Mount Vernon High School - Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IA)

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This years Student Council -was highly active and involved in a variety of is- sues. The officers attended a leader- ship convention in the fall, and the Council undertook the entire Homecoming week with the exception of the game itself. For the holiday season, the Council sponsored a week long food drive that brought in over S1000 worth of goods, and also sponsored a turkey hunt where the finders of two hidden paper turkeys won ten pound turkeys in time for Thanksgiving. Throughout the year, the Council spon- sored several dances including a Win- ter Formal, and held a widely publi- cized Twinkie Eating Contest. ln addi- tion, members sold pins for the Mus- cular Distrophy Association fund rais- er. Cthanks to John Skretta for copyj i i i Deb Vittetoe and Heidi Heck present their rap slsit during the Student Council nomination assembly STUDENT COUNCIL 5TUDf'iT COUHGL .Jason Happel, Paul Mori Marcy Flussell, Row lr Pres. John Skretta, Sec Heidi Heclw, Jordan, Tony Just, Jeff Meeker Dan Schellb Treas. Todd Pliehaus, Vi? Fred Skretta. How 2: Jen Clark. El 7 sa M 1 rr if fffx' 5 '53 4 ff ' i iQFiv my x Brandon Hurtz, Andy Coleman, and Tim Harger represent their classes during a twinl-sie eating contest sponsored by the Student Council. John Skretta tells his plans at the nomination assembly E l E

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Barb Hanson, Co-sponsor of the yearbook, handle Hnancial matters as well as proof- Mrs. Donna Swenson directs the Publication Design class, where the yearbook is assembl- ed, as well as coordinates photography 'XX They layout of the pages, selection of photos, captioning of photos, writing of descriptive stories, and pasting-up of the pages occupies most of the classroom time. In addition, students are introduced to the basics of the publication industry and the proce- dures a printed piece must go through in order to become a finished product. They also participate in a unit on pho- tography and darkroom work. It has always been helpful when pan of the staff have taken Photography classes, and can immediately take over the rush darkroom work. In the spring of the year, the class divides into teams to sell advertisement space for the next year's book. A unit of study on advertis- ing and selling procedures preceeds the actual sales campaign. Local ad- vertising helps fund a large part of the production expenses. All of the pages were sent to Taylor Publishing in camera-ready form. The type was sent on floppy disk to Typehouse of Iowa in Cedar Falls, where it was set into galleys ready for paste-up. Katie Shaw and Andy Coleman. YEARBOOK: Row 1: Lori Davidson, James Drahos Pat Gevock, Lisa Lnenicka. Row 2: Andy Coleman, Marty Jacob Sandy Starkweather, Katie Shaw.

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ACADEMIC TEAM r yyyy v . ACADEMIC TEAM: How lg Heidi Heck, Laura Peter5,l1im Houser Row 2: Dan 5chelIberg,Li5a Squires, TonyJu5t. ie Academic Decathlon Team par- :ipaed in competion at Washington gh School in Cedar Rapids on Jan- try 31. The competition was spon- gred by World Book-Child-Craft Inter- ltional Corp. lt is composed of six 'itten tests in areas of Economics, Math, Science, Fine Arts, Social Sci- ence!History and language and Litera- ture. In addition to written tests a 3 U2 to 4 minute speech is to be prepared on a topic selected by the state. Each team member was required to give an impromptu speech and to have an interview Mount Vernon's team placed a strong fourth in the competition. Laura Peters placed first in mathematics in the Hon- ors Division, Tony Just placed first in Fine Arts in the Scholastic Division, and Dan Schellberg took first overall in the Varsity Division.