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

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Journalists Make Clean Sweep at District Gwen Ham, Brenda Hays, Becky Donald, Jan Capps, Serish Boyett, and LeeAnn Darden were White Oak’s Journalism entries at UIL. These girls not only practiced hard during Activity Period, but all year long. All are members of either the Annual or Gauger Staff. Their many weeks of effort paid off with UIL Journalism being domi- nated by White Oak stu- dents. Sponsor, Mrs. Vera Porter has reason to be proud. xs ieee A A Ale Rie ti ; ’ : ; 4 : ‘ . ' 4 Mrs. Porter’s Journalism contestants ended the district competition by earning a considerable amount of points to give White Oak another Literary victory. Ready Writing Sends One to Regional Every year Ready Writing sponsor Glenda Moeller, suc- cessfully crams years of information into her contest- ants in a few short weeks. This year it paid off with Leslie Hancock becoming a Regional Qualifier. Other contestants were Rebecca Hancock, Jill Hammett, and Danny Hender- son. 20 a Mrs. Moeller sponsored Ready-Writing contestants Leslie Hancock, Rebecca Hancock, Jill Hammett and Danny Henderson.

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Poetry and Prose Contestants Cite Selections for Points in District Mrs. Sandra Koonce took full advantage of the Tuesdays and Thursdays set aside during the annual ‘Activity Periods’ to prepare her Prose and Poetry contestants for | the District Meet. The hours of read- |} ing and recomposing paid off in the | end. Poetry contestants were Paula Chappel, James Webb, Larry Rice, and alternate Sherry Webb. Larry Rice and Paula Chappell advanced to the finals and Larry Rice brought back the third place medal and advanced to Regional. The Prose contestants, Pat Voss, Debra Payne, and Becky Donald, all advanced to the finals from Preliminary competi- tion. Debra Payne won the second place medal and earned her place at the Regional Meet. Prose and Poetry together contributed 15 points to the overall Literary victory. | ma ie | ad Competing in Prose UIL this year were: Debra Payne, Pat Voss, and Becky Donald. They were sponsored by Mrs. Sandra Koonce. bi Poetry contestants were: Brenda Robinson, Tina Humphrey, Gail McConathy, Larry Rice, Paula Chappell, James Webb, and Sherry Webb. Mrs. Sandra Koonce was the sponsor.

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Science Contributes to District Success Ze z oo oo 98 32 722 22 os Contestants in UIL Science this year were Donald Walker, David Puckett, Meg Anderson, and Sammy Moss, sponsored by Vernon Eastepp. The sponsor for UIL Sci- ence this year was Mr. Ver- non Eastepp, Chemistry and Physics teacher. He coached his three contestants, Meg Anderson, Donald Walker and David Puckett, for several weeks while they prepared for the District Meet at Tyler Junior Col- lege. The group would meet in class and discuss various topics dealing with Science. Then each contestant would take practice tests to see what more they needed to learn. Meg Anderson placed first at the District Meet. Spellers Are Devastating With Clean Sweep UIL Spellers, Lisa Vickery, Stephanie Arnold, and Tracy Barnes, swept the Dis- trict Meet. Their sponsor is Linda Meissner. In U.I.L. Spelling compe- tition this year, all three places were taken at Dis- trict. Stephanie Arnold took first place while Lisa Vick- ery and Tracy Barnes received second and third respectively. This qualified the trio for Regional compe- tition in Arlington. At Regional, Tracy placed fifth and Lisa took sixth. Spelling is sponsored by Linda Meissner. 21