White Oak High School - Roughneck Yearbook (White Oak, TX)

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Science, Journalism Events Draw in Points District Science competition saw Mr. Vernon Eastepp’s students fare well, as Robbie Little finished second and Tim Hill placed third. They both competed in the Regional Meet, but neither one was able to score high enough to place. Journalism, a four division event, saw Mrs. Vera Porter's students make sure of a place in all four events. In Feature Writing, Mike Cavel finished second, and Terry Pace took fourth. In Editorial Writing, Sandy McCardle finished third while Mike Cavel captured fourth. In New- swriting, Terry Pace finished in fourth place. In Headline Writing, Sandy McCardle captured first while Terry Pace took fifth. Cavel was able to compete in the Regional Feature Writing contest, but failed to place. Sandy finished third in Regional Headline Writing, but this was not high enough to compete at the State level. oF Competitors in Science, sponsored by Mr. Vernon Eastepp, were Robbie Little, Cindy Pickett and Tim Hill. Participants in Journalism, sponsored by Mrs. Vera Porter, were Terry Pace, Mike Cavel, Susan Ishee, Debbie Remy and Sandy McCardle. 26

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Shorthand, Typing Garner Points in District Five participants from White Oak were able to compete in the District 14AA UIL Typing contest. Of these five, Gwen Ham placed first, Roxanne Downey took third, while Joe Carrington fin- ished fourth. In regional competi- tion, Gwen and Roxanne failed to place. Mrs. Janet Hasley sponsored this event. Under the direction of Mrs. Shirley Stracener, Shorthand stu- dents Cheryl Griffin and Tammy Weeks placed first and second respectfully in district competi- tion. They represented White Oak at the Regional meet in Arlington. Cheryl proved her skill as she placed third which allowed her to advance to the State Meet in Austin. There, she ERNE, | i ial teas found the competition too stiff Kim Muckleroy, Gwen Ham, Joe Carrington, Brenda Hayes, and Roxanne and failed to place. Downey participated in UIL Typing. The sponsor was Mrs. Janet Hasley. : oe “We i ae Participants in UIL Shorthand were Tammy Weeks, Cheryl Griffin and Julie Brock. Mrs. Shirley Stracener was the Shorthand sponsor.

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Ready Writing, Spelling Send Three to Regional Ready Writing contestants were Don Carpenter, Andy Peeples My Julie Bennett. Mrs. Glenda Moeller was the sponsor. a ROR At the District Literary Meet, Mrs. Glenda Moeller’s Ready Writing trio all managed places. Don Carpenter took first, Andy Peeples finished fourth, and Julie Bennett captured fifth. Because of a conflict with other contests, Carpenter and Peeples were not able to compete in the Regional Ready Writing contest, but this enabled Julie to participate. However, she failed to place. In District 14AA competition, Meg Anderson finished first in Spelling, while Tracey Barnes fin- ished third in that same event. Under the coaching of Mrs. Linda Meissner, the girls advanced to the Regional Meet in Arlington. Here, they found the competition tough and were unable to advance to State. ™ Ricky Pierce, Kathy White, Meg Anderson and Tracy Barnes com- peted in UIL Spelling, sponsored by Mrs. Linda Meissner. 27