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

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CONVENTIONS Summer Camps breed success Hy Lisa Atturio Seven organizations attended summer workshops during the months of june- August f all gaining an opportunity to seize tokens of success or to gain the satisfying taste of achievement. Each organization was struggling through the heat wave to be number one during their stay at summer camp. Cheerleaders clench second At the cheerleader camp at East Texas State University july Z0-25, the girls won nine superior ribbons and brought home the spirit stick. showing the squad had lots of spirit. We had to get up at 5 a.m. every morn- ing and work all day with absolutely no breaks? Captain Tammy Simmons exclaimed. Proving their work to be effective was a porn-pon routine championship trophy and a second place in the district championship. ,Steppers generate spirit Highstepper camp was also successful at Southern Methodist I'niversity for officer and drill team camp. The captain and lieutenants attended a clinic at Oklahoma State I'niversity. Captain Deborah Finstad and lieutenant Susan Kuykendall, who later transferred to a school in Houston. won super-star ribbons. Ribbons were awarded to girls that showed pizazz and a bright per- sonality along with excellent ability. accor- ding to Sponsor Dorothy Mize. Two superior ribbons were given to each of the officers - Tammy Woodell, Vicki Bohannon. Susan and Deborah. The officers also attended a camp where Melanie Nowell and Carol Sanderson won outstanding ribbons. The entire drill team won a second place trophy in the pom-pon routine. Individual marching ribbons were awarded to Carol Sanderson. I,ynn Maddox. Cheri Green. Denise Simons, Kim Kingsley, Angie routine from SMU. I,ane, and Deborah Finstad. Dance ribbons went to Leanne Ashley, Cindy Sutherland. Carol Sanderson, Carol Morris. Kim Kingsley and Deborah Finstad. Pom-pon routine ribbons were awarded to Carol Sanderson and Cindy Sutherland. FBLA's slide show wins nationals The first week of july, graduates Lori Martin, I,ori XY'all, Terri Stewart and I,aura Shields along with Mrs. Ila Osborne, sponsor. at- tended the National Conference of Future Business Leaders of America. The members entered their slide presentation. Whats All This Noise About Free Enterprise? complete with a 50-page report in the Business Advocacy Contest which placed first in the Mountain- Plains Region and first in the nation. The Advocacy contest was designed to tell students and the community about free enterprise system. The members attended various workshops and leadership ses- sions and helped campaign for Texas to win the presidency. The members won a plaque for the school and a 3250 grant which was divided equally among the winners. Mrs. Osborne received an Ad- visor Award for outstanding leadership. Senior highsrepper Christie Malone performs jan Officers exchange ideas The Student Council officers attended a Texas Association of Student Councils workshop at Stephen F. Austin State Univer- sity at Nacogdoches. We got together and shared ideas. Treasurer Danny Howeth said. They were divided into hypothetical groups. splitting up officers from the same school. Each group was presented with an imaginary problem, the officers practiced helping their own school, according to Parliamentarian Steve Mylius. UTA hosts rifle drill team Susan Harris and Connie Crouch attended a Rifle Drill Team Clinic at the University of Texas at Arlington, conducted by Sam Houston and ETA senior ROTC drill team cadets. The clinic trained leaders to establish their own high school drill team and to get some ideas, August 6-9. journalists get pointers journalism students attended a workshop at the Iniversity of Texas at Arlington August 5-6. Students were given some pointers on how to assemble an annual or a newspaper. and studied such things as adver- rising. photography and reporting. The entire workshop was not all work though, Sophomore Sharon Pelzel said. One night we all got into the swimming pool and watched the movie Jaws' and the last day we went to Six Flags. The first night of the workshop juniors Steve Mylius and Sandy Harris tied for first place in a dance contest and I,ita Iizell and Cary Stegall captured se- cond place. Band concentrates on rehearsals The bands summer clinic was at the Northwood Institute at Cedar Hill. They stayed there for three days and two nights and concentrated on rehearsals and getting ready for their first performance in marching. The seemingly unbearable summer temperatures resulted in a record breaking heat wave for the season. The 53rd day of 100-degree or higher temperatures, August 14, exceeded 1954's 52-day streak, ac- cording tothe Fort Worth Star Telegram. Numerous deaths coincided with the onslaught of the temperatures. Two consecutive days in june reached 115 degrees of blistering heat. The months of the summer promised to prove the strength and en- durance of loyal. spirited and willing students at camp. Fortunately there were not reports of heat exhaustion or of heat stroke which disabled other Fort Worthians. The average high temperature in August was 102.7 degrees. Texas was almost declared a disaster area due to the continuous heat and the lack of rain. The heat was overbearing. but the participants lived and learned. The notorious summer of 1980 was one to be well-remembered by all. The T-shirt business even made some money off of it saying on proud Texans everywhere, I survived the Texas Heat Wav'el A,

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60 PEP RALLIES Cynthia Buttrill smiles radiantly while dancing to the jazz song the Charleston. Q E Fora final preparation before the game, the football players pay tribute to the Alma Mater. The Coalition of spirit: Qfledjigigjmg V 1 is 1 K m y si' 1 'vsg Q s - O if , , ui P f S. ' K, B 'sg Q ! 'f , 55521 . Roger Smith,johnny Thompson,john Ariarburn and Beth Rowland liven up the scene by playing Sabre Dance. Hy Don Derryberry While the cheerleaders made last minute preparations and the band warmed up their instruments. the student body was steadily making their way into the gym. Another group, the football team, was also getting themselves ready for the upcoming event. Then with a ferocious blast of the opening note ofthe liight Song, the football players clad in white shirts strolled into a deafening void of spirit, Once the crowd settled down, the band ignited the spirit again. Debbie McGee, award winning twirler, performed her weekly routines whihc raised the crowds spirit even more, Then the sharp whistle of drill-team cap- tain. Deborah liinstad. pierced the noise of the crowd, and out marched the llighstep- pers to perform a precision dance routine. liach week the girls introduced a new prop into their routines: porn-pons, gloves, col- ored hand discs, silver streamers, and even a parachute. Next, the cheerleaders led a series of yells, which prepared the crowd for the upcoming phenomenon THE DRUMS. It began with a murmuring chant, faintly heard among the vociferous crowd - drums, drums, - it grew louder and louder Y Drums, DRUMS, -then as the Drums laid down the first blow, the crowd erupted into a vacuum of solid spirit - students and teachers clapping rhythmically with each ear- splitting beat. As the last pulse of the drums sounded, the cheerleaders assembled one of their many human pyramids. The cheerleaders emerged from a disintegrating pyramid lead- ing the fans on the opposing sides of the gym in the Orange vs. Black yell. Tossing the 3