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by Carrie McLaren T hey did any- thing for the thrill and pre- v» ferred not to think about the conse- quences. They plagued local businesses, drove their parents into fits of neurosis, and created havoc anywhere they traveled in town. Noth- ing too unusual here, just high school stu- dents taking risks and living on the edge. Often the initial time a student would leave behind responsibility , and step out into the : adolescent world of fun ] occurred when one’s parental figures jour- neyed to vacationland, leaving their young be- hind to fend for them- selves. The more appre- hensive teenagers stuck moderately close to house rules, occasion- ally just breaking cur- few or playing the stereo a bit too loud. Others taught them- selves to be more dar- ing, by throwing open parties which often at- tracted over a hundred people and occasionally were visited by Clear- water police officers. “The last party I was at was too crowded,” re- lated sophomore David Glass. “By the time the police came, the house was practically demol- ished.” Students often took risks at school. Al- though not a new pas- time by any means, many new aspects had to be considered in or- der for students to suc- cessfully skip school. Phone calls home, ! n r 5 Despite strict absentee poli- cies, students continued to find ways to skip school. Pre- ferring leisure time at Crest lake to trigonometry, Bryan Stanley and Jennie Traum neglect fifth period. W ith the drinking age raised to twenty-one, getting into bars was even more difficult. Without identification, Amy Wilkes contemplates enter- ing Scarlett O’Hara’s. deans on the lookout, and sign in and out sheets made it increas- ingly difficult for stu- dents to skip or leave school early. “When my Becca Kert. “But this year it’s close to impos- sible with all the deans floating around cam- pus.” lowed certain seniors to leave school after 4th period for the work pro- gram. Without proper authorization, students found themselves hit- Mischief and risks alleviate boredom ting a dead end. How- The only outlet for ever, sly individuals al- graduated sister was a students was for them ways managed to find sophomore, leaving to pretend to be in- ways around the rules, school was simple,” volved in the DECA “I’ve found that if you commented sophomore program, which al- Cont. Since the controversial pur- chase of the Fort Harrison Hotel by the Scientologists in 1972, ru- mors have spread of the bizarre incidents inside the hotel. Defy- ing the wishes of a representa- tive from the Scientologists, Sarah Lynn Meyer, Brian Dud- jak, Marcia Harris, and Kim Rug- gles talk with Ralph Grenville, as he preaches from the Bible. Driving has become a risk in itself, considering the tre- mendous accident rate. Deb- bie Wallace drives daily to school in her Pontiac Fire- bird. L.O.T.E 29 C McLaren
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can create elaborate schemes to tell the ad- ministration and can forgo signatures well, you can got away with a lot,” said one anony- when students most of- ten plundered the world of risk for fun was after school hours. Many students devel- % o mous senior. “There are days when I just can’t handle school and I need a break.” Of course, the time oped the habit of taking things (stealing is a harsh word) from places of business. Ille- gal? Well, yes, but many found taking objects of no assumed value to be an intriguing hobby. Ashtrays, salt and pep- per shakers, even the plastic bars that one used to separate his gro- ceries from others in line at the supermar- ket. . .nothing was safe. Other items that en- ticed students into acts of kleptomania in- cluded barricades, street signs, and lawn decorations such as plastic pink flamingoes or even fifteen pound cement frogs. Students would patrol low-popu- lated areas and mobile home parks for such ar- ticles, only to later de- posit the goods in a friend’s lawn. What these students didn’t realize, though, was the stiff penalty for street sign stealing. “I would never steal a street sign after I heard it was con- sidered grand larceny,” said junior Martha Gal- loway. “However, I have a fine collection of pink flamingoes.” To some students, trying to sneak into a bar quenched their thirst for adventure. With the drinking age raised to 21, the task be- came much more diffi- cult. Fake I.D. ' s were easily attained through magazine orders, but many bars only ac- cepted driver’s licenses as proof of identifica- tion. One anonymous senior was successful for three months using an I.D. she had found of a deceased young woman. Unfortunately her luck ran out whena bouncer at Jack’s Place knew the dead woman and threatened to call the police after confis- eating the I.D. The risks didn’t stop there. Students found that their own unique and spontaneous acts were the most thrilling. Whether road rallying on the Courtney Camp, bell Causeway, toilet papering the Belleair Police Department, or skinny dipping at 1:30 a.m. in the Bobby Walker Pool, students enjoyed their teenage years living on the edge C. McLaren iV w M ' fr N ' ' 7i ' Jf Yr m During lunches, assistant principals patrolled the bath- rooms to apprehend smokers. Risking suspension, many choose to sneak cigarettes into the stalls to smoke. The moment parents went out of town, enormous open parties were thrown on the homefront. Four students en- joy alcoholic beverages, often an attraction at such parties. To entertain themselves, teenagers took small articles of no assumed value from restaurants, lawn ornaments, and street signs. ' ‘I’ve got quite a collection of plastic pink flamingoes, said Mar- tha Galloway. ■. i DO . Junto! C. McLaren 30 L.O.T.E.
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