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Photography:front-J ason Scheifer, Leah Naple, Ted Graham,
Bert , Kent Barn es, Jeff Slobotsky: back-Andrea
Li sa Lewis, Linda Carey, Becki Evans, Jen Nervig,
Mollner. (Rick Billings Photography)
Lampros, As ten Rathbun, Gretchen
Jensen, Jennifer Meyer, Jessica Horani:
Giles, Sam Mc Kewon, Kim Swartz, Blake
Brent Snow, Jessie Kokrda, adviser Sheila
Am y Sil ver. (Rick Billings Photography)
editor, seni or Gretchen Schultz work s on her la yout
"""" " ''em the paper. Layout was a major part of newspaper
yearbook. (Michelle Bert)

Staffs Take Cornhusker Awards

Deadlines, layouts, print shops, photos, Cornhusker," senior Asten Rathbun said.
long hours, bylines, and even more deadlines The photography staff was also noted for its
were all a part of the everyday life of a journalist. achievement with the Cornhusker award for its
Journalism was an elective class which work in both the Hoofbeat and the Stampede.
required hours and hours of work before and after Photography offered students who were inter-
school from the first day of school until the last. It ested in photography a chance to learn about
usually left students wondering why they ever photograpy and have their work published in
wanted to take journalism anyway. "I had this either the newspaper or the yearbook. The pho-
momentary loss of sanity. Being a transfer stu- tography staff entered Scholastic photography
dent I thought it would be a good way to meet new contests as well.
people, but then I met the journalism staffs'," No matter how much work journalism
senior Amy Silver said. actually was, it was usually a favorite subject for
However, the hard work of the staffs did journalists. "I love Journalism. It is my life. I am
pay off. For the first time in MN history the always in here (room 321). The only problem is
Hoofbeat and the Stampede both won the highest that photography has to take pictures of things
high school journalism award in the state of Ne- yearbook and newspaper want," junior Leah
braska, the Nebraska State Cornhusker A ward. Naple said. "Journalism has been one of my
"We have deserved that recognition for a long favorite subjects because it has been the same
time on both staffs. It felt good to get that. A lot people in it for the last two years. That helps you
of students had to put in lots of dedicated time and really get to know people well. You see these
energy in order to achieve the quality needed on people all of the time, everyday, after school and
both yearbook and newspaper to win," advisor before school. It becomes more like a second
Sheila Pedersen said. "I just hope we can suc- family than a class," senior Brian Giles said. ®
cessfully repeat last year and win another - -..fa/l.a ~~

"I was li ia nap pea &y the "I don't linow. I've ta.fi.en it "Newspaper. What's Newspaper?
teacher from my free hour." for the Cast two years. I had: to I thou9h t this was ( u nch."
take it this year.
--senior Nick KeCCy --senior Jessica Horani
--senior Brent Snow