Oakmont High School - Odinboken Yearbook (Roseville, CA)

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A closer look at the 1981 Odinboken staff will show that dedication and creativity were not the only characteristics of the staff. As deadlines approached, staff members spent many hours after school and on the weekends in room 204 to complete layouts, select pictures or write copy in an effort to make this yearbook a very special one. Under the supervision of Mrs, Gerry Colon, editors Kyle Biehle and Darla Black worked hard on the special pages. Michelle Lemos, John Sinclair, John Akens and Cassie Florance proved to be valuable .- s.X salespersons, setting a school record of 53,500 in ad sales. Different layout styles were used in each division of this book. A team of photographers, which consisted of John Akens, Darla Black, Ken Foster, Mark Herring, Pat Jennings, Collin Lowry, and April Wells, were appointed to improve upon Odinboken photography from the past. Acriviries such as the yearbook rally, yearbook sales day and money- raising activities were organized by the staff to make up the extra dollars needed to add color and special effects to the book. 1. ON YEARBOOK SALES day, the small gym was occupied by the entire Odinboken staff, who tried a new method of collecting money this year. 2. SENIOR K.C. RAMOS looks through old yearbooks to get some useful ideas for designing one of his pages. 3. PHO- TOGRAPHERS DON'T ONLY take pictures when they are part of the staff, here Pat Jennings works on a dance layout, hoping to beat the deadline, 4. JUNIOR APRIL WELLS works on the first draft of her organiza- tions layout, which requires a different layout style than she has done before. 5. JUNIOR MARK SMITH works to achieve the required flawless layout before submit- ting it to Mrs. Colon. 6. ON A TOUR through Josten's Yearbook plant in Visalia, editors Kyle Biehle and Darla Black and business manager Cassie Florance spot some Odinboken pages that have just Iefr the press, 7. SOPHOMORE SANDY ROBERTSON selects pictures, one of thejobs that must be done before her page is approved, 8. BEING A PHOTOGRAPHER for the staff means working on a strict schedule ta cover all acrivif ties. Junior Collin Lowry takes time out of his lunch period to take care of an assignment. 9. PHOTOGRA- PHER MARK HERRING takes candid pictures in the classrooms, an important part of the yearbook cover' age. 10. NEW STAFF MEMBERS Ken Foster and Pat Jennings spend an afternoon at the car wash, one of the activities the staff does to raise extra money. 11. TO KEEP A record of the ad sales, foreign exchange student Bob VanDenl3erg created attractive posters on which to list the results. CDDINBOKEN STAFF 189

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Even though Norse Notes had a smaller staff than most schools, the class still published a good newspaper awd made numerous improve- ments over past years' editions. The editors added several new articles such as Annie's Sports Review, devoted to girls' sports infor- mation, Club Scene, highlighting OHS organizations, an Answer of the Month selected from the Roving Reporter responses, Vike of the Month, featuring an outstanding athlete, plus additional photographs to enliven the layouts. Heading the staff this year was editor-iw-chief Laurie Shultz. She was 1 Z, K, U as -1 ' T. Qgilfs aided by Don Price, copy editor and Todd Steele, business manager. They were supported by a staff that kept very busy all year long, especially during publication deadlines. Staff members also sponsored several fund-raising events such as after-game dances, flower sales and the Sadie Hawkins dance. ln the spring they entered competition with other Sacramento area schools to determine how they compare with other high school newspapers. Overall, the Norse Notes staff worked many hours to perfect their stories and publish a high-quality newspaper. lm v Wy. , 1.3 .. g 'df f -L' 1 41. ' ',- N -' A, 1 7.-.':,'..,--.- vw at ,sw fm 1. NORSE NOTES STAFF, front row, Don Price, copy editor, Laurie Shultz, editor-in-chief, Karen Falconer, news editor, Tim McCormick, reporter, Ann Marty, girls' sports editor, David Reed, boys' sports editor, Jim Har- ris, club editor. Second row, Theresa Ross, exchange editor, Paul Udell, photographer, LeighAnn Tackett, typist, Mark Haney, reporter. Not Pictured, Jeff Holmes, reporter, Scott Jeter, ad staff, Todd Steele, ad mon- ager, Sherri Thayne, typist. 2. ON PUBLICATION DAY, everyone gets involved in distributing the paper. Leigh- Ann Tackett and David Reed count out the number of papers they must sell. 3. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Laurie Shultz always spends extra hours on the job during deadline time in order to check, approve or revise the entire staff's work 4. FINDING THE RIGHT headline for a story and getting it to fit is a very frustrating job for all reporters. Jeff Holmes resorts to the instant method of creating a heading. 5. AS ONE OF the typists for Norse Notes, senior Sherri Thoyne is always kept busy, espe- cially during the hectic deadline. 6. BOYS' SPORTS EDITOR David Reed and reporter Tim McCormick, juniors, discuss some notes before writing an article, 7. HAVING HER OWN column for the first time, senior - Ann Marty discovered that it wasn't easy to think up a topic each month. 6. BUSINESS MANAGER TODD Steele asks adviser Mrs. Gerry Colon haw to arrange the ad layout for the Christmas issue, NORSE NOTES 141