Grandview High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Grandview, MO)

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5 E E L F 1 5 i i l i a . E E E 1 ii 1 6 Z I r ii f if V I if Huhhies: uutletst 'After showing in the American Royal, Lisa Mullens, senior, leads her three-gaited saddlebred mare, Maxine, from the horse trailer to the stall. Michelle Perez, senior, completes a drawing started in the Saturday morning art classes at the Kansas City Art Institute. U '+xyViQw.Ky ls, , Kara Lay, junior, dances to the music of the Doobie Brothers while practicing for the variety show. Hobbiesfmsic Fourth year art student, Kim Walline, senior, puts finishing touches on her painting. 'R

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I 3 -- -- A fp-guupv-:.w fl. :s,., ,,' 4. f---.Q , -.... 1.--f....,.--1--H HANGOUTS d ing pastime Text by Patti Chais Drive through lanes were backed up as usual while some customers had de- cided to wait it out inside. This was a typical scene on any Fri- day or Saturday night at the Grandview McDonald's. But these were not Grandview stu- dents, instead they were from Ruskin. 'll don't think, we have the kind of places that people go to after school just to meet everyone, Carole Wal- ters, senior said. t Walters attributes this to the lack of students dating around. No one seems to date around any- more, Walters said. But according to junior Tom Marinan, Grandview students do have some hangouts. On the weekends a lot of people get together and do things. But not like they used to at Kelso's. People still go there but not every weekend. he said. Walters agreed that after football and basketball games, students fre- quent McDonald's, Minskey's and Kelso's but not as often as they used tO. More and more people are going to the Grandview Plaza after dates. Ev- eryone sits and talks and plays frisbee. Another gathering place is State Line Park. Parties are more common there, Walters said. According to Debby Armannees, senior, the 'hangouts have faded out and now parties are where everyone goes. lt's easy to find someone whose having a party. Usually they are not in- vitations only. Sometimes even what is meant to be a small party turns out to be a big one, she said. The typical all-American hangout seemed to be temporarily dead in Grandview in 1980. Instead, it was the year of the party. if-' , fi ' V ' .. . My., ' ' 1. . -11-clit-. tl - -, V 'a,'?j'1- . j. .Q .. ,. ,. . ,t ,. KeIso's, although popular on weekends, was , faced with competition from area pizza joints. During the summer months Grandview Plaza, being closer to home, became a favorite place to party and throw frisbees. 23 i mgouum 0 ' S.. ag., ,,. ,, . -. ..

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ur self-expression M iwfs Text by Mary Beth Kemp Imagination and, somehow, leftover time gave students a chance to express themselves. The hobbies chosen varied widely, yet all were magical enough to block out daily routine or the test the next day. llIt's an outlet for me, Michelle Perez, senior said, about her pastime of drawing. 'With my imagination I can put something on paper I have never really seen. Drawing is a release of my thoughts. I feel good when I'm drawing and it's working, although I can get frus- trated when it turns out different than what I pictured it in my minds' eye. Perez continued. l'Twice l've been lucky and drew something l've really been proud of. I felt I had done some- thing. Pride . . . of a drawing well done or of a horse perfectly groomed in the showing. 'lWhen I show horses I get an exilerated feeling. It's like magic, the lights, dressing up and the competi- tion, Lisa Mullens, senior, said. Riding takes total emotional concetration and physical endurance according to Mullens. 'Once I'm up on a horse I can for- get my trouble from home and at school, because I have to concentrate about what I'm doing, Mullens said. llHorseback riding is what I do, that's it. Riding is MuIlen's main interest and the four hours a week she spends on a horse a week reflects this. Kara Lay, junior finds herself devot- ing a similar amount of time to dancing. I enjoy dancing. It gives me a way to express my feeling, Lay said. 'lThat's the main reason I dance - for self-expression. I do interperative dance. But even the most committed danc- er gets sore feet. The steps taken eventually slow and the leap must be taken back into the real world. Hobbies!MBK