McCluer North High School - Polaris Yearbook (Florissant, MO)

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46 Star Gazer An editor’s job is never done. Helen Turnbull, co- editor, rereads the stories for the first issue of 1982. While discussing soccer events, Tom Kriss, sports editor, helps Jim Woll, senior, finish his copy. Making sure he’s right, Steve Loving, editor-in- chief, consults Doug Lane, adviser. Sharing his experience, Doug Lane, adviser, helps Jeff Abeln, senior, with his story on Girls’ Tennis. Kim Johnson, senior, listens in.

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Members of the Senior Committee make decisions on fund raising events for the senior gift. Discussing service activities and social events is one job of the Sophomore Committee. Listening intensely, Cindy Squires and Jessica Prade, | Choosing the proper art design is a lot of hard work freshmen, think of ways to raise money. for Gwen Spann and Monique Brown, juniors. Committees 45

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News and a decade Tenth anniversary of Star Gazer For more than a decade the Star Gazer brought the students and faculty the most recent events that have been hap- pening around McCluer North. “I can’t believe it; | didn’t realize it had been around for so long,” said Lisa Jace, sopho- more. The obvious question: How did the Star Gazer actually get started? When McCluer North opened in the fall of 1971, the school didn’t have just one pa- per. Instead, different groups and organi- zations published their own, at least until the spring of 1972. That was when the Star Gazer started. Starting a school paper created numerous problems for Mrs. Virginia Navarro, the first adviser, and for Mr. Doug Lane, the second, who inherited these problems in the fall of 1972. To begin the Star Gazer, Mrs. Navarro and Mr. Lane had to find students who were interested in being on the newspaper staff. The paper, in the beginning, was distrib- uted monthly. Soon, however, it turned into every two weeks. This year the Star Gazer was delivered every three weeks. Many changes have developed over the years. In the beginning, the newspaper used handwritten headlines. After some technological changes, the staff used typed headlines, which looked more pro- fessional. Steve Loving, editor-in-chief, said “I feel out of all the other high schools it will make an All-Missouri paper.” “| enjoy it a lot. They all work to- gether It makes it easier on me.” - Doug Lane The progress of the newspaper, accord- ing to Mr. Lane, adviser, varied from year to year. “This year we’ve had a lot more new students, so we had to start with the basics.” Before the first newspaper deadline, September 15, Steve Loving, editor-in-chief, offers advice to John Gruender, exchange editor. Struggling over an ad, Alan Thompson, business manager, tries to meet an issue deadline. Star Gazer 47