Oak Park High School - Cambia Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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By Toni Boxler aking loads of money. Having fun. Working hard. Finding success. All of These were summed up wiTh Three simple leTTers - NFL. s Fundraising was a big parT of each depafe sTudenT's life, jusT as iT was The insTrucTors, Mr. Richard Rice, NaTional Forensic League sponsor. T'We began during The summer and conTinued To sell all Through The year, said Mr. Rice. NFL sold candy, cheese, baskeT- ball TickeTs, spiriT Towels, and even had a carnival. They also had a special projecf aT ChrisTmas. They sold real gold chains and braceleTs for The holidays. WhaT could They possibly do wiTh all The money They made? The answer was simple. Oak Park had The honor of hosTing The Nafional Speech and Debafe TournamenT. ThaT meanT needing money. LoT's of iT - over S5,000. come To a sTaTe once in a life Time and even more of a privilege for a school To hosT. There were sTudenTs from all over The counTry coming To Oak Park for This TournamenT. We were so exciTed To find ouT The Tournamenf was To be held in Kansas CiTy, buT we realized how much work iT would be. BuT l don'T Think iT boThered anyone, Mr. Rice said. DedicaTlon was noT only needed for planning The Tournamenf, ouT for each sTudenT who compeTed ThroughouT The year. Oak Park has made a name for iTself on The debaTe circuiT and This year was no excepTion. The squad always finished in The Top five of all schools aT TournamenTs. The squad sTarTed Their winning ways in January by Taking firsT aT The Ruskin Tour- namenf. A second place followed aT Grandview. AT Joplin Memorial, The Oakies again Took firsT, This Time ouT of Oak Park copTured firsT place in The Kansas CiTy Suburban Conference Meef. A A second place aT The DisTricT STudenT Congress and a Third aT The DisTricT NFL helped cap The year for Oak Park. Two sTudenTs qualified for NaTionals. Tom BasseTT capfured firsT in ExTemp Speaking and Terry Neal Took firsT in Humorous lnTerpreTaTion. IT was excifing To win all The Time. IT makes you proud To be on The squad, said Two year debaior Marcia Smifh. The hard work ThaT The year required, did noT dampen The spiriT and The fun Times. There were pizza parTies, a ChrisTmas parTy, skaTing parTies and monThly birfhday parTies aT lvlr. Rice's house. BuT did The fun ouTweigh The hard work? 'll Think iT's greaT. You sTarT To wonder if The work is worTh iT, puT Then you and The squad win and you realize iT is. School wouldn'T be school wiThouT As The debaTe squad readily 34 schools. admiTTed iT was an honor ThaT will only iT, said Freshman .lim Arnold. Then for The firsT Time in 48 years, Depaiing jusT half The fun -...,...- --.1 .QWQMVVIV YW... ww. NFL: Firsi row - Kelly Dakin, Angela House, Tammy Wolf, Mary Dulin, Pam Oldehoefl, Tom Bassefi, Joe Shipley, Krisiin Snowden, Candy Chapman, Parry Pennlngion, Greg Swear, Tom Dyhouse, Dean Neese, Russ Madson, Perer Dulln, Joel Wasdyke. Second row - Seanna Gwinn, Marfa Romig, Janelle Anderson, Joy Eaglesfon, Chris Salmon, Niki Jacobs, Lisa Morgan, Kafh y Meier, Marisa Smlfh, Marcia Smiih, Elaine Nigro, Marla Sieele, Missy 226 NFL ffff-.... sa., Shinaberry, Valerie Fischer, Rhonda Roscoe, Michelle Boydsron, Lorie Stone, ldm Noble, Siephanie Jenkins. Back row - Todd McPike, Charlie Misner, Randy Berge, Scofi Sovereign, Phil Dorman, Mike Mynaff, Mike Stevens, Curf Yager, Brad Relnghausen, Terry Neal, Angela Fischer, llse Srraub, Karie Bailey, Jim Arnold, Jay Orr, David Scarpeiia, Darrin Hicks, Curl Braxdale, Jeff Spencer, Rex Jackson, Jim Ferraro. ef' i --r' T F2157 Toni Exhl pf 91 ' 'Ch

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