Hellgate High School - Halberd Yearbook (Missoula, MT)

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Students learn marketing skills through DECA The sun’s so bright—Sophomore Tyler Grimm is blinded by the Califor- nia sun while in San Diego on the DECA trip. DECA members—Left to right: Mark Ritzheimer, Kerry Hanson, Loucinda Foster, Tim Mitchell, Tara Hays, Stacie Jacobsen, Meagan Gillespie, Pam Nordwick, Nissa Gibbs, and Jennie Waddell. DECA is a club that focuses on the developing of marketing skills. They go to career developing con- ferences, compete in state and regional competitions and mainly learn what the business world is like. This year's club at Hellgate had thirteen members and their advisor was Brad Hart. They went ot San Diego for the Western Regional Leadership Con- ference. Thirteen states were involv- ed, about 24,000 participants. DECA raised money many dif- ferent ways. They sold T-shirts, caps, candybars and had a con- cesson stand at the Rocky Moun- tain Classic Wrestling Tournament. They also raised money through the school store, the Trading Post. Loucinda Foster, DECA’s treasurer, said DECA has given her “more of an understanding of what business would be. Second childhood—Seniors Nissa Gibbs and Jennie Waddell enjoy a carousel ride while in San Diego on a DECA trip. 20 DECA

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Speech and Debate Just sitting around—Assistant speech coach Ben Koppel sits while waiting for a speaker. Hellgate has the largest speech and debate team in Missoula. The team is made up of freshman, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The team competes in eight or nine meets a year all over western Montana. There are two debate events and seven speech events. In debate there is team debate and Lincoln- Douglas. In speech there is ex- pository, original oratory, im- promptu, serious and humorous in- terpretation, memorized public ad- dress and extemporanious speaking. This year at the state meet, which was held in Missoula, Hellgate placed fifth. Individual winners were Tara Hayes, who took second in expository speak- ing, Ann Eagle took third in im- promptu, Sarah Harington took third in memorized public add- dress and Amina Chaddar and John Lott placed eighth in team debate. A few ideas—Speech and debate coach, Beth Robbins gives junior Tara Hayes a few hints on her speech. Speech Debate 19

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Key Club donates time, money to charities Members Key Club is an international organization that does community Kerry Routh, Kirsten Williams, and service work. This year, at Kerry Hanson, Lee Beckner, Hellgate, there were 40 members Emily Bullis, Tara Hayes, Tri involved. They raised money for Pham, John Curtis, Missy Kaul, charities, helped with the special Kristen Mainwaring, Cinda Olympics, made cookies for nurs- Williams, Debbie Burleigh, ing homes and made food baskets Solveig Hanson, Tom Polzin, An- for the Poverello Center, na Volinkaty, Carter Roy, Ethan They also put on the Homecom- Cranger, John Stone, John Lott, ing and Sadie Hawkins dances. The Serendia Compton, Abbey money from those dances went to Larango, Tung Pham, Shane help the needy. Clouse, Liz Ballinger, Nerissa Key Club is available to people Koehn, Sarah Knight, Yasmin of all ages. For the junior high level Medera, Kim Neilson, Paige (seventh and eighth graders), it’s Torgerson, Pattie Polakow, called the builders. At the college Kerry Gallagher, Sacha level, it’s called circle K and for Panarella, Dana Clawson, Jill adults, the Kiwanis. Conrad, Christy Wilcox, Kathy Lewis, Heidi Hagemeier, Brandi Cortright, Carrie Curtis, Jennifer Morris, Melissa Mathews, Sher- rie Polakow, Amy Herman Kerry Routh, president of Hellgate’s Key Club said “it’s fun, and a great way to meet people.” Key Club has officers who are elected like president, governors, etc. The state wide convention, in Kalispell this year, is where they ran for offices in state and dsitrict areas. Some organizatons Hellgate’s Key Club helps with, or donates money to are Missoula Youth, March of Dimes walk-a-thon, and Muscular Distraphy. John Cebert, Hellgate’s Key Club advisor, said that Key Club “helps kids to learn what it’s like to work with a professional organization. Key Club 21