Griffith High School - Reflector Yearbook (Griffith, IN)

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Secured in deep thought, junior Denise Gettig takes time out to think about the work that is to be done. Attired in ponytail and straight leg jeans, Denise gathers up the necessary materials for journalism. Sisterly help. Juniors Jeanette Geisen and Jennifer Geisen discover one another’s help to be of a great advantage when trying to find just the right idea for creating a good and useful caption. Reflector Staff-Back row: Cindy Shearer, Debbie Bollhorst, Jennifer Geisen, Sharon Poi. Fifth row: Lynn Wagner, Steve Bradley, Ron Rodriguez, Eric Ruuska, Tomm Gunnum. Fourth row: Denise Paradis, Lee Ann Dye, Vicki Garcia, Anne Osmulski, Denise Fratter, Betty Thiel. Third row: Alison Owczarak, Sam Marlowe, Steve Wegrzyn, Steve Whitehead, Mary Jo Mayernik: Second row: Rita Alliss, Crystal Swartz, Jeanette Geisen, Denise Gettig. Front row: September Suris, Nancy Miller, Sally Campbell. Cooperation is a necessity in making the year book. Seniors September Suris, Nancy Miller, and junior Sally Campbell seem to have this cooperation during a typical day in the J-room. 21

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Staffers skip parties to meet deadlines Friday night and the majority of students are out partying. Meanwhile, the yearbook staff is busily trying to meet its deadline. The staff tries to complete 40 pages a month until all 192 are finished. “One night we were up until 4:00 a.m., pushing to make a deadline,” junior Sally Campbell, copy editor, said. “I really enjoy working on the yearbook, despite the headaches, because our staff is so great.” To set up a spread (two pages) in the book, senior September Suris, photography editor, assigns senior Rich Troksa, chief photographer, ideas for pictures that would be good for that particular page. Sally assigns copies (stories) to be written and senior Nancy Miller, editor-in-chief, designs the page after deciding which pictures will be used. The yearbook revolves around the photographers. They seemingly always get stuck with hard-to-take shots of embarrassing situations. “Once I was riding behind the fan bus on the way to a game,” Rich said, “and a girl mooned me. I wasn’t embarrassed personally but the situation was pretty embarrassing.” Junior Steve Bradley, a photogr apher for the book, feels that “the hardest thing about being a photographer is when we are given two days to take 20 pictures for a deadline.” “Despite the pressure, I love yearbooking, Nancy said. “I get a lot of pleasure out of my friendships with fellow workers.” 20

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Seven days work: four printed pages “Oh no, a Panther Press staffer exclaimed. “I’ve got a story due today and I haven’t even started on it!” These all too familiar cries are often a part of the work routine for the Panther Press and the News Bureau staffs. Each staff is responsible for weekly publications, the Panther Press or one of the Calumet Region’s newspapers. The News Bureau is responsible for letting the community know what is happening at school. Each Thurdsay the News Bureau sends stories to the Griffith Shopper, Gary Post Tribune, and the Sun Journal. Stories to be published in the Hammond Times are sent out Thursday. “The papers are easy to deal with,” senior Jeanine Stettin, News Bureau editor-in-chief stated. “They help us out with stories by telling us how to improve them.” Jeanine’s job consists of making sure the stories are completed on time and are distributed to the local papers for publishing. With a staff of only six students, Jeanine believes her staff does a good job. The duty of the Panther Press, the weekly student newspaper, is to inform students and faculty of the latest news around the school and in the community. One four-page issue requires seven days of school work. One week and two days before the paper is issued, Wednesday, story ideas, assignments, and picture assignments are made. The stories are due the following Monday. Tuesdays are spent writing headlines, re-writing stories, and copy-editing. The copy is then taken to the printer were it is set into type. Thursday the copy is pasted up on layout sheets. The staff travels to Litho Midwest Type Company where it puts the finishing corrections on the paper. Paid for by ads, the Panther Press prints 700 copies weekly, costing $175 with each edition. In past years, the paper has struggled to break even. This year, due to strong ad sales, they have come out on top. (t I Ml »,] E Tli Panther Press Staff-Back row: Sandy Little, Vicki Garcia, Laura Brown, Denise Fratter, Lori Clark. Third row: Lea Ann Dye, Scott Carpenter, Betty Thiel, Rita Alliss, Bob Chambers, Steve Whitehead. Second row: Tom Gunum, Sam Marlowe, Steve Wegrzyn, Steve Bradley, Jesse Rocha, Chris Paquin, Vita Luque, Front row: Vicki Krupinski, Gloria Govert, Joanne Verhulst, Jeff Alexovich, Brad Houldieson, Amy Baxter.