Dickinson High School - Gator Yearbook (Dickinson, TX)

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The Making of a Gator It all began back m June of ' 84. My section editors and I had a meeting at Mrs. Wolfe ' s fnouse to figure out what to do. We had been preparing for weeks, studying dozens of magazines and yearbooks, look- ing tor ideas. The Dickinson book had always been traditional, but I wasn ' t one to stick with tradition.. Neither were my section editors. I had a basic idea of what I wanted the book to be like, and together, we- came up with a solid idea. Our plans were hot! In July we got the whole staff together and headed ' up to Sam Houston State University for yearbook, camp. Everybody already had his assignment, so we got to work right away. All we had to go on were two facts: 1.) we wanted something different, and 2.) changing format wasn ' t going to be easy. Although we slipped in a little fun, most of us stayed up until the early hours of the morning each night designing our miniature Gator to enter in the yearbook competi- tion. Bleary-eyed and exhausted, we managed to drag ourselves to the awards assembly on Friday, on- ly to find that out of forty-eight entries, our book had been chosen as one of the top five books. Things were looking up. Back on the home turf, however, things didn ' t roll quite as smoothly. We had problems with pictures and getting all of the facts for copy. There were times when I honestly wondered whether we would ever make it. I started getting cold feet, too, because no one at Dickinson had ever deviated from tradition the way we were. The staff and photographers found out that compiling a yearbook wasn ' t as easy as it seem- ed — after all, what they put m was exactly what came back! I learned that editors on T.V. who just sit at a desk all day long are faking. Being editor meant a lot of long weekends spent correcting pageSi answering other people ' s questions, and even taking pictures. But despite the hours and hours of work, the short tempers, and the close calls with deadlines. I don ' t regret taking the case. I feel like this is one of the best books I ' ve ever seen. I wrote this article just to let everyone out there know the straight facts about this book. Of course. I also wrote this to thank and congratulate the staff and to give myself a pat on the back. So here ' s to the Gafo - staff! — LeAnne Shoemaker, editor ««i

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1983 graduate Ray Cibulski stands at Coach Farris ' side as they watch the game action intently at the 1983 play-offs in the Astrodome, Dressed up for a special occasion. Coach Farris waits (or the helicoptor that will take two of his athletes to Texas A M Dedication 263

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J ' i » »U- ' Fifth period: Aaron Mears. Joey Chandler, Barbara Sparks (photographers), Karia Frick, Sonya Weaver, Patty Wahlquist, Jennifer Mallet, LeAnne Shoemaker, Melody McCain. Carol Hearn. Cindy Lawrence (photographer) , Tracy Rotter, Holly Haney (photographer) , Kristine Shoup, Jimilou Sleambarge. Stephanie Tackett, Diane Adams, Patty Pascavage, Brooke Clements, Ram Broman, Alisa Guerrant. Lisa Matocha, Michele McCarty (photographer) , Lisa Kelly, ChriStine ullen. and Ma Schooley. Not Pictured: Nita Jacobs, .,;f ixth period: Monique Cartier, Travis Scott, Rhonda Scott, Robert Jakubas. Todd Gupton aren Wolfe (sponsor) , Kevin Campbell, Robert Ingram, and Palti Spillane. w ' trrl staff 265