< Previous56 The· year in pictures • At the end of the year, most stu-dents expect to have a yearbook published, but few realize the time and effort that goes into it. The theme and style were already decided upon last summer by edi-tors Joni Stopke and Paula Paquette . Mr. John Shevlin became the new advisor . The staff atte -nded two workshops and learned how to use layouts, quad-packs and croppers. The real work began with rough plans drawn on graph paper . Every fac e in t he school was pictured and nam ed . Photographers printed their own pictures. Everyone wro t e cop y (the stories on each page) and headlines. As the deadlines dre w near, staffers spent hours af te r school working in room 241 to fin -ish their pages. All seemed to be running smoothly until the junio r and sophomore class picture s were sent back from the pub -lisher . It took several days to ru b off the adhesive from every photo. Editors and photographers also had their differences. At the end of the year, the staff was proud to see its bits and pieces of work pr inted in the finished yearbook . In the future, pictures, words and memories are all that are left of this year . The Kotka staff was glad to have a part in recording 1978 -1979 at Burnsville Senior High School for posterity . Page 56, Top: The Kotka staff. Back Row: Paula Paquette, Joni Stopke, Craig Doeden, Rick Martin , Mike Rotthoff, Pat Dennison, Karl Gerhing, Sandi Olson , Jeff Wilson . Middle Row: Scott Setkan, Teresa Noldin, Beth Bloom, Chris Cata -nia, Sheila Happe, Kim Mahnke , Carol Fitzgerald, Sue Niemann, Gregg Stopke, Michelle Cleveland, Jackie Jarosack . Front Row: Holly Bratland , Dawn Torger -son, Dawn Skeie, Melanie Block, Jerry Zgoda , Jim Mara, Mr . John Shevlin, Tracy McBroom . Lower Left: Holly Breit-,.. ------land looks over Mike Rottoff's proofs . Lower Right: Beth Bloom and Sandi Olson critique other yearboo ks. Page 57, Upper Left: Michelle Cleveland uses the Hunt and Peck method of typing . Upper Center: Jerry Zgoda won't go home early tonight! Lower Center: Photo Coordina-tor Sheila Happe sends Pat Dennison on an assignment . Upper Right: Advisor Shevlin gives his advice with his usual wit. Lower Right: Pam Nordli and Sue Niemann try to fit pictures on the ir lay-out . -57 • -------------------------58 Speech is the word Forensics, commonly known as Speech Club, is much more complicated than most peop!e believe and its members this past year made it even tougher. Competition didn't mean stand-in g before some judges telling a for which the winners were story. ·Rather, each participant given ribbons. Only in the final spent hours preparing their rounds of a tournament was a presentation which had to be fourth speech given. This was chosen from a list of categories recited before three judges at consisting of original oratory, one time. Here, the top three analyzing speech, serious or scores received trophies. humorous interpretation of April 15th was the beginning of drama, poetry or prose, story-sub-regions for Class AA which telling, extemporaneous speak-was held in Lakeville; and on ing or .readin_g, discussi~n, and April 17t h regionals began in finally, creative expression . At Owatonna. The Burnsville Sen-the festivals, each speech was ior Hig h Speech Club did an given three separate times excellent job representing BHS before three different judges, at all events . I .., You said ·11 I • TOP: The debate team enthusiastically pose for their group picture. LOWER LEFT: Jeff Juliar makes a point. LOWER RIGHT: Don Gerlach, advisor for the Debate team . "Energy Independence in the sity team held a 4-2 record at the United States" was the main University of Minnesota. "The issue for the Burnsville Debate team's future looks strong team which began its season in because of some outstanding nov-September. The team, consisting ices," explained Don Gerlach, the of three varsity and four novice group's new advisor. The team's debaters, showed great improve-season closed at the end of Janu-ment over last year. The novice ary, with varsity debaters vying for team was undefeated at the Jef-positions in the State Tourna-ferson Tournament while the var-ment. 59 60 Envoy News is good news! The school newspaper staff members surprised the student body with the "all new" Envoy. Its traditional four pages dou-bled to eight pages, including color, new layouts and styles, 'h'.,ith more photos being added to each new addition. The larger paper meant more work for the small staff, but plans for a better paper were constantly being made. A more stylized version was developed , I for the masthead ''Envoy''. Advertising also played a role in the newspaper this past year. A different editor was chosen each trimester, rather than keeping the same one all year long . "We're still improving as we go along," explained Mrs . Kuhl-meyer, Envoy's new advisor. T~e staff's hard work paid off with the successful innovation of Envoy. · -: -~ a.-:• ··&..~-Vol um e 5 Number 1 Strlk o t Teacher Strike Uproots Student Life ' · :, u 1 , ,.., i.:o, n ,trih1···· Mu ch·n t, nnd s t uff hnd 1 .,,u : 1 -.n:1 ,. 1tw 11r"-l d,1_, ,1f -.d111!ll At n rn llv ot ,,. , ... ti • ....,,·11t,·111h,·1 17, Pt •11n1, lf ulko 1wn, Pr -.i;ll'nl I 1: 1:1 , · , 'I \,-.j11 ·1.it11,n ......_.......,_ .J.l>.~ .Lh.i;i._=1 .... u=<1· b=1rw...1 oa.L[ __ -L-.Jid • l ~·t' I fl " (flkt • 11n 1. . • I ··~ Page 60 Top: Kim Peterson, Jackie Cowdery, and Steff Anderson take a break. Bottom: The 1978 Envoy staff Standing: Kim Peterson, Don Schintz, Advisor Janet Kuhlmeyer, Meg Wright, Jackie Cowdery. Seated: back row, Bill O'Brien, Dave Graves, Jayne Fulkerson, Jim Pribble . Front row: Roger Hagerman, Kelli Holsather, Carlos Cabana, Steff Anderson, Kevin Keller. Page 61 Upper left: Roger Hagerman was 2nd trimester's editor . Top Cen-ter: A finished Envoy. Lower right : Meg Wright, 1st trimester's editor , discusses an art icle with Mrs. Kuhl-meyer and Kim Peterson. 61 62 Despite many difficul-ties, BHS once again produced a top-notch lit-erary magazine. With the help of advisor Mr. Cook, the four-member staff worked during study halls and after school. "We are also experi-menting with new and innovative ideas th is year," remarked Rob McCc'I , editor. "Things are running a lot smoother with fewer peop~e involved." All stu-dents were invited to submit their poetry, fic-tion , artwork, and callig -raphy to Kaleidoscope . Final selections were made in March and the magazine was published in April. Top: Rob McColl, Kevin Kel-ler, and Bob McKinley critique submissions . Bottom: Kevin Keller discusses quality with the editor . Artwork by Rob McColl. L.U.V. makes people happy Can community service be rewarding and fun? A LUV member will enthusiastically answer "Yes!" LUV is open to all students, although as advi-sor Mrs. Schrecongost observed "Most of my contact is through Social and Family Living, so all but two members are also in the class." L.U.V. stands for Love Unlim-ited Volunteers, a group of stu-dents who gave generously of their time to help others. Swim~ ming with the mentally handi-capped and visiting residents of the Prospect Park Retirement Home were only a few of their activities. Volunteers a Isa watched for opportunities to help out in crisis situations, such as fires and broken fami -lies. Those Homecoming and Sadie Hawkins garters/arm-bands you bought helped these very special volunteers to make others happy. 1 63 64 Something for everyone! • "Not enough time for varsity sports, but want to keep in shape? Join lntramurals," read the school announcements . Offering many athletic activities, Intra murals gave everyone a chance to partici-pate. With the new weight room com-pleted, one could always find it crowded with "body building" students. Other activities included volleyball, racquetball and hand-ball, floor hockey, and basketball. A good turnout of students was seen at all events. One major rea -son for this was that the emphasis was not focused on "who's got the talent", but on having FUN! Top Left: Dave Graves goes for the lift. Top Right: Steve Koski puts his overhand serve into action as Bob Lewis looks on. Lower Left: Volleyball participants on the move. Lower Right: Even little people at BHS can play Intramural Basketball. ~ ' \ J('\n n I) v '-\j '~ Making its move October 9th was the starting date fo r the organization of Burns-ville's Chess Club. With its large t urnout, t here were enough mem-bers to have full varsity and junior varsity teams. Mary Sorterberg was the team's No. 1 competitor and led the team t o an 8-1-1 season. The group t hen went to the Sub-Divisions and placed second, which took th em to the playoffs in January. February brought Burnsville a chess tournament of their own in which they invited other schools to compete. All spectators were charged an admission fee which went to the club's fund. March was a month fo r helping others. The Chess Club took trips to surrounding elementary schools and helped kids under -stand and enjoy the game of chess. When the Chess -League p r e-sented its awards, Burnsville received two of them . Most Valua-ble Player went to Mark Sorter-berg, and Gregg Westerhaus received an honorable mention. J. Sorterb_erg, advisor, was very pleased with the outcome of this year's team and the members felt they gained more knowledge of the fun, yet complicated, sport of chess. Top: Front row : H. Yee, J . Rice, M. Man-ley, K. Peterson. Back row: J. Sor ter-berg, M. Sorter berg, D. Covar t, G. West-erhaus, K. Westrum , S. Sauve. Lower Left: M. Sorterberg con ce nt rates . Lower right: Chess Club in action . 65 Next >