Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Student Council—Row One: Mike Crosby. Lex von Kooten. Beryl Cutron Mary Russo Row Two: Troy McConoughey Amy Fuller Jay Thornton tom Wolden Cortene Draper Row Three: Thod Potter Orodley Walker John Motzke Gayle Adorns Greg Hoog. Suzonne Peterson Mike Potterson. Kore Kopischke Ibo Moot Not Pictured: Anne Buntoin, Amy Thone. Jano Turpin. Rhondo Becker Working for you A Srudenr Council is rrodirionolly about os effective os o boll poinr pen that has been sovoged by o pencil sharpener. And StuCo members ore rrodirionolly vain, warped individuals who moke stupid speeches through their noses ond dream of being congresspersons ond taking huge bribes from sinister Arabs. The very opposite is true or Lincoln High. The Sru- denr Council is the most oaive ond effeaive one in Lincoln, ond probably the hardest working. The Council represents the srudenr body with the administration ond in the community. According to Council President Kate Kopischke. the administration really does listen to the Srudenr Counal. Principal Sam Nelson visits the Council every Tuesday, to discuss concerns ond policies The administration consults the Council on every major issue or policy change, ond each of the deportments, like Attendance ond Srudenr Affairs, also meet with the Council. If you don't have a Srudenr Council, you wouldn't have ony communication between the Administration ond the students.' said Sophomore Council Member Thod Potter. Junior Amy Thone felt that most students don't real- ize how much work the Student Council does. Being on Srudenr Counal involves much more than meeting eoch day for fifty minutes. The Council repre- sents the student body on the Community Council, rhe Srudenr Advisory Board, ond maintains contact between rhe students and many other school ond community organizations. The list of events sponsored by the Student Council is truly formidable. They planned dances, presented awards, organized concerts for rhe students, did rhe sound announcements, ond countless other tasks. While rhe busy bee counal members buzzed about. Sponsor Bufford Grosscup took roll ond relaxed The Council s officers ran rhe show, ond Grosscup simply mode sure that things didn't disintegrate into anarchy. Besides Resident Kopischke. officers ore Suzonne Peterson, vice-president; Amy Thone. treasurer; Mike Crosby, secretory, ond Jana Turpin, historian. The Council consists of six sophomores, six juniors, seven seniors, ond three Foreign Exchange Students. Above: Bu Grosscup counts rhe money collected for the Andrea Yerrer Dtobetes Memorial Fund Right: Thod Potter thinks Anne Buntoine soys the oddest things Student Council—23

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Government Officials County Engineer Counry Sheriff Register of Deeds Civil Defense Director Election Commissioner Counry Treasurer Counry Assessor Counry Clerk ftjblic Defender Counry Attorney Counry Judge Counry Commissioner District Court Clerk Juvenile Court Judge Above: Derh Dromon rokes o breok from dtsmcr coon clerking ro eot or the Legion- noire dub Below: Through o brilliant power grab. Sondi Morkwordr becomes the County Judge County Government Doy Officers—Row 1: I Reymon L Henning. L Porks Row 2: M. Davis. C Merkel. P Goube Row 3: T Dols, C Druce K. Fredell Not pictured: M Jeys. 5 Coin J. Shultz. S. Morkwordr B Dromon. Juniors participate in county jobs LHS students nor only hold offices in school government, bur in county government os well. On OcTober 30.14 juniors were elected by rhe rest of rhe junior doss ro County Government Day offices. These srudenrs spenr on entire day ot rhe County-City Build- ing ro observe rhe real officials or work. Before this election, posters could be seen orouno rhe school building supporting Lincoln High juniors for county offices. The srudenrs signed up for offices. Elections were rhen held, ond rhe winner of each office earned rhe righr ro spend o doy learning obour rhe counry government sysrem. On November 19. rhese newly elected officials went ro rhe County-City building ro start o doy which would prove ro be interesting ond informative. Here they mer with orher students from schools throughout rhe county who hod also been elected ro offices. To start rhe doy, everyone mer in o courtroom for o brief introduction ro counry government. After rhis, rhe srudenrs wenr ro rhe office of rhe official rhar rhey represented From here each group was given o rour of oil rhe orher offices ro hear a shorT description of each. After o lunch or rhe Legionnaire Club, rhe srudenrs wenr bock ro their offices for rhe rest of rhe doy. During rhis rime rhey were shown, in more derail, rhe workings of rhe office ro which rhey were elected. Sponsoring County Governmenr Doy for rhe sec- ond year was Mr Bob Krofr. 22—Counry Government

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In the money The Sophomore Sreering Committee, sponsored by Mrs. Loorse Dougher and Mr. Dick Patterson, is primar- ily concerned with public service and fund-raising projects. A major task of this committee is to build up their treasury. Examples of their money-making projects are selling Christmas decorations, and Lincoln High T-shirts and jerseys. Officers of the Sophomore Sreering Committee are: Chairty Miller, president: Dobbi Scheerger, vice-pres- ident. Jon Loos, secretary, and Carla Loomis, treasurer Planning the Junior-Senior Prom is the task assigned to the Junior Sreering Committee Everything from the dare ond ploce of the prom to the color of the table- cloths must be plonned by this committee This is a year long process, ond much of the planning is started early in the first semester of the school year. Another job of the comm ittee is to ra ise money. This money will go towards the prom and the rest will follow the comittee into their senior year Sponsoring dances is one way this group builds its treasury The Junior class officers are: Theresa McDonald, pres- ident, Leslie Hockenburg. vice-president, Janet Schlegel, secretary: and Mfon Umorn. treasurer. Sponsoring the group are Mrs. Dianne Leggiadro. Mr. Len Homsa ond Mr Tom Poppas. Sophomore Sreering Committee—Row 1: Stacy Self Chanty Miller John Loos, Oobbi Scheerger Shon Lewis. Joyce Welsch Row 2: Liso Schleiger Debbie Olsron Kothy Ooswell Lynda Lancaster Lon Hoas. Ginger Lindholm. Shelly ReinKe Row 3: Lon Qoher JonelUllman Angie Owens Kane Barton Marcia Rexillics. Lon LaPoge Elizabeth Koulb Gretchen Eisentroger. Smaller committee proves efficient The Senior Steering Committee turns to tradition. This year the committee returned to its old method of selecting members. Prospective members had to sign up ond then survive an election by the senior class. The top 18 were then members. Last year ony senior who signed up could be a port of the committee The result of this was a group of 60 members, which caused a few problems. The moin function of this committee is to select a class gift. This year, because of some concern about whether giving a class gift is obsolete, members have written letters to schools throughout the country to get their ideas about class gifts. Other purposes of this group are to represent ond plan special functions for the senior dass. According to Resident Indro lesolnieks, Our moin objective is to involve the entire senior class.'' A goal of the group is to restore old trophies which have been stored in the basement, and possibly build a showcase to display them Committee officers are: Indro lesolnieks, president, Leah Shaw, vice-president Anno Baker, secretary, ond Foirh Miller, treasurer The sponsors ore Mrs. Alma How- deshell and Dr. Jean Kleirsch. Foirti Millet goes over itie carnival plans with lodd Schriner 24—Steering Committee