North Fort Myers High School - Lance Yearbook (North Fort Myers, FL)

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,ff Discussing a business ad with a local merchant, Joe Valetrno quotes rates. 3 , ,,,Q 1 Wi-'if' Statistics from a Knight Life student survey are com- piled by David Whidden. Advisor Allen Caraway checks layout sheets with 6 2 Dennis Evans and Renee Robinson. Knight Life -1

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Actively Serving the Community Serving the school ond community to- doy while leorning ond plonning for tomor- row, were the moin gools of two dedicoted groups ot North Fort Myers High School. These groups, lnteroct ond Key Club, did their best to help molse the com- munity o better ploce in which to live. Both were sponsored by community orgonizo- tions. The Key Club wos sponsored by the Fort Myers Edison Kiwonis Club ond lnteroct wos sponsored by North Fort Myers Rotory. Both troined their members to core ond to serve. The Key Club hos been on octive orgonizotion ot North for twenty yeors. lt is o world-wide orgonizotion in over fourteen countries on the North Americon Continent ond in the Corribeon. Throughout Decem- ber, members were busy with fund- 7 roising projects such os selling Christmos trees ot their lot on Honcock Bridge Porkwoy. Among other Key Club octivities were rood blocks, porticipoting in telethons, visiting Lee County Convoles- cent Center, chority drives, sponsoring o teocher oppreciotion bonquet, ond distributing condy to children ot Lee Memoriol Hospitol ot Holloween. These oc- tivities kept members busy throughout the yeor. They developed leodership obilities ond built personol integrity. The Key Club officers for the 1984-85 were, President - Chris Spurlin Diols, Secretory - Jeff Koehn, ond Treosurer - Wolter Cole. The 1984-85 lnteroct Club wos smoll, but nevertheless, o very octive club olso ot North High. The officers were President - Beth Gurnhom, Vice President - Cindy Weber, Secretory - Angelo Morrison, ond Treosurer - Joclfie White. Officers ond club members worl-:ed hord with odvisor-foculty member, Stephen Fronk ond Rotorion - John Mino. lnteroct fundroisers included sell- ing cornotions for Volentine's Doy. Members ottended Rotory Club breokfosts every Thursdoy to meet ond leorn more obout the community members ond whot Rotory wos involved in. They olso spon- sored twenty-five underpriviledged children in Fort Myers. Vice FEtEBideJitChfisUenrtQethtlfetes wos olso on octive group ot North High. These devoted Red Knights relished ministering to the needs of their school os well os their communitv. 'Qi' . , 2 5 Former Red Knight Kathy Prickett exomines o tree Alon Von Ryckeghem is selling ot the Key Club Christmos tree lot. lnteroct - Key Club - FCA

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Hot Off the Press Red Knights eogerly owoited the distribution of North Fort Myers High School's monthly newspoper Knight Life. This oword-winning publicotion wos printed free for our Red Knight fomily. Foculty odvisorfteocher of Knight Life wos Mr. Allen Corowoy. His journolism ll closs of opproximotely twenty-five students mode up the newspoper stoff. The primory criterio for editor ond stoffers wos dependobility. Eoch person hod to disploy leodership ond responsibility in order for the poper to be published nine times dur- ing the school yeor. Every week, closs members were required to write one story ond olso sell one od oplece for eoch issue. ln order for Knight Life to be offered free to students ond foculty, odvertising spoce hod to be sold to poy publicotion ex- penses. North High clubs ond orgonizotions supported the efforts of the Knight Life stoff by purchosing ods in eoch issue. Every month between sixteen hundred ond seventeen hundred issues were printed to odvise the Red Knight community of mojor .BMW events ond voried opinions of North High stoff ond students. ln oddition to the nine regulor issues, o speciol freshmon edition wos printed onnuolly to ocquoint incoming freshmen with our school. The Knight Life stoft wos responsible for securing the informotion ond writing it in proper journalistic style. They took their jobs seriously ond reolized their responsibili- ty to the school ond community. They odhered to o strict code of ethics in the printing of moteriol ond strove to report occurotely ond without bios. North High's newspoper consisted of up- to-dote news items, feoture stories of the present ond future, sports items, in- dividuols' opinions ond objectives, ond odvertising. Centering oround Red Knight news ond interests, the poper presented relevont ond timely doto ond informotion for our school ond community. Mony published orticles produced positive oction becouse of the opinions ond suggestions offered in those stories from students, focul- ty, ond members of the community. .W 5 Min, . f .. fe. .- ,fxf V ' g'v5,Q?fh 12, 'E -1 .1 3 . V - ,1 , Q3 ,gsgxgz 1 t 'V . v W X .kts-U14 - T . . - ., s- .' fgfggifiif' '7' 'ij 'J' 'f fi...t'-?lfi 'f3?'f5 7' if The bosic formot of Knight Life hos not chonged much over the yeorsi We hove become more orgonized thon we used to be. Now we don't woit for stoffers to bring in the stories, we ossign them so thot we know exoctly whot will be covered in eoch issue, reloted Editor-in-Chief, Dovid Milliron. Students who excelled in journolism were recognized for their efforts by induc- tion in the North High chopter of Quill ond Scroll. In order to be invited to be 0 member of this journolism honorory, students hod to work on the newspoper, literory mogozine, or yeorbook ond be ot leost o sophomore with o 8.5 grode point overoge. They hod to be recommended by o journolism teocher or English deport- ment heod ond then they went through o formol, condlelight initiotion ceremony. North Fort Myers High School's Knight Life wos onother reoson for Red Knights to proudly celebrote their Silver Anniversory. Trying to meet his deodline, John Russo types his copy. Knight Life Staff: Front Row - Becky Cuzzort, John Russo, Joe Volentino, Advisor Mr. Allen Corowoy, Greg Gibson, Richelle Hunter, Stocey Sheffler, Jeff Koehn, Mike Melvin. Dock Row - Foro Belt, Michelle Meose, Dovid Whidden, Kim Corter, Liso Hollond, Renee Robinson, Morio Kopein, Jyll Rubinstein, Allen Combs, Christino Winnette. Knight Life