Lubbock Cooper High School - Pirate Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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ANNUAL ANNUAL STAFF: FRONT ROW: B. Stone. T. Brannon. SECOND ROW: K. Jones. T. Wil- liams, C. Spratlen. R. Flournoy. BACK ROW: T. Dyess, L. Scott, S. Payton. State Awards Garnered by Staffs Both publication staffs gar- nered top awards in the state journalism contest. The year- book staff received second place in state wide AA schools compe tition. Kayla Jones, Steve Pay- ton, Lisa Scott, and Brenda Stone won eight individual awards, more than any other school of any size in the state. On the newspaper staff, Lynette Martin won second on sports photograph and Clay Kennedy won third on an illustration. The newspaper staff strived to publish more feature articles on current issues such as drugs and alcohol. Problems such as financing, trying to sell ads every week, and ruined film, were only a few that arose throughout the year. Daily tasks of editor Kar- nella Alexander and staff con- sisted of planning pages for the monthly “Anchor, ad collect- ing, pasting-up layouts, and developing pictures. Skills required for annual staff mem- bers included organization, research, writing, and photogra- phy. The ten member staff slaved'’ intently to meet each deadline because of the large amount of pages each member was assigned. Details of num- bering, lettering, and cropping pictures, tic marks, and correct- ing typing errors challenged each member’s patience until the final deadline. Both staffs sponsored movies as a fund- raising project. (a) Annual sponsor, Patti Payton answers one of the many questions from staff members, (b) Senior Veronica Reed joined the staff after Christmas to assist the staff with miscellaneous tasks, (c) Candy Spratlen and Renee Flournoy work diligently cropping pictures and typing rough drafts. Annual • 29

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NEWSPAPER (a) Sponsor Gail Platt works on layout for a spring edition of “The Anchor.” (b) Carla Gentry and Lynette Martin prepare to take pictures during class, (c) Learn- ing to develop film is a task for senior Missy Cooper, (d) Cinda Ethridge. Kar nella Alexander, and Clay Kennedy ‘paste up” the layout, (e) Receiving awards at the state ILPC convention are: Lynette Martin, Kelli Hendrie, Cinda Eth- ridge, Judy Barnell, and Karnella Alexan- der. (f) Typing articles for the weekly mimeographed newspaper are Tonya Scott, Laura Arnold, and Sara Aleman. 28 • Newspaper

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FFA Ag Projects Leave No Time Fairs, stockshows, and con- tests left little time for FFA mem- bers to breath. Crop fairs were held at South Plains and Cooper. Citrus fruit sales and sausages became the money-making pro- ject. FFA members attended five stockshows, all the way from Dallas to Houston. Four individu- als placed from Breeder Cham- pion to First Place. With one-hundred and four members, FFA was able to organize seven different judging teams. They were: Livestock team which placed second at San Angelo; Dairy Cattle — first at West Texas State; Meats team; Land team — second at Texas Tech; Wool team — first at District; Cotton team — third at District. The Mechanics team placed first at South Plains Co- op Contest and at District. Steve Payton was high point of the Welding contest. The FFA banquet awards were given for: Star Greenhand — Lynn Smith, Star Chapter Farmer — Cliff Heinrich, Outstanding Leadership — Burt Heinrich, Ag Mechanics — James Dunnum, Swine Production — Kyle Vin- son, Sheep Production — Victor Gonzales, Cotton Production — Steve Payton. Officers for the Greenhand Chapter were: L. Smith — pres., R. Kennedy — vice pres., C. Swan — sec., M. Daniel — treas., A. Sparkman — rep., S. Hockenberry — sent. Senior Chapter Officers were: B. Heinrich — pres., T. Dunn — vice pres., C. Pinkerton — sec., J. Noblett — treas., C. Heinrich — rep., D. Pounds — sent. (a) Victor Gonzales proudly displays his sheep that won Grand Champion prize at the Cooper Livestock Show (b) Dean Heinrich stands with his Grand Cham- pion winning calf at the Cooper Livestock Show, (c) Burt Heinrich helps Terri Dunn get the pigs ready to show. 30 • FFA