Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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H alftime at a game gives fresh- men Margaret Lloyd, Jennifer Kelen and Rachel Faltonson a chance fo talk. (Photo by Jayna Jarnagin) A fter a basketball game, sopho- mores Shannon Fultz, Stephanie Graves and Tami Takle have pizza at Valentino's. (Photo by Jayna Jar- nagin) 20 t a party during Winter Break. seniors Beth Brockman and Ellen Grebasch play in a game of Trivial Pursuit. (Photo by Sara Andersen) »M onday Night Football” is one way seniors Scott Griffin and Chad Murrell spend time together. (Photo by Frank Pipitone) | i

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Tami Takle Remember when Mom and Dad played chauffeur? Those were the good old days. But by the time high school! arrived, most stu- dents were expected to find their own means of transportation. According to a survey of 10 percent of the student Dody, most upperclassmen preferred to drive to school. [he 59 percent who drove enjoyed the greater free- dom it allowed. Having the use of an auto- mobile allows me more free- dom to operate on my own schedule and to complete necessary tasks, junior Chad Bouton said. Eighty-eight percent of freshmen and sophomores didnt have a driver's [- cense, so they had fo rely on their parents, siblings or friends for transportation. | ride with my brother, sophomore Kevin Peterson said. | like it because | don't have fo worry about the bus Cy-Ride lives off me! | ride it everywhere. ‘Katie Schafer, sophomore schedules and | can go to Kwik Shop if | want. Cy-Ride was the choice of 14 percent of the under- classmen. For only 25 cents, students could ride any- where in Ames. Cy-Ride lives off me! | ride it everywhere, sophomore Katie Schafer said. Students who lived more than three miles from the high. school didn't have ተዕ rely on Cy-Ride - they could ride a school bus. But only 7 percent of those surveyed said they rode the bus. Some students who lived close to the school chose to transport themselves. Five percent said they walked to school, and 3 percent rode bicycles. INDEPENDENCE Comes with age as students become responsible for their own transportation Getting to school wasn't the only transportation problem for freshmen and sopho- mores. Getting around on a date could be difficult when neither person could drive. Forty-seven percent said their parents drove, 33 per- cent rode with friends who could drive and 14 percent had separate transporta- TION, | meet (my date) places, freshman Tammy Ford said. “Sometimes it’s hard, but usually if works out okay. Miscommunication on time and place could often be a problem when meeting a date. When it came to transpor- tation problems, most stu- dents worked them out and realized that it didn't matter how they got somewhere, as long as they got there. Diving is the way 59 percent of the students get to and from school. Junior Dave Bonello gets into his car after school. (Photo by Anne Johnston) Transportation Student Life 19

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Mike Stimley High school was not always about facts and figures, but about people. It was about friends and memorable ex- periences. High school wouldn't be anything without the social stuff, sophomore Heidi shierholz said. Your friends help you get through prob- lems, and they're fun to be with.” Having fun didnt always mean throwing a party or going out on the town. Sen- ior Dave Strahan defined o friend as someone you can do nothing with, though occasionally he and his friends found more creative ways To entertain them- selves. Strahan's mother, a psychia- trist, was away in Minnesota when a strange visitor knocked on the door of their home. The visitor was Stra- nans friend, senior Kevin Fehr, dressed as a patient and reportedly seeking psy- chiatric treatment. “You learn almost anything you can learn about life from your friends.” -Brian White, senior —— n Kevin started laughing,” Strahan said, and | thought ne was going to kill me. Friends could also be the biggest supporters. “A friend is someone who's wiling to believe you and help you out when yourre in need,” freshman Sean EL Hout said. Its someone who cares. support could sometimes De given simply through lending an ear. A friend is someone you can feel comfortable with,” junior Renee Clapp said. You would be able to fell them anything, even if it wasn't important. dL ` E Z in LR E - ይመ ቁ oud መቁ አኢ 2 474 s ... . ም | Eo EZ ees e rd Zeg 2 ፍጭ ata dx edi g f sge - E » - - , ቃ M LJ A ipie 1 | hera 2-““ሚጠስ 2 LE - ep ኣ 8 - pem Os ud ee, E LEO p = ው pue —LÀ Ra “ከ is e 4 . Te - 6 o - e % 5 a Han » iJ - $ sé 2% Tossa . M fhua =? IL bd v ES e s - -- £ ሚድን ———— rap | RIENDSHIPS provide fun and support, high school bearable making Most friends tended to stick together through high school. But with changing in- terests came changing friendships. “Sometimes you meet friends that have more of your own interests, junior Melanie Stover said. Other friends will change interests, so you won't see them a lot anymore.” Although graduation often separated friends, it did not necessarily end friendships. And the influence of friends carried on. “You learn almost anything you can learn about life from your friends,” senior Bri- an White said. Through the daily grind, stu- dents found that friends pro- vided support, advice ana most importantly, fun! ርን n a Friday night, junior Mark stenberg and freshman Sam Johnston play pool in Stenberg's basement. (Photo by Anne John- ston) Friends Student Life 24