Calallen High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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Which way do I go? Tressa Tennill, senior, instructs fellow senior Pat Barnet to the finish line in the back seat driving competition. l 1 5 ! It's in the bag. Ag members panicipate in the sack race for the first annual Ag Olympics. , FFA 5 Q4 Pile it on. Jim Smith, senior, quickly po sand in his wheelbarrow for the wheelb row race.

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S.l!!.EE..lL' !-l.ift..E.E.'3llE Wearing boots and speaking with a Texas drawl aren't the characteristics of a Voca- tional Agriculture student. Some people seem to think a person has to adore animals and listen to country music to be in ag, but that is not the case here. Ag is a class that a person can take without bein a redneck, or a farmer, or someone whgjikes animals, Scott Dean, sophomore sat . Many students join because it is some- thing the have seen others do and thought it would be interesting. I always saw people in ag wearing their FFA jackets when I was growing up, Dale Emshoff, senior, said. ln ag you are your own person with lots of freedom and that is why I decided to stay in it all my high school 'years. The apparent qualities of a good ag stu- dent are determination, willingness, and loyalty to the club. There are many different types of stu- dfents in ag because ag is a different type of c ass. Lori Pilgrim, junior, said, Until I was in- volved in ag, l looked at it as an ordinary cilub. But now I realize it is much more than t at. H if It's finally here! FFA members begin the long process of collect- ing and distributing the fruit that sold throughout the community. Representing the FFA as sweet- heart for the 1986-87 school year is Kathleen Hopkins, senior, es- corted by Trace Blair, sopho- more, vice president, FFA O

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Watching the action. Seniors, Kelly Craven and Tressa Tinnell take a break from the ag olympics. Striving for victory. Billy Reynolds, senior, puts his muscles to work in the tug-of-war game. LUBS THAT SERVE , ll work deserves some play l On your mark, get set, go! l And they're off! l On a bright sunny Saturday, Ag ptudents gathered together to per- brm the impossible, well almost mpossible. It was the first annual Ag Dlympics, which was held all day in March 17. Students participated in activi- ies such as the egg toss, tractor Jull, hog calling and a tug of war. Ag Olympics was basically a day where all the students in ag got together and had a ood time com- peting in ag relatec? games, Scott Dean, sophomore, said. We wer- en't there to prove anything to Eanyone, butjust to go out and have un. Many FFA members felt that Ag Olympics was a good opportunity to get together and do something out of the ordinary. It was great! lerrold Basaldua, sophomore, said. It was something different from dloing classwork or working in the s op. Other events ofthe day were the sackrace, an obstacle course, hay hauling, grain scooping and horse- shoes. Cheryl Rathke, junior, said This year's first annual Ag Olympics was anloxther success of the Calallen FF . FFA Q