Nebraska City High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Nebraska City, NE)

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Comm. II - a busy year! This year’s Communications II class had a busy year. The activities included doing reader’s theatre, teaching class for a day, painting the mini-stage, speech contest, one-act play, building the set for “Fools” and doing a “Comm. II” Carnival for Hayward Elementary school. Members of the class were Bonnie Anderson, Ted Bonebrake, Janene Chamberlain, Terri Cunningham, Doreen Davis, Miriam Graham, John Hofer, Teresa Hollens, Todd Liesen-feld, Pam Lutz, Susan Neumann, Brian Popelka, Sarah Vann, and Jerry Wurtele. Miss Wilken was the instructor. Everyone gained a little creativity, a lot of confidence and a lot of fun. UPPER LEFT: The Great Barlonzo. (Brian Popelka). and his beautiful assistant Jenny. (Jerry Wurtele). In the Comm. II Carnival. CENTER RIGHT: Teresa Hollens works on the “Fools set during Comm. II. LOWER LEFT: Cookie Monster. (Sarah Vann), asks Tarzan (Todd Liesenfeld). and his friend George. (Ted Bonebrake). for directions back to Sesame Street In the Comm. II Carnival. LOWER LEFT: Jerry Wurtele. (left), and Miriam Graham, (right), work diligently on the set for “Fools”, the spring play by Nell Simon.

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The boys of “Games”, this year’s one-act play, include Johnny, Richie, (Jerry Wurtele), Danny, (Phil Lutz), Paul, (Todd (John Hofer), far right. Left to right; Stevie. (Brian Popelka), Llesenfeld), Jimmy, and (Ted Bonebrake). 28 Games First Row, Left to Right; Teresa Hollens, John Hofer, Phil Jerry Wurtele, and Brian Popelka. Third Row; Todd Lutz, and Janene Chamberlain. Second Row; Ted Bonebrake, Llesenfeld, Sarah Vann, and Susan Neumann.

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Speech: a year for experience Susan takes commercials to state It was a year for gaining experience on the Nebraska City Speech Team. The team was made up of almost all new members with few returning members. All in all, it was a positive and successful year. Returning members from past years included Ted Bonebrake, Doreen Davis, Deb Hall, and Phil Lutz. New members included Bonnie Anderson, Janene Chamberlain, Terri Cunningham, Peggy Fitzgerald, Miriam Graham, John Hofer, Teresa Hoilens, Todd Liesenfeld, Pam Lutz, Susan Neumann, Brian Popelka, Sarah Vann, and Jerry Wurtele. At each of the first three contests Nebraska City was represented by a full team. The team participated in a total of four contests over the season; Nebraska City Invitational, Eastern Midlands Conference Speech Contest, District Speech Contest. Susan Neumann qualified for the State Speech Contest held this year in April at Kearney. Individual awards weren’t many but definitely worth listing. At the first contest held here at home Miriam Graham placed fifth in Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose with a selection entitled “Loneliness” by Erma Bombeck. The team placed third as a whole. At Conference, held in Elkhorn, Miriam placed second in Oral Interpretation of Humorous Prose with the same selection. Phil Lutz also placed second at Elkhorn in Extemporaneous Speaking. The team placed fourth. At District Speech Contest in Beatrice Susan Neumann placed second, received a superior, and qualified for State speech contest by dancing and singing familiar jingles in Entertainment Speaking with her topic of Commercials” and how they relate to us. Others, receiving superiors, were Sarah Vann, Todd Liesenfeld, and the (OID) Oral Interpretation of Drama trio. Sarah was in Oral Interpretation of Poetry and her topic was “Failure”. Todd Liesenfeld received his superior in Entertainment Speaking with the topic of “Speech Contest.” The OID was composed of Ted Bonebrake, (as Norman), Phil Lutz, (as Andy), and Sarah Vann, (as Sophie), performing a cutting from Neil Simon’s “Star Spangled Girl”. The trio also received a third ranking at that contest. The team received third, missing runner-up by one point. State Speech was held in Kearney April 8 and 9. Although Susan Neumann was the only qualifier, several other team members went along for moral support. All who went along had a lot of fun watching speeches, shopping, and socializing. This year’s team gained experience. Next year’s team will then hopefully be made up of veteran members and make for an outstanding team. I drink Dr. Pepper and I’m proud. I'm part of an original crowd. But If you look around these days, there seems to be a Dr. Pepper craze! sings Susan Neumann in her Commercials speech which qualified for State Speech Contest. 30 Speech