FOREVER KILGORE COLLEGE RANGERETTES NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2019 Forever dues now do more for ’Rettes and our dues have stayed the Lifetime rate changes as online payment method debuts same from the beginning,” Lifetime-membership College Rangerettes. The Ran- investment to $200 from $150 Forever President Velma payments now will go further gerettes Forever board voted and to eliminate annual dues. McCollum Yount, 35th Line, toward helping the Kilgore in June to increase the lifetime “All costs have increased, Please see DUES on page 5. JUMPING With new freshman line, Rangerettes begin celebration INTO 80 of team’s eight decades PAGE 10 Sophomore Kilgore College Rangerettes sing the school’s fight song as they encircle new freshmen July 19 in Dodson Auditorium. See the first performance of the Rangerettes’ 80th year beginning 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, on the same stage. KILGORE COLLEGE PHOTO/JAMIE MALDONADO ‘I’m at home here,’ new residence manager says as year begins BY KATHRYN MORTON 69 more daughters to her fold College Rangerettes Assistant Longacre took the residence when she took on manager Director and Choreographer reins from Shirley Hankins Betty Longacre has been a duties at the Rangerette Shelley Stoeck Wayne, 46th Arredondo, who retired from Rangerette mom for decades, Residence. Line, and grandmother of the position to be closer to her but this summer she added The mother of Kilgore Ryan Wayne, 78th Line, Please see RESIDENCE on page 5. FOREVER Newsletter FROM THE PRESIDENT RANGERETTES FOREVER PUBLISHES THIS Looking back on term, forward to growth NEWSLETTER FOR OUR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS ou know, a few years ago when Beverly OF RANGERETTES. STAY IN TOUCH: Click here to submit Y Swatzell approached me about being on the your contact information to the Rangerettes Please send any physical board, I was not sure. I can now say it has been Forever so you don’t miss important news. address changes or email a fun and rewarding time. Being able to work address changes to the with so many of our talented Kilgore College Alumni Association at Forevers and reunite with Rangerettes Forever Foundation nonprofit to [email protected]. Please many of my Rangerette line has help support our organization through fundrais- include your full name and certainly been an added treat. ing for scholarships, travel and other necessities maiden name, if applicable, associated with your college We have an amazing organiza- that may arise. I have always heard, if you don’t record to ensure a proper tion, and I am sure Miss Davis change and grow, you don’t survive. We are match of the information. We is smiling and happy as the certainly an organization growing and changing, do not distribute or sell our VELMA alumni data, including emails, 80th year kicks off. as well as Kilgore College. to any outside organizations. MCCOLLUM I had the pleasure of going We have a wonderful new board stepping in YOUNT Send news tips to [email protected] up to represent the Forevers 35TH LINE for 2019–21, as well as a few remaining for both at the Pre-training tea and our board and KRFF. Newsletter designer/editor: Kathryn Morton (‘01) helping to welcome the more than 90 girls trying This is such an exciting time, and you are out for the Rangerettes and their managers. They welcome to join in to help support and grow RANGERETTES FOREVER were each poised and friendly. Excitement in our organization. Happy 80th celebration, OFFICERS: their eyes, which of course grew for everyone in and I hope to see each of you on the field “just Velma McCollum Yount (’76) president the room when Mrs. Blair made the announce- one more time” in October for a reunion and Lisa McCutcheon Walker ment of the upcoming trip to Birmingham, memory-making event. (’86) vice president and England, to perform for the Birmingham Inter- president-elect Regina Hodge Wyatt national Tattoo festival in November. Velma McCollum Yount, ’74–’76, 35th Line (’76) secretary As of March 1, we have our own Kilgore Rangerettes Forever president 2017–19 Nancy Hollabaugh Greer (’78) treasurer KILGORE COLLEGE PHOTO/ Beverly Rochin Swatzell JAMIE MALDONADO ‘RETTES IN ACTION (’77) past president BOARD OF DIRECTORS: SHOWOFFS: See the 80th Line perform for the Mandy Hamilton-O’Neill (’96) first time and witness the final phase of officer Rebecca Henderson (’89) Mazie Mathews Jamison (’69) tryouts at Show-offs beginning 7:30 p.m. Friday, Audrey Hold Lambert (’88) Aug. 16, in Dodson Auditorium. Reception Pill Harmon Malm (’67) afterward in the Rangerette gymnasium. Mackenzie Oden McCall (’09) Lara Turner Miller (’96) KILGORE COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAMES: Tena Royal (’83) The Kilgore College Rangers’ season kicks off 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Kilgore College. RANGERETTES The Homecoming game begins 3 p.m. Saturday, ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook: www.facebook Oct. 19, and will feature registered Forevers .com/KCRangerettes performing just one more time to celebrate the Twitter: @KCRangerettes Rangerettes’ 80th anniversary. If you missed Instagram: the Aug. 1 registration deadline for the Forever @KCRangerettes Rachel Green, 78th Line, performs at a Tumblr: www.kcrangerettes 2018 Kilgore College football game. performance, come cheer on your fellow Forevers. .tumblr.com Click here for the rest of the KC football schedule. Snapchat: KCRangerettes Rangerettes Forever Facebook page: IN THIS ISSUE: Bits & Boots, PAGE 3 48th Line gives back, PAGE 6 Rangerettes www.facebook.com/ in Italy, PAGE 8 New Rangerettes, PAGE 10 Revels, PAGE 12 Sarah Coker on Rangerettes-Forever- hosting Revels, PAGE 14 Kicks & Cadence, PAGE 16 In loving memory, PAGE 21 682825548571907 2 RANGERETTES FOREVER August 2019 Bits & Boots MINI CAMP MEMORIES Mackenzie Oden McCall, 68th Line, tells a story from her Rangerette years to current Rangerettes during this summer’s mini camps. To volunteer at 2020 camps, visit Rangerette.com/forevers/forevers-contact. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARINA HAAKE JEFFERIS IN APPRECIATION 66th Line honors classmate with skin-cancer education After classmate Bree Speerin McBride wrote in a Facebook passed away in February from post announcing the project. melanoma, The class created an Amazon the 66th Line wishlist for Forevers who wish is honoring to purchase quality sunscreen their friend for the Rangerette Residence. by providing To contribute sunscreen to sunscreen the project, click here and RANGERETTES FOREVER PHOTO and pro- buy items from the wishlist. SPEERIN The Rangerettes Forever presented an honorary lifetime moting At checkout, select Amazon’s membership to Kilgore College President Dr. Brenda Kays during skin-cancer awareness to prepopulated gift address to Revels 2019. “We appreciate all she is doing at Kilgore College and current Rangerettes. During Gretchen Kotlar. her ongoing impact on the Rangerettes and Rangerette Forevers,” the Rangerettes’ work week in If you check out through Lisa McCutcheon Walker, Forevers vice president, said. From left are Walker, board member Mazie Mathews Jamison, Kays and August, 66th Line members Amazon Smile, which gives a Rangerettes Forever President Velma McCollum Yount. presented information about percentage of your purchase to selecting and applying quality the Kilgore College Founda- $1M GIFT TO SUPPORT RANGERETTES sunscreen and guidance about tion, you can contribute even early skin-cancer detection and more to the Rangerettes. After A Kilgore College graduate gave $1 million to KC to complete a screening. The class plans to placing items in your cart, go permanent operating endowment fund for the Kilgore College repeat the information sessions to Smile.Amazon.com and Rangerettes. He and his wife, a Rangerette Forever, wished to and sunscreen donations annu- complete your purchase. remain anonymous. Click here to read more about the gift. ally, classmate Anna Mattingly PHOTO/INTEGRITY FUNERAL CARE RANGERETTES FOREVER 3 FOREVER Newsletter Bits & Boots ONE MORE REMINDER ‘RETTE IN STONE If you haven’t yet paid for your spot on the field for the 80th anniversary Samantha Fink Taveras, 75th Line, performance, send your $80 check or points out her name on a bench engraved with the names of her class money order by Aug. 16 to: members. Commemorative benches Coast2Coast Productions LLC, in Kilgore College’s Mike Miller Plaza P.O. Box 2849, Kilgore, TX 75663 offer an opportunity to honor classes, officer lines and other Forevers. Bench customization requires a single or collective donation of $2,500. For details, contact 903-988-7523 or KICK IN FOR RANGERETTES [email protected]. WHILE YOU SHOP PHOTO COURTESY When you use AMAZON SMILE, a OF SAMANTHA percentage of your total goes toward FINK Rangerette scholarships. Pick Kilgore College TAVERAS Foundation as your charity at www.smile.amazon.com. USE CODE RANGERETTES to save 10 percent off your order AND donate 10 percent to the Kilgore College Rangerettes Help us protect K-Girl, ‘Rette logo when you purchase clothing and accessories The Rangerette logo and the K-Girl from ElleLain.com. Owner Lauren Williams REPORT VIOLATIONS Oliver is daughter of Sue Davis Williams, image are trademarked property of Contact Kilgore College’s 34th Rangerette Line, and Terry Williams, a Kilgore College. The unauthorized marketing department to report manager for the 33rd and 34th Lines. use of these images is a violation of law. Kilgore College is committed to unauthorized use of the Rang- erette logo or K-Girl image: protecting the image and reputation of the Rangerette organization. Before MANNY ALMANZA, using the Rangerette or K-Girl images KC director