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

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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

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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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28 Informative and Persuasive Speakers Try Hard — [Einiae e After working hard on their respective events, Brenda Lummus and Randy Hill failed to place in the District UIL Informative Speaking contest. Rick Nickles and Robin Blood found the competi- tion too stiff in the Persuasive Speaking contest. However, Andy Peeples placed first in District which enabled him to compete in the Regional Meet. He made it to the finals at Regional, but failed to place. ANA A 2 3 Informative speaking competitors were Brenda Lummus and Randy Hill. Mrs. Sandra Koonce was the sponsor. Andy Peeples, Rick Nickles and Robin Blood participated in UIL persuasive speaking, sponsored by Mrs. Sandra Koonce.