Safford High School - Ocotillo Yearbook (Safford, AZ)

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Pica perfect. Concentrating on their yearbook pages are Liz Olsen and Mike McBride. Laser power. Many comput- er students used the time after their assignments were completed to improve their scores on some video games. Newspaper knowhow. Dis- cussing the latest develop- ments from around the school are some of the Bull- dog staff. S i N..-A E an 'F U +31 vang Q ,Q-IIQQQL 1--.. -M 5

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wx f jflkf. 51 1 I If f W i l i f , , , , s,ggg Real persistance. his school year wel- comed many new clubs, groups and or- ganizations to the school, and one of the most original and interesting of these was the Real People Club. The club was founded by the TMH class a few years ago but since then it had re- ceived a name change and a face-lift. These changes began to come about when a new teacher arrived two years ago. Mrs. Thompson was once a substitute at Safford but after attending a lot of specialized classes, she took over the teaching of TMH with Linda Phillips. I had to do a lot to be able to work with these students, but it's worth it. I really enjoy what I do, Mrs. Thompson said. The class made a lot of progress this year. Two bowling teams went to the bowling tournament of the Special Olympics in Morenci and they came back with both lst and 2nd place tro- phies. The Real People Club also held training sessions at the school to help prepare the athletes for two track and I really enjoy what I do. field events in the Special Olympics. The first meet was in Morenci and was held pri- marily for Graham and Greenlee counties. The sec- ond was in Phoenix at ASU and was attended by TMH students from all over the state. Some events in which the students participated were the 50-yard dash, the 100-yard dash, the relay, and the standing broad jump. Jim Pinsett, who had attended such track meets in previous years, said that he liked to go because I met a lot of interesting people. After the games several members attended a dinner given by the State Special Olympics Commission. Mrs. Thompson said she was very pleased with the greater sup- port given them due to the wider awareness of the pro- gram. Not only in athletics had the class made advances. Angie Foley, an aide for the TMH class, already begun to teach student, Phillip Berri- gan, how to operate the Ap- ple computer located in their classroom. With several ac- complishments and a bright future, the TMH class proved that they were, indeed, Real People. Taco Time. TMH student, Fran kie Smith, does his part with the making of mini-tacos, only one of the several cooking activities which the class undertook.

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7 I kki. K. -. ,,, - eadline: One ofthe most exhausting, nerve-wracking and unforgettable exper- iences known to a year- book student. Technical- ly, a deadline is a set date when a certain number of completed yearbook pages must be sent into llltis ulcers and headaches the publishing company. But off the record, lt's ulcers and headaches combined into sheer tor- ture, said annual advisor Mrs. Sansom. Working late into the night was common for people who hadn't quite finished their pages yet. Even if they were just missing one picture ... so was everybody else! Of Deadline! course blame couldn't be placed on the photogra- phers, or rather, photog- rapher. Deadlines are murder. I have so much work to do, sometimes l don't think l can handle it! exclaimed Jeff Han- sen, photographer editor. But pictures weren't the only things that slowed up progress. Copy blocks, yearbook articles and stories, could keep students up until midnight if they didn't know what to write. And if they didn't have a calculator to help with fitting copy, they were forced to put their math skills to use. Liquid paper bottles could al- ways be found on Mrs. Sansom's desk, placed in long lines, ready for the inexperienced typists' use. lnexperience could de- finately be a hazard in an- nual. Commented fresh- man Lisa Hartzler, at two of the enlargers are photography students Chuck Morton and Lisa Hartzler, both freshmen. A wider outlook. Working There's so much more responsibility on the high school's staff. Sure, ev- erybody does their own thing but when your really stuck for a headline or something, you can al- ways depend on your classmates for help. If it was such a huge problem, why did the yearbook staff work so hard on something that would be looked at once and then be put on a shelf? Editor Kathy Hartner put it best, We want to create something that will make us proud as a staff and the whole school proud too. When kids take down their year- book in five or ten years, we want them to be able to look at it like a book of memories that should never be forgotten.