Roosevelt High School - Roundup Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Front row: Aaron Johnson, Lisa Patterson, Craig Canine, Melinda Haag, Joel Kiess. Back row: Michelle Hensley, Tootie Steward, Jane Mitchell, Jane Voigts, Sarah Kelley. Facetiae keeps school informed Hard work by committees made the numerous projects of the spring Student Forum successful. Forum activities included the Arts Fair, held May 15, Superstars Competition, held the week of April 24, and Fun Night, held April 9. A weekly publication, the Face- tiae, was put out by secretary Jane Voigts to inform Roosevelt students of what is going on in the Student Forum as well as other Roosevelt activities. Some of the goals approached by the Forum were better represen- tation of the Roosevelt student body and more action and involve- ment in school functions. Other officers were Fritz Cram- er, first vice-president, Melinda Hagg, second vice-president, and Jane Voigts, secretary. Left: The student forum office is not only the hub of Forum activities but also an out-of-the-way place to catch up on studying. Craig Canine spent many hours there as Forum president second semester. 17

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Forum begins with new constitution Under President John Ehrlich, the former Student Council changed its name to the Roosevelt Student Forum. Along with changing the name, the Forum wrote a new constitution and changed the bylaws. Weekly meetings held on Tues- ady mornings were not represented by homerooms as well as the Forum officers had hoped for even after many changes. Student Forum was responsible for homecoming week and activities, the sophomore mixer, students phone directories, TREES (Theo- dore Roosevelt Ecology Effort at School) boxes, and planning for some of the second semester pro- jects. Fund-raising projects included the Teddy Bear Raffle which was Top: Secretary Cris Cunningham and Jennifer Vickery post notices on the Forum Bulletin board. Right: Pres- ident John Ehrlich discusses plans with Cris Cunningham. won by Rick Grewell, selling gym shorts and T-shirts, and the Fall Fling — a dance held November 21. Fall semester officers were senior John Ehrlich, president; senior Barb Durden, first vice-president; junior Melinda Haag, second vice-presi- dent; and senior Cris Cunningham, secretary. Front row: Ted Johnson, Fred Van Liew, Cris Cunning- ham, Barb Durden, John Ehrlich, Melinda Haag, Carrie Runge, Sue Vickery. Row 2: Barb Perry, Jane Voigts, Gail Robinson, Kay Tannatt, Courtney Neumann, Kevin Koch, Michelle Hensley, Barry Aldridge, Dana Davidson, Debbie Hansen. Row 3: Anne Paxton, Dan McBride, Dawn Econo- mos, Teri Fleming, Diane Norris, Julie Dickinson, Sarah Kelley, Anna Crane, Celeste Kelling. Row 4: Lydia Mat- thews, George Carpenter, Betsy Teigland, Heather Cofer, Ellen Kelly, Lisa Carey, Doug Elmets, Mike Purnell. Back row: Brian Caldwell, Cathie Gladson, Steve Shearer, Bill Blakesly, Debbie Ankrum, Sue Zuckert. 16

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Student Forum sponsors superstars competition A new idea developed within the Roosevelt Student Forum was the Roosevelt Superstars competition. This competition is for both males and females and runs some- what like Wide World of Sports. A restriction on the number of contestants was set at 30 girls and 30 boys. These 60 people competed in eight out of ten events. These events were swimming, rope climb- ing, running, weight lifting, free throw, sit-ups and push ups, base- ball hitting for boys and softball hitting for girls, football throw for boys and softball throw for girls, obstacle course, and a bicycle race. The boys didn ' t compete against the girls, but points were given ac- cording to where the contestant placed in each race. Overall winners were seniors Mark Coy and Barb Willoughby. Second place winners were senior John Baugus and soph- omore Julie Sandler, and third place winners were senior Jim Bartlett and sophomore Elyse Rab- inowitz. Above: Fritz Craiger and Holly Hull look over the list of contestants signed up for the Superstars competition. Left: Placing second in the obstacle course helped Julie Sandler to achieve second place in the overall competi- tion. Below: Jeff Waters, wearing a Roosevelt Riderettes shirt, was one of the 30 male contestants. 18