North Mesquite High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Mesquite, TX)

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' QQEAYS ,,f 'J CD ff! -l lg hifi News and Editorials. Carroll Brown, editor, Melanie Johnson, asst. ed., and Gina Bailey. Becky Stuard, editor and DeLeigh Bardwell, asst. ed Ads. Joy Purvis, Bus. Mgr., and Roe England. Pony Express 27

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Between Lines The door to the journalism room opened to seventeen students feverishly working on the Pony Express. One immediately senses the anxiety of the approaching deadline. As Ms. Janet Jones stated, Deadlines can best be described as World War Ill, As the World Turns, and Nightmare Alley rolled into a one week period. The interesting phenomenon about the day after deadline is that everyone turns back from Hyde to Jekyl again, and the cycle repeats itself for every issue. No matter how chaotic the staff seemed, they always produced an award winning paper. During the summer, staffers attended a workshop at Mountain View College. Gwen Meazell won Best the Newspaper Design and the staff received Best Overall. In District UIL, Gwen Meazell placed first in News and second in Features, while Becky Stuard received first place for headlines and third for Editorials. ln the ILPC state competition, Paul Wade received a second place metal for one of his feature photos. The paper also received the best of Dallas from the Dallas Time Herald In summing up the year, editor Gwen Meazell explained, The staff has been a conglomeratlon of seventeen very different people into a corporation that produced nine spectacular issues of the paper. I loved every minute of it! Photographers. Steve Trew and Paul Wade. IW! 26 Pony Express Sports. Stephen Collins and Tony McGary. Features. Maleah Shero, Robyne Fteynolds, editor, Lena Carroll, asst. ed., and Becky Wells.

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Scholarship, Leadershi Scholarship, leadership, service, and character are all important to be successful in lifeg they are also important in determining who will be in- ducted into the National Honor Society. Selection is made not only on scholarship as in past years, but also on each persons leadership, ser- vice and character, both at school and in the community. The major activity of the Honor Society was once again the Food Drive. All the students and teachers were asked to bring canned foods. The Honor Society gathered the food and took it to a needy family, so that they would have a nice holiday meal. The year began by se- lecting and inducting forty new members. The induction ceremony was held Novem- ber 1, in the auditorium. Several present members spoke on the importance of the NHS, and afterward a reception was held in honor of the new members. For most students to speak in front of a large group such as the NHS induction it takes practice and stuttering and stammering. To help students be more at ease when speaking they are of- fered the chance to take Speech. This class helps students relax and speak clearly when making a presentation or giving a speech. Clair Taylor, a member of the Speech Club commented, The field that I plan to go into will have a lot of speaking opportunities. Speech has taught me to be able to stand before a group and make a presentation without being nervous or uptight. P .t 'V Gu A V gr, 5 A, 'A , inc -I.: ' Q l remember when . . . Mrs. Bowdoin gives motherly advice to NHS spon- sor Mrs. Griffin. Speech Club members are: Row 15 Sandra Young, Christine Chambers, Pres., Russell Daniels. V. Pres.g Kathy Stewart, Hist.g Victoria Payne, Melissa Dean, Eric Addington, Mark Jasek, Brian Mayes, Debbie Donaldson, and Connie Hetzer, sponsor. Row 25 Virginia Page, Diane Eubanks, Denise Guerra, Ver- na Jordan, Kristi Kath, Kim Shutt, Darrell Willis, Jeff Dillon, Robert Morris, and Greg Hall. Row 3, Terry Hodnett, Tara Davis, Chuck McRae, Laura Talmage, Dianne Goodman, Delynne Lucas, Larry Musick, Michelle Mehegan, Clair Taylor, Sandi Smith, Jeff Thorp, Julie Tram- mell, and Andrew Brown. F-tow 4, Joey Wilson, Michael Johnson, Mark Bowman, David Farris, Matt Carter, Matt Foster, Dan DeGroot, Barry Denton, Erich Hurst, and Barbara Morris. 28 NHS, speech