Dubois High School - Ram Yearbook (Dubois, WY)

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1. The annual work drove me to this! 2. Dixie studies the copy styles for the '87 masterpiece. 3. Observant annual staffers learn the basics about cover specs from Jostens' Rep, Jay Bogner. 4. Tanna is trying to develop pictures, with the light on?! 5. Tania takes a break from tedious annual work. 6. All smiles and no work, huh Stacey? 4

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Amwi Staff Tin Okh Fot Youl! Take eleven inexperienced students and one inexpe- rienced advisor and what do you have? Twelve people on the annual staff who had to learn the meaning of such words as ladder diagram, 3R planner, pica, gutter, DPS, bleedoffs, and DEADLINES! Many eyes were opened as the 1986-1987 annual staff set to the task of producing the RAM yearbook. The year began by attending the 1986 Wyoming High School Student Press Association Convention held in Thermopolis. We attended workshops designed to help us improve our journalistic, photography, and layout talents. The trip was a valuable learning exper- ience and it geared up the staff to produce what we think will be an award-winning annual for 1987. Our first big decision was to choose a theme. “For All You Do . . . This Year's For You was chosen as a tribute to the Class of 1987. From there, we made decisions on the number of pages; cover design, color, and specifications; typography; and our special feature of color on the Senior pictures. After deciding what we wanted, we had the huge task of raising money to cover the production costs. Our primary source of income came from the sale of ads. Our campaign lasted nearly three months but earned us over $3,100. We were more than half-way and with our sales campaign in late December, we added to that almost $1,200. Selling pop, doing conces- sions, and selling seat cushions rounded out our mon- ey-making activities. January brought a frenzy of activity that would last the rest of the year. Layout meetings became a regular occurence as this crew began the long haul to put out over 100 pages covering nearly every event in the school. It was tough work but we think you'll be pleased with the results. After all — FOR ALL YOU DO .. THIS ONE'S FOR YOU!

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NeuHpap v Staff Rom-Pagei Begun, Clumgei, hapwei The first official journalism class started with the 1985-86 school year, and was taught by a new instructor, Susan Flanagan. She and the 7 members of the class found themselves faced with the challenge of creating a newspaper, with no previous example or precedent to follow. Eventually, they decided the paper would be financially self-supporting and funded with advertising. They also chose to do all the typesetting and lay-out themselves and used the Apple He and Homeword Word Processor to write the copy and print it out in justified columns. During the first year, the paper was printed in magazine format by Western Printing in Lander. In 1986-87 the format was changed to a regular newspaper style and was printed by the Lander State Journal in Lander. Eight issues (1 per month) were distributed free to all high school and junior high students. They were also available for sale around town for 25$. At the Wyoming High School Press Convention in October the Ram-Pages staff was awarded a Silver Merit award (a second-place ranking for all the 2A schools). Tania Bernard also received a Special Citation award for her feature article Tally-Ho” which appeared in the April 1986 issue. The paper has changed much since it first originated, but the staff feels that all of the changes have made vast improvements.