MacArthur High School - Crest Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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An additional week of work at Food Basket accounts for another paycheck for Kim Wheeldon. Summer jobs as cashiers, sackers, lifeguards, babysitters, and clerks extended students ' monetary outlook for the long winter months. Summer heat, coupled with spare time, sends Todd Gale out to his backyard swimming pool. When the temperature soared to heights of 110 degrees, so did the attendance records at local swimming holes like Lee Park, Espanita, Las Colinas, and University of Dallas. Taco Inn hosts another leisure evening for Michelle Ewing and Ronald Duron. Spending time at local resaurants proved to be one of the summer ' s more popular forms of enleriainment. ■■ ' ' ' — — -» The 52 Duck Pond residents represent .0000000000268% of the world ' s duck population. Eluding the alarm clock for one more week, Jenice Meagher slumbers through the early morning hours. As the summer vacation extends into August, sleepmg latt a practice that proves hard to break by 8:20 tard , bells

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Feature Everywhere a Quack, Quack Legislature Adds Five Da ;s Vacation At long last the day had arrived. It was August 22 and every duck in the legendary Duck Pond was relaxed and content with the aspect of what lay ahead for them. The little, feathered creatures thought they would soon receive their well deserved rest. School was about to begin! On this very same day, the managers of Taco Inn and the Sonic were making plans to have their business establishments relandscaped and parking lots repaved. The summer ' s activities had taken a heavy toll on these popular locations. While local employers were contemplating their upcoming shortages of employees, the news flash broke. The Texas Legislature had voted that schools would open one week later, on August 29, All students would now attend 175 days instead of the usual 180. The action was taken in an effort to conserve energy during the hot summer months, when school had originally been scheduled to begin. In addition, the delay would reduce operational costs in all schools. A shock wave travelled across Irving. The flat-footed birds were devastated. All summer long sleep before 3 am had been impossible. What with the blinding headlights and romantic escapades they had developed a serious case of insomnia. Now, thanks to the Texas Legislature, there was to be another full week of this torture. The local business establishments took the news much better, Taco Inn and the Sonic could continue their summer havens of entertainment. After all, it would mean more business, prolonged summer romances, and increased parking lot usage. Employers breathed a sigh of relief with the thought of the delayed opening of school. Their employees could now be depended upon for another week of work. But the most elated reaction of all came from the students. Excitement engulfed their senses and immediately their thoughts rushed to summer ' s activities: sleeping late, swimming, cruising Taco Inn and the Sonic, and earning a few more dollars. And the best part of all was the five mort memorable trips to the Duck Pond — to j count the ducks, of course. One . . . Two , , . Three , , . A lack of sleep due lo the increase in moon-light activities has an adverse effect on the Duck Pond residents. e would he complete without ■oj.i p . u sKjns (o such poinfs o Cirtk-. Janet Field, or ce ' ii ' .. ' .if7i n.iiisiiin Junior High School. Taking advantage of a free afternoon, Steve Jones and Kathy Hundley enjoy a picnic in Victoria Park. Other popular recreation spots frequented include Grapevine Lake, Northlake, and Sandii Lake Amusement Park where skiing, boating, swimming, and other outdoor activities occurred.

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