Green Mountain High School - Ramblings Yearbook (Lakewood, CO)

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f ' W it ee. 2' . irii ' I f ' 'g ,',I V f , vkk, Mrs' Starkey makes ' ,V herself comfortable. 2 Q , 4, 5 X W 1 5 fr f 4 l it 5 wt i Q X ,g ai-:ff QM WF! X 1 f YW .2 ., , ,,,, 2 a is Creative Writing Club members put their heads together ww e ' A . .I We 1 avg .V J, I ,, 70 Q2 aa A as f f mtiferaagigfgw bt? it ff Brown-Bagging It. The Creative Writing Club's main purpose is to put together a book or magazine by the end of the year , stated three-year sponsor Mrs. Starkey. Each year we collect submissions from classes and develop a book. The title for this year's book was Kipple: The First Law. All ofthe brown paper bags hanging in the halls gave us a pretty good idea that Mrs. Starkey wanted people to submit to it. Each one had a cute little saying like: Kipple: The First Law is paying big bucks for your poetry. Ah-but true artists do it for free. Creative people can't follow a pattern is the reply l got from Mrs. Starkey when I asked how many people were in the club. We've had as many as forty-two and as little as ten people show up for our non' regular meetings , she said. Even though the Creative Writing Club was not always a regular committment for its members, they still succeeded in getting alot done in one measly year. During the Christmas Season Mrs. Starkey and the club members did choral readings. What in the world is choral reading you ask? Well after practicing on and off for three weeks, they picked a certain day right around Christmastime and went room-to-room chanting together the pages ofa Dr. Suess book, The club also prepared original poems on computer cards and sold them for twenty- live cents each at certain times during the year, Finally, after the submissions deadline on Valentines Day, they created, edited and printed the Kipple: books and sold them at the Cultural Arts Day which took place in May. lt just goes to show you that creative, unorthodox people like the Creative Writing Club's members, editor-, CPeter Rolla, April Lidinsky Whitney Seymore, Roger Spendlovej, and especially Mrs, Starkey can get a lot done when they set their zaney minds to it! April Lidinsky, Christine Hollop, and Mrs. Starkey all do motions to: A train, a train! One of the many brown paper bag signs hanging around the halls. Graffitti: a common problem among the creative writers, . T es K t-t. t 5 . . xii i , gg T K. .-f::.,,. X ,,.. P-' L

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Brad Bowers and Jeff Smith sit at the team's booth during the Health Fair. Officer Dick Lurz and Colleen Utter discuss the dangers of driving under the influence. Officer Lurz, Christy Abood, Teri Antley and Jill Roghair listen to Mrs. Utter intently. Aware Of Alcohol Drinking under the influence is a major problem with teenagers. ln fact, alcohol related car accidents that result in death is the number one killer of teenagers in the nation. These hard facts have prompted Jefferson county into beginning a pilot program to combat this problem. This new program consists of school peer groups which focus their attention on preventing drinking and driving. Green Mountain's group was sponcored by Colleen Utter, Home Economics teacher. This is the first year this program has been going, so the future of it depends on the programs success this year. Mrs. Utter feels that the members of the team have great intelligence and have good counseling qualities. Four team members and two police officers, as well as Mrs. Utter accompanied eleven other Jefferson county teams to the training session at Copper Mountain. At the training session, the members were taught how to approach a drug or drinking problem and were taught skills on how to develope and implement an intervention program. The teams were also taught good leadership skills. Mrs Utter commented, The training session not only taught the team how to handle a program, but it helped them feel great and helped them feel good about not having to use drugs and alchohol. We are trying to prevent the amount of alchohol related incidents of drinking while under the influence by at least 512. We are also try to prevent the number of suspensions due to drinking. Mrs. Utter stressed that the team is trying to attack these problems by educating young adults on the dangers of drinking and driving. We are trying to schedule assemblies. speakers and we have open meetings for anyone who wants to come in and listen. Mrs. Utter also commented, We always want new members for the team, l think they will feel good about the program, l know I do. S. S 2 - ..xx . QW!! N as Officer Dave Sletto, Mrs. Utter and the rest of the All Stars chuckle at a joke Andrew Kerr has just cracked. The All Stars included: BACK: JeffSmi1h, Omcer Dick Lurz, Andrew Kerr, Teri Antley, Officer Dave Sletto. FRONT: Christy Abood, .lill Roghair. Colleen Utter, Brad Bowers. NOT PICTURED: Matt Armbuster, Mickey Cronin and Guy Gunther. 110 - All-Stars if 5 9 w

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5 R s 3 2 swf? My Y Dave Harden works intently at his copy. Kari Kolleth and Mike Mcrschel smile while browsing through a book. Kristin Plese, Don McPhee, Laurin Collard, Mike Merschel and Mike Harlan laugh amusingly, Be 011 Real Paper The Ram Page, Green Mountain's voice. worked very diligently at their paper this year, The staff incorporated a variety of topics in the feature and editorial sections: so as to allow everyone to find something of interest to them. Often at times though, The Ram Page found that deadlines and such became very frustrating and hectic. When asked how the staff survived during these difficulties, Editorial Editor. April Lidinsky commented that, Somehow we always manage. A lot of pride and commitment goes into our work, and I believe that that is what got us through the rough spots. We all care about the paper, not only for ourselves. but for the school. Indeed, The Ram Page staff members worked a team, and com- pleted every issue on time. The Ram Page came out every three weeks and was distributed to students by mail at home. The paper was always filled with features, editorials, news, sports. and such, The staff this year, also incorporated colored ink into the paper. so as to give it more color and life. The Student of the Month, News Briefs, To Turn a Stone, juxtaposition. Letters to the Editor, and other such sections were also included. For one to become a member of the The Ram Page Staff. he must have completed a full semester of Journalism, and have maintained at least a C average. ln this way, a new member of The Ram Page staff would be better prepared for real work on a real paper. April Lidinsky stands in awe. The male staff members get frisked. Ram Page members included: Editor-in-Chief, Karin Wollenhaupt, Editorial Editor, April Lidinsky, News Editor, Laurin Collard, Feature Editor, Whitney Sey- mour, Sports Editor, David Daniels. Advertising Man- ager, Dawn Shirlaw, Photography Editor, Jeff Reeser, Cartoonist, Illustrator, Doug Shuler, Advisor, Cheryl A Cartin. Staff: Julie Danaher, Michele French, David Harden, Mike Harlan, Lisa Kasel, Steve Kinney, Hcidi Kohlman, Robert Kohls, Kari Kolleth, Kathleen McAnaulty, Don McPhee, Michael Merschel, Kristin Plese, Kristen Schramm, Jeff Shearer, Becky Simms, and Ron Vigil. 112 - Ram Page L .2133 ., . fN A rs, tx M1 N X P - X x 556, is ss. 3 . xv .g155.e:,55,s. .Mt yt. . f zsili- Q. Q '-S-Qwisfstf. :ffl-smsfvmvlis.-sf: . It , . ..... ..... gcc, 45153515-..- . offs as X Q . . sf. . feta? 3 .zzq .tj 5515 ffl -.,s 1135 .tgp sew 2. . . . .stissxmq .1 he sas Q 8 t iii . ., . W fs. ga.: .sswsges ..,. ... -1 gawk