Villa Park High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Villa Park, CA)

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racle staff covers controversial issues 5.- BELOW: Doug Farson, Jim McAferty, Bruce Teeter and Jim Wells watch the latest edition LEFT: Steve Fehr holds Oracle copy while Randi Reinhardt looks bemusedly on. Steve and Randi were co-editors of the Sports page. BELOW: Tom Evans and Brian Messenger worked with photographic equipment at Albert and James. LEFT: Cathy Christian and Mary Taylor look over a color plate with a pressman at Mclnnis Print Shop, where the Oracle is printed. Staff members toured LA Times plant in December. of the Oracle roll oft the press. Writers were fascinated by the mechanics of production, Activities-21

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Missed deadlines, excursions around and off campus, harried distribution days and the proud quivery feeling of having a story in print contributed to a typically frantic year for the Oracle newspaper staff. Guiding struggling young journalists through the treacherous shoals of ob- jective reporting, Adviser Mrs. Doris fthe Didacticl Lowman coaxed, tempted, and threatened her brood into coming up with a decent product. Oracle co-editors Sue Sawtelle and Joan Ewald mapped out story assign- ments with fellow page editors Steve Fehr, Scott Fletcher and Randi Rein- hardt. The forward echelon of re- porters included Linda Sanderson, Sharon Sawtelle, Marla Crosswhite, Kathy White, Mark Taylor, Doug Far- son, Bruce Teeter, Jim McAferty, Mary Anne Fioretta, Cathy Christian, Jim fDeepl Wells and Linnea lBaby Eaglel Lagerquist. Once aimed at the target, photographers Tom Evans and Brian Messenger took fairly clear pot-shots. RIGHT: Editors Ewald and Sawtelle react with mixed emotions to latest Oracle. Sue and Joan assigned stories, edited copy, wrote headlines and pasted up pages for 14 issues BELOW: Muses Mary Ann Fioretta, Sharon Sawtelle, Marla Crosswhite and Linda Sander- son mull over some Oracle copy. 20-Activities BELOW: Reporters Kathy White and Lagerquist compare finer points of pr ing while Scott Fletcher gets some ,lu-I

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Odyssey staff captures the essence of memories 'Y 'lil I f 1 1.74 .ll 'Ill From the time the staff first heard Mrs. Lowman say, I want 92 pages in my hands by Tuesday, till the time she got the 264 pages in March, the Odyssey staff strove to record the Spartans on the move. Under the able Leadership of Adviser Mrs. Doris Lowman and Editor Mar- sha McKenzie, the troops worked late at night, on weekends, and during Christmas and Easter vacations to meet deadlines. The turmoil of the Senior section, the hassle of taking club pictures, writing sports copy before it happened and the failure to communicate with the 22-ACtivitieS photographers added to the chaos of putting a yearbook out. ODYSSEY STAFF: BOTTOM ROW: Miml Burns, Joan Usack, Bronwyn Kiser, Marsha McKenzie. SECOND ROW: Brian Messenger, Mrs. Doris Lowman, Jill Strong, Debbie Fos- ter, Mary Pocinich, Barb Cassatt Denny Peck. THIRD ROW: Larry Allen, Barb Scheid, Sherri McCluney, Liz Faber, Gail Marshall, Laurie Edwards. TOP ROW: Rick Markuson, Tommy Evans, Suzy Young, Robert McKenzie, Mindy Borel, Lorraine Wanlass, Dick Arbenz. RIGHT: Mrs. Lowman and Mindy Borel plan some secret surprises for activity section.