Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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UIL Difficult prose confuses judges First time in histor , the bond scored Sweepstakes By Rusty Biles Teachers selected top students with the most potential in specific areas of study and attended the District llniversity Interscholastic league con- test at l.amar llniversity in Arlington. An unfortunate circumstance prevented three girls. Carol livans. jill Curry. and julie Pickett frotn placing in the shorthand competition. All three were disqualified. because they sin- gle-spaced instead of double-spaced, Mrs. judy Griggers remarked. ln the typing division, the entries were: Deedee Griggers, Tracey Meier, Sandra Stults. Mary Trimble. and Cheri Green. but none placed in the competition. Kenney Oatman. jeff Curry. and Allison Groschup were entered in Ready Writing. but werent finalists either. They did outstanding, but they were so diffi- cult, technical, and controversial that the judges could not comprehend the magnitude of their original thoughts. difficult prose style and their redulant vocahulary. Mrs. Natalie Wlhitfield. linglish teachers. commented. Cathy Pufall and Sherri Riley were listed in the spelling competition but failed to qualify. We barely got beat. but they knew that Half tom had arrived, for we were strong competitors and will he stronger next year, Mrs. Whitfield said. Rohh White, Kay lford, and Steve Norton attended the speech competition, Rohls scored a four in the field of one to six. and Kay and Steve rated a six, A winner in the lTlI. competition was Clary Ste- gall. Ile won a first in news writing and alternate in editorial writing. Sharon Pelvel and Neal Quimby were also entered hut they didnt place. Cary attended regionals at North Texas State lini- versity. hut didnt make it into the top competia tion. Winning one out of three is good odds, and The drama department entered the lill. one-act play contests at Bowie lligh School. The cast didnt win a group award, hut Cyndi King was announced on the all-star cast. The symphonic and concert bands went to Trinity lligh School for their l'lL cotnpetition. The symphonic hand, in the first division of fixe divisions. became a sweepstakes band. - To make sweepstakes the hand has to receive a one in marching, a one in concert. and a one in sight reading, Ms, Miriam Duell added, lt was the first time in Ilaltom's history that the hand scored such high ratings. lt was also the first time the concert band went to l'lL. The concert hand made a two in concert, a three in sight reading. and this band tnade a higher rating than Richlands concert band, Ms. Duell said, Out of nine hands, the concert band .. ,-. next year were going to enter all the contests, said Mrs.jennifer Tomlinson. journalism teacher. Mark Hoop and Vicki Eviston compete in the UIL won fourth place. Sandy lfastwood. Keith Hughes, Mark Mur- phree. and Steve Norton received a one in the trombone quartet competition and went to Austin for state competition May So. Also. the choir visited Trinity and placed sec- ond in their division. They acquired two ll's and a one in second division rating. At the l ll. Solo and linsemhle Contests. the mixed ensemhle made a one on class one songs, which are the hardest to sing. David Thornburg, lieth lngrahain, julie Brown. Tammy Malone, Dawn Skelton, Becky Smith. and Cary Stegall went to the state contest in Austin on May 51. Cheryl Avery and james Miller also rated l's in the contest. hut since they were in the second division. they could not attend the state contest. ..--.. one Act may Contest' Rick Meisch, Paul Place and Neil Murphy play in UIL competition at UTA stadium.

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LOMPETITION IT- bv 'Q' Heidi Haus W t i 4 gun. qvlnlllug 1-sua: uma any ' I ...it Eb vw, x' fi' ,AR Robert Brooks, Carrie Hart, Paula Carson, and The Gcrrnan cluh's hooth, Heidi Haus . at the Nowcrnherfest won firxt in the computition, TmiRiCh'1 ' D'BC f0'W'Gimm People Ijldyn' ,sf-hx I Debbie McGee twirls in front ofthe hand at the Sam Houston game during halftime,

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UIL ai Q Chris Wharton, David Campbell, Cary Stegall, Andrea Renfro, BJ. Thatcher sing at PTA meeting. jeff Curry picks up his cap and gown in room 51. Neal Quimby models a newly created pair of foil glasses in the journalism room. 's sz VA Sandy Eastwood practices with his trombone in the blind room, which helped him make state in UII. compe- tition. 49