O Gorman High School - Knight Legend Yearbook (Sioux Falls, SD)

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Life Into Literature Interpers take to the scene. i' S 1 xy ' pf i M .. .1 Like Top: State place wlnners Teresa Fester, Chrls Novetzke, Sharon Picasso, Mollle Krum, Colleen Ryan, Sharon Carroll, Shelly Cronln performed brllllantly to Impress judges. Middle: Who ls thls strange being? asks Teresa Fester gesturlng towards her duet partner Mollle Krum. Bottom: 87-88 oral lnterpers were seen awakening llterature wlth style throughout the season. Breathing life into literature, 0'Gorman oral interpers once again captivated the attention of judges at the State Tournament. Under the dlrectlon of head coach Klm Schlanta and assistants Sarah Spelts, Dave Bernard, Dave Baumelster, and Kevin Brick, interpers mastered the craft of 'bringing words to Iife.' Senior Christian Novetzke, who took flrst In poetry at State, went on to place fifth In a natlonal competition. Senior Shelly Cronin captured much laughter as she flnlshed second at State in the humorous dlvlslon. Placlng second ln duet acting were seniors Teresa Fester and Mollle Jo Krum. With the use of The Badseed, Senlor Sharon Carroll placed third in prose. Juniors Sharon Picasso and Colleen Ryan placed second in the dramatic catagory and oratory respectively. 4 i' -zz.. I Top: Showlng her love for performing, Colleen Ryan smlles a gleaming smlle. Bottom: Senlor Shelly Cronln does her humorous 'hopplty-sklppIty.' lnterp 45 1 1 1. ZW' 1 . fllfw. 2

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Shawn McKeever, Mike Wosie, Jeanel Hager, Paul Richardson, and Kelly Haspeslagh display true 4 5 .Q professionalism in their work. si-'sfo--X X . Qi f ifzi- ,J ! . 4 i,,,. , A Novice debaters from left to right: flrst row - Sam Connelly, Jon Clausen, Kurt Roers, Todd McLendon, Ann Flynn, Chrls Knelp, Klm Haspeslagh, Kristina Masur, Ann Blashlll. Second row - Chuck Soukup, Brian Crum, Mike Samp, Jeff Hoxtell, Dave Strlcherz, Matt Flaherty, Bill Hoffman, Dale Sunderman. Not pictured are Kris Miller, and Melissa Schmaus. NFLBand Would you like to join the NFL? Well, the requirements are primarily intellectual, rather than size and muscle. You should be well informed and able to keep up a heated debate and hopefully win. The National Forensic League has nothing to do with football, but with debate and oral interpretation. Debate is a sophisticated form of argumentation that is based upon one common topic of concern. This years topic concerned political stability in Latin America. This topic was picked by debate teams from 44 Debate We l Kelly Haspeslagh shows her smile before her scorn around the nation who receive a ballot. From this ballot they select from three topics -the one that will be used the following NFL season. Last year's varsity squad consisted of seniors Kristian Johnstad, Kris Johnson, Kelly Haspeslagh, Jeanel Hager, and juniors Paul Richardson, Shawn McKeever, and Mike Wosjeg the number of members was up from the preceding year. Also up was the number of debaters on the novice squad, The O'G debate team, coached by Mr. Baumeister, recieved an award for 25 years of excellence in forensics showing that the O'G Knights are really the pride of the NFL! fl! l'm pleased with the way that everyone on the team put forth their best efforts. - Mr. Baumeister

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SOLVING THE FUTURE Future Problem Solving is an extracurricular activity partaken in by students ranging from freshmen to seniors. The students divide up into teams, create future problems from a given scenario, and devise solutions to their problems. When completed, the problems and solutons are submitted for competition. Last year two of 0'Gorman's FPS teams made the State Honor Roll. The team of Amy Aden, Anne Blashill, .lenny Zimmer, and Andrea Walters made the Honor Roll in the Senior Division and the team of Mike Bormann, Brian Downs, Sam Connelly and Liz Lewis made it in the Intermediate Division. Describing her activity Anne Blashill said, FPS is in a nutshell, solving future probIems. Amy Aden remarked, The year started slowly but we gained experience and became very competitive. We also gained insight and became more sensitive to the problems that were to presented us. The Sophomore FPS team: Amy Aden, Andrea Walters, Anne Blashill, and Jenny Zimmer. in , as-0, or-,,. g- in if if rptg .Q at Becky Vander Woude and Lynn Mc Aleece work on their problems. 46 FPS The Freshmen FPS team: Brian Downs, Mike Bormann, Liz Lewis, and Sam Connelly. R.