Walton Verona High School - Dawn Yearbook (Walton, KY)

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A John Grubbs: Superintendent of Schools A A Frank Lyons: Principol ◄ Gory Munsie: Director of Pupil Personnel A Ernest Hahn: Assistont Principol 19

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W-V Board Members Strive to See Our School Be the Best in the State Doord Of Education: James Donor, John Grubbs. Walt Ryan. Dr. John Maddox. Leola Waller. Donna Robinson. The scene is ser In a relorively small but comfortable room with a table surrounded by a few chairs In rhe center. A few more chairs line the walls of the room. It is an informal and comfortable at- mosphere in which most of the men and women sitting around the table are involved in o rather informal discussion, but there is some laughter and joking among the serious business the group is atten- ding to. Hot exactly what you'd expect to happen in a school board meeting, perhaps when one talks to each board member, one realize that they ore certainly a cross-section of the people they represent. Walt Ryan. Chairman of the board, decided to run for election twenty years ago. When I was in high school the board wasn't very good. So, when one of the board members decided not to run again, he ask- ed me to run in his place. I hod two young sons, ond I wanted to help them ond others by making sure they had a good education.’’ Desides being a board member. Mr. Ryan runs a large farm in Verona ond is a deacon in his church. He also serves on the Doone Co. Planning and Zoning Adjustment Doard and the Verona Life Squad. Mr. Ryan feels that the board is important because. You get dif- ferent input from the different members with each having different ideas, and all work for the betterment of the community ond the school. My goal for the school is to see it keep improving all rhe time ond develop more in rhe field of computers.” Leola Waller, a board member of nine years, also is a person of widely varied abilities ond interests. She has been a nurse and a musician, along with being o mother to four children, a church choir director, ond a bookkeeper in her husband's (Dr. William Waller) office. I was interested in serving to help solve problems in the school, and I feel that the best thing that a community con do for its youth is give them o good education.” Mrs. Waller added. I think of the board as a team. “We re effective because we are respectful of each other ond we all work with the team. I'd like to see our school become the best that we can do.” To see our school be the best in the state.” is also the aim of James Donor. The reason I ran for election was to do all I could to help the school be one of the finest In the orea.” Mr. Donor is a nine-year member who owns and runs Donor's Deportment Store in Walton along with being a deacon in his church. He feels a business background is good in running a school because the two are alike in many ways. In a school there must be a balance between money coming in and going out ond that’s not too different from a business. Donna Robinson believes that the board is on asset to the com- munity because there is more than one person controlling the school.” A past P.T.A. president. Mrs. Robinson was interested in the school and the administrative aspect of it. Desides being on active P.T.A. member, this third-year board member is a housewife with three children. My goal for the school is to make the science department stronger ond to see our school become more involved In the com- puter age. The fifth board member is Dr. John Maddox, a popular Walton dentist. Along with his practice. Dr. Maddox is a member of both the American and Kentucky Dental Societies,- he is also a member of the Kentucky Dentol Supply Doard of Directors. Nine years ago I become interested In the school, ond at that time I wanted the new physical educotion music building to be built. Then and now, I feel the board is important because If represents the people to the administration.” He added. I also would like to moke our school scholastically one of the best schools in the state. Each board member does many jobs in his her life which differ from others. However, each feels that the board is vital to the school and community and has the basic goal to see our school improve. Donna Robinson Jomes Donor Walt Ryan John Maddox Leola Waller

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Roland a Solid Bearcat Leader Boys' CC Team Hod Leadership Despite Struggle to 1-10 Record ▲ Chris Rohrer mokes his move during the last mile. ► Bearcat's number 1 runner. More Roland, in action. ▼ Nathan Race gasps for air after finishing a hard race. Although the Bearcats' Cross-Country team struggl- ed along all year with a 1-13 record, third year coach Dan Hildebrand commented, We do have some good leaders, and a few good, young runners, which will be an asset in the future ' Junior Marc Roland, the team's solid first place man did well and led the team, but an illness late in the season, hurt his chance of a showing in the State meet. Also aiding the Bearcat cause were senior, Chris rohrer. tenth grader, Nathan Race, and sixth grader Tony Rapp. The problem, as Coach Hildebrand sees if, is that basketball is always number one in the minds of young runners. Year after year the team struggles, mainly because of the emphasis on basketball around the area. Younger boys try out and do well to improve their times, but as soon as they mature, they realize that they'd rather play basketball. It's understandable that they begin to think of basketball as their major sport instead of cross-country. So the next year they don't try out for cross-country, but we get younger kids to try out because they aren't exposed to basketball yet.” 20