Plattsmouth High School - Plattonian Yearbook (Plattsmouth, NE)

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Junior John Newell takes advantage of the school library to enjoy his hobby; writing. Freshman Tami Molck shows off her boa constrictor, ‘‘Snake . Senior Ed Mann and Freshman Heather Mann pose with their spitting llamas. Interesting Students 29

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Do snakes, scouts and llamas sound like fun? PHS Is A Melting Pot What would you say about a llama for a pet? Or maybe a huggable boa constric- tor? Or would you rather go to Australia? Or how about writing short stories? Well ... that’s what our students are this year: “interesting”. Freshman Tami Molck received a boa constrictor for her birthday from her mom. The snake does not have a name, but she refers to it as “Snake”. Snake is about 1-2 years old, and Tami doesn’t know what sex it is. (Kind of hard to see on a snake, huh?!) Tami feeds it every 3 weeks with live mice and gerbils. Senior Ed Mann and his family have a llama farm. It all started 7-8 years ago, when they bought llamas as a tourist at- traction. Now they’ve got 7 llamas, two of which, are babies. Llamas spit when mad, and Ed said that they often spit at each other when fighting over food. Once they even spit right in his face. Besides animals, PHS students have other interests. Sophomore Craig Wiles was selected by the Boy Scouts to go to Australia. He was among 3,000 other American scouts representing the United States, with a to- tal of 23,000 scouts from 89 different countries. They were there for the Big Jamboree, which was a big camp where they had physical activities, and learned about different cultures and customs. Junior John Newell is a real talent when it comes to writing poems and short sto- ries. He has written about 15-16 stories and 88 poems. He is planning on sending some of his work to a publisher.

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Class of '88 says goodbye to PHS on May 15 115th Class Graduates 101 On May 15th, 101 seniors said their final goodbyes to PHS at the 115th Com- mencement. The ceremony was held at 3 p.m. in the high school gym. Blue and gold were the senior class colors. The class flower was a baby blue rose dipped in gold. The Class of 1988 chose, “Give to the world the best that you have and the best will come back to you,” as their class motto. Father Paul York gave the invocation and the benediction. The baccalaureate address was delivered by Rev. Allen Wooters. Student speakers were Roxi Bradway, Jon Reimer, Michelle Hughes, David Klanecky, and Dawn Stoehr. Honor graduates were Roxi Bradway, Jonathan Reimer, Dawn Stoehr, Troy Fer- dig, Michelle Hughes, David Klanecky, Dan Cahalane, Kelly Ogle, Tony Aber- crombie, Angie McGraw, Karen Faris, Jeanne Carmicheal, Heather Giles, Ember Gogerty, Lynn Harter, Lara Scholten, Kris Fornoff, Laura Shown, and Toby Shanks. Entertainment was provided by the high school chorus. They sang, Showing Us The Way.” Senior Laura Shown sang,“I Believe,” and Jon Reimer per- formed a cello solo called “Preludio-Fan- tasia.” Seniors Deanne Durkin, Lara Scholten, Clarice Emick, and Laura Shown gave their final performance for PHS with a quartet called, “Hold On to Your Dream.” The Junior Class stewards were Matt Meyer, Cynthia Nichols, Niel Nielsen, Sarah Grimm, Julie Kastrick, Nancy Meier, John Russell, Bryan Schaffer, Jon Pestel, and Chenelle Gruhn. Waiting anxiously in the graduation line-up are Seniors Jason Tellinghuisen. Lisa Thor- stad, Dave Tesarek. Candye Barnhouse and Scott Millington. 30 Graduation