Fox, Jeremy 19,41 ;

Fox, Tiffiney 67 ;

Fraas , Je ss ica 112,54 ;

Fraas , Matt I 20 , 121 ;

Fraa s, Matthew 19 ;

Franci sco, Kalissa 41;

Francke , Ja so n 87, I 9;

Franzen, Michelle 67;

Franzen , Neil 54 ;

French , Patricia 54;

Freudenrech , J.P. 117 , 54 ;

Friesen , Tammy 67;

Fritchie , Destiny 67 ;

Fritchie , Elisha 67;

Fritchie , Taucha 41 ; Fry, Derek 67 ;

Fujan , Je ss ica 41,42 ;

Fuller, Blaine 54 ; ·

Fuller, Jeremy 54 ;

Fuller, Kyle 67 ;

Furry, Bridget 67 ,97;

227/Index

Come on Lanta, concentrate! Lanta Latham tries to keep F up with the music while in orchestra.

together now! Jessica Mitchell and Ginger Venhaus

Brian 18

concentrate on the music while in orchestra

G

Gabig , Jacob 54 ;

Gallager, Robert 105 ;

Gallagher, Margaret 54 ;

Gallagher, Robert 67;

G a llardo , Adrian 117,41 ;

Gan s, Timothy 42 ;

G a rdner, Amanda 38,42 ;

G ardner, Jo shu a 54 ;

G a rman , C a rmella 19 , 15 ;

Gamer, Jami e 42 ;

G a mer, Julia 19 , 101 , 105 ;

Garnett , Matthew 51 , 54 ;

Garrett, D a na 67 ; Garri son , Elizabeth 67 ; Garri son , Jeremie 42 ;

Gartzke , Matthew 67;

Gaver, Jerem y 19 ,31 ;

G a yed , Nicole 67 ;

Ge llatly, Shannon 42 ;

Gemmell , Brandon 54 ,89 ;

George, Noella 42 ;

Gianchetta , Jeremy 105 ,67 ;

Gill , Bobby 77 ,87 , 19;

Gill , Carlo s 90 ;

Gillam , Eugene 54 ;

Gillam , Gene 117 ,89 ;

Gilliland , Brenda 54 ;

Gilli spie , Jamie 54 ;

Glantz , Christina 19 ;

Gla sscock, Shawn 19 ;

Goble , Brendan 54 ;

Goble , Cameron 19 ;

Gochnour, Kathryn 19 ;

Goebel , Angela 67 ;

Goeken , Matthew 42 ;

Goe schel , Heidi 19 , 15 ;

Goff, Jami 42 ;

Gonn e rman , Mark 150 , 19 ;

Goodwin , Heather 19 ;

Goodwin , Ja s on 67 ;

Gould , Sara 19 ;

Graewe , Hons 67;

Graham , Valerie 54 ;

Grant s ki , Shaun 54 ; Graterol , Luis 42 ;

Graul , Jura 19 ; Gra viette , Tiffan y 54 ;

Gra y, Amy 67 ;

Gray, Su s an 54 ;

Graybo sch , Daina 194 , 19;

Green , Charle s 19 ; Green , Erin ll 7 ,89 ,42 ; Greening , Amanda 67 ,97 ;

Greenlee , Eli za beth 42 ;

Greenwood , Crai g 83 , 19 ; Grell , Andrea 67 ; Griffin , Jame s 19 ; Grigg s, Sharon 74 , 19 ; Gro ss man , Amy 54 ; Group , Ali son 67 ; Group , Jennifer 6 , 19 ; Gro ve , Karla 39 ; Grubb , Lei a 42 ; Grubb , Monic a 54 ; Grush , Suene a 54 ; Guenter, Aaron 67; Guenter, Rob e rt 4 ; Guerra , Frank 67 ; Gumenyuk , Ru s lan 67 ; Gunter, Bry a n 87 , 19 ; Gunter, D a rre n 34 ,54 ; Gu stafson , Reb e cc a 54 ; H

Haase , J.D 117; Habel , A a ron 54 ; Hague , Su sa n 19 , 37 ; H ahn , Mi c hae l 52 , 54 ; Haith , Jenni fe r 54 , 105 ;

Hall , Adam 67 ;

Hall , Rachael 54 ;

Halsted , Nichola s 67 ;

Halte , Candy 67 ;

Hamel , N a th a nial 42 , 91; Hamilton , Miranda 19 ;

Hammer, Jennifer 42 ;

Hand a, Jal a ina 54 ;

Hane y, B e n 19 , 102 , 103 ,84 ;

Han se n , F a ith 4 2;

Han sen , Ja s on 67 ,90 ; Han sen , Meg a n 67 ; Hard es ty, Scott

2,3, 67 ,84 ,90 ;

Harde s ty, Tra vis 55 ; Hard y, Michelle 55 ; Hard y, Ta sch a 42 ; H a rr, N a than 67 ;

1996 LNE Boys State Bowling team. Coach Larry Siebe , Travis Vosler, Jim Griffin, Jason Wise , Jeff Siebe, Coach Ron Wise. Front Row (I. tor.) Aaron Beckman, Mark Dyer, Logan Russell. 228/lndex

Harrell , Amberly 55 ;

Harrington , Seth 55 ;

Harri s, Andrew 42 ;

Harri s, Jeramiah 42·

Harri s, Patrick 68 ; '

Har v ey, Shawna 55;

Ha ss e , Cody 19;

Ha ss e , Jeff 42 ;

Ha sse lmann , Corey 68 ;

Hattan , Jill 113 55 94 ·

Haun , Jo s hu a 42 ; ' '

Hawkins , Morgan 68;

Hawkin s, Ryan 120 , 19 ;

Hayden , Ni s ha 68;

Haydon , Jennifer 55 ·

Haydon, Tami 42· ' '

Haye s, Jimmy 113 ,68 ;

Haye s, Summer 19 ·

Headlee , Douglas 68 ;

Heap s, Ja son 68 ;

Heap s, Ju s tin 19 ;

Heike s, Dana 55 ;

Heini c ke , Jo seph 20 ;

Heinicke , Sam 55 ;

Hei s e , Brooke 113 ,65 ,68;

Helm s tadter, Amon 55 87·

Helm s tadter, Lafaya 42,4 ;'

Helm s tadter, Stacie 55 ·

Hem sa th , Melis sa ' 101 ,2 ,3 ,68 ;

Hender son, Travis 68 ;

Hendrickson, Jay 55 ;

Hendrick son, Larry 68;

Hendrick son , Robert 42;

Heninger, Amber 132,55;

Henke , A s hlie 130 42 ·

Henkeniu s, Ambe/ 55 ' 94·

Herek , Kyle 68 ,90 ; ' '

Hernandez , Angelina 77,43;

Hernandez , Benita 68 ·

Hernandez , Mandy 55 ;

Hershner, Traci 68;

Hertzel , Justin 110 , 111,52 ,55 , 87 ;

Hertzel , Stephanie 20 ;

Hespe, Kimberly 20;

Hespen , Kristian 55 ;

Hibbing, Michael 68,90, 105 ;

Hicks, Josh 43, 117;

Hick s , Lee 55;

Hicks , Ryan 68 , 90 , 117 ;

Hiestand , Todd 20 ;

Highsmith , Ben 68 , 90 ;

Highsmith, Jacob 55 ·

Hike , Benjamin 55 ; '

Hildenbrandt , Meg 194,43;

Hildenbrandt , Nick 68 ;

Hill , Andrew 55 , 89;

Hiller, Adam 43 ;

Hiller, Emalea I 86,43;

Hitt , Sarah 20 ;

Hjermstad , Erik 68 ;

Hladik, Nicole 55 ;

Hobb s, Heather 10 1,20;

Hobbs , Michelle 100 , 101 ,68 ;

Hoffman , Bradely 68 ;

Hoffman , Sara 55;

Hoffman , Shana 55·

Hoffmann , Mary 20;

Hoggatt, Da v id 68 ;

Holland , Arie 43 ;

Holl a nd , Matthew 55 , 105;

Holmer, David 55 ;

Holmes , Anne 43 ;

Holton , Molly 55 ,94 ;

Honnens, David 43 ;

Honnens , Michael 68 ·

Hoop s, Brian 68; '

Hopping , Joshua 55 ;

Homby, Melis s a 20 ;

Homby , Tyler 117 ,68 ;

Horst, Daniel 20;

Horstman , Jeffrey 20 ;

Horswill , Tiare 43, 128 , 130 ;

Horton , Melissa 55;

Hosek , Mark 43 ;

Houskie, Rianna 43 ·

Howard , April 43 ; '

Howard, Elizabeth 20 ·

Howard , Erick 194 ; '

Howard, Frederick 55 ·

Howard , Patrick 68,90 ;

Howe , Tyler 68, 102;

Howell , Anthony 43;

Hromas , Amy 55, 91 , 113;

22 9/l ndex

Blow a Kiss! ~~alea Hiller shares her sm ile with the camera

( photo by James Puppo) ·

Huapaya , Veronica 68 ; Huffman , Ci ss y 68 ;

Huffman , Denelle 55 ;

Humeniak , Kell y 42,43 ; Hurlbert , Reanna 68 , 105 ;

Hurs t , Janet 55 ;

Hur s t , Tomm y 43 ;

Hurt , Benjamin 20 , 76 ;

Hutchin s, Yalanda 55 ;

H yatt , Jam es 68 ;

H ydo , J ess ic a 68 ;

Ilfl a nd , Jeff 68 , 102; Inderlied , P a trick 117 ; Irm e r, K e nn e th 20 ; Ir w in , D a ne ll e 68 ,97 ; Ir wi n , Rachelle 55 ,97 ;

JJack s on , Elizabeth 55 , 133;

Jack son , Seth 68 ;

Jack s on , Shane 102 ,55 ;

Jacobs , Holly 20 ;

Jacob son , Kri s tin 55 ;

Jacque s, Carey 43 ;

Jaeb , Amber 2, 68 ;

Jaeger, Jennifer 55 , 91 ;

Jahn , Rach ael 34 , 68 , 135 ;

Ja sa, Jennifer 20 ;

Jay , Autumn 150 ,83 ,97 ,20 ;

Jenning s, Di a ne 20 ;

Jenning s, Mich ael 43 ;

Jen se n , Ja s on 68;

Jen sen , Pip e r 6 8;

Jervey , Sean 68 ;

Jinright , Erin 2 0 ;

John s on , Andrew 43 ;

John s on , Anthony 68;

John s on , Benjamin 68;

John son , B e thany 43 ;

John son , Brooke

130 , 19 3, 48,42,43 ;

John son , Chri s topher 20 ;

John son , Denni s 55 ;

John son , Derek 68 ,90 ;

John son , Eric 20 ;

John son , Jennifer 20 ;

John son , Jes se 68 ;

John son , Je ss ica 20 ;

John son , Jo s hua 43 , 120 ;

John son , M e li ss a 20 ;

John son , Mi s ty 129 ,20 ;

John son , Nichola s 68 ;

John son , Nicole 135 ,68 ;

John son , Tanner 68 ,90 ;

John son , Ton y 64 ;

John son , Trevor 113 ,68 ,90 ;

Jone s, Brandon 89 ,43 , 12;

Jon es, Jami e 43 ;

Jone s, Justin 68;

Jone s, Kimberl y 43 , 44 ;

Jone s, Rachel 68 ;

Jone s, Travi s 43 , 44 ;

Jone s, Trevor 44,43 ;

Julch , Nicolle 43 , 44 ;

Juranek , Amie 101 ,68 ;

Juranek , Shannon 20 ;

Jurgen s, Joseph 68 ;

Ju st, Jerem y 55 ,89 ;

Justu s, Carol y n 20 ;

Ju s tu s, Staci 55 ;

Kahler, Matt 44,40,43 ;

Kai ser, Bryce 44,43 ; Kai ser, Zack 68,2 ;

Kak , Chork 44,43 ;

Kanne , David 2 ,68 ,90 ;

Kanne , M a tt 44,43 ;

Kantor, Ro ss 68 ; Kapke , Jamie 20;

Karr, Jennifer 44,43 ;

Katt , Brian 90 ;

Keating , Heather 44,43 ;

Kee , Kee Mcfee 56 ;

Keefe , Taylor 68 ,90;

Kellogg , Mindy 68 ;

Kelton, Alli s on 44,43 , 12;

Kempe , Kaylene 55 ;

Key s, Katie 101 ,68 ;

Kielion , Amy 55;

Kimmons , Jennifer 44,43 , 102 ;

Kimmons, Sean 102,68;

King, Lauren 68,91;

King, Teresa 105,55;

Kinney, David 44,43;

Kinnison, Shannon 68; Kin tier, Sara 55 ;

Kipper, Martin 44,43;

Kipper, Matthew 10, 44,43 ;

Kirkland, Amanda 55 ;

Kirkpatrick , Trisha 61,20 ,31;

Ki ling , Ja s on 68 ;

Kisling, Rebecca 42 , 38,44,43;

Kissler, Shawn 68 ;

KJimm , B.J 102 ,84,20;

KJingler, Shannon 132 , 195,55,77 ,8 ;

KJosterboer, Nick 102;

Koch, J.R. 113,89,55 ;

Koch, Kevin 55;

Koehne , Wendy 20;

Koeneke , Brian 68 ;

Kohlman , Jeana 43,44;

Koonce , Danielle 44 ,97,40,43;

Kotschwar, Sabrina 69,97;

Kotschwar, Stacie 69,97;

Kozak, Melissa 44,43 ;

Kozak, Sara 69;

Kozisek , Nicole 69;

Kramer, Jamie 69;

Kramer, Melissa 21 ;

Krecklow, Caleb 21;

Kroese, Brandy 135 ,69;

Kroese , Holly 130,44,43;

Krogh , Shawn 44,43;

Kruce, Scott 69 ,90;

Krueger, Ryan 69 ;

Krull , Ryan 21;

Kubes , Chris 43,44 ,87,89;

Kucera, Amanda 69;

Kuchera, Evan 55;

Ku hfahl, Jasmine 44,43;

Kuhn, Jason 55;

Kumpula, Amy 44,91,43;

Kumpula , Richie 44,43;

Kunkel, Holly 44 ,97,43 ; Kunkel, Tessa 69;

Kuta, Natalie 131,21 ; Kutschkau, Rebecca l 13 ,55 ;

Kutschkau , Robert 44,43;

Ladd , Taryne I 32 ,55 ; Lager, Stacie 69;

Lahm, Jeremiah 55;

Lahm, Leilani 44,43; Lake , Jason 55 ;

Lamarche , Julian 44,43 ,9 ; Lamarche , Luc 102 , 105,55 ; Lamb , Alisha 21 ,6;

Lamb, Arica 21,6; Lamb , Ashley 69;

Land , Calvin 2 ,3, 69,90; Lander, Britt 69; Lane , Zachary 120 , 121, 194154 ,21; Lange , Megan 69 ; Langley, Velvet 194 ,21 ,29; Langston , Benjamin 120, 55;

Larson , Amanda 105 ,69; Larson , Matthew 69 ;

Larson, Melissa 5,193,21; Latham , Lanta 55 ,94 ,95; Latzel , Melinda 55;

Lauffer, Crystal 21; Lauritzen, Elizabeth 69; Lauritzen , Sarah 44 , 43; Law, Derek 44,43; Lawrence, Daniel 44; Lawrence , Danielle 43; Lawrence , Erika 113 ,69; Lawrence, Rachel 55 ; Lawrence , Sarah 21,5; Laws, James III 69 ; Lawson , Celestine 110 ,55 , 50;

Le , Diem 69; Le , Luyen 69; Le , Thoai 43; Le , Thorai 44;

Leber, Joshua 69;

Jump for Joy! T im G ans i s h a ppy to b e a t Nort heast. (photo by James Piippo) 231/lndex

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Leichleiter, Josh 117; Leick, Philip 69; Lemon , Mindy 44,94,95,43,44; Lenhoff, Adam 21 ; Lenhoff, Tracy 69,96,97; Lenz, Simone 69; Lewien, Christina 55; Liebers, Terra 69; Lile, Jennifer 21 ; Lile, Lisa 56; Lind, Jamie 89; Lind-Olson, Brooke 69,101,2; Linder, Trisha 21; Lindgren, Steve 21; Linkugel, Jodi 186,43,44; Little, Nichole 56; Lockard, Tria 21; Loder, Joesph 56; Longoria , Andy 192,87, 21; Loos, Benjamin 69; Loos, Stacey 135,69; Lopez, Kelly 56; Louis, Roslyn 62; Louthan, James 44,43; Louthan, Kevin 102,21; Love , Eddie 2,69; Love, Kenneth 117,44,43; Lovelace, Dane 44,43; Lovett, Nick 120,21; Lowery, Josh 44; Lowery, Joshua 44,43; Lucas, Joesph 56; Ludemann, Alison 43; Ludemann, Allison 44 ; Luedke, Heidi 56; Luedtke, April 69; Luff, Elizabeth 44,43; Luff, Joseph 21 ; Luhr, Brian 2,69; Luhring, Annie 102,113,56; Lunderville, Christine 56; Lundgren, Nathan 105,56; Lundquist, Kristen 69; Lundy, Brian 21; Lundy, Craig 117 ,69 ,90; Luttich, Jaron 56; Lyons, Tammy 69; Lytle, Chris 116,117;

M

Macku, Lisa 21; Madsen, Nicole

128, 130,44,43; Mager, Melissa 101,2,69; Mahaffey, Zachary 43,44; Mahlberg , Tracy 69; Mai, Khoi 69;

Malcom, Michelle 69; Malousek, Joshua 21,102,223 ;

Malousek , Kari 132,56; Manley, Britt 21;

Mann, Dayna 44,43;

Mansfield, Jennifer 21 ;

Marino, Antonio 69;

Marker, Nate 69;

Marquart, Leisa 56 ;

Marriner, Jonathon 49;

Marsh, Piper 69;

Marshall, Daniel 21;

Martin, David 69;

Martinez , Jose 69;

Martinez, Olga 21;

Martinez, Patricia 154,56;

Masek , Ryan 38,44,87,43; Mashek , Megan 69;

Mason , Eugene 69 ;

Mason, Tee 64,69,73;

Masten, Bradley 21; Masten, Kristi 112, 113,56,94;

Masters, Amanda 56;

Mateer, Jasmin 130,44,43;

Mattson , Melinda 56; Maxson , Mike 69;

Maxwell, Dan 44,43, 12;

Mayfield, Marc 56;

Maynard, Dana 56;

Mayr, Jason 69;

McCall, Douglas 56;

McCauley, Erin 69; McCormick, Tori 21; McCown, Robert 69; McCoy, Danell 130,45,43;

Shy girl~. Franchesca Meton and Amanda Stark pose together for a quick p1cture.(photo by James Piippo)

McCoy, Shannon 69, 91; McCray, Deveriou 69; McDonald, John 56; McInto sh , Lawrence 113,56; McKeever, Dylan 69; McKibben , Roxanna 45,43 ; McKinney, Batrina 69; McKinney, Travi s 56 ; McLaughlin, Dani 69; McMackin , R.P. 2,3,69,90; McMauley, Erin 105; McPike, Kayla 69; McVay, John 86,87,21; McVay, Sadie 45,44; Mead , Amy 69; Mehlmann , Jonathan 22,31; Meints, Angie 69 ; Meister, Melanie 22; Meister, Shannon 2,69,96,97; Mellen , Eric 45; Mellen, Erin 44; Mellick, Jeff 70 ; Mendoza , Maciel 70 ; Menjivar, Maria 69; Mercer, David 56,87 ,88,8 9 ; Meredith, Joleen 22; Meton , Franchesca 45,44; Meyer, Benjamin 90 , 70 ;

Meyer, Jamie 45,22,44;

Meyer, Jeremy 70 ;

Meyer, Julie 45,44 ; Meyer, Tommy Jr 56 ;

Meyer s, Amanda 4 5,44 ;

Meyer s,

70

Meyers , Jessica 101,70; Meyers , Melissa 45,44; " Meyers , Scott 38,45,44; Michaud , Josh 90; Michener, Thomas 56; A Mick , Jason 45,44; Mickle , Adam 45 ,8 7,88,89,44 ; Mickle, Alyson 70; Mika , Timothy 89, 56; Miles , Douglas 50 ,56; ... Miles, Jillian 45,44; Miles, Justin 70 ; Milker, Nate 87;

Miller, Brittany 70; Miller, David 45,44; Miller, Jessic a 2, 70;

Miller, Josh 56;

Miller, Kelly 70;

Miller, Lisa 70 ;

Miller, Michelle 70 ;

Miller, Rae gen 22,31; Miller, Randy 70;

Miller, Shayna 130,22,31; Mill s, Ed 155 , 192 ; Mills, Edward 22; Millspaugh , Bethany 45,44 ;

Minchow, Sean 56 ;

Miner, Kara 70 ;

Mink, Kelley 22;

Minzel, Peggy 44; Mitchell, Jennifer 22;

Mitchell, Je ss ica 45,44; Mitchell , Katie 132,56; Mitchell , Kelli 101,1 J0 ,2 2; Mitchell , Troy 56 ;

Molthan , Andrew 70 ; Mong , Tien Le 69; Monk , Ryan 45,44; Monroe , Joe 45,13; Monroe, Jo se ph 44;

Montez , Monica 26 ; Montez , Veronica 70;

Montgomery, Jody 70; Montoya , Kristopher 22,15;

Moore, Joshua 192,193 ,22, 15, 5, 4; Moore , Krislin 56; Moore , Sarah 22;

Mooren , Rachael 45; Morehead , Alan 56,89; Morehead , Ryan 22;

Morgan, Jill 56; Morrow, Joshua 22 ; Morse , Jillian 45,42,44 ; Moser, Amanda 22; Moslander, Joni 56; Motz, Jeff 194 , 195 , 22; Moyer, Marie 56 , 132; Mueller, Michael 56, 117;

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Makes a better candidate than Dole? Sarah Shambo holds a

sign to support Mike Hahn .(all photos by James Piippo)

Number One! Colin Riggins , Dustin Fletcher, and Andy Walz show

their support for the Northeast basketball team

Brian

;

Muggy , Brian 70; Muir, Dustin 56 ;

Muir, Roger 45,42,44; Murphy, Laurie 133 ,56 ;

Murph y, Riane 102,45 ,44;

Murray, Angela 57 ; Murray , Stacy 57 ;

Murray, Ton ya 22 ;

Murrell , Jeromy 113 ,57;

Murrell , Tre y 70 ;

Mutfw a ng , N a ndi 135 ,70 ; N

Nannen , B.J 87 ,22 , 15 ,8 ,9 ;

Na sh , Larry 70 ,90 ; Neal , Mich a el 70 ;

Nealy , Kri s te e n 57 ; Neff, Ryan 44 ; Neil , Adam 70 ; Neill , Eli s abeth 57 , 100 , 101 ;

Nekola , Jeffrey 22 , 102; Ya. Jeff ~otz is making a face that is not becoming to any- Nekol a, Kelly 2 ,70 ,94; one but him. (all photos by James Piippo)

Best of Buddies. Emalea Hiller and Bill Story are caught for a photo .

Nel son , Jam es

102 , 117 ,70;

Nel son , Ja son 87 ,22 ;

Nel son , Jeremy 102 , 116 , 117, 194 ,57 ;

Nel son , Jes se 117 ,57 ,89 ;

Nel son , Kelli 105 ,57 ;

Nel son , Kri s ta 117 , 194,44;

Nel son , Ryan l 02 , 120 , 121 ,22;

Nel s on , Shannon 101 ,57; Neukirch, Corey 22 ; Neviu s, Kri stin a 105,22 ;

Neviu s, Laura 104 , 105 ,70;

Newton , Ryan 44;

Ngo , Thao 44 ;

Ngo , Tung 44;

Nguyen , Autumn 70 ;

Nguyen , Linh 57 ;

Nguyen , Luu 70 ;

Nguyen , Phoung 57 ;

Nguyen , Phuc 70 ;

Nguyen , Phuoc 70 ;

Nguyen , Phuong 57;

Nguyen , Quang 57 ;

Nichol s, Jamie 22 ; Nicken s, Autumn 102,44 ;

Nielsen, Brian 44 ;

Noble , Meli ss a 22 ;

Nolting , Michelle 101 ,57 ;

Northup , Brian 70 ;

No sk y, Chri stopher 57 ;

No sky , Robert 57 ;

Novak , Chri stopher 57 ;

Null , Ju s tin 70 ;

Nunemaker, Michelle 13 2, 57 ;

Nuttelmann , Nie sj 70 ;

Nuttelmann , Ni esje 111 ,97 , 70 ; 0

Oake son , Kelly 22 ;

Oberme yer, Philip 57 , I 02 ;

O 'Connor, Ja s on 57 , 89 ;

Odbert , Elish a 70 ;

Odbert , Jo shua 22 ;

O 'Donn a l , Ne v in 44;

Oli ver, Jackie 113 ,52 ,94 , 57 ;

Olivetti , Carina 22 ,31,14 ;

Olsen , Derek 44 ;

Ol sen , Jamie 2 2, 6 ;

Ol son , Angela 57 ;

Olson , Janelle

110 ,57,94 ,95 ;

Ol son , Ja son 2 3 ;

Oltman , Jody 44,4 ,5 , 105 ;

Oltman , Tammy 57 ;

Ono s hko , Nata lya 70 ;

Ore , Eli z abeth 23 ;

Oro sco , David 2 3 ;

Orr, M a rtha 70 ;

Ortega , Ali sia 57;

Ortiz , Trinidad 70 ,90 , 117;

O s tg a ard , Meli ss a 70 ;

O s wald , Cas s ie 130 ,44 ,7;

O s wa ld , Luke 57 ;

O s wald , Ryan 57;

O'Toole , Ali s on 34 ,57;

O'Toole , Chri stina

100 , 101,44;

Ott , Kimberly 54 ,57 ;

Owen , Cory 57 ;

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Rocket Man? Josh Hicks gives a high five to the Northeast Rocket (Angela Dierking). The Student Council did many fund raisers over the year to purchase the mascot. (photo by James Piippo)

Owens, Marcy 57 ; p

Pajnigar, Zaheer 23 ; Palmesano , Kri sten 70 ,94 ; Papke , Aren 120 ,57 ;

Parker, Cari ss a 44 ;

Parolek , Matthew 70 ;

Pa shb y, Tara 44 ;

Pederson , Ben 113 , 120 ,50 ,57;

Pence , Samanth a 23 ;

Penn , Eric 57 ;

Penn , Mike 102 ;

Pennin g ton , Jeffrey 44 ;

Perdew , Elis sa 23 ;

Perdew, Michael 70 ;

Perez , Allicia 23 , 15 , 6 ;

Perry, Brion 57 ;

Per s in g er, Rebec ca 23 ;

Pesek , Christian 70 ;

Pe sek , Jeremy 57 ;

Peters, Mich e lle 110 , 111 ,52 ,57 ,94 ,95 ;

Petersen , Kendra 101 ,57 ;

Peter sen , Sara 57 ;

Peter son , Aaron 57 ;

Pokorny, Sheree 44 ;

Pool , Jaymi 70 ;

Poore , Julie 57 ;

Porter, Serena 44 ;

Port sche , M a tthew 23 ;

Po s t, Jame s 44 ;

Po s t, Je sse 44;

Po st, Tinici a 2 3, 5 ;

Potter, Jo s hua 57 ;

Pott s, Kevin 116 , 117 ,70 ,90 ;

Powers , Re g ina 44 ;

Pra s nicki , Ly nette

117,40 ,44 ;

Pre ble , Laticia 57 ;

Preble , Ta ra 70 ;

Pre ble , Tre vin 23;

Pre wett , Andre a 70 ;

Price , Drew 57 ;

Pri c e , Lind se y 23;

Prine , Ru sse ll 45 ;

Prochnow, Ryan 23 ;

Proctor, Da vid 194 , 195 ,23 ;

Proett , Dawn 23 ;

Proett , Ju s tin 70 ;

Purdie , April 45 ;

Purd y, Brittaine 130,45 ;

Putnam , Eric 57 ;

Putney, Erin 57 ;

Peterson , Brad 102 , 117 , 44 ; Q

Peter son , Carie 23 ;

Peterson , Jerem y 105 ,57 ,88 , 89 ;

Peter son , Jerry 57 ;

Ptlugh a upt , Dana 23 ;

Pham , Anh 70 ;

Pham , Bich 70 ;

Pham , Hao 23 ;

Pham , Trang 23 ;

Phauon g, Nok 70 ;

Pichler, Meli ss a 44;

Pierce , Amy 70 ;

Piersol , Andrew 57 ;

Piippo , Jame s 187 ,23 , 75;

Piippo , Megan 57 ;

Piontek , Katie 57;

Poindexter, Jeff 89,44 ;

Poindexter, Joe 117 , 194 , 195 ,86 ,87 , 23 ;

Quintana , Mario 117 ,23 ; Quintana , P a trick 45 ;

R

R a bago , Monica 70 ;

R a in s, Wendy 23 ,6 , 15 ;

R a ndall , Jo shua 70 ; Randall , Stacey 45 ;

R aridon , Jeremy 45 ;

Ra s mussen , Andrew 57 ;

Rathe , Mark 2 ,3 ,70 ,90; Rathjen , Mark 57 ; Rauner, Brian 45 ;

Rau s ch , Erin 70 ,7 ; Ray , Joshua 45 ;

Raymond , Scott 57 ; Re a, Erica 45 ;

Read , Shannon 57;

Reed , Brian 45;

Reed , Jennifer 23;

Reeves , D a le 70 ; Regnier, Tyson I 02 ;

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Reinwalt, Chad 57; Renteria , Bertin 70; Renteria, Margarita 57; Rice , Malika

113 ,57,62 ,94 ,95; Rice , Marci 57 ; Richardson, Anne 70; Ricky , Scott 45; Ridgley, Shannon 57; Rieck , John 23; Rieck , Renee 57 ; Riege , Carmen 23; Rife , Katie 105 ,91,10 , 70; Riggins , Colin 23; Riggs , Peter 45 ; Rihanek , Darin 23; Riley, Brooks 45 ; Rima , Jeremy 70 ; Ringsmuth, Andrew 45; Ringsmuth , Simon 57; Rinke , Troy 45; Risor, Nickole 57; Rivas , Felix Sanchez 38,45; Rivera , Jon 89; Rivera , Jonathan 58 ; Rivett, Karla 70; Robbin s, Keith 45 ; Roberts , Andy 2, 23; Roberts , Anthony 23; Roberts , Josh 120 ,73 , 70 ; Robert s, Megan 38,44,45; Roberts , Ryan 24; Roberts , Sarah 58; Robin s on , Gina 101 , 192, 193 ,2 4 ; Robinson, Lynn 70; Robinson , Ward 120,24 ,30; Rodwell , Jenny 71 ; Roesler, Kristy 113,94, 58; Roger s, Cassie 45 ; Rogers, Eric 45; Rogers , Tina 58; Rogers, Tony 24; Rojas, Mario 45 , 15; Roland , Jenica 71; Rolfsmeyer, Angela 58 ; Rothe, Amy 134,24; Rothe , Eric 102,71; Rothe, Ronnie 58,89;

Rothwell, Tina 45 ; Rowan, Robert 45 ; Rowe , Becky 71; Rowley , Bruce 45 ; Roy , Matthew 71 ; Rudolf, William 90 , 71 ;

Rumery, Andrea 58 ; Rumery , Marvin 71 ,90 ; Ru ss ell, Eric 86 ,8 7 ,24, 13; Rust , Tami 58 ; Ryan , Miranda 24; s

Sabalka , Lucas 58; Safarik, Jenny 63 ,75 ,24 ; Safarik , Laura 71 ;

Sallinger, Mitchel 24; Sampson , Patrick 45 ;

Samuels, Casey 71;

Samuel son , Jacob 71; San Miguel , Angela 45 ; Sanford , Rochelle 71; Santos , Marina 71 ;

Sarde s on , Shannon 24,27,31;

Sarde son , Shaun 24;

Sargent, Jonathon 45; Sa vage, Corey 89;

Sazama , Je ss ica 24;

Scedoris, Carris sa 2 ; Schaeffer, Allison 45 ; Schafer, Pat 110,89, 45; Scharf, Ryan 89,45 ;

Scherbak, Amber l 05 ,71 ; Scherbak , Laura

1Q5,134,135,192,8.5,44,45,4,.5 ; Scherbak, Su san 186 ,61 ,24,31 ,6;

· Scherer, Megan 71 ; Schilke , David 71 ,90; Schlegelmilch, Justine 110 ,58 ;

Schluckebier, Ben 102 , 103 , 104 , 105,45; Schluckebier, Mike 102 , 105, 71 ; Schmidt, Bryan 71; Schmieding , Jill 71;

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Look at me! Carey Jaques shows her innocent side for the camera. (all photos by James Piippo)

Schmieding, Julie 58;

Schneider, Ann 135, 71;

Schneider, Mikhaila 58;

Scholl, Adam 45;

Scholl , Tammy 71 ;

Schomaker, Missy 37,92,93, 45;

Schrad , Kevin 87;

Schrage , Jaclyn 45, 117 ;

Schroth , Ellen I 05, 194 ,2 4;

Schultz , Meli ssa 24;

Schultz , Tim 117 , 194, 58;

Schu s ter, Ronald 45 ;

Schwaderer, Danae 24,27,14,15;

Schw a ninger, Christine 24 ;

Schwaninger, Stephanie 71;

Schweitzer, Matthew 71 , 90 ;

Schwerdtfeger, David 117 , 87 , 24, 93 , 86 ;

Schwindt, Aaron 34,87 ,2 4;

Scribner, Chad 24;

Scribner, Shawn 113 ,71 ;

Sears , Shannon 45;

Seim , P a trick 58 ;

Seip, Matthew 45;

Selix , Bryan 89,45;

Sell , Gregory 45, 89;

Sell, Matt 89 ;

Selzer, Travi s 89,45;

Seymour, Caroline 24;

Shafer, John 71 ;

Shambo , Sara 58 ;

Shandera , Justin 71;

Shaw, Andrew 194 , 195 ,58;

Shaw, Seth 102 , 105 , 120,58 ;

Shaw, Travis 58 ;

Shea, Danielle 92,45;

Shedlosky, Jeremy 58 ;

Sheehan, Aaron 58;

Sheldon , Jedidiah 71 , 90;

Sheldon, Jody 45 ;

Sheldon, Julie 6;

Sheldon , Melissa 24;

Shelton, Ben 38,40, 45;

Shepard , Erin 58; Shepherd , Rebekah 58 , 102 , 105;

Sherman , Matt 102; Shires , Christopher 24;

Shuman , Ryan 100 , 102 , I 03 ,8 5 ,97 ,24, 74;

Shuman , Ryly 102,45 ; Siddio , Hadeel 58 ;

Siebe , Elizabeth 71 ;

Siebe , Jeffrey 58 , 9 I ; Siefker, Amy 58 ; Sigler, Dustin 58; Sigrist , Dawn 24;

Simmons , Corey 24;

Simmon s, Jason 116 , 117 ,24 ; Simonsen , Janet 58 ; Simp son , Jennifer 24,29; Simpson , Kristen 105 , 135 ,71 ; Simpson , Lori 102, 58 ; Sindel , Stef 91 ; Sindel , Stefanie 71 ;

Singleton, Mary 58;

Sinner, Julie 130 ,24,31; Sintek , Ben 84,90 ; Sintek , Benjamin 71;

Sittler, Heather 133,58; Skalak , Ryan 45;

Skopp, Athena 58; Skorohod, Tara 58 ;

Skudlarek, Maria 45; Slechta , Ann 24; Slosson , Matt 45 ; Smith , Andrew 25; Smith , Andy 61 ,30 ,7; Smith , Beth 71 ; Smith , Julie 45; Smith, Nick 35 ,58; Smith , Shaylee 45; Smith , Travis 71 ; Snell, Alex 103 , 104 , 105 ,54,58; Snider, Brandon 25; Snider, Micaela 45; Snyder, David 71 ; Snyder, Jesse 102,25, 14 ; Snyder, Maggie 94; Snyder, Margaret 58;

Walk like an Egyptian! Kelli Carbaugh does an impression of the crosswalk sign.

Part of the group. Michelle Zollicoffer and friends get together at the state basketball tournament.

Soderquist, Matthew 71; Soderquist, Stacey 25; Sodoris, Carissa 71; Solano, Travis 38,45; Soldan, Jennifer 58 ; Solko , Kristine 25, 14 ;

Sorenson, Ann 25; Sorge , Scott l 05; Spale, Brandy 193 ,83,2 5; Spataro , Elisabeth 71; Spath, Nate 12;

Spencer, Mandi 71;

Spencer, Robert 45; Spidel , David 71; Spier, Heather 25;

Springer, Pauline 58;

Squires, Jake 71 ;

Staack , Brenda 71; Stadnick , Matthew 45; Stanard , Amber 71 ;

Standley, Harold 88,89; Standley, Jodi 75,25 , 15, 92, 93;

Standley, Kacy 132 ,58, 51;

Stanley, Jeremy 58,89 ,7;

Stanley, Michael 71, 90;

Stansbury, Jade 45 ;

Stark, Amanda 110 , 111 ,58 ;

Stark, Kathryn 45 ;

Steenson, Mark 25;

Stein , Chad 71 ;

Stein , Shannon 45;

Steinman , James 40;

Stelzer, Anita 71 ;

Stepanek, Zeb 117 , 120, 71;

Stephens, Karissa 100 , 101,59;

Stetler, Matthew 45;

Stetson, Donielle 59;

Stevens, Jamie 71 ;

Stevens, TJ 59 ;

Stevenson, Robert 71;

Stickney, Melissa 59;

Stinson , Jon 71 ;

Stoki, Dawnell 59;

Stoner, Megan 59;

Storch, Nicole 45 ;

Storer, James 116,117,45;

Storer, Megan 117,71;

Storm , Christopher 71; Storm, Pamela 186, 187 , 193 ,3 3,36,25 ;

Straatmeyer, Laura 25; Strain , Dustin 45; Stratton, Jamie 59; Stripling, Elizabeth 59 ; Stripling , Richard 45; Stuchl , Christopher 59 ; Stuckenschmidt, Alicia 92,45;

Stukenholtz, Courtney 71; Stukenholtz, Emily 71; Stutzman, Anne

110,71 ,94,95 ;

Stutzman, Jake 110,87,45; Styskal, Anne 71; Summers , Chris 88 ,89; Summers, Christian 59; Sutter, Amanda 25; Sutter, David 71,90; Sutter, Melissa 25; Svendsen, Graham

110,39 ,87,45 ,7; Swaink, Jaime 45; Swanda , Jason 71,90 ; Swanson, Brenda 25; Swearingian, Travis 71; Swiney, Erwin

86,87,42,45 ,8; Swisher, Lisa 25; T

Talbot , Christy 25; Tanner, Joni 71 ; Taoka , Yasuko 45 , 194; Tarlowski , Nick 102; Taurus, Al Mason 110,8; Taylor, Jamie 71; Teele, Becky 71; Teixeira , Christopher 45; Tellier, Jim 71,90; Terry, Aaron 71; Tessendorf, Elly 71; Tessendorf, Mitch

102,113 , 120, 59; Tessendorf, Sarah 25, 131; Thai, Julie 59;

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Listen up folks. Julie Thai speaks for the rest of FBLA. (all photos by James Piippo)

~uiet Please.Trey Murrell speaks to the student body during a school assembly.

Thege , Sarah 25,31;

Theiren , Jerom e 64 ;

Therrien , Bri an 59 ;

Thoma s, Am a nda 193,63 ,2 5 ,28 ;

Thoma s, Jennifer 71 ;

Thoma s, Nicholas 59;

Thoma s, Tai 72,8;

Thoma son , Summer 133,59,10;

Thomp son , Cale 25;

Thomp s on , Paul 25;

Thomp so n , Romeika 39,45;

Thompson , Tai 73 ;

Thomp so n , Trevor 72;

Thomp son , Ty 2,3;

Thomp so n , Tyler 72;

Thorfinn s on , Shaun 2, 72;

Thornton , Jennifer 72;

Thornton , Tamara 25, 6 ;

Thurmond , Kevin 59 ;

Tichota , Amy 59 ;

Tietz , Kori 45 ;

Titterington , April 72;

Tolen , Lisa 130,45;

Tooker, Nicole 10 I ;

Torell, Aaron 25;

Tran , Tony 88,89;

Trauernicht, Aaron 59;

Trenkle , Heather 101 ;

Trenkle , Stephanie 25;

Trine, Cassie 7 ;

Trine , Josie 25,7,13;

Truong , Ashley 59 ;

Truong , Chanel 72;

Tucker, Seth l I 7 ,72 ,90;

Tucker, Shane 25;

Turek, Jason 25;

Turek , Jessica 72;

Turek, Josh I 02, 192,193;

Turner, Alisha 72 ;

Turner, Chris 110 , 111 ,86,87,89;

Turner, Christina 59 ;

Turner, Jamie 72;

Turner, Katherine 59 ;

Tuttle , Tabitha 25;

Tuve son, Erica 25;

Tzeng , Jerry 59;

Ulrich , Brandon 105 ,72 ;

Upton, Harley 102;

Upton , Traci 72 ;

Usher, Eric 26;

Uttecht , Joel 26;

Vanboening , Angela 72;

VanDer s lice , Kry s tal 26;

VanHom , Anthony 26;

VanHom , Tony 86 , 87 ;

Vanwey, David 59 ;

Vasanji , Vijay 120 ;

Venhau s, Ginger 102,37;

Venhau s, Lin sey

I 02 , 112 , 113 ,59 ;

Ver saw, Melis sa 72;

Vetter, Ashley 72;

Villine s, Anne 72 ;

Vo, Thu 72 ;

Voboril , Sara 92 ,93;

Vogel , Darre n 72;

Vogel , Sarah

I05 , 193 ,82 ,2 6 ;

Volzke , Jamie 92 , 93 , 75 ;

Vosburg , Shelley 72 ;

Vosler, Travis 59,88 ,89 ;

Voss, Tom 72 ,77;

Vukich , Paul 59;

Vurgess, Jen a 129 ;

Vurgess , Jenna 133 , 129;

Wacker, Craig 26;

Wade, Kathleen 26;

Wagaman, Luke 26 ;

Wagner, Craig 72;

Wagner, Jamie 26;

Wainwright , Nicole 72;

Walker, Craig 120;

Walker, Rebecca 59 ,72;

Walkinshaw, Benj am in 150 ,26, 105;

Wallen , Lexi 72 ,8 4 ;

Waller, Emily 130 , 131 , 150,10; 239/lndex

Ubservant. Lafaya Helmstadter and Mrs. Smith watch performers at the Bridging the Gap assembly.

Artist in the making. Justin Webster perfoms his rap during the Br idging the Gap assembly.

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Waller, Nicole 26 ;

Walter, Dylan 59;

Walter, Kelly 72 ,94 ;

Walters , Andrea 59 ;

Walz , Andrew 26 , 14;

Wanek , Cry s tal 26 ;

Warboy s, Je ss e 2 , 3 ,72 ,90;

Ward , Stephanie 26 ;

Wa re , Jen 96 ,97 ;

Ware , Jennifer 72 ;

Ware , Jenny 110 , 111 ;

Ware , Nicki 102 , 11 O;

Wa s senberg , Li sa 94 ;

Waterbury, Angie 130,44 ;

Wathen , Robin 105 ,72;

Wat son , Andre 59 ;

Way , Warren 72 ;

Wea ver, Rebecca 26 ;

Weber, Kathy 101 , 154,40;

Webster, Ju stin 117 ,59 ;

Weddin g ton , Sh a ne 72;

Weer s, Tracy 130 , 34 , 26;

Wegelin , Matthew 59 ;

Weiler, Heather 59 ;

Weiler, Neil 72 ;

Welch , Je s sica 101 ;

Weller, Tim 84 ,90 , 72 ;

Wellman , Staci 100 ,2 , 72 , 101 ;

Wendelin , Roger 72;

Wenzl , Andrew 59;

West , Gregory 72;

West , Ju stin 72 ;

West , Rachel 186 ,26 ,9 ;

Westling , Sara 72 ,92;

Westrick , Jenny 132,59;

Wheeler, Joey 72 ;

Wheeler, Sarah 59;

Wheeler, Sari 77 ;

White, Shannon 72;

Whitney, Melda 72 ;

Wickard , Brent 72;

Wicks , Alisa 130;

Wieser, Matthew 72;

Wiess , Ryan 38 , 87 ;

Wilber, Jeffrey 26, 15 , 104 , 105;

Wilhelm , Derrick 72;

Wilkason, Anthony 87,40; Wilkinson , Damion 72 ;

Willcoxon, Terrance 72 ;

Willey, Ju stin 120 ,26 ;

William s, Corey 2,3 ,72 ,90;

William s, Danny 87 ,26 , 117 ;

Wills , Jay 27;

Wil son , John 59 ;

Wilson , Ryan 72 ;

Wilson , Theresa 26;

Wingrove , Joseph 59 ;

Witham , Jennifer 59 ;

Wittstruck , Amy 26 ;

Wolff, Jo s hua 59 ;

Wollen , Ja son 72 ;

Wood , Jamie 26 ,3 ;

Woodrum , Je ss ic a 59 ;

Woods , Kelly 59 ;

Woodward , Annie 72 ;

Woodward , Rick 26;

Wooten , Thoma s 72;

Worley, Ryan 89 ;

Wright , Ryan 72 ;

Wurm , An g ie 88 ,95 , 26 ;

Wyman , Dalla s 72 ;

Yager, Dwayne 87 ,26, 28 ; Yager, Jason 26 , 14; Yandell, Carlena 26;

Yates, Andy 72,91 ; Yeggy, Brian 26 ; Yonekura , Te ss a 59 ; Yost , Elanor 72;

Zabel , Nate 59,89 ; Zabel, Nicholas 72 ; Zessin, Mandy 72 ; Ze ssin, Trenton 59 ; Zimmerman , Jeff 110, 111 , 87 ,89;

To the beat of the drum. Ken Love practices on the snare drums. (photo by James Piippo)

Colophon

The 1995-96 ROCKET was published by Walsworth Pub-lishing Company in Marceline, Missouri. Mike Diffenderfer was our representative from Walsworth.

Body Copy was set in 12pt over 13pt leading. Type styles were Palantino for body copy, Helvetica for captions, New York for sports copy, and heading were a variety of styles and sizes.

The 95-96 ROCKET is unique in that it is the first year that Northeast has submitted the yearbook pages by disk. All 240 pages of the yearbook were submitted by disk. Pagemaker 5.0 and Pagemaker 4.2 were the programs used.

The theme chosen was, "Planet Northeast". There were 1,000 copies produced. They were sold for $30 in August, $35 in October, $40 in Febuary. Expenses were gr~atly reduced through advertising by local merchants, yearbook sales and parent ads.