Pflugerville High School - Panther Paw Yearbook (Pflugerville, TX)

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With Summer Comes the Work, Competition and Fun!!! Car washes were a few of the many activities the Lady Panthers used over the summer to raise money. With an eagerness and willingness to start off fresh, the Lady Panthers plunged into the new year with many new things; from new members and new routines, all the way down to a new director. Ms. K. Bennette. The Lady Panthers got an early start this year by attending a camp at North Texas State University in Denton, Texas. From June 25 28, the girls learned many new and exciting routines. “It’s a lot of hard work because you're up early in the morning, staying up late at night, and you're con- stantly on your feet. You really learn to appreciate sitting down and just taking a break.” stated junior M'Lisa Stolle, first lieutenant of the Lady Panthers. The girls were up by 6:30 each morning to get ready for the day. After breakfast they attended classes all day with a lunch and dinner break. Sometimes we wouldn't get back to our dorms until 10:00 or 10:30, which meant we rarely made it to bed before 11:30,” added senior Denise Prater, captain. But despite the hard work the Lady Panthers en- joyed camp and accomplished many things. That was not the end of the summer though. After a car wash, a few bake sales, and other fund raisers. August started to roll around and the word August to a Lady Panther meant PRACTICE!! Starting August 1st. Monday through Friday, from 7:00-12:00 each morning the girls gathered around in the gym, the commons, outside, or any other place they found available. This time was used to perfect routines, marching skills and many other things to get ready for the school year. It was a lot of hard work and it took a lot of dedication to be a Lady Panther. Coach L Tolbert asked some of the drill team members if they would show the football team a few of the exercises they go through to get in shape for contests and performances. Julie Orsak shows personality and pizzaz and having fun while practicing. LADY PANTHERS 49

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As pari ol their initiation. Tamara lomkms and Kelly The sense of pride m what the Lady Pan Kamcrer. freshmen, dressed tacky and were forced ther's accomplish is sliown here m the lace to eat at McDonalds. of junior Denis Greenless Denise Greenless, junior, sleeps peacefully after a long day at camp. The 1984-85 Lady Panthers spent a week at camp over the summer that added to the many hours of practicing put in before and after school which in turn made them the best that they could be Drill team members. M'Lisa Stolle. Laura Parker. Julie Orsak, and Julie Galindo, all know the work and dedica- tion it takes to be no. 1!!

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ecouifazfeen. A Change of Style Brings Great Results After going to Dallas to the Texas Journalism Director's Con- ference. Karen Brown told me the staff wanted to take all the produc- tion responsibility on themselves. I said okay, and from that point on, we saw the biggest improvement in newspaper design we've ever had. Karen deserves most of the credit. She mixed slave driving and in- genuity and produced a darn good paper this year, said Ms. Deborah Ostas, journalism advisor. Layout changes were the focal point according to Karen Brown. I look at other schools' papers, magazine layouts, national newspapers and somehow the layouts just fall into place, commented Brown. I really don’t know where it comes from other than that, she added. Brown implemented grey screens, type size and style variations, more photographs and added four pages. The last issue. Brown talked the staff into selling more ads to afford a 16 page paper with color. Gwynda Horton, junior, took over bookkeeping responsibilities in January. Although the paper had managed to keep in the black with previous ad manager. Troy Isreal. the books were incomplete. Horton straightened out the records. It was just plain hard getting started. I didn't know what I was do- ing. It was sink or swim and somehow the swimming was easier, Hor- ton said. I guess Ms. Ostas helped, but I really don’t remember. The hardest part was reorganizing the disorganization without knowing what the organization was supposed to be like, added Horton. Junior Cindi Duffey joined the business department to help Horton. Duffey was able to use sales techniques she learned at her regular job at Figure World to help increase newspaper ad sales. The two girl's teamwork financed the last 5 issues which ran between $580 and $900 per issue depending on numbers of graphics used. The more modern newspaper could never have been accomplish- ed if Horton and Duffey had not joined forces to finance us. The school does not put money of any kind into the monthly issues. The staff is solely responsible for financial solvency,” said Ostas. Content of the paper did not change much this year. Randy Pogue’s movie review column was popular as he reviewed even controversial movies like Porky's Revenge which Pogue said could be dangerous to the blush glands of the female gender. Sophomore Jaimie Wilkerson analyzed the current crazes in music. Discussing the use of make-up for male performers and the moral and the ethical status of new craze Madonna raised some eyebrows as well as some comments. The editorial page was constantly in discussion as Rahul Majahan. senior, roasted athletes who ignored academics. Later in the year, editor Brown and editorial commentator Stuart Spoonemore attacked the nonchalant attitude of students who pretended drugs were no big deal. Both encouraged students to use peer pressure to stop drug use among friends. When I think about the controversy our paper brought about this year. I get both proud and tired. I’m proud that I did not see the Prowler littering the hallways. I'm proud to see classes and classes reading and thinking about the ideas we presented. I am proud of my staff who learned to stick together and support each other despite the rousting they got from other students. Publishing a newspaper is a real pain, but worth it for watching my staff work on a business pro- ject that has literary value. said Ostas. 7 Ve never been so motivated by a conference and I really en- joyed myself. Meeting other ‘newspaper people’ was the highlight of the conference for me, said junior Karen Brown 50 NEWSPAPER