North Kansas City High School - Purgold Yearbook (North Kansas City, MO)

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The 1981 Purgold staff hon- ors Mrs. Jean Anderson for her dedication, time and effort made for the benefit of North Kansas City High School. Mrs. Anderson has taught for 14 years, 13 of which were at Northtown. During this time she has taught various English courses, including science fiction and ridden the Pep Club bus. More importantly, she has been respon- sible for the production of twelve different volumes of The Purgold. Mrs. Anderson announced her resignation this year from the sponsorship of the yearbook, but still plans to continue teaching at Northtown. We feel it only proper to recognize the many hours that she has given to North Kansas City High School in producing twelve volumes of the Purgold by dedicat- ing this fifty-fourth volume to her. 1. Mrs. Anderson cuts a piece of birthday cake given to her by the Purg-old staff 2. Reminding everyone that deadlines are fast approaching, Mrs. Anderson marks off pages that have been turned in. 3. A photographer catches this shot during a science fiction course in Room 121 4. Mrs. Anderson poses for a professional photographer for the yearbook faculty section during the seventies. 5. This picture was taken during' her last year as Purg-old sponsor. 2

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'fi J-I ' MID comlwgwr PUBLIC LIBRARY V535 V VY' if 7317? FC: IIHIHHHHHIH!IH!IlllflHIVHHHHIHIHIHIHIIHHIH ,l 3 0000 1 1476782 9 iiiaain i3Ji'i.Eii..2lfi E-iisgl away :ii 3,-gsm: lndepenclence-,MO 64050 l I I 'f Editor - Jim Dunn Layout Ed. - shouy Stielow Volume 54 , I Asst. Ed. - Lauri Bersofsky Effects - Jeanette Stipek 1 ggxhafgngzztgty High School . Bus. Mgr. - Stuart Woody Photo Coord. - Jim Coakley North Kansas City, Missouri .'..I ?4N 1. Staff members get into their positions as they await the student body. 2. The photo is taken: all head toward buses. 3. Sbzth hour was spent in preparation for the big event. 4. The staff relaxes in celebration. 5. All of the hours of Work bring 1400-plus students together in an NKC formation. Manned with five pairs of Walkie talkies, a citizen's band base station radio, two mega- phones, an airwaves communica- tions monitor, and the school's outdoor public address system, the 1980-81 Purgold staff finally pulled off one of its biggest feats, besides mere completion of the book. On Friday, May 1, 1981, the staff successfully lined up the entire North Kansas High School student body and faculty on the football field in an i'NKC forma- tion while a photographer took pictures from a plane above. Sparked by student com- plaints of previous yearbook covers, the staff made suggestions early in the school year about ideas for the cover picture. However, none seemed promising until the idea of the aerial photo was brought up by Jeanette Stipek, the staff's special effects editor, who also coordinated the entire project. She, along with the Purgold's business manager Stuart Woody, contracted Light- foot Photography to take the picture, made arrangements with the administration, and assigned each sixth hour teacher's class a position on the football field. Although two previous at- tempts to take the photograph were cancelled due to weather conditions, another attempt failed simply because of the pilot's inability to get clearance through planes looking on from above. However, after four scheduled appointments, approximately 750 pounds of chalk, and hours of planning and labor, the photo was finally a success. Ph ftographers Pat Combellick Dennis Flanery Lori Jackson Sandy Lowers Jay Maddick Lance Moore Belinda Nixon Andy Partridge Academics Mary Baker Julie Godley Denise Smith Theresa White Activities Terri Lenzmeier Kim Lynch Elizabeth Wansing Classes Shelly Black Kelli Hartner Celia Parman Sharon Wheeler Clubs Brian Clevenger Diana Davis Jim Farr of B d Cathy Carney Tiffany Schroeder Dena Trenter Sponsor Jean Anderson PURGOLD Sherri Giffin ports Marilyn ra y acknowledges the following for their contributions to the l9Ub11C-f1t10n of this book Mr Bill Alexander Mike Benedick The BUZZ H phofo ,f 11 My- gc Mrs Jghn Mann Jim McKinney Ron Morrison Shalane Schwalm Susan Siler Dong Sin Bryan Specker 8' dl? .Y Mr Pat Wine Special thanks to the entire student body for their cooperation with the cover 1 1. K ' I , : , ' , I lv - . - - '. : I . . , , . , , I o ll Stafzi Campus Photo, Mr. Jerry Carpenter, Mr. Ernie Collins, Mr. John Craig, Meta Johansson, Mark Knick, Layna Lakey, Lightfoot I

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