Geneva High School - Seneca Saga Yearbook (Geneva, NY)

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PRACTICE, Does practice make perfect? Whether or not it does, students at GHS spend long hours every day from fall through spring perfecting their athletic, musical, or dramatic abilities. A thletic practices are usually held two or more hours a day and they are held just about anywhere on the school premises. Practices benefit everyone. Sheila Black feels that she firmed up friendships with plenty of great people'' through football cheerleading sessions Basketball cheerleader Berta Palmieri says that practice was one of the reasons the girls took a 4th place at Webster her junior year. Bob Salotti finds that everyone gets a lot of individual attention at wrestling practices J V wrestler Todd Maddox says practice is worth it for the feeling of winning '' For Chris Harvey, who never picked up a lacrosse stick until 9th grade, practices are of supreme importance, for that is where he learned all about the sport To help build stamina, Jim Emerson. Bob Salotti, and the rest ot the wrestling team (above) do lumping acks Trying to memorize her lines. Holly Brandow (right) studies her script before practice 8 Student Life

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Monday through Friday after classes, Steve Myer works at Cooney 's, a local hardware store Local fast food businesses employ many GHS students Although their part-time jobs keep them on the run Burger King employees (left to right) Tom Hegel. Laura Hibbard, and Krista Rasmussen also have full-time schedules of classes Part-time jobs are hard to find as more competition surfaces for work Still, many GHS students try to help out their parents by working after school. Fast food restaurants employ many GHS students Gordon McGhan and Tom Hegel took their jobs for the money At Kentucky Fried Chicken, McGhan fries chicken and sometimes waits on the customers In addition to working after school. McGhan works days or nights on weekends Hegel's hours keep him busy in production'' or as cashier almost everyday from 12-4 except for Sundays Other seniors work in service related businesses Steve Myer, for instance, has held a job at Cooney 's Hardware for two years He works until 5:30 after school and full time on Saturdays as a salesper-son-stockboy. From 12:30 til 4:30, Jamie Reale works in the circulation department of the Finger Lakes Times preparing the papers for distribution Reale chose this job because it is very formal, and he did not like the idea of working in a store or a restaurant. He added that on his job you are basically on your own with nobody looking over you. At K-Mart, Gina D Alesandro works on the cash register Gina took the after school job because she wants to earn her own money and' be her own woman. Many juniors are also earning some extra money from part-time jobs For instance. Beth DeVaney delivers papers in the morning before school starts. Beth, who inherited her job from her older brother, admits she likes the money, but not the work involved. Employed in Geneva General’s Dietary Department, Linda Staurowsky fixes trays and prepares nourishments She feels the job takes up a lot other time and leaves very little room for her homework, but she enjoys working with different people. Jim Taylor works at Saga in Hobart and William Smith Colleges Jim s job is to make sure all the beverages are filled Although he too feels the job leaves little time for homework, Taylor says it is a good experience in taking on responsibility. A lifeguard at the Y.M.C.A , Randy McDonald also teaches swimming lessons He enjoys working with children McDonald admits he turns into a few problems with the adults. He feels that It's hard to tell the older people what to do because they do not like to listen to a young person Student Lifed

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 PRACTICE, PRACTICE Practices can be fun, too. Amy Scaramuzzino says that she learned all about everyone's love life ” shooting fouls. Lou Cosentino remembers the time after a really hard workout when the whole football team took a running start and slid — into a mud puddle Veteran actor Will Springstead recalls the practice when Greg Barnard, who had laryngitis, sang on the floor into a floor mike to be heard. Of course, the best thing going for practice is the personal improvement. T. J. Finnerty mentioned his first lacrosse game in 9th grade when the team was down five goals. If it hadn't been for all those intervals we had run, he says, we never would have won I'' Musician Mary Hoefler looks back on the practices for musicals and recalls. The time is well-spent when the end result pleases the audience. So, practicing hard gives people a sense of achievement. Jim Emerson knows all about that: his hard workouts meant he was the only junior who started on the baseball team. In Sweet Charity practice, the religious followers (lop), led by Carol Brandi, go through Rhythm ot Lite during practice Doing sit-ups is one way the varsity football team (left) toughens their tummies in daily workouts Student Life 9