Blair High School - Tattler Yearbook (Blair, NE)

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Students Find Jobs Interfere With School, Social Life “What are you doing tonight?” “Nothing. I have to work at seven.” Such a conversation may have been typical, considering the number of students who held down some type of job. Students usually found it neces- sary to have jobs once they reached high school. And the extra hours often presented difficulties. There were some positive points to employ- ment, however. “One advantage of having a job,” Employed at Carlson-Drefs Meat Market, junior Jason Christiansen trims a cut of meat while senior Vince Ward cleans up the area. Senior Jason Bolton, employed at Pamida, shows classmate Matt Mackie a top-selling compact disc. Pamida employed high school students for maintenance as well as for sales. 16 - Jobs ! said senior Julie Nebrigich, “is that I don’t have to keep asking my par- ents for money.” “It (having a job) is not a necessity,” said senior Nick Cordle. “It’s more of a desire for spending money.” Although students needed the jobs for spending money, many felt that too much work affected their school work. Senior John Zolck noted, “I usually work about 15-20 hours a week, and that tends to affect my school grades.” Julie said she sacrificed both social and school life by working 30-35 hours a week. “I worked every Satur- day and Sunday from early morning to about eight at night,” she said. “That ruins my whole day which I could have spent with my friends.” “On weeknights I usually got home about eleven,” she continued, “and I was usually too tired to do my home- work. If I had a test the following day I wouldn’t study for it as well as I would have if I was home all night.”

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Battle for Woman Sets Stage for Fall Play Two men battling for one woman. The decision of who gets her is by a contest. The contest is to see who is the better actor. The better actor wins and can marry the lady. This was the storyline behind the fall play, “The Crocodile Smile.” “The play was different than any of them before,” stated junior Terry Mar- tin, a makeup artist for the play. “I really thought everyone was playing the right role.” One of the main characters, Jean Francois Bocador, was played by senior Ron Sorenson. The play was a very enjoyable production for both audience and cast. “It was a pretty good play,” claimed senior Clark Anderson, who played the manager in “The Crocodile Smile.” As the play progresses, the winner, Bocador, then marries Angelique, played by Jennifer Bruun, and they have a son. When the son is older and returns home from school, he de- cides he wants to be an actor like his father. While trying to teach his son how to act Bocador realizes that act- ing can not be taught. Senior John Zolck, who played Claude Bocador, stated, “I really en- joyed being part of this production. It was a lot of fun and I think the au- dience enjoyed it.” Other cast members included Kathy Bagby as the doctor, Steve Picton as Charles Gringoire, Lissa Erickson as the waitress, Liz Vercruysse as Gorot, Andrea Johnson as Jeanette, Bill Wardell as Le Mousse, a critic, Chris Sorenson as Achille Miron, Jonathan Barlow as Marshal Valois and Tony Hundtoft and Ryan Travaille as Michel Bocador. Mr. Joseph Anderson directed the play, and Meredith Dickerson, a sophomore, served as student assist- ant director. The costumer was Mrs. Marilyn Svengard. The lighting tech- nician was Melissia Brickey. Andrea Johnson was props chairman, and Staci Makinen was makeup chair- man. The play was presented on No- vember 5-7. Trying to convince Gringoire (Steve Picton) that he is the better actor, Bocador (Ron Sorensen) portrays the Marshal of France. “The Crocodile Smiles” - 15

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Taking an order, senior Heidi Reyzlik works as a waitress at Pizza Hut. With the popular- ity of the pizzeria, employees were usually busy. Nick Cordle, senior, and junior Leslie Osborn unload a cart of stock for customers at Loyal’s Food Mart. Senior Chad Brenneis fills Jay Wolff’s order by making an ice cream cone. Both were em- ployed at Hardee’s, another popular Blair hangout. Summer wasn’t all fun and games. Junior J. J. Ihrke controls traffic on Highway 30 dur- ing a summer road maintenance job. Jobs - 17