Anita High School - Spartan Yearbook (Anita, IA)

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ADVENTURES IN BUSINESS This year's OEA Chapter proved to be one of much enthusiasm and hard work. In order to be a member of this chapter, each person had to obtain an outside job in business. In the office education class many units arc covered, including telephone techniques, business math, duplicating machines, and job applications. The most important unit is record management. On October 6th and 7th. the OEA attended the state elections in Des Moines, where Dan Pollock and Melanie Harmscn were our chapter nominees for state officers. The OEA traveled to the state convention, in Des Moines, where Teresa Anderson and Sherry Lank got honorable mention. 5th place, for a scrapbook that they had made. To raise money, the OEA sold candy, sponsored a pie throw at the benefit game, and introduced Computer Fun. a dating service. For service projects, the OEA put on a Thanksgiving skit at Con- gregate meals, and went winter caroling at the nursing home. Pic I. Shelley Chelesvig. Dan Pollock. Joyce Vokt. Linda Van Horn, and Linda Wedcmcyer discuss the new techniques in alphabetical filing. Pic 2. Sherry Lank. Teresa Anderson, and Melanie Harmscn work on job application forms. Pic 3. Miss Hartstack talks about the different types of alphabetical filing to Shelley Chelesvig. Linda Wcdemeyer, and Linda Van Horn. Pic 4. Row l: OEA members and where they worked. Sharon Vais — Atlantic Hospital. Teresa Anderson — Rhoda Paas lawyer's office, Dan Pollock — Wiota Grain. Linda Van Horn — Anita Church of Christ, Sherry Lank — Atlantic Hospi- tal Row 2: Joyce Vokt -Anita Elementary School, Melanie Harmscn — DX Gas Sta- tion, Linda Wedcmcyer — Anita COOP. Shelley Chelesvig — Anita State Bank. 12

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LEADERSHIP THROUGH In July 1980. a stranger was welcomed into our communi- ty. For the first time since 1975, AHS had a foreign ex- change student. Wolfgang Neumann. “Some people I knew had gone to the U.S. and last year my cousin went. I decided I wanted to go too.“ said Neu- mann. Therefore, he wrote to Youth for Understanding and applied to be a foreign exchange student. He was accepted and came to live with the Varel Bailey family. Schule am Heimgarten is the school he goes to in Ahrens- burg. West Germany. They have thirteen grades in Germany schools. The first ten years they arc required to take eleven courses In eleventh grade they can pick which courses they will take the next three years. “School is much harder in Germany 4 explained Wolf- gang. “we go from 7:50 a m. to 1:00 p.m. on the long days and we alternate from five to six days a week, including every other Saturday. At AHS. W'olfgang has been involved in speech, basket- ball, chorus, band, and tennis. “Speech is my favorite activity, and Humanities is my favorite class “I have made a lot of friends here and someday I hope to come back. Besides the usual student council sponsored activities as Home- coming. ice cream sales, spirit week, and the Twerp dance, the council has also hosted visiting council members from surrounding schools, and a number of assemblies, sock hops and pre-Christmas vacation movies for the student body entertainment this past year. Pic 1. Student Council Members. Row 1: President Corey Miller, Vice-president Doug Armentrout. Row 2: Sponsor Mr. Gary Cur- rie, Senior representatives- Janet Jessen. Kerrie Smith. Ralph McAfee, Brian Hahn. Row 3: Junior representatives- Kris Behn- ken, Scott Phillips. Teresa McKinzie. Sophomores-Tracy Watson, Leesa Westphal. Freshmen- Terry Hoskins and Teresa Phillips. Pic 2. Wolfgang Neumann with his expository address posters. Pic 3. The student council extends a thank-you to Steve Westphalen for his voluntary responsibility of the downtown activity board. 14