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

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Prisoners' stories get attentio Inmates told of personal experiences with drugs, alcohol, and prist Assemblies tended to range from educa- tional to entertaining programs. Osiris rocked I-laltom, Balfour presented infinite variations of the senior ring, the Air Force Country and Western Band stomped out a selection of good ol' songs, and Mrs. JoAnne Kelly laid down the rules, all in the same place - the auditorium. Not all the students enjoyed each assembly, or paid much attention to what was said, but as long as they got out of class, who complained? On the morning of yet another assembly, over 1200 students crammed their way into the auditorium. Some laughed and talked to the person next to them, while others at- tempted to converse at the top of their lungs with a friend two sections over. Eventually, teachers brought the mass of students into a semblance of order. Those people who bothered to settle down noticed three young, cleancut men sit- ting in chairs on stage. Once the auditorium became fairly quiet, Principal Tommy Hays introduced Mr. Ray Terry, Assistant Direc- tor of the Texas Department of Corrections, He in turn presented the three men, convicts who were currently serving time for felonies. At the sophomore orientation assembly, juniors Brenda Silva and Sidne Armstrong walk up on stage after they are announced student council officers. ASSEMBLIES Each told his story, describing the cir- cumstances leading to conviction and jail sentences. The first inmate was Kelly, a 20-year-old from Houston. Kelly worked for a concert promoter and stated that his job included in- volvement in quite a bit of drugs. One night at a party after a Journey concert, Kel- ly, wasted after taking a gram and a half of coke and four joints, was asked by his boss to return a briefcase to the office. On the way, Kelly looked inside it and found 328,000 He and some friends decided to live on the money in Colorado. He was sentenced to three years for that mistake. The next speaker was 22-year-old Richard. As a young teenager, he raced motorcross bikes and was ranked third in the nation. Yet after starting to use drugs, he went Mfrom best to worst. His attitude had changed and he just didn't care about anything, except drugs. By the time he reached his eighteenth birthday, Richard had become a dealer, and had started stealing to support his own drug habit. He was arrested while on probation and sentenced to ten years for theft. The last prisoner was a 19-year-old fi Arlington. I am serving five years for voluntary manslaughter, said Roli soberly. After getting drunk in a bar, he wen' pick up his girlfriend. Police tried to pull I over for speeding but he only drove fas After more police cars and even a helicop joined the chase, he hit a car broadside ai intersection, the elderly couple in the was killed. This crime will hang over my head fo: long as I live, said Robert. When question and answer time roi around, one student, in a small quavei voice asked, Is physical abuse commor prison? There is no abuse by the guards, plained Kelly, but there's violence am- the inmates. He and the other prisoners went on to plain what life was like in prison and 4 phasize how detrimental drugs and alco could be to someone's life. At the end of the assembly, students f out silently, in quite a different manner fn the way they had enteredl Mr. Ray Terry, Assistant Director of the T Department of Corrections introduces threj mates from Huntsville prison, Robert, Rich. and Kelly.

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wsu, E f Af , , During the third period assembly, seniors Sandi Harris fMammy Yokumb and Del Pentecost lliarthquake McGoonJ inform the student body of the contents of the next scene entitled the Cornpone Square. Y x K if' ix As Creighton, junior Eric Muehlmann, thinks he's outrun the chase, Scarlet, junior Susan Stringfellow, is in the process of catching her mate on Sadie Hawkin's Day, Converting the stage into a fishing hole, junior Greg Sanders la cronyj and senior David Thorn- burg CAbnerJ discuss their dmthers or choices they could take in life. LI'L ABNER

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K fzfm.A,p1. ww- -wg, 1 Junior Slade Manus hams up his own impression of Elvis as he takes the stage during the Rick Presley concert put on in the auditorium. At the senior program to raise money for the prom, the unidentified bagman made several unscheduled appearances. .5 E A 'int-4 IL gig' A . Senior Robb White plays R2-D2 in the student participation production of Star Wars inspired by members of the pop music group Freefare. The rock group Osiris, with senior Brent Daniel as lead singer, plays favorite rock songs to raise money for the PTA. ASSEMBLIES