Newcastle High School - Blue Racer Yearbook (Newcastle, OK)

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The Dumb-bell Bowl, a Lettermens1 Club money-raising effort, attracted TV coverage. The bowl pitted two teams ot Newcastle women in tackle foot- ball. A camera crew was filming this prac- tice session with Coach Jay Barnett. In This Section: Academics: 10-21 Clubs: 25-29, 39-41 Sports: HS: 30-38 JH: 42-47 SCRAPBOOK DIVISIOIM 7

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ScrapB k Activity-wise the gas shortage interfered mainly with people enjoying the activities, as gas short- ages and prices made it difficult to get to away games and the like. High school music en- rollment leaped up to 150 the first semester, but dropped to 130 the sec- ond semester with higher gas prices and the threat of gas rationing. Athletically the high school girls' basketball team and junior high foot- ball team proved the most successful, the latter win- ning the district champion- ship, and the former ranked as one of the top girls' basketball teams in the state. Skits like this one were performed at pep assemblies held week- ly during most of the football and basketball seasons, helping stress school spirit.

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ABOVE: Lisa Babb, and RIGHT: Kathy Nunn. NHS Students Speak: The Energy Crisis, Energy Conservation, and Distrust Expressing their opinions on the energy crisis and their parts in it were the first and third hourTypingl classes. None of the pa- pers mention the involuntary effort involved when the steam heaters broke three days in the dead of the winter. TUTTLE LUMBER COMPANY is the place to get good lumber at good prices. We sell any kind of lumber for any occasion—fences, homes, dog houses, and even play props. See us for all your building needs. Come by the yard or call 381-2383 for service. 8 THE ENERGY CRISIS First of all, I am cutting back on my gas consumption; I feel this is the first step in conserving any type of fuel. Also I recently gave my car a tune-up to make sure the gas I am burning is not wasted. A clean air filter will also boost gas efficiency. Also we have turned down our thermostat as the President advised. These are just a few small things Americans can do but all add to the conserv- ing of our nations' energy problems. David Steffes Well, they say there's an energy crisis. Today, that's about all you hear about. A month ago, it was Watergate. So I guess there must be something all the time. Well, I'm doing something to conserve energy. It may not be much, but it's something. I also think that the whole thing of this energy shortage is overdone and exaggerated. I ad- mit, there's a shortage of fuel but I don't think it's as bad as people make it sound. Denna Wallis