The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1983 Page: 5 of 12
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DECEMBER 8,1983
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OWL'S HOOT
Compiled by RCHS Journalism Students
English II Enriched classes are now at
work doing research on various topics
Lisa Taylor, Supervisor
D1 Ann Adams, Editor
Lisa Patterson,
Co-Editor
STAFF
Jimmy Barton
Dalila Carrasco
Bertha Guerrero
Melissa Phillips
Irma Reyes
Speech team
competes in
Alpine meet
by D ’ Ann Adams
Last weekend the
RCHS Speech Team
competed in their first
U1L meet which was held
in Alpine. Nine students
represented RCHS. but
only two of them placed.
Those students were
Nola Gaye Adams
and Stephanie Gentry.
Nola placed third in Poe-
try Interpretation and
Stephanie placed third
in Dramatic Speech.
Others participating in
the Alpine tournament
were Lynn Tucker, Sr.;
Marceene Morton, Sr.;
Tonya McGuire, soph.;
Anna Martin, soph.;
Leslie Tipton, Jr.; Jessi-
ca Soliz, Sr.; and Alan
Garner, freshman.
This will be thier last
tournament until after
the first of the year and
all of the members of the
speech team will be
working hard so they can
do their best when they
return fronfTfle hnttdays.
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Nola Gaye Adams sang at
Upton County pecan show
by D ’ Ann Adams
Recently Nola Gaye
Adams, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Nolan G. Ad-
ams Jr., was honored by
being asked to sing at
the Upton County Trans-
Pecos Pecan Show. The
Pecan Show was held on
November 21, 1983 in
Rankin, Texas where
Nola performed as she
sang "Snowbird" and
"You Light Up My Life.*
Nola is fifteen years
old and is a sophomore
Improvements
made in gym
BY Lisa Patterson
paint job it really looks
RCHS got new carpet good,
and water fountains just The water fountains
in time for the basket-
ball tournament. Some
of the members of the
other teams even
bragged on the looks of
the carpet and our new
paint job.
The carpet was laid
last week in all of the
dressing rooms. It is a
light blue with dark blue
lines. With the new
were also put in last
week. They were put
in the gym and the
school. They keep the
water colder than the
ones before.
RCHS keeps getting
improvements and it
helps the students and
faculty enjoy the school
year and to have pride in
their school.
at RCHS. She enjoys
singing and plans to
major in music when she
graduates. Nola says,
"Singing for someone is
an honor, but being
asked to sing is even
better."
Hospitality
shown by
homemakers
by Melissa Phillips
During the girls bas-
ketball tournament the
homemaking classes
cooked many different
things to eat for the
coaches hospitality
room. The classes made
cakes, cookies, pies,
Italian bread, and they
also sliced ham for sand-
wiches. They also pro-
vided coffee, and cokes.
The homemaking stu-
dents w ill be cooking for
all the boys and girls
tournaments in the near
future.
by Dalila Carrasco
Mrs. Vance's English
II Enriched classes are
researching topics of
their choice in the li-
brary. The students
must use at least five
sources, including one
encyclopedia or general
reference book, one
magazine article, and
one book. They will also
learn to do footnotes so
Abortion, Marijuana and
It's Abuses, Teenage
Suicide, Teenage Preg-
nancy; Waht are the Op-
tions?, Teenage Alcohol
Abuse, Missing Child-
ren, What is Child
Abuse?, How the Juven-
ile Court System Works,
Optical Illusions, The
History of Heart Trans-
plants, The Artifical
Heart, and The Trial of
that they can cite experts the Salem Witches.
on their topics.
Some topics include;
Computers in Education,
Rape Prevention, Dream
Symbolism, Teenage
Marriages, The Myster-
ies of the Bermuda Tri-
angle. Venereal Disease,
The students are fol-
lowing these steps:
I. Locate a topic and
narrow it down.
II. Locate sources and
make a preliminary bib-
liography.
III. Make a prclimin-
intended to be full-scale
research papers. The
purpose of the assign-
ment is to familiarize
the students with vari-
ous reference materials
available in the library
to sharpen their investi-
gative skills. Their
These reports are to completed reports are
be short. They are not due on Dec. 6.
English classes are reading
Orwell book - 1984'
V. Refine the outline.
VI. Write the first
copy.
VII. Revise the copy.
VIII. Write the final
copy, complete with cov-
er sheet and bibliogra-
phy.
Controlling Diseases in ary outline.
Sheep, Child Abuse, |V. Take notes using
Child Pornography, their bibliographies.
Student council met
by Dalila Carrasco
This year the English
III Enriched classes are
reading the book 1984,
written by George Or-
well in 1949.
Although Orwell's
novel was first published
m 1949, the book seems
more and mote relevani
as the year 1984 ap-
praches. The loss ot
happen, a kind ol . nti-
utopian look into a fu-
ture that becomes all
too real when apathy
and disorder combine to
deceive people into
thinking that political
salvation exists in the
man group able to
"organize" chaos. Or-
well's view of world
dictatorships in 1984 was
by Dalila Carrasco
The R.C.H.S. Student
Council held a meeting
m the school's library on
Nov. 22. 1983. The
meeting was called to or-
der by Jeff Garner and
roll was called by Lee-
ann Barnes. Each mem-
ber was present.
The first topic of busi-
ness was the report of
progress for each tourn-
ment committee. All
committees reported
some progress except
the housing committee
which had fulfilled all of
its duties.
Student council mem-
bers were reminded of
the Canifel Assembly
which will be held Wed-
nesday, November 30,
1983. After all business
w as taken car of, the stu-
dent council watched a
film on "Parliamentary
Procedures". The meet-
ing was then adjourned.
freedom and the rise of a way of warning people
dictatorships witnessed that if present forces in
8th Grade has 3-0 record
m many countries in re-
cent years are partial
proof of the novel's vi-
sion. Orwell attempts to
point out that once a
power elite becomes en-
trenched as the ruling
force in a country, it
uses its power to restrict
dissent and makes every
effort to gain complete
mastery over the people
by propaganda, purges,
and appeals to fear.
Basically. 1984 is a
warning of what can
the world were extended
in the final extreme,
completely corrupt ty-
ranny would result.
Science would become a
tool of domination rather
than knowledge, and
freedom would be de-
fined as slavery. Al-
though few people would
say that this situation
has come to pass, as-
pects of Orwell's society
can be seen both histori-
cally and in current news
dispatches.
FHA members enjoyed a
crafts seminar Monday
by Bertha Gucrrcru
Mrs. Nina Hallmark
came Monday during ac-
tivity period to show the
F.H.A. members sow to
make crafts. The crafts
they made will be given
as gifts or for the mem-
bers to keep as Vheir
own. The i tents they
made were stuffed ani-
mals, pciture frames,
ceramics, boxes and
window liners.
Reagan County 8th
Grade boys remained
undefeated with two
wins during the past
week. On Thursday.
Dec. I, the Owls beat
McCamey 3b-26 in Mc-
Camey. The Owls re-
cords is 3*(T for the
season.
James West led the
Owls with 12 points
while Greg Avery hit
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tinez and Marvin Da-
vis had b points each
and Junior Romero 2
points. C. Hejl was high
for McCamey with 14
points.
On Monday night the
OW-K defeated Wall 29- *
15 in a home game.
West again led the Owls
w ith 12 points and Avery
had 10. Romero tallied
5 points and Francisco
Garcia had 2 points.
The RCMS 8th Grade-
boys and girls teams
will be entered this
weekend in the Stan-
ton Junior High 8th
Grade Basketball Tour-
nament.
In the boys’ bracket,
the Owl 8th Graders
play Forsan at 11:15
a.m. today (Thursday).
If they win, they play
again Friday at 1:45
p.m., or at 11:15 a.m.
Friday if they lose.
The championship game
is at b:30 p.m. Satur-
day. The consolation
game is at 3:30 p.m.
Saturday.
Other boys’ games
today include McCamey
vs. Seagraves, 1:45
p.m.; Midland Trinity
vs. O’Donnell, 4:15
p.m.; Coahoma vs.
Stanton. b:45 p.m.
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The championship game
is at 5:00 p.m. Saturday.
The consolation chanipi-
ionship game is at
2:00 p.m. Saturday.
Other girls’ games to-
day include McCamey
vs. Stanton Red. 12:30
p.m.; Midland Trinity
vs. O’Donnell, 3:00
p.m.; and Coahoma vs.
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Werst, David. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1983, newspaper, December 8, 1983; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth656357/m1/5/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.