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The
Bulldog
1988-1989
Volume 31
Humphrey High School
405 South 7th Street
Humphrey, Nebraska 68642
Kathy Schmidt, Joyce Sjuts, Audrey Hanzel , Mary Zach, and Paula Chaulk show off
their box of "hot males".
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HHS.
lets u.b.u-.!
As we close the cover on yet another
year, we recognize the symbolism of
ending a century of service, a 100 years
of excellence in education. And with
each ending, there is a beginning: a look
to the future, an anticipation of the possibilities for the next 100 years.
And we the staff of the 1989 Bulldog,
hope that the class of 2089 can look
back with the same fondness that we
have, and see the vast improvements in
their educational system. But, more
than that, we hope that they too feel a
sense of freedom to be who they want to
be, to make of themselves whatever
they can dream and imagine. Be it 1989
or 2089, we all must realize we are powerful people with potential. If we continue to grow together as a school, as a
community, we can build wonderful
memories for ourselves and wonderful
possibilities for all those who will follow in our footsteps.
When you close this cover, you hold
tight all the good times and bad times
that we at HHS have experienced together. And when you pick it up again,
you will see it's like reopening a present
of memories that we have enjoyed sharing with you.
As a staff, we encourage you to go
beyond these two covers, and see all
HHS has to offer in the ways of education, building character, experiencing
love, and most of all, knowing " HHS
lets u.b.u. "
Michelle Long, Jeff Martensen, and Karla Frisch practice their technique on the
hat toss, as Kathy Schmidt sits in wide-eyed amazement.
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Mr. Ortmeier tries to feed Miss Zierke with the aid of a blindfold.
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.,. Stan Buchmann tries to keep a straight face
as he sees his reflection in the camera lens.
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.,. Joyce Sjuts demonstrates her usual behavior when turkey hunting.
.,. Miss Herink tries teaching Karen Labenz how
sing from her typing book.
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Jason Bell sits in amazement over being called on in class!
& Kari Paprocki and Kathy Schmidt show their better sides with a C & 0;
while Tammy Greisen and Michelle Gronenthal hesitate, not really knowing
theirs.
Doug Zavadil and Jeff Kallweit show how much pain they will
take for the sports here at HHS.
Opening
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Seniors share pizza, memories, and
Goo.d times this yr.
"How many days do we have
left?"
The class of 1989's final year of
school was one full of changes.
Many of the seniors found it hard
to let go of the closeness the class
had shared and break away from
the group. They often found it
hard to Hnd a time when the class
could get together as a remembrance of the past because of individual involvement in school and
personal activities. Many held
jobs after school and on weekends,
while others turned their efforts
to participation in the numerous
co-curricular activities that typify
the school. Despite this, the seniors managed to get together for a
class supper, a few movies, eating
out, concerts, and a few assorted
parties.
The seniors conducted many
class meetings throughout the
year to make important decisions
concerning their sneak trip to
Kansas City (Worlds of Fun) on
May 6th and graduation ceremonies May 13th. To raise the necessary funds for these events, the
seniors sold pizzas.
The graduating class of 1989
shared a lot of good times and created a lot of fond memories over
the years that will be reflected
upon and cherished for the decades to follow.
During physics Jeff Martensen asks, "You want me to
what?"
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Senior
T Kathy Schmidt tries to push down the
gym wall during volleyball practice.
The senior class (from top to bottom): Dave Gronenthal, Larry Wright,
Dennis Frauendorfer, Jeff Greisen, Jeff Martensen, Jim Classen, Kris Schemek, Michelle Long, Bonnie Gronenthal, Audrey Hanzel , Debi Schaecher,
Karla Frisch, Jeanne Maguire, Cindy Ternus, Kathy Schmidt, and Karen
La benz.
Debi Schaecher and Audrey Hanzel share a can of Dr. Pepper on the way to World's of
Fun.
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Jim Classen wakes up on the wrong side
of the bus.
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Bonnie Gronenthal tries to act innocent but everybody
knows better.
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Jeff Greisen demonstrates his expertise in hammer tossing.
Senior
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Dennis Frauendorfer
Audrey Hanzel
Jim Classen
Jeff Greisen
Dave Gronenthal
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Senior
Karla Frisch
Bonnie Gronenthal
Karen Labenz
Jeanne Maguire
Cindy Ternus
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Michelle Long
Debi Schaecher
Kathy Schmidt
Jeff Martensen
Kristine Schemek
Larry Wright
Senio r
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T Karen Labenz fakes being a referee during the senior/faculty
volleyball game.
Bonnie Gronenthal, with Mr. Brandl's
help, imitates a five-point buck (out of season).
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Senior
T Michelle Long sits on the grade school steps, reminiscing about the
good ol' days of grade school when life seemed much simpler.
& Larry Wright and bus buddy Dennis Frauendorfer: a) took too many sleeping pills b)
can't handle the excitement on the way to Worlds of Fun c) really like each other d) all
the above.
• Cindy Tern us smiles with delight while she hugs the stuffing out of Bonnie Gronenthal.
• Dennis Frauendorfer dares to be different.
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• Larry Wright does his best Sean Penn
impression.
• Audrey Hanzel smiles prettily for the camera, while Michelle Long wonders how
they're going Lo get down from their perch.
Senior
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"' Karla Frisch, Jeanne Maguire, Cindy Ternus, Kathy Schmidt
and Karen Labenz wonder how long they're going to have to hold
this pose.
• The preschoolers bring out the little kid in Jeff Greisen.
"' Kris Schemek takes time out from her homework to get her
picture taken.
• (middle right) After a glass of Quik and a bowl of cereal, Jeanne
Maguire is ready to face the day.
• Dave Gronenthal curls up and falls asleep on the way to Worlds
of Fun.
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Senior
" Steve Classen is caught actually doing
something worthwhile at the work bench.
"Way Cool Junl'ors" fl'nd themselves Wl'th
Just one more year
With the junior class slaving
and scraping for money since they
were freshmen, they attempted
and achieved the perfect prom
and managed to have fun in the
process.
On the first day back to school,
the juniors elected Ryan Rosenthal as president, Joyce Sjuts
as vice president, Jim Stock as secretary, Paula Chaulk as treasurer,
and Audrey Hastreiter and Kari
Paprocki as student council representatives.
The juniors took a variety of
classes this year. Some of them
were English and American History which were required; Math,
Journalism, Art, Band, Music,
Science, Voc Ag, and Shop. Many
were also active in volleyball,
football, basketball, track, F.F.A.,
F.H.A., and Spirit Club.
As a fundraiser, the Juniors sold
magazines and raised a total of
$1085.59, and at a boys basketball
game, they raffled off a telephone
and collected over $100.
Their hard work and efforts
paid off on the night of the JuniorSenior Prom, on April 29, 1989. In
an effort to be different, the juniors stunned recent tradition,
and elected to have a live band
and a theme that wasn't a song.
The colors were hot pink, purple,
black, and silver, with the theme
of"Top Hats & Tails." There were
many highlights of the night that
left many memories for both the
juniors and seniors.
& Joyce Sjuts and Paula Chaulk are perfect
examples of the "Way Cool Jrs."
~ (middle left) Connie Brandl is caught
modeling for the camera.
~ Kevin Cattau, Ryan Rosenthal, Gary
Gronenthal, Derek Kucera, and John Roll man show how friendly t hey really are.
Juniors
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Scott Babel
Lynette Bell
Connie Brandl
Kevin Cattau
Paula Chaulk
Steve Classen
Becky Frauendorfer
Gary Gronenthal
Audrey Hastreiter
Jeff Kallweit
Derek Kucera
Jamie Kyncl
Kari Paprocki
Scott Preister
John Rollman
Ryan Rosenthal
Becky Sander
Joyce Sjuts
Jim Stock
Angie Ternus
Parker Ungles
Mary Zach
Doug Zavadil
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Juniors
"" In art, Mary Zach acts normal while attempting to paint her picture.
"" Getting ready to sell balloons for the Homecoming game, Scott Preister, Scott Babel, Gary
Gronenthal, and Joyce Sjuts take time out to pose
for a picture.
., Lynette Bell puts her study hall time
to very good use by reading her magazine.
A Becky Sander is so involved in class she
doesn't even notice she's getting her picture
taken.
A The juniors line up on Hearts night. Front; Becky · Sander, Paula
Chaulk, Audrey Hastreiter, Joyce Sjuts, and Connie Brandl. Middle;
Derek Kucera, Steve Classen, Angie Ternus, Becky Frauendorfer, Kari
Paprocki, and Mary Zach, Back; Scott Babel, Doug Zavadil, John Rollman, Jim Stock, Gary Gronenthal, Jamie Kyncl, Kevin Cattau, Scott
Preisler and Ryan Rosenthal.
Juniors
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Sophomores stay busy participating in
Sports, prom, etc.
The sophomore class started off
their second exciting year at HHS
by electing class officers. Class
president was Jeff Schmidt, Paula
Greisen served as vice president,
and Sandy Gronenthal was elected secretary-treasurer.
The sophomore class sponsor,
Julie Herink, helped them decide
on a class fund raiser. They followed the tradition of selling W atkins products, as other sophomore
classes have done in the past.
One of the most exciting events
of the year for the sophomores was
ordering and finally getting their
class rings. T he differences in the
rings brought out the uniqueness
of each individual.
About h er sophomore year,
newcomer Tricia Jarecki commented, "It was a lot of fun, and
brought me one year closer to my
long-awaited senior year."
Chris Afrank
Dawn Brock
Stan Buchmann
Mark Fittje
Kevin Frisch
Kelli Fuxa
Paula Greisen
Jeff Gronenthal
Sandy Gronenthal
Wendy Hoefer
Tricia Jarecki
Jeannie McDonald
Mary Rollman
Paul Schemek
Jeff Schmidt
Carla Veik
Tom Veik
Jeremy Wright
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Sophomores
Jeff Schmidt works hard in shop.
~ The photographer catches Jeannie McDonald
in her usual Monday mood.
Stan Buchmann, Tom Veik, and Kathy
Schmidt discover that three heads are better than
one.
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~ Smiling, Mark Fittje proudly
shows his I.Q. as measured by guidance counselor, Barb Kelly.
Sophomores
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II> Before the Dodge volleyball game, Mary Rollman finds time to
pose for a picture.
'II' Mary Rollman, Karen Labenz, and Tricia Jarecki make a grand
entrance into the gym.
A Sandy Cronen thai is anything but excited about getting her picture
taken.
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Jeff Schmidt puts on his charm for the camera.
Brenda Foltz and Tammy Greisen take il
in their study hall.
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Freshmen raise money to start their
Junior prom fund
In 1988-89, the freshmen were
welcomed into their first year at
HHS. They started off the year by
electing their officers. They were
as follows: Jacky Sander, president; Tammy Greisen, vice president; Brenda Foltz, secretary; Justin Fischer, treasurer; Michelle
Gronenthal, news reporter; and
Danielle Buggi and Shawna Paprocki, student council represen-
tatives.
They decided to sell Christmas
items from Reader's Digest, like
the freshmen did last year. They
made over $1900. When asked
what was better about high school
than junior high, Angie Zavadil replied, "High school is better because you get to pick your classes
and you get to meet and talk to
new friends."
Shayla Baumgart
Jason Bell
Danielle Buggi
Kevin Dohmen
Justin Fischer
Brenda Foltz
Jerry Frauendorfer
Denny Gilsdorf
Tammy Greisen
Michelle Gronenthal
Tina Gronenthal
Tracey Gronenthal
S hawna Paprocki
Jacky Sander
Eric Sjuls
Danny Weidner
Angie Zavadil
F reshmen
"' Justin Fischer is caught shooting a sly lOIII
with fire.
"' Tracey Gronenthal helps out Michelle Gronenthal on another daily assignment in science.
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Brenda Foltz gives one of her shy looks.
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Freshmen
Mr. Irwin shows Tracey Gronenthal the keys to physical science while Tina G
hides.
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.,. Dan Weidner and Jason Bell
are in awe ("ah") over the assignment while Justin Fischer and
Eric Sjuts find it very amusing.
Tammy Greisen is racking her brain over her
history assignmentr.
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Kevin Dohmen tries to blend in.
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"' Concent rating so much, Tom Classe~~
doesn't even notice he's getting his pictun
taken.
Eighth graders wait patiently for
First taste of HHS
The eighth grade class of 1988- by Miss Kelly . " Having played
89 spent the year patiently wait- this year will help me if I decide to
ing for their turn to jump into the go out for volleyball in high
school," stated Leslie Cattau.
fast lanes of high school.
The girls also participated in
T he.y started off the year by
electing Jason Veik, president; basketball. The boys participated
Chad Sander, vice president; and in basketball, which was coached
Gina Greisen, secretary-treasurer. by Mr. Palmer.
As a whole, the class attended
The eighth grade was very busy
this year with all their activities the Tilden Choral Clinic and had
they had to worry about. The girls , a rollerskating party.
participated in volleyball, coached
George Barron
Robb Brandl
Leslie Cattau
Tom Classen
J erry Frisch
Gina Greisen
Kelli Gronenthal
Ma rk Gronenthal
Jamie Hellbusch
Fren Mata
Stephanie McDonald
Chad Sander
Jason Veik
J ason Weidner
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<11 After working hard, Jerry Frisch takes time to pose for a
picture.
Showing off their muscles are Chad Sander and Mark
Gronenthal.
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.a. Jason Weidner works diligently while George Ba rron sits back and relaxes.
Eighth Grade
• Gina Greisen helps Stephany McDonald hold
up the volleyball net.
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Leslie Cattau shows her pearly whites.
& Taking notes in history class seems to be easy
for Mark Gronenthal.
• In p.e. class, Jamie Hellbusch and Jason Veik
practice shooting the ball.
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Eighth Grade
iAil Greisen proudly displays her new
computer skills for the camera.
Students get to experience lockers
Change classrooms
Entering the 7th grade is fun
and exciting. They don't have to
sit in one room all day, and they
also get their own locker. There
are many new teachers and they
can meet new friends.
This year's 7th grade class said
they liked 7th grade but they definitely aren't looking forward to
being freshmen.
The 7th grade had two new additions to their class, Anita Hastreiter and Luke Buggi.
They elected officers and they
are as follows: President-Rachel
Theilen, Vice-president-Shannon
Irwin, Secretary/Treasurer-Gail
Greisen.
This year, the 7th grade class
went on a trip to Tilden for music,
and went rollerskating with the
8th grade. Some of the students
participated in volleyball, and
were active in basketball.
Mr. Palmer was head coach for
the jr. high boys. They had 4
games scheduled and 1 tournament. The goal for this year was to
win all of their games so they
could have a free pizza party.
Mrs. Bruening, the class sponsor, said she enjoyed the class and
thinks they're a neat bunch of
kids.
Shane Baumgart
Jeff Bell
Lucas Buggi
Jason Chaulk
Carla Frauendorfer
Randy Gilsdorf
Hicky Gilsdorf
Darin Gourka
Gail Greisen
Brad Gronenthal
Tammy Gronenthal
Anita Hastreiter
Shannon Irwin
Angie Kucera
Mark Schemek
Rachel Theilen
The photographer surprises Shannon lrv..
with a quick picture.
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Miss Zierke shows Carla Frauendorfer how
to run the printer.
& Ricky Gilsdorf is not amused with Brad
Gronenthal's theatrics.
"' The camera finds Angie Kucera contemplating her home ec.
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Seventh Grade
<Ill Shane Baumgart, Anita Hastreiter, Brad
Gronenthal, Carla Frauendorfer, and Mr.
Ortmeier are awed by Tammy Gronenthal's knowledge.
? Mark Schemek studies intently with his
eyes closed.
Seventh Grade
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Miss Herink keeps busy with increased
.t. Miss Herink shows who her favorite
Kirk Cameron.
Number of classes
Miss Herink, the business
teacher, has five classes consisting
of typing I, computer applications,
record keeping, accounting, and
office practice.
Due to a lot of students interested in computers this year, Miss
Herink teaches five classes: two
first semester and three second semester.
Since there was a lack of interest in typing II, that class was
dropped.
There is a large record keeping
class of eighteen and Miss Herink
says "Hopefully in the future this
will lead them to take accounting
to prepare for college."
If there was one thing Miss Herink would change, it would be to
combine her two typing I classes,
and offer another class of either
accounting II, an economics class
or a business law class.
Outside of the classroom, business students could participate in
an all day competition at Platte
College, and one sponsored by
Olympia. Also there is the main
one, Cornhusker Conference,
where all the area schools take
part.
"Business is part of our new
technology and is used widely in
jobs of secretarial, computer programming, and book-keeping. All
of the classes help prepare you for
the future."
Miss Herink also stated, "Hopefully, what I'm teaching, they'll
remember and use when entering
college or are out searching for a
job."
Julie Herink
Business
Miss Herink is busily averaging grades with her calculator.
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To m Veik checks out his typing while J eremy Wright shows his
whites.
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furniture as
History classes get to participate in
Major event of year
In history classes the students ,
take notes about important events
that happen but rarely do they get
a chance to see any part of what
they take notes on. This year the
junior and senior history classes
got to go on a short field trip to
Norfolk to see the "Moving Wall"
which is a half size replica of t h e
Vietnam Wall in Washington D.C.
For many of the students it was
the fi rst chance to see and touch a
part of history that shapes the
way we live today. This was just
an example of how Miss Korus
tries to have a variety of historylike news and important events
that help form the country we live
in today.
Miss Korus' goal this year is to
"Help students appreciate the historical background of what makes
our nation so unique. It is important for me to help my students
see the relationship between the
past and present, how events
evolved so eventually they themselves can make those connections. Also, for them to realize
what is said today and what action
done today will effect their lives
and their children's lives in time
to come! In order for them to be
responsible leaders and decision
makers for our future they need to
be aware of what works and what
didn't work for our past leaders."
Mary Jo Korus
History
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In her third year of teaching, Ms. Korus can still s mile.
y Derek Kucera and Dennis Fraundorfer eye the camera as the
juniors and seniors look at the " Moving Wall" on a field trip lo
Norfolk.
History
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" The seniors treat Miss Roemmich to
favo rite food: taco salad.
Students of English do much work in
Reading and writing
English, history, math, and science are all required for students
at Humphrey High. English is
split up between Mark Ortmeier
(7th and 8th grades) and Kim
Roemmich (9th through 12th).
The seventh and eighth grades
wor~ out of their anthology and
spelling textbooks, along with
reading novels and creative writing assignments. The seventh
grade read such books as The
Pearl and From the Mixed-Up
Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
while the eighth graders read,
among other things, Johnny Tremain and The Pigman.
Freshmen English has traditionally been a semester of
speeches and then grammar. This
year, the speech unit was broken
up into poetry and prose, and then
informative, persuasive, and demonstrative with The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn in between.
The second semester, the fresh-
men studied out of their anthology along with writing assignments.
The sophomore English class
mainly reads novels like All Quiet
On the Western Front and also
completed writing assignments.
Junior English is comprised of
free writing and American literature, in which they read their anthology, and books such as The
Great Gatsby and Catcher In The
Rye.
Senior English is an elective.
This year, 10 students learned
about English literature and history along with reading the books,
Wuthering Heights and Lord of
the Flies.
Miss Roemmich said " The purpose of all this reading and writing
is to insure that the students are
capable of and even enjoy reading
a newspaper or writing an essay
without my having to stand over
their shoulder. "
Kim Roemmich
English
• Miss Roemmich is caught sitting on
t he table again.
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• Mr. Orlmeier listens intently to his
students.
"' Stan Buchman casua lly strolls across the
~ym during Advanced P.E. class.
Phys ed introduces H.H.S. students to
a variety of sports
There was a new face in the P.E.
department this year. Mark Crtmeier taught Junior High P.E. and
also Advanced P.E. to high school
students. In his seventh and
eighth grade P.E. Mr. Ortmeier
stresses good sportsmanship,
teamwork and involving everyone
in the games that they play, which
include basketball, volleyball, flag
football, track and also a section
on lifting weights. Conversely, in
Advanced P.E. he stresses individualism and introduces them to
new and different sports. Mr. Ort-
meier says that "Advanced P.E. is
a fun class because you get to see
kids trying things they never
would have attempted on their
own."
Mr. Ditter, the other P .E. teacher, has all the elementary classes
and also freshmen P .E. and
health. In elementary P.E., Mr.
Ditter teaches the basic skills to
the younger grades, while in freshmen P .E., they practice their
skills. The freshmen also have
health half of the year and divide
the rest into various sports.
Mr. Ditter
Phys Ed
Mr. Ortmeier
PE/English
• Mr. Ortmeier watches intently as Jerry
Frisch lifts weights.
~ Gina Greisen show the camera how
much weight she can lift.
PE
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HHS science classes involve text work
Mrs. Harms
Anatomy
Mr. Irwin
Biology
Mr. Palmer
Chemistry and
Physics
Mr. Irwin acts as if working with dead subjects is
an everyday thing.
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II> Jim Classen, John Rollman, and .Jeff Martensen
are amazed at the advancements of modern science.
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Science
Lab time stressed
Combine Mrs. Harms, Mr.
Palmer, Mr. Irwin and a few embarrassing moments and what do
you get? The science possibilities
or classes offered to HHS students, with the help of St. Francis.
Life, earth and physical science
and Biology I and II are the
courses taught by Mr. Irwin. Mr.
Irwin states that he enjoys teaching life science most. Over the
years, Mr. Irwin's most embarrassing moment has been when he
was caught having the lowered
zipper syndrome; of which he was
made aware by his daughter in
class one day.
Mr. Palmer teaches chemistry
and physics. Mr. Palmer says that
he enjoys the labs done to test the-
ories. His most uneasy
from the four years he's
here, was once when he was
rected by a foreign exchange
dent; the student wag right!
Mrs. Harms teaches an<atolll
and physiology to HHS
Her class is offered at St.
She says she enjoys the
phrey High students because
add a different dimension to
class. She enjoys seeing how
cine has progressed and how
nology has improved.
All t hese teachers wish to
an appreciation and to instill a
sic understanding of science. A
they would like to create
awareness of the advance
technology has made.
Kevin Cattau tries to hide the fact he's actually
mg homework.
Math department acquires new
teacher
Two share duties
Algebra I and II, Geometry, Advanced Math, Computer Literature, Math 7 and Math 8, are t he
subjects offered in the math department at HHS. Miss Zierke and
Mr. Palmer are in charge of these
subjects.
This year is Miss Zierke's first
at HHS. She likes to teach Algebra
and also helps to create a sound
foundation of math skills in the
student's area of study. She also
feels that math learned younger,
should be reviewed, so it's remembered for later use. When asked
what her most embarrassing moment in class was, she replied,
"The most embarrassing thing is
when you make mistakes on simple math - twice!"
Mr. Palmer enjoys teaching
computer classes and simple math
classes. He also hopes for students
to grasp the basic skills of math
and hopes that students learn to
enjoy math.
Kelly Zierke
Math
Zierke assists Dennis Frauendorfer with an
question.
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Reluctantly, Jeff Greisen reveals he got two right on his quiz.
Math
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" Jeff Martensen (one of the many boys in
Foods class) smi les and tries to hide his
dishpan hands.
Bruening emphasizes lifelong learning
Encourages thought
Guten Tag! Verstanden? You are probably very confused over t hose first few
wo rds, unless you are a German I o r II
student. They mean Hello! Do you understand .this? These are just a few of the
many things that German students learn in
the classes offered here at HHS taught by
Elaine Bruening.
Mrs. Bruening also teaches tbe Home
Economics courses, which includes 2 yearlong classes: Basic Living and Adult Living. Basic Living is the beginners class in
Home Economics. Adult Living teaches
the students about topics of marriage, love,
money, and many other things to prepare
them for life after high school.
Mrs. Bruening also teaches four semester
classes which include Foods a nd Nutrition/
Housing and Clothing/Child Development.
" Home Economics focuses on the family
and the problems and issues they face,"
said Mrs. Bruening. She enjoys all of her
classes very much and describes her students as "some of the best I've had!"
Elaine Bruening
Home Economics
German
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(above) Paula Greisen, Jeannie McDonald, and Becky Frauendorfer practice t he German language while Mrs. Bruening listens.
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Mrs. Bruening gives a blank face and wonders if tbe year will ever end.
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Home Ec/German
4 Audrey Hastreiter is asking for help over her German te
from Mrs. Bruening.
"' Ryan Rosenthal looks over a sheet of
fibercore.
Wood Shop classes do various projects
Ag looks to change
In industrial arts, students learn
from hands-on experience
through projects in either the
wood shop or the vocational agriculture department.
Mr. Brandl, the shop instructor,
introduces the eighth grade students to industrial arts by showing
them the practical uses of areas
such as woods, metals, drafting,
electronics, and mechanics. During the year, the eighth graders
worked on projects like clocks,
mill games, plastics, and shelves.
The basic woods class has a
choice between bookends, clocks,
bootjacks, nightstands, or coffee
tables.
The cabinets class, the most ad-
vanced, has the opportunity to
make projects such as a waterbed,
a china cabinet, a curio cabinet, or
a roll top desk.
The construction class built a
patio deck at Pat Preister's and
made shot and discus rings at the
football field.
The vocational agriculture department covers productive agriculture, leadership development,
and record keeping; and next year,
along with a change in the name of
the class to agriculture education,
it will also cover agriculture business, farm management, computers in agriculture, telecommunications, and possibly horticulture.
Kevin Brandl
Wood Shop
Doug Rumsey
Vocational Agriculture
• Mr. Brandl helps Paul Schemek in shop.
• Jeff Schmidt routers a board.
Industrial Arts
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Special ed caters to the individual
.
Aids other classes
Unlike a regular content area in
which the teacher or teachers involved covers his or her discipline
exclusively, special education is
simply what it implies: special!
Another way to describe it would
be supplementary.
Mrs. Cattlett, Mrs. Heckathorn,
and Mrs. Ditter teach individuals,
not subjects. Basically, they aid
the student in whatever regular
class they're having trouble in. In
addition, they work on certain
skills or areas.
Mrs. Cattlett uses E .C.R.I., a
reading program incorporating
the five senses. She also took a
learning strategies workshop this
year, and for the next two, where
the focus was on helping the special ed student paraphrase, write
· better sentences, and get a more
complete understanding of grammar.
Mrs. Heckathorn works a lot
with vocabulary, and reviews social, study, and classroom skills
not yet learned. As a special ed
teacher, one of the most important
things Mrs. Heckathorn does is
teach the student about his or her
disability and help him or her
compensate for it.
Mrs. Ditter's job is somewhat
different than those of the Humphrey Public special ed department. Mrs. Ditter is the Chapter
One teacher. Chapter One is a federally-funded program aimed to
help the average student who
needs help with certain skills.
Mrs. Ditter helps kids learn how
to read and improve their reading.
Overall, the job of the special
education department is to recognize the kids' current level and
help them reach their potential.
"- The special ed department: Leann Catt·
lett, Dorothy Ditter, Jane Liss, Barb Heck·
athorn.
"' Jane Liss acted as the speech therapist
this year at HHS. Here, she helps a student
with his vocabulary words
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Special Ed
Mrs. Cattlett
Special Ed
Mrs. Heckathorn
Special Ed
Mrs. Totten sees the humor in a comment
1de by one of the students.
Research & instruction big part of job
in Totten's 3rd yr.
In her third year as librarian,
Mrs. Totten has many things that
she is in charge of, like ordering
equipment, taking care of library
skills classes, and the book fair.
Mrs. Totten says two of her favorite things to do are helping students and teachers find their materials, and ordering new materials for the library.
The grade school kids come in
every week to watch a video tape,
learn the Dewey Decimal System
and then check out their books.
The VCR's and TV's have played
an important role in the student
education. Not only do the grade
school kids learn from this, but
the junior and senior high kids use
the videotape machines for homework and references to their term
papers. Also, the students use the
machines for watching game films
to help out in their extracurricular
activities.
The library is also used by junior and senior high students in
their study halls. The students
come in and read the newspaper
and magazines. They do research
in the library and also work on the
computer. Along with using the library research, the Book Mobile
comes from Columbus every other
Wednesday for the students' use.
Suzanne T ot ten
Librarian
&
Mrs. T otten files through · her overdues.
Mrs. Totten tries to d irect the attention of the 5th graders while
at t he TV screen.
Library
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Band attends parades and festivals
T
Cindy Ternus s hows off her playing
Gives concerts
Ms. Bair, a recent graduate of
Nebraska Wesleyan came to Humphrey for her first year in teaching.
" What I like about teaching music is that it's relaxing and exciting. It's fun and it's something I
do well."
Ms. Bair teaches Sr. and Jr.
High Band and also helps with the
high school chorus. This year, the
band marched in 2 parades! Omaha's River City Roundup and
Wayne's Homecoming parade.
The band also hosted the Conference Band Clinic here February
6th, where the schools in the
Cornhusker Conference came,
practiced all day, and had a concert at night. With that, an Honor
Band was selected.
The 21 members were also busy
with Christmas and spring concerts and played for some of the
football and basketball games.
During the year, many students
tried out for various honor bands;
those who made them for Conference Honor Band were Shayla
Baumgart, Connie Brandl, Paula
Chaulk, Sandy Gronenthal, Audrey Hastreiter, Karen Labenz,
Ryan Rosenthal, Joyce Sjuts, Cindy Ternus, Doug Zavadil, Dan
Weidner, and Derek Kucera.
There were also Platte, Wesleyan,
Wayne, and UNO Honor Bands,
in which many other band members were selected.
When asked about her first year
in Humphrey, Ms. Bair commented, " I like the fact that even
though the band is small, they
play well."
Amanda Bair
Band
-" Sandy Gronenthal and Connie Bra ndl play hard at a Pe p
Rally.
A
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Band
Connie Brandl "jams" on a t rip to Wayne.
Humphrey High marches in Omaha's River City Roundup.
'Y
Paula Chaulk and Shayla Baumgart get a kick out of band.
HUMPHREY
HIGH SCHOOLS
ND
& 1989 Band, (Front Row) Denny Gilsdorf, Shayla Baumgart, Karen Labenz, Angie Zavadil,
Jacky Sander, Michelle Gronenthal, Angie Ternus; (Second Row) Dan Weidner, Connie Brandl,
Audrey Hastreiter, Paula Chaulk, Joyce Sjuts, Brian Classen, Cindy Ternus; (Back Row) Mark
Fittje, Jamie Kyncl, Gary Gronenthal, Doug Zavadil, Ryan Rosenthal, Derek Kucera.
Zavadil takes a break during pep band.
Band
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"' Mr. Korus seems to be telling secrets in one
of his art classes.
Mr. Korus heads art department at SF
Explores media
With only seven students from
HHS taking art at St. Francis, Mr.
Korus is teaching his smallest
classes ever. The students enrolled in art this year are: Kris
Schemek, Paula Chaulk, Audrey
Hastreiter, Mary Zach, Sandy
Gronenthal, Wendy Hoefer, and
Shawna Paprocki. Mr. Korus has
been teaching techniques of paintings and drawings in several media: calligraphy, commercial art
and film, print making, airbrushing, batiking, and sculpture for
eight years. He commented about
his classes that," A lot of quality is
there, but not the quantity." Mr.
Korus feels that some people use
the art show as their goals through
ribbons and medals. He also feels
that art is a kind of problem solving and you have to make your
own decisions to solve it even
th ough many have a systematic
way of going about it.
Mr. Korus said, "One has to appreciate art and what goes into it
before you can really understand
it."
Dean Korus
Art
A The 88-89 art students pose for a picture by the art pencil.
They are as follows from top to bottom; Paula Chaulk,
Audrey Hastreiter, Kris Schemek, Sandy Gronenthal, Mary
Zach, Shawna Paprocki, and Wendy Hoefer.
• Sandy Gronenthal adds the finishing touches to one of her paintings.
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Art
In her first year at HHS, Ms. Schoen
teaches t hree days a week.
T
Choir under direction of Nancy Schoen
Three days a week
This year, the vocal music department at
HHS underwent many changes. Besides
getting a new teacher, Ms. Nancy Schoen,
music was only held three days a week.
They started off the year by attending
the Conference Choral Clinic at Howells.
There, six people were elected for Honor
Swing Choir. Those people included Rya n
Rosenthal, Gary Gronenthal, Derek Kucera, Karen Labenz, Mary Zach, and Kari
Paprocki.
The choir had its annual Christmas concert on December 12, 1988. The public was
invited.
As a fundraiser, the vocal music department sold posters, with profits going towards a sound system.
They ended the year with the district
music contest at Platte College in April.
Many individuals and small groups participated in the contest. The choir sang "The
Heavens are Telling" and "For the Beauty
of the Earth" fo r a two rating. After the
choir sang, most of them came back to
Humphrey, while the others in swing set
and triple trio stayed and sang.
The two groups both got one ratings, and
Ryan Rosenthal and Karen Labenz both
received ones on their solos. Tricia Jarecki
and Mary Zach got two ratingR for their
solos, while Karen Labenz and Mary
Zach's duet received a two.
Members of mixed chorus for the 88-89
school year were Kat hy Schmidt, Karen
La benz, Kris Schemek, Karla Frisch, Mary
Zach, Kari Paprocki, Paula Chaulk, Becky
Sander, Joyce Sjuts, Ryan Rosenthal, Lynette Bell, Becky Frauendorfer, Gary Gronenthal, Audrey Hastreiter, Derek Kucera,
Angie Ternus, Tricia Jarecki, Dawn Brock,
and Bonnie Gronenthal.
Members of swing choir were Karen Labenz, Kari Paprocki, Mary Zach, Joyce
Sjuts, Audrey Hastreiter, T ricia Jarecki,
and Dawn Brock.
A Mixed chorus members concentrate on
their music, while Derek Kucera takes time
out for a quick pose .
..,. Members of this year's swing choi r were:
(front) Mary Zach, Karen Labenz, Kari Paprocki; (back) Joyce Sjuts, Audrey Hastreiter, Tricia Jarecki, and Dawn Brock.
Choir
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Speech team tries little of everything
2 make it to State
At HHS, Advanced Sp~ech is divided into three basic parts: one-act,
speech contests, and whatever comes
after!
This year's one-act play was entitled " Modern Drama". When competing at Conference, the team did
very well and placed second with
Kari Paprocki and Mary Rollman receiving Honorable-Mention Best Actresses. At districts, they also did
well and received a fifth place ranking.
When asked to comment on the
year Miss Roemmich replied, "The
advanced speech class was divided
into five freshmen and five upperclassmen which was both good and
bad. It's good because we got some
new blood. The only disadvantage is
that they haven't had freshmen
speech yet. Overall, it was a good
year: We kind of wrote a play together, and that was fun. And the kids
did a super job on their individual
speeches- they really worked hard.
The best part, of course, is that all of
them will be back next year!"
They presented their individual
speeches at Conference and Districts.
They competed in the following: Poetry-Kari Paprocki and Danielle
Buggi, Humorous Prose-Mary Rollman and Wendy Hoefer, Serious
Prose-Tammy Greisen and Dawn
Brock, Informative-Brenda Foltz
and Tina Gronenthal, PersuasiveTricia Jarecki and Tracey Gronenthal, After Dinner Speaking-Mary
Zach and Tricia Jarecki, Duet Acting-Kari Paprocki and Mary Rollman.
This year at Districts the duet acting team of Kari Paprocki and Mary
Rollman received a second place
medal and a trip to the Nebraska
State Speech Contest.
At the contest they did very well.
But due to the extremely tough competition they didn't make it into the
final round.
In a culminating unit, combining
speaking, acting, and directing, the
speech team produced a play with
the kindergarten class.
Brenda Foltz takes time out from working on
her speech to sm irk at the camera.
JJ.
(middle right) Mary Rollman tries to steal a
kindergartner's beak, while the others look on
during the kindergarten play.
IJ>
IJ> Kari Paprocki tries to tell them there's a monster, but Mary Zach, Brenda Foltz, and Mary
Rollman don't quite believe her.
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Speech/ Drama
~ Miss Roemmich decides to call homt
"Hello, Mom?"
"' Those who placed at t he contest were,
(bottom left) Paula Greisen, Mary Rollman; (top left) Paul Schemek, and Justin
Fischer.
Academic contest held for second year
4 from HHS place
World history, typing, physical
science, and biology - all are areas
HHS students scored well in at
the second annual academic contest. Twenty students from Humphrey High participated in the
Cornhusker Academic Contest
held at Newman Grove on March
21, 1989.
This year's quiz bowl team consisted of Michelle Long, Audrey
Hanzel, John Rollman, and Mark
Fittje. The team lost to Lindsay
Holy Family by one point in the
first round.
The Future Problem Solving
team prepared and delivered a
presentation on low-level radioactive waste disposal sites. The twomember team of Wendy Hoefer
and Michelle Gronenthal received
fourth place overall.
Students ranking in the top
three places of the area they competed in were Paul Schemek, 1st,
world history; Mary Rollman, 3rd,
typing; Justin Fischer, 1st, physical science; and Paula Greisen,
2nd, biology.
Other participants: Ryan Rosenthal, American history; Kari
Paprocki , accounting; Dan
Weidner, algebra; Mark Fittje, geometry; Connie Brandl, algebra II;
Michelle Long, advanced math;
Tricia Jarecki, English usage I;
Paula Chaulk, English usage II;
Doug Zavadil, expository writing;
Jim Stock, chemistry; Jeanne Maguire, physics; and Kathy
Schmidt, creative writing.
Two year participant Paula
Greisen commented, "It was a fun
experience to see how we compared academically to students
from other schools.
• 1988-89 second annual Cornhusker conference Academic contest participants.
.,.. Mark Fittje, J ohn Rollman , Michelle
Long, and Audrey Hanzel made up t he quiz
bowl team.
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Academic Contest
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T Principal Steve Robb is spending his
year at Humphrey following New Castle.
School board/administration do big job
Make it a success
"The ultimate responsibility of the
Board is to provide a complete, comfort·
able, and comprehensive education for the
students of District #67. Some recent
physical accomplishments of the Board include a new physical education building, a
hard-surface playground, new sidewalks,
and the purchase of a new school bus. The
Board's' greatest accomplishment, however, is the providing of an excellent education for the children of the District." This
quote, provided by the superintendent of
schools, Bob Heckathorn, summarizes the
activities of the 88-89 school board. Mr.
Heckathorn is aided by Mr. Robb, the
school principal.
Mr. Robb, in his first year at H.H.S.,
thinks highly of his job. "I'm in charge of
making sure the school operates in accordance with the regulations and policies
that the state and school board deem necessary. Mainly, I'm in charge of supervising teachers, student discipline, and curriculum." His goals for the year are to
make it through the year successfully and
to make the school year run as smoothly as
possible during his first year.
Miss Kelly, the school's guidance counselor, is in charge of counseling students,
making herself visible, and being an aid to
students. She hopes that she is helping
them see their is someone that will listen to
them, be a mediary between teacher and
student, or just someone they can complain
to.
"Counseling is listening
. I hope I
show students that my job is exactly that."
The success of a school depends on the
committment of each of the participants:
students, teachers, and administrators.
.a. Miss Kelly beams at the camera with a
mischievious gleam in her eyes .
.a. (middle right) Bob Heckathorn faithfully keeps his post.
.a. The 1989 School Board members: First row: Mary Ann Babel, Ron Ternus,
Paprocki; Second row: Melvin Pfeifer, Shirley Alderson, Lonnie Weidner; Third row:
Eisenmenger and Harry Greisen. (not pictured: Jim Maguire)
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School Board/Administration
T Lois Beiermann, school bookkeeper,
works in her office.
Staff keeps things 1n working order
Live up to name
The support staff at Humphrey
High plays an important role in
the education process and provides assistance to teachers and
students, alike. The staff consists
of Lois Beiermann, bookkeeper;
Joan Wemhoff, school secretary;
Agnes Rosenthal, Babe Ternus,
and Marilyn Labenz, cooks; Ron
Krings and Lois Gronenthal, custodians, and Ed Boesch, Stella
Rasmussen, Cheryl Hastreiter,
Karen Lachnit, and Barb Badje,
bus drivers.
• (above) The cooks are Agnes Rosenthal, Marilyn Labenz, and Babe Ternus.
(above) Joan Wemhoff, school secretary,
into her computer in her office.
• Lois Gronenthal and Ron Krings, custodians.
The cooks' helpers a re (standing) Cindy
and Angie Ternus, and (kneeli ng)
Schaecher and Audrey Hanzel.
Support Staff
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Lady Bulldogs Tally Up Same Record
• Mary Rollman hustles to save the ball frou
falling out of bounds.
As Last Year's Team
This year's 1988 v9lleyball season ended with a repeated record
of last year's with seven wins and
11 losses. Head Coach Miss Kelly
stated, "Although the season
wasn't successful in the winning
category, I feel that the team developed throughout the course of
the year."
The team did bring home one
3rd place trophy from the Stanton
Invitational Tournament, which
was a noted accomplishment.
Co-Captain Kathy Schmidt remarked, "This was my best season, I feel we not only grew as a
team, but as friends as well. Next
year's upcoming season will have a
lot of talent back and could go
far."
Four of the starters received
special post season honors. Setter
Jeanne Maguire, Spikers Kathy
Schmidt and Mary Rollman all
achieved Honorable Mention AllConference. Also Joyce Sjuts received First Team All-Conference,
and Honorable Mention All-State.
Miss Kelly summed up, saying,
"The team did a good job of making a transition from last year.
The girls adjusted well to my philosophies which helped the season
go more smoothly."
.,
A
Volleyball
Kathy Schmidt blocks the ball against an Elgin High defender.
A
Coach Kelly gives her most innocent IDOL
aula Chaulk goes up for a killer spike with two Wayne defenders waiting
the block.
• Joyce Sjuts comes charging out of the huddle.
'Y The 1988 Volleyball team: Front row: Joyce Sjuts, Paula
Chaulk, Kathy Schmidt, Jeanne Maguire, Audrey Hanzel, Mary
Rollman. Back row: Karen Labenz, Bonnie Gronenlhal, Dawn
Brock, Brenda Foltz, Angie Ternus, Cindy Tern us, Jacky Sander,
Audrey Hastreiter. Assistant Coach Julie Herink, Head Coach
Barb Kelly. Not pictured: Jeannie McDonald and Tricia Jarecki.
• This year's seven starters are from bottom to top: Audrey Hanzel, Kathy Schmidt, Jeanne Maguire, Paula Chaulk, ,Joyce Sjuts,
Mary Rollman, and alternate Angie Ternus.
The three co-captains, Jeanne Maguire, Audrey Hanzel, and Kathy
chmidt, speak at the pep rally.
1
Volleyball
Bulldogs Finish Season Down .. Tom Veik looks down field for a few
1st Time in 14 Years
1974. That was the last time
Humphrey finished the year with
a losing record. Entering the 1988
football season, Humphrey High
Head Coach Leroy Ditter had
rolled off a string of 13 straight
winning seasons and compiled a
144-52-1 record, but his Bulldogs
finished their second year in the
Cornhuskers Conference 2-6.
That record could be a little deceiving, though. The Bulldogs had
five· different starters who missed
at least one game due to injury
and of their six losses, only two
were by more than 10 points. The
fact that Humphrey only had 16
people out this year compared to
22 just two years ago, also had an
impact on the season.
Coach Ditter commented, "I
thought we were in every game; we
improved as the year went along.
The lack of numbers hurt us,
though. We couldn't give any rest
to key people. They had to play
four quarters both ways, but I was
happy to see that everybody
played as hard as they did under
t he circumstances," he added.
Larry Wright was named as an
All-State defensive lineman along
with being an All-Conference first
team defensive tackle and Honorable Mention offensive guard.
Tom Veik was named as an AllConference second team defensive
back and Honorable Mention running back, Jeff Kallweit was an
All-Conference Honorable Mention quarterback and linebacker,
and Dave Gronenthal was named
as an All-Conference Honorable
Mention defensive back.
.a. The 1988 football team: front row: Dan Weidner, Derek Kucera, J eff Schm idt, Dave Gronenthal, Justin Fischer, J ason Bell ; second row: Stan Buchmann, Kevin Cat tau, J eff Kallweit,
Jeff Martensen, Doug Zavadil, Gary Gronentha l; back row: Head Coach Leroy Ditter, Tom Veik ,
Eric Sjuts, Ryan Rosenthal, Chris Afrank, Larry Wright, Assistant Coach Mark Ortmeier.
.a. {middle left) Jeff Schmidt picks up
against Clarkson as Gary Gronenthal
.a. Doug Zavadil a nd Larry Wright t ry to
down a St. Francis Flyer.
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Footba ll
A Newman Grove Bluejay tries to bring down Stan Buchmann as Ryan
osenthal finishes off a block.
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Ryan Rosenthal and Dave Gronenthal pursue a Clarkson running
back.
&
Larry Wright clears a path for Tom Veik.
(middle left) Doug Zavadil and Larry Wright
tackle a Howell's ball carrier.
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Derek Kucera drags a Howells defender.
Football
Lady Dogs finish with winning record
Show tough side
Despite a slow start, losing 4 games
in a row, the girls' basketball team
came out with an 11-9 record, led by
seniors Jeanne Maguire, Michelle
Long and Bonnie Gronenthal. T he
Lady Bulldogs ended their season in
the first round of sub-district play to
Clearwater.
T he Lady Bulldogs had an up and
dow n season , but they always
seemed to rise to the occasion during
the tough games, such as: Leigh in
the St. Francis Holiday Tournament
and Clarkson in the 2nd round of the
Cornhusker Conference Tournament. In both of these tournaments,
the Lady Bulldogs brought home
runner-up trophies to add to the trophy case.
Leading in individual stats were
Joyce Sjuts, Jeanne Maguire, and
Michelle Long. Joyce had 228 points
&
and 121 rebounds, Jeanne had 137
points and 128 rebounds, and Michelle had 127 points and 177 rebounds.
Jeanne, Michelle, Joyce and Mary
Rollman also received post-season
honors. Jeanne was selected for AllState Scholar/ Athlete, All-Conference Honorable Mention, and for the
Platte All-Star Team. Michelle was
chosen for All-Conference Honorable Mention, Columbus Telegram
2nd Team, and for the Platte AllStar Team. Joyce was voted in for
All-Conference 1st Team, All-State
Honorable Mention (Omaha World
Herald and Lincoln Star), and Columbus Telegram 1st Team. Mary
received Columbus Telegram Honorable Mention and All-Conference
Honorable Mention.
Joyce Sjuts eyes the basket en route for a lay-up.
(middle right ) In the season opener, Mary Rollman jumps ball
while the other Lady Bulldogs get in positio n .
&
.,. At the first pep rally of the season, tri-captains Michelle Long,
Bonn ie Gronent ha l, and J eanne Maguire try and think of something
clever to say.
Girls' Basketball
"' Bonn ie Gro nentha l telb Mr. Irwin to
calm down while he takes dictation.
r The Lady Bulldogs show they can be good sports after losing to Clearwater in the first'OUnd of sub-districts.
Becky Frauendorfer gets off a ·quick jumper
against Clearwater, while Mary Rollman looks
on.
T
"" In tournament action, the Lady Bulldogs
show they can check-out against the best.
"" (middle left) Jeanne Maguire "g ets a hand up
against a fast St. Francis player.
1988-89 Lady Bulldogs are: (Row 1) Angie
Zavadil, Tammy Greisen, Jacky Sander,
Shawna Paprocki, Shayla Baumgart, Cindy
Ternus; (Row 2) Sandy Gronenthal, Becky
Frauendorfer, Angie Tern us, Joyce Sjuts, Connie Brandl; (Row 3) Head Coach Dave Irwin,
Debi Schaecher, Jeanne Maguire, Bonnie
Gronenthal, Mary Rollman, Assistant Coach
Julie Herink.
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Girls' Basketball
• Jeff Greisen goes up for a block against a
Clearwater opponent.
Boys' basketball sees new head coach
Ends season 12-8
Under the direction of new
Head Basketball Coach Mark Ortmeier, the Humphrey High boys'
basketball team went 12-8.
This year's tri-captains were
seniors Jim Classen, Dave Gronenthal and Jeff Greisen, who combined for over 20 points a game.
Jim led the team in assists with
4.1 a game, Dave led with 23 threepointers on the year and Jeff Greisen led the team with a 55% field
goal average.
When asked about the season,
Mr. Ortmeier commented, "It was
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a fairly good year; it was a learning
experience for me and the team."
The season also had its bad
times, averaging 20 turnovers a
game and shooting a cold 42%
from the field.
"We did several things well this
year such as rebounding, ball handling and our defensive plays were
good, but we had our weakness
and that was shooting," Mr. Ortmeier commented.
With that, he ended by saying,
" Look out next year!"
(Middle Left) 1988-1989 Tri-Captains
(Left to Right) Jim Classen, Jeff Greisen
and Dave Gronenthal.
& Jim Classen tries to go around a Genoa player.
&
Boys' Basketball
Coach Ortmeier gives a speech about the
next big game.
&
"" John Rollman takes a shot as Jeff Greisen and Tom Veik get
position for a rebound.
T Dave Gronenthal goes up for three in the Cornhusker Conference Tournament.
A Jeff Greisen gets an easy bucket over two Clearwater players in
one of the season's best rivalries.
A Mr. Ortmeier gives instructions as Mr. Brandl, Jamie Kyncl and
Scott Preister look on.
Boys' Basketball
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Girls' track team returns to State
Places 4 events
This year, the question for the
girls' track team was, "Can we do
as well as last year?" The girls
proved that they could do well
again. HHS sent seven girls to
compete this year in the state
track meet at Burke Stadium,
qualifying six events over last
year's four. In the 800 meter run,
Paula Greisen placed sixth.
Shayla Baumgart placed fourth in
the 2 mile run. The girls' two-mile
relay team of Connie Brandl,
Joyce Sjuts, Shayla Baumgart and
Paula Greisen came in third. Also
adding to Humphrey's score was
the mile relay team with another
third place finish. The team mem. hers were Kris Schemek, Joyce
Sjuts, Connie Brandl, and Paula
Greisen. The girls placed eleventh
over-all with 17 points.
Coach Brandl commented, "It
was as good a year as anyone could
hope for. I was really pleased with
the attitudes. The work habits
were outstanding. The team supported each other on and off track.
I feel this year's team will serve as
a model for future teams."
Shayla Baumgart set a new
school record in the two mile. The
two mile relay, consisting of Connie Brandl, Joyce Sjuts, Shayla
Baumgart, and Paula Greisen, and
the mile relay: Kris Schemek,
Joyce Sjuts, Connie Brnadl, and
Paula Greisen also set new records. The girls scored 132 points
at the Neligh Invite; the most
points ever scored at a meet. They
also won the meet and won first in
all three relays .
The 88-89 team was made up of
four seniors, three juniors, two
sophomores and four freshmen.
The student manager was Kelli
Fuxa and the assistant coach was
Mary Jo Korus.
"The hill" was one of the exercises performed
during practice to build speed .
.t.
.A (middle) After a day in the sun, Michelle Long and
Joyce Sjuts relax in the shade .
... Paula Greisen breaks the tape with a strong finish
capturing first in the 800 meter run.
Girls' Track
" Coach Brandl reveals his methods for convi
his team to run.
.,. The 88-89 girls' t rack team: (front
row) Assistant Coach Mary Jo Korus,
Debi Schaecher, Michelle Long, Bonnie
Gronenthal; (second row) Coach Kevin
Brandl, Joyce Sjuts, Becky Frauendorfer, Connie Brandl, Kris Schemek,
Shayla Baumgart; (back row) Jacky
Sander, Tammy Greisen, Brenda Foltz,
Sandy Gronenthal, and Paula Greisen.
• Shayla Baumgart reaches for Connie Brandl as she
hands off during the two mile relay.
... In a rare moment, Bonnie Gronenthal drinks a
Coke instead of a Pepsi.
Girls' Track
• Paul Schemek lands in the long jump pi
Boys' track has 16 out-16 letter
Two go to State
This year's track.team consisted
of sixteen athletes: one senior, five
juniors, five sophomores, and four
freshmen.
There were two state qualifiers:
Larry Wright in the shot put, and
Jeff Schmidt in the 110 high hurdles.
Along with the workouts, the
weight room was used quite frequently this year, its second year
muse.
The team participated in 7 track
meets: 2 in in Madison, 2 in
Wayne, and 1 each in Neligh,
West Point, and Battle Creek.
Among the events this year was
a weight man's relay, which was a
non-scoring event, but the weight
men (shot and discus throwers)
won the race all four times they
ran it.
Coach Ditter was pleased this
year with the number out for track
and said, "15 of the 16 lettered."
• The Huphrey High Boys' Track Team:
(Top Row) Assistant Coach Dave Irwin,
Doug Zavadil, Ryan Rosenthal, Stan Buchmann, John Rollman, Jeremy Wright,
Tom Veik, Larry Wright, Head Coach Ler oy Ditter, (Bottom Row) Gary Gron·
enthal, Derek Kucera, Danny Weidner,
Jeff Schmidt, Jason Bell, Justin Fischer,
Kevin Dohmen (not pictured) Chris
Afrank and Eric Sjuts.
• Larry Wright throws the shot at state.
Boys' Track
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• Jeremy Wright high jumps at districts.
" Derek Kucera sprints around the curve of the 200 meter dash.
" Tom Veik competes in the high jump.
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(middle) Derek Kucera relaxes after a race.
4 Eric Sjuts gets the hand off and looks forwa rd to running 2 times
around the track .
.,. Stan Buchmann puts his all in the shot put.
Boys' Track
Student Council Promotes Spirit Week
Presents Prizes
During the week of Homecoming, the student co.uncil sponsored
Spirit Week which has become a
tradition at Humphrey High. The
student council chose the following days: M.A.S.H. Day, Hawaiian
Day, Gangster Day, Spook Day,
and Go Big Red Day. Some of the
winners with the best costumes
were, Karen Labenz, John Rollman, Shayla Baumgart, Jeff
Schmidt, Justin Fischer, Kari Paprocki, Mary Zach, Ryan Rosenthal, Miss Zierke, Miss Herink,
Miss Bair, and Miss Roemmich.
Kangaroo Court was held for
those people that didn't dress up
three of the five days during the
week. Some of the students and
teachers got pies thrown in their
faces, and all of the others had a
food eating relay, consisting of
lemons, limes, jalapeno peppers,
and caramel-covered potatoes.
All the people that dressed up
three out of the five days got their
names put in a drawing to win
prizes. The lucky winners were as
follows: Joyce Sjuts, Paula
Chaulk, Cindy Ternus, and Jeff
Schmidt.
Bonnie Gronenthal said, "I enjoy spirit week not matter what
the days are. And it's just a fun
week to be wild and crazy, but
then again I don't need spirit week
to be weird, wild, and crazy. I'm
like that all the time!"
• Derek Kucera is amused as Joyce Sjuts participates in an "Olympic" game.
• Connie Brandl shows her true identity,
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Kari Paprocki, Paula Chaulk, and Kathy Schmidt pose as
lhe 'Sexy Swingers'.
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Mary Zach is caught by surprise by the photog-
rapher.
• Mr. Brandl gets his 'just desseris' for lack of participation
in spirit week.
• Miss Roemmich is caught planning criminal activity.
Spirit Week
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Connie Brandl and Joyce Sjuts take advantage of the opportunity to be fr iendly
and ham it up for the camera.
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Homecoming theme is "Hands to Heaven"
Royalty announced
This year's Ho~ecoming was
celebrated on October 15th, 1988.
The gym was transformed from its
usual court and bleachers, to a majestic castle and courtyard scene
with two royal knights. This
year's Homecoming theme was
Hands To Heaven, by Breathe.
The royalty was announced following the presentation of the student body. This year's King and
Queen were Larry Wright and
Kathy Schmidt. The senior atten-
dants were Jim Classen and Audrey Hanzel; the junior attendants
were Derek Kucera and Kari Paprocki; the sophomore attendants
were Tom Veik and Kelli Fuxa;
and the freshmen attendants were
Justin Fischer and Brenda Foltz.
The dance started at 9:00 pm,
with music provided by Ultrasound. One student in attendance,
Brenda Foltz, stated that she
loved the music and had lots of
fun .
The 1988 Homecoming Queen Kat hy Schmidt and King
Larry Wright take their turn in front of the camera.
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Senior attendants, Audrey H anzel and Jim Classen give a big smile
for t he photographers.
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.,. Junior attendants, Kari Paprocki and Derek Kucera enjoy
their moment in the spot light.
• Sophomore attendants, Kelli Fuxa and Tom Veik each give a
mischievous grin.
<II Freshmen attendants, Brenda Foltz and Justin Fischer try
hard not to laugh.
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Valentine's Day celebrated with dance
Sponsored by StuCo
On Saturday, February 25th, the
student council sponsored HHS' annual Hearts dance. This year's theme
song was "I'll Be There For You' by
Bon Jovi. The gym was adorned with
silver, teal, and light and royal blue
streamers; the streamers and balloons were accented with silver and
light blue stars.
Last year's Hearts' King and
Queen, Ward Greisen and Shana
Heesacker helped in crowning this
year's King and Queen, Jim Classen
and Bonnie Gronenthal. Class attendants were freshmen: Dan Weidner
and Jacky Sander; sophomores: Paul
Schemek and Mary Rollman; juniors: Steve Classen and Becky
Frauendorfer; and seniors: Jeff Greisen and Audrey Hanzel. Crown bearers for Hearts 1989 were Laura
Noonan and Bryan Klassen.
Music was provided by MegaForce Jams Deluxe, and the dance
sponsors were Barb Kelly, Jack and
Judy Greisen, and Connie Chaulk.
• The seniors take the term "Lean on Me"
literally.
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King and Queen, Jim Classen and
Bonnie Gronenthal, pose for a picture.
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Hearts
Senior Hearts attendants were Jeff Greisen and Audrey Hanzel.
.,. Steve Classen and Becky Frauendorfer serve as
JUniOr attendants.
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• Sophomore 11Ltendants, Paul Schemek and Mary Rollman,
appear nervous about getting their picture taken.
HHS presents the 1989 Hearts Royalty.
• Dan Weidner and Jacky Sander, the freshmen attendants, show their pearly whites.
Hearts
Juniors go with elegant theme for Prom
Top Hat and Tails
Pink flamingos, palm trees, a
checkerboard floor, top hats, and a
waterfall and fountain were used
to emphasize the e1egant theme of
"Top Hat & Tails" in the JuniorSenior Prom, which was held on
April 29, 1989.
The many days preceding prom
were dedicated to ordering and organizing by the juniors who spent
over 15 hours just decorating on
the day before and the morning of
prom.
The walkway leading into the
gym was a bridge which covered a
pond. On one side of it was a waterfall, and the other side was a
huge fountain. Then, off the
bridge was the dance floor, in
which a live band, AKR (All
Kinds of Rock), was housed. On
the second half of the gym, was
the dining area, which was separated from the dance floor by a
multi-colored archway of balloons. A black and white checkerboard floor was the base of the
four-person tables that were set
up. Posters of top hats and flamingos were hung from the black plastic that lined the walls. The colors
were hot pink, purple, black, and
Ryan Rosenthal prepares fo r clean-UJ
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silver. These color streamers were
draped to line the ceiling. Pictures
were taken in the cafeteria with a
purple and white checkerboard
floor, candelabras adorned the
sides, and a trellis was used for the
background , with Pfeifer's as the
photographer.
The dinner, which was prepared
by the junior mothers, included
roast pork, corn, and macaroni salad; cake was served during the
dance. The prom servers served
the meal and gave a comical slide
show of the seniors. They were
Paula Greisen, Mary Rollman,
Tricia Jarecki, Wendy Hoefer,
Dawn Brock, Jeff Schmidt, Chris
Afrank, Paul Schemek, Mark
Fittje, and Stan Buchmann.
The welcome speech was given
by Ryan Rosenthal, the junior
class president; the invocation was
given by Robert Heckathorn;
Joyce Sjuts, the junior class vicepresident, read the senior wills;
and Karen Labenz, the senior
class president, gave the response.
The dance, which started at 9:00
and lasted until 12:00, was provided by AKR out of Columbus.
& With prom fast approaching, Doug Zavadil and Becky Frauendorfer type up & Scott Babel busies himself by cutting out squares
the table sittings fo r the big night.
for t he checkerboard floor.
Prom
..,. Joyce Sjuts and Paula Chaulk
have on that "I'm up to something"
smile, while seated next to their
dates: Tom Olmer and Ron Wemhoff.
• Audrey Hastreiter is caught out of place in the
middle of the elegant scenery.
• (middle) Jim Classen, Audrey Hastreiter, and
Connie Brandl seem to be having a good time.
..,. Miss Herink and Miss Bair pose as each other's
dates.
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athletic banquet.
Athletic banquet honors participants
UNL's Melton speaks
This year's athletic banquet was
Girls track: Bonnie Gronenthal,
held May 2nd in the Humphrey Michelle Long, Debi Schaecher,
High gym. Along with feature Kris Schemek, Connie Brandl,
speaker John Melton, the former Becky Frauendorfer, Joyce Sjuts,
linebacker coach at the University Paula Greisen, and Shayla Baumof Nebraska-Lincoln, the football, gart.
boys and girls track, volleyball,
Volleyball: Kathy Schmidt,
boys and girls basketball, and Jeanne Maguire, Cindy Ternus,
spirit club coaches and sponsors Audrey Hanzel, Joyce Sjuts, Paula
presented letters and awards. The Chaulk, Audrey Hastreiter, Angie
new cheerleaders were also an- Ternus, Mary Rollman, and Jacky
nounced.
Sander.
Mr. Melton has been at NebrasBoys basketball: Jim Classen,
ka since 1962 when he arrived Jeff Greisen, Dave Gronenthal,
with Bob Devaney from Wyo- Jeff Kallweit, John Rollman,
ming. After coaching the fresh- Scott Preister, Steve Classen, Tom
men team for four years, he be- Veik, Chris Afrank, and Dan
came the varsity linebacker coach, Weidner.
and except for a four-year period
Girls basketball: Michelle Long,
(1973-1976), has been the line- Jeanne Maguire, Bonnie Gronbacker coach ever since.
enthal, Joyce Sjuts, Connie
This spring, Coach Melton an- Brandl, Becky Frauendorfer,
nounced his resignation as line- Mary Rollman , Sandy Gronbacker coach to become a full-time enthal, Jacky Sander, and Tammy
fund raiser for UNL.
Greisen.
During his speech , Melton
Spirit club: Bonnie Gronenthal,
talked about his days as a high Kathy Schmidt, Jeanne Maguire,
school football coach before he · Karen Labenz, Karla Frisch, Jeff
coached at Wyoming, various re- Martensen, Jeff Greisen , Jim
cruiting trips while at Nebraska Classen, Joyce Sjuts, Kari Paand he even poked a little fun at procki, Mary Zach, Angie Ternus,
the University of Oklahoma.
Connie Brandl, Becky Sander,
The letterwinners in football Ryan Rosenthal, Doug Zavadil,
were Larry Wright, Dave Gron- Gary Gronenthal, Paula Chaulk,
enthal, Jeff Martensen, Jeff Kall- Jeannie McDonald, Tammy Greiweit, Doug Zavadil, Ryan Ro- sen, Angie Zavadil, Michelle
senthal, Derek Kucera, Gary Gronenthal, Shayla Baumgart,
Gronen thai, Tom Veik, Jeff Danielle Buggi, Tracey GronSchmidt, Stan Buchmann, Chris enthal, Kelli Fuxa, Wendy Hoefer,
Afrank, Dan Weidner, Jason Bell, Sandy Gronenthal, Tricia Jarecki,
Justin Fischer, and Eric Sjuts.
Paula Greisen, Dawn Brock, Carla
Those receiving letters in boys Veik, Mary Rollman, Jackie Sandtrack were Larry Wright, John er, Shawna Paprocki, and Brenda
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Rollman, Derek Kucera, Doug Za- Foltz.
vadil, Ryan Rosenthal, Jeff
The new cheerleaders for next
Schmidt, Stan Buchmann, Chris year are Audrey Hastreiter, JeanAfrank, Paula Schemek, Tom nie McDonald, Stephanie McVeik, Jeremy Wright, Jason Bell, Donald, Wendy Hoefer, Vicki • (middle) Larry Wright receives one of his
Dan Weidner, Justin Fischer, and Hoefer, Michelle Gronenthal, and awards from Mr. Ditter. Among other things,
Eric Sjuts.
Danielle Buggi.
Wright was selected to play in the Sertoma eight-
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• J eanne Maguire receives t he National Scholar/
Athlete Award from Ms. Kelly.
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"'Mr. Palmer was voted teacher of the year
for his efforts in math and science.
Students 7-12 receive academic awards
Palmer # 1 teacher
The annual Achievement Night
was held on May 9, 1989. The gym
was full of displays of the students' work throughout the year.
There was art work, clothing exhibits, wood projects and science
experiments set out for parents
and students to see. Promptly at
7:30, Mr. Robb welcomed everyone and the awards began. Mr. Irwin started it off by announcing
the people who received science
awards. They were Rachel Theilen, Justin Fischer, Shawna Pa,
procki, Dan Weidner, Connie
Brandl, Paula Greisen, Wendy
Hoefer, and Deb Schaecher. The
people who received English
awards were Shawna Paprocki
Paula Greisen, Wendy Hoefer'
Tricia Jarecki, Mary Rollman:
Paula Chaulk, Kari Paprocki
Doug Zavadil, Jeanne Maguire:
and Deb Schaecher. In speech
Kari Paprocki and Mary Rollma~
received state speech awards. In
journalism, Bonnie Gronenthal
and Debi Schaecher received
awards as editors. In math, the
award recipients were Jeff Bell,
Jason Chaulk, Luke Buggi, Darin
Gourka, Rachel Theilen, Leslie
Cattau, Connie Brandl and Paula
Chaulk. In history, the following
students received awards: Darin
Gourka, Shannon Irwin, Rachel
Theilen, Leslie Cattau, Tom Clas-
sen, Audrey Hanzel, Dawn Brock
~elli .Fuxa, Shayla Baumgart, Jus:
tm Fischer, Wendy Hoefer, Angie
Zavadil, Dan Weidner, Michelle
Gronenthal, Paula Greisen, Connie Brandl, Doug Zavadil, Paula
Chaulk, Kari Paprocki, Ryan Rosenthal, Debi Schaecher, Jeanne
Maguire and Michelle Long. In
business, award recipients were
Karen Labenz, Kari Paprocki,
Scott Preister, Tricia Jarecki,
Parker .U~gles, Mary Rollman,
Mark FittJe, Paula Greisen, and
Cindy Tern us. The people whoreceived awards in industrial arts
were Jason Bell, Eric Sjuts, Justin
Fischer, Dan Weidner, Jim Classen, Jeff Martensen, Dennis
Frauendorfer, Steve Classen, Jim
Stock, and Jeff Kallweit. Award
recipients in home economics:
Wendy Hoefer, Bonnie Gronenthal, Jeanne Maguire, Debi
Scheacher, Audrey Hanzel, Michelle Gronethal, Rachel Theilen
And Darin Gourka. In Germa~
Paula Greisen was the only person
to receive an award in German I.
In band, the letter winners were:
Cindy Ternus, Karen Labenz
Connie Brandl, Paula Chaulk, Au:
drey Hastreiter, Ryan Rosenthal,
Joyce Sjuts, Angie Ternus, Doug
Zavadil, Mark Fittje, Sandy Gronenthal, Shayla Baumgart, Michelle Gronenthal, and Dan
Weidner. Conference art awards
were given to Shawna Paprocki,
Wendy Hoefer, Sandy Gronenthal, Paula Chaulk, Mary Zach,
Audrey Hastreiter, and Kris Schemek.
Special awards were also received; they were Cindy Ternus
who received the John Phillip
Sousa award; Karen Laben;l, who
received the National Choral
award; and Jim Classen, Jeff Martensen, and Dennis Frauendorfer
were given the golden hammer
awards in shop and vocational agriculture.
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Awards in Vocational Education and Wood
Shop were Jim Classen, Jeff Martensen,
and Denn is Frauendorfer.
Achievement Night
Spirit club now includes male members
A new set of rules
The members of the 1988-89
spirit club were very active this
year. They were busy raising
funds for the Homecoming dance
and athletic banquet for which
they were responsible.
The spirit club under went
many organizational changes this
year. A new set of rules were activated; among them the elimination of a points system which
seemed to create conflicts and disunity among members. Commented the club's sponsor, Miss Korus,
"I felt that it was defeating the
purpose of the spirit club which is
to promote school spirit and create a unity among the student
body."
One of the goals for this year
was an increase in membership.
This was met by the joining of
males for the first time in the spirit club's history. The male members' help was greatly appreciated
when it came to setting up sponsored events and the guys had fun
too. This was reflected when one
of the new male members said, "I
enjoyed being a part of an organization that was so easy to be a part
of." Goals for next year include an
increase in membership over this
year's increase and hopes of raising more money to purchase supplies.
• A group of fans support the team at a Lindsav game.
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Spirit Club
Miss Kelly and Miss Roemmich participated in the teachers' skit for districts.
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• Although blindfolded, Dennis Frauendorfer senses he's
missed Cindy Ternus' mouth.
• The 1988-89 officers: Paula Chaulk, student council representative;
Kathy Schmidt, vice president; Joyce Sjuts, secretary; Jeanne Maguire, treasurer; Brenda Foltz, student counci l representative; and
Bonnie Gronenthal, president.
• The cheerleaders for the 88-89 school year were (front row)
Mary Zach and Kari Paprocki; (back row) Jeannie McDonald,
sponsor Mary J o Korus, and head cheerleader Audrey Hastreiter.
& Spirit club members (front row) Audrey Hastreiter, Mary Zach, Kari Paprocki, Jeannie McDonald; (second row) J oyce Sjuts, Paula
Chaulk, Angie Tern us, Karla Frisch, Kathy Schmidt, Jeanne Maguire, Karen Labenz, Bonnie Gronentha1; (third row): sponsor Mary Jo
Korus, Mary Rollman, Carla Veik, Kelli Fuxa, Sandy Gronenthal, Dawn Brock, Wendy Hoefer, Danielle Buggi, Tricia Jarecki, Shawna
Paprocki; (fourth row): Paula Greisen, Connie Brandl, Becky Sander, Jacky Sander, Michelle Gronenthal, Shayla Baumgart, Brenda
Foltz, Angie Zavadil, Tammy Greisen, Tracey Gronenthal; (back row) Jeff Martensen, Jim Classen, Jeff Greisen, Doug Zavadi l, Gary
Gronenthal, and Ryan Rosenthal.
Spirit Club
Student council keeps busy this year
Many special events
Student Council once again was
very busy with many fun-filled activities to help unify their school.
Having a Student Council gives
the rest of the student body a
chance to voice their opinions
through their class representatives.
The Student Council maintained tradition: holding Spirit
Week, where the students dressed
up for Gangster Day, M.A.S.H.
Day, Hawaiian Day, Spook Day,
and Go Big Red Day. Also to go
along with this special week, they
once again held Jr. Olympics,
which gave the Sr. High students
and their teachers a chance to
compete in various fun games.
The winners of Spirit Week and
Jr. Olympics were seniors, first;
teachers, second; and juniors,
third.
Around the Christmas holiday,
the Student Council got together
and displayed a Christmas tree in
the hallway with ornaments from
each class. To go along with this,
they sponsored Secret Santa
where students and teachers gave
and received gifts. On the day before Christmas vacation, the students watched movies, and then
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found out whom their Secret Santa was.
When Valentine's Day arrived,
the council members were busy
delivering pink, red, white, and
peppermint carnations to the
school body and faculty. Following this, they got prepared for
Hearts which was held on February 25.
To celebrate National Education Week, the council game each
teacher something from their
alma mater.
To give the students a little excitement, the council presented
four assemblies, and offered the
pop machine for everyone to use
in their study halls.
This year's District Advisory
Council kept the dining room well
decorated throughout the year to
promote a friendly atmosphere.
This year, Kathy Schmidt, Karen Labenz, Bonnie Gronenthal
and Jeanne Maguire attend
NASC, a camp designed to make
stronger Student Council members and to give ideas to help local
high school councils.
Student Council is a very busy,
challenging organization that encourages everyone to take interest.
Jeanne Maguire and Karen Labenz plan what day they're going to the Bahamas.
Student Council
Bonnie Gronenthal, Student Council Pr
dent, writes up the agenda for a meeting,
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& Jamie Kyncl tries squeezing into G
Gronenthal's hoop.
The Student Council for 1988-89; (Front Row) Connie Brandl, Karen Labenz, Kathy Schmidt, Jeanne Maguire, Danielle Buggi, Michelle
pronenthal ; (Second Row) Paula Chaulk , J oyce Sjuts, Bonnie Gronenthal, Kari Paprocki, Shawna Paprocki, Audrey Hastreiter; (Third Row) Jim
lassen, J eff Schmidt, Ryan Rosenthal, Doug Zavadil, Tammy Greisen, Paula Greisen.
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& Miss Kelly, the student council sponsor pauses
from her work, for the camera .
..,. The 1988-89 Student Council Officers; (Row 1)
Joyce Sjuts, Treasurer; Karen Labenz, Secretary;
Connie Brandl, District Advisory Counci l; (Row
2) Bonnie Gronenthal, President, Jeanne Maguire, District Advisory Council; Kathy Schmidt,
Vice President.
Student Council
FFA attends conventions, earns awards
Classen takes 1st
The Humphrey FFA Cnapter, under the direction of Doug Rumsey,
participated in many activities.
These activities were State and National FFA Convention. They also
participated in district leadership
and Vo-Ag contests, doing well in all
areas.
This year's officers were president,
Jim Classen; vice president, Audrey
Hanzel; secretary, Rayan Rosenthal;
treasurer, Jeff Martensen; reporter,
Connie Brandl; sentinel, Jim Stock;
A Jim Classen receives first in the state t ractor
driving contest.
A (middle) Lanny Long of the Loup Power District, gives a talk as an FFA-sponsored activity.
"' FFA members take off for State Convention.
FFA
parliamentarian, Steve Classen; and
historian, Jeff Greisen.
This year, the Chapter received a
bronze in safety, a bronze in BOAC,
and a silver in chapter ratings.
Among the individual awards, Jim
Classen received a first in district
and state t ractor driving contests.
As the end of the year rolled
around, the FF A had a banquet to
hand out chapter awards and individual awards.
Y Ryan Rosenthal makes an introduction
at district FFA.
.,. A proud Mrs. Burening talks about the
honors the chapter received this year.
FHA Chapter receives Red Rose Award
Bruening pleased
For the fourth consecutive year,
the Humphrey FHA Chapter received the Red Rose Award. They
also had two members go to State
in SEARCH events and one member receive a special scholarship.
Connie Brandl and Audrey Has·
treiter went to State in the Housing and Home Furnishings area at
SEARCH. They received a Top
Gold at Districts and a gold at
State.
Jeanne Maguire had the honor
of receiving the Jeanne Remmenga Memorial Scholarship.
Jeanne was chosen after going
through many procedures. First,
she had to send in an application,
then she was selected as one of the
three finalists in the state. Finally,
she had to go through an interview
where she answered questions for
29 judges. The only restrictions
are that t he recipient must attend
the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, be an FHA member, and major in an area of home economics
other than education.
This year's officers were as follows: president. Jeanne Maguire;
vice president, Bonnie Gronenthal; secretary, Cindy Ternus;
treasurer, Audrey Hastreiter;
news reporter, Angie Ternus, and
student council representatives,
Tammy Greisen and Michelle
Gronenthal.
The concerns for this year were
child abuse awareness and activities for grade school students.
T hey carried these out by having a
bus safety week and a roller skating party.
Chris Baumert, from the
Howells' chapter, spoke on taking
risks at the FHA Banquet, where
they inducted new officers and
presented some SEARCH events.
• The new officers are inducted at the banquet by the old officers.
(middle left) Chris Baumert, from
Howells, spoke on taking risks at the FHA
banquet.
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Connie Brandl and Audrey Hastreiter
present the SEARCH event they took to
State.
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FHA
NHS does more with school involvement
Leaders-one and all
"I pledge myself tO uphold the
high purpose of the National Honor Society to which I have been
elected. I will continually demonstrate my ability as a leader while
striving to maintain an untarnished character. I will give myself freely in service to others and
always seek the light of truth."
On ·Friday, January 6, 1989, the
new J .J. Malone chapter members, Steve Classen, Connie
Brandl, Paula- Chaulk, Karen Labenz, Ryan Rosenthal, Joyce
Sjuts, Jim Stock and Doug Zavadil
took the pledge of the National
Honor Society. Qualifications of
this society are scholarship, service, character and leadership.
The returning members and chapter officers, president, Jeanne Maguire, vice president, Audrey Han-
& Joyce Sjuts, Audrey Hanzel, Paula
Chaulk, and Connie Brandl snuggle up
close for a picture at sponsor, Miss Roemmich's home.
& (middle right) 1988-89 N.H.S. members:
(front row) Joyce Sjuts, Paula Chaulk, Karen Labenz, Connie Brandl; (middle row)
Audrey Hanzel, Jeanne Maguire, Debi
Schaecher; (back row) Ryan Rosenthal,
Doug Zavadil, Jim Stock and Steve Classen .
.,. No thanks to Debi Schaecher, Doug Zavadil tries to avoid having his picture taken
while waiting for the next batch of Valentine's Day cookies.
zel, and sec retary , Debi
Schaecher, conducted the installation ceremony, which was held in
the Humphrey High band room.
Some of the chapter's activities
this year were holding an ice
cream cake party for the teachers
in correspondence with Teacher
Appreciation Week, and making
home-made, jumbo, heart-shaped,
chocolate chip cookies for the
teachers for Valentine's Day.
National Honor Society sponsor, Miss Roemmich, said of this
year's members, "It's an honor to
work for and with these students.
They're bright, responsible people. They uphold the standards
and requirements of the society,
and they're willing to dedicate
their whole selves."
-. 1988-89 N.H.S. officers were from to bottom Jeanne Maguire, president; Audrey
Hanzel , vice pres ident; and Debi
Schaecher, secretary.
"' Mr. Robb watches commencement proceedings from the platform.
Graduation highlights end of the year
Speakers featured
Graduation. A time to reflect on
times past and times yet to come.
The Senior class was very close,
and this day was thought of not as
an ending, but a new beginning of
expectations and dreams. None of
~em wanted to say good-bye, but
'ryone knew that everything
had shared and learned
•• ould be treasured for many
years.
May 13, 1989, was the big day
for commencement exercises and
they began at 3:00 p.m. They were
held in the Humphrey High gym.
As the song "Forever Young" be-1
gan, Paul Chaulk and Doug Zavadil escorted the class in. The class
was then followed by their sponsors Mary Jo Korus and Dave Irwin.
As the class was seated, Mr.
Heckathorn introduced Pastor
Warren Woerth to give t he invocation; he also gave the benediction at the close of commencement exercises.
The graduation class listened to
Salutatorian, Debi Schaecher give
her speech about how memories
shared will always be irreplacea-
.oto.
ble.
Class Valedictorian Jeanne Maguire's address centured on goals
and aspirations of the future.
"We Made Each Other Strong"
was dedicated to the senior class
in both speeches.
The commencement speaker
was Kim Roemmich. She was chosen because Miss Roemmich was
very close to the class and this
year was her last year of teaching
at Humphrey. Her message
throughout the senior year and
capsulized on graduation was to be
yourself and to strive for what's
important.
Before Miss Roemmich ' s
speech, the student council gave
their slide show presentation full
of memories of the seniors' school
days.
Miss Kelly, school counselor,
then awarded the seniors scholarships they had received. The moment the seniors awaited finally
came; Mr. Heckathorn presented
the class, and school board member Jim Maguire presented the
graduates with their diplomas.
During their contribution to graduation, many of the choir members are caught with their eyes closed.
Graduation
• This year's salutatorian was Miss Debi Schaecher, who spoke on the
class's memories and commitments.
• The valedictorian speech on goals and how to achieve them was given
by Miss Jeanne Maguire.
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4 Miss Karen Labenz was the featured soloist at the commencement
excerises, honoring her classmates with a special song.
T In the normal Humphrey tradition, the choir sang a song specifically meant for the graduates. Here, seniors Kate Schmidt,
Bonnie Gronenthal and Karen Labenz add their voices in the sentiment of the day.
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Graduation
.,. Audrey Hastreit.er, Mary Zach, and Becky Sander gather to show off their Jolly
Junior smiles.
HHS .
lets u.b.u.!
As touted in a recent commercial of a
popular brand of athletic shoes, HHS
does indeed let you be you! You're free
to be whatever you want: an athlete, a
scholar, a musician, an artist, a designer, a builder, a doer, a watcher, anything ... yes, even a goof-off! "All personalities welcome here," should perhaps be a sign on the front doors of our.
school. For it is these different types
that make HHS unique, and have for
the last 100 years.
In this, the school's centennial, we
recognize that, in spite of changes in
students, teachers, facilities, and hem
lines, some things never change. The
same types of people that walked
through these hallowed halls in 1889
are still present and with us today. We
celebrate the tradition of individuality
established here at HHS in the last 100
years, and look forward to 100 more in
which "HHS lets u.b.u.!"
As you flip through these pages, feel
with your heart all that a fine school
like HHS has to offer. You will see that
these students, teachers, and faculty are
learning with each passing day from all
the love, knowledge, and experience
that is shared. There is indeed a bond of
closeness that comes from being an educator and a learner at our school, now
and in the years to come. Indeed, it
shows that "HHS lets u.b.u."
"' Concent rating on Doug Zavadil's cast, Angie Ternus doesn't realize her picture is
being taken .
.A. Ron Krings tries to convince Mr. Palmer and J ohn Rollman that he should be
first to the lit tle boys' room.
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Y Mr. Robb smiles as he gets caught at his
daily routine.
Y Steve Classen shows it's "no big deal"
getting his picture taken.
Coach Herink tries telling Mary Rollman how to bend her ankle, but
Mary is not in a very cheerful mood.
A
&
Y Kris Schemek and Paula Chaulk make a last
ditch effort to escape during school hours, but are
caught by the camera.
A Jeff Greisen, Jeanne Maguire, Kathy Schmidt, and Bonnie
Gronenthal pose at noon- hour to say goodbye to good 'ol HHS
with big smiles.
Jeremy Wright shows Miss Kelly the basics of running the radio.
Closi ng
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Classen, Tom 22
Afrank, Chris 16, 52
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Dohmen, Kevin 19, 21, 60
Babel, Scott 14, 15, 70, 78
Barron, George 22, 23
Baumgart, Shane 25, 27
Baumgart, Shayla 19, 41, 55, 58, 59,
75
Bell, Ja;son 3, 19, 21, 52, 60, 78
Bell, Jeff 25
Bell, Lynette 14, 15
Brandl, Connie 13, 14, 15, 40, 41, 45,
55, 58, 59, 64, 66, 71, 75, 77, 79, 80
Brandl, Rob 22
Brock, Dawn 16, 43, 51, 75, 81
Buchmann, Stan 3, 16, 17, 33, 52,
53, 60, 61, 74
Buggi, Danielle 19, 75, 77
Buggi, Lucas 25
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Cattau, Kevin 13, 14, 15, 35, 52
Cattau, Leslie 22, 24
Chaulk, Paula 13, 14, 15, 41, 42, 45,
51, 65, 71, 75, 77, 80, 81, 85, 88
Classen, Jim 6, 7, 8, 34, 56, 66, 68,
71, 73, 75, 77, 78
Classen, Steve 13, 14, 15, 31, 69, 80,
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Fischer, Justin 19, 20, 21, 45, 52, 60,
67, 78
Fittje, Mark 16, 41, 45
Frauendorfer, Becky 14, 15, 36, 43,
55, 58, 59, 69, 70, 81
Frauendorfer, Carla 25, 26, 27
Frauendorfer, Dennis 6, 8, 10, 11, 12,
31, 35, 68, 73, 74
Frauendorfer, Jerry 19
Frisch, Jerry 22, 23, 33
Frisch, Karla 2, 6, 8, 12, 75, 81
Frisch, Kevin 16, 17, 74
Fuxa, Kelli 16, 67, 75
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Gilsdorf, Denny 19, 41
Gillsdorf, Randy 25
Gilsdorf, Ricky 25, 26
Gourka, Darin 25
Greisen, Gail 25
Greisen, Gina 22, 24, 33
Greisen, Jeff 6, 7, 8, 12, 35, 56, 57,
68, 75
Greisen, Paula 2, 16, 36, 45, 58, 59,
75, 77
Greisen, Tammy 3, 19, 21, 55, 58, 59,
75, 77
Gronenethal, Bonnie 1, 6, 7, 8, 10,
11, 51, 54, 55, 5& 59, 68, 75, 76,
77, 79, 83, 88
Gronenthal, Brad 25, 26
Gronenthal, Dave 6, 8, 52, 53, 56, 57
Gronenthal, Gary 13, 14, 15, 31, 41,
43, 52, 60, 75, 76, 81, 88
Gronenthal, Jeff 16
Gronenthal, Kelli 22
Gronenthal, Mark 22, 23, 24
Gronenthal, Michelle 3, 19, 20, 41,
45, 75, 77, 79
Gronenthal, Sandy 16, 18, 40, 42, 55,
58, 59, 75
Gronenthal, Tammy 25, 27
Gronenthal, Tina 19, 20
Gronenthal, Tracey 19, 20, 75
Hastreiter, Audrey 14, 15, 36, 41, 42,
43, 51, 71, 75, 77, 79, 81, 84
Hellbusch, Jamie 22, 24
Hoefer, Wendy 16, 42, 45, 75, 79
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Irwin, Shannon 25, 26
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Hanzel, Audrey 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 45,
47, 51, 66, 68, 78, 80
Hastreiter, Anita 25, 27
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Jarecki , Tricia 16, 18, 43, 45, 75, 81,
88
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Kal lweiL, Jeff 3, 14, 15, 52
Kucera, Angie 25, 26, 27
Kucera, Derek 13, 14, 15, 31, 41, 43,
52, 53, 60, 61, 64, 67, 81, 88
Kyncl, Jamie 14, 15, 41, 57, 74, 76
60, 84
Rollman, 16, 18, 44, 45, 50, 51, 54,
55, 69, 75, 88
Rosenthal, Ryan 13, 14, 15, 37, 41,
45, 52, 53, 60, 70, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81
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Sander, Becky 14, 15, 75, 81, 84
Sander Chad 22, 23
Labenz, Karen 1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 12, 18,
Sander, Jacky 19, 41, 51, 55, 58, 59,
41, 43, 51, 68, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80,
69, 75
81, 82, 83
Schaecher, Debi 1, 6, 7, 9, 47, 55, 58,
Long, Michelle 1, 2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 45,
59, 68, 80, 82, 88
54, 55, 58, 59, 68, 88
Schemek, Kris 1, 6, 9, 12, 42, 43, 58,
59, 68, 81, 85, 88
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM Schemek, Mark 25, 27
Schemek, Paul 16, 37, 45, 60, 69
Maguire, Jeanne 1, 6, 9, 12, 45, 51,
Schmidt, Jeff 16, 18, 37, 52, 60, 74,
54, 55, 68, 72, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82
77
MarLensen, Jeff 2, 6, 9, 34, 36, 52,
Schmidt, Kathy 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 17,
68, 73, 74, 75
45, 50, 51, 65, 68, 75, 77, 83, 88
Mata, Fren 22
Sjuts, Eric 19, 21, 52, 60, 61
McDonald, Jeannie 16, 17, 36, 75
Sjuts, Joyce 2, 3, 13, 14, 15, 41, 43,
McDonald, Stephany 22, 24
51, 54, 55, 58, 59, 64, 66, 71, 75,
77, 80, 81
PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP Stock, Jim 14, 15, 31, 45, 80
Paprocki, Kari 3, 14, 15, 43, 44, 45,
64, 67, 75, 77, 79, 81, 88
Paprocki, Shawna 19, 42, 55, 75, 77
Preister, Scott 14, 15, 31, 57, 74
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Rollman, John 13, 14, 15, 34, 45, 57,
Ternus, Angie 14, 15, 31, 41, 43, 47,
51, 55, 75, 79, 84, 88
Ternus, Cindy 1, 6, 9, 11, 12, 31, 40,
41, 47, 51, 55, 66, 74, 79
Theilen, Rachel 25
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Ungles, Parker 14, 15
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Veik, Carla 15, 75
Veik, Jason 22, 24
Veika, Tom 16, 17, 30, 52, 53, 57, 60,
61, 67, 74
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Weidner, Dan 19, 21, 41, 45, 52, 60,
69, 78
Weidner, Jason 22, 23
Wright, Jeremy 16, 30, 60, 74, 88
Wright, Larry 1, 6, 9, 10, 11, 52, 53,
60, 66, 68, 72
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Zach, Mary 2, 14, 15, 42, 43, 44, 65,
75, 81, 84, 88
Zavadil, Angie 19, 41, 55, 75
Zavadil, Doug 3, 14, 15, 41, 45, 52,
53, 60, 70, 75, 77, 80, 88
Index
Ironically, on the school's 100th year
anniversary, it seemed like it took 100
years to put this yearbook together. With
lots of frustration, and ringing of each others' necks, the 3 veterans and Miss Roemmich managed to teach the other 12 students the trade of journalism to turn out a
wonderful book.
The theme for this year's book is "HHS
lets U.B.U.," inspired by the Reebok commercial.
The book was published by Jostens. The
headlines are printed in 36 point and the
subheadlines in 18 point in Century
Schoolbook type. The body copy size is 10
point solid, also Century Schoolbook type,
and the captions are 8 point solid. The
book is printed on 70 pound enamel paper.
The journalism staff: (top to bottom) Doug Zavadil,
Derek Kucera, Gary Gronenthal, Tricia Jarecki,
Kathy Schmidt, Bonnie Gronenthal, Mary Rollman,
Paula Chaulk, Michelle Long, Angie Ternus, Mary
Zach, Kari Paprocki, Debi Schaecher, Jeremy
Wright, Kris Schemek, and Kim Roemmich.
Closing
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