Mater Dei High School - Hi Lights Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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POSED TO PERFECTION: Lisa Dezember poses for the judge during her beam routine at the Harrison meet. This was Dezember ' s first year competing at the varsity level. (Photo by Alan Burdette) 100 TOTAL COMMITMENT: Julie Gries concen- trates on her beam routine during the gym- nastics assembly in March. Gries ' hard work earned her the Kiwanis award. (Photo by Alan Burdette) GYMNASTICS STATS-N- FACTS INTER OPTION INTER OPTION Mater Dei 23.65 51.50 North 56.2018 80 Bosse 64.40 20.20 Mater Dei 11 50 52.85 Harrison 91.80 88.80 Bosse 82.90 37.75 Mater Dei 28.75 59.56 Bosse 42.90 33.90 Harrison 89.90 87.85 Mater Dei 23.65 48.35 Reitz 91.55 78.85 Harrison 93.10 93.25 Mater Dei 29.85 69.90 Central 84.25 63.05 Reitz 90.55 92.90 Meet scores not available: Jan. 27 March 1 Team Placings City — 4th place S.I.A.C. — 4 th place Sectionals - - 4tn place

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ONE IN EVERY CROWD: Journalism Adviser Mrs. Leslie Stratman. along with newspaper students, sophomore Kim Preske, and juniors Jeanne Rivard. Stacey Stevenson, Tanya Crothers, and Greta Emmert, watch senior Kevin Dick pop out of Brooke Heathcotte ' s birthday cake. (Photo by Alan Bur- dette) GALLOPING GOURMET: The morning of May Day found senior Cris Fulkerson busy in the kitchen. The Journalism Department held the breakfast in an effort to make money. (Photo by Greg Bourdeau) LED THE ED : Assistant Editor Bethe Ledbetter trys to find the right picture just hours before the year- book deadline. (Photo by Alan Burdette) FRIEND IN CHIEF: Senior Editor-in-Chief Mary Ellert assists Lisa Scheller with the prom pages. (Photo by Alan Burdette) Taking it to the li In the candlelit dining room of Adviser Leslie Stratman, the five member edito- rial staff stood silently around the table as newspaper Editor-in-Chief Kevin Dick made the toast. To The Rainbow Connection, and the glasses clinked in agreement. This meeting was to kick off a year of hard work, devotion, and creativity for the newspaper and yearbook staffs. It was also a year of obstacles, such as limited working space, personal con- flicts and the biggest of all, money. Con- stantly scrambling for funds, the Journal- ism staffs held two Western Dances, sponsored a May Day breakfast, sold patron ads, yearbooks, doughnuts, cookies, pictures, and even balloons. People get tired of you bugging them for money all the time, said Staffer Mary Scnenk. tfs depressing because I ended up buying everything myself. Fundraisers were the part that most saw, but few outsiders got a glimpse of what went on during deadline situa- tions. Anyone who dared to venture into the J-room during a crucial deadline took his life in his own hands. Besides having to wade through mounds of paper, it was easy to get run over by a staff member looking for a lost story, or a lost cropper, or a lost photo, or a lost pica stick, etc., etc.. Underneath the mounds of paper, however, was a dedicated staff. Okay staff, gonna have a good book, gonna have a good book, yeah! Lots of people came and stayed af- ter for deadlines. They worked hard, said newspaper Staffer Mike Locklar. Our goal was to do as good a book as last year and have fun at the same time. I think we succeeded at both, commented yearbook Editor Mary Ellert. Accomplishing this goal, howev- er, took a great deal of time after school. On one occasion several staffers spent the entire night on a deadline until school began the next day. It ' s crazy, added Mary. One minute we ' re all on each other ' s nerves and the next we ' re slap-happy and having a good time. After it ' s all over with, though, everybody just feels drained. It ' s easy to get burned out on it. You want to do too much in such a short time. By the time a deadline was over, eyes were bloodshot and nerves were fraz- zled. And if that wasn ' t bad enough, they had to come up from the depths and face the real world — life outside the J-room doors. They mixed the tears, the laughter, the insanity, the long hours of hard work and added their own special touch of color, pushing their creativity to the limit until finally — We did it! — The Rainbow Connection. — Alan Burdette

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GYMNASTICS TEAM: FRONT ROW: Assistant Coach Molly Alcorn, Kelle Beshears, Karen Rior- dan, Mary Beshears. Coach Debi Harrington, BACK ROW: Lisa Dezember, Julie Gries. Jenny Embry, Barb Minielli. (Photo by Alan Burdette) READY-SET-GO: Barb Minielli prepares and per- forms on the bars during S.I.A.C. while coach Har- rington looks on. Minielli was also a competitor on the beam and was the only all-around gymnast. (Photo by Alan Burdette) PEP TALK: Spectator Jenny Olivey came down to give the two optional gymnasts — Jenny Embry and Lisa Dezember a little talk before the S.I.A.C. meet. (Photo by Alan Burdette) ( IMo guts, no glory 1 101 They practiced three to four times a week, two hours at a time, They took outside lessons twice a week for nine months out of the year. On nights before performing they had cur- fews. They performed in front of their peer group. They had the best season ever for a Mater Dei gymnastics squad. They proved coach Debi Harrington ' s saying, No guts, no glory, to be true. Last year we had some disciplinary problems but I feel that the gymnasts realize that it takes discipline and the outside lessons, stated coach Debi Harrington, who was assisted by Molly Alcorn, Their dedication paid off when they defeated Reitz, a goal they set at the beginning of the year. It was at this time the gymnasts killed two birds with one stone. Along with beating Reitz, the three sophomores — Jenny Embry, Lisa Dezember, and Barb Minielli — managed to keep all of their individual scores between six and seven points. Although the team was small and young — six members being underclassmen — head coach Harrington was hap- py with the girls ' routines and their level of performance. She did feel, however, that they needed to polish the edges. With them being so young, they shoul d be able to add a little finesse, she stated. The gymnasts competed in City on February 27 and placed fourth, the best ever for MD gymnasts. S.I.A.C. was held on March 6 and the gymnasts fourth, On an individual basis a few of the gymnasts performed a little sluggish. Some of them were out a little too late the night before, but the total team score made a good showing for us, commented Harrington. Sectionals were again another good showing and put the Wildcats in fourth place, Senior Julie Gries was the only lettemnan and was out last year with a broken foot. She competed on floor, beam and vault. Sophomore Barb Minielli was the only all-around gym- nast and classmate Jenny Embry was out at the beginning of the season with a sprained ankle, but did see some varsity action on floor, beam, and vault. I liked the vault the best because it ' s what I started out on, she explained. Sophomore Lisa Dezember competed on the beam and the bars. Intermediate team mebers consisted of freshmen: Kelle Beshears; Mary Beshears; and Karen Riordan. The Beshears twins both competed on floor and beam. Riordan competed on floor. Coach Harrington summed up the season by saying, It was the best season ever for the Mater Dei gymnasts. — Joyce Martin