Leola High School - Buccaneer Yearbook (Leola, SD)

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Senior Pam Jasmer focuses the camera for another candid shot to include in the yearbook Members of the 1988-89 journalism staff include: Front sitting: Jodi Schauer. Back: Shelley Wolff, Malissa Heyd, Brenda Hatlewick. Pam Jasmer. Belinda Schell. Lynn Kessler. Adviser Julie George and Marci Grabowska. Not pictured: Laura Bunke. Journalists find work rewarding It's fun to see our hard work and efforts come together in a fin- ished product we can be proud of, commented Brenda Hatlewick, speaking of her jour- nalism class. Nine students became journalists for the year in order to put out six issues of LHS Live'' and the 1989 Buccaneer. The staff was primarily made up of beginning journalists, so I had to do a lot of teaching, and meeting deadlines became a real challenge, quoted journal- ism adviser Julie George. Thank goodness I had one veteran! That veteran was four-year jour- nalism student Pam Jasmer. Jasmer explained that she took the class as a freshman because she thought it would be some- thing different. Once I started journalism, I stuck with it because it was a real challenge and it broke up the monotonous desk- work of my day, she added. According to junior Belinda Schell, taking pictures was the most in- teresting part of journalism be- cause I can see how the chil- dren respond to a camera. Many of her classmates agreed that photography was the most interesting part of journalism, al- though some also thought it was the hardest. “Writing so many stories! was the hardest part for Hatlewick. it's hard for me to come up with new approaches to different sub- jects.Sometimes I think all my sto- ries are starting to sound the same. The young reporters also had varying reasons as to why they took journalism, As a senior I wanted to contribute or have a part in my senior annual, said Jodi Schauer. I though it would be exciting to write stories and to help make up the yearbook, explained junior Shelley Wolff. “I was right. It is ex- citing! Journalism 29

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Below middle Junior Belinda Schell searches her memory for the best word to fill in her story. Below: In the darkroom freshman Marci Grabowska prints a picture for the next issue of LHS Live. Below: Seniors Brenda Hatlewick and Jodi Schauer plan a page layout for the 1989 Buccaneer.

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Conference highlights FBLA year The biggest highlight of the year for Future Business Leaders of America chapter was the Spring Leadership Conference at Rapid City April 16-18. Leola brought home six awards from fhe conference Brenda Hatlewick captured first place in the business English competition, while Rhonda Reis came in sec- ond in job interview. The parliamentary procedure team-Paula Albrecht, Patricia Al- brecht, Rhonda Reis, Annette Geffre and Amy Schaffner- placed second. The spelling re- lay-Annette Geffre, Melissa Miller and Brenda Hatlewick-came in third. Chapter events winning awards were the annual business report, chairperson Georgia Guthmiller- second; and American enterprise project, Amy Schaffner and An- nette Geffre-second. When not testing or campaigning for Paula and Pafricia Albrecht, members attended general ses- sions, a dance and workshops. FBLAers participated in various activities throughout the year. They held a holiday bake sale, an ice-cream social and a carnation sale and also sold B-craft as major fundraisers. They puf on a pro- gram for the senior citizens and hosted a Business Person's Ban- quet at which the 1989-90 offi- cers were installed. The 1988-89 FBLA members include: First Row Georgia Guthmiller, Rhonda Reis, Paula Albrecht, Patricia Albrecht and An- nette Geffre. Second Row Mrs. Hepperle, Mary Kallas, Amy Schaffner and Marci Grabowska. Third Row: Malissa Heyd. Do- reen Layton and Susan Heiser. Fourth Row: Leisha Fuller, Lynn Kessler and Shanna San- born. Fifth Row: Laura Bunke and Melissa Miller Sixth Row: Donald Bonnet, Matt Wil- dermuth and Benjie Arioso. Seventh Row: Marvin Bonnet. Jim Morrison. Jeff Zulk and Kenny Hatlewick. 30 FBLA