Gold/Silver/Bronze Star Awards
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| Gold Star Awards |
Panther Prints, Duncanville Hillcrest Hurricane, Dallas Hillcrest The Tartan, The Woodlands McCullough Junior High Bagpipe, Highland Park The Liberator, Austin LBJ Edition, Austin Anderson |
Panther Tale ’97, Duncanville Hornet - San Antonio East Central ’97 Panther - Hillcrest, Dallas Carillon - Houston Bellaire |
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| Silver Star Awards |
Three Penny Press, Houston Bellaire Featherduster, Austin Westlake The Hi-Life, Henderson The Falcon Cry, Austin Fulmore MS Eagle Eye, DeSoto Silver Streak, Randall Stampede, El Paso Burges |
The Hawk - Pleasant Grove, Texarkana Flashlight - Abilene HS Dragon - Round Rock Blazon - Arlington Bowie El Viejo - Lubbock Coronado Highlander 1997 - Highland Park, Dallas 1997 Soaring Wings - Canyon HS Treasure Chest - Canyon Randall |
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| Bronze Star Awards |
Tattler, Angleton Caledonian, The Woodlands HS Cougar Connection, Houston Cypress Creek Panther Spirit - Follett Uproar - Mansfield Maroon - Austin SF Austin |
El Paisano - Austin Westlake Panther - Longview Spring Hill Hoofbeats - El Paso Burges Highlander - The Woodlands McCullough Jr. High Odyssey - McAuliffe Middle School, San Antonio Brahma - East Bernard |
Tops in Texas Individual Achievement Awards
Newspaper
News Writing - LaSonya Darby, Austin LBJ
News Feature Writing - Melissa Borden, DeSoto
Editorial Writing - Rachel Helms, Midland Greenwood
Sports Action Writing - Chris Tolbert, Austin LBJ
Sports Feature Writing - Corrie MacLaggan, Austin Westlake
Feature Writing - Jadranka Poljak, Dallas Woodrow Wilson
Entertainment Review - Lisa Maule, Port Aransas
Entertainment Feature - Ben Dickey, Austin LBJ
Photo Story - Bill Morrison, Michael Palmer, Allison Jones, Dallas Hillcrest
General Column - Sonya Cole, Duncanville
Sports Column - Beth Mitchusson, Canyon Randall
In-depth News/Feature - Laura Evans, Corrie MacLaggan et. al., Austin Westlake
Student Art - Mike Ogden, Sugar Land Kempner
Computer Art - Callie Chalmers, Austin Anderson
Editorial Cartoon - Jon Ned, North Garland
Page 1 Layout - Michael Hoffman, Evan Kolvoord, Austin Westlake
General News Photo - Curtis Gustin, Duncanville
Feature Photo - Gerardo Anaya, El Paso Burges
Sports Action Photo - Evan Kolvoord, Austin Westake
Sports Feature Photo - Nick Kenig, Westlake HS (Austin)
Yearbook
Theme Selection & Development - Penny Pehl, San Antonio East Central
General Interest Spread - Joshua Hoiland, Duncanville
Student Life Spread - Jaime Stone, Brian Davis, Pleasant Grove
Sports Spread - Megan Stephens, Dallas Highland Park
Academic Spread - Mary Garcia, Sadie Petty, Winona
Class Section Spread - Billy Jim Higer, Ft. Worth Masonic Home
Club/Organization Spread - Abby Miller, Dallas Highland Park
Community Feature - Mary Hallmark, Austin Fulmore MS
Student Life Feature Story - Jennifer Veneklasen, Canyon Randall
Academic Feature Story - Karen Greening, Dallas Hillcrest
Sports Feature Story - Jessica Gibson, Canyon Randall
Club and Organization Feature Story - Cadence Ellington, Sugar Land Kempner
Theme Copy - Staff, Dallas Hillcrest
Sports Action Photo - Mike McNamara, Dallas Hillcrest
Sports Feature Photo - Mike McNamara, Dallas Hillcrest
Feature Photo - Rob Vlasis, Pleasant Grove
Teacher Awards
Edith Fox King Award
for distinguished contributions and outstanding devotion to scholastic journalism in Texas included:
Diana Ausbie, Corpus Christi Carroll HS
Anita Bowen, Coppell HS
Carol Richtsmeier, DeSoto HS
Max R. Haddick Teacher of the Year Award
Susan Roberts, La Porte High School