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T he F uture B usiness Leaders o f A m erica tra v
eled to th e d istrict playoffs on F ebruary 2,2002
to com pete in m any o f th e business related ca t
egories. T he d istricts th a t w e com pete in con
sists o f N o rth M e d fo rd , S outh M edford, R ogue
R iver, G rants Pass, and H idden V alley. T he fo l
low ing placings are as follow ed.
A utom atic Q u a lifie rs to S ta te
D avid H oel
In te rna tio n a l Business
S helly M arquard
P ublic S peaking
Jacob W etzel
B anking
K elly H arrington
C reed
K rystle R ow ley
P ublic S peaking
B onnie B iando
C reed
M ichael H anson
Job In te rvie w
C ody K elly
In te rn a tio n a l Business
B arry P arker
B usiness M ath
In tro . To B usiness
A n n a A n derson
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C alculations
Jessica D unlap B usiness C om m unications
A sia M illion
In tro to B usiness
O th e r P lacings
S hannon S izem ore
B usiness Law
H ope V anlandingham
C reed
Josh W etzel
C om puter C oncepts
D avid H oel
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Business
C alculations
Shannon S izem ore :
A ccounting 1
Technology C oncepts
T revor H ersom
In tro. To Business
Kim M cLauchlan
In tro . To Business C om m .
Job In te rvie w
B rianna S m eltz
B usiness C alculations
T revor H ersom i
C reed
V icky Law rence :
B usiness P rocedures
K ayla M cK ibbin
In tro to Business
B randy S ew ell
B usiness C alculations
C ody Kelly
B randy S ew ell In tro to B usiness C om m .
V icky Law rence
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The B utte Falls N ational Forensic League
Team (N FL) consists o f m em bers S tacy S m ith,
Johanna Lou H oyer, V allorie P etersen, Tony
B eals, A m anda N ew by, S helley M arquard, D avid
H oel, V ictoria Law rence, B ritani Johnston, and
B ijan N ouri, along w ith m any nonm em ber stu
dents w ho have re ce n tly tra ve le d to th re e
speech tournam ents.
The firs t tournam ent attended by B utte
Falls w as held a t P acific U niversity, in w hich
th re e o f our speech students attended, and all
th re e placed! These students w ere Lou H oyer
w ith a firs t place trophy in N ovice D ram atic In -
te rp re ta tio n , V allorie P etersen w ith a fo u rth
place trophy in O pen H um orous, and S tacy S m ith
w ith a fo u rth place tro ph y in O pen D ram atic In -
te rp re ta tio n .
The second S peech tournam ent th a t our N FL
team attended w as a t S outh M e d fo rd H igh
S chool, in w hich seven o f our students p a rtici-
pated. These students w ere V ictoria Law rence,
Johanna Lou H oyer, B ritani Johnston, V allorie
P etersen, S tacy S m ith, S helley M arquard, and
M elody C arlisle. O ut o f these seven students,
th re e m ade it to finals. V ictoria Law rence com -
peted in an O pen P ros containing th irty - e ig h t
students, and w alked out w ith a firs t place tro -
phy. V allorie P etersen also received a firs t place
trophy in O pen H um orous, w hile S tacy S m ith w as
a fin a list in O pen D ram atic In te rp re ta tio n .
The last tournam ent th a t our team visited
w as held a t the U niversity o f O regon. T his to u r-
nam ent w as th e biggest tournam ent as fa r as
num bers w ere concerned; th e re w ere over one-
thousand com petitors m ostly from 3A and 4A
d istricts, and from B utte Falls V allorie P etersen
O th e r co m p e titors w ere M elody C arlisle,
A m anda N ew by and T rae S tephenson.The B FH S
chapter w as also nam ed C hapter o f th e Y ear fo r
D istrict V I, based on points per student (B FH S
has a large percentage o f th e ir student body in
FB LA ). C ongratulations to everyone th a t placed,
T he chapter w ill be traveling to th e sta te m eet
in A p ril/ T hey w ill m ake everyone proud and
received a fin a list trophy, and S tacy S m ith re
ceived a sem i fin a list aw ard. W e had tw elve stu-
dents attending; B ritani Johnston, Tony B eals,
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jib be rish to those o f you w ho have no idea. N ov-
' ce > m eaning beginning, is placed in fro n t o f th e
branches o f speech and applies to firs t year con-
tenders. O pen is placed in fro nt o f th e branches
w hose com petitors have com peted in speech fo r
m ore than one year. For each branch o f speech
com petition th e re is a d iffe re n t w ay in w hich to
com pete. In D ram atic In te rp re ta tio n s th e
speech m ust be serious and have no funny parts
and be acted in a very serious but re a listic w ay.
H um orous is a funny speech in w hich contend-
ers a ct funny and use a speech th a t highlights
hilarious aspects o f a book, play, o r m ovie. P ros
a com petition in reading, w here all th a t m ust
he done is to read a speech w hile p u ttin g em o-
tions into it. D uo is a speech in w hich tw o people
w ork to g eth e r to preform th e selected speech,
The ranking o f our N FL team based on points
earned fro m th e ir previous com petitions are as
follow s: R anked as M e rit w ith a t least tw e n ty -
f' ve points are: Tony Beals (43), D avid H oel (43),
B ritani Johnston. (44), V icto ria Law rence (39),
S helley M arquard (34), A m anda N ew by (56), and
B ijan N ouri (32). R anked as H onor w ith a t least
seventy,- five points are: Johanna Lou H oyer
(102).
R anked as excellent w ith a t least 150
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points are: S tacy S m ith (2 2 6 ) and V allorie
P etersen (163). A ll o f our N FL m em bers are
com peting to go on to th e next level w hich is
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C ody K elley, and V ictoria Law rence.
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The N FL team is preparing to go to th e D is
tric t Tournam ent th a t w ill be held a t S outhern
O regon U niversity in A shland in M arch. A ny
w here fro m ten to tw elve o f our students w ill
be attending. T his tournam ent w ill determ ine
w ho w ill go on to N ationals. T hey are also pre
paring fo r th e O S A A d istricts w hich are held
a t N o rth V alley. T his tournam ent w ill d e te r-
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N ow you can see how hard it is to achieve these high ranks, and ju st how m any tournam ents our
student m ust attend to becom e m em bers.
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