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Lifestyles
NTCC’s Eagle staff brings home more than 20 awards
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The “Denny Sisters” Alfreda Quinn, Retta Derrick, Dana Covey and Cindy Brooks along
with Patty Anderson provided entertainment.
Reynolds for cleaning the
venue and setting up tables
and chairs for the event.
Decorations were pro-
vided by Sheila Anderson
Newman and Patty Ander-
son Hood. Most attendees
were gracious enough to
help clean up and put things
away after the conclusion
of the event. A good time
was had by all, and we
hope that each coming year
will bring more former stu-
dents to attend this annual
event. Mark your calendars
now for the 4th Saturday
in April and join us for the
next celebration.
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Eagle staff members gather after the TIPA conference award ceremony during the conference in Dallas.
From left, Bri Stacks, Holly McGonagill, Dylan McConnell, Teresa Hores, Guy Stilwell, lesha Huellen,
Adviser Mandy Smith, in front Brandon Pettey and Kathy Edwards. Not pictured, Daniel Yanez, Scott
Wilhite, and Neil “Crow” Crosby.
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BY DANIEL YANEZ
Managing Editor
Hudson, Donnie Anderson,
and Katherine Pate.
Couples who had met
while attending Cookville
School and married were
given recognition as well.
Some who were rec-
ognized were: Steve and
Wanda Roach Adkison,
Vanoy and Kathy Pate
Easley, James and Delores
Sanches Morris, Buddy
and Amber Self Newman,
Donald and Retta Denny
Derrick, Gary and Paulette
Derrick Strawn, Darrell and
Lahonda Rosewell Roberst-
son and J.W. and Nona Bob
Andrews.
James and Delores
Sanches Morris were hon-
ored as the couple who had
met at Cookville School
and had been married the
longest with 50 years of
marriage.
Gag prizes were also
presented to those with
the least hair, the most
hair and several other fun
facts. First-timers were:
James and Delores Sanches
Morris, Kelly and Nell Mc-
Clure, Ricky Gillian, Cook-
ie Gillian, Treba Reynolds,
Shirley Rosewell, Becky
Freeman Vanlandingham,
Judy Laing Osborne, Larry
and Billy Harvey Morris,
Robbie Vaught and Shirley
Strawn Littlepage.
Many former students
brought pictures and mem-
orabilia for everyone to
view and enjoy. Special
thanks to Steve Adkison,
Jesse Adkison, Mat and
Ludy Adkison Gibson, Jeri
McCollum King and Neal
Dr. Paul and Becky Meriweth-
er are pleased to announce the
engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter Kem-
berly Koren Meriwether to Ste-
phen Robert Peyton, son of Rob
and Laura Peyton of Wimberley.
Kemberly is the granddaughter
of Betty Meriwether and the late
Tom Meriwether of Mount Pleas-
ant and the late Allen & Joyce
Weise of Yorktown.
The bride-elect, a 2011 grad-
uate of MPHS, graduated from
TCU in 2015 with a Bachelor
of Science in Education degree.
She is a teacher in Richardson
ISD.
Stephen graduated in 2013
with a Masters in Accounting
from The University of Arkan-
sas, after graduating from Wim-
berley High School in 2008. He
is a CPA employed by BKD in
Dallas.
He is the grandson of Hugh D.
Rowles of Tyler and the late Beth
Ann Rowles and J. Annette Pey-
ton and the late Charles David
Peyton of Lakeland , FL.
The couple will exchange
vows June 18, 2016, at First
Presbyterian Church in Mount
Pleasant.
The annual Cookville
Homecoming was held on
Saturday April 23, at the
fire station in Cookville.
A gathering of old friends
commenced at 4 p.m. with
a covered dish supper be-
ginning at 5:30 followed
by the program presided
by president Jeri McCol-
lum King. Entertainment
was provided by Neal
Reynold and she “Denny
Sisters” Alfreda Quinn,
Retta Derrick, Dana Covey
and Cindy Brooks along
with Patty Anderson. They
were accompanied by Neal
Reynolds on the keyboard,
entertained us with old
hymns and songs that were
sung during music class at
Cookville School.
There were about 70 in
attendance with the prize
for the person coming the
farthest distance going to
Allie Faye Pate Watkins
of Cleburne, who also was
our oldest member in atten-
dance at age 90. The short-
est distance traveled went
to Bruce Nicholson from
Cookville. Jeremy Johnson
was our youngest member
in attendance having at-
tended the last kindergarten
class of Cookville School
during the school year of
1974-1975.
Our oldest military veter-
ans, Billy Denny and James
Morris, were honored. The
group recognized those
who passed away since the
last homecoming: Billy
Gentry, Audie Strawn, Bart
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Northeast Texas Community College’s
newspaper, The Eagle, once again took
home more than 20 awards from the annu-
al Texas Intercollegiate Press Association
(TIPA) conference.
Last month, the journalism staff traveled
to Dallas to represent The Eagle and the col-
lege’s literary magazine, Lagniappe.
This year, the journalism staff won a total
of 22 awards including seven first place
awards, a number of second and third place
awards as well as honorable mentions in
several other categories and two awards for
the literary magazine.
Editor-in-chief Teresa Flores, who won
nine TIPA awards, also received the Warms
Scholarship for two-year college students.
The Eagle placed just behind St. Mary’s
University for the Sweepstakes Award, the
recognition one school in each division re-
ceives for most awards won overall.
“The students work really hard to produce
a newspaper that tells the stories that make
up the Northeast campus community,” Eagle
Adviser Mandy Smith said.
“These awards highlight the talent of our
student journalists and the time and effort
they put into making The Eagle an award-
ing-winning paper.”
More than 40 four-year universities and
community colleges, with over 500 stu-
dents, attended and took part in the annual
conference.
In the competition pool, Northeast faced
fellow journalists and communication ma-
jors from universities like St. Mary’s, Incar-
nate Word and Sul Ross, as well as several
two-year colleges such as North Lake Col-
lege and Austin Community College.
The awards were earned from work that
was sent in from the spring and fall 2015
semesters. TIPA sends the journalism entries
received from the colleges to professional
journalists forjudging.
The students also have the opportunity to
compete in a variety of live contests during
the three-day event. Along with the contests,
the students attend sessions presented by
professional journalists and college profes-
sors. This year’s event, which was held in
Dallas, offered sessions by reporters from
the Dallas Morning News and the Fort
Worth Star Telegram.
Last year, Eagle staff member Scott Wil-
hite won a first place in the live editorial
competition while Eagle cartoonist Kathy
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Edwards placed fourth for her work in edi-
torial cartoon.
Not only did staff members receive nu-
merous awards, The Eagle also received a
third place award for Overall Excellence.
In individual entries, Flores took first in
sports feature and news story.
Opinion Editor Brandon Pettey received
two first place awards for in-depth reporting
and sports column writing. Copy editor Guy
Stilwell and cartoonist Katherine Edwards
added to the first place listings for The Ea-
gle by winning in news feature story and
editorial cartoon drawing respectively.
Other first place winners included Manag-
ing Editor Daniel Yanez and Entertainment
Editor Jessica Drumm for feature page de-
sign.
“I am so proud of the staff this year,” said
Flores. “They represented the college well
at the TIPA conference during the live com-
petitions and handled their own against top
universities.”
The journalism staff has, in the past,
excelled in both its newspaper and literary
magazine entries by winning multiple first
and second place awards.
Flores said the conference serves as a
great opportunity for students to interact
with student journalists from across the
state.
“Even though we didn’t win in any
live categories, I think the experience and
knowledge the staff gained from talking
to other conference members and advisers
made up for that,” said Flores.
The Eagle, which began publishing un-
der former journalism professor, Dr. Larry
Thompson in the late 1980s, has been a
member of TIPA for more than 20 years.
Flores said Smith, who also won a num-
ber of TIPA awards while she was a member
of The Eagle staff a few years ago, has been
the driving force behind the student publi-
cation.
“Mandy has been and will continue to
be the backbone of our staff,” said Flores.
“These awards, past, present, and future,
simply could not have been possible without
her. She is the perfect example of what it
means to be an educator on this campus.”
Smith said students like Flores, who will
be finishing her tenure as editor-in-chief this
spring, and the student journalists she leads
are the reason the paper continues to be an
award-winning publication.
“Teresa has done such a good job with the
paper during her time as editor,” Smith said.
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Reddell, Valerie. Daily Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 142, No. 125, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 8, 2016, newspaper, May 8, 2016; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1428909/m1/11/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.