Sheridan High School - Bronc Yearbook (Sheridan, WY)

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0605564005-f6Z667t ' . The OCK staff edits twelve papers each school year. ln these editions, all school activ- ities, special events, and advertisements from downtown contributors are covered. Interviews of teachers and students are as- signed to members of this staff. Also each person is required to write a feature article every week in addition to regular assignments. Staffers who have had one hundred inches of copy in print are eligible for membership in the honorary journalism organization, Quill and Scroll. All members of the staff strive to earn this honor. Sandy Harper-Exchange editor, Carolyn Bell and Jane Lodge-Manag ing editors, and Cynthia Barnhart and Connie Cosby-Business mana- gers, work ou Nancy Belus, Barbara Baker, Viva Baker, Barb Hunnell, and Judy Bambolis study old papers for ideas for their particular assignments. Each year members of the staff journey to Laramie for Journalism week-end. At this meeting delegates attend sessions keyed to pub- lishing a newspaper. Rewards for outstanding news coverage, cartoons, overall appeal, and various other things are presented at this time. This trip is looked for with much anticipation by all the staffers. X F John O'Dell, t unique ideas for the school paper. The Ocksheperirla, as the paper is named, means Camp Crier. lt comes out at opportune times throughout the school year. The April issue contains April Fool stories and various humorous articles. Al- so, Homecoming, Prom, and Christmas concerts and operettas are given special places in the newspaper. The members of this group have fun putting the paper out to please the students of our high school and have many experiences while learning some- thing useful. Dave Madia, Winky Sargent, Dershie B. Bridgeford, Frankie Gillen, and Beth Cale are ready to distribute papers ui . 3 S.H.S. students

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7 Ziepaofwaflfde zum 'he editors. seated, .loAnn Legoslci and Bob Legocki and the junior ditors, Sandy Neerimer and Maurita Redle supervise the production f the OCK. The first year on the staff is spent in learning ews writing. interviewing, and actual reporting of ews. Second year staffers plan assignments, copy read, teadline stories, and plan the layout of the paper. Despite what year a member is, their motto is: Each issue must be better than the lastfi By Fol- iwing this simple but important saying, the staffers ave the appreciation of SHS. students. Staff members Wanda Woodhead, Dee Rogers, Loyola Pedulla, Marsha Russell. Sandra Wimer, Carol Osgard, and Mary Orr are looking for Cgeas for their assignments. P Recording school activities, interviewing people, soliciting ads, and copy reading are but a few of the many things that members of the staff of the school paper are responsible for. Being on the OCK staff enables students to become better acquainted with the funda- mentals of journalism and how to produce a newspaper. Various editors are in charge of different phases of getting the paper to press on time. These people are chosen for this duty in the spring along with new staff members. Being a member of this group is a very profitable experience if you are interested in journalism. Circulation editors, Ethel Harper and Trudy Clark. and Sports editor, Sandra Johnson are busy working on their parts of the Ocksheperida. The OCK is a paper full of various articles. You can find anything from jokes to school news and the honor roll. Editorials and stu- dent contributions are also found in this versatile school paper. Teachers submit outstanding work to the OCK staff and much of this is chosen for use in issues of the Ocksheperida. The paper, crammed full of school news, only costs ten cents an issue or one dollar for the entire school year.

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will 1' 127 r..-ad fx' Inn' ibn!- 3lIIIrrIIaItinl1alZBnnnl2lrp6SilrirtDti1rELI1ll munllluumalisls' Im'nf'l.' rout Nanvy lla-lus. Nlary Cac- Porter. Connie Cosby. Bob Legoeki, Sandra Neeriemer, Cecilia livulon. Linda Robb, Carolyn Bell. Karon Tomsik. Marjorie Marron, Molly Sampson. Front row: llarlmra Scliwartz. Trudy Clark. Judy Bamlaolis. Maurita Redle. ,lim Simmons. Kathie Owens. Quill and Svroll is an international honor organization for high school journalists. The National requirements are as follows: a candidate must be in the upper third of his class in scholastic standing: must be a junior or senior at the time of electiong must have done superior work in writing. editing or business management. Members from Ovksheperida staff must have written one-hundred inches for the paper. Members elevted from Brom' staff must have been members of the staff for two years. All IIlCIIll16'I'S must he recommended hy their advisors.