El Dorado High School - El Dorado Yearbook (Placentia, CA)

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Troop 42515 When you think of San Diego, what ' s the first thing that comes to your mind? Sun, sand, surf, and fun? That ' s not what five members of the yearbook staff thought about. Their main concern was how they were going to sit through six classes a day, for a week, without going crazy. I didn ' t really mind the classes. I think I spent most of the time dreaming of what our book was going to look like. It had to be the perfect creation, especially if I didn ' t want to hide out during the last week of school when the books came out, said editor Lauren Calvert. Students, Ken Kaldenbach, Lisa Larick, Jill Ojeda, Stuart Mencher, and Lauren Calvert attended the annual SCSPA at UC San Diego during the month of August. This camp is held every summer to help train yearbook staffs all over the state for the year ahead. We had a lot of free time to go to the beach or sleep. To top that, there were fifty water polo play- ers on the two floors above mine, said Lauren. I hod a lot of fun because of the new friends that I made, commented Jill Ojeda. There is so much I could say. I could talk about climbing three flights of stairs with my robe on because I got locked out of my room. I could tell you about the naked men doing Yoga on Black ' s Beach, and even letting Lauren find out I ' m not a nerd after all, remembered Lisa Larick. I remember when we all hiked down this steep cliff to Black ' s Beach. I was running down the path when my thong broke. I rolled about five feet and landed in a bush, laughed Ken Kaldenbach. When school started, so did we I The year got off to a slow start with only six returning students. The real task was to teach the rookies the ropes. Training ses- sions were held for the first two weeks, but the rest was going to have to come with practice. At first it was hard, but everyone helped me learn what to do. Now it ' s easy, and it ' s fun working with people, stated Lisa Hinderliter. In yearbook, you learned something new everyday. Even though it got a little hectic, it was fun, said David Evans. The theme of the book was Changes , To carry out the theme we used a lot of wild backgrounds and colors to add excite- ment, and to get away from the traditional styles. This added a lot of confusion. We were really happy when it turned out so great, but most people were just happy that we finished with it. I was especially glad that it was finished. I didn ' t know what the heck I was doing until we started to cut and paste. That ' s easy! I think the color pages turned out great! said Karen Rob- ert. Being photo-editor is a lot of work, but when it comes to deadlines, working with my photographers is fun, said Stuart Mencher. The remainder of the year would be a breeze. Deadlines were sprinkled with pizza parties, Eating pizza was my favorite part of yearbook, said Kim Lewis. Six foot sub- marine sandwiches, Bunch-a-Lunch , and cookies during the weeks that followed the Winter Formal, I liked when deadlines were finished because we always had a party afterward, said Kenny Donovan. Chonging Sesons, the 1985 Winter For- mal, was organized by Carrie Cline. For two months no one knew if Carrie was alive or not. She was always out phoning 144 Yearbook orders or arranging and buying something for the dance. Winter Formal was a lot of work. I was really happy when it was fin- ished. I loved watching everything run so smoothly, sighed Carrie. Around finals time, when everyone else was sweating through their fourth period final, we were out stuffing our faces at Her- shels, I wasn ' t stuffing my face. My choco- late shake ended up on Phil ' s back, laughed Doug Frate. I had a great time at Hershels, until I felt something cold dripping down my back, remembered Phil Middle- ton. One activity that helped put a little fun into the class was Nerd of the Deadline. Through all the hard times, being in year- book has been a great experience. I met great friends and had a lot of fun times. Most of all I liked being in charge of ' Nerd of the Deadline ' , said Michelle Paoletti. No one knew who was selected until after the deadline. Sometimes they were selected because of their hard work, and sometimes it was just to tease someone about some layout, or stupid copy. It was an honor to be nominated as Nerd of the Deadline I love my super-banana award! said Greg Clark. When I got my award we were at Bunch-a-Lunch; they announced it in front of anyone. I was so embarrassed, stated Kristin Ladner. Field trips were also one of the nice bene- fits of being on the staff. Brian Lee, Phil Middleton, Lisa Larick, Carrie Cline, Lauren Clavert, and Mr. Leonard took a nice, leisurely, five-hour drive up to Visalia, California, to tour the Josten Yearbook Printing Company. Well, there ' s only one way you can go in Visalia, and we went the wrong way. We dined, swam, cruised the town, watched movies until dawn, and the Josten tour was just an added attrac- tion to our action packed, super-deluxe, fun-filled, one-of-a-kind, vacation to Visa- lia, exclaimed Brian Lee. Through all of the fun times, there was a lot of hardwork and hardtimes. Deadlines were a hassle and sometimes weekend crams were a necessary part of being on time. I ' ll never forget working on a dead- line the night of Winter Formal. We stayed up until 3:00 a.m. trying to put everything together. The worst part was finding out the dates were mixed up and it wasn ' t due for another week! yelled Lisa Larick. Be- ing a photographer takes most of my free time. I have to put off my layouts until the last possible minute when I throw it togeth- er, said Dave Stow. New friendships were a special part of be- ing a member of the staff, It was fun get- ting to meet new people, said Paula Hin- derliter. A special part of being on the yearbook staff was the new friendships that I made, commented Karen Guse. We ourselves will not only remember all the changes we shared, but El Dorado will also remember. The yearbook staff of 1985 made changes in traaition. We started a new tradition of senior class pictures, Blowing up balloons for the senior picture was fun; we got to be pros at talking with helium, I liked the senior picture this year because it was different. It was a change of tradition that our class started, said Mi- chelle Morey. Most important of all we started a new tradition of yearbooks at El Dorado. This was the easiest and best year of production, which must mean that this is the most creative staff ever, said Mr. Leonard. Being on yearbook was spe- cial to me because I helped to put my senior year in print, said Susan Geer. Special THANKS to: Mr. Wright for all the help and encouragement (and supplies) Rusty Moore for all the front cover and extra artv ork Shelly Skidmore for all her typing Brian and Phil for all their ex- tra v» ork Mr. Rod for all his help Mr. Sonnenburg for all his encouragement and poems Mr. Chappell for his time and encouragement Hoot Gibson for letting us try Mr. Ladner for the artworks and Mr. Leonard for EVERY- THING!! The members of the Yearbook staff of 1985: Lisa Hinderliter, Greg Clark, Karen Guse, David Evans, Brian Lee, Paula Hinderliter, Susan Geer, Doug Frate, Michelle PaoiettI, Alan Leonard, Kenny Donovan, MicKielle IMorey, Ken KaldenbacKi, Kristin Ladner, Kim Lewis, Stuart Mencher, Phil MIddieton, David Stow, Lisa Larlcic, Karen Robert, Jill Ojeda, Carrie Cline, and Lauren Calvert.

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The String Quartet The last bastion of classical music at El Dorado was Orchestra. The sounds of Bach and Bee- thoven were heard when class convened third period. The Orchestra thr year was actually a String Quartet. It was tK ? srtiallest class taught by Mr. Watson. The vlass consisted of two basses. Jim Wahl and Eddie Terhune. and two violinists. Jane Moa ' k there are a lot of aav Martha Monzt small class becausit tion and it teaches vs Because of the small gi the Orchestra felt closi The highlight of the year was tfieir perfor mance in the school musical, The Wizard of Oz. fddif Iffhunr fimli 4 «uit pilch a he play hi ba . 146 String Quartet