Barbe High School - Les Memoires Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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EIGHT IS ENOUGH. Eight students, eager for a road trip to Lafayette, jam into a compact Ma da for a change of pace. Mmm-Mmm GOOD. One hungry senior. Troy Duhon. orders a Mr. Gatti's pirra and eats it on his patio. 24 — Weekends

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THE NEXT BEST THING TO BEING THERE. Senior Shawn and freshman, Shea Bohannon, lounge around their pool and chat on the phone with friends. WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK. Senior. Greg Edwards, spends his spare time polishing his El Camino. MOTOWN. One freshman, Jennifer Dunn, uses her free time mowing lawns to make a little extra pocket money. Summertime— 23

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 FLYIN' HIGH. Senior. Jerry Busby. lakes aim and spends his day playing frisbee with a friend. A HAMIC OR A HAMMOCK? Senior Jeff Hamic spends an afternoon just hanging around at Shepherd’s Rest in Choupique. Gettin Away Lazy Days It was a distant but glorious vision, the shining hope that kept the masses from going crazy. It was an incentive to bring encouragement to an otherwise depressing situation. It was the promise of two days of freedom called a weekend.-' Once it had started, the main goal was cramming as much partying into AS hours as was humanly possible. There were dates, parties, and school sporting events to amuse the serious weekenders. The entire weekend is just one big party! proclaimed junior, Doug Felton. In agreement, Cathy McCreedy added, I love the dances on Friday night! Everybody goes to them, so you can always be sure to Find some of your friends there.” Some people also found joy in daytime activities. Shopping, sleeping and playing tennis were at the top of most lists. I like to go to Town and Country Center in Houston, commented Chelccn Shaw, sophomore. They’ve got the best stores around! Not everyone spent the weekend having fun. Some were condemned to hard labor: mowing the grass, weeding, and vacuuming the house. Others were doing time for less-than-wonderful report cards. I hate being punished. complained sophomore. Michelle Pizanie. All week long, I make big plans for the weekend. Friday comes, we get report cards, and there lam... punished again! No matter what happened on the weekend, it was almost always better than the week. As students settled into their desks on Tuesday the distant memories of freedom floated out the window. The weekend had come and gone again. I woke up this morning,” recalled Shawn Corkran 'and I thought it was Friday. Then. I remembered it was only Wednesday. But there's only two days left! CHOZEN JUST A TRIM! Freshman Jennifer Dunn spends her Saturday giving her sister Amy. senior, a haircut on the front lawn. Weekends — 25