Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, KS)

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 Kiddleywinks was the one-act play which was taken to two contests. The play was first performed in front of judges at the league meet. It received sec- ond and a II rating. Kevin Needham, who played Hershel, re- ceived best actor, and Chris Bond, Ar- thur, received best- supporting actor. The cast then did a show for the grade school as a warm up for regionals. The season ended for the play when it re- ceived a II at region- als, needing a I to continue on to state. Mrs. Martha-Jean Rockey directed the play and team. FRONT: A. Sigrist, C. Buch, A. Weber, P. Oyerly, T. Wood, P. Johnson, T. Campbell. Row 2: M. Rooney, J. Simpson, C. Bond, G. Huff, S. Reder, S. Theis. Row 3: S. Smith, K. Needham, C. Campbell, J. Goss were the one-act cast.

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Team wins league Thirteen members compete at state festival Speech at Troy during the forensics season was competitive with 29 members competing in 7 meets. Also, 13 people competed in 11 events at the state festival, receiv- ing 6 II's, four I's, and one III. The season began at the Jackson Heights Invita- tional, where Troy placed fifth out of 16 schools. Next was the league meet at Wathena. The team won, and nine people qualified for state in seven events. Troy placed in the top six at the last three invi- tational meets. The Tro- jans were competing against larger schools at almost all of the meets. The most popular events for competition were prose and poetry readings, but more stu- dents medaled with speeches and impro- vised duet acting. Regionals was at Sum- ner Academy in Kansas City. Eighteen Trojans were entered in sixteen events. Only one first- division rating was giv- en to Troy, Denise Mill- er in poetry. State was again at John- son County Communi- ty College. Thirteen people competed in 11 events. Four first-divi- sion ratings and medals were awarded to Julie Goss, informative; Mi- chele Rooney, oration; Shelbe Theis, poetry; and Theresa Wood, ora- tion. I had a lot of fun this year in speech, com- mented Chris Bond who received a II at state. Speech was fun this year, said Scott Reder, because I did better than I ever have before, and Jeff and I qualified for state. MIKE Goss and Chad Swa- vey choose an IDA topic at a speech meet. FRONT: E. Johnson. H. Hinds, Row 2: P. Franken, K. Needham, S. Loyd, P. Oyerly, C. Campbell, T. Greaser, S. Smith, K. Wiedmer, T. Wood. Row 3: G. Huff, J. Simpson, C. Swavey, C. Bond, D. Mill- er, S. Reder, M. Goss, C. Buch, S. Theis, Row 4: M. Rooney, P. Johnson, L. Bcnitz, S. Smith, J. Smith, K. Koehler, J. McNemee, J. Goss, were the speech team of 1987. lid LeaRue NV Troy RV Reft Duet ActinR Lori Benitz Kim Koehler X X X X 11 Stephanie Smith Kim Wiedmer X X X 11 Scott Reder Denise Miller X X X X 11! Extemporaneous Kathy Griffin 6 Theresa Wood X 4 X 4 8 Informative Julie Goss 5 3 1 2 Heather Hinds X 2 X 6 Kim Koehler 6 4 5 2 1 Oration Tanya Greaser 7 X 6 X Ill Michele Rooney 2 4 1 X Theresa Wood X 3 X 3 X Serious Julie Goss 5 X 11 Pam Oyerly X X X X II Michele Rooney 6 X X X 11 State 1H LeaRue Humorous Chris Bond V 3 Cindy Buch X X Gary Huff 4 4 Paula Johnson Improvised Duct ActinR X Cindy Buch Shelbe Theis Mike Goss Chad 6 Swavey 5 2 Heather Hinds Elaine Johnson Scott Reder Jeff X Simpson 3 Poetry Chris Benitz X X Denise Miller X Pam Oyerly Jonnette Smith X X Shelbe Theis X X Prose Mike Goss X X Jason McNemee X X Pam Oyerly X Student Life Copy and design by Gary Huff

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Poultry team takes first Four seniors receive State Farmers Degrees Somehwere in the corduroy blue jackets with gold writing is an organization that promotes character and leadership. The Future Farmers of America (FFA) is that organization. It's hard work and dedication. The im- age is wrong if you think it's just plows and cows and chicks and hicks, said sen- ior, Michele Rooney. It's a group of young leaders preparing for careers in fields like aquaculture. One fourth of all the jobs available in the year 2000 haven't been in- vented yet. Preparing 1. young adults for the I changing world is j what FFA is all I about. The Troy FFA Chap- I ter has a busy sched- I ule every year and I this year was no ex- I ception. The chapter I attended and partici- I pated in many con- I tests, conventions, I and other activities I on local, district, I OFFICERS for the 1987-88 year were Denise Miller, secretary; Tim Tharman, vice-president; Michele Rooney, president; Kathy Griffin, reporter; and Raymond Tharman, acting sentinel. Not pictured was Chisty Cluck, treasurer. AFTER arriving at the Kansas State Fair, at Hutchison, Phillip Stegall and Lee Ashworth toured the exhibits. state, and national levels. There were many memorable points in the year. The ento- mology team received fifth place in the en- tomology contest; Michele Rooney re- ceived fifth place in both prepared and ex- temporaneous public speaking contests, and therefore com- peted at state speech contest held during the State Convention at Manhattan, Kan- sas. The poultry judging team re- ceived first at district poultry contest, and the first girls from the chapter receiving their State Farmers Degree were Christy Cluck, Denise Miller, and Michele Rooney. Tim Tharman also received this degree. Another high point was National Secre- tary Kevin Yost's speaking at the chap- ter banquet.