Victoria High School - Stingaree Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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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

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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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Coping with Q Q hardships hy did I volunteer for this is what Dee Garland thought while doing her administration section. She was proud when it was done, though. Why doesn't anyone listen is what Connie Rogers, yearbook editor, said many times as she had to repeat herself. A Touch of Class didn't come easy. There are times when one wants to cry because nothing seems to work, and there are times when one wants to jump for joy because everything came out perfect. Mr. Barclay Burrow served as advisor. The staff does the work. Everyone that works on the yearbook can look back in later years and say I am proud l worked on the 83 Stingareef' 7 x 'V -g . ,il- Sorting out pictures is quite a chore as Karen Hanke finds out. Why couldn't I think of that? is what Barclay Bur- row says when Executive Editor, Connie Rogers comes up with a brilliant idea. Working on the yearbook gives Janet Mais and Linda McLaughlin time to talk about their weekend plans. ,ge x. . I x - 6 ., .,ma.ffu:a- 'Z H ,,.,.... , 124 f sting staff