Booneville High School - Reveille Yearbook (Booneville, AR)

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Nickey Abbott uses a lateral elbow to stop his opponent, James Mashburn. Photo by Mr. Atchley SENIORS TURN INTO KARATE KIDS The six seniors in the United Kempo Gung Fu Academy, taught by Mr. Monty Atchley, are Steve Earls, Mark Walker, Nickey Abbott, Marc McElveen, Shodai Monty Atchley, Russ Biggs, and James Mashburn. Photo by Stanley Sharp Seniors Tu rn Into Karate Kids Mr. Monty Atchley, the school counselor, has intro- duced a new art form to the school — martial arts. He runs the Arkansas Kempo and Gung-fu Acade- my, one of four in the state. He says he chose these two forms of martial arts because they are the two most effec- tive styles he is familiar with. He teaches how to fight and defend one's self, meditation and breathing techniques, physiology, first aid, and CPR. For two class hours a week, and two to three hours work- ing on their own, the students must be dedicated to doing their best. The self-discipline neces- sary to learn the art allows his students to improve their self-confidence, self-esteem, and goal-setting abilities. A code of ethics goes hand- in-hand with the discipline and instruction. Any misuse of the knowledge results in immediate dismissal from the academy. Why do the students do it? Steve Earls, who will be up for his first black belt soon, and Mark Walker have been tak- ing lessons for a few years and have chosen it as a hobby. Russ Biggs and Marc McEl- veen, beginners, decided to take the'classes for the self- improvement the art would provide. Master George Ng, one of Mr. Atchley's first teachers, said, “The essence of Gung-fu is the way of the hard-work- ing gentleman. By Eric Nel- son and Stanley Sharp

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Vance Gadbury Eric Gartman Rob George Jennifer Gibson Florence Gleye Charla Godfrey Scott Goodwin Jamie Green Penny Hatton Maria Heathman Nora Helms Shelly Hewitt Betsy Hicks Joe Hicks Kathie Hill Stephen Hooper Bobby Hunt Frank Johnson Britton Julien Teresa LaRue Beth Love James Mashburn Michelle McConnell Marc McElveen Sherry McLaughlin Bobby Mullen David Nelson Eric Nelson Kelly Oliver LaDonna Preston Dennis Raggio Mike Robbins Stanley Sharp Eric Siddons Jeff Smith Danny Spain Rick Spears Chuck Swafford Jimmy Tanner Mark Traylor GOOD FOR YOU, SENIORS LAYOUT DESICN BY BRIDGET DAVIS

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Lichea Templeman Cory Thompson Ernie Thornell Cindy Tillery Brenda Tomlin Martha VanAllen Alice Waid Mark Walker Scott Webb Stacy Weinbrenner Michelle Whitaker DeWayne Whitehead Sheri Wielkey Tammy Wigton Russell Wilson Brenda Vandell UUho's UUho Voting on class favorites doesn't take much time because, as Ernie Thornell pointed out when Mrs. Phelps passed out the ballots in English class, After being together as a family as long as the seniors have, everyone already knows who's going to get what. Mrs. Hampton remarked that she wished seniors wouldn't write the same names on all of the categories, as some did. She said, Sometimes the ballot count was so close that only one vote separated the winner from the runners-up, hardly a majority. One thing about this tradition, it's just that — a tradition. Success cannot be predicted; beauty is in the eye of the beholder. By Stanley Sharp Jill Chalfant, Wittiest, and Cory Thompson, Most Talkative, express their views of the Bearcats during a pep rally. Photo by Trena Adair GOOD FOR YOU. SENIORS LAYOUT DESIGN BY BRIDGET DAVIS