Columbus High School - Discoverer Yearbook (Columbus, NE)

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earbook: a year-round job To the average student or teacher, it may seem that all the year- book staff did was roam the halls and sneak food into the Production Room. However, contrary to popular belief, the staff put in a lot of hard work and ex- tra hours. Work on the book began during the summer before school was even a glim- mer in most students’ minds. Mr. Robert Adams, yearbook advi- sor, held early morning meetings at his house during the summer months. These were organizational meetings, and the main purpose of them was to get the edi- tors together to start thinking about the book. Irene Nieuwenhuis, editor-in-chief, was in charge of most of the organization of the book. She said that this job was difficult when she had to tell the staff what to do. It was the job of the three section ed- itors to assign individual deadlines to their sections. Kris Rayman was layout editor, Robyn Trew, photo editor and Caitlin Ellefson, copy editor. Rayman’s favorite part of being sec- tion editor was, “Knowing my ideas are going into the book and being respected by the staff for my judgement.” Trew also liked that part of being photo editor. She felt the hardest thing about her job was, “Putting up with ev- eryone in a cramped darkroom and still producing quality photos.” “Being copy editor was great be- cause I got along with my staff so well and I never had to yell at them to get things done,” Ellefson remembered. “I guess you have to be smarter than the comput- er,” Jeff Buntgen thinks as he tries to get the printer to work. Brent Schumacher cuts negatives and gets ready to file them. During the lunch hour, Mr. Adams meets with Kris Rayman, Irene Nieuwenhuis and Caitlin Ellefson to discuss possibilities for the book. David Wight makes sure the copy matches up with his layout. Irene Nieuwenhuis explains which pictures would be best for Tammy Dush's layout. 16 Academics

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D iscoverer produces more photos £ £ W t was my job to open doors and I steer students away from X errors,” Mrs. Marilou Jasnoch, advisor for The Discoverer, explained. Mrs. Jasnoch enjoyed her first year as advisor, remarking that the only things she had to do was open doors to creativity by giving the reporters ideas and then making sure that they did not make mistakes that would harm the pa- per or the school. Except for the misfortune that the first issue of The Discoverer was lost by the printer, the staff did not have many problems. Eight issues were put out last year. One thing that last year’s staff tried to accomplish was putting more pictures in each issue. They felt that photos made the paper more exciting to read. When asked what she liked best about being advisor for The Discoverer, Mrs. Jasnoch replied, “The students were independent- I didn’t have to play mom!!” Jeanette Frazer and Editor Grctchen Markel decide which photo to use for the front page story. Dan Sherbo looks the newly-printed Discoverer over before it is distributed. Stuffing papers is part of the job for Jeanette Fra- zer, Caitlin Ellefson, Greg Asche, Bob Haus- mann and Gretchen Markel. One of the advantages of being on the Discoverer staff, shown by Managing Editor Dan Schmit, is getting to read the paper before anyone else. “I need more of page six, Greg Asche says to a fellow paper stuffer. Newspaper 1.5

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Jenny McKee prepares to take pictures at a basketball game. Kris Rayman, seated, left, and Stacy Rieck check to see if all senior pictures have been turned in while Marci Ryck, standing, left, and Caitlin Ellefson look at classmates’ pictures. Mary Mullin listens to a suggestion for the Spring Royalty layout. One of the copy editor’s jobs is teaching the section members how to make a deadline disk. Caitlin Ellefson. right, explains this task t to Brenda Lincoln, center, and Kelly Mercer. “This smells BAD!” Kim Krumland thinks as she mixes chem- icals in the darkroom. » Yearbook 17