Foley High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Foley, AL)

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Paper changes hands as Lezley Ever- age passes a note to Rusty Roberson. A quiet means of communication, note passing proved to be a popular way to keep in touch during class. Rehashing the day ' s events. Jeannie Mixon and Kevin Daw rendevous out- side the gym. Students look forward to breaks in their schedules so they can spend time together. Cars serve as a convenient gathering place. Chi Chi Bosch and Kathy Yar- brough chat during the final minutes of lunch after battling the canteen line. Love Epidemic 15

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Hand In Hand Struck by Cupid ' s arrow, Jeremy Tin- ney and Andrea Hale stroll to the sec- ond grade playground. Students find a special friend fielps break tfie humdrum of school days. Heart disease Vital signs fluctuate due to epidemic It struck without warning. Af- fecting students of every age, it spread across campuses in epi demic proportions. As the con dition reached its peal , stu dents felt its effects in full force The symptoms; loss of appe tite, sweaty palms, weak knees inattention in class. The diagno- sis: love. Exchanging smiles and shy glances with the object of your affections, you noticed the first signs of the condition as early as kindergarten and first grade. Usually caught in the middle, the trusty mutual best friend passed along that all-too-famil- iar note, I like you. Do you like me? Yes or no. Circle one. More often than not the answer was yes — that is, until someone more interesting came along to steal your heart a few days lat- er. As you matured, so did your methods of attracting the oppo- site sex. Notes abandoned, you sent verbal messages via your faithful go-between, praying for favorable reports in return. If this method proved unsuccess- ful. Plan B went into effect. In- corporating the notion that ev- eryone likes to receive flowers, your second strategy was to send your true love a homecom- ing or Valentine carnation. If, after all these efforts, unsuc- cessful results followed, you moped and mourned for two to three weeks and then went on to greener pastures. In high school, however, the obsession reached full strength. Walking around in a daze for the first several weeks of school, you admired your heartthrob at a distance, memorizing his schedule and accidentally bumping into him between classes. With a great deal of prodding from supportive friends, you finally worked up the courage to speak to him. As you casually happened to pass him between his first peri- od English class and second pe- riod American History class you managed a weak hi and a quick smile between clenched teeth. Flashing those pearly whites, he returned the greeting and, as you leaned on the clos- est solid object you could find for support, your heart nearly stopped. Whether or not these prelimi- nary encounters blossomed into deeper relationships, the experience of falling in love gave meaning and direction to students lives, as well as spic- ing up the otherwise mundane school experience. 14 Love Epidemic

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Whether goofing off or having someone to talk to when one had a problem, sidekicks were friends one seemed not able to get along with- out. Tyron Richardson, Paula Brooks, and An- toinette Rolling pal around together at the mid- dle school. As he continues to capture students ' hearts. Earl B Taylor remains loyal to his old friend, Mr. Ivan Jones 16 Gold Nugget