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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 ·  ~
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