Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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l97I SAGA Named Winner AT TJCPA ConvenTion The l97I SAGA, was named SweepsTal4es winner Tor Division I oT The Texas Junior College Press AssociaTion yearbook compeTi- Tion aT The 47Th Annual TJCPA awards assembly OCT. 24, I97l. This year The convenTion was held in coniuncTion wiTh The Associ- aTed CollegiaTe Press ConvenTion aT The STaTler l-lilTon in Dallas. The I97I GRAPHIC, GCC's sTu- denT newspaper was also judged in The assembly. Jim PouTs, lasT year's phoTographer was awarded TirsT place and honorable menTion Tor his phoTos. Carl Duvall placed Third Tor his TeaTure phoTography, and Ken Cogburn, sporTs ediTor Tied Tor Third place wiTh his sporTs column. lTopl lT was a Time Tor pride, as Dana Phillips, I972 SAGA ediTor, and Gary D. Green, SAGA sponsor, displayed The TruiTs oT Their labor . . . The SweepsTalces award won by The l97l SAGA. lleTTl A solemn accepTance oT an award well earned was The reacTion oT Ken Cogburn, sporTs ediTor Tor boTh SAGA and GRAPHIC sTaTTs. Cogburn received a Third place award Tor his sporTs column in The GRAPHIC.

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Lf. Governor Ben Barnes As Seen . af fhe faculfy recepfion af fhe press conference backsfage onsfage Barnes Speaks Af Porfraif Dedicafion Lf. Governor Ben Barnes flew in by helicopfer from Dallas fo speak fo fhe sfudenf body af fhe formal dedicafion of Dr. Sfarlcs' oil porfraif fo fhe college on November IO. Affer a brief inferview af KXII-TV sfafion Barnes affended a press conference and faculfy recepfion before speaking fo fhe sfudenf body. The candidafe for Governor in fhe 72 elecfion expressed his views on The lmporfance of fhe Youfhful Vofer fo fhe many eligible I8 year old sfudenfs. Barnes ouflined a plan for fhe rewrifing of fhe sfafe consfifufion, which he feels is oufdafed. Barnes also gave his sfand on ofher issues before opening fhe fallc fo quesfions from fhe sfudenfs. Lf. Governor Ben Barnes and his wife Nancy sfopped af fhe local felevi- sion sfafion for a brief inferview abouf recenf polifical issues before con finuing fo GCC for a scheduled fallc fo fhe sfudenf body. 132

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Law Enforcemenf Classes Offered Police Cerfificafion Grayson Counfy College Law Enforce- menf Program offered an associafe degree and also cerfificafion for po- lice officers in fhe field. Enrollmenf in bofh fhe nighf and day classes fofaled abouf 70, wifh 55 sfu- denfs working for an associafe degree and I5 worlcing for fhe I4O hour cerfi- ficafion which is mandafory for all po- lice officers. Courses offered were: fraffic, juvenile and communify relafions, criminal law, evidence and procedure, police ad- minisfrafion, offensive and defensive facfics, adminisfrafion of iusfice, and criminal invesfigafion. Billie Meadors, employed af fhe Grayson Counfy Sheriff's deparfmenf, showed Sfeve Jackson, Jerry Pierce and Ed Col- vin fhe procedure for a body search. I34 1 I lnsfrucfor Jerry Bardwell demonsfrafes fhe proper procedure for lo d' 'fl f lv1'lc Bledsoe, Larry Lane and Buddy Viers. 6 mg a rl e O I e '14 Jerry Pierce, Norfh Park securify guard, and Billie Meadors, Grayson Coun- fy Sheriff employee inspecf one of fhe hand guns furnished by fhe college for fhe law enforcemenf program.