Blair High School - Tattler Yearbook (Blair, NE)

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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

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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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Pom Pon Squad. Row 1 - Heidi Reyzlik, Becky Vinton, Beth Heimann, Kristi Hibbs and Suzette Gammel. Row 2 - Wendy Roberts, Jennifer Palmer, Crystal Novak, Mindy Suverkrubbe and Amy Heinrich. Senior Suzette Gammel performs a pom pon routine at one of the many pep rallies. Suzette was a co-captain during her final year on the squad. Junior Suzie Edgell and seniors Penny McIn- tosh and Janet Kruse attempt to squirt shav- ing cream off the noses of sophomore Jodi Kruse and juniors Shannon Nebrigich and Cheri Rathjen. The event was part of a volleyball pep rally. 18 - Spirit