Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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PHS Reflects Fundraising Buy,buy,buy sell,sell,sell. Those were the two most popular words during the 1982-83 school year. Almost every club and organization sold something to try to raise money. The cheerleaders sold T-shirts; band members sold pizza kits; wrestlers sold brass; the girls basketball team sold candy; the boys track team sold candy and posters; Journalism II members raffled off a Plym- outh Duster, and DECA raffled chances for “princi- pal for a day.” Juniors did their annual fundraising for prom by selling candles, sun-catchers and magazine subscrip- tions. A major fundraiser that affected the school was the addition of a new vending machine. Many students enjoyed this and the funds went to support the year- book. The student council has been sponsoring the pop machines for several years for funds. Where does all the money go? The big thing bought with fundraising money was athletic jackets. Girls’ basketball, wrestlers, and boys’ track members all got jackets with emblems of the various sports activities on the back. The cheerleaders used their funds to pay for pep rallies supplies, poster materials and also room and board for the wrestling cheerleaders at the state meet. It was a flood of fundraising throughout the year with everyone trying to get a jump on money. Almost every day of the school year, someone could be found in the hallways trying to sell something. Sue Humphrey who sold for many organizations stated that, “I liked knowing that 1 contributed to the making of the prom and it was fun and easy to do.” Most of the students at PHS must be good sales people, because the rest of the students and faculty seem to be broke from the large amount of fundrais- ing. As a potential buyer Mrs. Audrey Smith said, “It gets to be expensive but, I feel an obligation to sup- port the students’ efforts.” At the beginning of the 1982-83 school year a group of business consultants, Nasco Incorporated, came to PHS and made a survey of the fundraising activities in the past. It was found out that the plan- ning and scheduling of the activities was poor because they all ran on top of each other. It was also found that some of the fundraising activities did not make enough money for the efforts that were put out. Mr. Jack Herweg feels that “there has been a definite improvement in the amount of money raised by the organizations because of better scheduling ” He added that the sponsors are “more aware of what activities will raise the most money.” 2

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The Plattonian Plattsmouth High School 1724 Eighth Avenue Plattsmouth, Ne. 68048 Volume 41 Table of Contents Student Life 2 Seniors 12 Sports 26 Classes 54 Activities 80 Music 116 Ads 128 Closing 144 Reflections Of

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FACING PAGE: (top) A various assortment of the candy sold at PHS during the year; (bottom) Crowds eat delicious pancakes at the annual pancake feed band fundraiser. TOP LEFT: Scott Snyder decorates valentine cakes sold by Food Service II; TOP RIGHT: Sophomore Ke- vin Heim gets an early start on prom fundraising. ABOVE: Journalism II raffled a car to raise money for the yearbook; LEFT: The new vending machine raised money for the Journalism Department, shown by Bill Hayes. 3