Brookfield Central High School - Legend Yearbook (Brookfield, WI)

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l '-Q XX :EX i . vo -TM N -bf X-ex M is . I 'fb HL: 'T 7- X F A 'Lf s x 9 Xxx X, Io, Q, ,fir X - Qu-'CSR Y as 2,2 k if if ' 'bf so -fi: , X J 2' X if 1 ' - sr Statt, writers and artists who contributed to the '81 Legend - Jill Lehrer, Dave Platt, Kevin Kellems, Barry Barnhill, Sue Worst, Shannon Smullen, Gail Miller, Tom Merkel, Carrie Haufschild, Mike Fiytel, Doug Roerden, Chris Meyer, Tom Dockery, Martha Schauer, Genie Doumas, Kevin Hutchison, Sue Woods, Lauri Scheffel, Chris Craggs, Bob Puchner, John Puchner, Tim Knuth, Ken Carlson. fr sg f.j,tf, X, Why did I join Legend? I guess 's the long hours, the loss of social 'e, and the drop in grade point. No i gally, I learned a lot in Legend. lt as a cultural experience. - The Authority Ui Doing graphics. Format specialist Suzanne Skony cuts the line. i2j The 1981 Legend staff- Ustj Suzanne Skony, Graphics Editor, Jo Brinkley, Co- Seniors Editor, Kay Schwinn, Co-Seniors Editor, Marty Shields, Assistant Photog Editor. f2ndj Leslie Kauffman, Layout Editor, Andy John, Copy Edi- tor, Jim Bogan, Sports Editor. l3rdj Sean Smullen, Co-Editor in Chief, Chris Bergh, Co-Editor in Chief, Photo Editor. Missing: Dick Pflieger, Bill Webster, Renee Tuttle, Eunice E. Rogers. i3i His mind in the Ozone, Jim Bogan looks tiredly up from a layout table. my Working on the eleventh Boys' Track proto- type layout is Editor Sean Smullen. Q51 Working diligently, Leslie Kauffman completes the index. f6i As the night draws to a close and the first light of dawn appears, Editor Chris Bergh attempts to maintain consciousness, Ui Banging out another piece of copy is proliferous Andy John. Q ,V 'E yi I i L V ? ' in I 11 Legend f 99

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Legend Bl ln a way I feel that Legend is the most wor- thwile activity anyone in Central could get into, the friendship and security you feel with a group of people who care about the book as much as you do far outweighs any loss of sleep, drop in grade point or tribulations one may encounter. My only complaint is that too many people consider them- selves t'true Legend staffers, but only five or six really put together the book, writing themselves into a bundle of nerves carrying the burden for others. Legend is writing copy until you're too sick of it to continue, printing photos until three A.M., driving downtown insanely on deadline night to get there before midnight. I often question why all the work, all the pain, all the time, for just a year- book and come up with the same answer. I do it for me, to prove that I can actually do something of this momentous proportion. Maybe it's not worth it, but I like to think it is. - Chris Bergh The production of a yearbook of this caliber requires versatility and dedication that is a difficult combination to find in a person. The Legend needs not only hard workers, but people who are imaginative enough to make the book interesting. It is very hard to find more than a few people with this dedication, so traditionally, the Legend is largely produced by a small core of diligent staf- fers. - Sean Smullen Living and working out of a filing cabinet drawer for six months was certainly confusing, but what was worse was then transporting these same precious drawers to and fro, seeking a permanent location for the Legend staff. The resulting chaos tended to keep us behind schedule, and we often ended up losing things many times over. Perhaps it wasn't worth the long hours and tension we experienced throughout the year, but I think we all enjoyed directing our effort toward an artistic book. - Leslie Kauffman Working on the Legend was a fascinating experience for me. Learning the ins and outs of yearbooking has added a new dimension to my life. I've learned to appreciate the vast amount of work that goes into covering a whole year of high school activities. I have a great sense of pride for the Legend and BCHS now that I have delved below the everyday surface appearance of each. - Jim Bogan Ja, I guess that this yearbook business is really 96 f Legend impossible to cope with, unless you have that spe- cial mentality that the hard core staff members possess. The sad thing is that the student body of BCHS does not know of the endless dedication that must be there for a book of Legend's cali- ber. - Andy John 1- ' I I 5 if

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The Dark Side. There is a vital group of students whose hard work and intense dedica- tion has been neglected the recognition it merits. This group of people find it fre- quently necessary to work late at night while many of their comrades lie in a slumber. This page provides recognition to those students who know The Dark Side. Darkness envelops the city of Milwau- kee and its surrounding communities. Folks of the normal gender are prepar- ing to do the things they usually dog eat their dinners, watch their prime time tel- evision, set themselves down on their beds, to dream while blackness is the I never get lonely, even when the studio is empty. I believe that the only people who do are those who aren't comfortable with themselves. - Ron Cuzner ruler of this bit of the globe. There are, however, humans up and about at the midnight hour. Their time of conscious- ness is while most of the rest of the world is slumbering, while most of the world does not even know or care that a city exists, or that there is a whole popu- lation that for one reason or another must make the dark side of every day their habitat. Policemen, bakers, taxi cab drivers, yearbook aficionados, all perform their jobs faithfully and dili- gently into the wee hours of the morn- ing, making sure everything is safe and sound while the city is dark. The people of the night, though, do have one thing others do not. That one thing is Ron Cuzner, whose Dark Side radio show brings the sound of jazz to those awake and listening to WFMR after midnight. This man sets the tone and atmosphere of the dark side of the city, his ethereal delivery and general air 100 f The Dark Side of mystery capturing the mood of those about when his show is on, making peo- ple comfortable and setting them in the right frame of mind for the time of day, or rather night, that they exercise their existence. It was out of the broadcast of Flon Cuzner and the frequent late night work of the Legend staff that Dark Side Club was spawned, a group of night owls who remain awake while their peers and par- ents sleep. Not so much a club as a group of devotees who find solace in the broad- casts of Ron Cuzner, the Dark Side Club contains many Legend staff members, plus many of the students of BCHS whose jobs or other responsibili require them to be up after midnight them the Cuzner mystique provi them with bread for the soul, in addi' to music for the ears. A whole new realm of experie opens up after midnight. The city slm down, time moves with agonizing sl ness, and I listen to Ron Cuzner to ml tain my sanity, relates Chris Bergh find that working at night can be m productive because of the lack of 4 turbances. Legend works late at ni and Ron is our driving force at ' time, says Sean Smullen. Procla Andy John, The Man, the musicg mystiqueg Ron Cuzner. at Q' f v- W IF'