South Aiken High School - Winners Circle Yearbook (Aiken, SC)

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TAMMY ANN ROE - Drama - 9, Future Homemakers of America - 10, 11. WALLACE DEAN ROE - Cross-stitch - 11. JAMES ROBERT ROGERS - Camera and Photography - 9, Cross-stitch - 11. Talented Artist Although many of our fam- ous athletes and various popu- lar personalities receive great amounts of attention, there is a certain breed of thoroughbred at our school that receives little or no recognition at all: our fan- tastic artistsl Numbering as one of the best is Craig Craw- ford. Craig was chosen to at- tend the Governor's School for the Arts and was the only stu- dent selected from Aiken Coun- ty. Having been nominated by Ms. Smith, the art teacher, Craig was required to fill out an application and to submit a portfolio to the committee who was to choose the students to attend the school. Approximately 120 students attended the school from July 5 to August 9, 1981. While there, they stayed in the Fur- man dormintories. A typical day in these artists' lives while attending the school began with getting up at 7:00 a.m. and breakfast at 8:00. At 9:00 they would board a bus for the Greenville County Art Museum and a class on drawing and painting. At 12:00 they would break for lunch and then head 50X Seniors for a 1:00 sculpture class. 4:00 saw them on their way back to Furman and dinner at 5:00. On Mondays and Wednesdays they went to Art Value Semi- nars and on weekends there were different workshops. Not only did these talented youths have to go to class, but they also invariably had home- work which often included working on projects they had undertaken. The finished pro- ducts were exhibited in a show open to the public at the Green- ville County Art Museum. Craig says that he enjoyed the other people there most of all. He admitted that the talent- ed people and stiff competition made him work harder. The new techniques he learned 'there were very helpful and -definitely worth the time, ac- cording to Craig. Monday through Friday nights they had to be in their rooms by 11:00, but they had until 12:00 on Sat- urday nights and all day Sun- day was their own. When asked for a closing comment, Craig simply stated, lt was great! l'd go again if I could. A' N C . ,X Working at the easel, Craig Crawford completes a self-portrait painted upside down.

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Students ' Talent Aid Triple Crown Everyone knows that Aiken is definitely a horse town and it is obvious that several of our Thoroughbreds have thor- oughbreds of their own. Betsi Barnett Huerta works as a stablehand for Dottie Thompson. Ms. Thompson owns four horses, but Betsi and her husband only care for three of them. Some of Betsi's jobs include: cleaning the stables, feeding, watering, exercising, and grooming the horses, tak- ing care of the tack, clearing the paddockg and keeping the barn clean. When she was in third grade she owned a quarter horse which she showed. Bet- si's immediate plans are to work as a groom at the track next year and then advance to rider. She later plans to attend college and major in commer- cial art. Michelle Bradford works as a groom for Graf Bae Farm. Her jobs include: grooming, feed- ing, giving the horse shots, tak- ing their temperature, and tak- ing care of the rider's equip- ment. Michelle has been work- ing with the horses since she was in the ninth grade. Last summer she traveled to New York and Pennsylvania as the r.. 1 head groom for Graf Bae Farm while they were showing horses. Hilton Lesesne is also inter- ested in horses. He and his fam- ily train horses, as well as giv- ing riding lessons. Hilton also participates in many Aiken horsing events where he was chosen Grand Marshall for the Sulky Races. Betsy Huerta, Hilton Lesene. and Mi- chelle Bradford. equestrians. stand in front of Thunder , South Aiken's mascott. REGINA ROBERSON - Art 9, 10, Spanish - ll, Outstanding Art Award - IO. PAM V. ROBERTS - Art - 10, Camera and Photography - 9, Record and Music - IO. DARRYL JEROME ROBINSON - Block A - 9, 10, Block SA - ll, J.E.T.S. - ll, Bus driver - ll, 12, Football - IO, ll, 12. Seniorsf49

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KIMBERLY GAYLE ROGERS - French - 9, IO, Winner' Circle - Il, I2. JANICE SALLEY LISA MARIE SAPP - FHA - 9, IO. JAME EDWARD SCARBORO. JR. - Camera and Photography - IO, Career - Il, FHA - l2, Industrial Arts - 9. KIMBERLY ANN SCHWEITZER - D.E.C.A. - I I. SHARON DAWN SCRUGGS - Drama - 9, IO, Sports - ll, Student Council - 9, IO, ll CYNTHIA M. SEABOLT - Camera and Photography - IO, D.E,C.A. - ll, I2. REGINA KOON SHEALY - Varsity Band - 9, IO. VICKIE RENEA SIMMONS - FHA - 9, IO ttreasj, D.E.C.A. - ll, 12, D.E.C.A. Award. KARL O. SIMPKINS - Library Asst. - Il, Sports - 9, IO, Bus Driver - ll, I2. KRISTA S. SKUCE - Block SA - ll, Girls' Athletics - ll, Medical Health - IO, Still Photography - 9, Varsity Basketball - 9 IO, ll, 12, Softball - ll. VIRGINIA L. SLIGH - Beta QseC.j - Il, I2, Mu Alpha Theta - ll, 12, office worker -- 9, Student Council - 9, Winner's Circle - ll, Spanish Ill Award. Seniorsj5 I