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I The Cost of Living announce ments and other rtems needed to be pur
Fo r a senror. cap and gown. sen ror prctures . graduatron
cha sed durrng the year Senror Jodr Brundage had her
pictures taken. but dropped them rn the rarn (J Brun-
Most students were JU St happy to have a ca r. but for Se - da,Re)
nior Jodr Brundage havrng a Ford Mustang Convertrble
was a dream come tr"ue. Marntarnrng the car became an-
other cost of lrvrng. but one she found to be qurte pleas-
ant. (D. Louden)

Saving it was Tough

SPENDING IT WAS EASY

-Melrnda Absher-
cars Driving to school provided more freedom
but maintaining a ca r wa s a cost. For Senr or
t w as ten o'clock on Tuesday night and Jim was Elizabeth Armbrust it was too ex pensive. She
t II up. He should have been doing hrs home- said. "One night I was driving and my generator
0rk or getting some sleep. instead he was belt went out. I had no brakes and I couldn't
rking for a living shift. I had to pay for the reparrs ... Junror Mi-
He was not working to pay his bil ls or keep chelle Welch also had a job to support her car.
a roof over his head. but he was working to The older students got. th e more they seem to
,.. support his type of lifestyle His was a life like date. This also added a strain on the pocket-
many students. book
Th is lifestyle included fast cars. girls. and The student body wa s also faced wrth
mus ic. His jOb supported his habits and helped Homecoming. clas s rings. clothes and musi c
fina nce his wants. Each of these depended on the students per-
Senior Mark Sizemore said. "My job sup- sonal taste and what was important to them
ported my spending habits.·· Each student had Sizemore continued to say. "I Irked qualrty
habits and wants that forced them to find em- clothes. so I earned money to pay For them ·
ployment. Still others relied on Mom and Dad Time was a cost that was not affected by
to he lp get them through high school. Junior money. Whether writing a paper. drawrng art-
Gayle Hylen said. · I didn t have time to get a work. or any o ther actrvity. if personal satrsfac-
job because I was involved in too many th ings tion was to be achieved. time and commitment
My mom paid for anything I needed ··Whatever were the key . Although this was not a physi cal
the method used. there was a variety of things cost of life. it was a cost that made life meanrng
Computers are the new trend of the eighties. Wrth the
nil'l eties fast approaching. they will contrnue to become tha t made up the cost of living full.
a necessity. Senior Jason Franzen uses the computer in Being a sen ior brought more responsibi li- Sizemore also sa id. "I had a job to pay
the Journalism room. which cost the department ties than being at the top of the school. There for my clothes. weekends and my car. but
$637LJ . (D. Louden) · were announcements to order. cap and gown. school work was more important than my jOb
senior pictures. and a senior sweatshirt. Juniors I spent a lot of time on it and everythrng I drd .
also had the cost of a sweatshirt. The cost of living was not always money. some-
Together they had the cost of Prom and times it was just my own satrsfactron · ~