North Garland High School - Marauder Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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Both important and satisfying, I got to meet people from other schools. Jill Albertson sparks students' participation Silhouetted by lights from the midway, parents and friends watched 19 Junior Miss competitors perform. ln less than an hour, the 1984 Garland Junior Miss would be announced and three days of Labor Day festivities would close with the crowning of a North Garland senior, Tiffany Turner. Work on the midway booths began the Friday night before the holiday. Students working for their classes set up games, such as skeeball, dart throw, basket toss and cat throw. lt's great. You get to talk to new people you don't even know, said Sophomore Aron Riffe, while working at a booth sponsored by DeMolay. Labor Day itself began with the annual city parade led by cheerleaders, Mam'selles, band, LaPetites and a Sam's Posse truck. While Varsity Cheerleader Shelley Zachary drove a golf cart through the streets, at one point she collided with in events April Edwards, a Mam'selle. Meanwhile, the Stars and Stripes Forever was the pace- setter for the marching units. Earlier Saturday and Sunday, Junior Miss contestants competed in talent and physical fitness performances. Tiffany won in both categories, while Linda Herklotz also won in talent, and Jill Henderson won Spirit of Junior Miss. Of the 30 girls, 17 were from NG, and 7 of the 30 PERFORMING HER ON ROUTE TO CENTRAL WINNING TALENT PARK, Junior Drum Major Nick ROUTI NE, Tiffany Turner Karudimos helps conduct the dances to All That Jazz for the band in Stars and Stripes second night ofthe Junior Miss competition. Tiffany also won in physical fitness and won the coveted Junior Miss titlc. Plwlo by Bryan Cumby Forever for the annual Labor Day parade. Phulo by Bryan Cumby were finalists. Linda was the fourth place finalist. lt took so long to get here, and now it's gone, said Toni Harris, a contestant, after the last group performance. Students broke down the midway booths and asked each other about the Cowboy game they had missed. Backstage, newly made friends departed for home as the midway lights went out. ,ff r Y-,,.-f 0199 EARLY IN THE PARADE. Varsity Cheerleaders Leah Rodriquez, Tami Jellison and Karen Rotunda leave from the Garland Park and Ride. As the last unit in the parade, North Garland was delayed more than an hour. Labor Day 3

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High school was an experience I would not have missed. I ' ,N Pam Barnes ' 1 -f ..:.'?i . , g V 1.:.a1f . W Y i - if , L V ., .sf it ,g .1 Li -9 Farewell honors are awarded to '83 graduates Awards and graduation days are both signs that the end is here. These events are the finale to some of the happiest and most fulfilling times in life, but they are also the beginning to a new life in a big world. To ease the strain of starting anew, a few individuals received scholarships and awards, which were earned on the basis of their academic and extracurricular standings. Ending the awards ceremonies, Principal Gary Reeves announced the 97 honor AS EACH GRADUATE OF 1984 receives his diploma, Mrs. Nell Jackson finishes a four year project by announcing them. Pholo by Russell Duckworth AFTER BEING PRESENTED AS VALEDICTORIAN, Barbara Seilheimer shows her spirit while singing the Alma Mater. Photo by Bryan Cumby I, 4' -Av X ALEXANDRA ALESKOVSKY GAVE HER SALUTATORIAN SPEECH as Dr. Eli Douglas, superintendant, and Tammy Fraley, junior, listen. Pholo by Russell Duckworth students out of 498 graduates. Graduation was held May 28, 1983, at Moody Coliseum on the Southern Methodist University campus. Promptly at 10 a.m., Pomp and Circumstance broke the nervousness that was hanging in the muggy air, as the 1983 graduates proceeded to their assigned seats. ln his speech Mr. Reeves said that this class always charged forward without ever taking a step backward. In Alexandra Aleskovsky's salutatorian speech, she gave a recipe for success in high school, including two main ingredients, Moptimism and dedicationf' Choked with emotion, Barbara Ann Seilheimer ended the speeches with emphasis upon the imporant needs in high school: Glove and support? After receiving their diplomas, the class draped in red and black gowns threw their caps high in the air as a sign of joy and relief, closing an important chapter of their lives. AS HE SHAKES PRINCIPAL GARY REEVES' HAND, Derrick Castell receives his diploma at Moody Coliseum, on Saturday, May 28, 1983. Photo by Russell Duckworth Awards DayfGraduation 15