Blacksburg High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Blacksburg, VA)

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Girls ' and Boys ' State Nine se- niors from BHS spent the week of June 13-19, 1976 at the An- nual Girls ' and Boys ' State. The purpose of these programs was to enable students to better un- derstand how the state and na- tional governments operate. The students divided into groups known as cities, and participated in elections and conventions. The BHS representatives to 1976 Girls ' State at Longwood College were: Anne Giles, Ad- rienne Turner, Carol Slayton, and Tammy Wohiford. Alter- nates to Girls ' State were Katie Heiskell, Lisa McDonieis, and Beth Phlegar. The 1976 Boys ' State was held at Lynchburg College and Gary Lytton, Currin Snipes, Scott Worner, Bob Hill, and Skip Lewis represented BHS. OAR The DAR Good Citizenship Award for 1977, sponsored by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was presented to Carol Slayton. The recipient ' s classmates nominated candi- dates and the faculty made the final choice from the top three nominees. Betty Crocker In December, 1976 many seniors participated in the Betty Crocker Testing Program. [ This test included questions from many areas of study, in- cluding homemaking. The recip- ient of the Betty Crocker Award was Beth Benoit. Skip Lewis, Bob Hill, Scott Worner, Currin Snipes, Gory Lytton. Carol Slayton receives the DAR award in 1976 - 77 . Counselor Doris Abraham discusses the importance of the Betty Crocker test with winner Beth Benoit. i 1 13

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Sports At the 1976 Fall Sports i Banquet, seniors athletes received various awards. Gory Taylor was awarded I the most valuable Cross Country Runner Award. In Girls ' Basketball Katie Heisketl received the Top ' Senior Girls ' Basketball ■ Player; Adrienne Turner I was awarded the Team : Player Award; and Lisa I McDaniels was presented i the All ' Round Basketball J Player Award. Sidney Snell a was presented an award for a being the Best Offensive 3 Back and the captain of the team. J.D. Dymock received i the Best Defensive Back i Award and Bob Hill was presented the award for the i Best Offensive Lineman. Gary Raines won the Cap- tain of the Year Award, and | John Moody received the ] Tomahawk Award. j Front: Lisa McDaniels, Adrienne Turner, Sherry Heath. Middle: Bob Hill, Gary Raines, Rick Frederick, Gary Taylor, John Moody. Bock: Sidney Snell, J.D. Dymock. Leah Teakell, Andrew Fairbairn, Charles Adler. PSAT NMSQT Three BHS j seniors were honored with | certificates for extremely ■; high scores in the PSAT • tests taken in the spring of v 1976. Charles Adler, Leah j Teakell, and Andrew Fair- bairn were all semi-finalists ■ in national competition, = scoring in the top 16% in the country. Also honored for high scores with letters of ] commendation were Jim Gaines, Jeff Martens, Cas- J sie Prestrude, Heather ' Cairns and Dean Miller. The tests, taken at the end of the | junior year, tested students in the areas of English, So- ■] cial Studies, Science, and ;; Math. 12

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SEniORS: THE LAST 180 DRYS GIVE OR TRKE R FEUJ Richard Absher Dawn Acuff Charles Adler Mike Akers Patty Albert Ricky Alcorn Patty Allen Russ Andrew Cindy Baker Stuart Baker Beverly Barker Louis Bates Chandra Beane Beth Benoit Mike Bevins Susan Bishop 14 Susan Bland Hugh Bode 1 1 Paula Boles Carlyle Bowers