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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1995
Page
9
GSHS students and staff organize an Angel Tree through the Student Council. All 16 fourth period classes adopt an angel aged 5 months to 16 years, with needs and money collection for gifts. Money and presents are due by December 15 and delivered by STUCO reps. Crystal Koonce notes broad participation is encouraged.
Eddie Flores reports the 1995 Decathlon is set for January 19-20 at Tyler Junior College with team members Heath Anderson Renee Barker Lance Caffey Amanda Gilmer Matt Hopkins Kevin Reed Melissa Schafer Bobby Sirmans Kenneth Willis and Lori Woodrum. The event spans 10 areas Math Government Science Economics Language Literature Fine Arts Super Quiz Speech Interview Essay. Octathion for freshmen and sophomores mirrors Decathlon minus interview and speech. The district’s 2-A school competes across Dallas Fort Worth to Longview, with March contests in the DFW region featuring Chris Bartley Cory Rumfield Rachel Kindle Hollie Davis Dawn Harvey Damon Veltz David Flowers Daniel Jones and Travis Jordan.
Tomahawk Talk reports the Grand Saline agriculture class sold 445 boxes of fruit this year to support classes. Fruit deliveries arrive December 11 to 15. The annual Band Christmas Concert is Thursday December 14 in the high school cafetorium at 7:00 PM with sixth, middle, and high school bands performing festive pieces.
Grand Saline High School earned third place in the county wide Manna Food Drive while Van High School topped the contest as winner.
The student council will sell soft drinks in plastic cups donated by Morton Sait at the concession stand during basketball games. The cups, orange and black, carry the slogan Indian fans get high on sports not on drugs.
GSHS Student Council selects Mrs Brantley as December teacher of the month. She teaches English to Sophomores and Juniors, earned a UT Austin B.S. in education, and has four years of teaching experience at West Rusk and Grand Saline. She also sponsors the JV cheerleader program and aims to further her education next year.
MHC attended a Christmas Nutcracker performance in Wise Auditorium at TJC with Heather Chitty guiding the group. The tale follows Clara through a dream world from the Mouse King battle to the Kingdom of the Sweets with Petipa choreography and Tchaikovsky music.
A list of names appears in the page segment, featuring Eddie Rogers Hugo Gonzalez Lance Caffey Jenny Joslin Joe Grimes and others. The collection includes Allison Brumfield Eddie Flores Melissa Miller Sheri Calder Maria Estrada Molly Skiles Lee Gomer Chris McBeath and additional names such as Joseph Jacks Bunny Lux Meghan Koonee Darla Rosem Richard Biggs Heidi Harrison Lannie Dugan Willie Parker Justin Harvath and Charlie Nations.
The Future Farmers of America elected 95 96 officers including Lane Melton as President Lannie Dugan Vice President John Smith Secretary Joe Hazel Treasurer Mike Lees Student Advisor Richard Biggs Historian Paul Hope Reporter and Jody Lovette Sentinel The group with 63 members plans a pre break cookout area meeting Hawkins judging contests and year end banquet with all members invited.
Grand Saline High School column presents Ask Fluffy answering computer questions. The reader asks about installing Windows 95 on a 486SX 25 MHz PC. Fluffy notes Windows 95 needs at least a 486DX2 66 MHz, 8 MB RAM, ideally a Pentium 75 with 16 MB RAM, otherwise load times are slow. Recommends staying with Windows 3.1 or 3.11 for Workgroups until upgrading.
The Future Farmers of America will host an annual cookout Thursday afternoon. President Lane Mellon will lead a brief meeting to discuss kickoff and planning for the new year. Members anticipate livestock shows and judging later in 1996.
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