Deming High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Deming, NM)

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Ronnie Viramontes elected State President One of the most active organizations at DHS is the Student Council. It oper- ated under the leadership of President Ronnie Viramontes. Vice President Patty Cortez, and sponsors Don Cam- eron, and Mrs. Mar ' Lou Janecka. The Council spent most of its time and effortr sponsoring special activities which make school life more fun for many Wildcats. Projects of the year started with Homecoming and Wildcat Week with student activities including Hat and Button Day, ' 50 ' s day and sock hop. A main project was the annual Christmas Road Block to raise money for their state project at New Mexico Boys Ranch. They collected $93.10 from travelers at the Gage rest s top west of Deming after giving out free coffee and donuts to travelers. Another project was the March of Dimes which brought in 300 from their door-to-door campaign. Deming Student Council won the Sweepstakes award for the school divi- sion in the Centennial Parade. James Benzie accepted the trophy. Sarah Finke was in charge of the time capsule put together as a Centennial project. The Council ' s only fund raising was the operation of the Hut. The winter food drive went poorly with very little participation in the high school, but with better participation in the elementary schools. A workshop on parliamentary procedure was for all Student Council, HOSA, and FHA members. Those attending reviewed how to run an organized meeting cor- rectly. One of their big events was State Convention which was held in Santa Rosa Feb. 12-14. First Vice-President Ronnie Viramontes was elected State President, a first for a DHS Student. Mark Harrison completed his term as Vice-President of the New Mexico Association of Student Councils. Dele- gates to state were Ronnie Viramontes, Patty Cortez, Dina Marquez, Teresa Gifford, Lisa Hooten, Pam Frosch, Craig Harrison, Steve Bean, Elena San- chez, Brent Hunt, Luis Campos, and Mark Harrison. Patty Cortez was elected the new vice-president of the S.W. District Association of Student Councils. 1. Bottom row: Dina Marquez, Barbara Remon- dini, Mary Gaston, JoAnn O ' Donnell, Lettie Roberts, Angela Guiliani, Ronnie Viramontes, and Robin Chrestman. Second row: Bruce McCause. Glenda Troutman, Teresa Gifford, Renne Allen. James Benzie. Luis Campos, Cliff Heller. Sabnna Strathman. Terry Mendoza, Jen- nifer Kleinert. Third row: Mary Gomez. Rosie Garcia, Sally Parra, Jim Heller. Becky Russell, Felicia Valenzuela. Debbie Newman, Kelly Bowen, Tana Poor, and sponsor Mary Lou Janecka. Fourth row: Steve Bean, Pam Frosch. Joe Martinez, Eva Holguin, Craig Harrison, Tammy Hodgkins. Tani Coussins, Yolanda Men- doza, Margarita Tarango, Maria Arrieta, Liz Baeza. Fifth row: Sarah Finke. Allen Poor. Scott Sasser, Brent Hunt, Gloria Padilla, Patty Cortez. Elena Sanchez, Ruby Baca, and sponsor Don Cameron. 2. Lettie Roberts and Kelly Bowen ride on the Student Council float during the Cen- tennial Parade. 3. Angela Guiliani, Luis Campos, and Dina Marquez ride on the Student Council float in the Centennial parade.

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FFA largest student organization The largest student organization at DHS is the Deming Future Farmers of America Chapter. Twenty-seven new members joined the chapter this year to maice a total of 85 members. The annual Greenhand Initiation Cere- mony was held October 20-24 during which Greenhands had to recite the entire FFA creed while sitting on a creed board, wear their clothes back- wards and inside out, eat jalapeiios, wear official dress, wear a diaper and have their hands painted green. For ini- tiation the officers held a Kangaroo Court in which Greenhands had to eat worms (spaghetti), sit on a block of ice and bob their heads in a tub of ice water for onions. During National FFA week the offi- cers put on a Food for America pro- gram for elementary school students. They went to Smith, Memorial, Bell and Chaparral Elementary Schools where they gave a 1-hour demonstra- tion on agriculture and brought ani- mals for the kids to see. The chapter holds a fruit sale every year to earn money to send members to judging contests. The sale was very suc- cessful with more than 1,000 boxes sold and a profit of $1,200. FFA Sweetheart candidates earned points by selling tickets to a raf- fle as well as selling fruit. The raffle was for a single-shot 22 rifle with the drawing held February 14. The rifle was won by Bruce Borden. Barbara Borden earned the most points and was crowned at the FFA sponsored Sweet- heart Dance. The Greenhand Parliamentary Pro- cedure Team competed January 21 in Hatch. The Deming team came home with a first place. Janelda Thompson and Gina Snow competed in the Creed Contest where they took 7th and 9th places. The Livestock Judging Team took a first place at the El Paso International Livestock Show. Roy Formwalt won top individual honors in the FFA com- petition. FFA Sponsor and Vocational Agri- culture teacher, Mike Ellis, called his students a hard-working group and the year a very successful one. He was especially proud of the judging teams who brought home top honors. 1. FFA President Barbara Remondini offers congratulations to Sweetheart Barbara Borden. 2. Green- hands are standing: Mike Reed, Curt Hargrove. George Karr, Veronica Taylor, Kelly Milligan, Anthony Parra, Rusty Eaton, Wesley Peterson. Kneeling: Kelly Gannaway, Janelda Thompson, Barbara Pillar, Tammy Hoist, Kerry Taylor, George Olivas. Sitting: Barbara Borden, Shelley Green, Kendra Zachek, Kevin Taylor, Stacy Crawford, Susie Eversole. 3. Greenhand Kendra Zachek eats a jalapeno for lunch during initiation. I Ui- 142