Delta High School - Panther Yearbook (Delta, CO)

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'ca Far right: Mark Esplin, senior and chapter president, speaks at the FFA banquet. Right: Luckyfldams is congratulated by Nellie Durfee alter winning several awards. Be' lom Roy Nelson acquired this fully paid tractor with money from his FFA projects. The school's Future Farmers of America chapter again enjoyed a banner year. At its annual parent-member banquet, Several stu- dents received awards. Top awards went to Mark Esplin, Rick Proctor, Steve Anderson, Chuck Dubs and Ron Scheetz. Esplin was the recipient ofthe DeKalb Award. This award is given to the outstanding senior in FFA for achievements in scholarship, leadership, and agri culture. Es- plin, who also was a star chapter a agribusiness- man, was the chapter president. Proctor eamed the Walter Potts Memorial Award, while Ander- son was Presented a special citizenship award. Besides Esplin, other star degree winners were Dubs and Scheetz. This is the highest honor bestowed by the chapter. Dubs was a star greenhand and Scheetz a star chapter. wwrw' ar? ft ,, at filing Qi IAVA V Vifg 1 ,- f .t, wget' 'iff Zi. f, fi ' ' -, Z ,

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cwldez 'aide maid 'gfwd Right: The band takes the field. Right Middle: The Delta brass line marches down Delta 's Main Street. Bottom righ t: The leader ofthe Big Green Marching Machine directs under the sunset. The Delta Panther Pride Marching Band had a successful year, placing fourth at the Grand Junction marching contest, X first at the Delta state-qualifying contest Nc and then third at the state competition in X Canon City. The band's drum majorette, Amy Hill- man, was voted the outstanding drum major in the class AA at the state competi- tion. She was selected to the All-American Hall of Fame which recognizes outstanding high school musicians. The band director is Loren Huwa. The marching band consisted of nearly 80 members.