Warren Western Reserve High School - Aurora Yearbook (Warren, OH)

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What is good journalism? All one has to do is ask any member of the 1979-80 OBSERVER staff. It takes hard work, dedication, and most of all time to produce Western Re- serve's only periodical, but the re- sults are well worth the effort. Un- der the supervision of Mrs. Suzanne Fowley, the staff worked to keep Reserve's student body well-in- formed and entertained. This year, the OBSERVER staff de- cided to add some new features. New features add spark Photo Opinion , which was one of the most innovative features, com- bined photography with an opin- ionated question. A continuing serial, The Edge of Expulsion, provided the OBSERVER'S light hu- mor while the editorial discussed more serious matters of concern to the student body. The sports section also saw some innovation. Athlete of the Month spotlighted Reserve's top athletes. The OBSERVER strove to make the publication a more professional looking paper. Each issue was sent to Hartco Printing, a professional printer located near Columbus, so that the type and photographs were letter perfect. Although the NEW YORK TIMES or the WASHING- TON POST do not yet consider the OBSERVER fair competition, it has managed to give the WARREN TRIBUNE CHRONICLE a slight scare! Senior Don Mathews provided excellent artwork for the Observer this year. Debbie Miner, Loretta Salman, and Iill Marini carefully proofread for spelling and grammatical errors. Ted Kazaglis places a Valentine wish in the February issue as Iill Marini waits patiently. Observer!55

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Editor Karen Ashby expresses surprise at finding a lost Observer article. Staffers Loretta Salman, Ernie Miller, and Don Mathews critically read the latest issue. l l Mm mum Advisor Mrs. Suzanne Fowley and Karen Ashby proofread copy before paste-up. 54! Observer 1979-80 Observer staff, Front Row: Torn Cool, Mike Freet, Loretta Salman, Kim Karen Ashby, Nancy Discerni, Gretchen Mahaffey. Back Row: Maritha Iones, Mathews, jim jordan, Mark Wargelin, Tina Boyer, Iill Marini, Ernie Miller, Ted If Arlette Murray, Tina Amorganos, Bryan Adamson, Ianette Kudary, Mrs. Suzanne Fowley

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taff a little bit slow, but . . . As always during the production of the 1980 Aurora many problems arose. The twenty-seven member staff was cut down by seven and a new Business Manager was selected during the book subscription cam- paign. After a few workless Satur- days in the beginning, everyone be- gan working hard as final deadline rolled around. A week before this deadline a 12 hour Saturday was put Iohnna Resh and Anngella Thompson-Sec- retaries. Not pictured-Ioyce King. Kim Raszmann and Peggy Holod-Student Life. in with a record number of 67 pages being completed in one day. The book got off to a slow start with the staff not realizing how much work there was to do. Every Saturday the frustrated editor would hear comments such as I asked the coach for the trail, but he never gave it to me. or All I need is that one picture which I'm sure was tak- en. The staff quickly realized, how- Iohn Fowley-ICP Representative, Carolyn Ricci-Editor-in-Chief, Gerald Usselman- Professional Photographer and Iohn Maggiano-Advisor. Ioni Plevyak and Bobbie Lou Bates-Seniors. ever, that to get a trail or a picture they had to make a pest out ol themselves. The editor's motto was Murphy's Law-if something can go wrong i1 will. Everytime things were going well someone would misplace a picf ture, ads would get lost or film would be missing. However, some- thing good always compensated for the bad. z E Q x 1 f