Parkland High School - Arena Yearbook (El Paso, TX)

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Joe McNeil, Kathy Swabenbauer Elected

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1978 In 'Saturday Night Fever' Setting Opposite page: Linda Gomez, Most Beautiful 1977-78. Top: left to right: Pattie Andree, Linda Garretson, Keile Orthober, Jeanette Jones, Liz Butcher, Diane Schlueter, Margie Barrientos, Carol Beard, Sandy Edmonson and Linda Gomez, the ten finalists. Below: First runner-up, Keile Orthober receives a bouquet from 1977-78 Most Handsome Boy, David Meeks..Middle: Diane Schlueter, second runner-up and David Meeks. Right: Donna Vigil was named Miss Congeniality by the twenty-eight contestants. 27

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Mr. and Miss Parkland Representatives Mr. Parkland 1977-78 is senior, Joe McNeil. He was elected by the student body. Joe is also well-known to Parkland students as the captain of the cross country track team and the president of the National Honor Society. This year he also participated in varsity track team competition. Joe began attending Parkland as a sophomore. During this year he became a member of varsity track and cross country track. He became cross country track captain in his junior year. He was also inducted into the National Honor Society this year. Before coming to Parkland, Joe attended a junior high school which was bigger than Parkland. When asked how he liked attending such a small high School, his reply was I like it much better. People are much closer. His reaction to being chosen Mr. Parkland was one of surprise and gratefulness. He plans to attend the University of Oklahoma or West Point where he will major in Physics or Chemistry. Senior student, Kathy Swabenbauer, has been chosen by Parkland students to represent them as Miss Parkland 1977-78. Kathy is well-known to all Parkland as captain of the varsity cheerleaders. She is seen at all of the varsity games along with the other members of the cheerlead- She was chosen Most Helpful by the seniors this year. She has been responsi- ble for making all of the large posters used in the football games and at pep rallies this year. In four years of attendance at Parkland, Kathy has been involved in a number of activities beginning with freshman cheer- leading of which she was co-captain. She was named a member of the district all-star cast in one-act play competition and was a spirit queen competitor also as a freshman. She was sophomore class homecoming princess and was also vice-president of the sophomore class. She place third in district prose reading as a junior. She became a member of varsity cheer- leaders as a junior and represented them in the beauty pageant. Her plans are to attend the University of Texas at El Paso where she will study Psychology. 29