Lake Hamilton High School - Wolf Howl Yearbook (Pearcy, AR)

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1 -Sophomores-Top Row- John McKinzie, Chris Hancock, Greg Boarman, Keith Berry, Chad Stewart, Westley Chitwood. Darren Cavela, Monroe Loy, Mark Faulkner, Tim Evans, Frankie Williams, Tom Crom, John Johnson, Ronny Berry, Mike Brown, John Jacobs, Dennis Henry, Second Row-Karen LaValle, Jeff Sanders, Randy Suit, Kevin Norman, Steven Kymes, Greg Sheets, Todd Sturgill, Eddie Young, Norman Huggs, Greg Smith, Martin Jingle, Richard Kassaw. 2-Roger Hutter and Carolyn Eudy greeting National F.F.A. President Doug Rinker in Washington, D.C. 3-Clay Elmore drives the F.F.A. float in the Christmas parade. 4-Top Row: Todd Sturgill, Sentinel; Lee Davis, Secretary; Caroline Eudy, Vice- President; Roger Hutter, President; Kenny Knox, Treasurer; Leslie Brown, Jr. Advisor; Susan Easton. Librarian; Nancy Grey, Reporter. F.F.A 81

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FFA: Farmers Facing The Future FFA, the Future Farmers of America. This active club is organ- ized to help students prepare for careers in the Agricultural field. It emphasizes the development of leadership skills and leadership in their agricultural careers. What do the members of FFA do? They take field trips to agri- businesses for awards in local, state, and national levels. They travel to participate in these contests as close as home or as far away as Kansas City or anywhere in the world. They also are involved in many communi- ties projects to help make our city more attractive. Our FFA is very active in competitions. In March and April of 1980, they competed at the District and State levels. At District they were over all Sweepstakes winners. That is an overall amount of points in all events combined. The events they were in and the team members are: 1st place Electrification; Billy Catlett, Gerald Braziel, Mike Nor- man, and Russell Neese. 1st place Mechanics; Danny Chase, Tommy Johnson, and Tim Rascoe. 2nd place Forestry; Steve Vanlandingham, Kenny Knox, Billy Catlett and alternates Richard Kassaw and Jamie Bradley. Snd place Extem- poraneous Speaking; Nancy Gray, Snd place Parliamentary Procedures; Danny Chase, Lee Davis, Greg Bunn, Rocky Hall, Mark Smith, Rusty Hawkins, Doug Castleberry, and Tommy Johnson. 3rd place Dairy Products; Russell Huggs, Lydell Lively, and Kelly Robbins, 3rd place Meats; Mark Smith, Tavie O ' Neal, and Todd Meredetb. Also, Steve VanLandingham in Forestry, Billy Catlett in Electricity, Danny Chase in Mechanics, and Lydell Lively in Dairy Products won high individual awards for being scored the highest of all in points. At State they were awarded: Snd place Electrification; Snd place Mechanics; 4th place Livestock; Roger Hutter, Carolyn Eudy, Susan Easton, Robert Wright, and Todd Sturgill, 4th place Meats, 6th place Horticultural (Plant I.D.); Nancy Gray, Leslie Brown, Carolyn Eudy, and Steve VanLandingham. They attended Cooperation Camp the first week in June. At camp they learned how co-ops are run and operated. They even had their own business set up during that week in which they operated and kept books. Nancy Gray, Susan Easton, and Billy Catlett attended. During the second week in June, our FFA attended Youth Conserva- tion Camp at Arkansas T ' ech College in Russellville. They learned about all forms of Conservation. Nancy Gray, Carolyn Eudy, and Kenny Knox attended. June 15-SS, our FFA was lucky enough to go to Washington D.C. Only S students from Lake Hamilton attended and only 37 students from Arkansas Juniors-Top row: Caroline Eudy, Dale Bates, Gerald Braziel, Dale Weston, Jamie Bradley, Dale Robbins, Brian NeaS, Paul Coleman, Wayne Shirley, Johnny Ammons, Todd Meredith, James Kingery, Mitch Harris, Tim Jones, Ricky West, Joe LaValle. Robert Wright, Bobby Elliott. Second Row: Susan Easton, Scott Gladden, Mike Norman, Russ Bounds, David Orrell, Warren Cox, Greg Crone, Nancy Gray, Steve Timbs. 80 FFA

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could attend. These lucky people were Carolyn Eudy and Roger Hutter. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel also went as chaperones. It was a National Leaders Workshop where they learned leadership and responsibili- ties. They also were taken on tours around spots such as, Mt. Vernon and some of the other old historical sites. In May was the State FFA Convention. It was conducted as a business meeting and for the electing of new officers. Also, it was used to present the awards to the members who were honored. In September, we had our annual Garland County Fair. Our FFA entered several contests and came out with several winners. Todd Sturgill had a Grand Champion Steer and Mark Berry won showman- ship in Beef Cattle. Carolyn Eudy, Susan Easton, Karen Easton, Ricky West, Steve Timbs, and Monroe Loy also competed in other contests. At the District Fair, the FFA competed again and turned out winners. Dale Weston won Showman- ship in Beef and Mark Berry placed third. Robert Wright, Todd Sturgill, Karen Easton, Carolyn Eudy, and Susan Easton also participated. When the State Fair rolled around the FFA had five members attend. They were: Robert Wright, Todd Sturgill, Susan Easton, Karen Easton, and Carc ' yn Eudy. They competed in hogs and fatef . They hope to have more members participate next year. November the 11th through the 15th our FFA attended the National FFA Convention in Kansas City, Kansas. We had seven members attend. They were Lee Davis, Robert Wright, Todd Sturgill, Carolyn Eudy, Nancy Gray, Susan Easton, and Leslie Brown. These members listened to speakers, attended ban- quets, looked on at contests, saw slides and listened to tapes at workshops, and also looked on at the awards ceremonies. Preston Smith, a graduate of Lake Hamilton, ran for national office this year. Only one person from each state can run for this office. He did not get elected into this office but Lake Hamilton should be pleased that one of their graduates could be honored to have run for an office. The upcoming schedule for our busy FFA this year, include: February 19-FFA Leadership Workshop February 16-20-National FFA Week March 5-Sub Area Leadership in Speaking and Parlimentary Procedures Contests March 13 and 27-District FFA Judging Contest April 25-FFA Banquet for recognizing special adults, students, and installation of new officers. May 27 and 28-FFA State Convention June 5 and 6-FFA sponsored High School Rodeo. Because of her outstanding qualifications and smiling enthu- siasm, our FFA has chosen Katrina Tillery as the 1980-81 FFA Sweeth- eart. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Tillery. She is a very active member of FHA and is the Federation 1st Vice-President. She enjoys the outdoor life and has much respect for our future farmers, for she is a future homemaker.