Owensboro High School - Owensboroan Yearbook (Owensboro, KY)

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', f ' K 'f,,x41. Y , G Q ' 3 ,' Assy , , S - , Lynette Miller receives one of her five awards from Tom Kurz, adviser for Student Council. Fi fi he I Ross Cotton studies one of the awards he re- ceived at Honors Day. He received five awards during the program. 've' ff ,ar f fax- ' 32 1 .5 K -.t if Jeff Beard won five awards at the Honors Pro- gram. He won most of his honors in math and science. gut, scs' 'J .5 i . 1 , s 'J fi Q arar r f ,pe is M as ,gr i i rsr Rash Stadium was the site for the Honors Program that recognized nearly 100 cheers for the outstanding students in a wide range of areas. OHS students that excelled in 1977-78. A bright sunshine added to the day of Honors Day!

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if ,559 gn f.. f if. 1 Seniors Were Rewarded For Four Years Of Work After four years of hard work, de- serving seniors were finally recog- nized at the annual Honors Day pro- gram. Parents and fellow students looked on as over 100 students received the usual congratulations, plaques, tro- phies and cash prizes during the May 18 ceremony at Rash Stadium. City and school officials were on hand for the event to aid in the awards presentations. Owensboro Mayor Jack Fisher spoke briefly to the as- sembled honor students and prize winners sitting on the football field and commended them for outstand- ing achievements. 'I'm proud' of these students, said Fisher. They will prove to be leaders of tomorrow. Student Council president Jackie Mayfield and vice-president Kathy Kunau then began the announcement of winners. Students were recipients of awards given by almost every department Valedictorians dominated the scene with three of them taking five awards each. Jeff Beard, Ross Cotton and Lynette Miller received several scho- lastic honors as well as a number of scholarships. A total of 560,000 in scholarships were represented to seniors. The scholarships rewarded students for past efforts and offered aid for future goals. Smiles and glows distinguished the winners for the rest of the day And juniors could be seen daydream- ' f t . ing o nex year n- By Judy Kirk 4 X Honors Day 4.. I it-fgxf J W pp Yfwuj e .. ffg Q 0 9 1 5' f ' , ,KKT K W Q .. C - ,,g, . I 1 xik C . I lx ,V., 5 5 asia. -ur Dr. james C. Hillard, superintendent of the Owensboro Public School, spoke briefly at the Honors program. ' - ,.,,.f- K t . . L,3,i-...V x ' 0: i 1 i X . f Senior Class Prsident got an ap- plause from the crowd as he kissed Deborah Posey after presenting her an award. '- Wie' sy' ff, 1 Jackie Mayfield, President of Student Council, and u, vice-president of Student Council, announced the award recipients. , T' Major lack Fisher ileftl is greeted by 11-12 Prin- cipal Bill Van Winkle. Tom Kurz who orga- nized the Honors program, is in the back- ground watching over the trophies. if rf ltd 5 .s i

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8 Working on the yearbook involved extra planning for advanced journal- ism students. Four students toured the Josten's!American yearbook plant - ser . sen? sf Q ILA fs .. 'W i,s,5f. at Clarksville, Tenn., in the summer months. Examining a layout are ffrom OHS has four publications. Each one is separate and unique, but to- gether they provide an outlet for stu- dents to express themselves and learn more about other students through their expressions. ' There is a lot of time and effort involved in the printing of a year- book, the largest OHS publication. For example: typing, identifying stu- dent pictures, indexing names, selling ads, taking pictures and thinking up new ideas are all a part of completing the 248-page yearbook. The editor of the 1977-78 Owens- boroan was Junior Brent Price. Junior Stacy Elliott and Senior Kelly Keo- hane served as associate editors. The whole idea of a yearbook was summed up by Price: The sole job of a yearbook is to bring to life, and keep from dying, a year that had special and personal meanings to each stu- dent It's impossible to capture all the important moments that pass by in the year, but we try. The 1977 Owensboroan was named the Best Overall High School year- book in the Mark of Excellence competition at Western Kentucky 481 Publications University. Advanced Mass Communications students had the responsibility of supplying material for both the Owensboroan and The Scoop, the stu- dent newspaper. Senior Judy Kirk was the Scoop edi- tor. This is the first time in recent years that a person has been Scoop editor for two consecutive years. She summed up her views on the Scoop by saying: A high school newspaper of- fers much to the average student. Through the Scoop, outlets for stu- dent opinion and editorials are pro- vided. Our stories ranged from inves- tigative reporting of relevant issues to the more off-beat features. Other Scoop editors were: Junior Marsha Tanner, who was the 11-12 Associate Editorg and Sophomore Cin- dy Richards, who was the 9-10 Associ- ate Editor. The Scoop was distributed free to all students at both centers. Advertis- ing paid for the 2,600 copies printed each month. Sophomore Sonya Webb won a first place prize in the competition at Western. She won in the best news ififliis Q Q' adv-rd i .. . il' f ' ...J . X A . i .im 1 afs ...- leftjz Karla Weller, Suzie Bartlett, Stacy Elliott, plant consultant Jim Cros- land and yearbook editor Brent Price. photography category. Ethos is the creative arts magazine written and published by OHS stu- dents. It is a combination of prose, poetry, art and music. The publication was sponsored by Mrs. Suzanne Willis, the 11-12 Eng- lish Department head. It is valuable in that it gives recog- nition to people who maybe don't get it anywhere else, said Mrs. Willis. The editors of the 1977-78 Ethos were Seniors Laura Neudecker and Aimee Newberry. Scribbles is a literary magazine that includes prose and poetry from kin- dergarten through grade 12 in the City Schools. Ann Fortson was the literary advis- er of Scribbles. Peggy Lashbrook was the art adviser. The literary editors of the 1977-78 Scribbles were Phyllis Robinson and Janet Crooks. The art editors were Kim Nicholson and Alan Snyder. - By Kelly Keohane