Turlock High School - Alert Yearbook (Turlock, CA)

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. . I ..,.- FFA Prepares What's FFA anyway? According to A.J. Silva, the organization's advisor, FFA func- tions to prepare students for agriculture and agribusiness careers for tomorrow. An Alert staffer asked the same question to members, receiving the following answersg It gives us the chance to let Mr. Silva show us his many abilities in farming techniquesf' exclaimed junior Ed Sai. Junior Jolene Enos responded with, in our agriculture classes we study new techniques and ideas on how we can produce a higher quality and a larger quan- tiy of commodities. I think the most enjoy- able part about FFA is the fact that we're al- ways having fun. ABOVE: Junior, Senior FFA: Front Row: J. Souza, K. Woodruff, J. Enos, L. Machado, J. Estacio, S. Sanders, J. Oliveira. D. Coelho. Second Row: T. DeMello, Es- tacio, M. Dutra, S. Miguel, L. Baptista, J. Massangale. S. Vierra, T. Toste, B. Vicroy. Back Row: E. Sai. R. Rocha. C. Estacio, J. DeRuse, J. Massangale, R. White. S. Olson. BOTTOM: FFA Officers: Front Row: L. Machado. J. Enos, S. Sanders. Second Row: T. De- Mello, S. Miguel, M. Dutra. Back Row: J. DeRuse. S. Rainwater, S. Olson, R. White. FFA - 25

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OPPOSITE TOP: Fim Row: J. Bartkowski. H. Guy. B. Moore. A. Madelo. K, Martinez Second Row: J. Rodriguez. E. Amamante. P. Voorhees. D. BakertAideJ. Third Raw: B Fantazia. K. Cross, T. Larson. S. Sims. M. Giesbrecht. M. Girom. K. Opdykc. P. Greer. K Barringer, K. FinketAdvisorJ. Fourth Row: D. Gogo. J, Godinez. S. Sondcno. D. Green D. Gray. R. Wright. OPPOSITE LEFT: Heather Guy smiles as she completes a spread OPPOSITE RIGHT: Hard at work. the Alert staff scrambles to meet a deadline. LEFT Sonja Sondeno sorts pictures. BELOW: Alert photograghers: M. Ireland. G. Payne. T Hicks, S. Channing, M. Doo. BOTTOM: Adele Madclo crops and proportions her layout. Alert scrambles Copy deadlines. Picture deadlines. Where's the type sheet?,' You want this spread done by when? Organized confusion tends to characterize the Alert staff, and l98l was no exception. Reviewing the year. Ass't Editor Suzette Sims said, l'The editors made most of the decisions because our new advisor hadn't had much experience, and was will- ing to listen to our suggestions. Concluded advisor Karen Finke, It's never boring. Frustrating and confusing, but boring? Never! The editors would like to thank the follow- : ing people for their help in producing the l98l Alert: Al Motoyama, Coronet Studios: Cindy Peterson. Turlock Journalg Steve Browning: and Brian Parks for their faithful photography assistance. Our special thanks also goes to Tom Larson, our Herff Jones representative, for answering all our ques- tions. Alert ' 27 to meet deadlines