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t hrough nine long tired months, a However, this was not done with the
seemingly unknown bunch of greatest of ease. Film was exposed, pictures
students occupied a small corner of were sometimes misplaced, . . . the list goes
MN . laboring over projects inspired to stir on but quality was not sacrificed.
the student population's interest. The group Junior Holly Allen said, "It 's still fun to
was, of course, the staffs of the schoql watch pictures I've taken turn out even
newspaper, yearbook and photography though it took a lot of reprinting to reach
" classes. top quality."
Most people thought of the publication The Stampede was put together by 12
staffs as escape classes, a place to go and students. Deadlines ran every month with
just take it easy. However. working on a mini deadlines in between. Added John
student publication wasn't as easy or as Corrado who worked on the sports section,
glamorous as it appeared. "Meeting sports deadlines was frantic
Take the Hoofbeat. First of all . there's because you couldn't really finalize them until
the deadlines. Six of them every three weeks the season was over and then they were all
made the year seem to speed by. due at once."
For Senior Tracy Peters. working as ads Since the yearbook was a spring delivery
manager for yearbook and newspaper was for the first time it meant meeting deadlines
like "going crazy in two easy year lessons." earlier. However John Jacobsen summarized
After deadlines, there's the paste-up . it , ''I'm a senior now and have been involved
the trips to Midlands Business Journal and in journalism for four years. This is the first
the print shop. not to mention the interviews. year I've been on yearbook and it 's been
writeups and copy editing. worlds of fun."
The photographers were responsible for With all the trials and tribulations of
reporting the year in pictures. being on a staff, one may wonder why
With 17 on staff, the photographers students stayed on then. According to Chris
Bringing in money for both publication staffs is a hard covered all aspects of student life from Hallgren, "Only on staff can you meet
job, but one that has to be done. Seniors Tracy Peters
and Kevi n Plautz were responsible for bringing in the sleeping to homework to entertainment. different kinds of people, and learn to deal
necessary revenue. They served as the "watchdogs" of the with them in order to collect the necessary
school in order to better report student information."
activities in the Hoofbeat and the Stampede. · Connie Houck ·

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