Lincoln High School - Links Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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With lightning speed, Bryan Stading sacks a lifetime supply of “Johnny’s Green Hickory Smoking Chips’ . Bryan works at Louie’s IGA on South Cotner. Checking his list and checking it twice, Don Brookhouser prepares to set up a dinner banquet. Don works at the Lincoln Hilton on North 9th Street. Under the warmth of the heat lamps, Colleen Chandler bags some fries at Mac’s. Colleen works part time at McDonald’s in Van Dorn Plaza. With a smile on her face, Krista Hill diligently makes a Wendy’s frosti. Krista works at the Wendy’s restaurant in Van Dorn Plaza on South 48th street 10—Summer Jobs

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Houses provide security Houses more than place to come home to Where’s the one place that a person can always go and can even feel secure? For many, that place is home. The house can come in many different versions and all fit the same definition of home. To Devon Schumacher, who lives in a mobile home, “The house itself, the physical building, isn’t important—it’s the home, the family, the people who you share the house with. That’s what’s really meaningful. Home is a place of shelter and security.” The family unit itself can also mean security. Gretchen Zwetzig’s house is approximately one hundred years old. She loves her house simply because that is where her mom, dad, and sister are. Lisa Allison lives on an acreage in a farm house. To her, the openness and the beautiful surroundings are what make her house a home. Because Debbie Placek’s dad built their house, it’s customized to fit the needs of the family, so in a sense, it is actually a part of the family. For her, “It’s a place to relax and be myself.” The Placek family engages in one mighty interesting tradi- tion every year. Before each winter they drop a tennis ball down the chimney to make sure there are no animals stuck in the fireplace before their first fire. At Brian Crogg’s house there are no household traditions that compare to that, although the house itself is quite unique. Brian lives in the only old under- ground house in his area. To him “It’s just a basement with a roof on top, but also a place to retreat to solid ground when times are rough.” Every house is different, yet for most it serves basically the same purpose, a place one can always go to. Creating the mood of warmth and comfort, the back of Gretchen Zwetzigs’ house offers shelter, shade and plenty of firewood. Her dog Katie keeps an eye on things which completes the feeling of security. Goat trophies glimmer through the front window of Lisa Allison’s house. Their land covers approximately four acres. Houses—9

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Teens seek jobs elsewhere Some LHS students take out-of-town jobs Most Lincoln High students agreed that summer vacation was a very busy time. From day one, it seemed, the hot summer months were clogged with ac- tivities, and some believed that summer- time was more busy than the school year. Usually, all of this activity revolved around a job of some kind, but some students, for a variety of reasons, decided to take their summer jobs in places other than Lin- coln, Nebraska. Senior Roger Hulinsky was the mainten- ance man at a summer camp sponsored by the American Baptist Churches of Nebraska. “The camp, Hulinsky explained,“was located about twenty miles west of Fremont. I stayed there for about two and a half months in a small trailer- camper that wasn’t at all comfortable. Whenever there was grass to be cut, or dishes to wash I’d be doing it. The job paid 80 dollars a week so that hard work was worth it.” Roger particularly enjoyed the inde- pendence involved. “Getting away,” he said, “from house and family was kind of nice, it was really a new and exciting experience for me.” Senior Maura McLaughlin stayed the entire summer with her uncle in Lake Tahoe, California where, for the duration of the summer, held down three different jobs at once. “My main job,” McLaughlin said, “was head hostess at a pizzaria in Lake Tahoe, but I also worked at a jet-ski rental a couple of days a week. I got to rent out jet-skis and motorized surf boards, and teach people how to use them, and on top of that, I worked at my aunt’s flower shop.” Maura liked to stay busy during the summer with many different activities. “I like to work a lot,” she said. “I don’t want to sit around and be bored, and I’m not the type of person who would lay in the sun for three months and just veg.” Money-making wasn’t the only motive for out-of-town work. LHS senior Naomi Nagy was a junior counselor at a foreign language camp for a week last summer. She taught French to beginners, and helped plan the regular Camp Kataki activities. “We went swimming,” described Nagy, “played soccer, went on hikes, sang songs, and ate bad food.” Naomi had been going to Camp Kataki for three years as a camper and enjoyed it immensely, and then decided she was getting too old for that so she went on and became a counselor. Careful not to bump his head, Brad Gross reattaches a spark plug wire. Brad works at the Gross Standard at 48th and Calvert. With painstaking precision, Jill Engle lays out the salad spoons at the salad bar. Jill earns her wages at Valentinos on 34th and Holdrege. Listening closely to her customers, Deb Placek punches up order after order without mistake. Deb works long hours at Popeye’s on West O. Summer Jobs—11