Sprayberry High School - Echo Yearbook (Marietta, GA)

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11 THE STINGER WRITES DN Flight: SNAPPING a picture, Butler Day gets caught in action. Butler, the staff photographer, took all of those exciting action shots for each Issue of the STINGER. Bottom right: PUTTING THEIR IDEAS together, Steve, Roy, Joe and Tracy assemble their work for the layout sheet. Sometimes a layout must be worked over and over until Ms. Patterson finally solves it. Zilhr Etingrr SPRAYBERRY HlGl-I SCHOOL 2525 Sandy Plains Road Marietta Goorgia30066 Editor ...... Teresa DeFranks Managing Editor. . . Joe DeFranks Sports Editor. .... Frank Webb Feature Edrtor. . .Roy Johansen Photographer. . . . .Butler Day Art Editor. ..... Greg Wiggins Faculty Advisor. .Wanda Ratterson Staff. . .Susan Bedgood Jennifer Ramsey Tracy Ray Angela Canady Jeanne Strudthoff Steve Edison s Richard hlte S QV atlexe Crirolg, ,Terre Sawyer, Rob I me s ,ff at i xy, 1 o.., ...,. . 1 1 N . ,J

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Sprayberry's STINGER staff is made up of dedicated writers who keep the student body informed and enter- tained. Ms. Patterson states, Only the cream of the crop is selected for the staff. An individual must first take journalism before he or she can become a member of the staff. The staff tries to cover every important school-related event. The staff also puts out an issue of the STINGER approximately every four weeks. Getting an issue ready to go to the printer is not an easy job. The students must write the articles, then have them proofread, typed, proofread again, and glued onto the layout page. For every story, there must be a headline, and for every picture a caption. No other public high school has a free newspaper. Thanks to the members who sell ads to local busin- esses, the STINGER staff makes enough money to let the student body receive the papers with no charge. Ms. Wanda Patterson, STINGER sponsor, devotes many hours of her time to perfect the newspaper. She assigns the stories, and proofreads them. She will even type when the articles file has been overloaded. WORKlNG PATIENTLY, Jeanne Strudthoff and Joe Deffranks think up some new ideas. It was brains like these that made each issue of the STINGER both informative and entertaining. if MS. PATTERSON. STINGER sponsor, tells Susan Bedgood what her next assignment will be for the upcoming deadline. Ms Patterson assigns and proofreads all articles before they are typed. Right: TYPlNG DlLlGENTLY, Jennifer Ramsey tries to complete her asslgnment before the deadline. Typing is agreed upon as being the most nerve-racking and frustrating task in putting an Issue together, as an article must be typed two or three times before it is completed. K 2

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DEDICRTTO ' , DETERMINATION SENIOR Chris Lomax ponders over copy and captions for his election page. Writing copy and captions is one ol the tasks in preparing a yearbook. RELAXING FROM WORK, Tessie Dittman takes a break from helping students during class picture day in November. The ECHO staff organizes picture day and distributes pictures. TIRED, Angie Pack and Bruce Rhodes prepare music for slide production which was designed to promote yearbook sales. WALSWORTH YEARBOOK EVENT SUMMER WORKSHOP participants Beth Day, Angie Pack, Mary Wagespack, Daryl Mauldin, Chris Lomax, Sally Walston and Tessie Dittman illustrate why they won the coveted spirit awardat the workshop along with a plaque for excellent page design. Dedication, determination, and constant worries were the main in- gredients that made up the 1981 ECHO staff. Dedication is the ability to work all three quarters on the staff and still hang on to one's sanity. Determination is working 'til two A.M. on a layout due the day before, or typing copy in the typing room during lunch periods. Constant worrying occurs when pic- tures are needed for a layout and the staff's photo company has them. The ECHO staff started in early June, combining these three in- gredients at a summer workshop. This event was held at Olgelthrope Universi- ty from June 31 to July 2. Participants Sharon Lynn, Angie Pack, Bruce Rhodes, Tessie Dittman, Darly Mauldin, Chris Lomax, Sally Walston, Beth Day, and Mary Waguespack put in three days of work to win ten awards. The staff won the coveted Spirit Award and a plaque for excellent page design. In addition, Bruce Rhodes won a certificate for photography, and an award for page design was given to Chris Lomax. Beth Day and Angie Pack won certificates for good theme development, and Angie was honored for her editor's notebook. Also, the entire staff was recognized for good headlines and captions. Upon returning to school in Sep- tember, the staff was already preparing a slide production to be shown in early January. They also sponsored a shoot- yourself booth, where Sprayberry students could take their own picture, during Winter Wingding and Spring Fling. Finally, the staff's major concern was producing the best book ever and showing students and other people in the community that Sprayberry is and was the place to be in 1981. EUIO W .A KM 174