Victoria High School - Stingaree Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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At the poetry workshop, Lisa Lewis, Yolanda Zepeda, Robert Williams, and Scott Duke learn that one doesnt have to be crazy to write good poetry. L. xt V ,Xi ,Ji M H ,, -ii Wwikdunuu-f! Susan Armstrong, editor E 5 John Pettway, and Con- ,Aww nie Rogers finally agree on one thing -to include that poem only if they can put their names on it. T lt takes Connie Rogers, Scoot Duke, John Pettway, and other staff members two weeks to type all of the selected entries. Striving for quality ven though the IMPACT was not published, the staff gained valuable experience of editing, Critiquing, and typing the limited selections of poetry, essays, and short stories. After attending a literary magazine camp at Trinity University last summer, editor John Pettway, Jimmy Martinez, Connie Rogers, and Mrs. Neece returned with new ideas for a better magazine. These included a stronger campaign for good entries, a different selecting system, and a more efficient staff. With the addition of Susan Armstrong, Scott Duke, Eileen Stewart, and Yolanda Zepeda, the entire staff chose about fifty pieces out of 120 entries. The pieces are given to the staff without the author's name to be judged on a scale of 1-5 with five as the highest. While judging the selections, the staff would proofread and comment on them. After the votes are tallied, the entries with the highest scores are selected for print with Mrs. Neece's approval. The '83 IMPACT was not published due to lack of quality material. The selected material this past year will be published in next year's magazine. On December 8, forty-five aspiring poets from VHS, Stroman, and St. Joseph were invited for a creative writing workshop led by Naomi Nye, a free lance writer from San Antonio. She stressed that reading and listening can open up new ideas for writing. She said, The trend in poetry now is to get directly to the point. Vagueness, generalization, moralizing, triteness, and forced rhyming are frowned upon by editros today. Joe Barrera takes it kneeling down as Naomi Nye critiques his masterpiece' 2 122 ! impact A

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A 3 D 1 q I I 53 t ' ' ' ed spring initiates are William Branch, Shawn Budka, Will Long, Lydia n, Elizabeth Shahan, and Teresa Tyner. S -. V?'f'f-'pw The N.J.H.S. 1982-83 beau and sweetheart are Winston Ledet and Melissa Hultquist. Darlene Mueller Susan Mueller Leslie Neal Julie New Becky Niemann Albert Oswalt Pet Palmer Chris Petty Pam Purdy Ellen Rab Kim Raley Doug Riesterer David Rivera Elva Rodriguez Duane Rogers Dawn Scherien Katrina Shaner Julie Shipness Jenna Stuesser Kellye Sullivan Karen Summerlin Lynda Sutter Chris Thiele Debora Lee Todd Stacey Zurek Steve Votaw Ursula Wagner Sherry Wheeler Harry White Christi Williamson Kathy Wray Sabrina Wycoff The N.J.H.S. club officers for 1982-83 are Mrs. Gerhold, sponsor: Kellye Sullivan, secretaryg Melissa Hultquist, vice presidentg Jimmy Martinez, presidentg Christy Williamson, treasurer: Karen Summerlin, corresponding secretary: D'Ann Mabray, chaplaing Mrs. Johnson, sponsor. njhsf 121

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3 in the 83 takes precision woodcutting as Mark in demonstrates. Elegant yet Classy he origin of the 1983 Staingaree's cover design was the combination of six people's efforts. Said Connie Rogers, During summer camp at A8tM, we QRhonda Kickendahl, Donna Andres, and Joy Dunglinsonj thought of getting the whole Senior class together in formals and tuxes in front of the school with Mr. and Miss VHS getting out of a Rolls Royce. We won first place on that idea, but we knew it would be very difficult to pull it off. Joy Dunglinson added, Since we were limited on time and money, Mr. Burrow suggested that we could actually build the cover. So Connie, Mr. Burrow, and I decided on the W.f7f7f',f style of letters that Marcus Salas had drawn up and then added the ideas of jewelry and a rose to give it a sophisticated and classy look. Mark Martin cut the letters out of pine wood and painted them with twenty coats of mint silver epoxy enamel paint to make them appear very glossy. Then in mid March, Gene Sutphen of Visual Impact photographed the image with the jewelry loaned from Tom Barnes of Bill Barnes Jewelry on black plexy- glass with red lighting. The finished product will long be rememberd by the class of '83 and its under- classmen. I just don't know what to do, says Joy Dunglinson. Joy Dunglinson and Connie Rogers make the final decision r:g instructor Mr. Shultz offers advice to Marcus Salas and Mark Martin about the shape of the on whwh proof to Choose for the Cover' i the cover f 1 23