Trenton High School - Tigers Paw Yearbook (Trenton, TX)

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FAIR COMPETITION District, Regional, 8c State UIL UIL literary contests were a good way for students to get more interested in their academ- ics. At first, people weren't inter- ested in competing Sophomore Mark Phelan stated, When I got in to Feature Writing I wasn't real- ly all that interested, but when I placed at district I found I kind of liked it. After district came regionals. And even one student. Senior Shonna Gregory made it to state in Accounting. Everyone could not go on to state, but many still placed very well in their events. UIL COMPETITORS POETRY OR PROSE INTERPRETA- TION - Shelly Withrow - 4th, Jill Plolmes - 2nd, Amy Park - 3rd INFORMATIVE SPEAKING - Lori Hensley - 6th, Julie Penning - 5th. Amy Park - 4th READY WRITING - Larry Anderson, Tony Brasher SPELLING - Jeffrey Brummett - 2nd; Cheryl Kemp - 8th FEATURE WRITING - Mark Phelan - 2nd, Diane Lake - 3rd; (Regionals- first state alternate) HEADLINE WRITING - Larry Ander- son - 5th; Jonathan Brummett - 4th NEWS WRITING - Mary Stuffle- beme - 3rd, Brandon Burns - 4th EDITORIAL WRITING - James McCarley - 3rd; Marian Bodden - 5th NUMBER SENSE - John Bodden - 1st, Jeff Faunce - 3rd CALCULATOR APPLICATION - Lori Smithson-3rd LITERARY CRITICISM - David Over- street - 4th; Lana Glasscock - 6th ACCOUNTING - Lynne Graves - 5th; Diane Lake - 2nd, Shonna Gregory - 1st, (Regionals - 3rd, State - 8th) Junior Jill Holmes shows off her second place medal that she won in Poetry Inter- pretation at the district meet The meet was held at Grayton County Junior Col- lege Senior Amy Park and Sophomore Julie Penning wait for their score results in Infor- mative Speaking Agricultural teacher Mr Kay waits with them 28 ORGANIZATIONS

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FUN-RAISERS Where The Work Ends And The Fun Begins Every organization needs time and work put into it to make it successful. But as the old saying goes, All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy! this is certainly true. The Annual Staff puts in long hard hours to produce the best book ever - but there's still time left for a little fun. Grabbing some hamburgers or going to Ms. Rounsaville's to cash in on the free ice cream days are a real treat. All of the hours and time put into the annual makes these times even more special. Organizing, talking and re- presenting the student body are just some of the things ex- pected of Student Council members. It's not easy to make students pick up trash outside when the members are kids themselves. Working with the system can have some real benefits. Having to get up and make a speech and cam- paign to get elected can be pretty scary. Other organizations which work hard but still have plenty of time for fun are SADD, BETA, FHA and FCA. All of these or- ganizations put forth the effort with loads of fun as the result. My favorite time at the BETA convention was the jamming all the way up there and all the way back, said Junior Tony Brasher. Meeting new people was also pretty fun. I've never seen so many people!” When asked what her favorite part of the BETA convention was. Sen- ior Lori Smithson replied, The dance that Saturday night was great! I met my boyfriend and we got to party. It was alot of fun! Exactly what is fun? Fun might be hanging around your friends, meeting new people, learning about how to be a leader, or just being yourself. Senior Amy Parks adds, Hav- ing fun is being yourself. If someone doesn't like you when you're you, that's their problem. No matter which or how many organizations you join, there is work and fun - they go hand in hand. Annual Staffers Jayson West, Lana Glass- cock, Diane lake and Sponsor Ms Dortha Rounsaville consult with Principal Gary Bo- hannon on their next move on mug day Hip, Hip, Hooray!! says Senior Amy Park upon arriving home from the Beta Con- vention where no sleep and too much pizza took its toll. FUN-RAISERS 27

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The cast of the UtL One Act Play. ’Black Elk Speaks'' performs for the school before they go on to the area meet They won at district, but were stopped at area Senior Shonna Gregory waits for the Ac- counting tests to be handed out at the state meet which was held at The Univer- sity of Texas in Austin Elementary Number Sense. Picture Mem- ory. Expressive Writing. 1st row - Randy Weems. James Vincent. Jenny Day. Lydia Schatte. Shaneika Burns, and Adrian Jones. 2nd Row - Teresa Hyatt. Justin Hen- derson. Kevin Day. and Jessica Elmore Elementary Personal Writing. Spelling. Sto- ry Telling, and Oral Reading. 1st Row - Daniel Skinner. Cody Derr. Matt Skinner. Kevin Moore. Crystal Martin. Angela Copeland. 2nd Row - Randy Weems. Jes- sica Elmore. Sherry Latimer. Ramona Lo- pez. Jason Hensley. Matt Stufflebeme. 3rd Row - Rebeka Hackney. Michelle Davis. Ashley Ammerman. Shaneika Burns. Jenni- fer Savage, and Candice Connelly UIL 29