Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 109, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1980 Page: 1 of 28
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By JOHN GORE
News Telegram Staff
As the final days of the 1979-80 school
year begin to tick away and graduation
nears, the faculty and administration of
Sulphur Springs High School paused to
recognize the honor students.
The annual Honors Award program was
held Wednesday morning in the Civic
Center auditorium and scores of students
were singled out as the scholars, leaders,
and achievers fot the year.
In his opening remarks to the students,
principal John Chubb praised the student
body'
"It has been a tremendous school year
and 3 want to thank all of you for making it
such a great year," he said. “I know that
every year we say that this is the best year
ever and the students are the best we’ve
ever had: and this year that statement is
very true. This is the best senior class to
leave this high school in the past few.
years. School spirit has never been higher
and the leadership of the seniors has been
great.
“The seniors have left some great things
m their wake and I hope the seniors of next
year can build On those things,” he added.
Receiving the top awards in the program
were the scholarship winners. Jimmy
Finnie received the $500 Sulphur Springs
Teacher Scholarship and Lance Looney
accepted the $500 Kiwanis Scholarship.
Sonja Rowland received the $400
ipedica! scholarship and Johnny McCann
received the. $400 Freshman Scholarship
from University of 1 exas at Arlington.
Other scholarship winners included: The
Homer H. Tate Memorial Scholarship to
Pam Hicks; the Blue and Gold
r Presidential Scholarship to Maleta Fox;
the Beta Sigma Phi Schoarship was
received by Bobby Burney; the Coca-Cola
sponsored scholarship to Danny Scott; the
Hopkms-Agricuture Workers Scholarship
to John Ring; and .East Texas State
' University Music Scholarships were
received by Kelly Fletcher, Jimmy Finnie,
Lisa Fox, Faye Hudson, Lisa Thompson,
and April Lynch.
Additionally, the Art Scholarship was
presented to Gregg Tinsley and the Navy
KOTC Schoarship went to David Holden-
Finnie, with two scholarship already in
hand, also received the Balfour Award
from principal John Chubb.
The Balfour Award is ■ based on
leadership, loyalty to the school, service to
the school and good character, with the-
faculty selecting the winner by secret
ballot. The student body gave Finnie a
standing ovation when he moved'to the
stage to accept the award.
Deneen Reynolds, the valedictorian,
received the school leadership award.
Miss Reynolds received the award from
Chubb, who selected her for the honor.
Each department in the high school
presents an award to the outstanding
student in that department. Winning
departmental awards were: Earl Pogue,
art I; Lisa Latimer art II; Kathy Elder,
art IV; Tami Mitchell, business; Ricky
Deaton, English award;
The German award went to Hoanh Tran;
Latin award, Debbie Hays; Spanish,
Tracy Tipping; and the French award to
Sonja Rowland. The mathematics
department selected Johnny McCann as
the top student while Deneen Reynolds
won the science award.
Other winners included social studies,
Maleta Fox; journalism I, Tina Phillips;
journalism II, Bobby Burney; and
broadcasting, David Bowman. Gregg
Tinsley received the award as the best
male vocalist in the choir and Faye
Hudson took the honor as female vocalist.
Receiving physical education awards
were Frank Sparato and Merdell Hall.
Gregg Tinsley and April Lynch won
awards as ^he top students in speech and
drama respectively and Mike Kelty and
Butch Burney received the Ware Curnn
Memoria 1 Debate A ward.
In the vocational departments, the
following students received awards:
Michelle Moore, homemaking I; Renee
Sharber, homemaking II: Sharon Smith,
homemaking III; Kathryn I^tham, home
and family living.; Milton Ragan,
vocational agriculture.
Distributive education awards went to
Jeanna Moseley, D.E. Co-Op student and
Sharon Smith, D.E. lab student. Lisa
Smith won the V.O.E. Co-Op student
award and Denies Willhite the VOE lab
student award. John Poskey won the I.C.T.
award in the industrial department with
Jeff Caldwell receiving the machine shop
award and George Stribling the V.E.H.
awards.
The Blue Blazes Drill team also awarded
certificates to outstanding members of the
organization, Lee Jackson was named as
the Outsanding Blue Blaze Student;
Shannon White the top senior member;
Kim Hazelwood, top junior; and Cassie
Poulos, sophomore.
Students who achieved a 90 or above
scholastic average during the year were
also named as the honor students.
Making the honor student list were Mike
Bennett, Bonni Booker, Lane Bramblett,
Bobby Burney, Lynn Clark, Nita Colley,
Deanna Cousin, Ricky peaton and Kelly
Fletcher;
Maleta Fox, Shelly Grimes, Diane
Griner, Pam Hicks, David Holden, Joe
Hughes, Scott- Johnson, Tim Kelty,
Kathryn Latham, April Lynch, Johnny
McCann, Jeanna Moseley, Becky Phillips;
Stephanie Pride, Deneen Reynolds,
Brad Rogers, Sonja Rowland, Billy
Sharber, Lisa Smith, Monty Teel, Gregg
Tinsley, Dale Thompson, Lee West and
Lou Ann Walker.
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Teel takes top awards
Treasures from the past
By JERRYTITTLE
News-Telegram Staff
Monty Teel capped four years in the
local chapter of the Future Farmers of
America by winning the prestigious
Dekalb Award as the outstanding senior
agriculture student at the 43rd annual
Sulphur Springs FFA parent-member
banquet in thej Regional Civic Center
Tuesday-night.-A
Other top awards were presented to Kris
Koon, Star Greenhand, and Terry
Woodard, the Star Chapter Farmer.
“The Star Greenhand Award always
goes to the outstanding first-year student
and the Star Chapter Farmer is presented
to the top second-year student,” Ira Black,
Area VI Supervisor said in making the
presentations. “The Star Chapter award is
based on leadership and supervisory
abilities in the farm program,” he said,
"but the Dekalb Award is indeed the top
award of the year. The winner is chosen on
the basis of leadership, citizenship and
scholarship.".
Chapter president Milton Ragan was
named the top member for the 1979-80
school year and Randy Neal was tabbed
the outstanding officer for the year.
Other award winners included: Ragan,
President’s Plaque; Jimmy Don Allen,
Farmers Electric Co-Op Award;
Memorial Award, Jeff Meaker; Teel, Cecil
Tucker Scholarship Award; and Russell
Burtch, Young Farmer Scholarship.
The Memorial Award was presented this
year in memory of first-year agriculture
students Kenny Pogue and Randy
Schaeffer, who were killed in a traffic
accident earlier in the year. The award
was made possible by the Dick Pogue
family and the Schaeffer family also made
a donation to the FFA department in
young Schaeffer’s name.
Co-Op awards went to Ragan, Out-
standing Dairy Farm Worker; Keith Tuck,
Outstanding Farm Machinery Worker;
and David Zahn, Outstanding Veterinary
Assistant.
Proficiency Award winners included
Neal, Dairy Production; Zahn, Crop
Production; Stanley Logan, Agriculture
Mechanics; Dolly Herman, Horse
Production; Frank Thompson, Soil and
Water Management; Kevin Lumsden,
Beef Production; Dale Thompson, Swine
Production; Tuck, Sales and Service; Sean
Sartiri, Diversified Livestock; Jon
Thomas, Farm and Homestead Im-
provement; and Barry Charlton, Sheep
Production.
Honorary chapter membership awards
were presented to Dr. Wayne Parker, local
veterinarian, and Rex Wilemon, Sulphur
Springs High School band director.
The award-winning high school stage
band treated the banquet hall to dinner
music and followed up with several toe-
tapping numbers which featured some of
Wilemon’s top musicians.
David Alders, the State FFA President
from Nacogdoches, was the evening’s
featured speaker, telling the audience that
“our nation (Uncle Sam) is in great need
of a scarce commodity which you as young
farmers can provide — leadership.”
Alders quoted Indiana University
basketball coach Bobby Knight to better
emphasize the role of the FFA:
“‘Everybody not only needs a will to win —
but also needs a< will to prepare to win’,’’
Alders said. “And that is the purpose of
this and all the FFA chapters across the
country, to provide prospective young
farmers with the will to prepare to win,"
he said.
Parks and Recreation Supervisor Hugh Sprague takes a look at some of the artifacts
from Sulphur Springs' past that have been uncovered during the work to remove silt
and obstructions from the “Old Town Branch" that runs through the downtown area
and behind the Hopkins County Museum. Sprague says that a 1934 buffalo nickel,
another made into a cuff link so that the date can not be determined, the silver
concho and a sterling silver and lOk-gold buckle are only a few of the items being
found in the creek. The project is being manned by several city departments.
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Top scholarship winners
Civic groups salute
county’s top scholars
Top students from each of the eight
schools in the Hopkins County area
were honored at a Wednesday lun-
cheon sponsored by the Sulphur
Springs Lions, Rotary and Kiwanis,
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The students were introduced by
their school ’superintendents and
principals, who outlined individual
grade averages, selected colleges
and school activities.
Recognized from North Hopkins
School were valedictorian Debbie
Goldsmith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Goldsmith, and salutatorian
Mary Lou Estes, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Estes.
Sulphur Springs was represented by
valedictorian Deneen Reynolds,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Claude
Reynolds, and salutatorian Ricky
Deaton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don
Deaton.
Honored from Yantis were
valedictorian Donna Garriga,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Hooker, and salutatorian Lori Ray,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Dunavin.
Cumby School was represented by
Geary Almon, valedictorian,' son of
f Mr. and Mrs. Geary Almon; and
salutatorian Kathy Hall Brown,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Butch Hall.
Recognized from Como-Pickton
School were valedictorian Rhonda
Ranee’ Flora, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Flora, and saluatorian
Teresa Brown Swanson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brown.
Representing Saltillo School at the
honors event were valedictorian Tana
Tully, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Delbert Tully, and salutatorian Pam
Green, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Alton Green.
Sulphur Bluff School students at-
tending were valedictorian Kristy
Winnie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Maury Winnie, and salutatorian
Steven Skeen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Don Skeen.
Jimmy Finnie (left) and Lance Looney walked away with the top money scholar-
ships Wednesday morning during the annual Sulphur Springs High School awards
program. Finnie, who plans to attend East Texas State University and major in
music, won a music scholarship to that school as well as a $500 Sulphur Springs
Teacher Scholarship. Looney, who plans to attend East Texas, received the $500
Kiwanis Club Scholarship. Looney plans to major in computer science _st|H
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Dekalb winner
Sulphur Springs senior Monty Tool
captured the Dekalb Award as the local
chapter's top student at the 43rd annual
Future Farmer parent-member awards
banquet Tuesday night in the Regional
Civic Center. In addition to the
prestigious award, Teel was also named
the winner of the Cecil Tucker
Scholarship Award.
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Greenhand and Star winners
FFA students Kris Koon (left) and Terry Woodard were named recipients of the
Star Greenhand and Star Chapter Farmer Awards respectively at the annual
banquet Tuesday night. Koon was picked as the outstanding first-year student while
Woodard's awarddistinguished him as the top second-year student.
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Wednesday
MAY 7, 1980.
15 Cents
TWO SECTIONS
Front Street
project back
in hold stage
By JIM MOORE
News-Telegram Staff
The Front Street improvement project is ^
on hold again — with the city facing a
possible loss of current and second year
funding if the Department of Housing and
Urban Development's Community
Development Block (CDBG) Grant money
for the project is not obligated by June 1,
within four months of the end of the fiscal
year.
Additionally, the consulting engineers on
the project were terminated by the City
Commission at their meeting Tuesday
night for various causes in addition to not
showing up for the acceptance of bids that
were received.
The Tyler firm of Barber-Brannon
Engineering was terminated for non-
fulfillment of contractual obligations after
the almost 1 Vhour executive session held
at the end of the meeting.
Interim City Manager Travis Owens was
given the go-ahead to issue a work order
for the firm of Kindle Stone Associates of
Longview to begin work on the Front
Street project although it is to remain on
hold until a problem concerning a
drainage ditch is resolved.
Netex Asphalt and Materials, Inc. of
Route 1, Sulphur Springs was the low
bidder on the actual construction of Front
Street but as the commission was only
accepting bids, there was no decision
made as to which firm would receive it.
Netex bid $208,636.95 for the entire
paving project from Oak Avenue to Lamar
Street.
The job would be done in two parts with
Oak to Ardis being section one ($72,878)
and section two ($135,760) for the portion
from Ardis to Lamar.
The only other firm to bid was McCoy
Construction Company of Tyler, with a
quote of $279,468 for the work.
Netex had bid $216,919.92 (which in-
cluded borin under the railroad tracks just
north of Front Street) on April 15 when the
commissioners rejected the only bid made
as they felt there should have been more
competition.
CDBG Coordinator Glenn Wagner said
there is about $217,000 available for the
project.
The other bid received was associated
with the boring under the railroad track
along Front Street to allow for the in-
stallation of drainage.
Charley Hill Road Boring, Inc. of Tyler
bid $300 per foot for a total of $12,000 while
the McCoy firm bid $250 per foot for a total
of $10,000.
Neither of the bids was awarded.
Floyd Berry was present to complain to
the city about a drainage ditch that runs
across his property.
Wagner had requested permission to
advertise for bids for the clearance of the
drainage ditch, citing obstructions in the
ditch as the reason it would not drain
properly and why flooding was occurring
in the area between Lamar and Randolph
Street, where the ditch flows in a nor-
thwesterly direction.
Berry said that the ditch floods on both
sides and he had never given the city an
easement across his property.
He did say that the city had promised
several years ago when Carl Reihn was
city manger that the city planned to place
an underground drainage system through
that area and it had already eroded his
property.
Berry said the ditch was originally about
seven feet wide and on his property it is
over 15 feet wide at the present time.
He said that if a bore was made un-
derneath the railroad tracks to place a 48-
inch drain into the ditch, more erosion
would result from the added flow of water.
“The consulting engineers should have
taken care of this before,” Chairman
Lewis Helm commented. “I want some
assurance that we’re doing the right thing
before we do it.”
Wagner was instructed to obtain an
engineering opinion on the additional
water flow and possible erosion factors
before the project is continued.
The CDBG coordinator said that he
believed that after the ditch was cleared,
the flooding problem would be cleared and
since the Randolph Street bridge included
two 48-inch culverts, There would be no
problem in carrying the amount of water
coming down the ditch — including the
drainage from Front Street. However, he
noted that he was not an engineer and that
he would find out as soon as possible. He
said Wednesday morning that the study
should be done by Thursday afternoon.
Wagner was authorized by the com-
mission to go ahead with bids for the
clearance of vegetation from the ditch. s, ,t j
The Front Street project now hinges
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