Highmore High School - Hisodak Yearbook (Highmore, SD)

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OPPOSITE PAGE: ABOVE RIGHT Christine Volek awaken» Justin Runestad from his dream of being in Heaven. BELOW LEFT Shawn Baloun is protecting himself from Justin Runestad's glare while Cindy Faulstich enjoys the excitement BELOW RIGHT Alexander Arlington, also known as Justin Runestad. awaits his murder er while holding the suspects in check. THIS PAGE: LEFT. Preparing for opening night by practicing their lines are Gene Luze and Justin Runestad CENTER LEFT: The gangster s moll. Deb Ditt- man. tries to persuade Justin Runestad into giving the gang SSOOO. LEFT: The make up crew prepares the cast for their big opening night BELOW: The cast and crew of the 1987 all school play includes FRONT ROW: Jill Pe karek. Cathy Faulstich. Christine Volek and Jackie Dittman SECOND ROW Marilynn Hoffland. Lori Newton. Shawn Baloun. Julie Haiwick. and Cindy Faulstich. THIRD ROW Sandi Nickelson. Becky Nemec. Deb Dittman and Brenda Newton. FOURTH ROW: Jackie Neuharth. Jenny Nemec. Jodi McDonnell and Leanne Hoffman BACK ROW: Justin Runes tad. Director Barbara Roseland and Gene Luze. PLAYS 9

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ALL SCHOOL PLAY HEAVEN CAN WAIT The 1987 all-school play asked (and answered) the question that is ever present in any mystery. ''WHO- DUNIT?” Under the direction of Mrs. Barbara Roseland and assistant director Cathy Faulstich. the cast and crew entwined the audience in a mystery involving a money-hungry mistress. Cindy Faulstich. a greedy nephew. Gene Luze. an ex-con gar- dener. Brian Ardry. a jealous boy- friend. Shawn Baloun. an agressive author. Becky Nemec. the innocent maid. Christine Volek. and the gang- ster's moll. Debbie Dittman. These people all have a motive to kill the rich and famous Alexander Arling- ton. otherwise known as Justin Run- estad. The play begins at the pearly gates of heaven, where Mr. Arlington is be- ing welcomed by three angels. Jill Pekarek. Jackie Neuharth. and Jodi McDonnell. He is not very happy to hear that he was murdered, and de- mands to be returned to Earth on the day of his death to solve the mystery of WHODUNIT?” The only stipula tion is that he cannot prevent his murder. The play continues to reach a climax when Mr. Arlington corners all of the suspects a few minutes before his murder is to take place. He waits to see who will be the one to stab him with his letter opener. Thunder rolls, lightning flashes, and the murderer does his job again. Alexander Ar- lington once again enters Heaven, not knowing who killed him. The archangel McDonnell then reveals to him the murderer, the mistress Faulstich. She removes all thoughts of revenge and anger from his mind, for no one can have these feelings in Heaven. The angels exit the stage exclaiming how warm it was getting up there for a while. 8 PLAYS

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ACTRESS GETS STONED A record number of interested par- ticipants contributed to the success of the one-act play entitled, The Lottery. Every actor that auditioned was allowed a part in the play, for they were needed to play the villag- ers to add the special effects” to the execution. The play involved a common village woman named Tessie Hutchinson, portrayed by Jill Pekarek. an unfor- tunate person who was stoned to death as the result of a lottery draw- ing. She drew the winning ticket, so she won the grand prize of being the scapegoat of the entire village, who stoned her to death. Joe Summers, played by Justin Runestad. hosted the black box” lottery as the master of ceremonies. Pekarek and Runes- tad received superior acting awards in the regional one-act play contest in Mobridge. The cast and crew of The Lottery” received second place honors at the regional level. ABOVE RIGHT: Jackie Neuharth and Justin Runestad display an ideal case of sibling rival- ry by fighting like cats and dogs BELOW RIGHT: The cast and crew of ’The Lottery includes: FRONT ROW Jill Pekarek. Gene Luze. Shawn Baloun. Marilynn Hoffland. Darin Larson and Director Barbara Roseland. SECOND ROW: Jackie Neuharth. Justin Run- estad and Leanne Hoffman THIRD ROW: Becky Nemec. Deb Dittman. Sandi Nickelson. Brenda Newton. Stacy Scott. Jodi McDonnell and Jenny Nemec. FOURTH ROW: Aric Ba loun. Marla VanDenBerg. Jackie Dittman. Christine Volek and Julie Haiwick. BACK ROW: Dan Lusk. John Kutz. Bruce Bucholz and Jerry Schuette. . CENTER RIGHT: The village men have a de- lightful discussion about the weather and their crops. ABOVE. Tessie Hutchinson, alias Jill Pekarek. hugs her son. Jerry Schuette. while her hus- band. Dan Lusk, looks on 10 PLAYS