Brunswick High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Lawrenceville, VA)

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We Know Our Hogs The Future Farmers of America Swine Judging Team won the Annual Judging con¬ test at the Virginia Fair grounds. Brunswick’s Team, one of approximately 100 teams participating, scored 556 of a possible 600 points. Tony Barnes scored 133 points; Gerard Wilson scored 130 points; Matthew Johnson scored 143 points, and Charles Wright made a per¬ fect score of 150 points. First Year Student Wins Recognition Students from the dis¬ tributive education classes participated in the 79 DECA Competitive Events held in Danville, Virginia. The events included areas covered in a distribu¬ tive education class such as general merchandising, selling, marketing, advert¬ ising and displaying merchan¬ dise. Shawn Johnson com¬ peted in general merchan¬ dising and received a second place rating. This was an outstanding rating because Shawn was in his first year of distributive education while many of his competitors had taken the subject for as many as three years. Future Politicians Are Off to Washington Dan Avent and Lawrence Ma- jette participated in Southside Electric Cooperative’s Youth —Energy —Government Fair and won an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. Prior engage¬ ments prevented Dan Avent from making the tour; however, Lawrence went and enjoyed every minute. During the tour, Lawrence, along with 900 juniors from ap¬ proximately 345 states and five provinces, had the opportunity to confer with their congressmen and senators and to attend com¬ mittee meetings on Capitol Hill. Tony Barnes reviews the rules for swine judging. “Pork Chops, anybody?” Winning the FFA proficiency award in swine production was Stephen Spence. This award is a special project of the National FFA Foundation sponsored by Pfizer, Inc. “Contact Steve if you are looking for prime stock!” Shawn Johnson rates second in DECA competition. FFA DECA 7

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Need information on “inflation ? Contact Sandra Smith. Bobby Blackwell and Curtis Starke are laying the founda¬ tion for a future partnership in the contracting business. Skilled Builders at Work First Place in Forensic Competition Several BSHS students par¬ ticipated in the Southside Dis¬ trict Forensic Meet at Longwood College. Winners were Sandra Smith, first place in girls extemporaneous speak¬ ing. Derrick Mays placed third in the boys poetry reading con¬ test. During the Regional Forensic Meet at Old Dominion Univer¬ sity, Sandra and William cap¬ tured third place in extem¬ poraneous speaking. This rating did not permit them to enter state competition; nevertheless, the experiences which they received while competing at the district and regional levels were invaluable. Bobby Blackwell and Curtis Starke attended the District II VIC A Conference and partici¬ pated in the skills contest. Curtis received the District II Carpentry Skills Award. If there is someone present who has “the gift of gab, please stand up! This gift paid off for William Powell, Jr., at the district forensic meet, for he had no troubie at all capturing first place in boys extemporaneous speaking. He lectured for approximately four minutes on “Salt II and Its Effects on World Peace. Luckily, when the topics were tossed into the hat at the district forensic meet, Sandra drew a topic relating to one which she had previously researched for a term project in her advanced grammar and composition class. She was so comfortable with her topic that she plastered her chewing gum to the side of her teeth and let the words flow. Even with the “chewing gum penalty, she still received first place in girls extemporaneous speaking. 6 Forensic VICA

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Coach Honored for Coach Gerald Burke was honored as the 200-plus game winner at a combination “Roast” and ‘‘This Is Your Life” held at Nottoway Restaurant. Approximately forty school officials, friends, and former basketball players turned out to honor him. Among the mementos which he received were his first coaching shirt (a boy’s size 5) and a copy of his own book, All I Know About Basketball, which contained his pic¬ ture, editorial comments from famous college coaches, and about 200 blank pages. Coach Burke, a basketball star at Emory and Henry College, was the school’s top scorer during each of his four years, and as a senior he was one of the top ten scorers in the state. This impressive athletic record accounts for his superb ability to coach his team to victory. Dr. William T. Powell presented Coach Burke with a plaque in honor of his 200th victory. Dr. William T. Powell presented Coach Burke a partially deflated basketball, supposedly the one Burke used to score his first points as a freshman at Emory and Henry. 8 200th Victory