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Title | La Chispa Socorro High School |
Date | 1982-10-15 |
Description | VOL. XVII SOCORRO HIGH SCHOOL The votes have been tallied and the results are in. Senior personalities for Socorro High School have been announced. The winners are: Paul Padilla and Karen Koivisto for cutest tush; Robert Rangel and Johanna Davilla for cutest couple; Jeff Taylor and Darlene Calderon for big- gest flirts; Paul Islas and Lucy Moncayo for best legs; Domingo Lerma and Linda Chavez for the wittiest; Paul Islas and Alice Gonzalez for most remem- bered; Austin Holiday and Gina Apod- aca for most likely to succeed; Ralph Padilla and Martha Vela for the smar- test; and Ernie Chavez and Cindy Lopez for most spirited. We would like to congratulate all the winners and wish them the best of luck in the future! Cutest tush: Paul Padilla and Karen Koivisto z Most likely to succeed: Austin Holiday Biggest flirt: Darlene Calderon and Wittiest: Domingo Lerma and and (not shown) Gina Apodaca (not shown) Jeff Taylor (not shown) Linda Chavez Page 2 LA CHISPA OCTOBER 15, 1982 Most Popular & Favorites The La Chispa Staff congratulates all Rules Fair’”? of Socorro’s 1982-83 Most Popular stu- ; By Letty De La Rosa dents, and class favorites. These stu- In case you haven't already noticed, the teachers at Socorro High School have made up their own individual sets of classroom rules. Supposedly this will dents were chosen by the student body for their talents and for their great per- sonalities. Each year a boy and a girl are chosen as Most Popular students for Socorro High School. It is a tradition to let the help in classroom discipline among the popularity show in each school, and stu- Calendar of Events students. | | - dents are pleased and happy to be I don’t feet this is right. I think thisisa selected by their peers. Oct. 15 -Football game at Riverside, Jot to expect from the students - to Chosen most Popular are Cindy 7:30 p.m. memorize six different sets of rules. Lopez, and Paul Islas. It was a surprise 18 -Secretaries Inservice in Cafe. Instead, | suggest that there be one set for them to know they were chosen 9-11 a.m. of standardized rules for everyone to Most Popular of Socorro. It is a spe- 19- Varsity and B-team volley- follow. This would be much easier on cial honor, and I will remember it fora ball game at Ysleta, 7:00 p.m. the students and would probably make long time,” said Paul Islas. Cindy feels 20- Most Handsome & Most things much simpler for the faculty, too. excited and thanks everybody for mak- Beautiful Pageant 7 pm gym I think if the teachers did not get ing her feel special. 22 - Football game Hanks, 7:30 their point across at the beginning of the Senior class favorites are Terry Car- 27 - Seniors meet in library at year of what the students can and can- rasco and Martin Burciaga. Represent- 12:00 pm for Princeton Test- — not get away with, then I don’t think ing the Junior class are Viola Avila and ing representative there is any point in making rules at this Benny Lopez. Sandra Grijalva and Jose 28- FHA Popcorn ball sale at time in the year,” remarked Kris Varela are the Sophomore class lunchtime Nichols, senior. favorites. 29 - J.V. cheerleader dance 3:45- Junior Angie Arellano stated, I 6:00 pm think it’s a good idea for each teacher to ‘ have their own set of classroom rules. I Islas, Chavez receive honors feel each teacher has their own way they like to run their classroom and one set By Paul Padilla By Linda Walker of rules for the entire school just Senior Paul Islas has been selected as This month’s recipient of the El Paso maui cowed eae teapvers needs. Socorro High School’s student Rotar- _ Electric Company’s Salute To Teenag- - David Clarke ian of the month. According to Mrs. _ ers” award for Socorro High School is o aha sa Lynda Laird, senior counselor, Paul senior Rey Chavez. He was chosen for § Socorro High School was chosen by the counselors for his his participation in community and g 10150 Alameda Avenue service, leadership, citizenship and school activities by the faculty of the 8 El Paso, Texas 79927 scholarship. high school. iVi- < o — oh ere i el frie rye his school activi- Berroa 2.5. o iste Co ann Paul Padillag a y th about this include 5.1.5. Band-marchingand §MANAGING EDITOR .... David Clarke award,” said Paul. There aresomany TRI-STATE; he plays the Bass clarinet @NEWS....... Jeff Taylor, Regina Foster® outstanding students in our class that and is Band President. He isa member © Letty De La Ros2§ are deserving of this honor, and for me of the Student Council and Gifted and S EDITORIALS are slated eel vale David Clarke ® to be chosen is really great.” Talented. Q@ FEATURES Cee ene vesene Linda Walker, Oct. 14 there will be a luncheon «seta itl» dine f 8 Jaime Rangel honoring Paul at the Empire Club. He Fost ee ae we ee es snes -~ BBGy = will also be recognized by both local Distinguished American High School @ Richie Gutierre , oc4" Students, newspaper staffandthe Thea- @ART & PHOTOS...... Santos Gutierrez> newspapers. 2SPONSOR........ Mr. Charles McDonald © tre Club. When asked how hefeltabout © cDonald 5 Paul has always been a hard work- ee . 4 Ky? ® © receiving thisaward, Rey said,I’mvery © [a Chispa is published monthly during ing student and I am pleased that he has Ae: ge * . 295 : surprised, I didn’t think I'd get it. ©the school year. The opinions expressed are jak Sts eae _— | | @ not necessarily those of the staff, faculty o eal , | Thirty-seven area high schools are administration. We welcome suggestions aul is a member of the National represented. One student in each of the @and letters to the editor. All letters must be Honor Society, the Gifted and Talented schools receives this award. There wil] ©Signed, but vour name will be withheld o 3 program and the Varsity Football team. be a banquet held in honor of these Gust sseaadeeete When asked about his future plans, teenagers on April 25, at the Granada Paul replied, T would like to study Royale. The El Paso Times will run an ] KNOW I’M SOMEBOD computer science at the University of article honoring the achievements of | ’ Texas at Austin.” e CAUSE GOD DON’T aia viata! ela AHO) OHEKO each winner. On behalf of Socorro High School, . MAKE NO JUNK?! the La Chispa staff would like to con- The Journalism Department con- - Anonymous ratulate Paul for hi gratulates Rey for his outstanding g 1S outstanding SHS MATH CLUB achievements. school and community activities. OCTOBER 15, 1982 LA CHISPA Page 3 Faterintament. 4 >Date Finalists Headed To End Of Rainbow A poll has been taken to determine By Jaime Rangel OEA; Nicolas Terrazas from the Span- the Top 10 TV shows according to SHS y é P ish Club; and Danny Zaragoza from the students. Many responded by saving I The preliminaries for the Socorro don’t watch TV." * the ses ie ae Annual Most Beautiful - Most Hand- ee ‘ h votes were recorded in the poll listed Som Pageant, At the End Of The Rain- ch a — sae _ maleic ms below (left). bo,” were held Sept. 28 and 29. 2) Rea a re committee, «Letty Students Teachers The finalists in the most beautiful Padilla, Kris Nicholes, Jackie Gabo- 5 category are Viola Avila, representing rich, Matt Farley and Rachel Varela, 1! .. Knight Rider | Sports (all kinds) the Junior Claxe:Marind Esttada ‘the along with the students from journal- 2 Sat. Night Live 2 .... Masterpiece Spanish Club: and Lisa Golden, the Key ism, are hard at work preparing the mhseire Club. Sylvia Gutierrez will be represent- stage and the program. 3 ...Square Pegs 3 . 60 Min.. 20/20 ing Sombras Del Pasado; Yvonne This year’s judges will include Ms. (tied) has) base Lydia Salazar from the Valley Bank; Jurado, the Student Council; Kim 4... M*A*S*ih yp Ms. Wanda Wright, a director from Krowl, Future Farmers; and Cyndee Lyons, the varsity cheerleaders. Also, Letty Padilla will be there representing the El Chato staff, along with Lupe Rojo, VOE; Norma Talavera, DECA; Shannon Tidwell, JV cheerleaders, and Diana Watkins, the tennis team. , In the most handsome category we Above (right) there was an additional have Richie Armendariz representing poll taken involving the Faculty of | the Junior Class; Ricardo Chavarria, SHS. Their votes were recorded as cross-country team; Jesus Martinez, 5 Knott’s Landing 6 ... Hart to Hart 7 Give Me a Break . Stee... ~ oe Dallas DF tase: ips Dynasty 10 Little House on the Prairie Mary Kay Cosmetics; Mr. Victor Vas- quez from Newscenter 9; and Ms. Former El Paso. The MC that night will be someone from 95FM, and the entertainment will be provided by the Aston Lane” band, which is composed of Pat Laffler, Rick Thomas, Julia Jones and Sandra Jones. The prizes, a very important part of the show, will be provided by K-Bobs, Cappettos Restaurant, Mr. Soto, ’ : D id P 3 Teachers’ Top 3 TV programs. Future Farmers; o Ne . Sound Warehouse, Shelton Jewelry, National Honor Society. Hector Quin- Jetle Nowe, Ge eeteend The Val ‘ « : ‘ . : ’ = Jaime s Corner tanilla will be representing Physical Ed, ley Bank Jaime Rangel the La Chispa staff, The show will be from 7:00 to 10:00 By Jaime Rangel Roberto Rangel, Senior Class; and poe WE a a ee p.m. Oct. 20 at the gym. Admission will G Riggs, the varsity tennis team. nee bad be $3.00 per person. Student abuse is a common thing Also, Jerry Rodriguez will represent here at Socorro, right? Well this is just the attitude most students get when pre- paring for six weeks tests or semester tests. Many times actually telling your- self I’ve got to study,” may be very A N D E R S O N hard, and so you just let it pass. Then LO the frightful moment arrives, it’s test = time! The truth is, most students don’t real- ize that all this can be avoided by plan- ning your time. Ooh, yeah, I’ve heard all of this before,” is just what you must A uTO P af CS be saying right now, but it all boils down to this - take time out to study. Teachers 9961 Alameda 858-1057 Socorro Texas feel just the same way. They spend long hours planning schedules for the class, and spend some extra hours trying to ese Tt on i @¢ > ¢ © © <> 0 <0 — 2 ee i The offensive line - they never : , 3 4 become the Heroes,” they don’t get the deserved credit and are frequently blamed for an offense’s failures. But ask any coach and he will tell you Vi ball tae pte FORIDON sgeiad different. Socorro offensive line coach Tough Defense Inspires Chris Forbes agrees, saying Heck, they , . . | have the roughest job. They’re the ‘work Bulldog’s District Games horses”. Returning from last year’s line are the most stout-hearted fans with their Jesus Rodriguez (200), Juan Galvan By Paul Padilla aggressive brand of football. The High- (160), and Benjamin Navarette (200). If one were to glance at the 1982 Var- lander attack wasn’t heard much inthe Filling in the gaps are Rigo Aguilar sity Football squad’s record (1-3), he — second half as the ‘Dogs gave upa last (200) and Ruben Macias (185). Ray would see the habitual losing season touchdown in the third quarter. Costly Portillo and David Herrera have both that has overshadowed Socorro’s mistakes and poor field position ham- been seeing action at tight end. athletics... pered any chances for a Bulldog score, It is tough position to play,” admits But wait just one moment! Let’stake — as Bel Air won 27-0. Galvan. It takes a lot of teamwork.” a closer look at the Bulldogs. After suf- The Bulldog defense, led by Ramiro According to Head Coach Carlos fering a 29-6 setback on Homecoming Madrid, finished with an impressive six Arciniega, the Bulldog line has not yet night, the "Dogs bounced back with an sacks for minus 53 yards. peaked. We need to be more consistent outstanding defensive effort against Bull and make fewer mistakes.” | Ysleta. The Indian attack was con- ulldog progress took a major set- Starting fullback Paul Islas gives stantly being turned back by the aggres- et ete eae when the anknowleleeaiynt to the line saying, sive Bulldog defense. Although the The Hate Th : . They are the ones who open up the ‘Dogs managed to outrush Ysleta, they ogs looked tough in the holes for the backs. They are the key to beginning as they stood withthe Troop- our success.” ers (0-0) through the middle of the second quarter. Eastwood then exploded for 22 points in a 5 minute span to take a commanding lead at Ey iro lalate ae tT ae MUNCHIES! : too were denied a first-half score as the Lower Valley rivals battled to a 0-0 deadlock at intermission. The undefeated Indians, however, came roaring back and were able to score on two long passes to take a 12-0 ap s The Troopers picked up where they ¢ decision. That was a tough game-to left off in the third quarter and never : $ lose because we really played well,” stated Coach Arturo Chavez. On Oct. | the "Dogs visited the Bel Air looked back. : S t | chool The Bulldogs with the exception of + : : the East ; ‘ Supplies } Highlanders, a team which has scored aewwoed game hayeiboen imptess- PP ; : ing opponents with their stubborn ¢ an average of 53 points per game against = PP ; I defense. Our defense ha the Bulldogs over the past three years. nee lo. Aeaivinn re Reost-oF 2 BULLDOG t This was an easy gameto getupfor,” « ee et oe 2 INN : Room 34 ; ae * The Bulldog offense, which has yet to MINI-SHOP said Senior lineman Jesus Rodriguez. score a district touchdown, has been a It was our (seniors) last chance to show disappointment. Our offense has been . everyone et Socorro can compete 14 by turnovers and penalties, but with Bel Air. I think most people who nn it comes around, we'll be a much were at Bel Air would agree.” improved ball club.” he added. GALLEGOS FRUITSTAND A Socorro sack on the first play of the The Dogs will attempt to get back on Fresh Fruit and Vegetables ee SS early indication that the 1404 tonight at Riverside. The Bulldogs Daily @ Groceries Dogs were not going to roll over. Vin aig be trying to avenge a Home- OPEN 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM Although giving up 21 first-half points, coming loss last year in Socorro Sta- 9991 - Alameda 858-0949 the Bulldog defense may have surprised dium. Game time, 7:30 p.m. Page 6 LA CHISPA OCTOBER 15, 1982 (— Varsity Girls Go For Crown 25) Martinez at the top By Rudy Ortiz Letty Martinez is indeed Socorro’s mined to strive for the district crown. top cross-country runner. In most of the As the 1982 varsity volleyball season Coach Perez said their record could meets she has entered, she has placed in winds down, the Bulldogs, coached by have very easily been better, but just a the top 10. Mr. Frank Perez, find themselves only — few costly mistakes have been the result Coach Reinhardt says that he is con- 1'4 games out of first place in district. | of two heartbreaking defeats. With the fident that she can win at district, which They are currently 3-3 in district and __ district standings so close, the Bulldogs is to be held on October 30 at Ascarate 10-9 overall, and are tryingtocatchfirst will have to play better and more con- golf course. place leaders, Parkland Matadors and sistent ball. If we are to have a chance » Letty is currently ranked seventh Riverside Rangers, which have identical in district, we cannot lose more than overall city-wide and ninth in West records of 4-2. According to Coach _ two of our remaining six games, so we Texas, including the Odessa area. Over- Perez, every game will be acrucial one have to play better,” said Coach Perez. all, she is the best female runner to come from here on. They will have to play One of the bright points of the Bul- to Socorro in a long time. good ball if they are to haveachance at dogs seems to be that they get anall-out When asked how she felt about all the 1982 district crown. effort by all of the team members. The this, she replied, I am really glad I have The Bulldogs started district play | two most pleasant surprises up to this a good coach like Mr. Reinhardt and witli a tough win over rival JM. Hanks ‘point have been seniors Lupe Maldo- the support of the rest of my team- Knights. They then lost to Parkland to nado and Grace Acala,” explained mates.” Letty is currently a sophomore make their record 1-1. The other two Coach Perez. The Bulldogs will go on and is running varsity because of the teams which the Bulldogs had trouble ‘the court 6 more times as they bid for fact that she is doing very well compet- with were the Bel Air Highlanders and _ the 1982 district championship. ing with many other schools. the Riverside Rangers, in which mis- The 1982 varsity volleyball team con- Letty also said that all she really takes played key rolls in their defeats. sists of Lupe Maldonado, Grace Acala, wants to do is to run for Socorro. Last The Bulldogs completed their 3-3 Johanna Davilla, Maribel Garay, year she qualified for Regionals in track record by embarrassing the Eastwood Maribel Rodriguez, Angie Saenz, Dar- and that helps her a lot. Letty also was Troopers and lower valley rival Ysleta lene Calderon, Elsa Osoria, Syria featured in the El Paso Times last week. Indians. With the Bulldogs only 14 Rubio, Veronica Navarrete, Esther And from the whole student body of games out of first place theyseemdeter- Gonzales and Letty Zaragoza. Socorro, we wish to congratulate her on laa her great performances. Keep up the \ good work, Letty! J.V. Football (EL CHATO § eee ee ee | S This year, : The JV football team had a bit of a 4 © be, \ heart disease problem coming up with enough play: 8 a lifetime of S and stroke : ers to make a team, but have solve memories.... 1 Lyi + that. The Bulldogs have a 1-5 record to a oe { date. 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