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Larger tables were purchased to give the
staff room to “spread" out. Juniors Joanie fell II I
Domet, Maria Hill, and senior Don Horton
make use of the tables during second and
trouble
third hours.

I uly 28th was a hot day
J enjoyed by most of the
vacationing Ralston students as a
day of relaxation and fun. But six
young girls were so dedicated to
school that for five days they
toiled at the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln preparing for the
1981-1982 school year. The girls
were awakened by seven every
morning and were in bed by
eleven p.m. They attended classes
and lectures and, in the little free
time they had, enjoyed the
company of the Junior World
Wrestlers, who just happened to
be three floors up.
On September 18 the staff
members dragged themselves from
bed at six a.m. and left RHS for
Topeka, Kansas, site of the
yearbook printing plant. There
designs and colors for the book's
cover and endsheets were chosen.
On October 26 they returned to
Lincoln for the NHSPA convention,
where they attended workshops in
photography, copywriting, layout,
and design.
The rest of the year was devoted
to meeting deadlines, finding the
right photos, and getting copy
ready to print. Perhaps the most
difficult task was making the copy
and pictures fit before the
deadlines came, but the staff felt it
was fun and worth the hard work.

The yearbook staff heads toward Topeka,
Kansas, early enough to see the sun
and a thin layer of fog fall. In the
sleepy staff had already begun d

In this cabinet many great ideas start. Each staff
member has a shelf cluttered with information. Ju­
nior Sue Wilson sifts through the rubble to find
needed photos.
At the NHSPA Convention October 26 in Lincoln,
yearbook coach Rosie Hogan, left, and editor-in-
chief Donna Stopak, right, get the results of a first
class rating for the 1980-81 Satisfaction Guaranteed
yearbook.
We are

a team

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